Moore Lies?

Michael Moore is quoted at RatherBiased as saying that he had been offered the faked CBS memos during the production of Fahrenheit 9-11:

"Back when I was making Fahrenheit, I was offered the same documents that were given to CBS but I didn't use them because we couldn't verify them," Moore said following a speech at the University of Central Arkansas.

Dr. Rick Scott, the university's honors program director, told RatherBiased.com that Moore said he had a three-tiered-system of fact checking which led him to believe the documents were not valid.

But I smell a rat.

For Moore to claim that he'd rejected the same memos allows him to create the illusion that everything that made it into his film is pure fact, confirmed by a rigorous "three-tiered system." For those who stand opposite him politically to repeat the claim threatens an air of legitimacy. It may not mean much to have higher journalistic standards than CBS these days, but there's no sense inadvertently aiding the reputation of a lunatic.

His motive is probably a combination of self-promotion and damage control:

The anti-Bush filmmaker said that he was unhappy with CBS for using the fakes in a report, implying that the Memogate controversy had aided the president's reelection campaign.

I see that one anonymous commenter at RatherBiased noted something posted by Moore on his own site that seems to contradict the claim:

Huh?

If Moore's telling the truth about rejecting the CBS docs, how does he explain this on his own site?

Later today (Wed.), the Boston Globe, the A.P. and Dan Rather all present new and damning information about how George W. Bush got moved to the front of the line to get in the Texas Air National Guard, and how he then went AWOL. I am putting every ounce of trust I have in my fellow Americans that a majority of them get this, get the injustice of it all, and get the sad, sick twisted irony of how it relates very, very much to our precious Election 2004.

posted by Dennis on 10.05.04 at 12:52 AM





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