Outfoxed on DVD (2004)

John Want from Caerphilly [Highly rated reviewer] , 25/06/2007

I was looking forward to seeing this as I love a bit of conspiracy and controversey. It turns out that this is an interesting documentary only let down by the relentless single message portrayed and the repetitive nature of the discussions.

  16 out of 19 people found this review helpful

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McClennan from St Helens , 13/05/2006

A one-sided documentary about alleged right-wing bias in Fox News. Despite that lack of objectivity the film was still very good and served to highlight concern amongst Americans about the propaganda being turned out on the channel and the lack of journalism as well. A must for any neo-cons on here.

  11 out of 14 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Brizzle , 03/06/2005

This documentary has the laudable aim of highlighting the hypocrisy of such an overtly partisan broadcaster as Fox, proclaiming to be 'Fair and Balanced'. Interviews with ex-employees give some credence to the claims of the documentary, and the techniques used by the broadcasters and the presenters, are examined and dissected. However, the main failing of this piece, is the complete lack of any counter-argument. If the agenda of this documentary was to criticise Fox for failing to be 'fair and biased', then it is inconsistent to only advocate one argument. The makers of the documentary lambast Fox for it's under-representation of strong Liberal commentators, yet in their programme, there is a lack of Fox/Republican viewpoints(for they are one and the same). Without critiquing or defeating the counter-point, any documentary is reduced from argument, to polemic. This one-sided reporting, undermines the good intentions of the programme. It ends-up portraying those who appear on the programme as whinging Liberals, moaning that Fox is unfair, rather than using their (obviously) strong argument; that a Murdoch/Fox/Republican trinity not only exisits, but has a wide-ranging and detrimental impact on the US political system, to encourage further debate.

A good opportunity wasted.

  10 out of 12 people found this review helpful

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Mike Conyard from Gosport, Hampshire [Highly rated reviewer] , 17/06/2005

So Rupert Murdock controls the world's information and is generally a war mongering Bush supporter? No surprises there then... fairly amusing 'shock doc' which serves as a nice companion piece to 'Fahrenheit 911'.. for those who think the media tells the true.. try an 'A' level in sociology..

  10 out of 14 people found this review helpful

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simonlogan from Edinburgh [Highly rated reviewer] , 10/04/2005

Although it's hardly a surprise to suggest that Rupert Murdoch's FOX empire is nothing more than a right-wing voicebox this docu added a little hard evidence to this view. Figures regards public opinion of Fox viewers and non Fox Viewers and internal memos shows clearly just how skewed things are and makes a mockery of the freedom of the press. Makes you glad for the BBC. The quality isn't fantastic but the info is solid.

  1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

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markpinks@yahoo.co.uk from Nottingham, UK , 06/01/2005

While there's no getting around the fact that Fox News is obviously partisan and an outlet for propanganda, this documentary is, in itself, one-sided. It's certainly a fascinating watch, and, as a Brit, I couldn't help but pity the American public for being manipulated in such an insidious way (thank God for the BBC), but to criticise Fox News phrases such as 'We report, you decide' and 'Fair and balanced' in a documentary which such an obvious agenda, seems hypocritical, even ironic, to me.

  10 out of 16 people found this review helpful

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