It was fine for FOX NEWS to semi get behind the TEA Party last year and in 2009 but as we approached the Presidential elections the “Establishment” in FOX NEWS is starting to read its ugly head, notice how they continue to push Christie, and Daniels when he was at the time the flavor of the month , and although they know that probably a majority of their viewers are probably not Romney supports, they continue to push him as well.
I wonder if less influence from Hume is allowing this slippage to the center, now that he’s semi-retired. And of course you have to wonder about the Saudi influence too.
Roger Ailes is no dummy, but his network is now vulnerable on the right if someone with deep pox would scrap this “fair and balanced” crap and just have an unapologetically conservative network. What Fox has lost in ratings over the past year would by itself make a strong cable viewership.