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Well, You Don’t Have to Rub it in, Mr. Moore
A lawsuit filed against Michael Moore by a National Guardsman has been thrown out today. The suit, which sought $85 million, arose out of a clip in Michael Moore’s inflammatory anti-war documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11. Sergeant Peter Damon, a Massachusetts National Guardsmen who lost both of his arms in the Iraq war, claims that Michael Moore falsely portrayed him in the film. He alleged that a brief 16-second clip of him in the film resulted in a “loss of reputation, emotional distress, embarrassment, and personal humiliation.” Hollywood.com reports:
Damon claims the way Moore edited the clip made him look to be anti-war by depicting him as “voicing a complaint about the war effort,” when he was actually complaining about “the excruciating type of pain” from his injuries.
The judge dismissed the suit, stating that anyone who had seen the film would not believe that Damon shared the same views that Moore expresses in the film. He also asserted that there was no defamation involved, and that Michael Moore had wide latitude under the First Amendment to express his own political opinions.
Check out the clip, in question, near the end here. Worth $85 million? Not so much.
