Time for Outfoxed again. So much harm done by their tactics.

[madfloridian]

I am watching it again after so many years and still seeing new stuff. How was one man allowed to buy and control such a media machine when he is an Australian?

3:09 During the first few years that Murdoch's ownership of Fox's DC affiliate, he had a hands-off approach to new content; partially due to their success. One day orders came from Murdoch's offices that the network should cut away from their regularly scheduled program and broadcast the RNC's fawning tribute to Reagan: "we were ordered, from the top, to carry propaganda; Republican, right-wing propaganda". It foreshadowed what Fox News would later become.

6:30 Former Fox News reporters and bookers say that they are afraid to be seen "talking to the wrong people". Working for Fox meant you were constantly being monitored. It created a culture of fear. If you challenged the heads of the network On ideological matters, you were history.

10:45 “Some People Say” – FOX uses the phrase "some people say" to mask opinion as news.

19:04 Fox News contributors are under paid contract for their appearance; if they deviate from the party lines, they might not get asked back onto shows.

22:28 They put weak-looking , lesser known liberals up against photogenic, self-assured conservatives.

26:29 Republicans accounted for 83% of the guests while Democrats accounted for 17% of guest on the network's most prestigious show. Of those democrats, most were either centrist or conservative.

27:50 Stories they Cover...Stories they Ignore - Management set the tone for stories: Jesse Jackson was always to be painted in a negative light, as were immigrants. Culture war issues - abortion, affirmative action, gay marriage - were often covered while ignoring issues regarding the economy, health care, and the environment.

34:38 O'Reilly's show is a good example of everything that is wrong with Fox News --
Stories are selected to prop-up the Republican party and their point of view; O'Reilly is very hostile to guest who disagrees with him; and he distorts and misrepresent things.

More at the You Tube site.

Remember this major effect that happened in the lead up to the Iraq War? Still affecting our media today.

1:06:57 The Fox Effect - It made other news organization more conservative because they saw how well Fox did.

[Doctor_J]

1. single biggest factor in the desperate state of the nation right now

Hate radio saturation a close second.

[uhnope]

12. Have to agree. RW Radio might be neck-and-neck IMO

[strawberries]

2. Why do you watch fox news

I know more about fox news from DU then I would ever know. Why give them publicity? why give them attention? change the channel

[madfloridian]

3. Watch the video before posting stuff. You jumped to conclusions.

[madfloridian]

4. This is one of the strongest attacks on Fox News ever done. It is NOT supporting Fox.

[jen63]

6. Great docu.

My parents are 24/7 Fox watchers; when I suggested they watch it to become more informed, they refused.

[Blanks]

5. I watched that here just the other day.

It would be nice if they made an updated version. Something illustrating just how uninformed fox viewers are becoming.

[ellennelle]

7. REINSTATE THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE!!

that is all.

had it been in place, they never could have operated with the unreduced vitriol they spew.

they never could have done all this damage.

[herding cats]

8. A timely reminder of what FOX is and has done to this country.

I'm due to watch it again myself.

[madfloridian]

9. Outfoxed Ten Years later...fixed the link.

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[olegramps]

10. As I posted earlier it is well worth the time to watch it.

[Enthusiast]

11. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

Thank you, madfloridian.

[calimary]

13. What's good about this is how many more of us are aware of these sneaky-ass tactics

And the strategic thinking/manipulating that's behind them. I think many of us are smarter now. More shrewd. Better able to recognize and SEE THROUGH these deceptive messaging strategies. It helped build up the mental and political immunity system, seems to me. The more of us who recognize these bald attempts to doctor the news and the messaging, the better.

Remember: they're COUNTING on their viewers being unsuspecting, naive, and gullible. And trusting. Remember, they're "America's Newsroom." AND they're "fair and balanced." They faithfully and relentlessly remind us about that, and drive that point home so that we're all properly preconditioned, softened up, and brainwashed. That way, we're much more receptive to the demon seeds they try to plant at every turn. What could possibly go wrong?

[madfloridian]

17. Someone said their most loyal viewers are the most uninformed.

"Remember: they're COUNTING on their viewers being unsuspecting, naive, and gullible. And trusting. "

So true.

[JanT]

14. I enjoyed viewing this

I am sure there are many more people that have not seen this video before. I don't have TV. I get my information other ways. Unfortunately there are many who think FAUX is THE CHANNEL for This information. Just how do you get this information to people? The ones who watch FAUX 24/7 aren't going to be on DU.
KICK & rec

[Cerridwen]

15. Kick and recommend.

22:34(ish) They don't have to win every argument, but they can muddy the argument enough, they can turn it into a draw. That to them is victory; because it denies the other side a victory.

edit to complete quote

[SomethingFishy]

16. This was my 3rd viewing.. and every time I am reminded,

that Fox is so bad, that they spew so much, it's hard to even remember half the crap they've spewed. Lie after lie after lie. And proud of it.

A Bill O'Reilly classic "Barbara Streisand and those who think like you, let me warn you, if you continue to speak out against President Bush while we are at war in Iraq you will be considered an enemy of the state by me".

Apparently that only works for Republican Presidents.