Every time I think the coverage of SiCKO by the establishment media can’t get any more clueless, some “journalist” proves me wrong. This time, my illusions were shattered by Clarence Page’s fawning review:
Moore became famous in his past documentary essays for his gonzo on-camera attempts to embarrass the rich, powerful or simply stupid. This time he’s a tad more serious and, I think, more effective.
Yes. The man actually applies the word “serious” to Moore’s schlockumentary. And it gets worse:
Moore offers a glimpse of something that most Americans never see: how easily anyone - including visitors - can access good public health care in Canada and Europe, and how satisfied those country’s citizens are with their systems.
This childlike credulity even extends to
I think he makes his argument well … Cuba shows how a remarkably universal system of education and health care can be produced by a country with a lot fewer resources than we have.
This astonishing passage begs the old question I have been asking for years. Are establishment journalists like Page dishonest, dumb, or just plain lazy?
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