FEC To Strike Down Moore Doc?

The Hill is reporting that members of the Federal Election Commission intend to ban advertisements for Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 from television and radio under the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, raising fears that this may be a new tactic employed to suppress the growing number of mainstream documentaries critical of the Bush administration, and thus, generally, dissent.

Doesn't this seem a little absurd considering Michael Moore isn't a political lobby (like a 527 or a PAC)? He's just a film maker, and frankly, one many folks are far from impressed with...