The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its “short list” of fifteen films in contention for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards and noticeably missing from the list is Michael Moore’s latest film, “Capitalism: A Love Story,” EW.com reports.  Moore won the Oscar for Best Documentary in 2002 with his film “Bowling for Columbine.”

Moore’s failure to even earn a pre-nomination garnered mixed reactions from the Twitterverse, with some tweeps feeling that Moore has been in the spotlight long enough:

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   danvzla SHAME ON THE OSCARS FOR NOT NOMINATING MICHAEL MOORE, I GUESS THE OSCAR’S IS PART OF THE CAPITALISM PROBLEM, + THEY NEVER NOMINATE SMALL MOV
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   MELizfuct who cares if michael moore didn’t get an oscar nod. he’s an idiot. and a biased one at that.
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   MancowMuller Michael Moore’s new movie “Capitalism: A Love Story” has been denied an Oscar nomination. Without him there they save a fortune on catering.
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   EAKEN Michael Moore’s latest film didn’t make the short list for Oscar nominations. So it seems people CAN learn after all.
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   StCyrlyMe2 Oscar Gives Michael Moore’s Love Story the Shaft (E! Online) : http://wik.io/hb3P/ And we all know why!
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   HelloWarshauer Why is the Oscar Best Documentary category obsessed w/ being out of touch? TYSON, SEPT. ISSUE, Michael Moore’s CAPITALISM all disqualified
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   davejesteadt Oscar doc nominees announced, no Michael Moore or Anvil! Looking forward to the outrage.
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   cmoviereview Michael Moore doesn’t make cut for Oscar for Capitalism – thankfully!
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   nathandonarum 1/2 HuffPo is mad that Michael Moore’s new documentary wasn’t nominated for an Oscar. Um… So what? He’s been nominated twice and won once.
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    unicornmajik Awww…Poor Michael Moore…”Capitalism” Misses Oscar List” http://tinyurl.com/yabap3g
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    evanchooly oh noes! michael moore not nominated for an oscar?!? the horror! maybe he’ll do us all a favor and stfu now.

Also missing from the list is the late Michael Jackson’s “This Is It,” since the film wasn’t submitted in time. The doc, however, is still eligible for Best Picture.

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