A funny, subversive "60 minutes." (Michael Moore's TV magazine show 'TV Nation')

American Journalism Review | July 1, 1995| | Copyright

Last May, at a City Hall news conference, Michael Moore asked New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani for his reaction to an announcement by First Boston. Just two weeks after it had been given a $50 million tax break by the city, Moore pointed out, the bank was laying off 200 New York employees.

Giuliani blinked. "That's a very, very simplistic, almost silly way to look at it," he replied.

No surprise there. That's how Moore, the creator, executive producer and host of the offbeat television magazine show "TV Nation," looks at just about everything.

"TV Nation" appeared nine ...

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