Michael Moore Asks Bankers to Help Prove Bailout Is ‘Swindle’

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from Bloomberg:




Michael Moore Asks Bankers to Help Prove Bailout Is ‘Swindle’
By Pat Wechsler


Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Filmmaker Michael Moore, who says the Wall Street bailout is “the biggest swindle in American history,” is asking bankers to help him make a movie proving it.

The 55-year-old Michigan native posted an open letter on his Web site yesterday seeking volunteers to “step up as an American and do your duty of shedding some light” on the almost $1.1 trillion in losses and writedowns globally. Moore also sent the letter to people on his e-mail list.

While some bankers may be tempted to get involved with the filmmaker who pilloried former President George W. Bush’s response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the U.S., they should think before they contact Moore, said Davia Temin, chief executive officer of crisis-management firm Temin & Co.

“When you’re in a firestorm, you don’t stand up,” she said. “You duck. I’m sure Moore will keep names confidential, but these things have a way of boomeranging when you tell a friend because you’re excited about being on a movie set.”

Moore declined to comment, according to a spokesman for Overture Films LLC, who asked to remain unidentified because he doesn’t represent the filmmaker directly. The company is owned by Starz LLC, part of cable billionaire John Malone’s holdings, and is the movie’s distributor for North America. A release date hasn’t been announced. .........(more)

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