20070711 Michael Moore and Wolf Blitzer exchange pleasantries

Michael Moore and Wolf Blitzer exchange pleasantries

July 11, 2007

Well maybe it wasn’t that pleasant after all… Seems Michael Moore and Wolf Blitzer will not be exchanging Christmas Cards anytime soon.

It appears that at the beginning of the segment Mr. Blitzer wanted to talk with Mr. Moore about the state of health care in the United States as a compare and contrast with other countries and in relationship with his recently released movie “SICKO.”

As it developed it has been three years since CNN had Mr. Moore on the network and feelings have festered over the years – especially since Mr. Moore has issues with how he felt that he was treated in his last appearance…

Mr. Moore was not having any of Mr. Blitzer’s structured approach to the interview and Mr. Moore quickly segued from health care to problems with the mainstream - corporate media, and the war in Iraq.

The video is long and often with such video’s, my attention span is short. I watched every second of it and I’ll bet you will too. There are little gems, too numerous to mention, throughout the piece but one of the many priceless moments came at the very-very end with Lou Dobbs’ comment as the program was transitioning from Mr. Blitzer over to Mr. Dobbs. Priceless editorialization by Mr. Dobbs.

References: “CNN Gets Blitzed by Michael Moore.”

The YouTube video is introduced:

Mike demands an apology from CNN for Dr. Sanjay Gupta's biased reporting on 'SiCKO' and for helping the Bush administration lie us into a pointless war. More about this story on http://www.michaelmoore.com .

More… on Moore…

I’m betting you’ll watch all of this video also… Whatever your feelings about Mr. Moore, his interactions with the HMO, “Humana” are just a hoot…

From Michael Moore's the awful TRUTH: 'Funeral at an HMO'

“…I’ve actually got a better idea. It would be a lot cheaper to just kill the sick than to heal them. I mean how much does a bullet cost? 30 cents?” Michael Moore in “The Awful Truth.”

The video is introduced:

Before there was 'SiCKO' there was 'the awful TRUTH' and on the awful truth there was Christopher Donahue, a Florida man with a life-threatening pancreas illness. He needed a transplant but Humana wouldn't pay so Mike threw a funeral. More Mike at http://www.michaelmoore.com/

Watch the entire video:

Medicine and Health

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