Moore edits & splices several Heston speeches to change their meanings. *This article related to BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE is a stub.* You can help Bowling For Truth by expanding it through the comment box below…
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Another scene staged in Bowling for Columbine is the illustration of the story being told of a couple of hunters who dressed up a dog in hunting clothes, gave him a gun, and then accidentally got shot by it. There are some trivial, rather silly details in the scene that arise from simple shoddy filmmaking. […]
Michael Moore portrays his position on gun rights as “not anti-gun”, and points to his membership in the NRA (as well as the very guns he owns) as proof. In Bowling For Columbine, Michael Moore brags that he is a “lifetime member” of the NRA. So it might be expected that Moore would inform viewers […]
Michael Moore sets the tone of Bowling For Columbine by choosing a title and reason for that choice that rests on false premises, uneven argument, factually inaccurate citations and a stubborn refusal to correct the record. The film begins on the day of the Columbine murders on the morning of April 20, 1999. Michael Moore […]
Fahrenheit 911 begins on election night 2000 where Al Gore is on stage at a Florida rally with a banner reading “Florida Victory.” While this creates the impression that Gore was celebrating his victory in Florida, the really actually took in the early hours of election day, before polls had even opened. Gore returned to […]
Outfoxed contains a bizarre segment with David Hnatiuk, identified as a “former Fox Music Supervisor”, where he claims to have invented the “Fox News Alert”, saying: Probably 1999 [sic] I created the Fox News Alert. We were striving to accomplish a sense of urgency. Urgency in the sense that what was about to be delivered […]
Fox News liberal commentator Susan Estrich was the first woman president of the Harvard Law Review and the first woman to head a national presidential campaign when she lead Michael Dukakis (D-MA) bid against President H. W. Bush. CLARA FRENK: A lot of the times the liberals that they get to appear on are either, […]
In the section, Fox News Techniques: Fox Liberals, Outfoxed makes a fallacy riddled and bizarre conspiracy claim against Fox News’ portrayal of on-air liberals. Frank O’Donnell, identified as a “former Fox News producer”, presents an incoherent allegation that Fox News attempts “to put on the appearance” of being ideologically balanced but sends “subtle messages” that […]
BLURRING THE LINE BETWEEN COMMENTARY AND…COMMENTARY In the section of Outfoxed labeled Fox News Techniques: News commentary and Ad Libs, the film alleges to expose techniques of the news network that deceive the viewer – however the film begins this expose by deceiving the viewer. James Wolcott, identified on screen as a former staff writer […]
Outfoxed displays under sinister music and ominous voice-over, several leaked internal staff memo’s from Fox News VP John Moody directing the coverage of the days news and how the network will approach the issues of the day. Greenwald portrays the act of direction as evidence of bias itself, depriving the viewer of the fact that […]