Oliver Willis pointed out this campaign to revoke Michael Moore’s Academy award for the film ‘Bowling for Columbine’. I haven’t seen the film yet, but I’ve read descriptions of how Moore supposedly used creative editing to make his point (thus rendering ‘BfC’ ineligible for the ‘Documentary’ category). If these descriptions are true, he deliberately used the film to lead the viewer’s opinions in a certain direction, but how many TV documentaries don’t do that? Every newspaper, TV news programme, history book or documentary is biased in some way. To claim otherwise would be childishly naive.
However, the main issue I have is with the witch-hunt mentality. You don’t like Michael Moore’s work? Make something better. Adhere to your own criteria and prove him wrong. And if you really feel strongly enough (and sufficiently satisfied with the evidence) to support this campaign, I hope you’ll react in the same way to any awards bestowed on Fox News.