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<div>'''Schlockumentary''' is a term referring to [[documentary]] films that use [[junk science]], dishonest editing, and/or highly [[bias]]ed research methods intended to arrive at [[partisan]] or [[conspiracy|conspiratorial]] conclusions. <ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/2006/12/michael_moore_issues_iraq_with.html Michael Moore Issues Iraq Withdrawal Fatwa], By Noel Sheppard, ''American Thinker'', December 04, 2006.</ref><br />
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==Origins==<br />
Schlockumentary is a word that combines the [[Yiddish]] word schlock -meaning junk-<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,865066-2,00.html Block That Schlock], ''TIME magazine'', Nov. 23, 1959</ref>, with documentary.<br />
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Schlockumentary is a lexical change made up of larger parts (sometimes whole parts) of words, usually initial syllables of other words, sometimes the first part of one word and the last part of another, combined into a pronounceable word. <ref>[http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/popcult/handouts/lexchange.html Lexical Change], Harold Schiffman, 4/8/2004 </ref><br />
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==Examples==<br />
*''[[America: From Freedom to Fascism]]''<br />
*''[[Michael Moore|Fahrenheit 9/11]]''<br />
*''[[Fox_News_Channel#Fair_and_Balanced|Outfoxed]]''<br />
*''[[Loose Change]]''<br />
*''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]''<br />
*''[[Sicko]]''<br />
*''[[The 11th Hour]]''<br />
*''[[Super Size Me]]''<br />
*''[[Bowling for Columbine]]''<br />
*''[[Conservapedia.com]]''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==See Also==<br />
*[[Mockumentary]]<br />
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[[Category:Cinema]]<br />
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