pharma barons already shooting at Moore for upcoming 'Sicko'

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fmoney%2F2006%2F03%2F26%2Fccmoore26.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=%2Fmoney%2F2006%2F03%2F26%2Fixcity.html


Controversial film maker Michael Moore is targeting the drugs companies. Sylvia Pfeifer assesses their reaction


Work on the film, Sicko, has been in progress since 2004 and it is finally expected to be premiered later this year but already speculation about its content has put the industry on the offensive.

If executives at health care companies worry they might come off badly in the film, Moore's letter leaves little doubt: "Have you ever found yourself getting ready to file for bankruptcy because you can't pay your kid's hospital bill, and then you say to yourself: 'Boy, I sure would like to be in Michael Moore's health care movie!'?"

Moore says he will read every letter: "…if you have been abused in any way by this sick, greedy, grubby system and it has caused you or your loved ones great sorrow and pain, let me know."

Executives in the US admit the forthcoming film is a cause for concern but most are resigned to the fact that Moore is unlikely to take a balanced approach.
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the article ends with:

Nevertheless, such initiatives are unlikely to deter Moore. As he says in his letter: "I promise you that with Sicko we will do our best to give you not only a great movie, but a chance to bring down this evil empire, once and for all."
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oh I hope so

I cried again today while reading the news

frustration makes me cry - not being able to DO SOMETHING to get rid of the bushmilhousegang who have ruined my country.

[rodeodance]

1. go mike go

[warrens]

2. "balanced approach" = cheese worse than cigarettes

There is no balancing reports on these corporate bloodclots. They have jiggered all the data and they lie shamelessly. The tobacco industry still debates whether nicotine is addictive and the healthcare industry has managed to scuttle any suggestion that would lower costs for the average American. There is no way their investors will give up those profit margins which means the CEO is never going to back down unless he wants a long, lonely retirement starting tomorrow.

The headline is a reference to a part of Thank You For Smoking, which I saw this weekend.