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Fox News will bounce back from ratings dip by being 'loyal opposition' to President Biden, CEO says
Business Insider ^ | 3/5/2021 | Kelsey Vlamis

Posted on 03/05/2021 7:52:18 AM PST by marcusmaximus

Lachlan Murdoch, the CEO of Fox Corp., said Fox News would serve as "loyal opposition" to President Joe Biden, which he said will boost the network's ratings, NBC News reported.

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"Seventy-five million people voted for a Republican president," Murdoch said, according to NBC. "That's what we represent. We're going to stick to the center-right. That's where our audience is."

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The president began encouraging supporters to stop watching Fox and instead watch lesser-known right-wing outlets that showed even more loyalty to Trump, like Newsmax and One America News Network.

Fox, which has long dominated cable news ratings, saw a drop in viewership as a result. In January, the network lost it's top spot in cable news for the first time in nearly 20 years, trailing behind cable rivals CNN and MSNBC.

However, CNN reported Fox saw a ratings boost on Sunday, when Trump spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: chriswallace; fixnews; foxit; karlrove; loudobbs; neilcavuto; paulryan; rememberarizona; rememberthesteal
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To: USS Alaska

Fox losing 50% of their viewers after The Steal is not normal post-election behavior. And since their lost viewers are not coming back, more layoffs are on the way at Fox. It will be fun to watch the layoff carnage as the excuses fly.


41 posted on 03/05/2021 9:45:38 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Yup.🙄


42 posted on 03/05/2021 9:48:21 AM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: marcusmaximus

“Fox News is Fake Opposition”

Ding.
Ding.
Ding, we have a winner !

Fox represents the squishy ‘paul ryan’ wing of the republican party, in other words ‘stealth democrats’.


43 posted on 03/05/2021 10:17:41 AM PST by glasseye (Don't overestimate the decency of the human race. H. L. Mencken)
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To: marcusmaximus

I get that he’s trying to woo back conservatives (and apparently succeeding), but I preferred “fair and balanced” and “we report, you decide”.


44 posted on 03/05/2021 12:44:04 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: nhbob1

I haven’t watch FNC since before election night. Their FNF weekend leftist bimbos popped off one too many times against Trump and they are verboten in my house even though I love Maria Bartiromo dearly. My wife and I watch OAN for news and local news for weather and local news and ignore any national propaganda from the networks.

FNC turned on their customer base and lost half of it with Brazil, Wallace and their other news division leftist. Some say they can function with half of their customers gone and they can, but their ad revenue has to go down and when it comes time for DISH, DIRECTV and the cable companies to renegotiate with FNC they are going to want to pay a whole lot less than last time with their loss in viewers.


45 posted on 03/05/2021 12:47:24 PM PST by sarge83
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To: marcusmaximus
Meanwhile...

Mike Pence To Narrate Rush Limbaugh Special For Fox Nation Streaming Service

46 posted on 03/05/2021 1:00:05 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: mewzilla

I just saw that. Fox is thumbing their nose at us.


47 posted on 03/05/2021 1:12:25 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Their ratings may be better, relatively speaking, but I’ll bet their viewership ain’t.

Not that Fox Corp cares.


48 posted on 03/05/2021 1:15:28 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: mewzilla

LOL! Definition of cultural appropriation.


49 posted on 03/05/2021 1:23:25 PM PST by suijuris (Once a man learns to see he finds himself alone in the world with nothing but folly.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Flush FOX down the toilet.

50 posted on 03/05/2021 1:25:17 PM PST by Songcraft
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To: richardtavor

Their financial status needs to be zeroed. They need to be financially destroyed...along with the rest of the quisling media. Cut the cable...shoot down the satellite...kill the wi-fi...they’re trying to butter us up....no way...they are finished.


51 posted on 03/05/2021 1:56:34 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Motorhead sums it up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUfWHJ_RVvY

I see that nothin’s changed
Insist on playing games
Some waste of time you are
And you’re so popular
Well this is it you bitch
I’ve got to make a switch
You find some other john
I know what’s goin’ on
Your move
What do I have to lose?
Stalemate
Too late, too late
I thought you were for real
Just one more rip-off deal
Don’t give me all that crap
I just escaped your trap


52 posted on 03/06/2021 7:49:22 AM PST by Bruiser78
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To: Dawgreg

Yeah same here. Roku, u can get any of the clips you want via youtube etc, plus OANN. Like having the extra bucks in my pocket, screw cable


53 posted on 03/06/2021 7:50:42 AM PST by Bruiser78
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To: Bruiser78

I miss Lemmy.


54 posted on 03/06/2021 7:51:26 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Bruiser78

Yeah same here. Roku, u can get any of the clips you want via youtube etc, plus OANN. Like having the extra bucks in my pocket, screw cable

I’m here to testify to that.........;)


55 posted on 03/06/2021 10:46:59 AM PST by Dawgreg
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To: nhbob1

Exactly!


56 posted on 03/06/2021 6:20:26 PM PST by antceecee
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To: setter

FOX is not “our own”. Wake up.


57 posted on 03/06/2021 6:22:09 PM PST by antceecee
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