“Fahrenheit 9/11” Critics
From the left:
It’s incoherent because he tried to cover too much.
He didn’t cover enough. He didn’t talk about PNAC!
He didn’t make the film I would have made. He didn’t tell the American people EVERYTHING, like I would have.
Don’t make FUN of the Bushies, just give people the facts – that’s entertainment. The BBC would have been a useful guide here.
This (phenomenally successful) film didn’t tell ME anything new, so it failed.
From the far left:
What? Like Gore wouldn’t have invaded Iraq?
From the center:
No criticism. Don't plan to see it; it’s leftist propaganda. I’ll stick to the evening news for my unbiased, propaganda-free information.
Dodgeball was good.
From the right:
This isn’t a documentary, it’s a (gasp) polemic!
Well, Christopher Hitchens nailed it. What a brilliant writer.
I…I…I …SAW it! It’s HORRIBLE! It is just so venal, so driven by hatred of Bush. And Bush is just trying to protect us from the terrorists.
Editing, trickery..he’s just like Limbaugh, only worse (but Limbaugh's a good entertainer and makes some good points).
He messed up on the Saudi flights! He messed up on the Saudi flights!
From the far right:
When the world is ruled by the Islamofascists, I’ll know which traitor to blame the most.
From a humble weblog writer:
Michael Moore has made a film suggesting the Bushies are anti-democratic warmongering profiteers and the wars on Afghanistan and Iraq are complete fuckups, mass murder for money, oil, and power lust, covered over in transparent lies enabled by the media.
Good on ya, Mike.
Oh, and the Saudi flights…probably some of Mike’s patented fast and loose editing is leading people to believe they flew out while all other planes were grounded, although he apparently says they left "after September 13." If we can all agree that video/film (and film editing) is potentially the most powerful form of lying ever invented, no matter who uses it, we might get somewhere.
From the left:
It’s incoherent because he tried to cover too much.
He didn’t cover enough. He didn’t talk about PNAC!
He didn’t make the film I would have made. He didn’t tell the American people EVERYTHING, like I would have.
Don’t make FUN of the Bushies, just give people the facts – that’s entertainment. The BBC would have been a useful guide here.
This (phenomenally successful) film didn’t tell ME anything new, so it failed.
From the far left:
What? Like Gore wouldn’t have invaded Iraq?
From the center:
No criticism. Don't plan to see it; it’s leftist propaganda. I’ll stick to the evening news for my unbiased, propaganda-free information.
Dodgeball was good.
From the right:
This isn’t a documentary, it’s a (gasp) polemic!
Well, Christopher Hitchens nailed it. What a brilliant writer.
I…I…I …SAW it! It’s HORRIBLE! It is just so venal, so driven by hatred of Bush. And Bush is just trying to protect us from the terrorists.
Editing, trickery..he’s just like Limbaugh, only worse (but Limbaugh's a good entertainer and makes some good points).
He messed up on the Saudi flights! He messed up on the Saudi flights!
From the far right:
When the world is ruled by the Islamofascists, I’ll know which traitor to blame the most.
From a humble weblog writer:
Michael Moore has made a film suggesting the Bushies are anti-democratic warmongering profiteers and the wars on Afghanistan and Iraq are complete fuckups, mass murder for money, oil, and power lust, covered over in transparent lies enabled by the media.
Good on ya, Mike.
Oh, and the Saudi flights…probably some of Mike’s patented fast and loose editing is leading people to believe they flew out while all other planes were grounded, although he apparently says they left "after September 13." If we can all agree that video/film (and film editing) is potentially the most powerful form of lying ever invented, no matter who uses it, we might get somewhere.
