Michael Moore’s Comments On Julian Assange Rape Charges Spark Outrage
Dec 15, 2010 2 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Filmmaker Michael Moore is in hot water over comments he made during Tuesday night’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann. In discussing rape allegations against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Moore appeared to dismiss the accusations as “hooey” (although he was actually referring to what he views as the use of the allegations as a pretext to silence Assange), and repeated the false claim that Assange is only accused of having a condom break during consensual sex.
The website Tigerbeatdown.com has started a Twitter campaign to get Moore to set the record straight, and perhaps find a better way to spend his $20,000.
Jezebel’s headline highlights the “hooey” remark, but in context, Moore is clearly referring to Assange’s arrest, not the allegations themselves. However, both he and Olbermann cover the topic as an afterthought (Olbermann sounds almost apologetic that he has to bring it up), and repeat the “broken condom” trope: (from MSNBC)
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