Michael Moore’s publisher tells him his forthcoming book Stupid White Men and Other Excuses for the State of the Nation will not be distributed, and the print run will be destroyed, because the content is offensive and he is intellectually dishonest for not saying that the President has done a “good job” in recent months. The copyright and publishing rights revert to him in six months; meanwhile, his attorneys are trying to rectify the situation. He told the public gathering where he announced this, however, that he doesn’t want a public outcry because people have more important things about which to take action. IMHO, however, it doesn’t take too much time to write a shaming letter to HarperCollins, if Moore’s version of things is accurate… Update: Two readers comment:

• “why is moore doing business w harper collins anyway? pretty sure it is
  
  owned by fox/murdoch…”

• “I was annoyed to learn too that Gore Vidal’s new book, and an excerpt from it
  
  planned for Vanity Fair, were cancelled by publishers because it was deemed
  
  too critical of the U.S.”