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Author, filmmaker, and political activist Michael
Moore has developed a trademark style of tackling major issues with
a sharp sense of humor while maintaining a regular-guy attitude, an approach that
has helped him secure a reputation as both a razor-sharp humorist and one of America's
most fearless political commentators. Michael Moore was born
in 1954 in Davison, MI, a suburb of Flint, then home to one of General Motors'
biggest manufacturing plants, where Moore 's father and grandfather
both worked. Born to an Irish-Catholic family, Moore attended
parochial school until he was 14, when he transferred to Davison High School.
Moore soon developed an interest in student politics as well
as larger issues: He won a merit badge as an Eagle Scout by creating a slide show
exposing environmentally unfriendly businesses in Flint, and in 1972, when 18-year-olds
were granted the right to vote, he ran for a seat on the Flint school board, soon
becoming one of the youngest people in the United States to win an election for
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