'Fahrenheit' vs. 'Fahrenhype'

Found on CNet News on Wednesday, 06 October 2004
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Tuesday's release of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" to DVD is getting special treatment at online discount shop Overstock.com, but it may not be the type of attention the director would appreciate.

The Web merchant is promoting the DVD release of the most commercially successful documentary ever right alongside a relatively unknown one called "Fahrenhype 9/11," which Overstock describes as "a new documentary that challenges the assertions of Michael Moore in his highly publicized film."

The anti-Moore film features interviews with Fox News Channel commentator Dick Morris and three speakers from last month's Republican National Convention--actor Ron Silver, former New York mayor Ed Koch and Georgia Sen. Zell Miller. The film, which its makers insist is nonpartisan, has not received much play in theaters.

By contrast, Moore's film, which is critical of the Bush administration and its drive to wage a war in Iraq, is an award-winning documentary and the first to top the $100 million mark at theater box offices.

That's another way to promote a movie that would have never gained any attention at all: steal from a successful movie. It's funny to see how the right-wingers freak out about Moore's movie (which is great). If critics complain that Moore is too biased, they should look at the other one. Fox News and right-wing speakers? That's even more biased propaganda material. And while we're at it: MS would have already sued them for using such a smiliar name.