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Don’t hold your breath, but Roger Ailes said in a new interview with Newsweek that over the past year his Fox News Channel — considered the conservative option to rival cable news networks CNN and MSNBC — has embarked on a “course correction” in how it presents opinion on the air. Ailes says the shift occurred after the nasty rhetoric immediately following the shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in January. It takes awhile to get to the point in the Howard Kurtz piece, but here’s the nut graph:
Glenn Beck’s inflammatory rhetoric—his ranting about Obama being a racist—“became a bit of a branding issue for us” before the hot-button host left in July, Ailes says. So too did Sarah Palin’s being widely promoted as the GOP’s potential savior—in large measure through her lucrative platform at Fox. Privately, Fox executives say the entire network took a hard right turn after Obama’s election, but, as the Tea Party’s popularity fades, is edging back toward the mainstream.
It’s possible that the departure of Glenn Beck after the commentator and network allegedly couldn’t agree on a new contract back in April is part proof of the new direction at Fox News. And Ailes took the opportunity in the article to take little shots at his Fox News colleagues Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly and fellow “conservative” Joe Scarborough at MSNBC. But don’t expect Ailes to keynote the next Democratic National Convention just yet. Asked in the same story about those who say Fox News is biased, he responds: “Every other network has given all their shows to liberals. We are the balance.”
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Fox “News” – We Distort You Comply ®
And now we are finding out Rupert Murdoch (via NY Post editorial) and Roger Ailes are conspiring to anoint a half term governor Chris Christie as the GOP Presidential candidate (last time it was a half term governor for VP and look how well that turned out). Scary when turds like these guys (in conjunction with Limbaugh) pretty much call the shots in one of only 2 political parties in this country. If you think this is a good thing get to a doctor, pronto.
New Jerseyans would be glad to see Christie go _anywhere_ the hell out of Trenton. But him as president–too high a price to pay.
Not those of us who work in the private sector and don’t want to get taxed into oblivion in this already high-tax state.
Well, why not pay for your own private roads, highways, and transportation, utilities, etc.? That would sure be cheaper than paying taxes, no?
What the hell are you talking about? Taxes are lower now than ever. Especially for those who can most afford them.
You are obviously a proud dues paying member of the NJ teachers union … A state where test scores still rank among the lowest in the country.
Which test scores were those–the 2010 Department of Education ones that ranked NJ at the top in reading and math? Somebody’s been drinking the Schundler “kill public schools ’cause vouchers are better even if they don’t come close to covering full tuition poor families will have to pay” kool-aid.
And it’s a real shame Christie is going to have the legislature opposing him every step of the way the last two years of his term thanks to failed GOP redistricting efforts. So, less-than-perceptive CC fans, I wouldn’t place bets on him getting much more of his agenda through.
What about Ed Schultz in MSNBC laughing and joking with a regular guest over how “funny” it’d be to hear Glenn Beck’s body sizzle as he got the electric chair? This was just a few days before Schultz tut tutted conservatives on “inflammatory” language. Typical lib. Do as I say, not as I do. In regard to Fox, Fox ALWAYS has differing political opinions among their guests, something which MSNBC rarely does. Ever watched Chris Matthews lately? It’s one big circle jerk. No wonder MSNBC’s and CNN’s ratings are in the toilet.
You’re so right. Because I bet all the left-wingers who own electric chairs are totally gonna use ‘em on Beck.
It’s not “inflammatory” unless it could instigate some sort of violence. But nice false equivalency anyway, genius. Please take your ball and go home, you big baby.
You’ve obviously NEVER pulled your nose out of Fox long enough to watch MSNBC, because everything you claim is wrong…lol.
MSNBC’s corporate masters make sure their news is truly balanced with prominent conservatives (and kick off a token liberal every once in a while for show), unlike Fox, whose MO is to present obscure “liberals” spouting watered-down, extremely weak arguments, or faux-liberals, they think they can pawn off as the genuine thing. Fox Distortion, obfuscation, outright lies are par for the Fox course.
MEMO TO FOX: Judith Miller is NOT a liberal….lol.
And, BTW, after all the denial, we finally have an frank admission that FNC is nothing but a paid propaganda machine for the Republican Party. But, there will be no “Course Correction” 13 months before a presidential election. They truly bank on Americans being dumber than a bag of hammers, and are just preemptively denying a “rumor” about their bias, grumbling/accusations which will only get louder as ginormous amounts of campaign money starts flowing and election day draws nigh.
Botton line: If a Republican’s mouth is moving, he’s lying. Ailes will simply continue to pee down our back and tell us it’s raining.
Joe Scarborough’s not conservative enough for Roger because he doesn’t fall for GOP spin hook line and sinker, choosing instead to criticize idiocy from Republicans as he sees it in addition to knocking the Dems when they deserve it. Ailes openly admits they have a right wing slant when he criticizes Scarborough for sticking close to the center.
Fox News is right-leaning, but it’s bias is nowhere near as bad as MSNBC. And at least Fox News presents issues from the correct and more intelligent conservative point-of-view.
See, now you went and proved that Fox viewers are NOT well informed and have a major distaste for reality.
Fox News’ bias is ten times WORSE than MSNBC. And MSNBC at least seems to take steps to make sure viewers understand they are watching an opinion show, while many “news” programs at Fox present opinion as fact.
I miss the FCC laws that stipulated equal time, and (if it was a law) the labeling of Editorial or Opinion pieces.
FCC doesn’t apply to cable, just over the air. But don’t fall prey to the liberal stereotype of trying to control everyone’s access to information.
But I don’t think it is hard to differentiate between straight news and opinion.
You guys never catch on to the lie you’re being force-fed by your own conservtive puppet masters that the MSM in the US has a left-wing bias….lol. The truth is it’s all owned by the nation’s oligarchs, the big corporations, conglomerates like Fox, and we all know whose side they’re on.
Big money can afford to speak – they buy/run the “mainstream media” (our Fourth Estate has basically been hi-jacked by criminals). We the people don’t have enough money to buy our own propaganda machine. MSNBC does at least exploit the untapped “left” market for profit, but even their corporate self-interest keeps a tight lid on anything “over the line” (witness Olbermann, Schultz suspensions).
Did you see any national coverage of the Wisconsin labor fiasco the recall elections and all the drama about Republicans running faux-Dems, passing laws to disenfranchise Dem voters, the unrest/protest/recalls in Ohio and Michigan. Did yoy see any nation coverage of the current Wall Street sit in?
Before you people continue to believe the media is all “left wing,” you really need to get out of your self-affirming feedback loops and go visit some of the alternative sites and find out what’s REALLY going on in this country…lol.
The nightly news covers politial unrest, riots, sit-ins in foreign countries, but the popular revolt going on right now against Republican over-reaching isn’t even being covered by our “corporate-owned” press.
Now, why would that be, I wonder?
Liberal loons like you have been given equal time for 40 years! But no one cares about what you have to say which is why no one watches MSNBC or listens to liberals loons on the radio (remember the pathetic “Air America”?)!
You spew nothing but the “victim mentality” and the “take money from people who work 60 hours a week to earn their wealth and give it to losers who don’t want to work” which only brings a person, and the country, down! Wake up!
Grandpa, lay back down. I told you not to turn on the TV.
Typical gNOp teabagger: Whining to get something for nothing. We need to end the kind of Corporate Communism you and your ilk support.
I’m sure the fact that the “fading” of both the tea party and Snow Snooki have *nothing* to do with their intention of backing off. It’s hard to make a living when your demographic is dying off of old age, best reel it in a little and move from full on looney toons, to just crazy town.
I’m sure Joey Scarborough will be interested to note that his 3 hours on MSNBC are part of the vast liberal conspiracy that has so upset Mr. Ailes.
Thank you, Roger, for realizing that your quest for ratings and ad revenues literally destroyed American Politics.
You should not sleep well at night knowing how your Network’s celebration of truthless statements and viewpoints unsupported by science or the facts has encouraged Tea-Party Republicans to bring gridlock to Congress with the results being a U.S. Credit downgrade and economy on the verge of a second recession.
Congratulations on destroying the American dream — so that you and the Murdochs could justify your million dollar salaries.
Gee, anything NOT Fox would obviously appear to be liberal, Republican ideology never sits itself in the rest of the worlds reality.
Now when they distort the truth, a little Pinnochio character appears and does a moonwalk dance across the bottom of the screen. The home-schooled kids love it.
Gee Randy, take a look at CNN, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, PBS, NPR, The Washington Post, The New York Times, etc – you seriously think those aren’t left? Gimme a break.
If it weren’t for the opinion page of The Wall Street Journal and Fox News there would be no check of the liberal narrative. That’s the reality.
Um… Hate to point out what’s obvious to anyone who isn’t a right wing crybaby, but CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, PBS and NPR arent the “liberal narrative.”. Again, moderates understand stuff like that because they aren’t threatened by occasionally decent reporting. I’m not defending MSNBC, NYT or WP. Y’know, because I ink for myself and don’t react to everything like it’s a Teabagger dog whistle. You could try it some time. People will probably enjoy sitting at your end of the table at Thanksgiving for once.
Do you think over 90% of news reporters vote for Democrats because they are moderates?
Do you have a link that backs up your assertion?
Also, the reporters aren’t the ones with the editorial discretion. Please don’t tell me you think Megyn Kelly writes her own copy. And even the guys writing the copy answer to an editor, who answers to a station manager, who answers to executives, who answer to shareholders.
No, he doesn’t have a link. They just make up stuff now.
Isn’t Roger Ailes decision to seemingly tone down the nonsense that issues regularly from Fox “News” kind of like complaining about your house burning after you set it afire?
Sure, you can do so, but the damage is already done.
Get ready for Hannity and Maddow an all new show that tackles the hot button issues of the day.
Um…. Elmore, no one’s crying about anything, just pointing out the fact that those news outlets are biased left. Since you used the word “Teabagger” it’s quite obvious you don’t “ink” for yourself, now do you? You could try it, but why not just keep being told what to think.
I apologize that I have clumsy fingers and the problem is exacerbated by the awkward iPad keyboard. That said, how exactly is my use of the term “Teabagger” evidence that I think what I’m told? It’s nonsense. Just like your wing nut worldview that sees anything left of Hannity or Rush as “liberal bias.” But thanks for playing. And thanks for adding to the discourse by pointing out a typo. You literally made not one salient point. I’d expect nothing less from someone like you.
The Tea Baggers named themselves. Remember all the protesters wearing tea-bags on their hats?
So much for the straw-man defense that FOX isn’t any more “partisan” than MSNBC.
“People think liberals run the networks. The networks are run by corporations–and there are no liberals in corporations.”–Aaron Sorkin
For me, Fox is a nice balance to being subjected to years of liberal gasbagging from the alphabet networks and Ted Turner’s CNN. Fox has a right to exists and they do what they do very well, indeed. There has been more vile spewing name calling eminating from the blow holes of the likes of Keith Olberman (where are you keith?) and ED Shultz than O’Reilly/Hannity combined. Ther are no saints in the game.
My husband and I would like Glenn Beck to return at 5 p.m. EST.
He told the TRUTH!
Yes, he did. If you live in Fantasyland.