Monday, June 04, 2007
"Sicko"
I'm sure you'll hear about Michael Moore's latest "documentary".
A documentary is defined: "a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event".
I think Mr. Moore abuses that definition purposefully for personal gain.
He apparently ignores real facts that don't "work" for him.
For whatever reason, Mr. Moore seems to be a big-time "hate America" type; except for the money, of course...
A documentary is defined: "a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event".
I think Mr. Moore abuses that definition purposefully for personal gain.
He apparently ignores real facts that don't "work" for him.
For whatever reason, Mr. Moore seems to be a big-time "hate America" type; except for the money, of course...
The New York Post's Michael Tanner writes:
"While overly critical of U.S. health care, Moore overlooks the flaws of national health-care systems. He suggests, for example, that Canada's waiting lists are mere inconveniences, interviewing apparently healthy Canadians who claim they have no problem getting care. Yet nearly 800,000 Canadians aren't so lucky. The Canadian Supreme Court has pointed out that many Canadians waiting for treatment suffer chronic pain and, 'Patients die while on the waiting list.'
Similarly, Moore shows happy Britons who don't have to pay for their prescription drugs. But he didn't talk to any of the 850,000 Britons waiting for admission to National Health Service hospitals. Every year, shortages force the NHS to cancel as many as 50,000 operations. Roughly 40 percent of cancer patients never get to see an oncology specialist. Delays in getting treatment are often so long that nearly 20 percent of colon-cancer cases considered treatable when first diagnosed are incurable by the time treatment is finally offered. Perhaps Moore could have talked to some of these folks?"
