Mano a Mano in the media

[drscott]

Hitch tears Moore a new one.

Presented in the interest of broadening discussion. Mostly I consider my journal a bad place to talk politics, so I don't, but this is too tasty a piece of writing to pass up.

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[cowboygreg.livejournal.com]

I just can't take Michael Moore seriously any more, after the omissions, distortions, and outright lies of Bowling for Columbine were pointed out (and not just by the usual right-wing bile mongers, either, but by centrist and lefty writers as well).

Moore's attempts, when confronted with evidence that he's made things up out of whole cloth, is to attempt to claim that he's not sworn to tell the truth, and that he's made an "op-ed piece" or a "comedy".

Really, that's the sort of lame-ass spin I expect from Ann Coulter (who's also been caught making things up). Neither one of them can be taken seriously. They're just 21st century minstrels, pandering to their respective fan bases. But serious political thinkers? Er... no.