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Thursday, July 01, 2004
Non-baseball: Fahrenheit Fact
The commercials keep telling me that "Fahrenheit 9/11" is "must see, no
matter if you agree with it or not." Well, in that same spirit, I would
like to invite all of those Moore fans out there to visit a new blog called
Fahrenheit Fact, which
seeks to create "well-armed populous that is ready to evaluate the film
from an informed perspective."
The two authors have thus far exposed 22 lies and distortions that can be
found in the film, and somehow I think they're just getting started. They
also only use complete quotes and reveal every source, which is something
you can't say about Mr. Moore. On of my personal favorites:
In "Fahrenheit 9/11" one of the many accusations made
concerns the war in Afghanistan. Moore essentially implies that the
reasoning for the military action was to benefit Unocal Corporation through
the construction of an oil pipeline. But the company, which had planned to
build the pipe in the mid-90's, gave up the project
in 1998, three years before.
Now it appears that Moore is ready to bring defamation suits against anyone who "maligns the film or damages his
reputation." He's also threatening to sue file-swappers who have illegally downloaded
the film. That's quite a turnaround for the man who took on corporate greed
in "Roger & Me". I guess he's the only man in America who's allowed to turn
a profit.
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