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The problem with a comparison like that is Fox News, as well as a "liberal" network like CNN or newspaper like the Washington Post, has an obligation to report the news as fact. Any editorializing is generally done seperate from the news reports. They would lose all credebility as journalists if they purposely mixed the two.
Moore, being a filmmaker and not a journalist, doesn't have the same responsibility as a place like Fox News, and therefore can twist the facts any way he wishes to prove his point.
Despite my Republican leanings, I trust the actual news coming from the Post, or the local Baltimore Sun, or CNN, and other sources considered liberal. That's because I know they seperate the news and opinions enough to identify what is what. If Moore was able to say, "Here's the facts, now here's my opinion on what they mean," and still be entertaining, then most people would have less of a problem with him.
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"Final thought: I just rented Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Frankly, it was the worst sports movie I've ever seen."
--Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun
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