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"Outfoxed" will be in theaters beginning Friday, after weeks of being available only on the Internet. The documentary, which portrays Fox News Channel as far from its motto of "fair and balanced," opens Friday in one art-house theater in each of four cities: New York, Los Angeles, Washington and San Francisco. Then it will expand to other cities in upcoming weeks, distributor Cinema Libre Studios said Tuesday. The film _ the full title of which is "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" _ is composed of clips compiled during weeks of round-the-clock taping of the network. Director Robert Greenwald is...

ON SUNDAY NIGHT, liberal activist group MoveOn.org organized more than two thousand screenings across the nation for op-ed filmmaker Robert Greenwald's assault on Fox News Channel, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War On Journalism. The DC Metro area played host to 16 screenings, with some 800 registered attendees. With the end of the Sopranos season, my Sundays have been devoid of mob mentality, so I signed up to join the festivities. Unable to resist the masochistic temptation, I registered for a screening at an indigenous cooperative proclaiming itself the "Peace House." Arriving on the scene, I was greeted by a large German...

Fox News Gets Last Laugh With Critics BY MIKE REYNOLDS -- Multichannel News, 7/26/2004 Controversy’s been good for Fox News Channel. On July 8, media group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting claimed that in the last six months of 2003, 57% of the guests on Special Report With Brit Hume were conservatives. Then, liberal-leaning advocacy groups MoveOn.Org and the Center for American Progress backed the documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism. And last Monday, MoveOn.Org and Common Cause complained to the Federal Trade Commission that Fox News’s tagline, “fair and balanced,” violates the Federal Trade Commission’s deceptive-ad guidelines, a...

July 25, 2004 -- Liberals sure don't like losing their longtime monopoly on delivering the news. That's the message behind a recent rash of desperate reactions — from Al Franken's book and radio show to Robert Greenwald's new film screed "Outfoxed" — over the success of our sister company, Fox News Channel. For years, liberals skewed coverage to the left, virtually unchecked, through outlets like The New York Times, CNN, PBS and NBC. Then, in 1996, Fox came on the scene, offering "fair and balanced" reports — news that unabashedly permitted conservative as well as liberal viewpoints. And whaddya know?...

Vermont's own (by way of Brooklyn and Chicago) Bernie "The Red" Sanders is at it again. This time trashing "corporate ownership of the media"

During presidential election years, conservative politicians have often attacked the media for their liberal bias. But during this year's campaign, liberals are fighting back with what they see as a powerful issue -- the alleged conservative slant of the Fox News Channel, a unit of the media conglomerate News Corp. The assault on Fox News started on July 8, with a report from media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting claiming that in the six months through Dec. 19, 2003, 57% of guests on Fox News's popular evening news show, "Special Report with Brit Hume" were conservatives. The next...

Attention: Members, Staff, Press Viewing of Robert Greenwald’s New Documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism Dear Colleague: Please join us in viewing the new Robert Greenwald documentary film, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism, on Wednesday, July 21, at 6:30PM in HC-5. The film was co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress and MoveOn.org. At 6:00PM there will be a Q&A session with Mr. Greenwald, John Podesta from American Progress, Clara Frenk, a former Fox News employee, and Members of Congress. At 6:30, there will be a screening of Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism. The media have been...

NEW YORK On a day when newspapers around the country reported on some of the more than 3,000 local house parties Sunday night promoting the new documentary "Outfoxed," activists from MoveOn.org, Common Cause and other groups in New York announced a drive to strip the Fox News Channel of its "fair and balanced" slogan -- and then marched on the Fox studios in midtown Manhattan. The group of about 50 organizers and lawyers attempted to present Fox officials with a petition, legal papers, and a copy of the DVD of "Outfoxed," with little apparent success. Some handed out copies of...

House parties hit 'play' on Fox News exposé07:10 AM CDT on Monday, July 19, 2004 By SILLA BRUSH / The Dallas Morning News Ed Ishmael doesn't get informed by Fox News Channel, he gets concerned by it. "I think it's a serious problem when you have a regular news organization that doesn't even attempt to present both sides," said the 43-year-old Dallas lawyer. "I don't think I've ever laughed watching Fox." On Sunday night he found a small amount of solace when he played his newest DVD, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, in his Oak Lawn living room with...

Breaking News 7/18/2004 12:00PMNon subscriber news abstract The credibility of Rupert Murdochs news empire is under attack.MoveOn.org a libera advocacy group, plans to file a complaint on July 19 with the Federal Trade Commission charging that FOX News channel's motto 'Fair and Balanced; is decepting advertising.complete text of article available to subscrbers

It was quite a scene: a packed university auditorium, an expectant buzz, and an august panel assembled to ponder the momentous issues raised in a guerrilla documentary. No, not "Fahrenheit 911" but "Outfoxed," a movie aimed at the conservative "echo chamber" of the Fox News Network. Eric Alterman, the Nation writer, introduced left-wing all-stars such as Arianna Huffington, John Podesta and Paul Starr to the noisy students and other Manhattanites who had gathered at the New School for the movie's premiere. In the audience was Al Franken, who at one point, responding to a quip onstage, yelled out that Fox...

Back in 1991, when I was covering an assignment for Bloomberg, I met a young lady at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court who reported for the Boston Herald. We traded some notes and info. Curious, I asked her if I could visit the Herald newsroom. She invited me by the next week. It looked like the place the dog threw up. It had a torn tan carpet patched with duct tape, computer terminals and desks covered with paper and grime, and a low stained acoustic tile ceiling with fluorescent fixtures that made everything look even worse. I asked the reporter...

It was quite a scene: a packed university auditorium, an expectant buzz, and an august panel assembled to ponder the momentous issues raised in a guerrilla documentary. No, not "Fahrenheit 911" but "Outfoxed," a movie aimed at the conservative "echo chamber" of the Fox News Network. Eric Alterman, the Nation writer, introduced left-wing all-stars such as Arianna Huffington, John Podesta and Paul Starr to the noisy students and other Manhattanites who had gathered at the New School for the movie's premiere. In the audience was Al Franken, who at one point, responding to a quip onstage, yelled out that Fox...

Among media watchers, a debate has long raged about whether Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel is the "fair and balanced" antidote to pervasive liberal media bias that it claims to be in its promotion or a megaphone for spreading conservative dogma. In the film "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism," which premiered last night in New York, liberal filmmaker Robert Greenwald launches an all-out attack on the cable news channel's editorial integrity.

(CNSNews.com) - A liberal advocacy group that's made a name for itself by bashing President Bush is now paying for an effort to bash Fox News. "Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, Fox News Channel turns Republican talking points into news headlines," MoveOn.org says on its website -- as part of a promotion for a new film called "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism." "Outfoxed" was funded in part by MoveOn and another liberal group. The Fox News Channel markets itself as "fair and balanced," but "Outfoxed" director Robert Greenwald "exposes Fox for what it it: partisan spin,...

Details About Employees Featured in 'Outfoxed' Tuesday, July 13, 2004 •'Outfoxed' Attempts to Show FOX News' Bias•FOX News Channel Statement on 'Outfoxed' In the film "Outfoxed," four people are identified as former employees of FOX News. FOX News officials, saying their employment history was misrepresented, issued the following clarification: • Alexander Kippen is referred to as a “former FOX News producer” when in fact he was never employed by FOX News Channel. He was an employee of WTTG-TV, a FOX affiliate** in Washington, DC. • Frank O'Donnell is referred to as a “FOX News producer” in film materials, which is...

Documentary Aims to Show Bias on Fox News NEW YORK (AP) - A new documentary backed by liberal political groups aims to document that the Fox News Channel is anything but "fair and balanced," despite the cable-news network's motto. The film, "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism," draws on clips compiled during weeks of round-the-clock taping of the network to demonstrate what the filmmakers believe is a pattern of right-wing bias and support for the Republican agenda. "What we found is not that Fox is a conservative network, but that it's a network that follows the party line of the...

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 Exclusive: Korb "Looked Forward To Every Day At FOX" David Korb called himself a "loyal, respectful worker" who had "a lot more to give" to FOX News Channel -- just three months before the freelance writer criticized the network in the film "Outfoxed." CableNewser has obtained three e-mails relating to Korb's termination. In an e-mail sent on March 1, 2004, Korb appealed his termination to an executive producer at FOX News. "I want you to know that I will greatly miss being a member of the Fox News team," Korb wrote, and asked if an appeal...

A new documentary produced by a fan of Michael Moore and financed by some left-leaning groups who dislike President Bush tries to make the point that Fox News Channel is not only conservative, it's blatant propaganda.     Director Robert Greenwald's film "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" uses memos from Fox executives, Fox clips and unaired footage, and accusations from former Fox employees to ridicule the network's "fair and balanced" slogan. [snip]In his column, Mr. Kurtz said Mr. Greenwald "makes no effort at fairness or balance himself." He criticized the failure to contact Fox and said the filmmaker "indulged in some...

Monday, July 12, 2004 Any news organization that thinks this story is legitimate is opening itself to having its copyrighted material taken out of context for partisan reasons. The illegal copyright infringement actions of Moveon.org in cooperation with the New York Times, including “cutting a deal” not to give FOX News Channel adequate time to react, is unprecedented. The New York Times corrupts the journalistic process by taking orders from a George Soros-funded web site – Soros is a left-wing billionaire currency speculator who funds many liberal efforts. This is the real story. If any news organizations decide to make...