Surprisingly, it was published on Slate. As usual, Hitchens' arguments are poignant and resplendent.http://slate.msn.com/id/2102723/Choice quote:QuoteTo describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe this film as a piece of crap would be to run the risk of a discourse that would never again rise above the excremental. To describe it as an exercise in facile crowd-pleasing would be too obvious. Fahrenheit 9/11 is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness. It is also a spectacle of abject political cowardice masking itself as a demonstration of "dissenting" bravery.

I must confess that I find Mr Hitchens arguments neither poignant nor particularly eloquentMr Moore has a record of looseness with the truth, and I'd expect to be able to find many holes in 9/11, but I like to think I'd find better holes andexplain them with more wit and coherence than Mr. Hitchens. He rants. Indeed, the tone is rather as if Mr. Moore was doing a parody of himself.

resplendent is a funny adjective for an argument

I also enjoyed the article. Hitchens is great at tearing someone a new asshole without purely spewing vitriol. I mean, the vitriol is there, but more as a liberally applied condiment than as the main meal.I've been wanting to buy one of his books, but I haven't yet found a subject that grabs me. Makes me think his real niche in life is asshole-tearing in magazine pieces. Edit: Resplendent

The appearance aspect is why I thought it was a funny adjective.

Golden.Hitchens is truly a "Master and Commander" of the language. It's a pleasure to read when the writing is so well done.

QuoteOriginally posted by: worowThe appearance aspect is why I thought it was a funny adjective.Read more. It's not 'funny' at all.

This is the worst article I've read by Hitchens who normally is a class writer. The film must have got to him real bad.

F 9/11 was a great movie. Only those right of the neo-cons wouldn't appreciate the humor.Enjoy.

Hitchens' article is a piece of crap...No matter how you think of F/911, it is hundreds of times more objective and honest than anything that CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, or CBS ever produced about what happend during the last four years.

Isikoff too has an article on Moore:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5335853/sit ... weekOuyang, lol.