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This 3 page paper discusses the logical fallacies to be found in some of the criticism leveled at Michael Moore’s films. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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This paper looks at websites that discuss Moore, and examines them for logical fallacies in connection with the arguments they raise concerning his work. Discussion The first website is
called "Spinsanity," (http://www.spinsanity.org/); following the links to "who we are" reveals that the three young men behind Spinsanity are Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer and Brendan Nyhan (Spinsanity). They are
all recent college graduates; Fritz is with "Variety," Keefer is with Columbia Journalism Review; and Nyhan is a political science graduate student at Duke University (Spinsanity). The website
claims to be nonpartisan, and the three say they created it because they are "deeply concerned that our public political dialogue, largely expressed through the channels of the mass media,
is becoming systematically dominated by sophisticated tactics of manipulation rater than norms of public reason." (Spinsanity) Its their mission to use "rigorous non-partisan analysis" to expose this "spin" (Spinsanity).
They have critically examined the work of people from every political stripe, and do appear to be non-partisan. With regard to
Michael Moore, the Spinsanity critics assert that Moore made several (four, at their count-though they say others have compiled "voluminous" lists) distortions of facts. They dont say he got
the facts themselves wrong, but that he manipulated them to mislead people (Nyhan). In one instance, Moore apparently "doctored" the Willie
Horton ad that was used to derail Michael Dukakiss presidential campaign; in Moores film, the caption reads "Willie Horton released. Then kills again." The ad with its incorrect caption
"is used to support Moores statement ... that whether youre a psychotic killer or running for president of the United States, the one thing you can always count on is
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