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.

Comments

[beastbriskett.livejournal.com]

Moore is a gadfly and a comedian who has had the misfortune of being taken too seriously, and made the mistake of believing the hype that's been spun about him.
It's as if one were to try to take a SNL newscast and spin it as if it were truth, rather than satire.
Moore has a place in the political arena--his films get debate started, and if in the process, his warts begin to show, it's unfortunate. If he crafted his films more carefully, they would probably more resemble Frontline, stand up better to scrutiny, and unfortunately, cease to be funny.