Review of Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004) by Nathan D — 22 Sep 2010

The theme of this 2004 documentary was that Fox News is not only propagandist and opinionated, but really contains no journalism at all. Itâ??s not like anyone has to make the case against Fox News to me, but they had some good examples of how stories were chosen and altered to make Republicans look good and Democrats bad.

There were mentions of how it changed from total attack mode during the Clinton administration to defense of the President in the Bush years, and Iâ??m sure the people who made this point werenâ??t at all surprised when it came around again once another Democrat was elected.

Also addressed was how well organized the right-wing media outlets are, which is why so many of them not only bring up the exact same talking points, but even use the same terms when doing so. I found it interesting that someone in the documentary claimed that Rupert Murdoch was political first and foremost, when I've heard other places that it's only the money he really cares about, and he'd be willing to make a left-wing news station if he thought it would be profitable.

He certainly doesn't mind having a significant number of left-leaning shows on the actual Fox network.