FOX News Course Correction Rankles Some (ya Think???)

Politico ^ | 02/14/12 | Keach Hagey

[pgkdan]

As a white, male, middle-aged conservative talk radio host from Virginia, John Fredericks is something close to the Platonic ideal of a Fox News fan.

And until last year, he was one. But then Fox’s treatment of the Republican primary race — the presentation of Karl Rove as a political analyst despite his having “thrown in for Romney” and Sean Hannity’s clear ties to the Republican establishment — began to grate on him. So he changed the channel.

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The grumblers were picking up on a strategy that has been under way for some time — a “course correction,” as Fox chief Roger Ailes put it last fall — with the network distancing itself from the tea party cheerleading that characterized the first two years of President Barack Obama’s presidency. Lately, Fox has increasingly promoted its straight-news talent in the press and conducted some of the toughest interviews and debates of the Republican primary season. Just last week, it hired the openly gay liberal activist Sally Kohn as a contributor.

[Dawgreg]

I kinda sorta figgered that. I hardly ever listen to Rush anymore and I quit listening to Hannity long ago. I’m so fed up with the media, politicians and Obammymammy and Moochie. I wanna spit nails!