Memo to Michael Moore: Workplace Democracy and Capitalism Go Together

Ignorant

Making comments on something you haven't even bothered to view is not only lazy but ignorant. Get your brain out of the pickle if you want to write or just write for your close family and read to them around the kitchen table.

Branka Kojic of IN @ Nov 19, 2009 09:29:04 AM

Memo to Matthew

Matthew, go see the movie before loosening your belt for gas. Michael Moore advocates the exact kind of workplace Democracy you say Ferenstein says he doesn't.

And your laziness is pathetic. I guess this is the new journalism, opening "I missed (the movie) while it was in the theaters... But.."

I mean, really, pathetic. You have no right to comment on its content unless you viewed it. Oops, I forgot, you're a blogger. Again, pathetic.

Not you of DC @ Nov 17, 2009 15:39:40 PM

Lc

This movie tanked big time. It was one of the lowest grossing movies all year.

lc of CA @ Nov 16, 2009 01:27:47 AM

Go to the source, do the work

Please understand second-hand interviews and reviews cannot replace the actual work of primary source material. Too many assumptions are made, and too many armchair reviews slant, and fail to take to task the whole of the actual premise presented.

This method only contributes to propagating more uninformed viewpoints on the work, which enables even more lazy journalism.

Whether or not you agree with the primary source is irrelevant, unless you are speaking from informed opinion.

Willie of TX @ Nov 15, 2009 09:41:00 AM

Go to the source, do the work

Please understand second-hand interviews and reviews cannot replace the actual work of primary source material. Too many assumptions are made, and too many armchair reviews slant, and fail to take to task the whole of the actual premise presented.

This method only contributes to propagating more uninformed viewpoints on the work, which enables even more lazy journalism.

Whether or not you agree with the primary source is irrelevant, unless you are speaking from informed opinion.

Willie of TX @ Nov 15, 2009 09:40:34 AM

Clueless

As a journalist, you should realize that your job isn't going to be around forever, and maybe you should try to be a little more radical and not just parrot what your rich publisher wants you to say. That includes actually watching Michael Moore films.

Larry Roberts of CA @ Nov 15, 2009 02:43:57 AM

Moore beat you to it

If you had seen the film, you would know that Moore profiles two American worker-owned-and-managed firms - Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing and Alvarado Street Bakery - as alternative business models. If you want to have a public conversation, you might dedicate a little time to find out what the other side is actually saying. Dee dee dee!

As for that silly concluding remark, I am reminded of Voltaire's Pangloss arguing that we live in the best of all possible worlds.

Chris of NC @ Nov 13, 2009 13:28:33 PM