'Fahrenheit 9/11' burns journalists along with Bush

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Elizabeth Jensen and Robert W. Welkos
Los Angeles Times
Jun. 26, 2004 12:00 AM

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The video, which Moore says he acquired in standard and clandestine fashions, gives the film its potency and edge. But whatever the debate about the content of the film, secondary questions emerge about the footage itself -- from how he got it to how he uses it. In Moore's hands, the news footage turns into not only a scathing portrait of Bush, but also a sly critique of the media.

A reporter's innocuous question becomes a character-revealing moment in the context of "Fahrenheit 9/11." The journalist asks whether the president is working during a vacation in early 2001 at his ranch in Texas. Bush issues the vague reply, "(Adviser) Karen Hughes is coming over. We're working on some things." Outside the context of the film, the exchange has no clear meaning. In the movie, the president appears flummoxed and adrift.

"They filter all the stupidity out of him," Moore complained of the news media during a recent interview. "They make a decision and it's all about access -- that you have to toe the line. It's a constant game going on here, and the American people are losers in this game."

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/0626burn26.html

[still_one]

1. It also burns Congress, Democrats and republicans

[Sticky]

3. It's not showing here...

yet. :-(

[El Supremo]

2. Sly critique of the media?

It was pretty blatent to me.

[Maccagirl]

4. Yes

The phrase "J'accuse" came to mind as I saw this wonderful film. It was strange-I've seen it twice this weekend-once at a suburban shopping mall (ironically owned by a prominant Pub) where the crowd was young, raucous and rowdy. That was last night. Today I went to an indie art house and the patrons were older and there was stunned, sad silence. Both reactions were appropriate I think.

I caught Paula Zahn's intro to "People In The News" about Mr. Moore, and to say the least he has struck a nerve. Will the media react by doing it's job-or do what they're doing so far-being whiney children?
Oh well, don't even bother anwering THAT!

[burrowowl]

5. Hell Yes

there is criticism of the 4th Estate.
Our 3 branches failed America as well as the Press. The People should be up in ARMS!