It's still a distortion of the facts. From what I keep reading about the case is that Moore used stock footage from an interview Sgt. Damon gave to NBC News. Damon didn't consent (sp?) Moore to use that interview for his movie. He might get something he may not. Most likely...I think this will be settle before going to court or the judge will dismiss the case based on not enough evidence.
Originally posted by WrathfulDwarf
Damon didn't consent (sp?) Moore to use that interview for his movie.
well if that is true then he does have a case. but only for using that clip without his consent...then again he gave his consent to the media initially...so im not sure what the legal guidelines are for such a situation are. all the implication however is irrelevant.
As far as I know, the interview is copyrighted to NBC, and Damon consented them to have the interview...so Moore would only need to get NBC's consent to use the clip.
I doubt a news network like that would give an interview without first having the interviewee fill out a number of consent forms and waivers and such. The network owns the footage and can effectively do what they wish with it.
Originally posted by Dreampanther
It's as simple as this - yes, he has an axe to grind, and he makes no secret of that. However, if you consider the powerful people he has implicated, or flat-out accused of incompetence, and you consider the fact that nobody has ever tried to sue him for libel, or if they have, they weren't successful - it can only mean one thing: He was telling the truth.It might be a subjective truth, and you might not agree with his conclusions, but it doesn't change the point that his facts are correct.
True.very true.It could not be said any better than that. 👆
ok, here is a clip of the scene in question from f-911 (copy and paste link)
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/MM-Cavuto.mov
and the movie clip after the no-spin doctors at fox cut out all the time between
cavoto's interview and the comment on troops being "left behind".
(copy and paste link)
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/MM-Cavuto-1.mov
call me crazy, but all i can hear cavuto describing is the pain he feels from his injuries. for the life of me i can see how that can even mistakably be taken as "im against the war".
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,19163,00.html
Michael Moore Gets Served!
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has been sued by a veteran of the Iraq war. Sgt. Peter Damon, 31, claims Michael distorted a TV interview of him that made him look like he was anti-war in the Michael's 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11.
Sgt. Peter Damon, 33, has stated that Moore didn't have his permission to use pieces of the on-camera interview he gave in 2003 to an NBC Nightly News correspondent at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. Damon's appearance in Fahrenheit 9/11 resulted in a "loss of reputation, emotional distress, embarrassment, and personal humiliation" for him, court documents state.
Damon is suing for $75 million and his wife is seeking another $10 million for the "mental distress and anguish suffered by her spouse."
The lawsuit states that "[Fahrenheit 9/11] creates a substantially fictionalized and falsified implication of a wounded serviceman who was left behind when Plaintiff was not left behind but supported, financially and emotionally, by the active assistance of the president, the United States and his family, friends, acquaintances and community."
Damon, a double amputee, lost both of his arms while stationed in Iraq when a tire on a Black Hawk Helicopter he was servicing exploded. Another reservist was killed.
In Moore's film Damon is shown lying on a gurney, covered in bandages. He says he feels as if he's "being crushed in a vise," adding, "but [the painkillers] do a lot to help it. And they take a lot of the edge off of it."
Originally posted by PVS
ok, here is a clip of the scene in question from f-911(copy and paste link)
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/MM-Cavuto.movand the movie clip after the no-spin doctors at fox cut out all the time between
cavoto's interview and the comment on troops being "left behind".(copy and paste link)
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/MM-Cavuto-1.movcall me crazy, but all i can hear cavuto describing is the pain he feels from his injuries. for the life of me i can see how that can even mistakably be taken as "im against the war".