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"Fahrenheit 9/11"

• October 22 -- A "Didactic" Anti-Michael Moore "Screed"
Movie critic Manohla Dargis takes on "Celsius 41.11", a conservative antidote to left-wing Michael Moore's "documentary": "A didactic screed that has all the verve of a PowerPoint presentation and all the subtlety of a Homeland Security red alert, 'Celsius 41.11' is finally interesting only because it represents another unconvincing effort on the part of conservatives to mount a viable critique of Mr. Moore."

• September 23 -- The Times and the "U" Word
News flash: Times reporter uses "unsubstantiated" to refer to something other than the Swift Boat vets.

• August 23 -- Giving Bush an Art Attack
Three more stories celebrating anti-Bush art.

• August 5 -- Who'd Have Guessed: WV Republicans Still Like Bush
Elisabeth Rosenthal finds some people still support Bush despite "criticism from the Sept. 11 commission, prison scandals in Iraq and a flat economy at home."

• July 2 -- Moore Krugman?
Paul Krugman, who is sounding more and more Michael Moore-like, becomes the second Times columnist in two days to praise "Fahrenheit 9/11."

• July 1 -- Michael Moore, "Genuine Son of the U.S. Working Class."
Socialist Barbara Ehrenreich's debut NYT column features Michael Moore: "But no one can miss the fact that he's a genuine son of the U.S. working class--of a Flint autoworker, in fact--because it's built right into his 'branding,' along with flannel shirts and baseball caps…an invulnerable target for the customary assault weapon of the right." Ehrenreich may have been suckered by Moore's populist shtick, but less starry-eyed writers have long seen through it.

• June 28 -- Criticizing Michael Moore: As Phony as John Ashcroft
Arts editor and columnist Frank Rich criticizes Michael Moore, but only to compare him to John Ashcroft.

• June 23 -- Is "Fahrenheit 9/11" Accurate? Who Cares?
A.O. Scott reviews left-wing "credit to the republic" Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" and decides the important thing isn't the film's accuracy, but Moore's impish spirit.

• June 22 -- More Moore, Less Clarke
Intelligence reporter Philip Shenon pens a quasi-review of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9-11" and goes out of his way to defend Moore. Also: What became of media hero Richard Clarke?