If you enjoyed watching Robert Greenwald’s blistering documentary, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices, you’ll probably also want to set aside some time to review his earlier film, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdock’s War on Journalism.
This 78-minute documentary takes on Rupert Murdock, most widely known as the owner of the controversial Fox News Channel, a cable outlet that, more often than not, promotes a right-wing political bias.
The more interesting theme, however, is how the opinions of one Australian man influence the day-to-day operations of some 100 cable networks besides Fox News, 40 TV stations and book imprints, nine satellite TV networks and 175 newspapers, skewing public discourse all over the world, and especially in America .
Some might think that I am a left-wing liberal for posting this article because Fox is the only "balance" to the traditional left-wing media. Well, nothing could be further from the truth. I recognize that nearly all media has bias and is not fair at times.
However, after personally experiencing how they distorted the truth when they interviewed me a few weeks ago, I am convinced that they need to replace their slogan "fair and balanced" with "deception and distortion."
I am not a Democrat and I am not a Republican, but I am an advocate of the truth. If you take the time to actually view this video and NOT comment on the headline, then you will likely reach the conclusion that Fox has really stepped over the line in their behavior, so much so that some people actually call them "Fix" of "Faux" News.
Again, avoid focusing on the partisan politics but view it to see how they clearly manipulate and distort the facts. Regarding my political associations though, just so we set the record straight, I firmly believe in Libertarianism, which is why I am strongly in favor of Dr. Ron Paul running for president. He is a strong advocate for minimal government intervention and decreasing government interference in health care. Interestingly, a recent survey showed that for those who watch TV (I don’t), viewers of the Daily Show and Colbert on Comedy Central were the smartest and those who watched Fox were the least knowledgeable.