Outfoxed(10)

Robert Greenwald, director of the documentary Outfoxed, attempts to expose the ways in which FOX News Station alters its coverage on many issues in society. This documentary was released in secret at a university in New York. However, a week after it was first shown, it began to air throughout the country in local screenings. After critics began to watch and discuss the film, information was released that Greenwald used information, such as interviews with former employees and footage from FOX memos, without permission. For six months, Greenwald set up many different video sources to record every session of FOX News. This allowed him access to all he needed. With the help of skilled team members, Robert Greenwald was able to take Outfoxed viewers into a world of FOX News that they have never thought about before (How).
When taking a position on this documentary, Robert Greenwald makes an incredible, but unfair point. FOX News Station, under the influence of Bill O’Reilly, has been around for many years, and has had great reviews on their accuracy and style on the way that they deliver issues in society to a knowledge-thirsty world. The information Greenwald has gathered about FOX makes viewers second guess their faithfulness to the news station that they have once depended on. In the documentary it portrays some of FOX’s biggest stars such as Sean Hannity, making him seem like a bully, and an even bigger star, Bill O’Reilly as a “consistently documented liar with an anger problem” (Outfoxed). Even though these accusations are a bit harsh, they are in fact true. Viewers often see these aspects of the news station and feel uncomfortable at the way O’Reilly attacks his guests, such a Jeremy Glick. FOX is also guilty of giving their own bias opinion about the issues that are addressed in today’s news. They are against the journalism techniques, however, Greenwald, in the documentary, demonstrates times where a story gets out and it is repeated frequently throughout the time the show is on air. Greenwald clearly proves that this news station does not think things through. They put fear in their viewers and are very aggressive towards people and their honest opinions.






Works Cited

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