Monday, May 5, 2008

Outfoxed (10)

The documentary, Outfoxed, is basically an anti-Fox news video. The argument basically contains questionable acts made by Fox news, and explains how the news channel has faulty information. The director, Robert Greenwald, does not try to hide his views on the subject. In his documentary, he interviews many people who worked for Fox news and media watchdogs. The people who created Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism claims that their views are "fair and unbalanced", but many people disagree. They use people who were employed by Fox and may have a bone to pick with their former bosses.(Haro-Online) They do however, reveal shocking truths about Fox news.
Some people say that Robert Greenwald presented the truth about Fox News while others say the truth was a tad distorted. Greenwald interviewed people who formally worked for Fox News, and wouldn't that give them a bone to pick with their old employer? Rupert Murdoch is a very conservative person, and therefore ordered his news anchors to report about Republicans and not as much about Democrats. It kept citizens in the dark about the politics happening in the United States. Greenwald tried to show the people through his documentary, that Fox news uses biased opinion and mocked other liberal commentators. The phrase "some people say" is used often in the broadcasting of Fox News. Greenwald makes it appear as though "some people say" is just a way for news anchors to enter their opinions in to the news. Opinions are not facts. We are taught in school to distinguish between the two. Fox news was revealed as a biased news station, and the claims against the documentary make it that much more true.

http://lessig.org/blog/2004/07/outfoxed.html

http://www.haro-online.com/movies/outfoxed.html

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You write, "Some people say that Robert Greenwald presented the truth about Fox News while others say the truth was a tad distorted."

Later you write, "The phrase 'some people say' is used often in the broadcasting of Fox News. Greenwald makes it appear as though "some people say" is just a way for news anchors to enter their opinions in to the news. Opinions are not facts."

Hmmmmm. What does that mean about your blog? Would you please clarify who these "some people" are by citing your source. You don't want to be like FOX News, do you?