News Archive 2004

MICHAEL MOORE'S ACOLYTES
Editorial
The New York Post
September 9, 2004

Michael Moore, watch out: The left- wing sister-brother act of Robert and Rory Kennedy has a new propaganda piece set to air on HBO tonight about the "dangers" of the Indian Point power plant — and it's likely to make Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" drivel seem a model of objectivity.

The piece is called "Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable." Its goal: to scare the bejabbers out of viewers — and open the way for a panic-driven shutdown of the at-present-indispensable facility.

And the film may contain even less truth than Moore's Bush-bashing bonanza. (Talk about the "unimaginable"!)

But no one should be misled: Robert Kennedy is the chief lawyer for the anti-nuke Riverkeeper environmental group.

Yesterday, his group put out a pseudo-scientific written version of the film — completing the two-prong, 9/11- anniversary scare campaign by him and Sis. Plus, he gets to star in the film.

Meanwhile, Rory's filmmaking credentials establish her own left-wing bent. Loony-Left "comedian" Al Franken also has a role in the piece.

So why should anyone think the production is honest and fair?

Because HBO is billing it as a "documentary," apparently.

But as for its thesis — that 20 million New York-area residents are in mortal peril because of their proximity to the plant — it's pure hooey.

The scariest image, post-9/11, posited — a hijacked plane crashing into the plant's domes and causing a radiation leak — is virtually impossible.

Maybe not the crash part.

But certainly the leak part.

Says Nuclear Regulatory Commission member Edward McGaffigan: "It is a very, very, very difficult thing" — did he really need to use three "very's"? — "for even a 767 [jet] to cause damage to that facility."

Numerous studies, even since 9/11, have confirmed that Indian Point poses no significant risk.

From terrorists. Or accidents.

On the other hand, closing it would deprive the region of 2,000 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 2 million homes. The cost of remaining energy would spike, perhaps 40 percent, or more. Environmentally dirtier plants would be pressed into greater service.

The economy would suffer a major blow. And there'd still be a high likelihood of blackouts, jeopardizing people's health and safety.

But don't expect Rory or Robert to make a film about any of that.

"If this film contributes to the shutting down of Indian Point," she says, "great." Indeed, she readily acknowledges the piece is "not meant to be objective."

Michael Moore has also admitted bias.

It looks like he's started a trend.

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