At least Moore's honest about his craft

Post #161,930 by ChrisR 6/28/04 2:16:22 PM Reply	At least Moore's honest about his craft Were that Fox News had the same disclaimers. Were that Bush & Co. were as honest in their conspiracy theories that weave Iraq, Bin Laden, and assundery WMD. Personally, I'm glad that Moore is not in charge. Wish that I could say the same about the others in this post.
Post #161,937 by boxley 6/28/04 2:37:05 PM Reply	Moore? Honest? He had disclaimers? tell me moore Anchorage AK: House for sale 3 bed 1 bath 1440 sq feet huge lot near Cheney Lake 175K FSBO 813.273.3518 I wondered what Darwinian moment had to effect itself before we devolved from children flying paper flags in the sky to half formed creatures thundering in a wall of horns down the road to Roncevaux. James Lee Burke questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #161,943 by ChrisR 6/28/04 2:51:48 PM Reply	He admits his craft has a purpose That purpose is to get Bush out of the White House. He admits that he puts together the "facts" to support his point of view. Now, beyond the question of how those facts are pieced together, what is the problem with any one specific fact in the film that the weekly standard has a problem with? If Fox was willing to admit that their news stories are edited with the explicit purpose of promoting the war and Bush, that would at least be honesty.
Post #161,948 by deSitter 6/28/04 3:28:46 PM Reply	It's a polemic It's a time-honored political tactic, from when honor was timely. "Common Sense" comes to mind. -drl
Post #161,956 by lincoln 6/28/04 3:46:44 PM Reply	Conservative AM talk radio station this morning Pair of DJs said that somebody (didn't catch the name, damn Texas accents) can "prove" that 9/11 has 35 factual errors. Since I don't usually listen to the station, I don't know the station's URL so I can't see if they have a transcript, link, whatever. They were saying that a documentary should NOT have an opinion on the subject matter, and used National Geographic documentaries as their counterpoint. lincoln "Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #161,960 by deSitter 6/28/04 3:51:44 PM Reply	As Ebert pointed out.. ..ALL documentaries have a point of view. This is hardly surprising, given that the are made by -GASP- human beings. e.g. Ken Burn's "Civil War" series is heavily slanted to the Northern mythology - but that does not make it bad filmmaking. It's a viewpoint. -drl
Post #161,962 by ChrisR 6/28/04 4:04:09 PM Reply	National Geographic has a POV Save the Rain Forests. Curb development in wildlife regions. Send money to ecologists to help preserve the planet. All may be admirable goals, but to say that National Geographic documentaries don't have an opinion is a bit naive.

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