Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

The Fox News Channel's "fair and balanced " reporting is put to the test in this partisan documentary.

"...Channel’s ubiquitous motto of "fair and balanced" accurately summarizes Rupert Murdoch’s right-wing cable bastion is not only fooling themselves..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Multiverse

Author Michael Moorcock

"...They all are. HarperCollins has done some abominable stuff. Rupert Murdoch is an abomination. I won't work with him...."

Sept. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Adrienne Martini

Irresistible

"Can't we all just get along?"-style political comedy from The Daily Show veterans

"...cameo in a misguided political comedy" for his low-rent Rupert Murdoch shtick in Long Shot. Two minutes of sheer..."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pika pika pika? Pika pika pika pika pika pika pika.

"...son Roger (Geere), have the cartoon look of a Rupert Murdoch mogul and son, although in certain moments Roger..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

Don't Mess With Librarians; and Rising Economy, Downward Mobility

"...institutions in our society. Beloved, even. So why does Rupert Murdoch think he can get away with trying to..."

April 1, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

In this comedy sequel, the CG action moves to Washington, D.C., as the Smithsonian's exhibits are put into storage during a renovation.

"...art fits perfectly well into the world of prepackaged, Rupert Murdoch-owned media mediocrity. Certainly it's nowhere near as transgressive..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Snoring Out Loud

The local daily's cautious toe in the water doesn't work in the wild 'n' wooly blogosphere

"...to look for the next big thing. News Corp., Rupert Murdoch's company, recently paid $580 million for MySpace.com, hoping..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The Hightower Report

Do we really mean the stuff we're sticking on our cars?; and smut goes corporate

"...Flynt, but also of such heavy-hitting corporate Republicans as Rupert Murdoch. His DirecTV satellite company peddles the stuff, as..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Activists call attention to big-box retailer's poor record of providing affordable health care to employees

"...news, Robert Greenwald, creator of the scathing documentaries Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism and Uncovered: The War on..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Letters @ 3AM

The cancellation of The Reagans by CBS was an act of cowardice in the face of noise from the afar-right banshees.

"...right in order to please Republicans? Until now only Rupert Murdoch's Fox empire has openly taken sides in our..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

An Atlanta man gets the FBI once-over for reading an alt-weekly article in a coffee shop

"...Stupidity," a damning feature story about Fox News and Rupert Murdoch written by Hal Crowther of the Tampa Bay..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

TV Eye

What a mess the FCC is making of things.

"...existing FCC rules to accommodate certain media giants (e.g. Rupert Murdoch). If FCC rules are relaxed further -- and..."

May 9, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Tomorrow Never Dies

"...foreknowledge of the events, Carver (a chimerical blend of Rupert Murdoch and Bill Gates) plans to dominate the breaking..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Spawn

"...now, Spawn -- the movie. McFarlane may be the Rupert Murdoch of comic book masterminds, marketing his immensely profitable..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Report

Wall Street's Journal; and Three Stories, One Ugly Truth

"...Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch bought The Wall Street Journal last year, and..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

This Week in Campaign Fail

Kinky breaks party lines again, and Leo talks God with Glenn

"...judgment day. Earlier this month, his Fox News boss Rupert Murdoch appeared on the Kalb Report. When asked about..."

April 27, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Books

What New Book Did You Most Enjoy in 1998 and Why?

"...CS: Rupert Murdoch's edict that HarperCollins, which is owned by Murdoch's..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Books Feature

Postscripts

"...industry events stand out: Late February brought news of Rupert Murdoch's plans to drop his company HarperCollins' publication of..."

April 3, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Point Austin: Saved by Billionaires?

The fight against climate change gathers allies high and low

"...pretentiously named but eclectic production firm RadicalMedia, and the Murdoch-owned National Geo­graph­ic makes a little more sense (the Nation­al..."

May 19, 2017 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Report: Everyday Patriots

The populist spirit is alive and well

"...the Wal-Mart-ification of our economy, Koch-ification of our government, Murdoch-ification of our media, Exxon-ification of our environment, Monsanto-ification of..."

April 1, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Wednesday Rewind

Peter Stopschinski flips out Flipnotics plus MurdochGate music

"...if you're looking to send a little message to Rupert Murdoch and his news scandal empire, Queen drummer Roger..."

July 20, 2011 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Challenge Hate and Lies

"...I hope I am wrong, but I really think Rupert Murdoch and his minions are subliminally asking for this..."

Sept. 30, 2009 Postmarks

Keep Not Silent

The fourth Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...Levin counters with the example of Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch. So then Murdoch must be secretly Jewish, comes..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Media Clips

San Antonio Express-News pays its editor an amount "in the millions"to hire new reporters, open new bureaus, and try to improve its notoriously mediocre coverage.

"..."The Express-News used to be a Murdoch paper [Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp media empire], and I really..."

March 24, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...Another megagiant: Rupert Murdoch is one of the richest people in the..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

God's Paper

Austin-based Publisher Reaches Out to Russians

"...In 1993, when pub- lishing tycoon Rupert Murdoch and embattled New York Post editor Pete Hamill..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature by Andy Langer

The Hightower Report

Hunger: Hilarious!; and Getting to Know the Right Wing

"...blasting across our land? Most people would say it's Rupert Murdoch, who controls Fox News. But the one I'm..."

Feb. 19, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

RTX: Lloyd Kaufman Can't Stop

The true king of the indies drops by Rooster Teeth's fest

"...Redstone over at Viacom, and the other one is Rupert Murdoch, another 80-year-old white, racist, fascist, God knows whatever..."

July 5, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place: I'm Not Gonna Miss You

Gay Place bids you adieu

"...by David Bowie's passing and Jerry Hall's engagement to Rupert Murdoch, I prefer to not dwell. Why rehash, retread,..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Column by Kate X Messer

The Perea Story

Producer fired by KTBC last year kills himself at Fox headquarters

"...News Corp. building in New York City (headquarters of Rupert Murdoch's Fox News empire) quickly revealed a peculiar local..."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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