we brought you the story of the pro fracking ceo mogul who is now suing. lawsuit argues the tower which would be used for fracking would be traffic hazards. the former house majority leader dick armey. they are just concerned about the value of their luxury properties worth multiple millions of dollars. it has taken off online. it was top of reddit politics for two days. there is a petition pledging to support him in his effort if he would return the favor. we need your help to protect people everywhere from fracking. not just your backyard.
go to michelle. it s pro/anti-fracking because they made a distinction. this is a free speech issue. this festival is subsidized by taxpayers. they got $60,000 from taxpayers. it s clearly a violation of free speech. if they are getting money from us and they are deciding which political agenda they want to put out there, that is what they re doing. they are endorsing a point of view and censoring another point of view. you don t think that is censorship? you don t think it s a violation of free speech? where do you fall on this? michelle should get a dictionary and look up what free speech is. but let s look at the facts here. we are talking about a private company that made a decision and we re saying that it s paid for by taxpayers. let me finish. let me finish. this is a bought and paid for commercial by the energy industry and the director lied about it no, no, no, no. he said it s not the case
defend hollywood here. this is not a hollywood film festival. this is a film festival taking place somewhere else as you know. so it doesn t have to do with hollywood people mixed up in this. entertainment, it s a film. what? it s entertainment. it s a film. this is something produced by the entertainment industry. listen, sweetheart, you can make a film, i can make a film, anybody can make a film. that doesn t have anything to do with it. i doesn t mean that these people are hollywood people. that s the point. if it s an anti-fracking film and you have people for fracking or anti-fracking, the fact of the matter is the people who conduct the film festival are the people out of line. they don t want that. they are politically against it. that is what is wrong with it. the fact, whether you re debating, the pro part of the or the antipart of fracking is not important here. it s a question of free speech. okay. all right. it s not a question of free speech. it totally isn t.
but it absolutely was. let me finish rate. they a private company and can do whatever they please. this is the united states of america. you need the facts before you come on television. you need to learn the facts. it s not censorship when it s a private company making a decision, michelle. all right, listen up, listen. this what i want to do to break this up a little bit. stop for a second. look at this anti-fracking, a little piece of that movie. watch. whoa! all right. now k.g., i m not sensational. exactly. that was the movie. we ll highlight your movie at our film festival. they are making selective choices to further political ideology. it s obvious. that is what is going on. it s not even a questionable case. they said anti-fracking, buddy, you re in. pro-fracking, bye-bye.
environmental people in in minnesota have decided that the ordinary people can t get to see an alternative point of view because they know best. sure. well, they will show at this film festival, the anti-fracking movie, they just won t show yours, the pro-fracking movie. freedom of speech, you be the judge. always a pleasure. thank you for joining us from los angeles. thank you. thanks. okay, crazy. next up on the rundown. a new tourism campaign just launched, the problem, the pitchman, president of iran. isn t he holding two americans hostage? and by george w. bush a big update in the case. but first happy birthday to actress tiffany thiesen, she is 40 years old. wasn t she on saved by the