Newspaper sues Michael Moore for $1

Filmmaker Michael Moore’s Bush-basing documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" has upset more than Republicans.

The (Bloomington) Pantagraph newspaper in central Illinois sent a letter to Moore and his production company, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., asking Moore to apologize for using a doctored front page in the film. It also is seeking damages of $1.

A scene early in the movie that shows newspaper headlines related to the legally contested presidential election of 2000 included a shot of The Pantagraph’s Dec. 19, 2001, front page, with the prominent headline: "Latest Florida recount shows Gore won election."

The paper says that headline never appeared on that day. It did appear in a Dec. 5, 2001, edition, but the headline was not on the front page. Instead, it was found above a letter to the editor, which the paper says reflects "only the opinions of the letter writer."

"If (Moore) wants to ‘edit’ The Pantagraph, he should apply for a copy-editing job," the paper said.

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