I agree with you about debate on public affairs, and the need for civil discourse, but allowing propaganda to hide behind the label of "Documentary" without confronting the basic fact that Michael Moore and his movie, hold absolutely no quarter in the real world.
Only a coward would allow a scumbag like Michael Moore and his propaganda to go unchallenged. A debate is based on a position one takes, based on facts.... Michael has great difficulty with facts
When did "Documentary" take on this objectivity meaning you ascribe? Documenatries have always been advocacy pieces. We had an excellent Right wing one about the Waco massacre a few years ago - award winning "documentary". Documentaries come in all forms and for many purposes and need not be and in fact fail if they are objective.
If Moore is challened by the fact we can easily make a movie on how Bush is the oppossite of how Moore portrays him.