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Date: 2004-06-29 18:17:43

Comment:

Well, we do know that Moore blatantly lied about the Saudi flights out of the country - especially in his attempt to make it appear they were being flown out under Bush's directions as the towers were still burning. Richard Clarke, admitted he was the highest ranking official to authorize the protection of the Saudis by having them bussed to protective locations to wait for the airflight restrictions to be lifted to allow them to fly home. He also said they were thoroughly vetted by the FBI before being allowed to leave. No conspiracy, there - just some frightened people afraid of vigilanteism.

He also lied by ommission several times by editing out the replies to his questions and letting his questions stand as if they were unanswered. One famous one was the street interview of the Congressman who stalked angrily away after Moore asked him if he had any children in the military we could send to Iraq. The Congressman had civally responded that he did have two family members in uniform and one in Afghanistan, but Moore must have taken that as a personal challenge and used his edited interview out of several as the one to use in his film. The Congressman was annoyed by Moore's baiting, and considered suing him, but decided to just ignore his boorish behavior.

Not a bad example to set.