Hot on the heels of the fake claim by US officials of Michael Moore's doco Sicko being banned in Cuba, The Guardian reports that a US State Department Cable published by WikiLeaks details how US Embassy officials tried their best to stop the screening of another of Moore's documentaries, Fahrenheit 9/11, at a Labour Party fundraiser in the New Zealand capital Wellington. The cable itself is a laugh as these US officials are being very serious about the whole 'issue' and again falsely claim to have successfully stopped screening. Obviously they tell the bosses what they want to hear. You know, just like the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.NZ officials on the receiving end of all this serious shuffling by the Americans are baffled - the NZ minister involved said she "can't remember anything about it at all", while a volunteer campaign official for the NZ minister recalls a "bit of a fuss" but nothing about US diplomatic might pushing its superpower sway to stop this "potential fiasco".
Meanwhile, Michael Moore is laughing his head off at his country's diplomatic corp, though he did pose a very serious question: "If they have the time for that, what else are these guys up to?"
Meanwhile, Michael Moore is laughing his head off at his country's diplomatic corp, though he did pose a very serious question: "If they have the time for that, what else are these guys up to?"
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