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Fox News Owner Lachlan Murdoch: ‘We Don’t Need to Go Further Right’
Todd Starnes ^ | 02/09/2021

Posted on 02/09/2021 8:58:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind

If you think Fox News Channel has gone to the dark side, wait until you see what happens next.

Fox Media owner Lachlan Murdoch told Deadline that he’s just fine with the direction of the once conservative news channel.

“We believe where we are targeted, to the center-right, is exactly where we should be targeted. We don’t need to go further right. We don’t believe America is further right,” he said. “And we are obviously not going to pivot left.”

In recent days the network has been rocked by high-level departures of well-known conservatives like Lou Dobbs, Trish Regan and Heather Childers. Fox also chose not to renew my contract – replacing me with a Never Trump, cultural leftist.

“In the journalism business, the journalism trade, you work out what your market is and you produce your best product you can possibly produce for that target market,” Murdoch said.

“The success of Fox News throughout its entire history has been to provide the absolute best news and opinion for a market we believe is firmly center-right. And we don’t pivot or change that. And we haven’t pivoted or changed that throughout the history of Fox News. So, we’ll continue to provide the best journalism with the best hosts with the best analysis with the best opinions going forward, as we have throughout the past news cycles.”


TOPICS: Politics; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: foxnews; lachlanmurdoch; ratingsinthecellar; suzannescott
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1 posted on 02/09/2021 8:58:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

CNN-Lite

Good luck with that, commie.


2 posted on 02/09/2021 8:59:47 PM PST by TigersEye (Everyone knows)
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To: SeekAndFind

Our Lord said that all the foundations will be shaken.


3 posted on 02/09/2021 8:59:55 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: SeekAndFind

I think he’s got his political compass screwed. Fox ain’t been moving right for some time now.


4 posted on 02/09/2021 9:00:34 PM PST by xp38
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To: SeekAndFind

They need to go chapter 11.


5 posted on 02/09/2021 9:03:21 PM PST by devere
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To: All

His lineup shows they loathe Conservatives.

Wallace and Baier are considered Management, so you know what you’re going to get.

Lies and acting from Fox.


6 posted on 02/09/2021 9:03:24 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: SeekAndFind

On the Five today, Greg Gutfeld called out news anchors, without naming them but including some from FOX, who are never Trumpers. Look for him to be one of the next one purged from FNC.


7 posted on 02/09/2021 9:03:41 PM PST by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Fox also chose not to renew my contract – replacing me with a Never Trump, cultural leftist.”

How large of an equity stake does Starnes have in Fox?


8 posted on 02/09/2021 9:04:31 PM PST by Meatspace
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To: SeekAndFind

“Center right” — like Romney?


9 posted on 02/09/2021 9:13:28 PM PST by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I really don’t care how conservative they are. I’ll listen to anyone who doesn’t insist on silencing those skeptical of the official narrative.

...which leaves only OAN and to some extent Newsmax among the news channels.


10 posted on 02/09/2021 9:13:28 PM PST by cockroach_magoo
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To: AnthonySoprano

No difference between them and CNN during the daytime.


11 posted on 02/09/2021 9:14:43 PM PST by bray (Pray for fake President Biden)
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To: SeekAndFind
Fox should not have tried to cross that road over and over again expecting to get to the other side! The network is losing viewers and will soon be road kill.


12 posted on 02/09/2021 9:17:12 PM PST by Mat_Helm
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To: SeekAndFind
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13 posted on 02/09/2021 9:18:47 PM PST by wardaddy ( IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Murdochs are multi-Billionaires. They have decided that their wealth no longer necessitates them hiding their Leftism. Guaranteed the bulk of their investments are in Globalist Companies. American middle-class support of President Trumps American First agenda threatens their Globalist Investments. This is far far more important to them and to ALL Globalists than the Quaint notion of Patriotism and Constitutional fidelity. Their wealth is their god. Nothing else matters and they will not let anything interfere with it. A great many Republicans are in this same Globalist Club. They don’t give a damn about We the People, this country or, our Constitution.


14 posted on 02/09/2021 9:20:00 PM PST by ocrp1982
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To: TigersEye

Woke wives and daughters ruin businesses and families.


15 posted on 02/09/2021 9:20:14 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: SeekAndFind

Really? If Hannity, Bartiromo, Carlson, Levin, and others had any testicles, they would say fine and leave to another network. Hannity has always said he makes too much money. So put your money on the line and leave for the sake of truth and the country Hannity and all the rest.
You still have radio, as does Levi. Just a thought.


16 posted on 02/09/2021 9:23:28 PM PST by Fungi
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To: SeekAndFind

Newscorp execs endorsed John Kerry in 2004.

They haven’t been on the “right” side of the aisle for 20 years now.


17 posted on 02/09/2021 9:24:56 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: SeekAndFind

I have to assume that 80 million haven’t cancelled their cable yet.

Is the left better at boycotts than we are or what?


18 posted on 02/09/2021 9:26:09 PM PST by Aria (- )
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To: SeekAndFind
Have fun living in denial while I continue to boycott since Election Day.
Sing your merry tune while riding the caboose of cnn aka worst fake news on the planet. Really something to be proud of. If only money could buy brains.
19 posted on 02/09/2021 9:28:36 PM PST by NWFree (Socialism is legalized plunder)
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To: SeekAndFind

I made absolute certain to cancel subscription to fox through dish. I don’t need it, don’t want, and certainly won’t pay for it. They can try earning money off of someone else.


20 posted on 02/09/2021 9:28:40 PM PST by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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