Showing posts with label Roger Ailes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roger Ailes. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Fox Cuts Away From Obama's Berlin Speech To Cover Tea Party Protests

www.mediamatters.org/blog/2013/06/19/fox-cuts-away-from-obamas-berlin-speech-to-cove/194520
"MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News each covered the speech live. But while MSNBC and CNN aired Obama's remarks to their conclusion, Fox cut away early in order to discuss tea party protests planned in Washington, D.C. the same day."

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

How Will Fox Report On Full Transcript Undermining IRS Conspiracy?

www.mediamatters.org/blog/2013/06/18/how-will-fox-report-on-full-transcript-undermin/194510
"It remains to be seen how Fox News will react to statements that so strongly undermine their conclusion. But we have some precedent - on June 9, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, released excerpts from this interview, and said that it showed that "the case is solved" and that the White House had not been involved in the improper behavior. Fox responded by airing his conclusion that "the case is solved" and hosting conservatives to criticize that claim, without laying out Cummings' evidence."

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Fox News Gives Karl Rove’s Crossroads Groups Millions In Free Airtime

Fox News Gives Karl Rove’s Crossroads Groups Millions In Free Airtime: Though Karl Rove receives a salary from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp for his work as a Fox News Channel “political contributor,” his compensation doesn’t end there. The network frequently airs ads by his American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS political committees, as “news,” free of charge. A ThinkProgress review of Fox News Channel broadcasts over the [...]/p

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Fox News' Audience Is Literally Dying: Is Roger Ailes' Grand Experiment in Propaganda Doomed? | Alternet

Fox News' Audience Is Literally Dying: Is Roger Ailes' Grand Experiment in Propaganda Doomed? | Alternet
"Fox News's shellshocked election night coverage, punctuated by Karl Rove's surreal meltdown upon hearing of Obama's victory in Ohio and, thus, the election, capped off a historic day of reckoning for the network and conservatives alike. Chastened by defeat, Republican politicians and right-wing pundits have subsequently been grappling with the repercussions of the caustic tone and incendiary rhetoric their movement has adopted. This ongoing debate about whether broadening conservatism's appeal requires new messages or just new messaging has ignored the 800-pound gorilla in the room, however. Noticeably absent from all the right wing's public self-criticism is any interest in confronting the potent role played by the Republican Party's single most important messenger, Fox News."