Shailagh Murray described "Fahrenheit 9/11" in "The Wall Street Journal" as a "harshly satirical and controversial portrait of the Bush presidency." Stephen Dalton of "The Times" wrote that the movie "hits enough of its satirical targets to qualify as an important and timely film." Desson Thomson says "there is more to "Fahrenheit 9/11" than partisan ridicule. ... What's remarkable here isn't Moore's political animosity or ticklish wit. It's the well-argued, heartfelt power of his persuasion." Author and blogger Andrew Sullivan expressed the opposite view, writing that Moore's film is "deeply corrosive of the possibility of real debate and reason in our culture." Canadian journalist Linda McQuaig wrote in response to Sullivan: "Hell, the media shut down real debate long ago. It is precisely because the debate has been so thoroughly corroded by the mainstream media ... that Moore's film is being so gratefully received by so many." Denis Hamill considers "Fahrenheit 9/11" to be a "corrective to the daily drumbeat of right-wing talk radio."