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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Moore's movies tell the truth; but they don't tell the whole truth, and they don't tell "nothing but the truth".
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This was never more evident then in his movie "bowling for Columbine". I am sure that we all know the gun nuts depicted in the movie. Are all gun owners like these nuts? Of course not, but there ARE such gun nuts.
I imagine the Moore interviews 100 gun owners, finds the 15 nuts and then makes his movie about them.
Has he lied? Well that is up to your interpretation of lying.
He did not make up any falsehoods. These were actually gun nuts - not lying
He did not randomly interview gun owners to get an accurate sample - not lying but not honourable
He gave the impression that these gun nuts were representative of the gun community - Not lying but misleading
So does Moore lie in his movies? No
Does he deliberately mischaracterize the issue's environment? Yes
Does he "cherrypick" only the information that supports his agenda? Yes
Does he deliberately mislead the viewers yes
Does he deliberately use words in a way to lead the viewer toward his agenda? yes
Does he deliberately use emotional scenes/terms to lead the viewer to make an emotional response vice a logical one? Yes
Does he deliberately only tell a partial story that supports his agenda? Yes
hmmm Does this sound like other people with agendas? Yes
Moore makes documentaries. There is no requirement for a documentary to state the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. A movie can be heavily biased and still be called a documentary.
Watch Moore for emotional enjoyment, not for academic research. I don't know of too many people who are completely neutral about Moore's films. Either you like them or you hate them, but they are invoking of emotions thats for sure
As long as you keep this in mind, there should be no problem with his movies.