Uh oh.  I'm smiling as I write this so please don't take offense anyone, but
I'm wondering if it isn't obvious that there are news channels and reporting
that are pro-Democratic also?  Sounds like the pot and the kettle.  But that
is what America is all about.

T and C


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Subject: Former Fox Journalists, Internal Memos to Blow the Whistle on Fox
Partisan Bias


> Republican Bias at Fox News Documented in New Film, Featuring Former
Employees
>
>           Former Fox Journalists, Internal Memos to Blow the Whistle
>                              on Fox Partisan Bias
>
>                       Progressives Call for Media Reform
>
>     NEW YORK, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- At a New York press conference this
> coming Monday, four former Fox News employees will go on the record to
expose
> Fox's persistent Republican partisan bias, while releasing internal
> memorandums from Fox News Channel showing executive level instructions to
Fox
> on how to bias the news.
>     The four Fox whistleblowers appear, along with three others, in Robert
> Greenwald's new documentary "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on
Journalism,"
> excerpts of which will be shown at the news conference.  The film is a
> devastating indictment of the Fox News Channel's purposeful disinformation
in
> the pursuit of partisan objectives.  Also at the news conference, Common
Cause
> and MoveOn will outline their forthcoming campaign OUTFOX, starting with
> thousands of house parties to show the film taking place on Sunday, July
18th.
>
>     On Tuesday, media are invited to the official film premiere and to a
panel
> on media consolidation and reform hosted by The Center for American
Progress,
> with media authors and critics such as Arianna Huffington and Eric
Alterman.
>
>     WHAT:      Press Conference with FOX Whistle Blowers
>
>     WHEN:      Monday, July 12, 2004, 12 NOON
>
>     WHERE:     Emery Roth Salon I, Ritz-Carlton NY, 50 Central Park South,
New
>                York, New York (59th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues)
>
>     WHO:       Former Fox employees; Eric Alterman (The Center for
American
>                Progress); Robert Greenwald (filmmaker); Chellie
Pingree(Common
>                Cause, spokesperson for coalition)
>
>     To RSVP for the press conference (at which copies of the full film
will be
> available), please contact Trevor Fitzgibbon or Kawana Lloyd at
202-822-5200.
>
>     At Tuesday's panel, The Center for American Progress' Media and
Democracy
> Project will explore the impact of today's media ownership structure on
news,
> journalistic standards and democratic dialogue, as well as explain why
> progressives must include media policy in their political agenda. How has
> media concentration affected the accuracy of news and the diversity of
> viewpoints? What does it portend for informed debate and democratic
> participation? Five leading writers will answer these questions and
explore
> issues presented in Greenwald's film. A reception will follow.
>
>     WHAT:      Panel Discussion and Film Premiere
>
>     WHEN:      Tuesday, July 13, 2004, Panel discussion: 5 - 6:15 p.m.
Film
>                premiere: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
>
>     WHERE:     Tishman Auditorium, 66 W. 12th Street, New York, New York
>
>     WHO:       Eric Alterman (What Liberal Media?), Arianna Huffington
>     (Fanatics and Fools), John Nichols (Our Media, Not Theirs), Nicholas
>     Lemann (dean of the Columbia University School of Journalism) and Paul
>     Starr (co-editor of The American Prospect and author of The Creation
of
>     the Media).
>
>     To RSVP to the panel discussion and film premier, call (212) 229-5808,
> ext. 101, or e-mail [log in to unmask] to reserve seating. If you require
> special accommodations, please RSVP five days in advance.
>
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