Dick Clarke giving Michael Moore the brush off in Bowling for Columbine.

[Swede]

It starts seven minutes in,what a class act Dick was.

[Justice wanted]

1. I remember that and was shocked at the whole event. IF this is the blemish on a man who tried his

best it is something that shouldn't be outweighed his overall life.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

2. No surprise - he got angry at an ambush interview of loaded questions

and took offense to Moore's absurd stretch of an argument to hold him personably responsible for a school shooting.

This kind of crap always dumb, regardless of whether it's Moore or Breitbart doing it.

[emilyg]

3. +1

[richmwill]

5. Thank you. I fully agree.

The owner of a chain of restaurants where a woman worked whose son took a gun to school and shot a child is somehow responsible for the shooting and should be ambushed with questions about it? Uhhh- yeah, ok Michael.

[marble falls]

8. I agree: it makes for great cinema without making an argument....

though Dick certainly didn't handle it very well.

[Swede]

10. He was paying below subsistence wages,and died worth $200 million.

Fuck dick clarke.

[izquierdista]

16. Tut, tut, stay classy

“Behind every great fortune there is a crime.” --Honore de Balzac

Which pretty much sums up Dick Clark AND Mitt Romney in G rated language all can understand.

[kenfrequed]

14. Uhm...

Actually in the interview Michael Moore was going after Clark for having an association with a chain that paid people substandard, unliving wages. A "job" that basically forced a woman to work two of these jobs and barely see her children. So he was surprised and angry at being ambushed I don't care. He should have taken the opportunity to do something about it and call Michael Moore back.

Comparing Michael Moor to Breitbart is a shallow, absurd, false analogy. Unlike Breitbart, Michael Moore doesn't just make things up.

[TiberiusB]

15. When did that happen?

Can you point out to me when Michael Moore accused Dick Clark of being personally (though I do like "personably&quot responsible for the Columbine Massacre?

'Cause I've looked and I don't see it.

What I saw was Michael Moore confronting Dick Clark over the low wages prevalent at his restaurant chain. Wages too low to survive on, so many employees, some of whom are parents, are forced to work multiple jobs, leaving them with less time to devote to their families, leaving the door open to potential catastrophe (as happened in Columbine).

None of which is to say that a decent wage is the key to preventing such incidents from occurring, but it certainly can't hurt.

[abelenkpe]

4. Yeah

I never really thought of him the same again.

[Swagman]

6. it was perfectly legitimate for Moore to approach and ask Clark the questions which he wouldn't

answer.

With his restaurants paying non livable wages he was part of the problem.

when you exploit people there will be consequences.

[abelenkpe]

11. Totally agree

It was the pathetically low wages he paid that turned my stomach. No one can live off that, especially mothers with children to care for and feed. It was shameful.

[SemperEadem]

7. This is what changed my opinion of the man

I wish him a peaceful rest, but I won't join in in the fawning because of this.

[butterfly77]

9. This was the first thing...

I thought about when I heard he had died.

[wxgeek7]

13. Same here

Micheal Moore is a humble, and respectful guy. Mr Clark comes off as one of the 1 percent "royalty", with something to hide.

[ellenfl]

12. apparently just another walton compadre. definitely changes my perception of dick clark. eom