Outfoxed

Outfoxed

You cannot talk about FNC and its conservative views without mentioning Outfoxed, which is a documentary produced in 2004 about the Fox News Channel. Outfoxed is an attempt to examine Fox News and has used the various programs in FNC to achieve this.

Below are extracts from Outfoxed which show how FNC has put a conservative spin on their content.

Outfoxed is produced and directed by Robert Greenwald whose liberal views have lead to critics questioning his objectivity. Questions on the lack of contact with FNC and also the use of former FNC employees in the documentary has also lead to criticism that Outfoxed is a liberal media propaganda.

Internal memo

Another item that must be mentioned in the discussion of the alleged bias in Fox News is of course the memo that Senior Vice President, News Editorial Senior Vice President, News Editorial for FNC sent out to its staff. These memo from John Moody contained directives on the angle to take in a news story and also specific item to focus on. This has in effect, set an agenda for the reporter and show host to work according to. And many of these memos can be seen to be adopting a pro Republican message for the reporter to follow.

What I feel here is that such acts are clearly in violation of the notion of objectivity in journalism and news reporting. If this is not being biased, I do not know what else is.