http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fahrenheit911/ en-us Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:56:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1380091/posts A recently released propaganda video by the Islamic extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir is quite revealing. Not only does the video demonstrate the group’s growing effort to package arguments in a manner designed to appeal to Westerners on the political left, but it also serves as a barometer of radical Muslim groups’ broader shift in rhetorical strategy. The video, “Iraq: Past and Present Colonialism,” appears for the first twenty-seven minutes to be a standard leftist critique of the Iraq war, indistinguishable from Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. The slickly-produced video begins with the history of past colonialism in Iraq—including the Mongol conquest... FPM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1380091/posts#comment Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:56:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806555/posts Endeavor Agency's Ari Emanuel talks several times a day to his brother, U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who is masterminding the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's midterm elections. There's a well-reported piece on Rahm in today's Washington Post (Fighting For The Spoils) that mentions Ari. "They all play to win, those Emanuel boys. Rahm (left) is the middle son of three. His big brother, Ezekiel, is a Harvard oncologist and bioethicist. Younger brother Ari (below) is a high-flying agent in Los Angeles. He made news recently as the only major agent to publicly call for an industrywide shunning of Mel Gibson following... Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806555/posts#comment Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:40:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065538/posts Over the past few years, perhaps no film controversy has inspired more outrage from conservatives than the Walt Disney Company’s handling of the ambitious 2006 miniseries “The Path to 9/11.” In the wake of Michael Moore’s 2004 anti-Bush documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” and the 2003 CBS biopic “The Reagans,” the Disney censorship fiasco has been a frequent bone of contention on right-wing blogs, AM talk radio and other media outlets. In addition to making cuts in its ABC-TV telefilm after complaints from political forces, the company also shelved plans for a subsequent DVD release. --snip-- Now the imbroglio has been revived... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065538/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:59:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021267/posts Tehran, May 25, IRNA American filmmaker and author, Michael Moore held talks with the representative of Iran's Documentary and Experimental Cinema Development Center at the 61st Cannes International Film Festival in southern France on Sunday. In the meeting, Moore voiced his willingness to take part in the Second Iran International Documentary Film Festival slated for October 14-19. Moore, a vocal critic who denounced Bush and the war in Iraq, further expressed regret for not participating in Iran's first documentary film festival. Islamic Republic News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021267/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 01:58:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016106/posts Michael Moore is taking America's temperature again. Moore, who won the top honor at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival with "Fahrenheit 9/11," plans a followup to resume his examination of the nation's status in the world in the years since the Sept. 11 attacks. "Fahrenheit 9/11," the only documentary to top $100 million domestically at the box office, was a harsh, hilarious critique of George W. Bush and his administration in the wake of the attacks. The as-yet-untitled followup will have a longer-term approach, film executives overseeing the project said Wednesday. "That movie was about a moment in time, a... townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016106/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 00:46:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008891/posts Robert “Mike” Duncan, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), continued to slam his Democratic counterparts for an ad they are running against presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.). Duncan on Tuesday accused Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Howard Dean of running an ad that features footage from director Michael Moore’s controversial movie “Fahrenheit 9/11.” The ad, which slams McCain for his now-famous New Hampshire town hall line that U.S. troops could be in Iraq for 100 years, features footage of an improvised explosive device (IED) going off near U.S. soldiers. ABCNews confirmed it was the same footage that... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008891/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:57:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008781/posts The following is being issued by the Republican National Committee:April 29, 2008 Chairman Howard DeanDemocratic National Committee430 S. Capitol St., S.E.Washington, D.C. 20003 Re: DNC's Use of "Fahrenheit 9/11" Footage in "100" Ad Dear Chairman Dean: I write regarding the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) advertisement attacking Senator John McCain titled "100," which was released on Sunday, April 27, 2008. As you are already aware, and as has been widely reported, the DNC's ad is troubling for at least two reasons. First, its message is factually false; the DNC is deliberately misleading American voters. Second, it constitutes an illegal excessive in-kind... Sun Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008781/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:38:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995160/posts Daddy Issues, War Lust in Oliver Stone's 'W' Controversial Filmmaker's Early Script Depicts President Bush's Hard-Partying Youth and Feuds With His Father By MARCUS BARAM April 1, 2008 — It's a classic American story: In the prime of his life, a man who parties too much and lives in the shadow of his esteemed father turns his life around. He gives up alcohol, embraces religion and finds a new purpose. But will his desire to impress his dad and purge his personal demons put the world in danger? Coming soon to a movie theater near you: controversial director Oliver Stone's... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995160/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:30:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1892207/posts So as you all know, it's the 9/11 anniversary next Tuesday. On Monday night (10th september) Channel 4 in the UK (one of the 5 main terrestrial tv networks) has decided to show fahrenheit 9/11. Isn't that a complete disgrace? Am I making something out of nothing or is this just a complete insult and exploitation as I believe it is. http://www.uknetguide.co.uk/TV/ Look for monday the 10th 9pm. I only know this in advance because they've been advertising it for ages including in the middle of a 9/11 documentary they just showed. I'd imagine if ANY of the major US... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1892207/posts#comment Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:34:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1795028/posts Filmmaker Michael Moore, director and star of successful films such as "Roger & Me," "Bowling for Columbine" and "Fahrenheit 9/11," has become the unwilling subject of a new documentary that raises questions about the credibility of his work and describes a "disturbing pattern of fact-fudging and misrepresentation," reports the London Sunday Times. While Moore has long been a favorite target of those on the political right, this new documentary – "Manufacturing Dissent" – comes from two left-leaning Canadian filmmakers who were once fans and who began their project expecting to tell a positive story. "When we started this project we... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1795028/posts#comment Sun, 4 Mar 2007 17:16:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794923/posts THE hunter has become the hunted. Michael Moore, the celebrated left-wing film-maker, has become the unwilling subject of a new documentary that raises damaging questions about the credibility of his work.The director and star of successful documentaries such as Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, Moore has repeatedly been accused by his right-wing enemies of distorting or manipulating the material in his films. On his website he dismisses his critics as “wacko attackos”. Yet the latest assault on Moore’s film-making techniques has come from an unexpected quarter. In Manufacturing Dissent, a documentary to be shown for the... The Sunday Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794923/posts#comment Sun, 4 Mar 2007 12:44:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767877/posts Insurgent TV channel turns into Iraq's newest cult hit Michael Howard in Baghdad Monday January 15, 2007 The Guardian An American soldier slumps in the turret of his tank, felled by the infamous Baghdad sniper. A Humvee is vapourised by a roadside bomb. Rockets launch from a pick-up truck to shouts of "Allah u Akhbar [God is great]". Back in the studio a TV anchorman, dressed in fatigues, urges viewers to rise up and fight the invaders. "We will not surrender. Either death or victory," he vows, while warning US forces and their "Iranian" friends in Iraq's government that they... http://www.guardian.co.uk/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767877/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:11:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1756489/posts BOSTON: A U.S. judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit filed by an Iraq war veteran who claimed filmmaker Michael Moore used a clip from a television interview without his permission to falsely portray him as anti-war in the documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11." Sgt. Peter Damon, a National Guardsman from Middleborough, had filed a $85 million (€64 million) lawsuit claiming "loss of reputation, emotional distress, embarrassment, and personal humiliation" due to his appearance in Moore's scathing 2004 documentary criticizing the Bush administration and the war in Iraq. Damon, 34, who lost his arms when a tire on a Black Hawk helicopter... Heald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1756489/posts#comment Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:56:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1729192/posts PETE TOWNSHEND refused to let documentary maker MICHAEL MOORE use THE WHO's WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN in his FAHRENHEIT 9/11 film because he didn't want the anthem to become an anti-PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH song. The rocker claims the tune has been misinterpreted many times and he didn't want to add to the confusion by letting Moore use the song against Bush. He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "When ROGER (DALTREY) sang it, suddenly it became almost an anthem of the counterculturalists. "You say to somebody, 'I'm not doing it,' and they hear you say, 'I'm doing it.' Like, 'I'm not... World Entertainment News Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1729192/posts#comment Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:16:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699521/posts Five years after 9/11, it's easy to find partisan divisions. But here's an issue we should be able to agree on: Docudramas--the portrayal of real events and people by actors--are a poor way to teach children and adults history. It's especially iffy to take dramatic license in telling the story of events in which many of the principal players are still living, such as 9/11 or President Reagan's administration. Just ask ABC. Last night, it aired the first part of a six-hour miniseries, "The Path to 9/11." Sandy Berger, who served as President Clinton's national security adviser, bitterly complained about... Opinion Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699521/posts#comment Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:44:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686654/posts Behold how the American left lends moral support to the enemy. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi militant group has produced an elaborate video of what it said were attacks on U.S. troops, in the latest example of the increasingly sophisticated propaganda war being waged by Iraqi insurgents. ?The Code of Silence? was posted on the Internet by the Rashedeen Army, thought to be a relatively small Sunni group which has produced videos in the past of attacks it claims to have carried out. At almost an hour in length, it is the longest and most professionally made of recent postings... KX.net.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686654/posts#comment Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:43:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672634/posts The controversy over Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 just won't go away. The film, which is being advertised with the strapline "Controversy? What controversy?", has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America, meaning no one under 17 can see it unless accompanied by an adult. Distributors Lions Gate Films and IFC Films, opening the film next week, are appealing against the decision. The rating came partly because the film shows images of US soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners, images Moore says he had long before the scandal erupted. He told Associated Press he kept quiet because he thought he'd... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672634/posts#comment Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:38:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1664826/posts JOHN LENNON DOCUMENTARY ABOUT TO SHAKE UP THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE"Pffft. In their dreams."From the studio that brought you Fahrenheit 9-11".Here we go again. When are these people gonna get their heads out of the @ss of the '60s? Nothing is working for them, so they commence to dig up the bones of their number one anti-war hero John Lennon. Problem is, none of that is relevent today. But they just can't let it go. How sad.I wonder if Drudge can sue them for ripping off his site? www.theusversusjohnlennon.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1664826/posts#comment Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:34:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662550/posts LAKE ORION, Mich. - He was a stern-faced sniper — and a soft-hearted Marine who handed out candy to kids in Iraq. He was a warrior who wrote poetry about life and death. He was featured in Michael Moore's antiwar documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11," portrayed as an overzealous Marine recruiter who targeted poor kids. But Staff Sgt. Raymond Plouhar was far more complicated than that. And it was that complicated man who died in Iraq in late June, as he served with some of the same men he had recruited years ago. It was that complex man who was buried Friday,... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662550/posts#comment Sun, 9 Jul 2006 00:24:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1641214/posts (CBS4) MIDDLEBORO A local veteran who lost parts of both of his arms in Iraq, is suing filmmaker Michael Moore. Sgt. Peter Damon says Moore recycled old news footage of Damon, and used it in a way that made him seem anti-war. The snip-it appears in Moore’s film "Fahrenheit 9/11." Sgt. Peter Damon, a father of two from Middleboro, strongly supports the war effort in Iraq and never agreed to appear in Moore’s movie. According to the New York Post, he is now suing for $85 million. Damon was interviewed by NBC in 2003 while being treated at Walter Reed... WBZ TV Boston http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1641214/posts#comment Wed, 31 May 2006 15:20:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623108/posts If there is any justice, and there rarely is, United 93 should explode one of the more outrageous myths of 9/11. It's the one perpetrated by guerrilla filmmaker Michael Moore that purports to show U.S. President George W. Bush asleep at the switch when the terror attacks were occurring in New York and Washington, D.C. You'll recall the famous scene from Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, the most inflammatory piece of agit-prop since Reefer Madness. Bush continues reading a book titled The Pet Goat to a classroom of Florida kindergarten students, despite having been told by an aide that jets have slammed... Toronto Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623108/posts#comment Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:09:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1585859/posts The Taliban’s former spokesman, Rahmatullah Hashemi, is now an undergraduate at Yale University, The New York Times reveals in a lengthy cover story by Chip Brown in its Sunday magazine this weekend. The cover line reads, “He was the Taliban’s spin doctor. So what’s he doing at Yale?" In fact, the story shows, Hashemi was at Yale once before—in 2001, appearing at a forum representing the Taliban, a few months before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A small clip of Hashemi appears in Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” film. “In some ways,” Hashemi, 27, says today, “I’m the luckiest person in the... Editor and Publisher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1585859/posts#comment Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:00:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550386/posts Where in the world is Michael Moore? This time last year, word was that the incendiary auteur behind "Fahrenheit 9/11" had the country's top pharmaceutical companies looking over their shoulders in anticipation of "Sicko," his look at the American healthcare industry. But since then, the usually outsized Moore has been mum on "Sicko's" health. Calls to Moore and his production company's PR rep went unreturned. His Website, michaelmoore.com, last mentioned "Sicko" on Dec. 23, 2004, linking to a L.A. Times report that the drug companies were up in arms over the pic. Moore's tactic of sauntering into major corporations and... Variety http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550386/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jan 2006 00:59:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1523485/posts Michael Moore a victim of his own success By JANET STREET-PORTER THE INDEPENDENT Whatever happened to Michael Moore, the man who told us his mission in life was to stop President Bush from getting re-elected? The man who loathed Bush so much he spent millions of dollars making a film, "Fahrenheit 9/11," the main purpose of which was to discredit the president. The man who went on national television and relentlessly toured the United States begging people to vote the Republicans out of office. Moore never missed an opportunity to ram home the fact that he sought nothing less than... SeattlePi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1523485/posts#comment Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:19:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1510569/posts A woman interviewed by controversial filmmaker Michael Moore for "Fahrenheit 9/11" claims he edited her segment to downplay her support for President Bush and for American troops fighting the war on terror. Joanne Duetsch, who appeared in a "9/11" scene filmed in Washington, D.C., said when Moore approached her in March 2004 – shortly after al-Qaida-orchestrated bombings in Madrid – he was accompanied by Lila Lipscomb, whom she initially believed was an actress but later learned was the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq. Duetsch says she didn't know who Moore was at the time but instead assumed he... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1510569/posts#comment Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:19:37 GMT