Pete Townshend declares war on Michael Moore

The Who's guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend is warning people not to be fooled by Michael Moore.

In a posting at his website, Townshend says Moore has made statements about him saying his was pro-war and pro-Bush because he wouldn't allow him to use his song 'Won't Get Fooled Again' in the Moore film Fahrenheit 911.

In Townshend's post he writes "He says that I refused to allow him to use my song Won't Get Fooled Again in his latest film, because I support the war, and that at the last minute I recanted, but he turned me down. I have never hidden the fact that at the beginning of the war in Iraq I was a supporter. But now, like millions of others, I am less sure we did the right thing".

Townshend's side of the story is "When first approached I knew nothing about the content of his film Fahrenheit 911. My publisher informed me they had already refused the use of my song in principle because Miramax the producers offered well below what the song normally commands for use in a movie. They asked me if I wanted to ask for more money, I told them no".
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