OutFoxed Reaction Essay

Last class, we watched OutFoxed, a documentary based on Richard Murdoch and his Fox corporation. The documentary first discussed about  how much of the stories Murdoch and his Fox News presented to the society were not very much based on what was happening around the world, but more about what his life was about. The stories presented were at first related to him! The news was also based on what he thought. He never liked President Kennedy and Senator Kennedy, and he also avoided talking about world epidemics like AID's. He thought that the world news channels put too much importance on AID's. Murdoch put his own views on television, criticizing the Kennedy's and not talking much about AID's. This obviously influenced the society because there are many viewers. People would not ever even know about AID's and people would not appreciate the Kennedy's because of Murdoch's corporation. Another fact I realized in OutFoxed was that when it comes to political issues, Fox has the power to influence anyone. Fox is known to be Republican, so obviously during the time of elections they would convey more about the Republican Party and less about the Democratic Party. This would push society to become Republican and eventually vote for the Republican Party. Fox obviously proved to be a false news channel. They always showed what Murdoch thought and not what the real story is.