Michael Moore Just Offered his Movie to Sinclair For Free!!

[doxieone]

On Leno.

No link.

"Pay per view" broke off contract with him to show 9/11.

Live on Leno Moore offers 9/11 to Sinclair Broadcasting for free for them to truly show how nonpartisian they are!

[PartyPooper]

1. OMG! That's fabulous!

:toast:

[cal04]

2. yeah, let's see if they

show they're not biased
Moore was great! Loved the pfeizer memo
with his answer, call and say he's here, he's hiding under the desk

[cal04]

3. Link that mentions his offer

Also Friday, Moore offered to let Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. air the movie for free. Such a deal would likely get a chilly reception at Sinclair, a broadcaster with a reputation for conservative politics that plans to air a critical documentary about John Kerry's anti-Vietnam War activities on dozens of TV stations two weeks before the election.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4554565,00.html

[doxieone]

4. Leno was halfway decent tonight although he made a..

crack that Moore's underwear could be used for a car top.

Moore countered by saying that his underwear could be put over Leno's head - implying Leno has a big head (which he does in more way than one).

[tmooses]

5. Moore is Playing the Sinclair Boys Against the stockholders...

How do you think the stockholders will react when the heads of Sinclair
turn down an offer like this? It's all about the money.

[stevebreeze]

6. yup that is exactly the game

most of the time the immediate money wins.

[troubleinwinter]

7. Aint no way Sinclair will do it, and supposedly 95% is owned by family.

[soleft]

8. what's really scary about your sig line

That pic of Bush is a pic of Bush holding his newborn daughters

[Spiffarino]

10. Brrrrrrr!!

You're creepin' me out!

:evilgrin:

[illuminaughty]

14. OMG I just posted the other day

that if you had to choose between voting for Bush and a dead guy; if you had to choose between voting for Bush and a dead serial killer like Ted Bundy, you choose the serial killer.

Never mind. They're one in the same. I knew they didn't go through with that execution in Florida. No wonder he behaves like a sociopath. Bundy Bush

[porkrind]

21. No, the joke goes like this...

What's the difference between * and Ted Bundy?

* killed more people.

[JPZenger]

31. Smith Brothers Control 95% of Votes, Not 95% of Ownership

The four Smith brothers inherited the company from daddy, and then took on over $1 billion of debt to expand it. Their little feifdom is set up in a way that they control 95% of the votes that control the company. They own a much smaller percentage of the market value of the stock. The stockholders who control the majority of the market value of the shares are just along for the ride - they have no control. The 4 Smith brothers make up 4 out of the 8 board members.

The stock has been going down the toilet for the last 6 months - ever since the Nightline censoring episode.

[Booster]

9. Mike might have just played the trump card and blown them

out of the water. His movie is just as "newsy" as theirs since his is at least set in the last 4 years and their news is 35 years old. Way to go, Mike.

[radwriter0555]

27. I had a feeling he would do this..

I love MOORE!

[rocktivity]

11. Sinclair had better say yes

Or Moore might offer it to someone else...as in BIGGER...

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[Carolab]

12. PLUS

they'll have to show it WITHOUT COMMERCIALS, since that is how they plan to air Stolen Honor. Or else, Moore can offer it to another station, for free, WITH commercials...

What's cool is that he also said he will be pursuing the broken contract with iNDemand...

Has this guy learned how to play, or what??

[For PaisAn]

13. Contact info for iN Demand pay-per-view

In case anyone wants to contact them about breaking their contract with Moore to show F911. Moore plans to take legal action against them.
http://www.indemand.com/about/contactUs.jsp


Moore's Pre-Election TV Special Nixed
"Fahrenheit 9/11" Creator Alleges iN DEMAND Was Pressured
By DAVID BAUDER, AP

NEW YORK (Oct. 15) - The cable pay-per-view company iN DEMAND has backed away from a plan to show a three-hour election eve special with filmmaker Michael Moore that included the first television showing of his documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11."
....snip....

link:
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/elections/article.adp?id=20041015220809990007

[GinaMaria]

36. PBS should offer

and ask for pledges. They will have so many viewers to appeal to.

[For PaisAn]

41. What a great idea!

n/t

[For PaisAn]

15. Kerry campaign asking Sinclair for equal time

Updated: 06:23 PM EDT
Kerry Campaign Seeks Equal Time Over Film
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, AP

WASHINGTON (Oct. 15) - Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign, contending that Sinclair Broadcast Group wants to help President Bush by airing an anti-Kerry documentary two weeks before the election, asked on Friday that each station carrying the program provide a similar amount of time to Kerry supporters.

Meanwhile, Kerry's Massachusetts colleague, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, asked the Justice Department on Friday to review if broadcasting the documentary amounts to an unlawful campaign contribution warranting a criminal investigation.

The public's interest in a fair and lawful election demand "at least a preliminary determination as to whether the persons involved are vulnerable to criminal charges," Kennedy said in a letter to Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey Jr.

Sinclair has contended that the program is news, covering an issue of interest and importance to viewers, and has invited Kerry to appear on a post-broadcast program. Kerry has declined.

...snip...

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/elections/article.adp?id=20041015180509990006&_ccc=6&cid=946

[illuminaughty]

16. Wouldn't that be great ..the day before the election

And using the date the way the rest of the world does, we could call it "Fahrenheit 1/11".

[whirlygigspin]

17. if it's free, ABC,NBC,CBS & PBS should pick it up

and air it on the same night lol

[anarchy1999]

18. I think we just need to stick with the plan. Advertisement.

BOYCOTT! Period.

They will relent if we stay with it.

[SpinalTeeJoint]

25. Either way they get a boycott

Which one will cost them more? Republican boycott for caving or a boycott by Democrats for showing it? Has a poll been taken to see which boycott costs them more?

[Jawja]

32. I agree that we should stick with

the boycott, etc., but I believe a complaint can be filed with the FEC if Sinclair chooses to air "Stolen Honor" and turns down an opportunity for equal time for a pro-Kerry response.

[ogradda]

19. hot seat for sinclair

gotta love it :evilgrin:

[Jose Diablo]

20. It will be interesting how Sinclair explains to the new FCC administration

their 'public' interests in declining Moores offer. The use of the 'commons' for private interests could be the deciding factor in withdrawing Sinclairs permits to use over-the-air electromagnetic bandwidth.

It could shut Sinclair down completely.

That MM is one sharp cookie.

[Zak]

22. Government pressure?

Man they sure are out to get Micheal Moore. Guess that's what happens when you try to expose Butcher Bush and all his administrative assholes. Let's hope the American people can wake up to all the Bush family dictatorship bullshit and get rid of the little reptile bastard before the rest of the world really does attack Americans everywhere.

[Libby2]

23. I sure hope someone is watching MM's back.

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[LosinIt]

26. Hey, Thanks for pointing that out.

That was really helpful!

[canuckybee]

28. if he had been paying attention to the whole

Sinclair story he would not have made such a stupid post...oh ...wait....post count...I stand corrected.

[Zak]

29. Attention?

Butcher Bush and company are blocking, or are trying to block, every move MM makes. Bush can't have the truth get out now can he?

[robbedvoter]

30. He got YOUR attention - should be less desperate now....

In fact, we all feel better now

[SOS]

34. A question....

From your post:

"If people really want to see this movie they will rent or buy it or make a copy. Offering it for free make its author sound desperate for attention."

Are you referring to "Stolen Honor"?

[librechik]

35. Sinclair won't show it, exposing its brutish partisan nature

Nobody expects them to say yes, yet if they are to prove their claim of "public interest/news not editorial," the claim that protects them in court, they should! Mike hasn't tricked anybody, he's merely torn aside the veil to show who these hypocrites really are!

Of course F9/11 sells itself--aren't you watching? It's the number 1 video.... EVER!!!!!Mike can afford to be generous. He gets attention because he's worth watching.

[robbedvoter]

38. But for that we need to spread the news of MM's offer - make it part

of our boycott. We need to add this new fact to our letters - in fact those of us who wrote already will need to....WRITE AGAIN, asking that they take MM's offer.

[hughee99]

33. Can HE actually offer it for free?

I know it's his movie, but I'm sure his distributor, investors, perhaps even Disney owns some of the movie. I don't know that he could actually make it available for free even if he wanted to, without their approval. Since Sinclair will turn them down though, it was a good PR move.

[ldf]

39. Lions Gate

is the distributor, and i thought they had already said that moore did not have the rights to give it away.

maybe moore talked them into agreeing.

[The Zanti Regent]

37. Now THAT is Equal Time!

WHen Kerry is elected and the Equal Time Rule is reinstated, their day of reckoning will come!

[wishlist]

40. CNN has had great coverage of this today- Kerry demanding Equal time

I am so glad that Sinclair's pro-Bush agenda has been so loudly exposed all across the country finally. Those of us with Sinclair stations have felt so powerless and voiceless about their campaign of vicious RW anti-Kerry smear attacks that we have had to endure for months now in their constant 'editorials'. Even here on DU, there were unsympathetic posters just recently before this 'Stolen Honor' flap hit who couldn't understand why we were upset saying we could just turn the channel, not understanding that viewers in a lot of areas only get vital local news or a particular major network from their Sinclair affiliated station.

Hope this backfires on Sinclair by exposing their dishonesty and hypocrisy since I highly doubt they will give Kerry equal time since their aim is to force him to expend lots of time and money to counterract their smears.

[Dr Fate]

42. "Stolen Honor" is NOT the forbidden fruit- "F-9/11" still is!!

Thank GOD- this will get people talking about BOTH movies...

I was afraid that this scandal would just make more people curious about "Stolen Honor"- but Moore is now in the game-and NO ONE can out-promote Moore.

"Stolen Honor" is NOT the forbidden fruit- "F-9/11" still is!!

BRILLIANT!!!

[ArnoldLayne]

43. I wonder if they will accept it to show

that they are not biased towards Bush.

[genius]

44. I saw that. If they don't take it, they're proving their a GOP site.