Regarding your two points re: Ailes: I'm hoping he has a larger vision than just trying to knock the snot out of CNN(although a worthy cause).
...he's taking a big risk because (as can be seen on FR) he's alienating a goodly number of Fox's strongest supporters...
True, but where else are we going to turn for our teevee news? How many of us will actually switch news channels because of this? Fox may be sliding to the left, but they're still the best we've got on the tube. Besides, taking risks is why he makes the big bucks?????????
Let's face it, the rest of the media are out to get Fox, and ANY mistake or sloppiness in reporting will be magnified...
Too true. But as long as they don't make any major blunders, each time Fox gets their name on the "Big Three" evening shows it's free advertising. FoxNews in the news!
I wondering what hand Rupert Murdoch may be playing in all this? Does he really allow Ailes to run FoxNews, or is he a "hands on" type of owner? I wonder how Fox's ad revenues compare with, say, CNN's or MSNBC's? Maybe Murdoch wants THEIR advertisers as well, as Fox's mostly conservative viewers are not prime candidates for "touchy-feely" ads? And why don't we(I) know the answers to these questions? Pi$$es my off!
Onward through the fog, be-baw.
FGS
I'm still 2+ weeks away from having the FNC option, but I expect I'll still flip around among the 3 cable news networks. As the risk of having you smack me for saying it, there are times when I find either MSNBC or CNN pretty darned good. An example: on MSNBC this afternoon, while Daschle was putting air to the big lie, MSNBC interrupted him (fairly early on during his speech) and put on Charles Grassley for his comments on Puff's speech. Grassley, of course pointed out how Daschle and other lib Senators are seeking the presidential nomination, etc. Amazingly, even though Daschle was still spewing, MSNBC didn't go back to him after finishing the Grassley interview.
Also, MSNBC's military analysts have been top notch, for the most part.