Michael Moore stands up to Wolf Blitzer on CNN
Yesterday, CNN aired a piece on Michael Moore’s new documentary, Sicko, as told by CNN’s health correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta. After airing the piece, Wolf Blitzer had Michael Moore talk live via satellite.
Moore blew up, obviously angry about CNN’s remarks that “Moore fudged the facts.” He challenged Dr. Gupta to actually turn up hard evidence of any wrong facts. It will be interesting if Gupta takes up Moore on the challenge. Regardless, I was happy to see someone stand up to the American media; it seems like every day, the American news channels get crummier and crummier. Instead of showing real news like how Bush messed up Iraq, we get fluff pieces about Paris Hilton, Anna Nicole Smith, and my favorite fluff piece, Don Imus.
In fact, look at the headlines the lovely Fox News mentioned within the past week:
- National Healthcare: A breeding ground for terror
- Fox News names Giulliani “Mr. 9/11″
- FOX News asks: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
It’s time Americans stop putting up with our crappy American media, because if we can’t get news from people we trust, then how are we supposed to understand what’s going on in our economy, government, and our world? Oh wait, that doesn’t matter… the celebrities are way more important….
Update: Tell CNN to apologize here.
