Posted on 12/05/2012 1:54:46 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Karl Rove taken off the air as Fox News distances themselves from conservative pundit after his Election Night tantrum
Karl Rove has officially been benched as Fox News chief Roger Ailes has reportedly suspended the Republican operative from their airwaves.
Rove and Dick Morris, a fellow paid political analyst, have been temporarily banned from appearing on Fox News as the network tries to distance themselves from the two men whose election predictions ended up being so far from the result.
New York Magazine's Gabriel Sherman reports that Ailes decided that it is important for Fox News to take a step back from Rove and Morris because, as his deputy Bill Shine put it, 'the election's over'.
Shine reportedly sent a memo to all of the network's news producers ordering them to seek special permission before booking Morris or Rove for any segments.
Though Rove and Morris are receiving the same treatment, their backgrounds are very different, as Morris began his political career working for then-President Bill Clinton.
He has since become one of the leading conservative pundits and extremely critical of President Obama.
One of the clearest reasons why the channel wants to create some distance between himself and the so-called 'architect' of the second Bush presidency is because of his on-air temper tantrum on Election Night.
Rove made himself the subject of mockery after arguing live on Fox News that the network was wrong and that Romney had won Ohio even though they were ready to call it for Obama.
Fox host Megyn Kelly chided him on air, questioning whether his calculations were 'math you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better'.
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Fox will have to do a lot more than that to get me to watch again.
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Same here.
You got that right. I am sick and tired of ‘Fair and Balanced.’ All the television broadcasts - network and cable - are in for some serious competition soon. I have a Bluetooth wireless receiver that displays internet television just as well as the cable box. What we need is a ‘Heartland News Network’ — a seriously conservative 24/7 internet news source broadcast from outside the Eastern corridor with nothing but the conservative point of view. It will take off like a bullet if someone does it.
They were on tv in days after the election, but if true were canned at the start of the month. I understand if someone wanted them they maybe approved if only they can state what they will be saying, but I could be wrong.
Megyn Kelly was kind of bitchy in her comments on election I might add. She stunk to be honest.
I also understand Dick Morris admitted he was not 100% sure of his election prediction and did it to help the base. Someone said this at The Blaze article on this topic. I do know Morris went from Bashing Romney to having to support him and did a 180 in support of Mitt in April.
It's been tried. A key player behind the Moral Majority tried it actually. The late Paul Weyrich Founder of Free Congress Foundation and Co-Founder of The Moral Majority tried it back in the early to mid 1990's. It was called National Empowerment Television or N.E.T. Weyrich hosted a few shows as did Major Garrett, Bill Lind, John Lofton, Janet Parshall, Genvieve Woods, Armstrong Williams, Alan Keyes radio show was broad-casted on it as was Michael Reagan, and many more persons. It was Conservative based programing and had many guest. Stories like White Water were also discussed with key GOP lawmakers.
The network soon was having trouble meeting the bills to stay on the air. Also Weyrich was doing some serious exposing of wrong doings within the GOP itself aimed at persons like Trent Lott whom at one time was a friend of Weyrich. In short big toes got stepped on and rightfully so. There was a behind the scenes take over that basically removed Weyrich as the head of NET and at that point it became America's Voice which was a fore runner to Fox News for all practical purposes. Only rather than hearing Armstrong Williams you had to listen to his co-host Ellen Ratner. Other Liberals were soon added including Bob Beckell. The quality quickly sank and the hard hitting stories got water downed. Weyrich had no say in the programing and the network soon shut down as I imagine certain factions intended it to do.
I'm not saying it can't be done. But it will take some serious consistent monetary backing from sources that won't pull the monetary plug when big toes get stepped on in Establishment DC. That is what happened to NET.
I'd like to see it happen myself. Weyrich had a great idea. But Weyrich wasn't a man anyone could own or silence either. There are still great Conservative commentators out there. The problem is getting them into a venue where they can be heard as well like in the case of N.E.T. the viewers themselves have a live voice. Paul Weyrich had a show called Direct Line I think was the name and he took calls. If for example Bob Barr was the guest you could ask Bob Barr a question live.
Earth to FOX News, Karl Rove is NOT a Conservative.
and neither is Morris.
I know someone who knows her and says she is like that all the time.
I know someone who knows her and says she is like that all the time.
There is a difference now. Glen Beck has started it. For less than $300, you can now buy a Sony BlueRay device that not only plays dvds but also connects to vast array of online shows (including unbiased news) via your wireless internet (and in very high quality) from the comfort of your favorite chair. This is the beginning of the end for the dinosaur mainstream media, whose leftist ideology has dominated the news for too long.
This link is to more Bill Whittle from his Afterburner episodes on PJTV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=OAOrT0OcHh0#t=2s .
Can’t wait until nightly news broadcasts begin, preferably from somewhere deep in the heartland away from the coastal corridors of snarky elitist propaganda.
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