I Think Michael Moore's Next Movie Should Be......

[demgurl]

about the media in our country. It would be perfect now that the door has been opened by CNN. Michael has opened a lot of people's eyes with his appearance with Wolf. He could really blow the lid off of the * admin and the corporate ownership of the media. People could actually start connecting the dots about everything that is going on. I really wish he would do this, it might really help our country.

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1. And campaign finance, and corruption/defense contractors, and the national debt...

[SammyWinstonJack]

22. ...

:thumbsup:

[WillyT]

2. Great Idea... He Could Team Up With Bill Moyers On That One !!!

:toast:

[enid602]

38. others

And Dan Rathers, Phil Donohue and the owners of Knight-Ridder.

[Nite Owl]

3. I was thinking the same thing

it would expose a lot of how this war was allowed to happen and how the repukes get to win elections with the corporate medias help. I think people will be outraged to know that they have been manipulated like they have.

[demgurl]

5. Imagine just how many things he could expose and.....

what a lesson it would be for the sleeping public. We, at last, would be vindicated. A lot of people would still point to it and say, "See, how could I have known?" But the important thing is to have their eyes opened AND put an end to that liberal media myth.

[eleny]

4. It sounded like that's the plan

In his open letter he said he was going to go after CNN. I have the feeling they won't be the only network he'll examine. Moore is like a dog with a bone once he gets started!

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. "Moore is like a dog with a bone once he gets started!" He is that and aren't we lucky he is!

:evilgrin:

[panader0]

6. Immigration.............

[UTUSN]

16. Seconded. & I e-mailed him about it last week. n/t

[ElboRuum]

7. Perfect Title...

Dirty Words and Lying Eyes

[JacquesMolay]

8. Peak Oil, and how mindless consumerism...

... is going to kill us when we burn up everything on Earth.

[Berry Cool]

9. All of these are great ideas

but if he wants to follow up SiCKO with another movie about something we don't yet have that many other countries got a long time ago, he will do one about the pathetic state of day care in this country, and how we have resisted nationalizing day care for eons, despite the fact that other countries nationalized it a long time ago and their kids did not turn out to be godless little Commie automatons like the Repugs keep telling us ours will be if we do it.

The propaganda against nationalized day care in this country has been every bit as bad as the propaganda against nationalized health care...and as a result, we have the exact same "everyone for themselves" situation in existence. The quality of day care parents can get for their kids depends entirely on their employers. So does the amount of time they can get off, paid or unpaid, to care for kids (or parents for that matter) without fear of losing their jobs.

If your employer offers no day care, you get a combination of "what you can afford" and "what is most convenient for you." Whatever that might be.

And if you are a couple and you can't afford anything, or you're not sure what you have to pay for it will make it worthwhile, someone ends up having to work part-time or be a stay-at-home parent. Guess who? 99% of the time, it's Mom. Because, after all, it's like the Repugs say: If the kid came out from between YOUR legs, the kid is YOUR responsibility. Not the father's. YOURS. :sarcasm:

It would be great to see Moore do a movie about this. Because it might even do something to change the notion that day care is a "women's issue." It shouldn't be.

[demgurl]

13. I totally agree, especially being a woman.

But I also realize that there are bigger issues right now like the future of our country and the cover up of what is really happening.

There are so many ways we are behind other industrialized countries like paid vacation, child care, maternity leave, health care, etc...... It is sad that Americans are a) not really informed on what goes on in other countries and b) willing to fight to get the same here. It is no accident that France has so many benefits and that their people are so willing to go out in the streets and demand certain rights. Say what you will about the French but they were right about Iraq and every single one of their citizens have health care.

[LibertyorDeath]

10. email him your great idea.

Contacting Michael
If you have something you want to tell Michael directly, contact him at:

mailto:[e-mail]

[demgurl]

12. Maybe if enough us email him, he might do it.

I blame the media for a large percentage of what Bushco has gotten away with. If it was all properly reported then everyone would/should be up in arms.

[Bitwit1234]

11. I pick the corporate republican owned media.

And tell the country how they each mess themselves trying to outdo each other in slamming the democrats and enabling bush and the republicans.

[demgurl]

20. And reporting on the latest missing blonde chick.

Don't forget that!

[antigop]

14. In one of his interviews, M. Moore mentioned he was already working on his next project. n/t

[demgurl]

21. Did he hint as to what it was? nt

[antigop]

23. Not as far as I could tell. n/t

[Swamp Rat]

15. Yes, and the one after that about Katrina.

[demgurl]

35. He could hit on all big topics with this one.....

he could cover how the media did not cover his exploits of all his farting around while people died in New Orleans. Swamp, I want my country back. :cry: I know New Orleans is important to you. How are you these days? Have you been back there? I hope you are well. :hug:

[Swamp Rat]

36. Way'at demgurl!

:hi: :hug:

I came back to New Orleans in 2005. It hasn't been easy.

[demgurl]

37. Have many people you know returned?

Did your house survive? I hope things get better for you there.

[markk]

17. michael moore and robert smiegels mediaopoly

[Crunchy Frog]

18. Yes, but he'll have to be fair and balanced about it...

and give big media a platform in the film from which to tell their side of the story. Otherwise the public discussion of this issue will be just too one sided. :sarcasm:

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. :) I doubt any MSM network would let him on the air after that movie.

Maybe KO could get him on, but not if MSNBC was knocked in the film. MSNBC is the idiotic network who fired the host of their HIGHEST RATED SHOW, Phil Donahue, because they couldn't air ANY anti-war opinions. They had to "shock and awe" and wave a flag like FAUX NEWS and CNN were doing.:grr: The corporate owned media would chew Michael up and spit him out....look what CNN and Gupta did just because Big Pharma buys ads on their network and Gupta is a Doctor! Think of what they'd do to him if the subject was THEM!

How could he market that kind of film? On the internet? Let MILLIONS of people download for a nominal fee or free?

[pnorman]

45. By now, Michael Moore most likely has enough name recognition and CLOUT,

to get such a movie promoted exclusively by internet bloggers (perhaps even Freeway Bloggers). Any MSM attempt at blackout, would only feed the flames. That MSM would dearly regret such a move. They'd have a black-eye that would take a loooong time to heal. And by now, almost everybody has a DVD player. The theater distribution outfits could also make themselves "semi-obsolete", if they try to fuck over MM!!! I LIKE that thought!

pnorman

[steve2470]

24. agreed !

/agreed ! IMHO, this is actually just as important if not more important than the SICKO project.

[demgurl]

30. Yes, first we have to get our country back......

but at least it is nice to have someone fighting for us and for the good of the country. It does my heart good.

[NanceGreggs]

25. Agreed!!!

:kick: and Rec'd!!!

[Cha]

26. That's what I'm talkin'

about. If we had a free press there would be no bushit. The brainwashing would stop..more people would think for themselves with just the truth available.

The is the crux of our whole tragedy.

[demgurl]

32. And we need someone higher up to document this.

Someone like Michael Moore. If you and I go around telling everyone that the media is fixed by the thugs they will look at us as if we are wearing tinfoil hats but if someone documents it they will give credence to what is being said on our end. It is imperative we fix the media to fix this country.

[cascadiance]

28. That or the sore need for public campaign financing...

Those are the two most underreported issues and ones that he could make a big difference with in raising their visibility to all of us.

I remember talking a lot about prop 89 when walking precinct for last election and being able to persuade a lot of folks on that even though it didn't pass. I think public campaign financing is a winning issue if people can be made to understand it.

Also, public campaign financing is easier to "fix", if you have the political will from the masses to do it, than "fixing the media" situation, which will probably take a few years to correct what has been broken down over time since 1980. But I do agree that both issues are equally as important to try and solve soon.

[demgurl]

33. Yes, financing is hugely important.

I wish we could take the money out of running once and for all. That way they could not be bribed, they would not feel the need to bow down to contributors AND they could pay attention (and fix) the real issues in this country.

[tiptoe]

29. Fahrenheit 9/11 1/2 (2008) (In production, "status: unknown" "updated: 20 March 2007")

Fahrenheit 9/11 ½

(2008)

Release Date: 2008 (USA)

Production Notes/Status:
Status:Unknown
Comments:
Status Updated: 20 March 2007
Note:Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

[HughMoran]

31. I'd love to see this

Faux Fake News for imbeciles would have to get a very special treatment in this movie - it would likely be hilariously funny too!

[Strathos]

34. I read it's gonna be about homophobia in America

I hope it is.

[pnorman]

39. I was expecting to hear something really SILLY here.

Instead, this makes much sense! (Now WHY didn't I think of that first?).

And I doubt that MM will need any "convincing", considering his comments about the media in his recent interview with Wolff Blitzer. So in addition to emailing him about your own thoughts on this, also send him the URL to this thread.

pnormn

[demgurl]

40. Thanks, pnorman.

Sometimes I enter threads and expect silliness or seriousness and then you get the opposite. You just never know what to expect. I did email MM last night and for what it's worth I even said that I would put as much money as I could toward financing it! I told him I am not rich by any means but I said that I feel this is an important enough issue that I would give what little extra money I have toward the making of the documentary. I am not sure I will get a reply but maybe it will give him and his staff something to think about.

[Nia Zuri]

41. I agree, he could title it "Tool"

[defendandprotect]

42. Mike's off to a good start with the CNN/Wolfie attempt to swiftboat SICKO --

[PassingFair]

43. FORECLOSURE!

About the housing crisis.
Where do the people go?
Where does the money go?

[libertypirate]

44. profit

The profit motives have changed in America no one ever points this out... Capitol is no longer the driving force in our economy, as we the people as individuals go into hawk more now then in recent history our economy keeps adding value, wtf? Capitol is a commodity in todays business world.

Profit is all about the perception of value driven by what the market is willing to pay for that perception.

[Pushed To The Left]

46. I'd love to see Michael Moore take on the religious right! But I also think

the Clean Money/public financing issue would be a great one, especially since he could explain it to Americans who don't understand it in an entertaining way.