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Posted on October 28th, 2009 by robertgreenwald · Comments ·

FOX News is on a witch hunt.  Their goal is simple: to destroy the Obama administration and the progressive movement.  They’ve already forced Van Jones out of the White House.  They’ve badgered Congress into passing unconstitutional measures to defund ACORN.  Glenn Beck actually keeps an enemies list on a blackboard that’s a regular part of his show.

The Obama administration has it right:  FOX is not a legitimate news organization, it’s a 24-hour  political operation.  FOX News anchors spew venom and hate every hour of every day, while FOX News “personalities” routinely distort fact and propagate misinformation.

ACORN is just the beginning.  FOX has an enemies list, and they’re going to keep destroying progressive champions until we stop them.

Tell your Congressperson: If you vote to extend the “Defund ACORN Act,” you’re just assisting FOX in their anti-American witch hunt.

Fight back and sign the petition at http://defoxamerica.com.

Posted on September 5th, 2008 by robertgreenwald · Comments ·

Did you see Barack Obama go on The O’Reilly Factor last night-right into the belly of the beast? While we didn’t want Obama to appear on FOX initially, he wisely chose the same night John McCain delivered his RNC speech (the same night FOX received some of its highest ratings) to make an appearance. Talk about stealing the GOP’s thunder!

Obama was no doubt trying to appeal to conservative voters, since 88% of FOX viewers voted Republican in 2004. But FOX won’t let their conservative base go without a fight. That’s why O’Reilly needled and interrupted Obama, trying to get him to simplify many of his answers-a far cry from the softballs O’Reilly lobbed at many prominent Republicans like Rudy Giuliani in the past. And that’s why FOX has been attacking Obama with the same relentless smear tactics that they used against John Kerry four years ago. Watch them use the exact same attacks.

Don’t let FOX repeat its history of distortions. Send this video to everyone you know! And get a copy to networking sites like Digg as soon as possible. Make sure everyone knows that FOX is always willing to distort, slander, and smear-whatever it takes to advance their conservative agenda.

Posted on August 14th, 2008 by robertgreenwald · Comments ·

The FOX smears are continuing and we need to stop them from spreading to the rest of the media.  Watch FOX's laughably inaccurate distortions, as they smear Barack Obama on everything from the economy to race to patriotism to flag pins. 

In the coming weeks, FOX will escalate its gross misrepresentations of Obama, and we know from painful past experience that some in the corporate media will spread FOX's canards by presenting them as fact.  We must stop the spread.

Now that you've had the chance to watch we need you to make sure everyone else sees the distortions as we work to stop them.  Sign our petition and demand FOX stop serving up blatant lies for the rest of the media to swallow.  It's critical that you send it to everyone you know, get it to your local newspapers and TV stations, and post it on blogs and networking sites. 

This is a game show because satires sometimes can be a powerful weapon.  Let's use it to make sure the media know that when it comes to Obama, The FOX Is Wrong!

Posted on August 7th, 2008 by robertgreenwald · Comments ·

It's back-to-school time! Parents are starting to shop for their children's school supplies: notebooks, pencils, crayons, and of course, Bill O'Reilly's book, "The O'Reilly Factor for Kids." Talk about one of these things being NOT like the others!

O'Reilly thinks he can teach our children proper behavior, and we can't think of a worse father figure than an angry, hate-filled shock jock notorious for telling guests to "Shut up!" We wondered what would happen if kids read O'Reilly's book and then saw the real O'Reilly for themselves. So we put together a video to illustrate O'Reilly's duplicity.

O'Reilly's bullying antics show he never learned the lessons the rest of us were taught in school. Send this video to all the teachers, parents, parents-to-be, and anyone who has contact with kids, and don't forget to Digg it! Tell us what your teachers taught you that O'Reilly should have learned about how to be a responsible grown-up, or what your kids' teachers have taught them. We'll put all your suggestions together and send the list to O'Reilly at FOX News.

It's bad enough O'Reilly spews hate-filled lies on his shows to grown-up audiences, do we really want our children to be exposed to the same behavior? Do we really want this angry adult influencing our kids? While we only subjected the kids in our video to a few minutes of O'Reilly in order to prevent permanent damage, imagine the harm his children's book could do!

Posted on July 9th, 2008 by robertgreenwald · Comments ·

You're not going to believe what FOX is up to now—we could hardly believe it ourselves.  Not only are they smearing Michelle Obama with racist stereotypes, but then they offer a feeble apology that they believe gives them the right to slander her again.  That's what happened when FOX called Michelle and Barack Obama's fist bump a "terrorist fist jab," apologized, and then less than a week later referred to Michelle Obama as Barack's "Baby Mama."

FOX's long history of racism is nothing new, but it has been particularly egregious when it comes to their coverage of the Obamas.  Racism and fearmongering have no place in our country or its politics, despite what FOX would have you believe.  That's why we put together this video, FOX Attacks Michelle Obama.

We cannot allow FOX's heinous smears and scare tactics to continue.  Sign our petition and stop FOX from injecting racism, prejudice, and fear into our political dialogue.  Then, send it to all your friends and family members for them to sign as well.  And spread it on sites like Digg to create an uproar.

We cannot allow FOX to make politics about stereotypes, misinformation, and flat-out dishonesty.  Not now.  Not ever.

Posted on April 26th, 2008 by robertgreenwald · Comments ·

It is deeply detrimental to the longterm interests of democracy when Democrats praise and support FOX News. This would be true regardless of who that Democrat is, but it's particularly heinous when Terry McAuliffe, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is singing their praises.

"Let me congratulate FOX," McAuliffe said this past week, "because you were the first ones to call [the Pennsylvania primary] for Hillary Clinton." McAuliffe, who is also chairing Clinton's Presidential committee, actually echoed the FOX mantra by calling them "fair and balanced." What is so dangerous about McAuliffe's praise is that FOX is now using his words as a TV ad to prove just how fair and balanced they are. The rest of us know the truth.

Jonathan put together this video as a reminder of how exceedingly unfair and imbalanced FOX actually is. These are just few gems to let McAuliffe and others know that FOX is the foe, has always been the foe, and will continue to be the foe of accurate reporting.

Please help us in this quest by sharing what you think have been the worst FOX moments in the comments section below. We will send the list to McAuliffe as a firm reminder that he must not applaud FOX!

Posted on March 12th, 2008 by robertgreenwald · Comments ·

No surprise that FOX has been at it again: smearing, distorting, attacking Obama.  What is infuriating and requires IMMEDIATE ACTION is that so many in the media have been catching the FOX virus and spreading it.  By way of a cure, we bring you the next installment in our highly successful FOX Attacks! series.  Together, we have battled them effectively, halted their fake debates, and put pressure on Bill O'Reilly for on his attacks on homeless vets.  And so far, over 6 million people have seen our FOX Attacks!

A special thanks to all of you who contributed to the tickers for this film!  Your contributions made this video possible.  You turned this into a collaborative filmmaking process, declaring our collective outrage over FOX's propaganda. If you didn't get the chance to contribute this time around, you can put your message to Murdoch in the next FOX Attacks! film for a contribution of $199.  Space is very limited though, we can only include 25 messages.

Of course, Obama isn't the only Democratic nominee that FOX and their ilk have gone after in this Presidential race. Chris Matthews, once a Roger Ailes hire, has been demonizing Hillary Clinton every chance he gets.  Our friends at Media Matters have more on how Matthews is modeling himself after Bill O'Reilly.  With your support we can and will continue the fight.

PETITION DELIVERY UPDATE:  Watch as speakers from MoveOn.Org and FAIR explain why traditional media should not parrot FOX, followed by the petition delivery by members and supporters of Brave New Films and MoveOn.Org at NBC headquarters in NYC.

Posted on February 1st, 2008 by robertgreenwald · Comments ·

Bill O'Reilly refuses to apologize for his repeated assertions that there are no homeless vets.  Watch it here.

Bill never served in the military, and he makes more than $9 million a year. It is unsurprising that he's out of touch with the plight of the 200,000 homeless veterans living in America.  So we found them, we videotaped them, and we brought a few to O'Reilly's doorstep in NYC.

Then he refused to even let them in the building, and proceeded to mock them on national television… for not watching FOX News!

Homeless people frequently don't have cable, Bill.  Something you might learn if you talked to them.

America's veterans do NOT deserve to be insulted and humiliated any longer.  Sign the open letter demanding an apology from O'Reilly, and pass it on to your friends.

Posted on January 7th, 2008 by robertgreenwald · Comments ·

The internet is buzzing with Billy boy shoving an Obama staffer this weekend, thanks in large part to our friends at Crooks and Liars.  It's been fun watching O'Reilly make a spectacle of himself, traveling to New Hampshire to beg Barack to come on his show.

Jonathan and Bill, our FOX Attacks duo, rushed in to do a video showing why Obama is so right to remain strong and principled in refusing to go on.  See the video and laugh out loud at his invoking the Constitution, I kid you not!

Please spread the video FAR AND WIDE.  We want thousands signing on to support Obama in hanging tough against the FOX bullies.

And let's have a little fun too.  Post a comment on the blog with all the reasons you can think of why Obama should not go on Billy's show.  The most compelling/funny/interesting will score some cool BNF gear and a signed Outfoxed: FOX Attacks! Special Edition DVD

Posted on December 19th, 2007 by robertgreenwald · Comments ·

Pardon the holiday interruption, but the bullies at FOX are at it again.  This time, they are trying to get Senator Obama and Senator Edwards to buckle to their threats and accusations.  The senators are standing tall, tough and strong.

We must encourage them to resist the name-calling and intimidation and refuse to legitimize the propaganda network.

Watch video of the attacks, then sign the open letter supporting their decision.   You helped us beat FOX on the Nevada debates, and stopped the Detroit debate.  Now it's time to take your email lists, your blogs, your radio and newspapers, and let the world know. 

We support strength. We support candidates who don't cave to the bullies.

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