Michael Moore rips on CNN and Wolf Blitzer

[someguy]

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/56446/

As you can see, CNN goes to interview Moore but they first play a segment by Sanjay Gupta where he points out the 'fact fudging' Moore does in the film. This, of course, pisses off Moore and makes him go off on Blitzer.

Moore's rebuttal and 'debunking' of the facts in the piece that plays before his interview can be found here:

http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article_10017.php

I just thought this video was really entertaining. Moore just shits all over Wolf and he doesn't know what to do. I kept cracking up at Wolf trying so badly to get his planned questions in about which candidate would be best for health care.

[Vong]

I think Michael Moore is brilliant at sticking it to anyone who would criticize him and/or his movies.

Great film by the way.

[The Postmaster General]

On MSNBC this morning, they were playing the clip of Moore saying he hadn't been invited for 3 years, and Wolf saying he has... playing it over and over - the topic was then about how Moore could lose 30 pounds.




I shit you not.

[Scarfather]

In all fairness, at least Wolf is just pathetic, he's not like Jack Cafferty, Glenn Beck, or Nancy Grace, who personify why the news is a joke these days and are terrible people.

[Thrizzle]

The main stream media no longer has any credibility. Their burden to produce profit has stripped them of integrity by cutting costly journalists and increasing revenue from sponsorships.

Product placements are the norm now. I realized this when i was watching ABC world news and they did a story on Kellog's healthier selection of cereals. This is the beginning of the end people.

[Badbird]

Sanjay Gupta is a douche. I saw the piece where he "debunked" Moore's claims and they seemed pretty weak at best.

Gupta is just a news crony who won't actually take a stand on anything. I remember a couple years ago during the whole Terry Schievo case how he sat on the fence about what a persistent vegetative state was and totally made it seem like both sides were equally valid a logical.

Way to do your research, doctor.

[jeo4]

CNN has responded to Moore's comments.

Link (http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/15/moore.gupta/index.html)

[The Postmaster General]

It seems like CNN is attempting to use the same tactics Moore is accused of. Only I'm not sure they pull it off. There are a lot of cases where CNN says "A" and Moore responds, "Right, A, but you need to consider B, C & D." CNN responds with, "Oh, he agrees with A! He's making controversy where there is none." The whole thing about the Cuban projected spending is outright ridiculous, because CNN presents something as being one way, but when Moore says its not that way, then provides additional info as to way, CNN falls back on the fact that he does agree with the initial fact, implying that this blows his conclusions out of the water.

[Jim H]

There are several things that seem stupid to me in the report from Sanjay. Most obviously is the $6000 VS $7000 healthcare spending - who cares? Either way it is clearly too much.