MOORE SAYS HE COULD HAVE AMENDED HIS BOOK TO INCLUDE SEPTEMBER 11

Yet another piece of evidence from Michael Moore himself that the notion that his book was published and unalterable by September 11 is simply untrue. Here’s a recent account of his own description of the process of publishing his book. Of course, Moore argues that he was resisting “censorship” by refusing to tone down his book or add any commentary on September 11. But even taking him at his word, this merely proves that it was ultimately his choice – albeit a tough one. It is not true that there was no possibility of amending the book after September 11. As to my hedging with the word “barely,” I know better than to state flat-out from one reading of a book that there is no mention of the war at all. Proving a negative is always hard. I might have missed something. Can you imagine if I had said there was no mention and he’d added something I missed. Romenesko would have linked within five seconds. I confess that in some of the chapters, I skimmed through some of Moore’s rants. You try reading this sub-literate screed word by word. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t factually wrong. I wasn’t. But the left-wing jihad continues.