MIchael Moore is a Big, Fat Liar

Remember "Sicko"? Michael Moore's oh-so-even-handed castigation of the state of American medicine? Remember how embarrassing it was to learn that medical care in this country doesn't compare to the socialist wonders of Cuba?

Turns out it was banned in Cuba for being so outlandishly positive that it was feared it would spark revolution:

Cuba banned Michael Moore's 2007 documentary, Sicko, because it painted such a "mythically" favourable picture of Cuba's healthcare system that the authorities feared it could lead to a "popular backlash", according to US diplomats in Havana.

The revelation, contained in a confidential US embassy cable released by WikiLeaks , is surprising, given that the film attempted to discredit the US healthcare system by highlighting what it claimed was the excellence of the Cuban system.

But the memo reveals that when the film was shown to a group of Cuban doctors, some became so "disturbed at the blatant misrepresentation of healthcare in Cuba that they left the room".

Castro's government apparently went on to ban the film because, the leaked cable claims, it "knows the film is a myth and does not want to risk a popular backlash by showing to Cubans facilities that are clearly not available to the vast majority of them."