Category: Election 2004: Here We Go Again
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Check out this rave review of Michael Moore's new film, "Fahrenheit 9/11":
[O]nce "F9/11" gets to audiences beyond screenings, it won't be dependent on celebrities for approbation. It turns out to be a really brilliant piece of work, and a film that members of all political parties should see without fail.
As much as some might try to marginalize this film as a screed against President George Bush, "F9/11" -- as we saw last night -- is a tribute to patriotism, to the American sense of duty -- and at the same time a indictment of stupidity and avarice...
Before anyone's even seen it, there have been partisan debates over which way Moore may have spun this or that to get a desired effect.
But, really, in the end, not seeing "F9/11" would be like allowing your First Amendment rights to be abrogated, no matter whether you're a Republican or a Democrat.
The surprising part is -- guess where that review is from? Fox News! Maybe it's a mea culpa for inflicting Bill "I Flunked Macroeconomics 101" O'Reilly on us.
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Consider this link:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/dayaftertomorrow/
Note the "fox" in the URL.
I said "Fahrenheit 9/11":
http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/fahrenheit_911/
... not "Day After Tomorrow".
I wasn't making a financial incentive argument. Rather, I was pointing out that this is not the only case of Fox failing to toe the conservative line.
Ah, I see. However, I still think there's a difference -- 20th Century Fox (the feature-film unit) is distinct from Fox News, and has never had the news division's outright aim at the conservative market.
That's what made the write-up so notable, at least to me -- that it ran in the piece of Fox specifically targeted at the conservative "demographic".
I'm not too familiar with Moore's work, although I have heard about Fahrenheit 9/11. I just read an interview with him in Playboy that was pretty good, though. I found myself nodding my head at a lot of things he said. I guess this is off topic, sorry. :)