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| Moore sued for fake headline |
| 2004-07-30 |
| Hee hee, looks like Lumpy Riefenstahl tried to pull one straight out of the Goebbels playback and faked a reputable paper's headline (Goebbels actually did this several times). Unlike his predecessor and role model, however, Lumpy does not have the benefit of working for an all-powerful psychopathic dictator (yet) and has therefore been BUSTED: Friday, July 30, 2004 8:44 p.m. EDT Newspaper: Michael Moore Faked Front Page BLOOMINGTON -- Filmmaker Michael Moore's Bush-basing documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" apparently has upset more than Republicans. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph newspaper in central Illinois has sent a letter to Moore and his production company, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., asking Moore to apologize for using what the newspaper says was a doctored front page in the film, the paper reported Friday. It also is seeking compensatory damages of $1. A scene early in the movie that shows newspaper headlines related to the legally contested presidential election of 2000 included a shot of The Pantagraph's Dec. 19, 2001, front page, with the prominent headline: "Latest Florida recount shows Gore won election." The paper says that headline never appeared on that day. It appeared in a Dec. 5, 2001, edition, but the headline was not used on the front page. Instead, it was found in much smaller type above a letter to the editor, which the paper says reflects "only the opinions of the letter writer." "If (Moore) wants to 'edit' The Pantagraph, he should apply for a copy-editing job," the paper said. Lions Gate Entertainment did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment Friday. |
| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #2 $1 and change all the film prints. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-07-30 10:46:04 PM |
| #1 To the tune of "When He's a Bad Bart." by Gilbert and Sullivan. Young Michael Moore: When I'm making films I will tell taradiddles Chorus: He'll tell taradiddles when he's making films YMM: And truth I will kill and with facts I will fiddle C: With facts he will fiddle and truth he will kill YMM: You have to be spaced if you'd be concientious C: To be concientious you have to be spaced. YMM: So I spit in the face of all morals sententious C: All morals sententious he spits in the face. He spits in the face in the face of all morals sententious. When he's making films he will tell taradiddles With facts he will fiddle and truth he will kill. The truth he will kill and with facts he will fiddle And tell taradiddles when he's making films When he's making films he will tell taradiddles With facts he will fiddle and truth he will kill. The truth he will kill and with facts he will fiddle And tell taradiddles when he's making films. Filmmaker! When he's a filmmaker he'll tell taradiddles Filmmaker! With facts he will fiddle with facts he will fiddle And truth he will kill. |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-07-30 9:45:42 PM |