“Fifty-nine Deceits in Fahrenheit 911” is written by Ralph Nader supporter Dave Kopel. Kopel offers a thorough rebuttal of the points Michael Moore tries to make in his movie. I think it’s worthy to note that liberals that support Kerry “because of all the Bush lies” have no qualms whatsoever about supporting Moore’s movie. If you think somebody else is lying, you should tell the truth, not more lies.
Quite obviously, there are many patriotic Americans who oppose George Bush and who think the Iraq War was a mistake. But Moore’s deceitful movie offers nothing constructive to help people form their opinions. To use lies and frauds to manipulate people is contrary to the very essence of democracy, which requires people to make rational decisions based on truthful information. It’s wrong when a President lies. It’s wrong when a talk radio host lies. And it’s wrong when a film-maker lies.
And more, Kopel adds:
Although the evidence in this report demonstrates dozens of plain deceits by Moore, there are some “deceits” in this report regarding which reasonable people may disagree. So if you find me unpersuasive on, for example, three alleged deceits, consider this article to have identified “Fifty-six Deceits” rather than fifty-nine. Whether or not you agree with me on every single item, I think you will agree that the evidence is undeniable that Fahrenheit 9/11 is filled with deceit.
Moore responded to some of the points; of the original 59, Kopel concedes 2 points back to Moore, not because the author thinks Moore is right, but because he’s conceding the facts themselves are disputable.
Heh. After I wrote all this and started documenting my trackbacks to Little Miss Attila for the links, I realized Courtney beat me to it. She recommends this followup. (Courtney, apparently she’s added new information, so the link has changed)
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