Here’s an item from the latest New York Magazine (scroll down and do not get distracted by the photo of Charlize Theron) on that great populist, that regular guy in a baseball cap, that scourge of the privileged and the pretentious, Mr. Michael Moore:

“Stupid Thirsty Men: Moore Water!

“Dude, where’s my French bottled water? It appears that man of the people Michael Moore has gone completely J.Lo on event organizers with pre-event demands. Before he’d agree to present an award for the best 30-second anti-Bush ad at a Manhattan MoveOn.org benefit earlier this month, Moore’s handlers insisted that he have a supply of Evian backstage. “Even Poland Spring wasn’t good enough,” says our inside source. “They called up to make sure he would have Evian…””

This story is obviously false. No true man of the people would behave in this way. And that, of course, is just what Moore is. Isn’t he?