"Fahrenheit 9/11" and Journalism

Academy-award winning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is clever, committed and concerned, and in his film "Fahrenheit 9/11" he employs the elements of documentary filmmaking-expert interviews, location shooting, archival footage, and witty on-camera antics-to create an unconventional cinematic experience. His movie provokes laughter, irony and tears and leaves viewers hungry for political satire and genuine civic discourse. His film is not a mere documentary recounting of the past events, but rather it is a film created to offer an unapologetic challenge to the character, qualifications and ability of President George W Bush. It also turns out to be an indictment of American journalism for many of the stories the mainstream press failed to examine.…