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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Michael Moore to go after big Pharmaceuticals?
CQ Today's Midday Update (free email service) notes this interesting development from The Los Angeles Times:
I'm not entirely sure of the effectiveness of Moore's more recent films (they galvanize the right as much as the left), but it's nonetheless good to see that someone is wiling to stand up to them.
The pharmaceutical industry has issued an urgent warning to its work force: Be on the lookout for a scruffy-looking fat guy in a baseball cap. The Los Angeles Times reports that at least six of the nation's biggest drugmakers have alerted employees to steer clear of filmmaker Michael Moore, whose previous targets have included General Motors ("Roger & Me"), the gun lobby (the Oscar-winning "Bowling for Columbine") and President Bush ("Fahrenheit 9/11"). Moore, it seems, is taking aim at the health-care industry, including drug companies. The companies told employees to refer all questions to "corporate communications," the Times reported. The Moore epic is tentatively titled "Sicko," and will probably be released in the first half of 2006. The movie, Moore said, is only in its early stages "and already people are freaky-deaky."[Link to the original article here]
I'm not entirely sure of the effectiveness of Moore's more recent films (they galvanize the right as much as the left), but it's nonetheless good to see that someone is wiling to stand up to them.
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