Fox Attacks: Decency
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Fox Attacks: Decency is a 2007 viral video
produced by Robert Greenwald
, a political documentary
director
. It was produced by Brave New Films
.
It attacks what it asserts is Fox News' gratuitous use of sexual images and topics on its shows. Brave New Films asserted that Fox News engages in sexual objectification
, in the course of reporting on sexual controversies on the news.
It is associated with the Brave New Films-associated site, Fox News: Porn, which satirizes Fox News, while relying on images from Fox News. http://foxnewsporn.com/?utm_source=rgemail
Production of the site relied on research by Newshounds. http://www.newshounds.us/
Viral video
A viral video is one that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email...
produced by Robert Greenwald
Robert Greenwald
Robert Greenwald is an American film director, film producer, and political activist.-Early life:Greenwald was born and raised in New York City, the son of Ruth and Harold Greenwald. He attended the city's High School of Performing Arts...
, a political documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. It was produced by Brave New Films
Brave New Films
Brave New Films is a media company founded by filmmaker Robert Greenwald. Viral videos produced by Brave New Films have been widely circulated on the internet, during the 2008 United States presidential election campaign, and generally disparage Republican candidate John McCain and other prominent...
.
It attacks what it asserts is Fox News' gratuitous use of sexual images and topics on its shows. Brave New Films asserted that Fox News engages in sexual objectification
Sexual objectification
Sexual objectification refers to the practice of regarding or treating another person merely as an instrument towards one's sexual pleasure, and a sex object is a person who is regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification or who is sexually attractive...
, in the course of reporting on sexual controversies on the news.
It is associated with the Brave New Films-associated site, Fox News: Porn, which satirizes Fox News, while relying on images from Fox News. http://foxnewsporn.com/?utm_source=rgemail
Production of the site relied on research by Newshounds. http://www.newshounds.us/