2. What is Outfoxed about?
Documentary on reported Conservative bias of the Rupert
Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC), which promotes itself
as "Fair and Balanced".
Budget:
$200,000
Producer:
Robert Greenwald
Runtime:
78min
The documentary was not released theatrically, but
rather was distributed in DVD format, and sold online
through Internet retailers.

3. • Media is the nerve system of democracy.
• Most people learn candidates based on what the
media shows and tells them.
Democracy (1:10)
• Democracy is based on knowing some good and
solid information.
Election (2:00).
• Murdoch adored Republicans
• Right-wing propaganda
• Employees’ activities are being monitored
• Not necessarily need to be a news gathering
organization, but a proponent of point of view
• Memoranda used to set the tone of the day
• Detailed list of subjects that talk about and not talk about
Fox network(3:20)

4. 1. Eliminate Journalism (11:10)
• Quiet! Cut his microphone
• Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
• Shut up!
2. Polling, Graphics and Music (13:10)
3. News Commentary & Ad Libs (15:20)
• Hard to separate news and commentaries.
4. Some People Say (18:00)
• Clever way to insert political opinions
5. Experts (19:30)
• Under contract, and being paid a certain amount.
• Most of the experts are conservatives
6. Operation, Character, Assassination (21:40)
• Don’t need to win. Just muddy the situation into a draw
7. Fox Liberals (24:50)
• Not balanced, mismatch
8. Guests (26:50)
• Ratio of Republican to Democrat Guests

5. Same sex
marriage
(32:30)
Jesus
(33:40)
Economic,
health care, and
environment
problems
Outline
Interview of Jeremy Glick (35:40)
Fear build up to war (42:20)
Happy Iraq (46:42)
• Present the Iraq war as a successes, a ongoing
successes.
• Emphasis all the good thing America are doing
Prevent discussion of things
that are not going well

6. PIPA Knowledge Networks Poll (49:00)
Survey shows Fox led in misleading public
-Seattle Times
TV News Bad For Truth About Iraq. Inter
-Press Service
Study: Misperceptions About Iraq War
Contributed to Support for It.
-Knight Ridder
Survey Result: the more likely you watch Fox,
the more likely you have the
incorrect assumption.
The worst thing that a journalist
heard:
The more people consume our
media, the less they know about the
subject. And the more they will
support the government’s policies.

7. George W
Bush
2000 election night
(53:10)
Make Bush heroic.
Partisan Politics
(50:35)
Fox is an adjunct of the
Republican Party.
The Fox effect (66:20)
it is news but it is also
business