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How do you explain the tenacity of Michael Moore? Without debating the merits of his controversial documentaries, one thing is clear: Moore is a master of publicity. Last night, a guy Moore “love[s]” and said was right, Sean Hannity, interviewed Moore on his show. When he confronts his critics, Moore knows how to outflank from the right: he cited Jesus and the FBI, putting Hannity in a box. And he as much as accused Hannity, a Catholic, of lying about going to church every Sunday. The highlights below:

Michael Moore took to Twitter early this morning to report his first network cancellation in his tour to promote his controversial new film, Capitalism: A Love Story: “CBS has cancelled me on its Mon. morning show. After I criticized ABC/Disney on GMA, they didn’t want me to do same to CBS.” Update: CBS says that Michael Moore was never booked.

One of the more amazing revelations in Michael Moore‘s new film, Capitalism: A Love Story, is his discovery of long-buried archival footage of Franklin D. Roosevelt detailing his planned but never enacted “Second Bill of Rights,” calling for guaranteed a Second Bill of Rights that recognizes “economic truths [that have] become accepted as self-evident” — [...]

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Say what you like about Michael Moore — and Lord knows people do — but you’d have to have a heart made of ice-cold stone not to be moved, enraged and galvanized by his latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story.