Michael Moore
Back in 1998, I was in Highschool and was shown an in-class film by Michael Moore entitled Roger & Me. At the time I thought it was pretty good. I figure he's getting even with a corporation that screwed him over. That's pretty reasonable. Most of my family is working-class white-trash rednecks, so I'm familiar with the plight of the working man (as much as a college student can be I suppose). No problemo. Then I saw Bowling for Columbine and my impression very quickly went downhill. The fact that he deliberately edited (and basically altered) footage of Charlton Heston, then slapped it in his film, really bothered me. If you're going to be a crusader for truth, why are you lying to me? I don't really like the NRA, but then again, when you lie to my face how am I supposed to respect this "champion for the common man"?
Then today I saw a Cox & Forkum cartoon. So I went to his site and looked up the letter to see if it had been taken out of context or otherwise distorted (a la "Bowling for Columbine"). Nope. That's what he said. You can read it in his letter from April 14th. So that's the final nail in his coffin as far as I'm concerned. He's spouted off half-truths and lies to me long enough. The problem is, so have most members of the media and so have most of our elected officials. The realization that there is no one to trust is slowly sinking in...
Then today I saw a Cox & Forkum cartoon. So I went to his site and looked up the letter to see if it had been taken out of context or otherwise distorted (a la "Bowling for Columbine"). Nope. That's what he said. You can read it in his letter from April 14th. So that's the final nail in his coffin as far as I'm concerned. He's spouted off half-truths and lies to me long enough. The problem is, so have most members of the media and so have most of our elected officials. The realization that there is no one to trust is slowly sinking in...
