CNN RESPONDS IN BATTLE WITH MICHAEL MOORE

After his critical open letter where Moore brags “I'm about to become your worst nightmare.” (CNN) Sicko finished number 9 in its fourth week. (BoxOfficeMojo)

CNN found numerous factual errors in Michael Moore’s Sicko and pointed them out, see here

While the CNN vs Moore fight is entertaining, the larger point was missed. Rather than quibbling with Mr. Moore's omission of Cuba's position relative to the U.S. on a World Health Organization (WHO) international health care system ranking report, CNN should have called into question the use of that biased report itself. The WHO report doesn't just rank health care systems according to how well they cure you when you're sick. Indeed, 25% of the WHO report's scoring is based on the "fairness" of a country's health care financing as measured by how redistributionist - socialist - it is. The result is an absurd report that ranks the medical system of Morocco as superior to that the U.S. But it's good enough for Michael Moore!

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