Censorship is Un-American 2

The owners of the happiest place on earth would like to help you with your political thought as well -- sound fishy? Yeah, we thought so too


(From Moveon)
Michael Moore's new movie Fahrenheit 9-11, which heads to the prestigious Cannes film festival next week, was expected to be distributed by Miramax this summer. But Disney, which owns Miramax, blocked the plan. Denying allegations of political favoritism,


Disney said it doesn't want to be involved with a partisan film.


Moore responded, "If this is partisan in any way it is partisan on the side of the poor and working people in this country who provide fodder for this war machine."


The film details financial connections between the Bush family and powerful Saudi Arabian families over the last thirty years, including the evacuation of Osama bin Laden's relatives from the United States two days after Sept. 11. Also included are American soldiers in Iraq describing their doubts about the justification for war.


Michael Moore has commented, "At some point the question has to be asked, 'Should this be happening in a free and open society where the monied interests essentially call the shots regarding the information that the public is allowed to see?' "


For Disney and any other media outlet (or even the government) that wishes to manipulate the free exchange of ideas and information,


THE ANSWER IS NO

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