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...Center for American Progress, is short, sloppy, occasionally impactful and frequently superfluous. It presents a convincing compilation of damning footage and expert testimony demonstrating Fox’s myriad violations of journalistic ethics, but a key ingredient remains missing. Cinema must be engaging; it must be attractive. Greenwald falls flat on both counts...
...evidence isn’t compelling. Using dozens of clips from the 24-hour news network and interviews with prominent critics and commentators, Greenwald has pieced together a comprehensive look at how Fox distorts and twists the news...
...counterpart, Fahrenheit 9/11, Outfoxed fails to translate its abstract ideas to the audience’s level. Michael Moore’s talent as a filmmaker is demonstrating how politics and policy affect the average Joe. Conversely, no apathetic viewer will be swayed by the statistics and wonkish experts Greenwald parades on screen. Without a dash of showmanship, the strains of Greenwald’s sermon will reach only the choir...
...Reilly,” is bland and dilettantish. The music is dramatic but tinny: the Fahrenheit 9/11 score for Nintendo. Worse, the on-screen graphics bring to mind the videos on acids and bases you used to watch in your high school chemistry class. Greenwald calls this “guerrilla” filmmaking; I call it “shoddy...
Most damningly, the film is devoid of humor. In using a clip from “The Daily Show,” Greenwald lets Jon Stewart make the jokes for him. A defter editor would have used the frequently absurd clips from Fox to comedic effect. Instead, the director elicits a few chuckles but misses the belly laughs his material so richly deserves...