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Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)

Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
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Al Franken, Bob McChesney, Chellie Pingree, David Brock, Dick Cheney ... (see more)

Finally, a no-holds-barred documentary on Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, which has been criticized in some quarters as running a "race to the bottom" in television news. Offering an in-depth look at the dangers of burgeoning corporations that take control of the public's right to know, the film explores... (read more)

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Unrated, 1 hr. 17 min.
Directed by: Robert Greenwald
Release Date: Jul 13, 2004
DVD Release Date: Aug 15, 2004

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17 days ago
While the film is amateurish in how its assembled (as the same style as Greenwald's other well-known film, Wal Mart: The High Cost of a Low Price), the information in it is harrowing and (more disturbing), raqzor-sharp in its accuracy. A must see-for... (read more)
28 days ago
If only this was a documentary on American media as a whole, then we would truly be able to claim enlightenment on the subject. Outfoxed as it is, is a fine documentary telling of the unjust behavior of one of the largest "news" organizations in the ... (read more)
28 days ago
Not that impressive a documentary. It doesn't take a lot of investigative journalism to determine that Fox News is biased, dangerous, and looney.
35 days ago
Less a documentary and more of an attack on Fox News. Doesn't really present anything we didn't already know. I don't know, I guess I was just expecting more.
43 days ago
Former FOX NEWS employees talk about how they were forced to push a "right-wing" point of view or risk their jobs. OUTFOXED examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's FOX News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in TV news. Shows the d... (read more)

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1934 days ago
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Greenwald has fashioned a fine attack dog, and he's sicced it on a deserving subject.
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1976 days ago
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Seems as if it were recorded on a camcorder and narrated by a guy sitting in his kitchen with a microphone. That doesn't negate its effectiveness, however.
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1977 days ago
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
Required viewing not only for media watchdogs and future journalists, but those who are concerned with how news is disseminated.
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1984 days ago
David Edelstein, Slate
When those talking heads metamorphose into familiar ranting heads, it becomes another mesmerizing right-wing horror show.
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1991 days ago
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Methodically works to disarm the ready-made accusation that it is outfoxing Fox by stooping to its methods.
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