# ACORN "pimp" arrested for illegally accessing Senate office; tampering with phone system

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**Created:** [January 26, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586 "2010-01-26T23:13:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/478 "2010-06-07T17:56:39Z")

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> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> I"m sorry **Bricker** , In your quoted pieces above I don’t see anyone saying “If anyone believes Moore, it’s their own fault!”

Here:

> [@Michael Moore is a Dishonest Hack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-is-a-dishonest-hack/541915/117):
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> > to the very people who look to him to bring the truth down from the mountain
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> Say what now?
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> If you choose to see things that way, that’s on you. In truth most people are not looking for him to ‘bring the truth down from the mountain’. He’s looking to entertain people and maybe make them think about a couple of things from a different viewpoint. That’s it. My understanding is that he hasn’t claimed otherwise.

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> I don’t see anyone saying "he tells a story that needs to be told! "

Here:

> [@Michael Moore is a Dishonest Hack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-is-a-dishonest-hack/541915/155):
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> There is a lot of information and truth in Moore’s films .

> [@Michael Moore is a Dishonest Hack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-is-a-dishonest-hack/541915/138):
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> And finds out that even though Moore exaggerated the specifics, in general, the practice he invites us to abhor is real. Case two is now apprised of a fact he never would have gotten any other way. He has the creepy moment of doubt, hey, those leftys were actually right about something.
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> And, in Heaven, another angel gets his internet connection…

> [@Michael Moore is a Dishonest Hack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-is-a-dishonest-hack/541915/111):
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> Granted, that may seem like a fairly obvious point, but I had just never really thought about it, and the movie did a very good job of bringing that point home to me.

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> I don’t see anyone saying “he misleads and takes quotes out of context”

Misleading:

> [@Michael Moore is a Dishonest Hack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-is-a-dishonest-hack/541915/18):
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> And for the record, I don’t really give a damn about Moore either. I can see enough misleading footage on basic cable without shelling out movie ticket prices for it. 😛

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