"Fahrenheit 911"

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This paper discusses the 2004 docudrama film, "Fahrenheit 911" directed by filmmaker Michael Moore. The paper describes how the film takes an in-depth critical look at President George W. Bush's leadership of the United States, from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., until the presidential election season of 2004. The paper claims that the film is highly entertaining to watch, but also contains a distinct ideological perspective. The paper analyzes the presence of a distinctly leftist ideology within Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 911".

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"The film shows extensive preferential treatment, on the part of George W. Bush's presidential administration in particular, for the other "haves" of the world (as opposed to the "have nots" of the world). For example, members of international terrorist Osama Bin Laden's wealthy family are shown being given U.S. government-chartered flights back to Saudi Arabia after the 911 terrorist attacks, in a U.S. government effort to "protect" them. The film also implies a close previous (and ongoing) business association between the Bin Laden family of Saudi Arabia and members of George W. Bush's own wealthy and privileged family, including George W. Bush himself. "

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