Phelps is a creepy, sick fringe figure with a creepy, sick fringe following.

(I had never heard of him until this forum)

But Michael Moore is very famous, very wealthy and a solid, respected pillar of the left-wing establishment. He is feted at the academy awards and the toast of European film festivals, pampered and swooned over by a ga-ga media.

His crudely made, narrow-minded propaganda films are treated as art by those dazzled by his trendy anti-American venom. Despite his Joe Sixpack shtick, he is a very wealthy celebrity.

His display of hatred and contempt will not be acknowledged by a media that has transformed him into a left-wing Robin Hood character. They would have to admit how wrong they have been: and that will never happen.