[discostu]

I think we should give Ailes the benefit of the doubt for a few reasons:
1 - Fox's claim is "fair and balanced", having been intelligent enough to give up on the ellusive and unrealistic idea of impartial journalism Fox instead seeks to even uot their partiallity, getting voices from both side.
2 - Paula Zahn's term with Fox was a good example of this, much as I hated her she made a good balance with O'Reilly.
3 - Before the ego inflation and name change Jerry Rivers was a well respected and quite capable investigative journalist, there's alway the possibility that having sunk as low as he has in recent years he's ready to go back to earning a living.
4 - Worst case scenario Jerry covers the wrong fire fight and the world breathes a sigh of relief.
5 - And finally, I'd much rather have Jerry working someplace like Fox that won't let him spew forth unchallenged than the places he has been working.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I think we should give Ailes the benefit of the doubt for a few reasons:

FOX has a record to stand on, instead of relying solely on Geraldo's record, I will take FOX's into consideration.

Roger Ailes promptly answered concerns.

There was a time, long, long ago in a different time and universe when Geraldo actually did hard core investigative journalism. This was long before the Al Capone fiasco.

If memory serves, Geraldo left ABC because they spiked a Kennedy/Marilyn Monroe peice. {Don't flame if wrong, my memory is foggy on this point]

Brit Hume

[mountainfolk]

Your #5 rings a bell. Maybe Ailes believes in the current media wisdom of keeping your friends close and your enemies even closer. I don't watch other networks because they distort and omit but because of their long tenure too many citizens take their word as gospel. Fox is good because they give it straight. However, they do need contrast and better war coverage and if Geraldo Rivera can do the job that is needed, let him have at it. I expect that Fox will gain at least one new viewer for every one who drops off. When Rush Limbaugh first came on my local station at the time, the station manager was taking calls from irate liberals who denounced the station. The manager confessed that he disliked Rush but business was business and he could not afford NOT to carry him. The show grew to three hours and many more listeners. If business doesn't tend to the bottom line, making a profit, nobody will have a job. Fox does not need to lose viewers to stations that have better coverage of the war.

[Arabesque]

I Remember Steve Doocy as a features reporter here in Washington, D.C. market years ago, during the George Allen or Joe Gibbs days, I think. He was pretty representative of the average liberal D.C. reporter. He seems quite changed. I work in a very liberal field; my friends have gone quite conservative, several of whom tell me that for the sake of their children, there is no going back to the Democrat party.

I say let us give Geraldo a try; we can complain later.

I was once a liberal from a liberal family; I now practice at the local gun range; people get older!

Happy Weekend, Fellow Freepers....Dancer