[Republican Red]

I saw this article linked to on NRO Media.

I remember watching Ailes in front of a Congressional committee investigating why the network news organizations reported the 2000 election so wrong. He got a question from some Senator about the polls showing Gore had won. Ailes replied:

"When Republicans come out of polls, if you ask them a question, they tend to think it’s none of your business and Democrats want to ‘share their feelings’" –

Ailes knows his stuff.

[TBP]

Looks like a good article, but I don't really have time to read all of it now. I'll read it later.

[OldFriend]

Too bad Ailes decided to fill the extra hours until we get to hear Brit again with the likes of Whorealdo and those nincompoops on FNF on the weekends.

Other than comic relief, what could be of any importance at all coming from Juan Williams.

Ratner,Estrich, ugh.

I'd rather be watching test pattern.

[Albion Wilde]

"Our pacing and attitude is different, and we have not had to spend any time in the last nine years retracting stories."

"Our competitors had to pay off an anti-military documentary, or had to fire people because they made up the news, or because they didn’t listen to their own sources. We’ve had none of that, so therefore I think our journalism is very strong and they are wrong."

Brilliant.

[synbad600]

Now if it would just get rid of or limit some of the reading material, . . . .

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

"WS: How did the idea for FOX News come about, and what opportunity did you see in the market?"

Uh, nature abhors a vacuum.

[nutmeg]

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[Sunnyflorida]

My take on FNC is a bit different. I hate the MSM because you can't trust that anything they say is factually true. But FNC is no better. The problem with the MSM is that they first have an agenda and then find and broadcast "news" that promotes that agenda. Frequently they report wrong.

For Example: I am an investor and pay close attention to quarterly earnings reports. Rueters has outsourced reporting on earnings to India. Rueters and the rest of the MSM think corporations are crooks and the way they screw the "people" is to grant employees options. So they have this rule of reporting that forces them to "headline" the companies earnings with options expensed. However the ONLY intelligent way to review a quarter is to use analyst estimates and y.y comparisons that are earnings ex-options expense. Now one could argue that options should be expense or not (my position is that options are in the sharecount so "expensing is double counting). In any case the Street is looking at the estimates for a company ex-options and Rueters due to its bias reports a lower number based on its bias. For smart investors this gives a great opportunity to buy the stock. After a while people with brains analyze the report and find out on an apples-to-apples basis the company beat estimates vs. the bias generated Rueters miss-info.

The problem with FNC is also money. If you are a liberal and can write and get through a top journalism school then a job in the MSM is very attractive. For a conservative with the same drive and talent you are probably attracted to business.
Consequently I think it is much easier to hire liberals for all the back office jobs in media (writing, editing, producing, etc).
The problem is, because FNC is cheap, they hire substandard people for the back office functions -- and second tier on-screen talent.
Look at the number of critical geographical, economic, and scientific mistakes in FNC reporting. And the leading info babe Harris Faulkner cannot READ. Don't get me wrong Aile's heart is in the right place and guys like FW Barnes and Brit Hume are fabulous, but the wallet is not there and it shows in lack of Q&A.