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Someone was bound to go after Michael Moore eventually and Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man holds nothing back. An immensely popular figure to political left-wingers, Michael Moore presents himself as a regular working-class guy in a baseball cap with the courage to take some rich and powerful folks to task for their corrupt and deceitful ways. David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke say this populist, muckraker image is pure whitewash. Believing that this charade has gone on for too long, and done too much damage to the U.S., they have written this book to expose Moore as narcissistic and irresponsible and his body of work "as manipulative as totalitarian propaganda." To prove their point, they pick apart Moore's books and movies to illustrate how he is consistently manipulative, dishonest, and, at times, simply absurd. They show how he altered the timeline of his film Roger and Me in order to unfairly blame things on General Motors that happened before their layoffs, not as a result of them. Regarding Bowling for Columbine, the authors explain how he took quotes out of context and reassembled them to give the impression that people made speeches they did not make---most famously his interview with Charlton Heston, then president of the NRA. They also illustrate how Moore manipulated statistics in his books Dude, Where’s My Country and Stupid White Men to fit his theories, making some truly outrageous claims in the process. The authors have certainly done their homework, and it's impossible to view Moore's work the same way after reading this book. "How does a man with so many contradictions manage to blind his enormous trove of followers to how hypocritical he really is? How does he get away with it?" they ask. If the authors have their way, he won't much longer. Now that Moore has joined the ranks of the rich and powerful, Hardy and Clarke have engaged in bit of muckraking of their own. --Shawn Carkonen, Amazon.com
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Criticizes Michael Moore's tactics in presenting his political and social views on film and in print, charging that Moore's manipulation of facts and his use of camera tricks and publicity stunts distorts the truth. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
There can't be many books that raise as many partisan feelings as this one. Reviews of this book on Amazon either seem to be one star (from the left) or five stars (from the right). Hopefully I can provide a bit of balance. I'd say this is a good book, not a great one. It certainly exposes Moore as a confused, hypocritical and highly devious operator, but what material the authors have on him they tend to spin out to length, and the book repeats the same accusations several times. It also would have worked better if the authors had adopted a more formal, scholarly, straight tone rather than going for the Moore-like, tabloidy approach. They remonstrate with him for using caps a lot, but they are equally guilty. While a lot of research clearly went into the book, it leaves you wishing for more, and surely there is more on this corpulent leftie who deals in politics for those who don't understand/like politics.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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If you're interested in Michael Moore films and are interested in getting a wider view of them then this book is worth a read. It looks at the work he's done and how he uses a lot of editing to try to fit with a certain point. There's a particularly interesting link whereas they link Moore to having Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Parts of this book are really good and attempt to make some sort of balance whereas for example it discusses how Moore has a point when he discusses fear culture while maintaining Moore does the same. My problems with it are that it goes to far at points and seems just like mud slinging back at Moore from the right following Moore doing the same thing from the left. It just seems like the authors are doing exactly the same as he does.
There's a part that quite struck me along these lines whereas they discuss how Moore portrayed the NRA as being linked to the Klu Klux Klan. They say Moore lied about the date (which he did) and in fact according to this book the NRA helped black people in this time and even promoted the writing of a book about it called 'Negroes with guns'. I found this quite a big deal but it seems like the writers are promoting the idea that the NRA is actually not racist. If you type 'NRA and racism' into google there are numerous hits some of which show a brochure given to members displaying various supposed people to protect themselves from not one of whom is white. Is it not fair to say that there are perhaps racist connotations underneath this which Moore does rightly pick up on despite his distorting? Like Moore however they just leave in what is necessary to give a certain impression. So in that sense it goes too far.
The authors of this book are clearly angered by Moore and fair enough. This book gives something to throw back at him and as I said it's worth reading. My main problem with the book though was how badly it was written. I mean first of all the title doesn't seem like it holds a very good mentality and again shows this mud slinging mentality back at Moore. Also parts of it just seem like they repeat themselves and just go on and on. It reads like... he did this... then he said this and he did this.. then he did this.. so basically he's an idiot. It just seems like it's rambling.
There are parts also where it just seems like they could've done better too. They link Moore to having Narcissistic personality disorder and write a full criteria linking him to it quite well (in my opinion as a Counsellor) but they say beforehand how they are not therapists and this is just what they think. Could they not have just got a few people to back up that diagnosis? Parts such as this just seem like they've been chucked together in a big rush as quickly as possible and like it hasn't been read through to check it's as good as it could be. Parts generally seem to lack research.
Again the one sidedness is apparent on the point of narcissism since it doesn't go into any discussion about why someone with narcissistic traits may come about in American culture. Could it be that a culture ran by someone who has right wing psychopathic traits could somehow promote this? There's no discussion of this. Therefore the one sided nature is apparent again.
It's worth a look but for more balance I would recommend the film 'Manufacturing Dissent' whereas although being a bit bland at points is credible and most of all balanced in looking at Moore in political context.
Parts of this book are really good and attempt to make some sort of balance whereas for example it discusses how Moore has a point when he discusses fear culture while maintaining Moore does the same. My problems with it are that it goes to far at points and seems just like mud slinging back at Moore from the right following Moore doing the same thing from the left. It just seems like the authors are doing exactly the same as he does.
There's a part that quite struck me along these lines whereas they discuss how Moore portrayed the NRA as being linked to the Klu Klux Klan. They say Moore lied about the date (which he did) and in fact according to this book the NRA helped black people in this time and even promoted the writing of a book about it called 'Negroes with guns'. I found this quite a big deal but it seems like the writers are promoting the idea that the NRA is actually not racist. If you type 'NRA and racism' into google there are numerous hits some of which show a brochure given to members displaying various supposed people to protect themselves from not one of whom is white. Is it not fair to say that there are perhaps racist connotations underneath this which Moore does rightly pick up on despite his distorting? Like Moore however they just leave in what is necessary to give a certain impression. So in that sense it goes too far.
The authors of this book are clearly angered by Moore and fair enough. This book gives something to throw back at him and as I said it's worth reading. My main problem with the book though was how badly it was written. I mean first of all the title doesn't seem like it holds a very good mentality and again shows this mud slinging mentality back at Moore. Also parts of it just seem like they repeat themselves and just go on and on. It reads like... he did this... then he said this and he did this.. then he did this.. so basically he's an idiot. It just seems like it's rambling.
There are parts also where it just seems like they could've done better too. They link Moore to having Narcissistic personality disorder and write a full criteria linking him to it quite well (in my opinion as a Counsellor) but they say beforehand how they are not therapists and this is just what they think. Could they not have just got a few people to back up that diagnosis? Parts such as this just seem like they've been chucked together in a big rush as quickly as possible and like it hasn't been read through to check it's as good as it could be. Parts generally seem to lack research.
Again the one sidedness is apparent on the point of narcissism since it doesn't go into any discussion about why someone with narcissistic traits may come about in American culture. Could it be that a culture ran by someone who has right wing psychopathic traits could somehow promote this? There's no discussion of this. Therefore the one sided nature is apparent again.
It's worth a look but for more balance I would recommend the film 'Manufacturing Dissent' whereas although being a bit bland at points is credible and most of all balanced in looking at Moore in political context.
100 of 117 people found the following review helpful
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Okay. I'm not a fan of Michael Moore, so I thought "this book is going to be a counterpoint to all those smug Michael Moore fans out there". I figured maybe it would give me some decent ammo to chuck at them.
I was wrong.
David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke, rather than engaging in the sort of rational critism of Michael Moore and his work that is worth reading, prefer to go with the hysterical, wrapping-yourself-in-the-stars-and-stripes, "you're a dissenter, ergo you're a traitor" hysteria that you hear coming from the American far right. Which is great if you're in the minority who think Bill O' Reilly is god, but for the rest of us, who aren't on the far right (or even american), it's just plain rubbish.
So Michael Moore glosses over information that doesn't fit in with his arguments. Yeah, like Anne Coulter, Bill O' Reilly and certain nameless US presidents never did that!
So he's a millionaire, and yet he claims to be a friend of the people. Considering he was broke when he made Roger and Me, and considering most millionaires couldn't give a monkey's ar*e about average working people like me, it's hardly a devastating critisism.
This book is in fact so bad, that I've kind of got to thinking - "if this is the only drivel they can come up with against Michael Moore, then maybe he's not so bad after all".
Let's face it - I'm only giving it 1 star because minus numbers are not possible. Don't waste your money.
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the other side of Mr. Moore
If you've read "Stupid White Men" and / or "Dude, Where's My Country?", then you may also wish to read this book. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Leon
Corporate crap
It was obviously not going to be long before Corporate America got pissed off with the truth being told about its crimes. Read more
Published on 23 May 2010 by William F. Green
Bush Propaganda
A bitter disappointment. An American friend bought me this as she wanted me to see both sides of the story. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2009 by James ¡å
Touched a not-particularly-bright nerve
Michael Moore has made a lot of enemies following his outburst against George W Bush while accepting his Oscar for Bowling for Columbine and, following on, Fahrenheit 9/11. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2008 by Mr. Od Smith
A pleasent eye-opener to moore and is work
I found the book, enjoyable, at times funny, and a very worthwhile read. It shows simply and clearly how Moore as attempted to decieve his viewers. Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2006 by reviewer
This book is as right wing as Moore is left wing
This book is definately worth a read. You must read this with the knowledge that this is VERY biast. But no more biast than Moore, albiet in the other direction. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2006 by David
the Truth!
That's it... just the truth for blinded people. This book confirmed what I thought about Moore. A poor guy telling lies and manipulating people to become rich and popular. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2004 by "mdelmarmotte"
getting paid for living a personality disorder
Mr Moore is really funny, or so I used to think. After "bowling for Columbine" i changed my mind. I lived in Denver at the time of Columbine and I was shocked by Mr. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2004
Please NO MOORE!
Having previously met Michael Moore at a speech at the Oxford Union I must admit I gained some respect for his arguments standing up for the little man, and some fines points he... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2004 by huggybear
A must have for every home.
It's about time someone took this pathological liar down. This is a well researched and well done book that proves once and for all that no one should listen to a word Michael... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2004 by Jami J. Russell
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