Talk:Michael Moore controversies

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Contents 1 controversies 2 Menus 3 Merge? 4 LIVING PEOPLE!! 5 Comments section 6 More information please 7 Micheal Moore hates america, The sub title of the movie

[edit] controversies

A lot of this text shouldn't be here since it doesn't discuss controversies. --Ryan Wise 02:56, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, then. Have at it. Jasper23 03:11, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Menus

This information would be better under subgroups. However I don't know very much about the system, so someone else should do it. :P

[edit] Merge?

Personally, I think this article should be cleaned up, have its sources checked, and be merged back into Michael Moore. - Crockspot 20:57, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I do agree that cleanup, sourcing and merging would be ideal. However, because of the edit wars this brings I think its much better if it has its own page.I mean there was an edit war over if he was from flint or not. I am open to the idea, just not very optimistic. I mean, he is being accused of being a government agent on this page too. Jasper23 21:08, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm just finding that there are a lot of these living bio forks that are not categorized with the "Living people" category, so they are missed by the Living People Patrol's monitoring tool. Support and criticism of Cindy Sheehan is another one that I just added the category to. Edit wars will get noticed more now. - Crockspot 21:17, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Good call. Jasper23 21:21, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LIVING PEOPLE!!

In case some recent editors who can't be bothered to sign in aren't aware, if it's not VERIFIABLE it shouldn't be in the article. --In ur base, killing ur dorfs 00:33, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

This article contains the following paragraph:

--> Moore denied this on C-SPAN, with the statement "Michael Moore own Halliburton stock? See, that's like a great comedy line. I know it's not true - I mean, I've never owned a share of stock in my life. Anybody who knows me knows that, you know - who's gonna believe that? Just crazy people are going to believe it - crazy people who tune in to the Fox News Channel." <--

After that, there are two citations that refer to the sentences *before* this one. They contain no reference to the aforementioned quote from C-SPAN. These two citations belong after the sentences which they are supporting. The C-SPAN paragraph needs its own separate citation.

I already made this revision once and it was undone. Why?

71.55.62.160 14:36, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comments section

There is nothing in this section that verifies that these comments were contreversial. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by A gx7 (talk • contribs) 08:02, 22 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] More information please

This page should really be re-done. If it were, it could be very interesting. Instead of just mentioning that there have been controveries or criticisms, discuss them in-depth. Someone should really talk about the media's and the public's reaction to him, list more of the actual criticisms, explain any real controversies, or perhaps even say his reactions to such criticisms and controversies. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.244.167.249 (talk) 22:33, 24 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Micheal Moore hates america, The sub title of the movie

I would like to know why the sub title of this movie was that it tells the truth about a great nation, because it doesn't. after watching it i was wondering where this truth was. was it somwhere between the penn & teller clips, the interveiw with the army guy who had his hands blown off or somewhere in the interveiws with that documentary guy. And does micheal moore hate america or is he trying to show it's citizens that there goverment is racist & corrupt. And for that matter why is it that americans are so confinced that theirs is the greatest nation on earth or in history, what great things is it that they have done maybe it's just me but i don't see them. Yours Grimm MD —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.138.196.108 (talk) 23:14, 1 March 2007 (UTC).

what great things - helped destory fascism, nazism, and communism, gave us great inventors (internet included), art, lifted the world economy after WWII. Its a broad list with much more and within each listed thing it seperates down. So yes its just you. --Xiahou 04:16, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Key word there was helped meaning with others so these others must be able to claim that they are the greatest nations on the planet too then, there have been other inventors from other countries so who decides what is the best inventions of the world. Destroy would mean that facism, nazism & communism don't exist any more, but they do still exist America didn't do a great job destroying these things. Lastly it's not just me that can't see america's self imposed greatness there are others. Your again Grimm MD