OPINION

TEMPERATURE RISING

Written by Jan Herman
Published May 05, 2004

I presume you've seen this by now, but in case you haven't: "Disney may block anti-Bush film." The film in question is Michael Moore's latest, "Fahrenheit 9/11," which is to have its premiere later this month at the Cannes International Film Festival.

The New York Times quotes Moore's agent as saying that Disney CEO Michael Eisner feared that distributing the documentary (produced by its Miramax Films division) would endanger tax breaks Disney receives for its theme park, hotels and other ventures in Florida, where the Maximum Leader's brother, Jeb Bush, is governor. Disney executives denied that.

Moore told the Times: "At some point the question has to be asked, 'Should this be happening in a free and open society where the monied interests essentially call the shots regarding the informatioin that the public is allowed to see?'"

The real reason for Eisner's concern is that Osama bin Laden's family and other powerful Saudi clans who've been linked to the Bush family own vast amounts of Disney stock. (Nah, just kidding.)

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