I think they are speaking in code on Fox news because they have become CNN and MSNBC-Lite since about 1 month before the lection. Rove probably told Ailes & Murdoch that McCain was going to lose so they went into Obama pander mode.
They are out to make money. I don’t think Murdoch is a conservative, but he knew that most Americans were, and that they should have a voice in news coverage. But, I suppose, that with the two democratic wins, in the last elections, he feels that America is starting to lean left, and that is where he will make money.