Is it a story if no one reports it?
Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News is 78 years old. When he retires or dies, and professional “management” takes over, the network will likely fall in line with the others. The only remaining obstacles to government news will be talk radio and the internet. Expect some combination of local access, licensing renewal review, and “fairness” doctrine to strangle dissenting points of view from talk radio. Hate speech laws and controlled access can be used to shut down free speech on the internet.
In five years the progressives won’t need to be bothered by the rank and file citizens being stirred up by alternative media. The population will be informed properly by the elites on a need to know basis. Without being bothered by complex issues, the average citizen will be free to focus her/his attention on important things such as American Idol and Dancing with the Stars.
Roger Ailes, Neil Cavuto
Do you really think that the FNC news management team would really be stupid enough to piss off its relatively vast audience, consisting of a goodish number of Democrats and independents as well as Republicans and conservatives, by becoming another CNN or PMSNBC? So they could fade into obscurity, the way the other networks would, if it weren’t for THEIR loyal, somnambulent, liberal audiences?