Michael Moore...

[Skiz]

I saw the movie by Michael Moore called 'Bowling For Columbine' and I thought it was quite interesting. But I wonder about a lot of the statistics he presents as he is well know for being biased and presenting obviously one-sided stories. Anyone seen this movie or have any comments?

[zapjb]

Yes as a Republican (just a guess) you should disbelieve Michael Moore. Can't be caught thinking independent of the party line.

[Skiz]

Get real....Republicans and Democrats alike agree that he's full of shit most of the time. That's not even arguable.

And why do you even bring up political sides? I'm talking about statistics in 'Bowling For Columbine'.

[Skiz]

edit: double posted for some reason. Clicked submit twice maybe?

[Cheese]

General criticism

• "Bowling For Truth" by Richard Bushnell
• "One Man, Two (voter) Registrations: Michael Moore simultaneously on voter rolls in New York, Michigan " by The Smoking Gun
• Spinsanity on Michael Moore
• "Fahrenheit 9/11 connects dots that aren't there" by Matt Labash, July, 2004
• "Michael Moore, Humbug" in City Journal
• Ralph Nader criticizes Moore who supported John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election instead of Nader.
• "Michael Moore Hates America", the movie Actually described by Variety as "Far more jocular, good-natured and thoughtful than Moore partisans might expect."
• "The Truth about Bowling for Columbine" by David T. Hardy
• "The lies of Michael Moore" in Slate by Christopher Hitchens
• "Fifty-Nine Deceits in Fahrenheit 9/11" by Dave Kopel
• "War, Lies, and Videotape: A Viewer's Guide to Fahrenheit 9/11"
• "FahrenHYPE 9/11: You Knew It Was A Lie, Now You'll Know Why" - home page of a movie intended to debunk Fahrenheit 9/11
• "Propaganda Tactics & Fahrenheit 9/11" by Kelton Rhoads.
• Michael Moore: EXPOSED
• Sometimes Moore Is Less
• Less is Moore
• Moore is less

Defense articles

• "Conservatives Seized upon Faulty Report of Moore's Supposed Dual Voter Registrations" by Media Matters
• "Scarborough Lied in Attempt to Catch Michael Moore Lying" by Media Matters
• "NY Post Pointed to Comparisons of Michael Moore to Nazi-propaganda Filmmaker" by Media Matters
• "FOX Hosts Join Drudge Sidekick in Bashing Michael Moore" by Media Matters
• "Deception; Desperate Right Wing Attacks on Fahrenheit 9/11" a rebuttal of Dave Kopel's "59 Deceptions" by Anthony Wade

Critical views of Bowling for Columbine

• "Factual errors and staged scenes in Bowling for Columbine" from spinsanity.org
• "Bowl-o-Drama" from Forbes Magazine, charges that several claims in the film are misleading
• "Bowling for Truth" by Richard Bushnell, criticism of several key scenes and arguments of the film
• "The Truth About Bowling for Columbine: Documentary or Fiction?" by David T. Hardy.
  • "A defense of Michael Moore and Bowling for Columbine". An open letter to David Hardy by Erik Möller. Published and discussed at Kuro5hin
• A Moore-style documentary that aims to show the distortion in Bowling for Columbine
• "BFC Criticisms" - seventeen criticisms of the movie

This topic is sooo four years ago. :yawn:

[psxcite]

Micheal Moore is an American hero. Fahrenheit 9/11 was the gospel. How dare you sullen his name.

[lee551]

i enjoy watching his stuff (conspiracies rawk), but with everything, it must become just part of your overall view of how shit in this world werks.

[Cheese]

I'd vote for him as president if he ran against Bush next time, he rawks teh mostest. He could have the guy from Supersize Me as his vice-president.

[Guyver]

Hes Just a Phat Phuck

[Skiz]

I agree.

Nice sig btw.