Posted on 08/19/2017 6:44:47 AM PDT by Helicondelta
Axios' Jonathan Swan hears Bannon has told friends he sees a massive opening to the right of Fox News, raising the possibility that he's going to start a network.
- Bannon's friends are speculating about whether it will be a standalone TV network, or online streaming only.
- Before his death in May, Roger Ailes had sent word to Bannon that he wanted to start a channel together. Bannon loved the idea: He believes Fox is heading in a squishy, globalist direction as the Murdoch sons assume more power.
- Now he has the means, motive and opportunity: His chief financial backer, Long Island hedge fund billionaire Bob Mercer, is ready to invest big in what's coming next, including a huge overseas expansion of Breitbart News.
On Day 1, Breitbart declared he's taking his West Wing infighting to the outside, telling Bloomberg Businessweek's Josh Green that he's "going to war for Trump against his opponents — on Capitol Hill, in the media, and in corporate America."
The reality is that Bannon will go nuclear on former colleagues he calls "West Wing Democrats": economic adviser Gary Cohn, Jared and Ivanka ("Javanka," as he calls them) and Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell.
The revved-up Breitbart operation is also likely to target Speaker Ryan, as it did before Trump.
(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...
I think a lot of folks would be happy to lose $50 or $100 bucks on something like that.
His name is now a household word, thanks to the media opposition and he can capitalize on that, now!
Faux News and the GOPe are ecstatic over Bannon’s departure. I hope to see that ecstasy turn to dread soon.
I like this guy Bannon more and more every day.
He’s not a thorn in the side of the Left.... he’s a frigging length of steel rebar upside their heads.
A paid service on Roku won’t have nearly the reach a cable TV station would. Only political junkies would pay for it.
So McMaster Powell and Cohen are entrenched and Bannon is forced out.
We now have a Democrat administration and it will not help Trump at All they will still keep pushing until he’s gone.
LOL. Never drink before noon.
I can’t get OAN on Comcast but watch it at my daughter’s house on FIOS. I like their format but boy, those girl news readers are so dull and lifeless - just out of school I guess. Bannon would do well to liven it up there.
Given Fox* coverage of Charlottesville over the past week, I would say a new network is long overdue!
*With exception of the 4 hours of programming, they may as well have been CNN:
Hannity
Carlson
Watters
Pirro
Please let them buy CNN. They can bring in Eric Billing, Charles, O Riley, and the most fun we could ever have is watching the faces of the “talent” when Steve Bannon walk in as their new boss
Yesssss!!!!
OAN is amateur hour. Most of the news readers would need to go.
Advertisers would be the problem.
Paid Over The Top is the way to start, at least.
Saying that Trump has not been able to negotiate with the RINO’s is simply stating a fact.
I agree.
I was really discouraged about this at first. Now, he’s unshackled.
Not a paid service, a free streaming channel. There are lots and lots of them already. Such channels are available for free on ROKU et al and most smart TV’s.
Hillary won the popular vote. Those leftists will slavishly watch cable.
True Americans will migrate to streaming video in droves when there is MAGA news channel.
Why not do both so as to capture as much audience across the entire demographic spectrum as possible?
Yes. Buy OANN. Pump it up. Put it on the streaming web. Charge for it. I am in.
KlowdTV $4.99mo.
Excellent article...
I would not be surprised if Bannon and his new financial backers buy CNN from Time Warner/AT&T as part of the purchase agreement.....
AT&T has already stated they may spin CNN off as they complete their purchase of Time Warner....
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