Moore Bad Decisions

Filmmaker Michael Moore has made another bad decision.

Filmmaker Michael Moore said Friday he wasn't sure he did the right thing by saving footage of U.S. American soldiers' cruelty toward Iraqis for his controversial documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11,'' instead of releasing the evidence earlier when it might have helped halt such abuse.

"I had it months before the story broke on '60 Minutes,' and I really struggled with what to do with it,'' Moore said in a telephone interview with The Chronicle. "I wanted to come out with it sooner, but I thought I'd be accused of just putting this out for publicity for my movie. That prevented me from making maybe the right decision.''

I love the way he avoids taking responsibility for his decision. "My critics' harping made me make the wrong decision!" Michael Moore is a man who has problems with telling the truth as it should be told. He's got the sensibility of a filmmaker and not a journalist. For Moore, what matters is building the dramatic arc of a movie over two hours and giving scenes emotional punch. He's a partisan ringmaster in hightops.