Outfoxed

Outfoxed is a documentary film by filmmaker Robert Grennwald. In this film he criticizes the Fox New Channel and its owner Ruper Murdoch by giving examples and showing past clips of news that clearly show that the news channels views are biased towards the right-wing and they sell these biased views to the audience.

Media is our source of knowing what’s happening in the world around us. It is supposed to be the unbiased reporter of news to the public, a mere communicator or transporter of the news. Yet, unethical practices have crept into this system, and now it has become a moneymaking business.

In this documentary, we see that the Fox News Channel portrays its news in a very biased way, favoring the right party. They manipulate their news while presenting it to swing the news in favor of the Republicans. For instance, during a panel discussion, they would call more prominent Republican leaders than prominent Democrat leaders, while ensuring that the total number of representatives in the panel from both sides is equal. This shifts the discussion in the favor of Republicans, as they have an edge with higher number of influential people in the panel, while the Fox channel can still claim an unbiased behavior on its part.

This documentary also makes us question the media at large, beyond just this one channel. Media has become a business now, and the only news that every new channel presents, is the news that will sell, the news that will bring more number of viewers, the news that will bring profits. So what if you were the first one in your neighborhood to be nominated for a noble prize, the local news channel has better things to cover.