Wow, not only does He Who Must Not Be Let Near All-You-Can-Eat Buffets lie by sneaky editing of part-truths, but he's now been caught deliberately cutting and pasting non-existent news stories to further his agenda.
I responded to a post over at Buzz Machine about Moore, and it's amazing to see the logical pretzels his defenders have to shape themselves into. He lies, period. Requoting my response from there and my own blog
"Michael Moore is a convicted sex offender. Who would want to watch a movie made by a pedophile?"
Unless I qualify that statement by informing you that it's another Moore and not fat-boy, then the dishonesty is equivalent to lying. The first statement is true, there is a pedophile by the name of M. Moore. The second statement is a question therefore not a lie. However, the overall statement clearly would imply that Moore the crockumentary maker is a child rapist, which AFAIK is not true.
This is the evil that Moore spreads. In my eyes, it's a lie, regardless if each sentence is technically true.
Of course, Moore can hide behind "intent" and apparently his minions gobble that B.S. up like candy.
Like I said at Buzz Machine, if you've got to base your arguments on lies to get your point across, you need to check your premises.
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Friday, July 23, 2004 3:25 PM