Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

Released Jul 13, 2004

1h 17m

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Left-leaning documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald sets his sights on right-wing billionaire Rupert Murdoch in this takedown of the Australian media mogul's flagship, Fox News Channel. In deconstructing the conservative network's oft-touted slogan, "Fair and Balanced," Greenwald assembles archival footage of Fox News personalities like Bill O'Reilly and Neil Cavuto, as well as interviews with former employees and previously unseen interoffice memos from channel boss Roger Ailes.

Critics Consensus

Neither fair nor balanced itself, Outfoxed offers an often entertaining indictment of the Fox News Channel.

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 4/5

Apr 1, 2006

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Greenwald has fashioned a fine attack dog, and he's sicced it on a deserving subject.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 17, 2004

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Bill Muller

Arizona Republic

Taken for what it is, Outfoxed is still worth watching, especially for the politically active.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 9, 2004

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Dorothy Woodend

The Tyee (British Columbia)

It's a meticulous dissection of the Fox News network, its politics, methods and overall ambitions. . .

Aug 24, 2017

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Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 3/5

Aug 7, 2008

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Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

Rated: 3/4

Dec 27, 2007

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Audience Member

Just explaining what everyone already knows

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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A refreshing look into one of the most corrupt media organizations. This film uncovers many of the bias practices that Fox News is guilty of covering up under their "Fair & Balanced" slogan. Definitely worth watching.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

"Outfoxed" made me angry, not the Murdoch press operates in such a manner, but that so many people are oblivious to it, taking all that they see on the 'news' as fact, oblivious to the biases that exist in all media (in this case Murdoch's allegiance to the Bush administration).

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Insightful, The Truth about Murdock and His Empire of False Journalism. This documentary has a lot of footage of ex-staff members, and the Fox News tactics. Fair and Balanced? Yes and Soda Pop is good for You.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

Of course the director never comes forward to declare what his political positions might be. Haters will hate. FNC is a massive American success story that the Left just can't handle.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

Nothing we didn't know already but still a great compliation of footage put together makes this compleing viewing. Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity have to go down as two of the biggest ****s of all time.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Synopsis

Left-leaning documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald sets his sights on right-wing billionaire Rupert Murdoch in this takedown of the Australian media mogul's flagship, Fox News Channel. In deconstructing the conservative network's oft-touted slogan, "Fair and Balanced," Greenwald assembles archival footage of Fox News personalities like Bill O'Reilly and Neil Cavuto, as well as interviews with former employees and previously unseen interoffice memos from channel boss Roger Ailes.

Director: Robert Greenwald
Producer: Robert Greenwald
Distributor: Cinéma Libre
Production Co: Carolina Productions, MoveOn.Org
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 18, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $378.5K
Runtime: 1h 17m

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