{"id":820,"date":"2006-06-02T06:21:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-02T06:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/06\/propagandist-michael-moore-sue.html"},"modified":"2006-06-02T06:21:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-02T06:21:00","slug":"propagandist-michael-moore-sue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/06\/propagandist-michael-moore-sue.html","title":{"rendered":"Propagandist Michael Moore Sued by Vet"},"content":{"rendered":"

I keep seeing this<\/a> story on Drudge<\/a> about the vet who is suing Michael Moore over his depiction<\/span> of him in his movie and though I don’t have much more to add it makes me so mad I just want to say somthing:<\/p>\n

A U.S. war veteran who lost both arms in Iraq has sued Oscar-winning director Michael Moore for $85 million, saying television clips were used without his permission in the anti-war documentary “Fahrenheit 9\/11” and gave a false impression that he opposed the war.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Peter Damon, 33, a supporter of President George W. Bush and the Iraq war, claims Moore misused the footage to portray him “in a false light” and as “disagreeing with the president about the war effort and as disagreeing with the war effort itself.”<\/p>\n

“It was kind of almost like the enemy was using me for propaganda. What soldier wants to be involved in that?” Damon told CBS’s local television news affiliate. “I didn’t lose my arms over there to come back and be used as ammunition against my commander-in-chief.” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At the time the movie came out I was pretty upset that this poor vet was used in this fashion. I think that it shows how parasitic Moore is and how he is not above using people for his own purposes.
\nImagine how this guy must feel, you make a huge sacrifice by going to war and you are terribly wounded, you come home and are in a hospital receiving treatment and you allow NBC to include you in a TV show about the great treatment you are receiving and then Michael Moore uses you in a movie and says the opposite about you for his own propaganda purposes:<\/p>\n

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NBC had originally used the clip for a story about medical treatment being received by veterans.<\/p>\n

In “Fahrenheit 9\/11”, the footage of Damon follows a statement by Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington, who says of the Bush administration: “You know they say they’re not leaving any veterans behind, but they’re leaving all kinds of veterans behind.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“The work creates a substantially fictionalized and falsified implication as a wounded serviceman who was left behind,” the complaint said.<\/p>\n

Damon was “supported, financially and emotionally, by the active assistance of the president, the United States and his family, friends, acquaintances and community,” it added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Michael Moore lied to sway the election and used this guy to do it even though he supported the war and still does. How low is that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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