Newsweek - Politics: Agent Provocateur

MSNBC - Politics: Agent Provocateur: "June 28 issue - Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' isn't even out till late this week, and you probably already know what you think about it. Some of the advance reaction has been what you'd expect: Madonna recommending it to her audiences, a conservative group trying to pressure theaters not to show it. True, Fox TV posted a rave review on its Web site - 'a tribute to patriotism' - while Tina Brown's column quoted a Kerry supporter in Hollywood comparing Moore to Goebbels. (That Goebbels? And they say Moore is over the top.)

But mostly it has been the usual suspects taking the usual sides. For the right, 'Fahrenheit 9/11' is a scurrilous attack on the commander in chief in a time of war. For the left, on the other hand, 'Fahrenheit 9/11' is a scurrilous attack on the commander in chief in a time of war - and it was about time, though no prudent mainstream Democrat would want to come out and say so. For everybody else... well, is there anybody else?"

By David Gates
Newsweek