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Throughout humanity's evolution, mental manipulation has been a prominent weapon the media uses to control the public. Both George Orwell’s novel 1984 and Robert Greenwald’s film Outfoxed display the dangers of psychological propaganda to civilization. The Fox Channel is a right wing opinionated platform which seeks to promote its conservative agenda similar to many aspects discussed in 1984. Both elements of propaganda and doublethink appear in 1984 and the Fox News which displays the dangers of psychological control in this deceptive society. Both the Party in 1984 and the Fox News Channel of modern society use propaganda to alter the public’s perspective. The Fox News Channel owned by Rupert Murdoch is an extreme republican media outlet which manipulates the audience with biased news coverage. According to Frank O’Donnell, a former Fox News reporter, “5:1 interviewed at Fox are right wing republicans” to promote conservatism. In addition, Fox News selectively presents information beneficial towards its right-wing agenda. For instance, Jon Du Pre, a former Fox News reporter, was ...

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