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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040709/dcf030_1.htmlRepublican Bias at Fox News Documented in New Film, Featuring Former Employees
Friday July 9, 12:29 pm ET
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
dover@newschool.edu to reserve seating. If you require special accommodations, please RSVP five days in advance.
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Source: MoveOn.org; Center for American Progress
