Kyle Drennen
Media Research Center
7/23/2014
On Wednesday, NBC’s Today offered a surprising full report on “filmmaker and liberal activist” Michael Moore tarnishing his “blue-collar, anti-capitalist image” after it was revealed during divorce proceedings that Moore and his now ex-wife lived in a Michigan mansion, “the 10,000-square-foot house, reportedly in the same neighborhood as Madonna and Bruce Willis.”…
…During the Thursday report, correspondent Gabe Gutierrez described: “Deep in northern Michigan, this lake-front mansion is the talk of the town….It belongs to one of the state’s most well-known celebrities. Not Eminem or Kid Rock, no, this $2 million home on Torch Lake is owned by filmmaker Michael Moore and his wife of twenty-two years, Kathleen Glynn.”
The segment featured a clip of Moore “slamming the one percent at this Occupy Wall Street protest” in 2011. Gutierrez then explained: “The new court documents reveal Moore and his now ex-wife shared properties in Michigan and New York. The Detroit News reports the couple owned nine total.”
Wrapping up the story, Gutierrez observed: “Already exposed, what some in this small Michigan town feel is a contradiction between Moore’s common-man persona and his uncommon wealth.”…
Audio, video, and a transcript of the report is at Media Research Center.