Fox News Gives Farenheit 911 Thumbs Up

[KittyWampus]

Thanks to Rawstory.com

Fox News gives Moore's "F911" thumbs up -- "a tribute to patriotism"

'Fahrenheit 9/11' Gets Standing Ovations

The crowd that gave Michael Moore's controversial "Fahrenheit 9/11" a standing ovation last night at the
Ziegfeld Theatre premiere certainly didn't have to be encouraged at all to show their appreciation. From
liberal radio host and writer Al Franken to actor/director Tim Robbins, Moore was in his element. But once
"F9/11" gets to audiences beyond screenings, it won't be dependent on celebrities for approbation. It turns
out to be a really brilliant piece of work, and a film that members of all political parties should see without
fail.

As much as some might try to marginalize this film as a screed against President George Bush, "F9/11" — as
we saw last night — is a tribute to patriotism, to the American sense of duty, and at the same time a
indictment of stupidity and avarice. Readers of this column may recall that I had a lot of problems with
Moore's "Bowling for Columbine," particularly where I thought he took gratuitous shots at helpless targets
like Charlton Heston. "Columbine" too easily succeeded by shooting fish in a barrel, as they used to say.
Not so with "F9/11," which instead relies on lots of film footage and actual interviews to make its case
against the war in Iraq and tell the story of the intertwining histories of the Bush and Bin Laden families.

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,122678,00.html

Unfortunately, Reviewer makes the mistake of saying that Bush sat reading in the classroom for 11 minutes after the FIRST plane hit WTC. Truth is he already knew the first building had been hit and sat there after being informed the SECOND building was hit.

But then, maybe I'm mistaken and the Reviewer is correct?

"On the other hand, there are more than enough moments that seemed to resonate with the huge Ziegfeld
audience. The most indelible is President Bush's reaction to hearing on the morning of September 11, 2001,
that the first plane has crashed into the World Trade Center. Bush was reading to a grade school class in
Florida at that moment. Instead of jumping up and leaving, he instead sat in front of the class, with an
unfortunate look of confusion, for nearly 11 minutes. Moore obtained the footage from a teacher at the
school who videotaped the morning program. There Bush sits, with no access to his advisers, while New
York is being viciously attacked. I guarantee you that no one who sees this film forgets this episode."


Also, Reviewer faults Moore's not going into depth about how Democrats failed to be the Opposition. IMO, It would be folly for Moore to go into this without going into depth about how the Right and the Media labeled dissenters unpatriotic and traitors. Not enough time in this film. Maybe the next film.

"F9/11" isn't perfect, and of course, there are leaps of logic sometimes. One set piece is about African
American congressmen and women voting against the war with Iraq and wondering why there are no
Senators to support them. Indeed, those absent senators include John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, and Ted
Kennedy, among others, which Moore does not elaborate upon. At no point are liberals or Democrats taken
to task for not speaking out against the war, and I would have liked to have seen that."

[progressivebydesign]

1. Wow. Fox News?

This movie MUST be good. Can't wait.

[Democat]

2. Fox likes the movie?

Incredible.

[tandot]

3. I had to double-check the link to make sure that it wasn't a fake

story. I can't believe that.

"It turns out to be a really brilliant piece of work, and a film that members of all political parties should see without fail"

I bet that review gave a lot of freepers chest pain and heart attacks.

A POSITIVE review of Michael Moore's film from FOXNEWS. BWAHAHAHAHA. Just wait a little while and the freepers will add Foxnews to their list of "librul media"

[boobooday]

4. The worm has turned!

It is good, but scary too. When I see these traditional Republicans WARNING us about one of their own, it seems that these guys are even more psychopathic and out of control than even we thought.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[DrWeird]

5. Proof that Fox news is fair and balanced.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

[Az]

6. Hold up there, this is not their movie critic

In fact it is their Gossip Columnist. So yeah, Fox had something nice to say about the movie. But expect to see a review in the near future more in line with what we expect.

[KittyWampus]

14. Thank You AZ. At Least This Article Gives Us Something

to torture Freepers with. :)

And how sad is it that News Organizations HAVE gossip columnists?

[kaitykaity]

7. There has to be an ulterior motive for this.

No way partisan Faux would give the movie a positive review
unless they thought it would do Bush some good.

:shrug:

[Az]

9. Its not the official review

Its their gossip columnist writing about the stars checking out the movie. Wait for the real review. It will be far nastier.

[kaitykaity]

11. Ah. Somebody slipped off of the reservation

so to speak.

Thank you. :thumbsup:

[onecitizen]

8. Huh?

Wow! That is amazing!!

[JI7]

10. remember that web reporting is not very right wing as their tv cable news

is. just as fox shows such as simpsons are not right wing. it's mostly the fox news channel which is very right wing . but web news does not always reflect it and tends to be more moderate.

[Hoping4Change]

12. When Did Bush First Learn of the Attacks?

You are right that Bush knew about the first plane prior to entering the classroom.

"Official accounts, including the words of Bush himself, say Bush was first told of what was happening in New York City after he arrived at the school. However, this statement does not stand up to scrutiny. There are at least four reports that Bush was told of the first crash before he arrived at the school.

Claims of Bush's ignorance become harder to believe when one learns that others in his motorcade were immediately told of the attack. For instance, Kia Baskerville, a CBS News producer traveling with Bush that morning, received a message about a plane crash "as the presidential motorcade headed to President Bush's first event."


For detailed accounting of Bush's 9/11 morning:

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline/main/essayaninterestingday.html

[KittyWampus]

13. Thanks, The Truth Is Much More Damning!

[Hoping4Change]

15. I don't know if you had a chance to eyeball that link but its very

interesting reading. Lots of documented things that happened the previous day and early on Sept 11 were not widely reported.

[KittyWampus]

16. Yes, It's Gots TONS Of Links To Mainstream News Sources

so that there can be no whiff of "tinfoil".

Thanks for the bookmark.

My favorite news story/plant is that they found one of the hijackers wallets in the WTC Rubble. That was reported once then quickly forgotten.

[Lavender Brown]

17. But O'Reilly's been going on and on

about the film being just anti-Bush propoganda for weeks. I'm sure Fox News devotees pay way more attention to that jerk than to this columnist, unfortunately. I mean, we can hope they'll sit up and take notice, but they're mostly braindead automatons.