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Wolff's misleading Limbaugh story (4/22) By Brendan Nyhan [Donation drive: After two years of hard work to widespread media acclaim, we're asking for your support for one week -- please help make what we do possible! Amazon and Paypal links are available on the right sidebar for donations. Thanks!] Since he asked a critical question at a CENTCOM briefing on March 27, Michael Wolff has been peddling a tale of woe. In numerous articles and media appearances, the New York Magazine media critic has blamed a flood of hate mail on Rush Limbaugh, who Wolff claims denounced his question, accused...

Viewer beware In "Bowling for Columbine," Michael Moore once again puts distortions and contradictions before the truth By Ben Fritz (ben@spinsanity.org) November 19, 2002 Michael Moore insists he wants to be taken seriously. The author and filmmaker, an unabashed champion for liberal causes, is challenging America's gun culture with his latest endeavor, the documentary "Bowling for Columbine." Like his first film, "Roger and Me," it consists of a mix of satirical interviews with average people, confrontational interviews with celebrities and Moore's thoughts on what is going wrong with America. The argument often takes a back seat to the humor, but...