Moore Hot Water (Fox News.com - Brit Hume)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,128040,00.html

"The latest from the Political Grapevine:

Moore Hot Water
The Bloomington, Illinois, Pantagraph has sent a letter to filmmaker Michael Moore, condemning him for, "misleading" and "unauthorized" use of the newspaper in his latest film, "Fahrenheit 9/11." While addressing the 2000 election controversy, the film flashes a Pantagraph headline saying; "Latest Florida recount shows Gore won election," dated December 19, 2001.

But, in fact, not only did the headline appear in the Pantagraph two weeks earlier and in much smaller type, it appeared above a letter to the editor, reflecting the writer's sentiments, not the news. The Pantagraph is now demanding an apology, an explanation, and compensatory damages, totaling $1."

Did I read that right? $1?????

LMAO!!!

Brit, you suck!

[mo5quito]

1. re:

hey... $1 is $1... I could use a buck right now :)

[newyawker99]

26. Hi mo5quito!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[trotsky]

2. Somebody should analyze that old Bush ad.

The one where they display a bunch of newspapers & headlines and quote from them selected attacks on John Kerry.

[DarkPhenyx]

3. I actually agree with a $1.

It makes their point and dosen't make them look completely vindictive and idiotic.

[54anickel]

4. "insults the Saudi royal family by tying them to the Bush administration"

Love that line.

snip>
Speaking of "Fahrenheit 9/11," Cuban leader Fidel Castro (search) has ordered state-run TV to broadcast the film across the country, during primetime. A University of Havana professor who saw the film calls it, "A work of love for humanity."

The film's distributor insists the Cuban broadcast was "not authorized." In Kuwait, meanwhile, the government has banned "Fahrenheit 9/11" altogether, insisting it violates a law that prohibits insulting friendly nations.

A Kuwaiti official says the movie insults the Saudi royal family by tying them to the Bush administration, and, "makes Iraq look like a paradise whose problems started with the American invasion." The official says the film, "would have angered Kuwaitis."

[nodictators]

17. It was CENSORED in Waco, Texass also!

Anyone know if the theater owners there have relented?

[54anickel]

28. So Texas and Kuwait have another thing in common? I have no idea

about the theater owners relenting in Waco.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Let's get him!

Such reckless substituting larger type in a representation of a newspaper headline CANNOT be allowed!

[Junkdrawer]

6. Here's the still from the film. Look like a "headline" to you?

http://www.pantagraph.com/flick/flick0723.html

Tempest in a teapot.

[Sporadicus]

7. This Looks Tailor-Made for Michael Moore

to make an important statement out of paying $1 to this newspaper. Apparently the publishers of the Pantagraph have never seen 'Roger & Me' or 'The Big One.' They may be surprised to find Michael Moore and his film crew in their lobby one day very soon :evilgrin:

[rvgwinn]

9. 911

tHE MORE ATTENTION THIS MOVIE GETS, THE MORE MONEY HE'S MAKING, THE MORE LAW SUITS ARE COMING. BUSH DON'T LIKE IT!!

[0007]

15. ......and I love every second of saliva running from the mouth

of the stupid and childishly right wing morans.

Please keep up the drivel. I want everyone to see Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911.

[Robb]

8. Bad slug, bad headline

...A headline that doesn't clearly and unmistakably convey the content and purpose of the paragraphs below?

Guess what, Pantagraph, that's your fault as a newspaper, not MM's.

Proper headline would've been something like "Gore won, says reader" or "Reader: recount favors Gore" if it was a LTTE and not a news item -- unless the "letters" header is really obvious nearby, which apparently it ain't.

:eyes:

[msanthrope]

10. He should tell them to go to hell. n/t It's called "Fair Use".

[Khephra]

11. "THE LATEST..."????

Sorry Brit, but this was reported a week ago.

[CatWoman]

13. LOL

I posted it in GD over a week ago

:hi:

[Junkdrawer]

14. Once people see a picture of the "transgression"...

these threads usually die. Note how all the RW stories on this are Text Only and leave the impression that Moore took a LTTE and created a Front Page Headline out of it.

[trogdor]

12. This isn't really LBN

It's been kicking around the echo chamber for a few days now. Brit Hume is just the latest bozo to be bringing it up. It does show, however, how weak their shit really is.

[Elginoid]

16. they just want to have it on record that he was sued and lost-

over inaccuracies in the film.

which they'll then repeat ad nauseum.

[KurtNYC]

19. good point

[Ducks In A Row]

18. The paper isn't mad, they're playing up the joke WITH Moore

that's what the $1 amount means

[Guaranteed]

21. No, what it means is that they're trying to discredit him. nt

[daleo]

20. Perhaps the lawyers here can elaborate

I thought a $1 settlement was equivalent to saying "the plaintiff is legally correct (technically), but there was no actual harm done to the plaintiff by the defendant's action, so damages will not exceed the token sum of $1". Something like that. I don't know who would pay court costs, though.

[Doctor Smith]

22. I don't understand all the knee-jerk support of Moore, here.

He obviously screwed up. He should admit it and apologize.

[poliguru]

27. How did he screw up exactly?

[Algorem]

23. $1,hot water,same thing?

Brit Hume,shit fume,same thing.

[progressivebydesign]

24. Brit Hume?? The guy that jumped with Poppy on his birthday?? N/T

[rinsd]

25. The $1 is symbolic...

The paper isn't looking for money just acknowledgement of the error and a retraction.