Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism (2004)
84%RT Audience Score: 77%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Neither fair nor balanced itself, Outfoxed offers an often entertaining indictment of the Fox News Channel
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism is a documentary that exposes the biased and manipulative tactics of Fox News. While some critics argue that it’s pure partisan warfare, others recognize its value in revealing the coarsening of political discourse and the sinking standards of journalism. But let’s be real, we all know Fox News is about as fair and balanced as a seesaw with an elephant on one side and a mouse on the other. Outfoxed is a must-watch for anyone who wants to see Rupert Murdoch’s empire get taken down a peg or two.
Production Company(ies)
Melodrama Pictures,
Distributor
Cinéma Libre
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Unrated
Year of Release
2004
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Stereo
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Aspect ratio:1.33 : 1
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Runtime:1h 17m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2004 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 28, 2004
Genre(s)
Documentary
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $461,572
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $728,124
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,661
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 79,403
US/Canada gross: $461,572
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $728,124
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,250
US/Canada opening weekend: $77,982
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $123,016
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,858
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $200,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $315,497
Production budget ranking: 2,127
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $169,895
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $242,731
ROI to date (est.): 50%
ROI ranking: 1,151
Robert Greenwald – Producer
Director(s)
Robert Greenwald
Writer(s)
NA
Producer(s)
NA
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (60) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (9)
Greenwald has fashioned a fine attack dog, and he’s sicced it on a deserving subject.
September 17, 2004 | Rating: 3/4
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
Taken for what it is, Outfoxed is still worth watching, especially for the politically active.
September 9, 2004 | Rating: 3/5
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
TOP CRITIC
Pure partisan warfare of the liberal stripe, to be sure, but that doesn’t make it any less disturbing when discussing such a major shaper of public opinion as Fox, whose motto, judging from this film, more accurately should be ‘You retort, we deride.’
September 5, 2004 | Rating: 3/5
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
Makes a crucial argument that has less to do with conservatives and liberals than with the coarsening of political discourse and the sinking standards of journalism and news — subjects that go far beyond any particular news operation.
September 2, 2004 | Rating: B+
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
TOP CRITIC
While Outfoxed surely will appeal more to liberals than to conservatives, its value to its self-selected audience lies not in upending anyone’s expectations, but in taking the uninitiated down the Fox News rabbit hole.
August 12, 2004 | Rating: 3/4
Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
TOP CRITIC
Those with negative opinions of Fox News probably never watch it and may find the ample clips on display here eye-opening.
August 9, 2004
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
TOP CRITIC
It’s a meticulous dissection of the Fox News network, its politics, methods and overall ambitions. . .
August 24, 2017
Dorothy Woodend
The Tyee (British Columbia)
August 7, 2008 | Rating: 3/5
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
December 27, 2007 | Rating: 3/4
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
I’m Shocked, SHOCKED to discover Fox News is conservative!!!
June 27, 2005 | Rating: 2/5
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette
[A] home-run smackdown of the Australian mogul who dominates the American media scene…
January 12, 2005
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher
This basic dichotomy of honest, urgent intentions and desultory, cheapskate expression marks OutFoxed from a fairly early moment and never really changes.
October 19, 2004 | Rating: C+
Nick Davis
Nick’s Flick Picks…
Plot
Outfoxed is a documentary that exposes the biased and manipulative tactics of Fox News Channel, using archival footage and interviews with former employees and insiders.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels doesn’t provide any goofy or funny comments about Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism, but it does mention that the documentary features interviews with former employees and previously unseen interoffice memos from channel boss Roger Ailes.
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