The Communists had Pravda.
Republicans have FOX.

Fox News calls itself "fair and balanced." But in the words of our greatest living newsman, Walter Cronkite, Fox has always intended to be "beyond conservative, a far-right wing organization."

Cronkite was interviewed as part of a disturbing new documentary called "OutFoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Jounalism." Through additional interviews with former Fox journalists-and extensive use of archival footage-Fox is proven to be virtually "G.O.P. TV."

On its self-proclaimed "signature news show," for example, five Republican guests are interviewed for each Democrat, and five conservatives for every liberal.

All the Fox news programs get daily marching orders from the top, specifying the day's stories and slant. Says Cronkite: "I've never heard of any network, or any other legitiate news organization doing that."

And so Geroge Bush is defended and John Kerry demeaned. Bad news from Iraq is minimized, while the patriotism of war opponents is questioned. Divisive social issues, from abortion to gay rights, are continually emphasized.

This conservative ideology is effectively being packaged in Fox's "high-tech tabloid" style, where commentators and reporters are interchangeable, carcasm and hyperbole commonplace, and fear mongering is the order of the day.

Ultimately, Fox doesn't really do the news; they are state of the art mass propagandists ( ). Thats why MoveOn.org is proud to have helped underwrite Robert Greenwald's documentary. That's also why we're petitioning the Federal Trade Commisssion this week-to deny Fox permission to use the slogan "fair and balanced."

It's a simple question of false advertising