I’m always amazed when I watch two pundits or political enemies spar on TV and an opening for an easy left hook comes up and an anchor or guest pulls their punch.
Michael Moore on Sean Hannity.
This happened on FOX’s “Hannity” last night. Mr. Hannity and Mr. Moore were discussing Moore’s new film “Capitalism: A Love Story” when the following exchange occurred:
HANNITY: Well, let me give you an example. You — if you went to Cuba — and we’ll get into this in a minute.
MOORE: Yes.
HANNITY: Do you think Fidel Castro would allow you to produce a movie and millions of dollars trashing his system?
MOORE: Well, I don’t know, that’s a good question.
HANNITY: You’d be killed.
MOORE: Oh, I don’t think so. Oh, come on. Are you still following that line?
A natural follow-up would have been “Oh yeah, then why hasn’t anyone in Cuba made such a movie.” When Moore started to obfuscate, Mr. Hannity could have persistently asked the question in different ways until he got an answer.
Hannity instead went in a different direction with the following:
HANNITY: It’s not a line. I had a friend of mine whose family was killed by Castro when he came to power.
MOORE: When he came — oh, so what are we now, 40 years ago?
HANNITY: OK, 40 years ago, he’s still a murderer.
Moore then turned the tables on Sean Hannity and talked about the “murders” that the United States has committed over the last ten years. I’ll leave aside that Michael Moore seems to think crimes committed by Castro 40 years ago have no significance or aren’t worth discussing.
I can understand why Sean Hannity followed up with the statement he did, but it let Mr. Moore off the hook.
I would still like an answer from Mr. Moore to the following questions:
Who are the Cuban filmmakers chronicling dissent within Cuba? If they don’t exist why not?
Overall, I’d recommend watching the entire interview on FOX.com . Both Moore and Hannity did a good job of pointing out some weakness in the other’s arguments. Moore landed a few blows about Wall Street corruption and Hannity couldn’t get Moore to admit that most people in foreclosure had any responsibility whatsoever for there own mortgage mess. None. Mr. Moore pretty much blames the entire mortgage crisis on tricky lenders.
I’ve emailed Mr. Moore the questions. If I hear back I’ll update this post.
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