WHO PAYS THE BILLS FOR "MOVEAMERICAFORWARD.ORG"

A web site has launched a campaign to deter theater owners from showing Michael Moore's film, "Fahrenheit 9-11". A list of theaters currently committed to showing the film is provided along with exhortations to call and demand that the film be dropped. Some theater owners are reporting receiving death threats.

This web site, "www.moveamericaforward.org", is actually an alias for "www.moveamericaforward.com". A DNS check reveals that "www.moveamericaforward.com" is being run by a Public Relations firm out of San Francisco.

Registrant:

Russo Marsh & Rogers

770 L Street, #950

Sacramento, CA 95814

US

Domain name: MOVEAMERICAFORWARD.COM

Administrative Contact:

Lorenz, Douglas dlorenz@rmrwest.com

770 L Street, #950

Sacramento, CA 95814

US

916-441-3734 Fax: 916-441-6057

Technical Contact:

Lorenz, Douglas dlorenz@rmrwest.com

770 L Street, #950

Sacramento, CA 95814

US

916-441-3734 Fax: 916-441-6057



Registrar of Record: easyDNS Technologies, Inc.

Record last updated on 18-Nov-2003.

Record expires on 18-Nov-2004.

Record created on 18-Nov-2003.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS1.EASYDNS.COM 216.220.40.243

NS2.EASYDNS.COM 205.210.42.20

REMOTE1.EASYDNS.COM 64.39.29.212

REMOTE2.EASYDNS.COM 212.100.224.80

Russo Marsh & Rogers is a political public relations firm with strong ties to the GOP. Sal Russo, a principle in Russo Marsh & Rogers, served as advisor for the "Recall Grey Davis" campaign.

So, I guess we know just who is behind the campaign of threats and harassment against theaters showing Moore's film!



UPDATE: Following the first publication of this article, the WHOIS database for moveamericaforward.org has been changed to conceal their links to Russo Marsh & Rogers.

Domain ID:D102814530-LROR

Domain Name:MOVEAMERICAFORWARD.ORG

Created On:18-Nov-2003 18:00:16 UTC

Last Updated On:12-Jun-2004 22:50:51 UTC

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Expiration Date:18-Nov-2004 18:00:16 UTC

Sponsoring Registrar:R1247-LROR

Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED

Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED

Registrant ID:tu48DTsaZ7dXgT7L

Registrant Name:Howard Kaloogian