A recent news report quoted a U.S. Republican party official who'd been roped into seeing Michael Moore's anti-Bush tirade, "Fahrenheit 9/11." "It wasn't a real documentary," griped the irate Bushie, "because it wasn't balanced."
It's easy to chuckle and think, "not 'balanced' -- like Fox News, right?"
But the comment does suggest a question: Should a good documentary be "balanced"?
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