Michael Moore gets heat. Lots of it.



Christopher Hitchens takes a blow torch to Farenheit 9/11

Does Michael Moore ever read his own press? I wish he did. He should read this one.
From the current edition of Slate...



"To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe this film as a piece of crap would be to run the risk of a discourse that would never again rise above the excremental. To describe it as an exercise in facile crowd-pleasing would be too obvious. Fahrenheit 9/11 is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness..."



another choice quote:

"...I don't think Al Jazeera would, on a bad day, have transmitted anything so utterly propagandistic..."

...and before he's done, Hitchens invites Moore to get it on:

"Any time, Michael my boy... Any show. Any place. Any platform. Let's see what you're made of..."

and as long as we're keeping score, Hitchens' Slate article is the most-linked item in the blogosphere, appearing in the Blogdex top ten today at #1.

Posted: Tue - June 22, 2004 at 08:51 AM        

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