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[Fort Campbell]

Check out the article on MooreLies.


http://www.moorelies.com/news/archives/display.cfm?newsID=354

[CandiM]

We can hope, anyway--C
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[Anker-Klanker]

Hate to sound cynical and pragmatic at the same time, but the only thing that would hurt is MM's pocketbook.

[Rdtf]

Update! They cancelled!

Moore's Pre-Election TV Special Nixed


Oct 15, 7:18 PM (ET)

By DAVID BAUDER

(AP) Filmmaker Michael Moore speaks to reporters prior to his speech to students at the University of...
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NEW YORK (AP) - 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."

The company said Friday it would not air "The Michael Moore Pre-Election Special" due to "legitimate business and legal concerns." A spokesman would not elaborate.

Moore has just released his movie on DVD and was seeking a TV outlet for the film, which sharply criticizes President Bush, as close to the election as possible.

Earlier this week, trade publications said Moore was close to a deal with iN DEMAND for the special, which would also include interviews with politically-active celebrities and admonitions to vote. The Nov. 1 special was to be available for $9.95.

Moore was not immediately available for comment, a spokeswoman said.

The New York-based iN DEMAND, owned by the Time Warner, Cox and Comcast cable companies, makes pay-per-view programming available in 28 million homes, or about one-quarter of the nation's homes with television.

In a statement, iNDEMAND said "we regret that our decision has led Michael Moore to consider legal action against us," which it said would be "entirely baseless and groundless." The company did not say what legal action Moore was considering.

This spring, Moore did battle with the Walt Disney Co., which refused to release "Fahrenheit 9/11" through its Miramax Films because it was too politically partisan for the company's taste.

After that fight became public, Moore found other distributors. The movie, which attacks Bush's handling of the war on terrorists and war in Iraq and the Bush family's ties to Saudi royalty, earned more than $100 million at the box office.

In an interview with a Maine television station that aired this week, former President George H.W. Bush called Moore a "slimeball" and an expletive.

[Fort Campbell]

GREAT! The news gets better and better!

[Anker-Klanker]

Not necessarily. F 9/11, if shown on election eve, wasn't going to change anybody's mind about voting. All it would be is a pep rally for the fanatics.

I suspect that it's cancellation might be used to put pressure on Sinclair to drop Stolen Honor (which is not scheduled for election eve, and so could make a difference).

[P. Aaron]

[wwIIvetsdaughter]

As to the comparison of Sinclair & Stolen Honor and InDemand and the BS MM movie, the only difference I can see is that Sinclair is "free" tv (and regulated by the FCC) whereas InDemand is pay. No right exists to have your material broadcast by private sector. MM's lawsuit is meritless. That given, Sinclair still (I think) has the right to refuse to broadcast MM's film should he demand they do. After all, I can't put together some 8MM (no pun intended) film about my african violets and demand on threat of litigation that the local ABC affiliate show it on prime time.

[1AD]

Folks lets just keep our eyes and ears open to ensure that they don't change their mind again or that MM doesn't find another outlet. We may not be able to do anything if he finds a 2nd outlet but we can at least raise heck.