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To: The Iguana
Conservatism is found in newspapers, not television. The best selling broadsheet, the Daily Telegraph, and the best selling tabloid, the Sun, are both strongly conservative.

Television is inhabited by "luvvies", you know the type. To give you some idea - for charity, the BBC news team dressed up in drag and did scenes from the "Rocky Horror Picture Show". I can't imagine the staff of Fox News doing that.

Oh, and the arrival of Fox News via digital television here is a tremendous relief.

Regards, Ivan

9 posted on 02/17/2003 4:34:07 PM PST by MadIvan
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To: MadIvan
Hello Ivan,

The Telegraph is part of my daily surf. I only wish there were more papers like it. Someone has to offset the Leftism of the Guardian and the Independent. There are the tabloids, of course...but you know what I mean.

It would be nice just the same to see some broadcast equivalent in the Sceptred Isle. Too many folks get their news only or primarily from the telly.

The advent of Fox has had an impact well beyond its own audience over here. I can only hope that Murdoch or someone like him ultimately gets the opportunity to create something similar (with British sensibilities, obviously) on your side of the pond.

12 posted on 02/17/2003 4:39:47 PM PST by The Iguana
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To: MadIvan
Given that their Fox's sister network, where does Sky News fall on the political spectrum?
16 posted on 02/17/2003 5:50:26 PM PST by Dont Mention the War
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