Michael Moore: Russia, Stormy Daniels stories are 'shiny keys to distract us'

[DonViejo]

BY JOE CONCHA - 03/20/18 10:18 AM EDT

Liberal documentarian Michael Moore slammed heavy "corporate media" coverage devoted to "Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia" and adult-film actress Stormy Daniels on Monday, calling the stories “shiny keys to distract us."

The commentary from the "Bowling for Columbine" and "Fahrenheit 9/11" director came during a livestreamed town hall event featuring Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in Washington on Monday night.

The three prominent progressives lamented the lack of national media coverage around a recent teachers strike in West Virginia that resulted in a 5 percent pay increase, which Moore characterized as bringing "down the state’s apparatus" and "an amazing victory" for labor in a red state.

"Bernie, I didn’t see hardly anything in the corporate media about this, on any of the networks, even some of the networks that we watch were you know — Russia, turn the channel, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia,” the Oscar-winning director said. “I’m not saying that’s not important.”


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[NCTraveler]

1. Michale Moore is an absolute gem.

He is also a wee bit disconnected from reality.

Russia sells. A porn star with a questionable non disclosure agreement fucking the President sells. Talking about a teacher walk-out in one state gets the channel changed(Unless it can be blamed on Obama or Clinton, then it would get more national coverage). It was covered on local news stations in the state it happened along with some national attention.

"shiny keys to distract us."

It has not one thing to do with distracting us. It's all about viewers and profits.

[comradebillyboy]

2. I think the Russian interference in our elections is a really big deal.

The news media focuses on issues that they think will attract the most eyeballs. Income inequality is not as big an issue as Sanders, Moore and Warren want it to be.

[still_one]

4. It is a big deal. Our democracy has been compromised, and that Moore minimizes it demonstrates just

how out of touch he really is. This should be no surprise though after his Nader involvement in 2000

[still_one]

3. Our Democracy has been threatened because some self-identified progressives told us there was no

difference between republicans and Democrats, and encouraged people either to vote third party or not vote.

Moore started this snowball rolling in 2000 with his support for Ralph Nader

All is not forgiven for what you did in 2000.

Not coincidently, the Russian interference is also not a big deal with the likes of Jill Stein, Susan Sarandon, Matt Tabbi, Glenn Greenwald etc.

Those of us who were there or witnessed the women's march on Washington saw how instead of trying to unite people, you used that opportunity to divide people, and slam the Democratic party, until Ashley Judd put you in your place. That was about uniting women throughout the country, not about your agenda Moore. It always is about you though, isn't it.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-womens-march-live-watch-ashley-judd-interrupt-michael-1485017688-htmlstory.html

Well thanks to the likes of the Moore's, Sarandon's, Stein's, etc., they managed to facilitate where we are today. They are the republicans best friends

[workinclasszero]

10. +100!

[LexVegas]

5. Downplaying Russia so as not to offend any fellow panelists.nt

[ehrnst]

9. Bingo. (NT)

[The_jackalope]

6. Saying that the Russian attack on the election isn't important

puts Moore on the wrong side of the "friends of democracy" fence.

[themaguffin]

7. What the HELL is wrong with him. BOTH are very significant stories.

[ehrnst]

8. Interesting. In any other election, he'd be doing a documentary on interference in a basic

function of democracy...

Who benefits from downplaying the evidence of outside election interference being key in HRC losing the WH in 2016?

Certainly not voters.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Moore Apparently Believes We Are Like The Supporters Of "It"

We can't pay attention to more than one thing at a time, apparently. Well, Mikey, i can and don't need your advice as to what is and is not important.

He's on the wrong side of this argument.

[Hortensis]

12. How questionable of him. He's definitely coasting on past

glories these days. In Columbine days most of us only knew his documentaries and had far less exposure to the man himself.

The WV teacher's strike was covered every day on my TV, and of course 10,000 times more every day in print media.

I thought perhaps he'd mean Russia was distracting from coverage of our domestic enemies, the archconservative libertarian/fascistic billionaires who've mainly taken over the Republican Party. They are a huge threat who opened the door to Russia's cyber invasion by weakening us for their own takeover, very much including cyber.

But no. Many of the more extreme types who call themselves capital-P Progressives (not all), in their eagerness to despise and reject Democrats, have found much to admire in Russia instead. It seems as if Moore may share their noxious orientation or has some other, questionable reason for objecting to our regarding Putin's Russia as an enemy.

Contemptible. I don't care if he's wired to be a wingnut. For gods' sake, just never let them ally with their ideological cousins on the far right!

[Cha]

13. Well he's WRONG. Russia helped

trump steal the election for trump, moore. Don't ya think that's a wee bit more than a "shiny key"?

And, Stormy is about trump breaking the law again.

trump is a fucking Russian mole. And,, that's a "distraction"? Get a fucking clue, MM.