In Reply to: RE: Honestly my diatribe was not worth your answer! posted by patrickU on July 14, 2007 at 09:09:05:
FYI, he's less of a journalist than an editorialist. In his documentaries Moore uses caustic irony to convey personally held views about corruption within our society; it's based upon a preponderance of selectively gathered evidence rather than simply reporting the news as he finds it.
In that regard, Michael Moore's films tend to be semi-documentary in concept, biased albeit based upon facts. His films are manipulative in the same way that news opinion editors make profound observations extolling the virtues of social change; moreover, they're extrapolations, based upon sufficient facts to reach an honest conclusion.
BTW, documentary filmmakers don't have to follow strict news media guidelines when seeking information for their films, they just have to be relatively accurate with the facts in order to build a compassionate case.
Some folks like what he does; others don't, but I kind of doubt that folks will lose much sleep over the fact that you seem to be a cheerleader for the latter category. ;0)
AuPh
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- "For a journalist?" - It depends. Michael Moore specializes in editorializing rather than news reporting. - Audiophilander 00:38:26 07/16/07 (18)
- RE: " His Films are manipulative..." Well you did make some progress indeed! - patrickU 04:54:45 07/16/07 (17)
- Gupta and CNN lost the plot... - RGA 21:20:10 07/20/07 (1)
- RE: Gupta and CNN lost the plot... - patrickU 09:24:58 07/21/07 (0)
- Give him time, give him time. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:07:13 07/16/07 (14)
- RE: Do you really think he will outgrown his short *pants? - patrickU 11:34:32 07/16/07 (13)
- "...as a sign of mourning the lost of Victor..." - Do you bother wearing pants when Victor is around? - Audiophilander 11:53:49 07/16/07 (12)
- RE: Ah! The old Homophobe still got no imagination.... - patrickU 11:57:17 07/16/07 (11)
- Did I say anything about how close you are to Victor? No! - Audiophilander 12:13:14 07/16/07 (10)
- RE: Do you blush when you are lying?* - patrickU 12:48:28 07/16/07 (9)
- The truth: all I did was ask a question; YOU applied the emphasis. - Audiophilander 14:25:55 07/16/07 (8)
- RE: Hypocrite--- - patrickU 02:33:58 07/17/07 (7)
- Well, at least you spelled the word correctly, even if you don't know what it means. - Audiophilander 08:51:33 07/17/07 (6)
- RE: One more point! - patrickU 09:18:56 07/17/07 (0)
- RE: Well, you did not as I can see you edit twice... - patrickU 09:02:43 07/17/07 (4)
- It's too bad that you have yet to learn the skill of proper editing. (nt) - Audiophilander 09:19:13 07/17/07 (3)
- RE: Well, it may be a neurose...That you have.... - patrickU 09:42:45 07/17/07 (2)
- "Now that I am becoming an asshole..." - It happened when you tried to plant the same 'old rose' with new fertilizer! - Audiophilander 11:43:25 07/17/07 (1)
- RE: I trust you.....nt----- - patrickU 11:56:30 07/17/07 (0)