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How do you explain the tenacity of Michael Moore? He's never gotten much love from the right, and since Obama's election, he's been a convenient guy for those on the left to cast off to show that they're not That Kind of Liberal.

Without debating the merits of his controversial documentaries, one thing is clear: Moore is a master of publicity. He's been on a tear promoting his latest film, Capitalism: A Modern Love Story, chewing up some interviewers and even turning his purported cancellations into PR coups.

Last night, a guy Moore "love" 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: (more...)

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:

Michael Moore on Twitter: "Backlash Begins: CBS has cancelled (sic) me on its Mon. morning show. After I criticized ABC/Disney on GMA, they didn't want me to do same to CBS."

CBS, however, says he was never booked on the show. (more...)

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 become accepted as self-evident" — the right to a job, a home, adequate health care, and an education. There has been — and will no doubt continue to be! — debate about what this Second Bill of Rights would have led to and whether it was a brilliant or terrible idea, or still is. Nevertheless, Moore discovered a pretty important bit of history lurking in a film archive, and FDR's opinion still carries weight, so this will be discussed. To that end, we've collected the audio and text here for your reference. (more...)

video 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. (more...)