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Moore's thesis is very weak and unsupported by evidence. He's more of a comedian than a sociologist or criminologist. I'm very surprised at people who take Michael Moore seriously. Would you take Chris Rock seriously if he wrote a book called "Stupid Black Men" just because you share similar political views?
Consider that the US homicide rate is at a 30 year low. Arguably, that has happened precisely during the time when media has most increased fear and loathing.
The 2000 US homicide rate was 6.1/100k, the lowest since 5.9 in 1966 and the same as 6.1 in 1913. In 90 years the homicide rate in the US is unchanged.
How does this at all support Moore's contention that media and government spread fear and cause high homicide rates?
Seems to me that the answer to the question of why the US has a high homicide rate compared to many other nations has roots in the first decade of the twentieth century much more than the last. In 1903 the US homicide rate was 1.2 per 100,000. Just four years later it was 4.9 per 100,000 in 1907. Why? It's never looked back (well, it's back to 1913 actually)
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