I’ve always thought Michael Moore was pretty funny, and I’ve always admired his in-your-face style of confrontational interviewing and hectoring. He asks questions that make people uncomfortable, which can be an admirable quality — it’s fun to see politicians and businessmen scurry for cover because they’re only used to dealing with sycophants.

It’s just too bad that Moore doesn’t ask the right questions. I’d like to see a libertarian version — you know, Michael Moore crossed with John Stossel, or something.

So, even though Moore is entertaining, he’s also frustrating — he gets so much wrong, and too many people believe him. This City Journal piece is the best overview of Moore I’ve read, and a good place to send your friends if they place too much stock in Moore’s infotainment brand of activism.