Determining If Fox News Reports On The News Are Biased Or Not?
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The movie “Outfoxed” that we watched in class narrated by Rupert Murdoch appears to be a well thought out and researched film trying to seek out the truth of Fox News fairness in reporting the news as they know it or if its merely a propaganda tool aimed towards showing the conservatives in a fair light while casting doubt on the liberals. In an effort to show that Fox News is in fact an outlet espousing conservative ideas and not living up to its claim of reporting “fair and balanced” news Murdoch interviews many former employees that seem to have inside information supporting these claims. Its these employees that bring credibility to what the film is saying and the argument that Fox News in nothing more that a pro republican organization that seeks to support republicans while hindering the actions of democrats by blurring the line between what could be called Ðreal news and what could best be termed political commentary.
After watching the movie I came to the conclusion that the film really did give an accurate and fair assessment of how Fox News reports on the news. While it could be said that the creators of the film would certainly shade the facts to fit there point of view one can only shade the truth so much and in this case the facts speak for themselves regardless. Fox News really is an organization that is decidedly conservative. One of the things that you cant argue against is the stream of former employees that Ive previously mentioned. All of these former employees essentially told similar stories of Fox News efforts to help the conservatives out while hindering the liberals. They mention memos that tell news anchors what to say and producers what clips to show regardless of their news value as in the case of the decision to merely show part of Kerrys speech or the decision to run a constant video at the Regan memorial when it had no news value. These are only a few of the things that Murdoch uses to support his claims and show that his argument is a valid one instead of some random attempt to discredit the Fox News station.
Having watched the film in its entirety I believe that a persons political affiliations, whether theyre conservative or liberal, isnt that important because the film speaks for itself. Some might argue that a conservative would say that Fox News is in fact an organization