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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