I saw a bit of this on the Daimian Penny website. Here’s some more detail from the Toronto Star:
Michael Moore is handing out fake bandages to promote his new film Sicko, an exposé of the failings of the U.S. health care system.
But he may feel like applying a couple to himself after the mauling he received yesterday from several Canadian journalists – present company included – following the film’s first viewing at the Cannes Film Festival.
“You Canadians! You used to be so funny!” an exasperated Moore said at a press conference in the Palais des Festivals.
“You gave us all our best comedians. When did you turn so dark?”
We Canucks were taking issue with the large liberties Sicko takes with the facts, with its lavish praise for Canada’s government-funded medicare system compared with America’s for-profit alternative.
Those nasty Canadians – picking on an upstanding fellow like Michael Moore. There’s no way he could have taken liberties with his films – that would imply dishonesty.
Michael Moore explains:
Every fact in my films is true. And yet how often do I have to read over and over again about supposed falsehoods? The opinions in the film are mine. They may not be true, but I think they are.
So don’t you see? They’re not ‘liberties’ they’re dellusions. Shame on you Canadian press corps for attacking the prophet. He not a liar – he’s a nut.
