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Ailes 'Fuming' at Fox News Channel
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Posted on 06/27/2006 9:27:22 AM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly

Ailes 'Fuming' at Fox News Channel

Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes is reportedly "on the warpath” about his network’s recent ratings slide – and has given notice to staffers that he’s willing to clean house, according to a report in Broadcasting & Cable.

The cable news channel’s overall prime-time ratings are off 8 percent in the second quarter of this year, and down 22 percent in viewers ages 25 to 54. The first quarter was also disappointing.

Rival CNN is also down, but only 2 percent overall in the second quarter and 18 percent in the 25-54 age group.

Ailes is said to be "fuming” over what he views as complacency among staffers, according to B&C.

He feels production values are slipping and bookers aren’t aggressive enough, relying too heavily on the same faces.

A full-page "Now Hiring” ad that ran recently in a trade magazine asked, "Can you make the cut?”

Broadcasting & Cable reports that a Fox staffer said the question was not addressed to outside applicants. "That was aimed inside.”

An Ailes spokesman declared: "Anyone who displays launch-type intensity will continue to have a job at Fox News. Those who don’t will not. And that includes talent.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ailes; fox; foxnews; hemmerthelamer
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To: CheneyChick

I suspect we would nominate the same ones--some of whom, it might be added, are CNN castoffs. But Geraldo is another, as is Shep Smith and some of the morning newsettes.

Another suggestion for Ailes: enough with the missing blonde stories (Natalee is but one), and do real news.


41 posted on 06/27/2006 9:37:18 AM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly

I rarely watch TV.
When I want TV news, I first turn to Fox News ... then discover (again) that most of the time it's not news, it's talking heads, so I turn to CNN or Headline News.

Kinda like MTV not showing much music anymore - no wonder I don't watch it.


42 posted on 06/27/2006 9:37:44 AM PDT by ctdonath2
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly

All that is needed is a full blown conservative network & FOX would be in the toilet like the rest. (This always brings up the question of why there isn't one)


43 posted on 06/27/2006 9:37:50 AM PDT by Digger
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To: somemoreequalthanothers

OK - that's one of the names on my "list".


44 posted on 06/27/2006 9:38:09 AM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: Incorrigible

Get back to the conservative coverage that made you #1 in the first place!


45 posted on 06/27/2006 9:38:18 AM PDT by johnny7 (“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
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To: CheneyChick

get rid of GUILFOYLE for starters!


46 posted on 06/27/2006 9:38:21 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: retrokitten

Add Neil Cavuto and David Asman: six hour shifts. ;O)


47 posted on 06/27/2006 9:38:21 AM PDT by Petronski (I just love that woman.)
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To: pollyannaish

Ditto...more heavies like Hume, Cavuto and Gibson...lose the 'flavor of the week' crime crap.


48 posted on 06/27/2006 9:38:27 AM PDT by dogcaller
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To: cardinal4
Hey Roger, stop moving to the left..

My thoughts exactly! That's why I have dropped several FOX shows from viewing pleasure.

Wake up call, Roger!

49 posted on 06/27/2006 9:38:35 AM PDT by SMM48
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To: Publius6961
My advice...No more car chases.....they're stupid!

Plus, no one....no one! watches on the weekends cause we can't stand Julien!!!....He needs to go bigtime!

50 posted on 06/27/2006 9:38:36 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: MikeA
A couple hints: Get rid of Greta, drop endless Natalie Hollaway coverage and other police blotter stories, and hire appealing conservative hosts like Glen Beck and maybe even Dennis Miller to spice things up a little. And for the love of god get rid of Juan Williams.

Just great suggestions, and worth repeating.

Purge the libtrash they push and get back to real reporting.

51 posted on 06/27/2006 9:38:44 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: FormerACLUmember
"There has been a partial liberal bias creeping into FoxNews. Hence the ratings slide! "

Exactly! As many are saying, conservatives made Fox what it is--they should remember that, or they'll end up like MSNBC.

52 posted on 06/27/2006 9:38:44 AM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: Incorrigible

When they put so many liberals on - I turn off the TV

A person can only take listening to the liberal BS for so long

If I wanted to watch that .. I'd turn on CNN or MSNBC


53 posted on 06/27/2006 9:38:51 AM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePb6H-j51xE&search=Democrats)
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly

Memo to Ailes: Quit moving your programming left and you'll see ratings improve.


54 posted on 06/27/2006 9:39:08 AM PDT by Peach (Iraq/AlQaeda relationship http://markeichenlaub.blogspot.com/2006/06/strategic-relationship-between.)
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly

These days, half the time it seems more like the Fox Rape Channel than the Fox News Channel.


55 posted on 06/27/2006 9:39:12 AM PDT by jpl (Victorious warriors win first, then go to war; defeated warriors go to war first, then seek to win.)
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To: Petronski

Yeah, that way they can at least take a lunch. :-D


56 posted on 06/27/2006 9:39:25 AM PDT by retrokitten (www.retrosrants.blogspot.com)
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly

I turn it off whenever the former CNN pretty boy Bill Himmer comes on.
Fox has far too many pretty faces and not enough serious reporters covering hard news.


57 posted on 06/27/2006 9:39:26 AM PDT by em2vn
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly

FOX News is turning into another liberal mouthpiece using skewed polls and allowing the Rats all the time they need to rant and rave about how bad the Republicans are. I've noticed a change in their "fair and balanced" platform for the last few months and that's why I've now shut them off my TV also.


58 posted on 06/27/2006 9:39:53 AM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: xsmommy

LOL - that's another name on my "list".


59 posted on 06/27/2006 9:40:02 AM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly

I think they should try harder to be balanced. Try to get more liberals to watch.


60 posted on 06/27/2006 9:40:16 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Let us not flinch from identifying liberalism as the opposition party to God.)
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