who is Michael Moore?

[gusl]

Being someone who is sometimes at the bottom of things, let me ask: Who is Michael Moore and why do so many libertarians bash him?

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[ehintz.livejournal.com]

His original claim to fame was a film called "Roger and me". He's from a small town whose main industry was a General Motors plant, it was pretty hammered when they closed down the plant and laid everybody off. Moore's documentary/entertainment piece was loosely centered around Moore trying (and failing) to get an interview with the CEO of GM at the time, while showing the effects of relocating the factory to Mexico (evictions, crime, local economic depression). He's big on corporate responsibility to the people, and tends to favor legislative solutions for same, which is surely at least part of the reason libs don't like him. He's also known to play loose with the facts to sensationalize a story. Basically he's sort of a lefty democrat/green, leaning towards socialism. Personally, I think he's got a fairly good handle on a lot of the problems and inequalities of the US, but his solutions are generally less than ideal. But then that's how I feel about most of the greens and such anyway.