50 moore supporters.

51 people without blinders that think he's a moron.

given that conservatives generally think the New York Times is a biased rag and only the American Spectator and Rush Limbaugh are above reproach, this site is a step up.

whew! that was some kind of publicity stunt!
just to get some fuckin' attention.

And the thing he's missing is that Donovan Phillips doesn't support the right wing. Donovan Phillips considers himself directly in the middle.

I think Rush Limbaugh is an idiot, GWB is an idiot, and Michael Moore is an idiot.

May 6, 2004 ? Editorial, New York Times
Disney's Craven Behavior

Give the Walt Disney Company a gold medal for cowardice for blocking its Miramax division from distributing a film that criticizes President Bush and his family. A company that ought to be championing free expression has instead chosen to censor a hahahahahahahahaary that clearly falls within the bounds of acceptable political commentary.

The hahahahahahahahaary was prepared by Michael Moore, a controversial filmmaker who likes to skewer the rich and powerful. As described by Jim Rutenberg yesterday in The Times, the film, "Fahrenheit 9/11," links the Bush family with prominent Saudis, including the family of Osama bin Laden. It describes financial ties that go back three decades and explores the role of the government in evacuating relatives of Mr. bin Laden from the United States shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The film was financed by Miramax and was expected to be released this summer.

Mr. Moore's agent said that Michael Eisner, Disney's chief executive, had expressed concern that the film might jeopardize tax breaks granted to Disney for its theme park, hotels and other ventures in Florida, where Jeb Bush is governor. If that is the reason for Disney's move, it would underscore the dangers of allowing huge conglomerates to gobble up diverse media companies.
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if Moore was a moron, conservatives wouldn't hate him. You ever see 'Roger and Me'?

This is no time to be in the middle. If you're not feeling threatened by this regime, you're not paying attention.

Oh they are different, are they?

The GOP wants to tax the hell out of us to build a government monstor that consumes trillions of dollars doing absoutely nothing except playing a game of Monopoly.

The goddamn Democrats want to tax us to death so they can give everybody who dosent wanna work for a living a free ride while the rest of us work to feed them so they can pop out babies.

Representives of each party are both bought and sold by giant corporations like they were a fucking commodity.

Neither one of them have upheld the consitution when it would be easier or cheaper not to. They both bend the consititution over and fuck it if they think it will give another donation, another vote, another day in office.

They both like big business because it is easy to control a few huge companies rather than a million little mom and pop shops that think independantly.

Are they really different? You bet they are. They screw us in different ways. The Democrats at least lube your asshole and snap on a condom before they ass rape you. The GOP says "screw the lube, that costs money and fuck the condom too!"

Lewis Black put it really well: "Democrats blow and Republicans suck."

There used to be two parties that were different than the Dems and GOP. The Greens and The Libertarians. The Green Party has more or less collapsed. There is one left. The Libertarians.

No. Republicans propose amendments to the constitution to ban gay marriage, flag burning and other 'offensive' personal expressions. Democrats propose amendments for such trivial things as civil rights and universal sufferage.

Lewis Black is about as funny as Dennis Miller, which is to say 'not very'.

They may both like Big Business, but it seems from campaign donation patterns that Big Business only likes Conservatives.

Dems like social programs more than prison because it's cheaper to pay tuition for a year than it is to keep someone locked up for a year, and educated people are much less likely to commit crimes.

you wanna see what a Libertarian existence looks like? Rent 'Children Underground' from Netflix or read Lord of the Flies'

Libertarianism is a pipe dream for people who think they're too smart to be a republican or a democrat. But they're not.

"Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal. In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

Translation for Libertarians: Without rules, without the social contract, any psycho with a gun and the willingness to kill you owns you.

Hunting for Bambi was also a publicity stunt:(

not that i disagree....but look at where you are posting this, and seemingly pissed about it...the fake drama capitol of the web: GFY.

Michael "SigWhore" Moore...

can see him on here pulling the shit the the GFY drama queens pull all for sig exposure

MM is a fatass irrelevant lying sack of shit... so open-minded his brain fell out long ago.

I could've sworn i saw someone from Disney on the news this morning admitting to it. They said they didnt want to publish anything like that so close to voting time.

3000 accusations of lies, 0 examples.

Surprise surprise.

I don't like Michael Moore's bigotry against his own (American) people and disagree with him about 50% of the time. That said, better Michael Moore than some dickwad Jeb Bush trying to sway public opinion by jamming his hand up Disney's ass.

Miramax confirmed the pressure tactics, and Eisner's office admitted to them.

Now what was that about Michael Moore's "honesty"? Here's another URL to Moore's personal site including information on the media attacks against him:
http://www.michaelmoore.com

Personally, I wish someone would start kicking around that media whore Dennis Miller who has turned into a tiny puppet of god.
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Sig ommitted since I'm sick of looking at them, and I don't post here often enough to give a shit.

Are you just dumb or did you even read about it? The "publicity stunt" was to bring more attention to his causes. The fact that his film would not be published by Disney/Miramax (i believe it was), is saying something about the huge censorship problem in this country.

what the fuck does George Bush have to do with Moore admitting it was all a publicity stunt?:1orglaugh

you are right wing propaganda

Spoken like a true lib. When you have no substance, get personal.

AWC gets my award for the best post in this thread. :thumbsup

couldn't agree more

Here's a funny twist.

The article that started this thread has been edited - the headline has been changed to better reflect the editorial content of the article. It now says:

Moore accused of publicity stunt over Disney 'ban'

Even the idiot who wrote the anti-Moore right wing spin had to admit it was wrong. :1orglaugh

Umm .. that's not what it says. They change the headline or you?

I quoted the new headline exactly. The Independent changed the original headline of the article because it was a lie.

Read it yourself. :1orglaugh

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=518901

Right wingers accuse Moore of killing babies - this is just another accusation with a propaganda headline that is now gone. Moore wins again. :1orglaugh

I agree, Disney/Miramax trying to ban his movie is completely un-American. That's just a big mistake. No matter how much you disagree with Moore's views.

I don't see any harm releasing Moore's movie. Because, if you have seen his last hahahahahahahahaary(or seen his hilarious speeches), Bowling for Columbine, you would see it for what it really was, a collection of images/video/sound clips from leaders and stars taken COMPLETELY out of context. That's what he does, he distorts he spins topics to fit his liking, to represent his personal opinion on our country's history and future..Which is completely distorted from reality....

A lot of people watch it, as I have, but I think its only out of curiosity, not support. This guy isn't concerned about the president or the direction our country is headed! Come on open your eyes, he's nothing more than a shock-jock, except he creates films... Its about $$$ folks

Well with the Iraq news, you need a few stunts to get heard......

:rasta

Does no-one have any sense of irony?

A year ago GW posed in a pilot's suit in front of a huge banner proclaiming "Mission Accomplished". Right.

We have been told, as close to officially as is likely to happen, that we have invaded a country based on, if not lies, then at least on a very generous interpretation of the truth.

In the US it costs $150 million in campaign funds to pay for the publicity necessary to elect (or perhaps not elect) a Republican president.

And here we have a thread that attempts to dismiss someone's whole message because he is good at his job and knows how to get the maximum attention for himself and what he has to say.

Were that not enough, the intellectual level of those making that attempt is such they seem unable to hahahahaha a few sentences without including words like "dickhead" and "moron" at every turn.

I was talking to the thread starter. I was saying the same thing as you. ;-)

fuck him his gay

I don't see why anyone thinks Disney is somehow obligated to distribute Moore's crap.

They told him when he started that they were not going to distribute it, and they lived up to their word. BFD, let him find someone else to distribute it. If there was money to be made with it, I am sure Disney would be all over it like a fat kid on a Twinkie.