Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas, USA: TXTA #102
OUTFOXED : Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
An excellent documentary on Ruper Murdoch's "fair & balanced" "news" broadcast network, and it's wonderful impact on democracy and "informing" a large portion of the American [voting] population. I saw this quite a while ago but it's on you-tube now and definetly worth sharing and checking out:
EDIT: Working embedded video.
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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."-Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller
Last edited by shaolin_Z on Oct-10-2006 at 10:50
Oct-10-2006 10:42
Magnetonium
Dubstep = Douchestep
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada
Hell yeah. I saw this several times, and long time ago - definitely a great video. I own the actual DVD too ... recommended to watch - dont trust the mainstream media!!!
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Oct-10-2006 10:53
Q5echo
asymetrical scepticism
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Dallas
remember that one network that had those false documents revealed right before the '04 elections? was that Fox?
Oct-10-2006 11:01
pkcRAISTLIN
arbiter's chief minion
Registered: Jul 2002
Location:
excellent doco shaolin.
i must say, the first time i saw a fox clip i honestly thought it was a piss-take of some kind. i couldnt believe journalists could be that biased.
i feel pretty lucky that over here we dont really have an equivalent for fox news. all of the programs we have that deal with domestic & international news, that include "expert" guests etc, are on either of our public channels, and the quality here is world class.
we do have our shameless "public interest" programs that feel like fox, but they dont really deal with issues of real concern. unless of course another story on the secret products in food is considered real news
ultimately, you really do have to blame the american consumer. anybody with half a brain could see the quality of fox news. what was more alarming was seeing that fox is influencing other networks. not cool at all.
another reason im glad our national party has blocked changes to cross media ownership.
we're also lucky enough to have a program "media watch" dedicated to highlighting various despicable acts by media & journalists in australia.
for someone not really patriotic, man i love australia
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Oct-10-2006 12:10
shaolin_Z
Hei Hu Quan
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas, USA: TXTA #102
quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
for someone not really patriotic, man i love australia
lol
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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."-Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller
Oct-10-2006 12:24
shaolin_Z
Hei Hu Quan
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas, USA: TXTA #102
quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
i must say, the first time i saw a fox clip i honestly thought it was a piss-take of some kind. i couldnt believe journalists could be that biased.
Not only that, but I couldn't believe how unprofessional and incredibly rude alot of them are to guests they disagree with. "Cut his mic." "Shut up!"
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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."-Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller
Oct-10-2006 12:42
josh4
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: New York City
quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
i blame australia because thats where Murdoch is from
Oct-10-2006 19:10
Philby
Statement: Die, meatbag!
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Melbourne, Australia
what the hell? this bill o'reilly guy is a dick! how can you be so rude to the guests on your show?
Oct-11-2006 07:45
Groundhog Boy
Stupidity Offends Me
Registered: May 2005
Location: New York, NY
quote:
Originally posted by Philby
what the hell? this bill o'reilly guy is a dick! how can you be so rude to the guests on your show?
He has been on for years.
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Oct-11-2006 15:52
metalgearsolid
I am a sexist
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: For you neo/
quote:
Originally posted by Philby
what the hell? this bill o'reilly guy is a dick! how can you be so rude to the guests on your show?
A great form of entertainment. Is watching his show.
Oct-11-2006 17:57
shaolin_Z
Hei Hu Quan
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas, USA: TXTA #102
quote:
Originally posted by metalgearsolid
A great form of entertainment. Is watching his show.
If you find someone being incredibly rude and harassing guests funny/entertaining, I suppose it could be called that.
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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."-Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller