In history class we learn about the propaganda of the past. How during World War II, Americans would see movies and printed advertisements about how bad the German's were. During the Red Scare there was propaganda about how bad communists were. Propaganda has a long history in our country and unfortunately pieces of propaganda are still out there like Michael Moore's documentary Farenheight 9-11.
His distortion of facts and his supposing of what President Bush is thinking, or doing, is a blatant attempt to conceal the facts in order to create a more compelling case. An example of his distortion of facts is when he says that Fox News implys that Fox News was the first news outlet to change its decision about whether Florida went to Bush or Gore. They were not. Moore says "Then something called the Fox News Channel called the election in favor of the other guy..." Moore implys that soon after Goore was declared the winner in Florida, Fox News changed everyones minds. When in fact the events happened several hours apart.
This kind of propaganda is dangerous and if Moore can make people believe in his ideals through lies, it shows that our country is not past the days of anti-German propaganda of WWII.
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Wow I agree totally.
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