A new Moore "documentary"

I'm not a great fan of Michael Moore, even though I agree with his stand on most issues. I don't like his methods as a "documentary" filmmaker, which are more blatantly manipulative than I would prefer. He reminds me of BBC reporters who do interviews not to learn what a guest has to say but to get from them remarks to establish a pre-conceived thesis. Many liberals, alas, are as dishonest in this way as many conservatives are. Damn few investigators bring genuine curiosity to the material. Instead they bring a political campaign. They already know "the answers."

At a visit to Portland some time back, Moore gave the crowd the unlisted phone number of a local conservative radio show host. What an asshole (Moore). The radio guy may be an idiot but he deserves as much right to privacy as Moore himself, who in fact is the subject of a documentary more fair than his own. Moore reminds me of the Jiminy Cricket song, "It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it." He's a propagandist, which I consider a waste of his considerable talents and important ideas.

clipped from www.cnn.com Healthy praise for Moore's 'Sicko' CANNES, France (AP) -- "Sicko," Michael Moore's ferocious and funny attack on the U.S. health care system, got a warm welcome at the Cannes Film festival Saturday. At home, it has started a firestorm.