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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
Documentary

Documentary on reported Conservative bias of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC), which promotes itself as "Fair and Balanced". Material includes interviews with former FNC emplo... Read allDocumentary on reported Conservative bias of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC), which promotes itself as "Fair and Balanced". Material includes interviews with former FNC employees and the inter-office memos they provided.Documentary on reported Conservative bias of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC), which promotes itself as "Fair and Balanced". Material includes interviews with former FNC employees and the inter-office memos they provided.

  • Director
    • Robert Greenwald
  • Stars
    • Douglas Cheek
    • Walter Cronkite
    • Bob McChesney
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    6.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert Greenwald
    • Stars
      • Douglas Cheek
      • Walter Cronkite
      • Bob McChesney
    • 68User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Douglas Cheek
    • Self - Narrator
    Walter Cronkite
    Walter Cronkite
    • Self
    Bob McChesney
    • Self - Author of 'The Problem of the Media'
    Jeff Cohen
    • Self - Former MSNB and Fox News Contributor
    David Brock
    David Brock
    • Self - President and CEO of Media Matters for America
    Gene Kimmelman
    • Self - Senior Director of the Public Policy and Advocacy Consumers Union
    Frank O'Donnell
    • Self - Former Fox News Producer, Washington D.C.
    David Burnett
    • Self - Former Fox News Reporter, Washington D.C.
    Diana Winthrop
    • Self - Former Fox News Producer
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Ted Kennedy
    Ted Kennedy
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Rupert Murdoch
    Rupert Murdoch
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Roger Ailes
    Roger Ailes
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Larry Johnson
    • Self - Former Fox News Contributor
    Jon Du Pre
    • Self - Former Fox News Anchor, West Coast Bureau
    Clara Frenk
    • Self - Former Fox News Producer
    Dave Korb
    • Self - Former Freelance Fox News Writer
    Av Westin
    • Self - Former Vice President of ABC News
    • Director
      • Robert Greenwald
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Certain Murdoch-owned newspapers in Australia refused to run ads for theatrical screenings of the film claiming that the ads were "offensive". The newspapers were not satisfied with the ads until they were pared down to the bare title of the film (without the tagline "Rupert Murdoch's War On Journalism"), the name of the theatre and the session time(s) with no accompanying artwork.
    • Quotes

      Bill O'Reilly: I'm not a right-winger, I believe in global warming!

    • Connections
      Featured in Behind the Scenes of 'Outfoxed' (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Dirty Laundry
      Written by Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar

      Performed by Don Henley

    User reviews68

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    9/10
    I'm no bleeding heart liberal, but I'll never watch Fox News again
    This is a scathing dismantling of Fox News. It is in effect a total obliteration of any notion that the station is fair and balanced. It is a simple and systematic explanation of how Fox works and why they report what they do.

    My politics are decidedly all over the place. I am neither wholly liberal nor wholly conservative, it all depends on the subject. I do regularly watch Fox because I do like some of their reporting. However after seeing this I'm left to question everything that they do on every level. Fair and unbiased indeed.

    The film is light years better than the earlier "Uncovered" about the Iraq War. I would say that its a perfect position paper against Fox News except for the final ten minutes or so where the film shifts focus and asks the viewer to become active in changing how news is reported. Its a valid track to take, but it somehow takes away from the films central point of Fox's biased reporting.

    9 out of 10.
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    • Aug 2, 2004

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    • Release date
      • October 6, 2004 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Outfoxed: La guerra mediatica di Rupert Murdoch
    • Production companies
      • Carolina Productions
      • MoveOn.Org
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $461,572
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $77,982
      • Aug 8, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $461,572
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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