TV Critics Snub Roger Ailes and Fox News

Newsmax ^ | 7/26/2006 | Newsnax

[PDR]

Carlin didn't see TV critics fleeing before Ailes' presentation
Romenesko Letters
Oregonian TV critic Peter Ames Carlin questions Glenn Garvin's observation about critics and Fox News chief Roger Ailes. "I have no idea what made him think that two-thirds of our colleagues left the room before the Fox News session with Roger Ailes. If some reporters left grumbling about FNC's politics they were a distinct minority. The room remained crowded, there were plenty of questions, hardly any of them were confrontational." || Read Garvin's response.

[Bernard Marx]

Read Garvin's response.

Where? No link.

[hosepipe]

Snubbing Roger Ailes must be like riding a tiger...
How do you get off, and live?...

[RandallFlagg]

But Ailes was unfazed – and enjoyed gloating.

OH! Is this video online somewhere?

[SkyPilot]

Several critics even openly voiced their scorn for what they view as Fox News’ conservative spin.

[Jameison]

GARVIN's reply:

From GLENN GARVIN, TV critic, Miami Herald: Peter's claim that the room was "crowded" is quite mysterious to me. There were about 150 critics accredited for Monday's session, and I'd say my estimate of 50 in attendance was generous. Whether the rest were simply too tired to attend a session with Ailes -- one of the most powerful executives in television, making his first appearance at the gathering in 10 years -- there is no way to know, but I certainly heard several derogatory comments about Fox News before the session from critics who did not attend. At a party later that night, several critics told me they considered the low attendance extremely unfortunate not only on journalistic grounds but because it would give Fox News further ammo for its contention that it's treated unfairly in the press.

Characterizing the atmosphere in the room Monday is necessarily subjective. But no other news organization that has appeared at the TCA meetings opened with a video castigating critics by name, and no other news organization has been accused during a session of maintaining an "enemies list," as Ailes was, or asked to promise that they would not imbue local local newscasts with their network's "attitude," as Ailes was. And it fairly boggles my mind to imagine that Ailes could have gotten an uproarious laugh from the critics by comparing the host of a rival network's show to Hitler, as MSNBC's Keith Olbermann did a couple of days earlier.


http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=11651

[Malone LaVeigh]

Television Critics Association?
The only television critic I ever needed runs on 2 AAA battteries.

[Jameison]

See post # 26.

[ChiMark]

Perhaps the MSM is so arrogant that they don't realize the
audience has made a choice. If FOX is more conservative and more people choose FOX style of reporting what's the problem?

Liberals don't champion freedom of choice. Heck they probably hate democracy.

[#1CTYankee]

"...150 attendees at a Television Critics Association’s gathering walked out..."

Probably late for Iraq Prime Minister Maliki address to congress.

[COUNTrecount]

CABLE NEWS RACE
MONDAY, JULY 24
VIEWERS

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2,693,000
FNC HANNITY/COLMES 1,801,000
FNC BRIT HUME 1,648,000
FNC SHEP SMITH 1,559,000
FNC GRETA 1,491,000
CNN COOPER 1,128,000
CNN KING 1,097,000
CNN ZAHN 890,000
CNN DOBBS 784,000
CNNHN GRACE 460,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 369,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 365,000

[JZelle]

Foxy Fox BUMP!

[Unam Sanctam]

Members of the press don't support freedom of the press...

[Texas_Jarhead]

Down with the arrogant MSM and these so-callled "tv critics".

[ZULU]

Gloating over a bunch of rotten ruined liberal newsfakers is such sweet joy.

FOX news doesn't need them. The ratings proove America would rather listen to FOX and get the real facts than be spoon-fed liberally distilled pablum from the likes of "cupie doll" Katie Couric and her mindless clones.

[blitzgig]

What a bunch of over-aged brats. They can't stand it that the biased liberal elite has lost its monopoly on information. Fox is absolutely killing them. I love it.

[Soul Seeker]

Let's see.

People not as successful walk out on a man growing richer by the day.

Yeah, seems to me the only ones looking foolish are those that walked. Ailes evidently saw the humor in their exit. They'd trade place with him in a heartbeat.

[rod1]

Wow Matthews and Olbermann are in a ratings fight-to-the- death for the bottom. Their audience size is less than the population of Buffalo I think. It explains why Olbermann will do anything to mention O'Reiley's name. His only hope of keeping a job (even with Guardian Angle Kaplan gone) is playing on the name recognition Fox celebrities.

Prissy boy Cooper is well below all major Fox competition but he doesn't let that influence his ego.

[Bernard Marx]

Thanks...good riposte, too.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. for people seeking "hard news" - Rush is leading the whole pack of TV stations - including FOX!