Also, Moore is a proven liar in the Goebbelsian tradition of lying. You tell just enough of the truth so that what comes out is a lie, but you're immune to factual cross-checking, and to say, it was "unethical and downright crooked to omit essential parts of a speech to lend a false impression" sounds fairly weak in comparison to "you made, from top to bottom a statement that was wholly false."
Moore has never responded to the most serious criticisms levelled against BfC, but he did dig himself in very deep admitting that the subtitle of the Willie Horton/Revolving doors splice was his, and his mistake in saying "kills again" in a subtitle that was never in either ad, and essentially concedes everything Spinsanity said on that note.
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I think it overly trite when people who don't think the same way as others are named as people who don't love their country, or as an-American. It's like the number one dismissive pigeon hole - what do we do twith this guy - we don't like him and we don't like his ideas - how about we tell everybody he doesn't love the country - that will work.
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I don't criticize the strength of his patriotism. He's a very American American, making a shameless buck in any way he can (charging the Columbine massacre victims admission to the preview puts a new patina sheen on the word shameless) even exploiting the deaths of innocent people and selling the image of America that closet self-haters have wanted to have on their plates to bite on for years...
I don't give a damn what Moore thinks of America, he's a no-good spindoctor and deceiver, and his opinions are worth as much to me as what I leave in the toilet.
On the other hand, at least we have a book now, to read and enjoy, while eating Monterey Jack and drinking a couple cans of Vanilla Coke.
http://www.moorelies.com/book/
I'm so buying that...