Being an occasional watcher of CNN, I found most of their stuff to be on par with the truth. I hadn't seen a Michael Moore news broadcast with CNN before though. I was recently pointed towards a clip from CNN about the latest documentary, Sicko. I watched the clip, and Michael Moore did not make it boring. I like Moore's attitude, and his ability to stick up for what his documentary was about, as well as what the facts are.
I wandered over to his site after the clip, and looked at the facts that CNN "fudged". I haven't seen any of Michael Moore's other documentaries, not out of lack of interest, but because of lack of time. From what I've seen, the film Sicko is a must see (and I will make time). And clearly, if the facts are shown in the movie like Michael Moore portrayed, I'm sickened by CNN's lack of checking the facts. For a news station, especially "the most trusted name in news", this doesn't seem like they're very reliable. Maybe Michael Moore is right, and it has fallen pray to the world of pharmaceuticals. I think it was just a thrown together set of mistakes they made, but still, to be that catastrophic, I would expect CNN to make an apology.
So, if anyone reading this knows if CNN made an apology, could you point me in the right direction? If not, I think I'll write a letter. I invite everyone else who has the same opinion as me to do the same. One letter might not do much, but if enough are written, maybe it will make CNN respond to their mistakes. More information on writing a letter is at the bottom of this article.
By the way, heres the link to the CNN vs the facts page on Michael Moore's site: http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article_10017.php
To contact CNN, you can use this web form: http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form6a.html?2
Or the method I like, send a hand written letter to them.
I'm not sure if this address is right, I couldn't find a contact us link on CNN's page, so I used Google maps. Here is what the address appears to be:
Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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