Panique du Système face à Michael Moore

Panique du Système face à Michael Moore

Un des plus récents câbles diplomatiques rendu public par WikiLeaks montre la panique du Système (le système de l'américanisme, ou l'administration GW Bush en l'occurrence puisque la chose se passe en 2003) devant la diffusion du film Fahrenheit 9/11 de Michael Moore, et la panique en général devant les activités du même Michael Moore. La chose a valu au même Michael Moore d’en rire beaucoup lors d’une intervention, lors de l’émission de Rachel Maddow (MSNBC) hier soir.

Le cas présenté était celui de la présence d’une ministre du cabinet néo-zélandais à une projection publique de Fahrenheit 9/11, en 2003. La mobilisation de l’ambassade US à cette occasion relève d’un film burlesque. La ministre néo-zélandaise a tout de même assisté à la projection et Moore en rit encore. Le ridicule reste une arme efficace.

Le Guardian commente ce câble dans un article du 23 décembre 2010.

«Whatever else WikiLeaks may have revealed, one fact has been repeatedly confirmed: the US government under George Bush really loathed the documentary filmmaker Michael Moore.

»After a leaked cable from US diplomats in Havana falsely claimed Cuba had banned Moore's documentary Sicko – when in fact it was shown on state television – another cable reveals US officials flying into a panic after hearing a rumour that a New Zealand cabinet minister was hosting a screening of Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11.

»Labelling the event a “potential fiasco”, the classified cable from the US embassy in Wellington in 2003 reads like a failed plotline for an episode of In the Loop, breathlessly reporting a series of calls to the New Zealand prime minister's office and to the minister involved, Marian Hobbs.

»Michael Moore, appearing on the Rachel Maddow Show on Tuesday night, said the New Zealand cable uncovered by WikiLeaks showed the unsettling reach of US influence. “If they were micromanaging me that much, if they were that concerned about the truth in Fahrenheit 9/11 that they have to go after a screening in a place I don't even really know where it is – I know it's way too long to sit in coach for me – I want to know. Because I think it speaks to a larger issue: if they have the time for that, what else are these guys up to?”

»Sadly for the world's only superpower, the New Zealand government wasn't concerned in the slightest, based on the puzzled responses recorded by the US deputy chief of mission, David Burnett, to his protests.

»Burnett contacted the prime minister's office, to be told they knew nothing about a screening. He then called Hobbs, only to be rebuffed by a receptionist. “The minister's office declined to make her available to discuss the matter,” Burnett sniffed.

»Hobbs's staff later told the US embassy that she was merely attending the screening, part of a series of Labour party fundraisers in her constituency.»

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