|
|
Article: The awful truth about health care?: It's sick, Michael Moore says, and he doesn't care what his critics say otherwise, or how they hate him for his message.
- Article from:
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2007
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 The Orlando Sentinel. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Roger Moore
Jun. 24--Michael Moore has his lightning rod out.
His new movie, Sicko, isn't even in theaters yet, but the hits just keep on coming.
There's heat from big health-care concerns, pharmaceutical companies and insurers, as well as his "usual suspects" critics -- moorewatch.com, mooreexpo sed.com, Rupert Murdoch's New York Post ("Moore is outwardly a genial buffoon; inwardly he is an authoritarian buffoon").
He's under investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department for making a trip to Cuba for the movie.
And Sicko was leaked by movie pirates onto the Web last weekend, something Moore says he's not that ...