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"It's unfair, it's slanted and it's a hit job. And I haven't even seen it yet."
"rank propaganda ... the distorted work of an ultra-liberal filmmaker"
"a third-rate hack job"
"a cheesy little so-called documentary about FOX News Channel, given the cutesy title 'Outfoxed.'"
"Bring it on!"
"To say that this network promotes the Republican view, not the conservative view, but the Republican view is like saying that the pope is Catholic. It's self-evident."
"They're on somewhat solid ground when they talk about -- if you look at some of the talk shows, the conservative hosts are much better at demonizing the Democrats than the liberal hosts of those shows."
Check out the blogs of Clara Frenk (FOX whistleblower), Larry Lessig (legal advisor), Jim Gilliam (co-producer), and The Newshounds (FOX researchers).
Herald Sun, Andrew Bolt (January 29, 2005)
SAD, that the ABC last night screened Outfoxed, a wild attack on "Rupert Murdoch's war on journalism".
This deceitful film claims Murdoch, boss of this paper, sinned against journalism by building America's most popular cable news network, with twice CNN's audience.
What horrifies director Robert Greenwald is that Fox News, unlike the big free-to-air networks, gives a good run to conservatives, some of whom even get to host shows.
"Bias!" screams Outfoxed, despite itself quoting only Leftist critics of Fox, and not one defender. But Outfoxed hides a fact about Fox News that the ABC should note well. It hires hosts and panellists from both the Left and Right, and even its guests are scrupulously drawn from both sides of politics, so no side is shut out of any argument.
Outfoxed calls this a crime against journalism. I call it fair -- and interesting. Why the Leftist ABC mocks rather than adopts this policy amazes me. Does it so fear a real debate?