NEW YORK, NY – As the 2008 presidential election gains momentum, countless Americans are turning to the press to help them get the facts. But in this age of media empires, spin and collusion, the lines of objectivity are increasingly becoming blurred -- and constantly being crossed. On July 29, director Robert Greenwald’s Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism -- the genre-busting documentary smash that started the flood of “issue-oriented” documentaries -- returns in a specially-updated DVD version with OUTFOXED: FOX ATTACKS! SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION. Just in time for the onslaught of political news coverage throughout ‘08, this critically acclaimed documentary – The Disinformation Company’s best-selling DVD ever -- is being re-released to DVD on July 29 for $14.95SRP, featuring over an hour of bonus programming!
NEW YORK, NY – As the 2008 presidential election gains momentum, countless Americans are turning to the press to help them get the facts. But in this age of media empires, spin and collusion, the lines of objectivity are increasingly becoming blurred -- and constantly being crossed. On July 29, director Robert Greenwald’s Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism -- the genre-busting documentary smash that started the flood of “issue-oriented” documentaries -- returns in a specially-updated DVD version with OUTFOXED: FOX ATTACKS! SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION. Just in time for the onslaught of political news coverage throughout ‘08, this critically acclaimed documentary – The Disinformation Company’s best-selling DVD ever -- is being re-released to DVD on July 29 for $14.95SRP, featuring over an hour of bonus programming!
Aside from the film called “scathing,” by Salon.com and “as hugely entertaining as it is informative,” by The Sacramento Bee, the special edition dual-layer DVD features all 16 of Greenwald’s infamous “Fox Attacks!” shorts. This series of 16 viral videos continues the work started in OUTFOXED, and highlights prime examples of Fox’s biased, dishonest journalism created in support of campaigns, petitions and legislation. See Fox News in rare form, as the media giant unilaterally attacks everything from Obama, Black America, Immigrants and Iran to Decency, Bloggers and the Environment.
Director Greenwald (Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices) and his groundbreaking documentary examines how media empires, led Fox News, have been taking control of the public’s right to know. Exploring Rupert Murdoch’s burgeoning news oligarchy and the societal impact when a majority of media is controlled by one large corporation, this compelling doc also reveals the secrets of former Fox news producers, reporters, bookers and writers who expose what it’s like to work for Murdoch’s empire. In addition to witnessing former employees talk of being forced to push a “right-wing” agenda or risk losing their jobs, media experts interviewing also include Eric Alterman, the media columnists for “The Nation”; political pundit, comedian, author and Air America host Al Franken; longtime TV news producer and journalist Clara Frenk; Mark Crispin Miller, NYU professor and author of “Boxed in: The Culture of TV”; Chellie Pingree, former Maine Senate majority leader and founder of Common Cause; Bernie Sanders, the longtime Independent Representative from Vermont and author Danny Schecter (“Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception”), who also edits mediachannel.org and founded Globalvision.
With unmatched promotion by activist groups, led by Greenwald’s Brave New Films.org, and the fanatical following for the Fox Attacks! shorts – seen by millions online -- OUTFOXED: FOX ATTACKS! SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION is certain to be one of this political season’s must-see DVDs.
About Robert Greenwald
Award-winning producer Robert Greenwald has produced over 60 films, and directed/produced a number of hit documentaries, including Outfoxed, Uncovered: The War on Iraq, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, and Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers. He also executive produced a trilogy of political documentaries: Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002); and Unconstitutional (2004), among others. Greenwald has gained an enormous grass-roots following for his buzz-worthy films, exploring the hottest and most controversial issues of the day.
The Disinformation Company Ltd. is active in TV production, book publishing and home entertainment. It is most widely recognized for its distribution of products on subjects not usually covered by the traditional media. Recent DVD exclusives from The Disinformation Company include the best-selling Robert Greenwald documentaries Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War, and Unconstitutional: The War on our Civil Liberties, as well as Robert Baer’s The Cult of the Suicide Bomber, and Greg Palast’s Bush Family Fortunes.
