[Tench_Coxe]

Its behind a paywall, but this may be interesting. The WSJ puts a spin on it by association, IMHO, by implied intent of making a pro Trump network.

That may or may not be the case, but I tend to believe it's mainly to have an outlet for straight up news.

There are a lot of question Mark's around the direction Fox is taking, especially with the Murdoch sons taking over and weasels like Paul Ryan who have more or less stated intent to "influence".

Good thing or bad thing if it happens?

I think those looking at this are smart enough to know that the reason Fox shot to its number one spot over the last 20 some years is because their coverage was "mostly" balanced.

[Steely Tom]

Bloomberg opened the door.

[JonPreston]

Great thing. I’d subscribe.

[McGavin999]

I enjoy watching OAN. They have some good programming and some good talent. They just need a more relaxed atmosphere. I like that there is actually some me international news, it’s nice to see what is happening in the world outside of DC.

[VanDeKoik]

Someone needs to buy it, and polish the presentation.

it’s hard to take a news channel seriously (not that we have much to compare it to) when it comes off as a bit too You-Tube ish, and sometimes it’s a bit too opinionated.

Just get some people with an old school news reader voice from the 60s-80s to just READ THE NEWS.

[Ikemeister]

An influx of cash with a little fresh talent would help. We watch OANN more and more, but the biggest problem is the unavailability of the channel on most cable providers.

[dowcaet]

When the president leaves office in 2025 I can see him running this network.

[centurion316]

Fox News wants to be a mini-mi of MSNBC and they will likely pull that off. They are off to a good start.

[Theophilous Meatyard III]

Early last week, Outnumbered had a decent panel. I thought they had learned something, but later in the week, they had Marie Barf on, and as she was ranting about how “disgusting” PDT is, turned the channel and didn’t turn it back. I’ll try OAN again.

[chris37]

Now that would be something.

[zerosix]

I’m neither for nor against the idea but after watching how FOX took a distinct downturn away from all things conservative (while still claiming to be “fair and balanced”) I believe corporate entities like FNC in general, wind up leaning left, even when that wasn’t the original plan. That’s the nature of humanity, nothing remains static, it always moves one direction or another.

Could OAN use a bit of spit and polish, sure, do their regular “news readers” look fresh out of school, they do because they are but that’s just the reason their owner said they came out of liberal jschools but he hired them not to lean in any direction but merely to deliver the copy as written!

If and when OAN accepts a buyout, it will have a “pro-Trump” group at the top, not all of them conservative. Down the road as those original owners die off or retire, who will the newbies be?

FNC was true to its core because of Roger Ailes, period!

Let loose a bunch of jealous cats who didn’t think they were getting ahead as quickly as they thought they should and bingo, sexual harassment charges began flying, the flack also catching great folk because there were big bucks involved!

For my money, buy another network or start one by yourselves and compete in the marketplace of ideas!

[PGalt]

A platform for a counterpoint to propaganda? Who’da thunkit? We DECIDE what TO REPORT so that YOU CAN DECIDE isn’t cutting it? Left that scam 7+ years ago.

[ckilmer]

I want OAN to take over airport news from CNN

[2CAVTrooper]

How about buying Fox News?

I’ve heard some of these old newspapers and magazines can be had on the cheap.

[tennmountainman]

With the exception of a couple shows at night, Faux has been turning left
since the sons took over.
Buying OAN would be a great business decision.
Find a way to get Tucker, Hannity and Ingraham and it would be a Gold mine.

[TLI]

Some $$$ to polish it up, plug in an internal real time streaming app, subscribe for 3 bucks a month or 25 a year. They would have 10 million subs in a year.

[Zeneta]

FWIW,

Take a look at most Channel line ups on Cable.

I’m on Cox Cable.

Fox is Channel 72
CNN is 71
70 is HLN (Headline News) which was CNN’s premiere channel years ago but is now crap with NO real News.
69 is the Weather Channel
68, CNBC
67 is MSNBC
And it falls off from there.

I would Buy HLN and change the programming to a Conservative News Channel.

I would also look to buy any number of the Online Shopping Channels like QVC or HSN.

They are all part of the Basic Cable Subscription package and would provide maximum exposure.

Think about, if QVC’s programming where changed to a Conservative News channel, What can Cox or Comcast do about it?

[BusterDog]

If Trump did daily Q&A’s and only allowed them to be broadcast on this channel, it would be #1 news network overnight.

[catnipman]

“according to people familiar with the matter”

typical media rumor-mongering, though it would be nice if this rumor was actually true ...

[Bringbackthedraft]

I don’t care who owns it, just keep the girls there.

[frnewsjunkie]

The way Fox is heading, someone should get something for conservatives …

and on bloombburg.. Don’t think he’s known much outside of NH and therebouts… not so sure he can beat Trump....