Lying Liars and the Lies They Tell.

Christopher Hitchens over at Slate takes apart Michael “I really need a shower” Moore’s latest piece of cinemagraphic excrement. It’s worth a full read, but here are some highlights:

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. It is also a spectacle of abject political cowardice masking itself as a demonstration of "dissenting" bravery.

The sad part is that a large majority of people will watch this movie and be too stupid to pick up the contradictions that Mr. Hitchens points out so well. You know who these people are – they’re the ones on the street with their “No Blood For Oil” signs…

Moore has announced that he won't even appear on TV shows where he might face hostile questioning. I notice from the New York Times of June 20 that he has pompously established a rapid response team, and a fact-checking staff, and some tough lawyers, to bulwark himself against attack. He'll sue, Moore says, if anyone insults him or his pet.

To which Hitchens responds;

I think we can agree that the film is so flat-out phony that "fact-checking" is beside the point. And as for the scary lawyers—get a life, or maybe see me in court. But I offer this, to Moore and to his rapid response rabble. Any time, Michael my boy. Let's redo Telluride. Any show. Any place. Any platform. Let's see what you're made of.

Will Mikey respond? Yeah, right. I’m confident that the pompous windbag doesn’t have the courage and he clearly doesn’t have any facts…