Michael Moore, Politics, & More Propaganda
It’s quite worrying to observe a trend in today’s current affairs. Almost everything is driven by politics and propaganda.
Many Democrats have capitalized on the failures of the
Michael Moore perfectly timed the release of his latest eruption Sicko, a movie in which he does nothing but jab the American health system and of course, the Bush administration. Everyone knows the American health system is hugely flawed, and credit to him for exposing certain facts. However, the question here is – what are
It’s easy to say that he’s exercising journalistic freedom, or perhaps he’s driven by a deep passion for Americans and their struggle to obtain health care. It would be great if this was the case, but it’s not. Micheal Moore is not a hero.
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How many republicans tried to use the Virginia Tech shootings to forward their own personal agendas? It's wrong all around, but it happens. However, if your agenda is exactly opposite of someone else's, why SHOULDN'T you use a failure in their credo to show the "inherent strength" of your own (not saying that this is true, but just that this is how they feel).
I've not seen Sicko, but I've heard it does have bias. I am happy he was able to "uncover" some of the flaws of the system, but would like something that shows a little bit more of the pros/cons of both European and American health systems. People who blindly follow a Moore film as truth are just as much to blame as those who followed the Bush propaganda about the original causes for the War in Iraq. Only when you make a conscious choice to listen to both sides and then form your opinions should you have a right to feel proud of your opinions.
I won't dispute your statement about Michael Moore not being a hero. Or at least, not as much as those heros that are out there every day doing things for the impoverished, weak, or ill. Nevertheless, if his film inspires some others to do some good or invest some of their time in helping others in their struggle to obtain health care, I am happy. MM may make lots of money off these "investigative" features, but I'd prefer he keep producing them over him pulling in record profits from some piece-of-crap summer blockbuster guaranteed to be in DVD format within two weeks of its theatrical release.
Perhaps you should view Sicko here before impugning Michael Moore's motives. Then you may care to view an American expat's thoughts on the American health system compared to the Australian Universal Health Care system here and here.
Thank you snowy for the link.
I dont see the film as slamming Bush, i do believe it also mentions Hillary being bought off along with members of congress on both sides. Actually out of all the films ive seen of Moores which is all of them, this one seemed less biased then the majority of his films.
I know there are problems with some of the Universal Healthcare programs in other countries but out of all the people i know who have came to live in the US from other countries like Germany, Canada, and England, when asked, they preferred the healthcare system in thier own countries even with its faults to ours.
I do think the fillm wasnt telling the whole story and exaggerated the circumstances in some of the situations it showed regarding US healthcare.
One issue in the film where i did see extreme bias was when it was showing the american side of healthcare it should more often then not extreme cases of illness from cancer to brain tumors, yet when it was showing other countries dealings with healthcare it showed more minor instances. We didnt see the how brain tumor patients, cancer patients, ect were being treated by these other countries with universal healthcare.
In the end the healthcare situation in our country isnt just the conservatives fault or the democrats fault. Its all of thier fault and niether side is less guilty then the other.
We didnt see the how brain tumor patients, cancer patients, ect were being treated by these other countries with universal healthcare.
Speaking for Australia, everyone is entitled to treatment, no matter how serious the illness may be. I imagine it would be the same in other countries with Universal Health Care, otherwise it wouldn't be Universal
You're spot on. The democrats make it sound like Health Care was excellent until The Republicans got into office. That's where the propaganda comes into play.
This ugly, crazy blame-game is slowing America's progress in these issues, because time is spent going on the offensive & defensive, as the case may be.
Thanks for reading!
Oh you're right, Ross!
The republicans have their own agendas, and we still see them shamefully use Clinton's sex scandal, etc to make themselves look good.
The issue here is that Moore exaggerated in Sicko, to pursue his own personal agenda, interests, and ideology. I watch SKYNEWS, a major British cable news channel, and EVERYDAY, Tony Blair (formerly) was slammed over the failures of their NHS (the very one that Moore tries to con Americans into thinking it's "free" and perfect)
If I was American, I'll view Moore as a traitor, not because he's criticizing America (it's a free country!), but because he's just adding more fuel to a burning fire; a burning fire of a country divided by such pertinent issues.
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