XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN OCT 17, 2004 19:48:58 ET XXXXX
MICHAEL MOORE REMOVES C-SPAN CAMERAS DURING SPEECH
Controversialist Michael Moore yanked C-SPAN cameras during a speech last week at the University of California.
Moore addressed students and faculty in Los Angeles as part of his "Slacker Uprising Tour" -- a 60 city tour primarily to swing states with the hope of wooing young people to vote for Kerry in November presidential election.
Although C-SPAN cameras were approved to shoot the event in its entirety Moore abruptly had the camera removed after 15 minutes.
Moore - whose blockbuster film FAHRENHEIT 9-11 featured his trademark camera ambush interview technique -- claimed he was in poor health and didn't want the footage aired nationally during the run-up to the election.
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