Michael Moore Begs Ivanka Trump to Give Her Father an ‘Intervention’

August 12th, 2016 4:55 PM
Just when you think you've seen it all, along comes liberal filmmaker Michael Moore posting an open letter to Ivanka Trump asking her to encourage her father, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, to drop out of this year's race to win the White House. In the missive, which is entitled “An Open Letter to Ivanka Trump From Michael Moore,” the Where to Invade Next director stated: “I’m…

Michael Moore's New Job: Oscar Board Member

July 8th, 2010 5:57 PM
Deadline Hollywood Daily's Editor-In-Chief Nikki Finke has declared a Red State Alert over the news that documentary filmmaker and Oscar-winner Michael Moore has just been elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Governors. She writes, Hollywood-hating conservatives are going to have a field day with this (And predictably the L.A. Times' Patrick Goldstein knee-jerks…

Michael Moore Warns Democrats 'In for an Ass-Whooping of Biblical Prop

March 11th, 2010 12:06 AM
When Michael Moore starts getting panicked, you know times are getting tumultuous for the left and the Democratic Party.  The anti-corporation, sometimes conspiracy theorist documentary filmmaker aired his frustrations about the current health care reform predicament. Congressional Democrats have gotten themselves into a mess with time running out as the midterm election cycle fast approaches…

Michael Moore: Capitalism Must Be Eliminated

January 29th, 2010 9:48 PM
The leftist U.K. Guardian newspaper is celebrating an economics lecture from mockumentary filmmaker Michael Moore. The headline: "Capitalism is evil...you have to eliminate it"Moore told the Guardian's Chris McGreal for their Saturday editions that America needs a radical new economic order: But what does it mean, to replace capitalism with democracy? He sighs and tries to explain. In the old…

Michael Moore Forces MSNBC to Address Dodd's Sweetheart Countrywide De

September 30th, 2009 11:56 AM
Has it really come to this? Is MSNBC so in the tank for the Democratic Party that it takes far-left documentary filmmaker Michael Moore to bring up malfeasance by a leading Democrat? Moore appeared on MSNBC's Sept. 29 "Hardball" to promote his new film "Capitalism: A Love Story." With exception of "The Ed Show" fill-in host Lawrence O'Donnell noting the Senate Ethics Committee had cleared Sen.…

Media Embrace Millionaire Moore's Vendetta Against Capitalism, Leave O

September 23rd, 2009 5:22 PM
Millionaire Michael Moore says capitalism is evil and that the entire system should be thrown out for one that is "democratic" and "fair." That's the overarching message of Moore's new documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story," which will be widely released Oct. 2. The film won two prizes at the Venice Film Festival and was lauded by critics there and at the Toronto Film Festival. Now Moore is…

Has the Left Tired of Michael Moore’s Shtick

June 19th, 2009 12:55 PM
Whenever Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore releases a new documentary the reaction in the press is typically jubilant. Rave reviews. Fawning interviews which rarely ask tough questions. Oscar buzz aplenty. But this time could be different. Moore’s last film, “Slacker Uprising,” didn’t go straight to DVD. It went straight to download. Now, Moore’s catching heat from Movieline.com, the online…

Yawn: Michael Moore Takes up Tired Task of Bashing Wall Street

June 15th, 2009 3:20 PM
Here we go again. Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore is going offer his solution to societal ills through one of his documentaries. If Moore's past movies are any indication of the coverage he will get, it is sure to be a media hit. Already, Huffington Post blogger and MSNBC daytime anchor Carlos Watson is praising praised Moore's early promotion of the flick. "Michael Moore, the filmmaker,…

ABC: Is CNN’s Gupta Qualified for Surgeon General

January 11th, 2009 1:03 AM
On World News Saturday, during the show’s "A Closer Look" segment, ABC anchor David Muir gave attention to those who question whether CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta has sufficient qualifications to be Barack Obama’s surgeon general. Muir even played a clip of David Letterman poking fun at Gupta twice during the show: "The choice, it was between a Gupta, Dr. Phil, and a guy on Scrubbs. I don’t know what…

PBS Ombudsman Raps Anti-Palin Wisecrack

September 19th, 2008 9:33 PM
On PBS's Web site today, ombudsman Michael Getler writes of complaints over an incident during last Sunday's pledge drive.  He describes the cheap shot taken by actor Mike Farrell against vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin:According to Joseph Campbell, vice president of fundraising programs, here's what happened:

CNN's Chetry: 'Please Tell Me It's Not Lipstick Again

September 10th, 2008 11:40 PM
 On CNN's American Morning today, White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux reported on Barack Obama's campaigning in Virginia.  Afterwards, anchor Kiran Chetry had a question:CHETRY: All right. And Suzanne, what's on tap for the campaign today? And please tell me it's not lipstick again.MALVEAUX: Let's hope not. He's going to be in Norfolk, Virginia. That is in southeast Virginia, and it's home…

Michael Moore Calls Gustav Landfall on Day One of GOP Convention 'Proo

August 30th, 2008 11:08 AM
If you put controversial left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore and MSNBC "Countdown" anchor Keith Olbermann in the same setting - there's bound to be some sort of lunatic remark made. Their latest get-together, neither failed to disappoint. On the August 29 broadcast of "Countdown," Moore told viewers how Hurricane Gustav, a storm with the potential to be catastrophic, reaffirmed his faith in God…

'SiCKO's' Michael Moore at Odds with Clinton and Obama Oscar Eve

February 23rd, 2008 11:34 AM
If Michael Moore wins an Oscar Sunday for his controversial documentary "SiCKO," it seems certain Hollywoodans and the left will try to use the moment to advance universal healthcare in this country much as they did last year with Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" and global warming.Yet, as media gush over Moore and his socialist healthcare philosophies, will they point out how antagonistic he is…

Gore: Health Care a ‘Right,’ Current System a Wrong

October 16th, 2007 4:11 PM