ridiculous rating

Lack of good storyline.

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

In Robert Greenwald's documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism we come away with one very important message. The media is controlled by corporations. This is what defines the media, and it's because of this that we have Rupert Murdoch taking over the Fox News Channel and turning it into the Conservative machine that spews out right wing bias on a daily basis. Outfoxed takes an in depth look at Fox News and brings to light what makes it tick and the tricks it pulls behind closed doors to become the most bias news station on television.Now, back in 2004 when this came out I could see how Outfoxed would be horribly shocking. It does a great job at pulling back the curtain on Fox News and it reveals some really disturbing things about them. From the way they focus on stories that look good for Conservatives while avoiding others that won't push their agenda, to the tricks they employ to make them seem "fair and balanced" the ridiculous slogan of the network. However, it is 2012 now. Eight years have gone by and Fox News is still like it was when this film came out, but more of us know that now. Fox News is just one big joke today, a news organization that can't be taken seriously, or at least shouldn't be taken seriously. For this reason, watching Outfoxed was just taking in a lot of information I already knew or could have already gathered from my knowledge of what a moronic news organization Fox News is.That being said, Outfoxed is very important, albeit a little redundant. It doesn't hold back on the punches it pulls at Fox, never backing down on its relentless fight to detail Fox's conservative bias. It's got a lot of great information, presents a lot of well spoken individuals to talk about the issues here, and, despite it looking like something that was edited on Windows Movie Maker, it's a pretty well made film. Mainstream media is just such a joke these days that the inspiration to remove bias from the media that the film tries to instill in its viewers is fairly futile. It's unfortunate that that is the case, but the chance of having an unbias media today just seems too fargone to do anything about it. Outfoxed does all that it can, but it may all be for nought.

Fox has never been known for the its integrity or desire to improve society. That is probably why it has done so well. So it's no surprise that when it started a news channel that it would be any different. Outfoxed analyzes the channel and shows just how far off the mark this channel has become, how it has affected American society and why it is doing this. While the inter-cut titles and 'effects' make this feel a little amateur, the interviews and content put any questions to rest. Outfoxed is definitely not for the right wing crowd, conveying its facts with an agenda, but the off-kiltered reporting displayed is undeniable. A very interesting documentary.

Robert Greenwald had been directing movies for twenty years when he released the Abbie Hoffman biopic "Steal This Movie!", but it was when he started directing documentaries that he really hit his stride. An example is "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism", looking at how the supposedly fair and balanced Fox News is really nothing more than the right wing's mouthpiece. The channel owned by Rupert Murdoch was the first to call the 2000 election for George W. Bush, and that channel did everything to make John Kerry look like a flip-flopping, France-loving wimp in 2004.I of course only see clips from Fox Noise (as Keith Olbermann calls it) when Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Rachel Maddow rerun it and mock it. Unfortunately, its viewers are 100% convinced that it gives you both sides of the story, when in reality it gives you the far right wing and mild right wing. Indeed, it's drug many other news stations down with it, turning them into entertainment venues masquerading as journalism.The continuing News of the World scandal should serve as a warning about what any Murdoch-owned media outlet is likely to devolve into. To be certain, since we've got another presidential election coming up this year, you can be sure that Fixed News will be running all sorts of nasty things. But the point that the documentary makes is that a democracy requires a diverse media culture, one not owned by a few companies, and that people always need to question what any media outlet is telling them. Definitely see it.

This movie is yet another offering from the Liberal Left ALA Michael Moore Boston Globe fraternity. A completely skewed and biased offering against a right leaning yet balanced News Organisation.Compared to the Left Wing bias spewed out by he likes of CBS, CNN and the BBC, Fox news offers an alternative commentary which the Left Wing elite despise.Hate driven rhetoric is the tool of the left, using lies and sound bites to give false impressions to discredit the likes of Bill Oreilly.PG from Dublin is typical of the target audience of this distorted propaganda sanctioned by the Bush hating liberal elite. Farenheit 9/11 is littered with lies and falsehoods. Outfoxed is Farenheit 9/11 without the humour. Lefties will love this one.