Michael Moore vs. Wolf Blitzer - Day 2

[slipslidingaway]

Run time: 09:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TfKDl3zTCE   Posted on YouTube: July 10, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: July 11, 2007 By DU Member: slipslidingaway Views on DU: 4456

 

[Poll_Blind]

1. K&R! n/t

PB

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. Wow. Someone at CNN can read

opinion polls.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. I can't believe how Michael just wiped the "smarmy" off of old

Wolfie's face. That was so cool. Thanks for sharing.

[slipslidingaway]

4. YW :) n/t

[CoffeeCat]

5. LOLOL!!!!`

I haven't even finished watching the interview, but I almost split
my sides when Moore responded to Blitzer asking Moore if he was
"going to Iran to show the film" as Iran had reported.

I LOVE IT!!! LOL!

Moore responded by saying, "Oohhhhhh...Iran. Is that the next boogie man?
Let's beat the war drums. I don't think anyone is going to fall for that
this time do you?"

Oh my!!! I think CNN/Blitzer threw that in just to get Michael to say "No"
that he wasn't going to Iran and to further demonize Iran as the new monster
under our beds.

Moore totally saw through it all and responded so beautifully.

Man....unfrickinbelievable!! Masterful.

...funny how Blitzer immediately changed the subject, and didn't respond
to Moore's comments about Iran.

Moore is brilliant.

[pokercat999]

15. And a final shot MM got in at the end when he thanked

the wolf (now with tail firmly between his legs) for (Wolf's) saying he liked the film during the break. Wolf responded a very weak "yes, I said it was a very powerful film".

[King Coal]

20. Sorry, Moore isn't brilliant.

He's just smart and knows the truth and how to tell it. He is made to look brilliant by the very stupid people who try to use trickery (like you so brilliantly made apparent). His blast at Fox News was well.................... I guess he is brilliant.

:toast:

[senseandsensibility]

22. Now that they know that Michael will fight back

they're treading on eggshells. If he'd taken it, the second interview would have been just as smarmy and misleading as the doctor's report. Will other Dems/liberals learn from this? This is how it's done. He's laid it all out for them. And for that alone, we should be everlastingly grateful.:toast: to Michael.

[CoffeeCat]

6. Ok, another comment...

...I think Blitzer realized that he was no match for Moore. The
PR suits at CNN told Blitzer to be nice and complementary to
Moore, because there is no way Blitzer could win--because Moore
has the truth on his side.

CNN knows damn well that they've lied us into war and toed the line
for BushCo for many years. They sense that the jig is up.

Did you hear Blizter actually admit that the public is overwhelmingly
against this war and that they want troops out now? I couldn't believe
it.

It's too damn bad that CNN only does it's job when the American public
gets so fed up and so disgusted about the media kow towing to these
Fascist thugs in the White House. CNN should have been doing its job
at the onset--journalism.

CNN and other media are starting to report the truth now, but they're
doing it for bottom-line reasons. The public is no longer swallowing
the bullshit.

Being the PR arm of the Bush Administration isn't selling anymore.

Moore was stupendous. He's an American hero.

[Name removed]

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[redwitch]

24. I know I'm not supposed to feed the trolls but...

what are you doing here? get thee back to freeperville and the "no facts zone" of Faux News.

[Dollface]

26. Welcome to DU ToTheRight

I'm glad to hear that you enjoy CNN as well as Fox Noise. I don't think CNN is Liberal, however. If it was, then it probably wouldn't piss me off so much. Same for those leftist crazies David Brooks and William Safire over at the New York Times.

[ProudDad]

28. "totheright" tied the record

of the least number of posts before tomb-stoning...

Way to go totheright...

"liberal media" -- such a tired meme -- whatever happened to the vaunted right-wing think tanks, can't they come up with anything better by now -- they've had years and spent BILLIONS working on it...

I guess they're out of gas...

[valerief]

29. They're liberal, all right. Liberal with their lies and omissions. nt

[Miss Chybil]

7. K/R nt

[Gregorian]

8. Yes, Wolf has stood down. Suddenly very amiable.

I believe what we are seeing here is the power of facts. Moore has armed himself, and is standing up to Goliath. But it's a cardboard Goliath. My ignorance, and our ignorance, has allowed the corporate media to walk all over us. But when we arm ourselves, and lock our arms, and go into the public arena, they fold up like the house of cards they are. They know when they've lost.

I think we're overdue for an election fraud documentary.

[Diane R]

10. You're absolutely right. We ARE overdue for an election fraud documentary.

[Don1]

9. Damn

He kicks interview butt.

[emlev]

11. I looked up "interview butt" on Wikipedia

and it's not there. When you create that Wikipedia page, please PM me.

[LibertyorDeath]

12. Thanks!!

Rec!

[davidthegnome]

13. Michael Moore for President!

Ok, well, he probably wouldn't want the job anyway, and I can't blame him. But... damn, just... damn. Terrific, stupendous, amazing, superb, spectacular, excellent, wonderful, FINALLY! Finally someone is starting to tell the truth, finally someone is standing up the MSM, finally someone is out there discussing real fact and showing these creeps for what they are.

CNN is going to be hard-pressed to back up their claims or to keep up with Michael. Oh damn, keep at it man, America is watching, and the vast, vast majority of us love you for what you're doing.

I have to admit that back in 2004 I was leaning to the right regarding many issues (I voted for Kerry though, don't throw rocks just yet :)) and I considered Michael Moore to be a radical liberal. Well... three years, thousands of dollars in medical debt, a chronic illness, and complete financial collapse later... if he's a radical liberal, I'm a radical liberal, and I'm proud to be one.

I have realized that Michael Moore is in fact one of the ONLY Americans telling the truth today. I have realized that what I thought of as radically liberal was simply truthful. It has been so rare, in these past years (and even in earlier times) that anyone actually told the truth, that many considered it radical nonsense when they saw it. My eyes are not completely open yet, my brief period of ABACI (almost becoming a conservative idiot) still haunts me to some extent... but it's men like Moore that show me the truth. It's men like that that make me want to keep at it, to believe in something, to believe we can make this Country great once again.

Tell it like it is Michael, I thank you from the depths of my heart for your integrity, and, with my head hung in shame, beg your forgiveness for doubting your word in years past. I have now experienced what it is like to be chronically ill American without health insurance. While I recently qualified for medicaid and now have coverage... I am still thousands of dollars in debt, and cannot pay it back as I'm unemployed and (for the most part) disabled. But hey, I've got an internet business... maybe in a decade or three...

Bless that man, may his ideals live forever.

Does anyone have an email address where I can write to thank him? I think we should make an effort to express our gratitude (if it's not already being done, I may have missed a thread). Here's a man saying what needs to be said, facing all the smear campaigns from the Republicans and the media, fighting back (winning) and laughing in their faces. This man is a National treasure, may he live to be three hundred.


Sincerely,

David Flagg
From way up in Stockholm Maine
Yes, I wear a tinfoil hat. Whoops, the aliens already got me.

[Connonym]

14. Welcome to DU

I'm sorry that it took tragic circumstances to change your mind. Hang in there man.

[Autumn Colors]

17. Moore's email address

His email address that he always lists at the end of his letters to the public on his website is:

[e-mail]

[Spazito]

16. That was excellent, thank you for posting this!

Michael was excellent again and I particularly loved it when he said, "Thank you, Wolf, for telling me IN THE BREAK that you liked the film."

Hmmmm, now why wouldn't Wolfie tell Michael ON AIR that he liked the film, because he is a bought and paid-for shill AND a gutless wonder.

[ProudDad]

27. That remark was extremely intelligent on Moore's part

They underestimate Moore. That's why he's seldom on the air on the MSM without some hit piece preceding and following him.

He's SHARP...

During the interview, Wolf said that SiCKO was "a powerful film". That's faux/cnn/msm avoidance-speak for "I'm not saying I like it but it was powerful, well done, good propaganda".

"Triumph of the Will", the famous pro-nazi/pro-hitler film is a powerful film, D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation", the pro-KKK anthem is a powerful film -- I've seen them, they are...

But Michael made sure that the fact that Wolf said off camera, "I liked the film" was entered into the record. "I liked the film" denotes acquiescence with some of the film's message, that one not only appreciated the way the film was put together but agreed with the film's premise -- U.S. Health Care is sicko and there are better ideas (damn near every) elsewhere.

Moore constantly dazzles me with his intellect, wit and quickness and he constantly drives those who underestimate him crazy...

He's been a joy to watch over the years...

[Spazito]

32. Agree, he put Wolf on RECORD as liking the film when the POS

didn't have the guts to go on record on his own, even after Michael made the point. Moore is brilliant and passionate which makes him very dangerous to those who profit off the backs of the American people.

[av8rdave]

35. That was the best part of the interview, IMO....

"Thank you for telling me during the break that you really liked the film."

Brilliant!

[Rude Horner]

18. I think this should be Moore's next documentary

the corporatizing of the mainstream media and how it does not bode well for Americans. I think it would be a fascinating film.

[ProudDad]

33. While watching part one

I had that same thought.

It would make an interesting movie....

[NewJeffCT]

19. Are there any transcripts of Part 1 and 2?

Thanks

[Auggie]

21. Credit is due-- even a little -- to CNN for running that second interview

after the beating Moore gave them the day before.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

25. I agree, and I think Blitzer conducted himself professionally...

...and was pretty fair to Michael in both segments.

[TheModernTerrorist]

30. saw this in the airport

right before my flight home. I had a huge grin on my face the whole way back.

[loyalkydem]

31. Mikey is my hero

I really loved how he reacted to the question about Iran.

[harun]

34. Agree, couldn't have been any better (n/t)

[PoconoPragmatist]

36. "Heckuva job" Brownie

I loved that little dig by Michael Moore towards the end. We have to NEVER FORGET how badly this Administration...and the Republicans...have time and again let down the American people...and NEVER FORGET that the corporate media let them get away with it, too!

WTG, Michael Moore!!

Edwards/Moore '08!!

[cynthia]

37. great job, michael moore

this was a great interview!

[DutchLiberal]

38. Detainees at Gitmo receive better care than 9/11 workers??

Yeah, sure, Michael, getting locked up for over 5 years in a concentration camp without a trial, without access to a lawyer, without seeing your family, and being tortured every day is *much* better than what happened to the 9/11 workers.

:crazy: