Just because the Academy Awards happened two weeks ago doesn't mean that it's too late for Michael Moore to say his piece. Mainly, that Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker was a piece of crap because it was "lazy" and that James Cameron's Avatar was amazing because of its portrayal of how we "privatized war" and treated the planet. (more...)

video Earlier this week, in what is surely a sign of the coming Demon Sheep Apocalypse, both Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh raised the same concern in responding to heartbreaking healthcare anecdotes. On Countdown, Moore pointed out that the reform bill would not have helped Natoma Canfield, because the pre-existing condition rule doesn't kick in for adults for 4 years. The following day, Countdown fill-in Lawrence O'Donnell chastised Rush Limbaugh for telling 11 year-old Marcelas Owens that his mother "would have died anyway" due to the same provision. At yesterday's White House briefing, I asked Robert Gibbs to explain the gap to Moore and Limbaugh. (more...)

video When Rachel Maddow is done with him Bart Stupak may not have either leg to stand on. Last night Maddow calmly continued her fisking of (crusade against?) the Michigan congressman who is trying to hijack the health care bill with his calls for stronger language on abortion funding, and his threats that he and his "group of twelve" will not vote for a bill that doesn't comply. Except, notes Maddow, who are these twelve congressmen? Do they even exist? According to Maddow they don't. That's not all. (more...)

Michael Moore's disenchantment with the Democratic Party and the Obama administration he had appeared to become comfortable with has hit an all-time high. While Moore's troubles with the party are nothing new (he has tweeted his sorrows in the past and, during the 2008 election, highlighted the ways the party could lose his support), his latest statements in an interview with Raw Story indicate that Moore is ready to make a definitive break from the Democrats and, perhaps, move to support a third party in the future. (more...)

video Maybe Michael Moore and Glenn Beck should get together and have a tea party. Moore appeared on the Today show this morning to talk about the yesterday's 10,000 Dow, and Wall St. bonuses, and the coming populist rage. Watch this clip and see if his tone rings a bell. (more...)

Today's announcement of President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize created quite a stir in the world of opinion journalism. The left seemed eager to agree with the seeming absurdity of getting nominated for such an honor only 12 days in office, but the right have been downright giddy -- some went so far as to claim that this is "way worse than not getting the Olympics!" Huh?! Following is a run-down of real right-wing reaction to this morning's news. (more...)

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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...)

The he-said she-said wars between Michael Moore and CBS continue, thanks to an email that appeared in my inbox last night from someone who would prefer not to be identified. Let's go with "someone with knowledge of the situation who is not from CBS." (more...)

video Dylan Ratigan had Michael Moore as a guest on his MSNBC show Friday, as his media tour continued. And during the interview, Ratigan revealed information about his exit from CNBC - and subsequent return to the NBCU family. (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."

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 When Wolf Blitzer recently interviewed Michael Moore about his latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, the interview got uncomfortable, and fast. Moore's last big appearance on The Situation Room was a tense one, to say the least -- Moore accused Dr. Sanjay Gupta of "lying" about his 2007 documentary, Sicko, and there was further bad blood after Gupta and Larry King tag teamed him on Larry King Live, refusing to let him get a word in edgewise. This isn't quite as contentious, but involves stiff interruptions, nervous laughs, questions based on "charge that will be made" by people in the future, maybe, and even a tense debate about the merits of ATMs. The highlights: (more...)

video Something you don't expect to hear out of Michael Moore's mouth when referring to Fox News anchor Sean Hannity: "I love that guy!" But that's exactly what he said, among other surprising statements, yesterday on Wall Street in an impromptu interview with FNC ambusher/reporter Griff Jenkins. (more...)

Michael Moore is hard to ignore — he's been hard to ignore for GM for 20 years, though Lord knows they've tried. But for the first time since Roger & Me, Moore finally set foot on GM property...without being escorted off. (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...)

VIDEO Is Bill O'Reilly a socialist? On the Wednesday night O'Reilly Factor, he surprised many by appearing to come out in support of a moderate form of the public option on healthcare. But was that really what he was saying? (more...)