When Fox News is the Story

The New York Times ^ | July 7, 2008 | David Carr

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Like most working journalists, whenever I type seven letters — Fox News — a series of alarms begins to whoop in my head: Danger. Warning. Much mayhem ahead.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Good for a laugh - my favorite clueless disconnect:

"Fox News found a huge runway and enormous success by setting aside the conventions of bloodless objectivity"

Yes, a NY Times reporter actually wrote the above quote.

The sad thing is, Fox has clearly gone downhill in the past year, as evidenced by its ratings. That being said, it sounds like the folks in the Fox PR office (disclaimer: I work in PR) are my kind of people.

[Drango]

NYSlimes playing the victim card. If only Fox news would stop picking on them.

[Sender]

NYT objectivity: A ball placed on an NYT story will immediately roll to the left until it falls off, bursting into flames.

[rockrr]

Like most thinking conservatives, whenever I type seven letters — NY Times — a series of alarms begins to whoop in my head: Danger. Warning. Much bullcrap ahead.

[llevrok]

Fox needs to focus on the story and not their talking heads. Some of the women, while lovely to look at, are good reporters under utilised for their looks only.

I'd like to see them link more SKY News stories of the rest of the world in. This will fill time in place of the endless hours of Tragedy TV.

[A_perfect_lady]

Yeah, I got as far as “bloodless objectivity” too, before my eyes just rolled up into my head and stuck there.

[popdonnelly]

Fox News gets all the critcism because it doesn’t play the liberal game.

[foreverfree]

The sad thing is, Fox has clearly gone downhill in the past year, as evidenced by its ratings.

When you say FNC is going downhill, Ogie, do you mean artistically?

ff

[Lancey Howard]

I wish the New York Times would hurry up and die. That paper and its party have done enough damage to my country.

[ProudFossil]

Hear, hear!!! It has gotten to the point that I now go to the Internet for all foreign news. I am placing Fox News just below the Entertainment Channel for the amount of fluff and tutu stuff. Even Brit has started letting some on his hour.

It is sad.

[dbacks]

[Some of the women, while lovely to look at, are good reporters under utilised for their looks only.]

They should be called the “lift and separate brigade”!

[KarlInOhio]

Hey Times, have you renounced Pulitzer Prize you and Walter Duranty got for ignoring the Soviet starvation of Ukraine? So, how is that "bloodless objectivity" doing?

I would like Fox to concentrate a little more on serious news and less on the "missing blond co-ed of the month" or the "trial of the century of the week".

[sig226]

Not worth the price of admission. :)

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Funny, I linked from Hot Air and went straight to the story.

[Finalapproach29er]

I wish the New York Times would hurry up and die
*****
They’re taking on water, no question about it. Foremost, We need the Sulzbergers to sell!

Maybe a new owner would make it a more reasonable paper.

[Finalapproach29er]

use BUGMENOT.com (if you care at all)

[John Jorsett]

The author:

[Congressman Billybob]

How odd. I had the same feeling about the New York Times. I read the name. I expect mayhem with respect to the facts. And a Times reporter actually writes about objectivity without lightening coming through the ceiling and striking him dead.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article, "A Walk in the Park -- for a Century or More"

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

When you say FNC is going downhill, Ogie, do you mean artistically?

Partly artistically, partly politically. Clearly, they have been on the Greta "Missing White Girl of the Month" kick for some time now, but we overlooked that because of the solid editorial content.

For me, that clearly changed over the past 12-18 months. It started with the immigration fiasco, then continued during the recent GOP presidential primaries when all the Murdoch media properties (Fox - NY Post - Hannity - etc.) were clearly in the bag for the RINO contingent. First it was Rudy, then it became McCain once the powers-that-be found the gun grabber/cross dresser was completely unacceptable in the heartland.

In both cases, Fox took sides - and the side they took was not the conservative side.

I used to watch Brit's show every night. I don't think I have turned it on since the regulars (Carl Cameron/Fred Barnes/Krauthammer et al.) did their despicable kneecap job on Fred Thompson. The internet gives me all the news I need.

After Fox showed its true political colors, all of the sudden all the whole Greta/Geraldo nonsense seemed to become even more prominent. Thus, to me at least, it is not a surprise that their ratings are falling.

Ailes needs to get the place by the shorthairs again and remember who put them where they are - conservative, red state America. If not, Fox will eventually become just another moonbat-infested number on the dial, just like the rest of them.

[Anti-Bubba182]

He should not be talking about someone's looks for any reason.

Columnist Biography: David Carr

I can't believe he would say under utilized, The females on Fox are on a lot with significant roles. He obviously does not watch Fox enough to opine not that that would stop a NY Times Hack.

Fox is successful, making piles of Money and the NY Times is in the toilet. If there was not a special class of stock protecting Pinch Sulzberger he would be on the street with a tin cup and pencils.