We commented recently in passing about Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me documentary, which blasts McDonalds' food as unhealthy to the point of deadliness. This article takes issue with some of his claims:
FoxNews: Spurlock Food Scare a Super Size Scam
Whaaaat? A "documentary" film with an axe to grind that skews the facts? Say it isn't so. Michael Moore must be livid right now that the integrity of his chosen medium is being dragged down by shoddy fact-checking and inattention to the rules of logic. Oh wait. It turns out Moore's own filmmaking methods are being called into question by ANOTHER documentary called Michael Moore Hates America, and here's an old article (from Slate magazine??!?!) that picks apart the logic of his Fahrenheit 9/11 movie into little bitty pieces.
No real point here, I guess, except that it's clear the documentary movie business seems to be dominated by idealogical partisans with a point to make, rather than by unimpassioned observers seeking to find the truth. Or maybe these are the only kind of documentaries that make the news...
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