I feel that Fahrenheit 9/11 has made a lasting political and social impact. The documentary was confrontational with a flurry of information, albeit biased information. The documentary has been torched by the right and heralded by the left. This documentary has spurred dialogue about 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, civil rights, war profiteers and war in general.

The film is not a complete and objective account of Bush, 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, all documentaries are biased. As Aufderheide states, manipulation and distortion of reality is inherent to filmmaking. Similar to "Walmart: The High Price of Low Cost", Moore was not looking to provide a balanced discussion. He focused on representing the problems.... Bush's Saudi connections, assaults on civil rights, fear mongering, the military's exploitation of poor inner city youth, etc.

The film did preach to the anti-Bush choir. However, the film also raised questions in the minds of politically inactive Americans. The film raised more questions than it answered in a provocative way. Moore's use of dialectical montage in contrasting images to create meaning served as a powerful storytelling technique.

Journalist Nicole Laskowski specifically discussed the contrasting scenes of an elder Iraqi woman crying out after her house had been bombed to Britany Spears stating that we should just "trust" the president. Laskowski states that this specific dialectical montage was served as a jarring transition "chastising the Spearite age group and the general ignorance of the American people."

A large number of young Americans watched Fahrenheit 9/11. A demographic that does not usually watch documentaries, especially political documentaries. The importance of whether viewers agree with Moore's point of view is diminished by the inclusion of young Americans and previously inactive Americans to the political debate of the wars we create.

http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc47.2005/MMoore/2.html

http://www.nationalcenter.org/2004/07/fahrenheit-911-and-its-impact-on.html

http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/fahrenheit-9-11-michael-moore/