robert greenwald
08/23/2007
FOX News Attacks: Iran
After producing and directing the 2004 documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism, filmmaker Robert Greenwald and his company Brave New Films partnered with several other organizations, including MoveOn.org and The Sierra Club, to act as an online watchdog group against FOX News and their “fair and balanced” reporting. This video from said watchdog group, FOX Attacks, is a side-by-side comparison of FOX News’ rhetoric leading up to the war in Iraq (much of which was inaccurate and misleading) and the current FOX News drum-beating about the dangers posed by Iran. Is FOX News trying to push America into another war? Boy, I hope so!
Frankly I’m not sure what Robert Greenwald is so worried about. I mean, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are going so well, I bet we could just pop over to Iran, knock that place into shape and be home in time for Leno. After all, we do have a massive surplus of fully trained, combat ready troops, just sitting around in their brand-new fully-armored Humvees with nothing to do. Sure, Iran is larger and more heavily populated than Iraq and Afghanistan combined, but after the easy KOs our boys scored in both of those countries I think they’re ready for a challenge. Also, look at a map -- Iran is right in-between Iraq and Afghanistan, so once we get Iran in line, we can just combine all three countries into one giant country called Irafraqanistan. Then all the problems in the Middle East will be solved and we can move on to bigger issues: like when is Robert Greenwald going to direct the film adaptation of the stage adaptation of his 1980 Olivia Newton-John roller disco musical Xanadu?
