Why did Michael Moore get angry at Wolf Blitzer?

Question

Why is it okay for Michael Moore to criticize other?,.... and yet when he gets criticized he gets emotional.

Commodore,
Perhaps you suffer from selective hearing.

Commodore,
If I am wrong....then I am wrong.
I am not afraid to admit that. I will take your word for what it is.

Truth....
People die everyday...
That is a reality...I never said there wasn't problems with our healthcare system...I just don't think Michael Moore is credible enough to discuss it objectively. You, like him, sound very emotional. Emotional people are not very objective....
If you call yourself the 'Truth' you would understand that...

GET IT!!!?

Then again you probaly don't.

Avail_Skillz

Think about what you just said...
that I don't challege the medical or oil industry....but when someone challenges Michael Moore...God forbid you can't do that!!!!

Nice double standard....

You know, if you had any self awareness, you would know that you sounded hypocritical.

Kizaih,
Understood and point well taken. I don't necessarilly disagree with what you said.

Answer 1

He was just telling Wolf that the major news media should be playing a greater role in exposing some of the things that are wrong with this country. It took the mess at Walter Reed to get some of our health care problems any media attention. Michael Moore is very passionate about this country, and just because he speaks out about what's wrong with it, he is labeled as anti-American. I think his is patriotism at its best.

Answer 2

Michael Moore was made at Wolf primary for him not asking any tough questions about the war or the conduct over the past 6 years. When Fahrenheit 911 came out Wolf said Moore was wrong on most accounts. Now 5 years later Moore has been proved to be correct on most of the items and Wolf won't admit he was wrong. Second CNN's medical expert distorted some of the stats on Sicko.

Answer 3

regrettably, Michael Moore is right with regard to absolutely the necessity of extensive-unfold well-being care; although, this video sounds lots extra like a private argument between MM and Wolf Blitzer. So it is going to become demanding. on the different hand, i'm keen to submit with Michael Moore's demanding argumentativeness, because of the fact he's stunning on objective approximately how broken our equipment is. We pay $2000 according to month for 2 human beings (classic BCBS), plus an further $500+ according to month for my husband's Medicare. For taht we get dealt with to a broken conveyor belt equipment that somewhat is recognizable as medicine - aside from extreme point professionals, who may be rather solid. BTW, he's stunning approximately Al Gore too.

Answer 4

Good point...Moore can dish it out but can't stand the criticism.

Moore needs publicity like a junkie needs the next fix.
Sure, he offers some good talking points, but essentially, it is all a dog-and-pony show designed to bring him more attention.

Fact is, MM plays fast and loose with facts.

In the making of his movie, Moore took his cameras to Cuba but, alas, failed to mention that, according to The World Health Organization, the health system in the USA is better than in Fidel's socialist paradise. I'm sure Moore's oversight was accidental.

The same pattern repeats itself in his other movies.

Since the American public usually accepts what it sees without questioning it, perceptions easily become the new reality...and don't let the facts get in the way of a good story!

Answer 5

You guys have to be smoking crack. The TV media is for the liberal cause, and the radio media is for the conservative cause. It was a mistake by CNN, they didn't mean to discredit Moore like they did. They merely thought it would show that they attempt to be fair. Moore's movie has some facts, and some farces. They other nations of the world will tell you that socialized healthcare is not perfect, and will never be. Money drives everything, and will always. It makes no sense to give everyone socialized healthcare, that is just the beginning. What next, governmental car insurance, because everyone has to have it. What about housing, everyone gets the same house, that would be great, huh? This is borderline communism/socialism playing a role in a republic. Never going to work.

Answer 6

He criticized CNN as a whole because CNN criticized him first. Why did CNN say Sicko is propaganda? What CNN said sounds like propaganda.

Our health system is screwed up bad, yet people must like getting screwed over since nothing has changed.



P.S. OMG, Moore forgot to mention that Cuba ranked 38, while the U.S. ranks one point above Cuba. /sarcasm

This is a discrace because Cuba is a poor country while we are the richest country in the world. Many of you people ripping on Moore have no logic. Stop pulling straws.

Answer 7

maybe you should listen to the interview, think about what was said, and maybe you wouldn't have to ask.
But it does discredit your type's allegations of the "liberal media".

Just goes to show, you don't challenge the Medical industry, just like you don't challenge the Oil industry, if you know what is good for you, no matter what your political affiliation.

Responsible consumers will end up paying more than $4 billion worth of debts as the creditors pass the costs along to the rest of the public in higher prices and higher credit costs.
http://www.ncpa.org/pd/economy/dec96i.html
and since 1/2 of all bankruptcies are caused by medical expenses, it pretty much indicates you are paying the bill anyway don't it?

Answer 8

Because CNN used sloppy reporting to attept to discredit the facts that Michael Moore has already proved (by providing sources). The facts CNN used were muddy. Further, the very last comment that Wolf Blitzer used was an insult as opposed to commentary.

Read the link for a continued segment which shows how CNN manipulated facts in a total biased way.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article.php?id=10017

Answer 9

This is a better question:

Should, as Jack Cafferty suggests, Wolf Blitzer be paid more money because lying to the American people is occasionally difficult and embarrassing?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ank00mi8ejgP3vIPhqCWd67sy6IX?qid=20070710041314AAVEFb1

Answer 10

Blitzer turned Moore down for a date.