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Michael Moore's Film 'Bowling For Columbine'
Bowling For Columbine

The Objective of a documentary is to produce a neutral, unbiased balanced version of the truth about a specific issue or person. Yet, we seldom get to see a documentary that is unedited as they are consistently influenced in a way to show somebody’s view and manipulate us into accepting and taking it to be the truth. Michael Moore’s 2002 film Bowling For Columbine is a prime example of this and gives a distinctive view on the NRA and Charlton Heston. Good morning/afternoon and welcome to the Australian Broad Casting Authority’s Forum. Today I will be closely analyzing Moore’s documentary bowling for columbine to demonstrate how Michael Moore’s skillful utilization of explicit persuasive techniques position the audience
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