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Outfoxed Review. What Michael Moore did to the Bush administration in "Fahrenheit 9/11," producer-director Robert Greenwald does to Fox News in "Outfoxed: Rupert
Outfoxed vs Supersize me The news is supposed to review facts, documentaries are supposed to observe real life. With reference to Supersize me and Outfoxed do you
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What Michael Moore did to the Bush administration in "Fahrenheit 9/11," producer-director Robert Greenwald does to Fox News in "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism." Presenting an often repetitive yet generally cohesive examination of the cable news net as an unapologetic propagandist for the Republican cause, this op-ed doc makes persuasive points about media manipulation, political bias and smear-campaign tactics. Distributed on DVD through the Disinformation Co., the film lacks the accompanying media spotlight that boosted the Moore release and therefore appears unlikely to reach beyond a liberal audience with an already vehement aversion to Fox News' partisan coverage.
Greenwald's guerrilla filmmaking methods have enabled him to assemble timely docs like "Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War," which was promoted and released through alternative avenues involving political orgs such as MoveOn.org, a backer of this project.
Any moves by Fox to discredit this highly damaging doc ultimately may bolster the filmmaker's success in gaining exposure.
Touching on subjects as current as the John Kerry presidential campaign or the 9/11 commission hearings, the film clearly came together in haste, reflected to an extent in its pedestrian structure.
Notably, the opening and closing provide less than forceful bookends for the stream of more cogent information in between. Some direct dialogue with Fox News and greater comparison with other nets' coverage also would have made the film more compelling.
One of the main characters, who seems to require little outside help in his demonization, is Bill O'Reilly, host of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor."
Arguably the only time Greenwald comes close to the visceral kick of indignation fostered by watching "Fahrenheit 9/11" is in the extended section covering a guest appearance on O'Reilly's show of Jeremy Glick, an opponent of...
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