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'''Schlockumentary''' is a term referring to [[documentary]] films that use [[junk science]], dishonest editing, and/or highly [[bias]]ed research methods intended to arrive at [[partisan]] or [[conspiracy|conspiratorial]] conclusions. <ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/2006/12/michael_moore_issues_iraq_with.html Michael Moore Issues Iraq Withdrawal Fatwa], By Noel Sheppard, ''[[American Thinker]]'', December 04, 2006.</ref>

'''Schlockumentary''' is a term referring to [[documentary]] films that use [[junk science]], dishonest editing, and/or highly [[bias]]ed research methods intended to arrive at [[partisan]] or [[conspiracy|conspiratorial]] conclusions.<ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/2006/12/michael_moore_issues_iraq_with.html Michael Moore Issues Iraq Withdrawal Fatwa], By Noel Sheppard, ''[[American Thinker]]'', December 04, 2006.</ref>

==Origins==

==Origins==

Schlockumentary is a [[portmanteau]] of the [[Yiddish]] word schlock -meaning junk-<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,865066-2,00.html Block That Schlock], ''TIME magazine'', Nov. 23, 1959</ref>, with documentary. It is a favorite tactic of [[liberal deceit|liberals]] to disparage viewpoints with which they disagree. Filmmakers such as [[Michael Moore]] are notorious for their [[libel]]ous films which use faulty logic to advance their [[liberal agenda]] despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Schlockumentary is a [[portmanteau]] of the [[Yiddish]] word schlock -meaning junk-,<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,865066-2,00.html Block That Schlock], ''TIME magazine'', Nov. 23, 1959</ref> with documentary. It is a favorite tactic of [[liberal deceit|liberals]] to disparage viewpoints with which they disagree. Filmmakers such as [[Michael Moore]] are notorious for their [[libel]]ous films which use faulty logic to advance their [[liberal agenda]] despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

==Examples==

==Examples==

*''[[Jesus Camp]]''

*''[[Jesus Camp]]''

*''[[Loose Change]]''

*''[[Loose Change]]''

*''[[Fox_News_Channel#Fair_and_Balanced|Outfoxed]]''

*''[[Fox News Channel#Fair and Balanced|Outfoxed]]''

*''[[Sicko]]''

*''[[Sicko]]''

*''[[Zeitgeist: The Movie]]''

*''[[Zeitgeist: The Movie]]''

==Examples used by the Left==

==Examples used by the Left==

[[liberal|Liberals]] often criticize the following conservative documentaries:

[[Liberal]]s often criticize the following conservative documentaries:

*''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]''

*''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]''

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==See Also==

==See also==

*[[Mockumentary]]

*[[Mockumentary]]

[[Category:Cinema]]

[[Category:Cinema]]

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[[Category:Schlockumentary| ]]

[[Category : Hollywood Values]]

[[Category:Hollywood Values]]