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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
but the question to me is would the same people outraged by this be outraged with the same vehemence (letters, phone calls, etc.) if MM released F-911 next week  I they would be - then great because fair is fair. Food for Thought. |
Big difference. F9/11 was a theatrical release and just came out on video and DVD. The FEC ruled that if any advertisements for the video release mentioned Bush, they would then be in violation of FEC rules. Sony and Lion's Gate will not permit Moore to air it on television unless it goes to pay-per-view, but they have certain windows in which films have to wait a period of time before they are available for PPV, usually a month and a half. What is being done here is a broadcasting company with access to 25% of televisions in the US is airing an in-kind campaign contribution to the Bush campaign that knocks down Kerry for three hours. On the public airwaves. On stations that can be viewed without even having cable.
Now, if Sinclair was granted permission to air F9/11, I'd say do it. Air the anti-Kerry flick and the anti-Bush flick. But they will not do that because they are trying to influence the election in Bush's favor. And don't forget, this is the same company that censored Nightline because they felt the Nightline broadcast was "too partisan." Gimme a f*cking break, you GOP sluts.
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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
BTW - I know nothing of this new tirade - I assume it is not really facts as much as opinion - and therein is the difference for me. MM is not my fav., but at least MM put the facts out there - almost all of it is true. I think there was one thing that was timewise incorrect, but the distinction was without a difference. Granted MM took some facts out of context and never explained them or never told you the other side of the story (I mean don't you think there are some mom's who are proud their son's died in service and are with W 100% - yet we do not see that) - but he did present facts - no two ways about that. 
P.S. Dissention - I am not arguing with you again about my last paragraph  |
I know, but this isn't about Michael Moore. You cannot compare the two films.
