MoveOn PAC Acts to Counter Republican Attempts to Censor Fahrenheit 9/11

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MoveOn PAC Acts to Counter Republican Attempts to Censor Fahrenheit 9/11: "Group Calls on Its 2.2 Million Members to See Film and Bring Friends

Fahrenheit 9/11 Set to Open in Over 500 Theaters on Friday, June 25

WASHINGTON, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- MoveOn PAC sent an alert out to its 2.2 million members this morning asking them to pledge to see Michael Moore's new film Fahrenheit 9/11 next Friday, on its opening night and pledge to bring their friends, relatives and neighbors. Republican allies of the Bush/Cheney campaign are trying to pressure theater owners into shutting out the new film, scheduled to open next week on more than 500 screens.
'Moore's film is incredibly patriotic,' stated Eli Pariser, Executive Director of MoveOn PAC. 'Organized Republican attempts to pressure theaters not to show the film are intimidation and censorship, pure and simple. We need more dialogue, not suppression ... what are they afraid of?'

Behind the effort to silence the film is the group Move America Forward, run by Howard Kaloogian, a former California state legislator and right wing operative who takes credit for stopping CBS from airing 'The Reagans.' However, it has been discovered that Move America Forward's website was owned by Russo Marsh & Rogers, a very well connected Republican consulting firm. When this fact was discovered, the registration of the website mysteriously changed hands over night.


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