Editing The Carlyle Group (section)

==In documentaries==
Carlyle has been profiled in [[Michael Moore]]'s ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]'' and [[William Karel]]'s ''[[The World According to Bush]]''.

In ''Fahrenheit 9/11'', Moore makes nine allegations concerning the Carlyle Group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michaelmoore.com/warroom/f911notes/index.php?id=19 |title=Factual Back-Up for Fahrenheit 9/11: Section Four |first=Michael |last=Moore |website=MichaelMoore.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627224430/http://www.michaelmoore.com/warroom/f911notes/index.php?id=19 |archive-date=June 27, 2009}}</ref>  Moore focused on Carlyle's connections with [[George H. W. Bush]] and his Secretary of State [[James Baker]], both of whom had at times served as advisers to the firm. The movie quotes author [[Dan Briody]], who claimed that the Carlyle Group "gained" from the [[September 11 attacks]] because it owned military contractor [[United Defense]].<ref name=noeffect>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/feb/15/film.filmnews  |title=Fahrenheit 9/11 had no effect, says Carlyle chief  |first1=Nils  |last1=Pratley |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]  |date=February 15, 2005}}</ref>  A Carlyle spokesman noted in 2003 that its 7% interest in defense industries was far less than several other [[private equity firm]]s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/mar/23/iraq.theobserver |first=Jamie |last=Doward |title='Ex-presidents club' gets fat on conflict |date=May 23, 2003 |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |access-date=August 21, 2020}}</ref>

In ''The World According to Bush'', [[William Karel]] interviewed [[Frank Carlucci]] to discuss the presence of [[Shafiq bin Laden]], [[Osama bin Laden]]'s estranged brother, at Carlyle's annual investor conference while the September 11 attacks were occurring.<ref name=glassman /><ref name=TheEconomist /><ref name=TheGuardian />