Over the weekend I watched an intersting documentary called "OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism". It explores the affects of large-scale media corporations on the integrity of journalism and what kind of "news" the public receives, using Fox News as its main example.
The most interesting interviews in the documentary are those with former Fox News employees, who reveal how they were forced to push a right-wing point of view or risk losing their jobs. One employee said, "there's no sense of integrity as far as having a line that can't be crossed."
It really made me think about the media industry and the kind of organization I want to work for, particularly with the upcoming launch of Sun TV.
I posted the documentary below.
Outfoxed is a lot of fun to watch -- perhaps a bit exaggerated, but no more than Murdoch himself or his outlets.
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