Bias In Outfoxed

1. What is the overall criticism “Outfoxed” makes of the Fox News Channel (FNC)? “Outfoxed” and its director are very bias and portray a negative opinion of the Fox News Channel. While some of the film contains facts, the overall criticism of the bias network is exemplified throughout the whole film. “Outfoxed” criticizes Fox for being conservative and favoring the republican party. The film also criticizes Fox’s “right-wing” Republican propaganda and its lack of honesty, accuracy, balance, and credibility. Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News, shows 4.7 billion people (3/4 of Unites States population) the strong, one-sided views of his ideological perspective. Fox shows this bias through many elements such as their reporters, the angle they choose to go about covering their stories, hosts such as Bill O’Reilly, and “paid” guests brought on air.” These methods directly object their slogan “we report, you decide.” In reality, Fox decides and reports how they want to report. They are certainly not their consumer front of “the network for fair and balanced news.” The director of “Outfoxed” uses many clips to support this overall criticism through multiple supporting clips. When discussing many elements discrediting Fox, the director shows

Journalism and reporting should be strictly facts and create a platform for people to understand, not be persuaded. By using a phrase such as “some people say” contains no facts, for a viewer has no idea who those people are. By saying the phrase so frequently, the term can become acceptable among society. Viewers will become to used to hearing it that they could be greater influenced by the following discussion after the phrase. Personally, I did not realize how often this phrase really is said until I had to think about it. This phrase has not only become popular in the broadcast world, but even in conversation, for individuals have been brainwashed by believing this is a credible