Posted on 01/15/2016 1:21:57 PM PST by Hojczyk
Now more than ever Fox needs a firm hand on the wheel. In many ways, the channel faces the same rebellion from the grassroots thatâs cleaving the GOP. âI can tell you, my base is fed up with Fox,â conservative commentator Michelle Malkin told me.
Malkin, who quit Fox as a contributor, actually goes after Murdoch for supporting immigration reform in her new book Sold Out (she calls him a âtreacherous bedfellowâ).
Rush Limbaugh, whom Ailes first put on television in the early â90s, has said he âno longer watches cable news.â A Limbaugh friend told me the dig was made explicitly about Fox.
So far, the kvetching among conservatives has yet to become a business concern for Murdoch. But as he weighs Foxâs future â with or without Ailes â Murdoch must consider the risk that the backlash poses to his network.
Fox revolutionized cable news by offering a conservative alternative to CNN and the broadcast networks, and the long-term danger is that Foxâs audience starts to watch it grudgingly, hoping for an alternative. âAfter the big brouhaha with Trump, there was all the apocalyptic talk of the ratings cratering. But thereâs still nowhere else on TV to go,â Malkin says. âThereâs a big opportunity. These people are sick and tired of seeing Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)38% all over Fox.â
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Murdoch married a Chinese communist agent, since divorced.
Now he has just married Mick Jagger’s former concubine.
From someone who has not had a TV for over 35 years, what is OAN? Is it on the internet at all? I don’t want to buy a cable for one station, which might not even show up. I live in a very isolated area...internet takes forever to stream, sometimes things time out before completing.
I’d like to see Breitbart become a full station, but then, it seems like even the goods ones start leaning left as soon as they start selling stocks for it. The stockholders want their voices to be heard. Unfortunately, the left seems to have the most money.
Really? That is so interesting! How did you hear about that? Was that a matter of public knowledge? I'd love to have read that story.
I listen to Breitbart on Sirius radio; RT. OANN. Just subscribed to SlingTV yesterday: wanted property brothers AND walking dead on AMC :)
Well, her new site is called “Twitchy”, so there’s your answer.
I have not the slightest qualm that TRUMP wins in a landslide. Not one doubt. It’s just hard sitting around waiting for it to start.
So, no, I do NOT believe the Left wants to run against Donald TRUMP. I believe, with no hesitation, they dread him, because they know he is coming.
I can hardly wait. I want to vote now. I want to shut that border down, blow up the GOP, and turn our military into an unleashed HELL on earth against ISIS slithering in here and across borders of our allies.
It’s not “inside stuff.” I heard Levin say it last week during his show. Levin was mad about FNC giving so much attention to the “Cruz birther” non-story and as an aside mentioned that he had no friends left at FNC saying that Bolling, Cavuto, and Hannity no longer talk to him.
Before that it was apparent to everyone that Levin had gone off Perino, Krauthammer, and Gutfeld, the Number One GOPe/Bush team at FNC.
Varney, and Dobbs are still good as are some others like Monica Crowley, Watters, Colonel Peters, and some others so FNC isn’t a total waste. Yet.
Liberals use the term “Faux News” to discredit Fox. FNC covers stories the liberals would prefer that people don’t know or think about.
Conservatives complain that the station is trying to appeal to a broader audience, and is not consistently conservative in its advocacy. I agree, but they are a business, making business decisions.
I have some issues with Fox, but it does not spike my blood pressure like CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, etc.
AMEN! I cannot stand to look at her since that first debate. Now whenever she does a story on him, she along with her cohort Chris Firewall---or whatever his last name is---starts with an "S" I think--- do nothing but make snide remarks and then the smirk on her face whenever she has to mention Trump's name is just sickening.
Wait, Mark Levin said Hannity no longer speaks to him??
You beat me to it, LOL
That's just about where I am. I'm now "selectively" viewing trying to skip 6PM (west coast time)when Miss Megyn is on. It's still better than the alphabet networks so until Breitbart comes onboard I'll keep watching.
That's exactly the way I see it. I wonder if she ever got control of her Facebook page back?
I’ve always liked Fox business better, but I haven’t watched any of them for over a year.
Thanks for explaining- lots of friendships are being strained this cycle-in and out of the media..
:)
>> Malkinâs a day late and bucks short <<
In such cases, the reason almost always is that the TV personality’s agent didn’t get them a big enough emolument from the network in question.
Therefore, always follow the money. I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts that Michelle would have stayed with FNC if only the pay had been sufficient.
Hey! A colostomy bag is an important, useful thing. Calling Colmes a "colostomy bag" of any sort is not only an insult to all ostomy pouches, but an insult to the contents of a full pouch!
Mark
p.s. I'm an "ostomate" :-)
I had never heard of “One America News” network until now, but I just learned that if you’ve got Roku or Amazon Fire ( they’ve got an app for the pad, but I think it might be available for Amazon’s Fire stick/tv) it’s available for free!
I’ll check it out over the weekend.
Thanks for the heads up!
Mark
LOL!!
Just a reminder— about something I’m certain everyone is aware, Colmesbag is married to the sister of MONICA CROWLEY!
Just think of the high holy days in that household!
CMan, All I hear is how FOX continues to blow out the ratings and that O’Really is still number one in his time slot. I never run onto anything having to do with Me-again Kelly’s hour of power, or electronic addresses. I can only assume she paid no price even among her conservative viewers for her barbaric behavior(s).
It is disturbing that FOX is still rewarded for so many betrayals to their conservative viewer base, right down to the briefs-length skirts on the ditzy girl yakkers in clackers (stiletto heels).
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