Must read this transcript of Moore calling CBS & media whores & traitors

[homelandpunk]

The "whores & traitors" is my take on it. In effect, that is what he called them. I am in awe of MM. Please read:

Excerpt from the June 25 Early Show, between Moore and CBS’s Hannah Storm:

Storm: "So this is satire and not documentary? We shouldn’t see this as..."
Moore: "It’s a satirical documentary."
Storm: "Some have said propaganda, do you buy that? Op-ed?"
Moore: "No, I consider the CBS Evening News propaganda. What I do is..."
Storm: "We’ll move beyond on that."
Moore: "Why? Let’s not move beyond that. Seriously."
Storm: "No, let’s talk about your movie."
Moore: "But why don’t we talk about the Evening News on this network and the Oother networks that didn’t do the job they should have done at the beginning of this war?"
Storm: "You know what?"
Moore: "Demanded the evidence, ask the hard questions-"
Storm: "Okay."
Moore: "-we may not of even gone into this war had these networks done their job. I mean, it was a great disservice to the American people because we depend on people who work here and the other networks to go after those in power and say 'Hey, wait a minute. You want to send our kids off to war, we want to know where those weapons of mass destruction are. Let’s see the proof. Let’s see the proof that Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11.’"
Storm: "But-"
Moore: "There was no proof and everybody just got embedded and everybody rolled over and everybody knows that now."
Storm: "Michael, the one thing that journalists try to do is to present both sides of the story. And it could be argued that you did not do that in this movie."
Moore: "I certainly didn’t. I presented my side..."
Storm: "You presented your side of the story."
Moore: "Because my side, that’s the side of millions of Americans, rarely gets told. This is just a humble plea on my behalf and not to you personally, Hannah. But I’m just saying to journalists in general that instead of working so hard to tell both sides of the story, why don’t you just tell that one side, which is the administration, why don’t you ask them the hard questions-"
Storm: "Which I think is something that we all try to do."
Moore: "Well, I think it was a lot of cheerleading going on at the beginning of this war-"
Storm: "Alright."
Moore: "A lot of cheerleading and it didn’t do the public any good to have journalists standing in front of the camera going 'whoop-dee-do, let’s all go to war’. And, and it’s not their kids going to war. It’s not the children of the news executives going to war-"
Storm: "Michael, why don’t you do you next movie about networks news, okay? Because this movie..."
Moore: "I know, I think I should do that movie."
Storm: "...because this movie is an attack on the president and his policies."
Moore: "Well, and it also points out how the networks failed us at the beginning of this war and didn’t do their job."


OH MY GAAAHHHHHHHHHHD!!!

[NMDemDist2]

1. yeah, I am wondering how the freepers are going like us "New Lefties"

we are done rolling over and letting them run over us

or at least I am, and it seems there are more than a couple more like me around :)

[Sweetpea]

2. She asked for it. She knows he is right because all of people in the

press corp talk about how they were censored especially before the war.

[malatesta1137]

3. get this guy on Kerry's ticket!

RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[walldude]

7. I'd love to see the look

on peoples faces if Kerry picked Moore. My first thought was Moore doesn't have the experience to be V.P. but then I remembered who was president :D

[andino]

15. If that dumb ass Dan 'potatoe' Quayle can be VP

then Michael Moore can be.

[BlueJazz]

4. If it was up to me 95% of the so-called "journalists".......

...would be forced to wear a mattress tied to their back.
I figure if they're going to act like two-bit whores, they might as well look like two-bit whores.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. You have to see the actual vid, (link was posted by someone else,

I will try to find again) she was INCREDIBLY HOSTILE and attacked MM with all RW talking points. It was a total attempt at ambush/hatchet job and to his credit MM was having none of it. She was PISSED when he put it back on the media for their colossal failure pre Iraq invasion.

[Carolina]

6. total bitch

she was shrill, quoting Hitchens' review, and doing the usual RW twisting and distorting. I love how she and Katie think of themselves as journalists ... they wish.

What whores. Michael got her sorry ass good when she called his movie propaganda and he said paraphrased: NO, that's the job of CBS EVENING NEWS. Shazamm

[JDPriestly]

9. Great job, MM!

[Pattib]

11. I'm glad that John Stewart pointed out that she (hannah)

had a chip on her shoulder from the beginning. Her introduction of Michael Moore was cold. You could feel her hatred for him.

She was the wrong person to have done the interview. She obviously couldn't hide her dislike of him and his film. I took great pleasure in the fact that Michael Moore did not let her roll over him.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. Here is the clip. Must see it for yourself. "MM Tees Off" is the title.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/25/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main626088.shtml

[Hailtothechimp]

13. Michael Moore takes no shit, especially not from Hannah Storm.

I watched it thinkinking to myself "Hannah's probably mortified by this. Good."

[homelandpunk]

14. thanks (nt)

[LeftofU]

19. thanks ...eom

[Nomad559]

23. Direct link for video

Streaming Video Link

[calimary]

24. Need transcript if you got it. I can't find it.

[murielm99]

10. E-mail CBS and tell them Moore was right, and they

deserve the criticism.

I just did.

[calimary]

20. Some contact info - GREAT IDEA - EMAIL THEM. PHONE THEM.

FAX THEM. SNAIL MAIL THEM.

ADDRESS:
The Early Show
524 West 57th St.
New York, NY 10019

E-MAIL: [e-mail].

PHONE: [phone]

TRANSCRIPTS: 1-800-777-8398
VIDEOTAPES: [e-mail]

Also, at the bottom, click to their "Contact Us" listing, and you can send a comment.

Here's mine:

I'd cordially invite Hannah Storm to

a) see "Fahrenheit 9/11";
b) go back through the CBS News archives, and those of other networks, and double-check the footage and commentary during the run-up for war, and see for herself how negligent the news coverage was, and how much unabashed pro-war cheerleading went on, 24/7 for Dubya's campaign of deceit and aggression;
c) try to learn how to be more objective in her news coverage of this White House, which has been given a blank check and a free pass from the beginning, without question, challenge, or any demand for accountability;
d) apologize to Michael Moore. News reporters are supposed to be watchdogs, NOT lapdogs.

Michael Moore was correct. The news media's "coverage" of the Iraq invasion, and this administration's multiple fraud is truly a GROSS DERELICTION OF DUTY.

Next time, try asking a few of the tough questions of THIS White House, instead of squandering all your energy on Clinton's sex life.

[sandnsea]

21. Good idea

They really are idiots if they STILL refuse to understand they don't have a monopoly on information anymore.

[Union Thug]

12. Boot, meet Ass...

GO MICHAEL!

[Generic Other]

16. Moore went for the jugular!

Way to go! She was bleeding profusely as the interview ended!

[Fovea]

17. OMG, Indeed.

He should call the movie,
"Cheerleaders gone Wild!"

[Eloriel]

18. Oh, that's cute

You should send him that as an idea.

i know our healthcare system sucks (his next film target), but IMO the media is more crucial to our democracy, and that would get my vote.

[calimary]

22. Got a link to the transcript?

Thanks.