Michael Moore Faces More Heat
Monday July 5, 2004
Michael Moore has vowed to run his controversial documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, through November in hopes of ousting President Bush from the White House. But ads for the movie may be yanked after July 30.
A conservative group has filed a claim with the Federal Election Commission, saying ads for the anti-Bush documentary would violate campaign finance law that regulate ads referring to federal candidates within 30 days of a primary election or 60 days of a general election. The FEC could take several months to issue a decision.
Moore told Entertainment Weekly, "If it happens, that means Fox News Channel will have to remove all of their promos that show President Bush, because you can't advertise antyhing that shows a candidate." He goes on to say advertising his movie without clips of Bush would be like advertising, "Mission: Impossible without Tom Cruise in any of the spots. Bush is the star of the movie!"
A conservative group has filed a claim with the Federal Election Commission, saying ads for the anti-Bush documentary would violate campaign finance law that regulate ads referring to federal candidates within 30 days of a primary election or 60 days of a general election. The FEC could take several months to issue a decision.
Moore told Entertainment Weekly, "If it happens, that means Fox News Channel will have to remove all of their promos that show President Bush, because you can't advertise antyhing that shows a candidate." He goes on to say advertising his movie without clips of Bush would be like advertising, "Mission: Impossible without Tom Cruise in any of the spots. Bush is the star of the movie!"
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