Rupert Murdoch founded Fox News Channel in 1996, at the height of the Clinton Administration.
Can Fox News survive after the Bush Era ends?
Fox is still the top-rated news channel, but there are signs it's plateauing. Its ratings started to lag in 2006, and in February, CNN's prime time (boosted by several presidential debates) beat Fox among 25-to-54-year-olds for the first time since 2001. Maybe even more galling, the network has lately faded in the ephemeral category of buzz. MSNBC--with far fewer viewers--has been the political-media obsession of the 2008 primary, largely because of feuds between the Clinton campaign and the network for its perceived pro-Obama bias.
Ratings shmatings: If a Rupert Murdoch network cannot dominate the field of ticking off the Clintons, that has to sting.
So, is the era of "conservative media" coming to an end? Is Fox News losing its influence? Or is a dip in the ratings a sign of decline in TV news as a whole? What are you watching?
Thoughts
A solution if you dislike Fox
Submitted on April 1st, 2008 by AnonymousReally, the only solution is to be aware of the fact that all news is slanted in one manner or the other. Try to stay balanced on your own by listening to all the positions on whatever matter that interest you. You don't have to listen to any particular news station to be able to make a call on what it is that you believe is fair and balanced. Use your brain, your morals and your heart and then take your stand.
Re; Fair & Balanced??
Submitted on March 30th, 2008 by AnonymousUnfortunately the full article was read. Full disclosure or not (as if Time/CNN had a choice) the article was predicated on weak thruths and brash headlines.. Can Fox News survive after the Bush era ends? Attempting to be open minded, however when a media outlet writes about itself questioning the very survival of its main competitor that has been kicking its' butt for almost a decade it makes one wonder if Fair & Balanced or Slant & Skew is the preferred method of news coverage.
Re: Time/CNN Fair & Balanced?
Submitted on March 30th, 2008 by BenIf you click through and actually read the Time article, you will find full disclosure. The question is an interesting one, but I do wonder if it's anything more than utopian speculation on the part of the Time writer or his editors. Fox was around before Bush got into office. Chances are good it will be around long afterward.
Time/CNN Fair & Balanced?
Submitted on March 29th, 2008 by AnonymousHope the public is aware this article was written by Time Magazine which is owned by Time Warner which also owns CNN. Boasting in the article that CNN beat Fox this past February in prime time ratings for the first time in 7 years should really be more cause for embarrassment than gloating. Especially when CNN carried many of the presidential debates in the month of February and is the main reason for the prime time ratings bump. Time/CNN Fair and Balanced?
A solution if you dislike Fox.
Submitted on March 29th, 2008 by AnonymousFox is a private establishment and offers a service. They exist because they meet a demand. Everyone has an inherent bias and there's no reason to prefer one over the other.
If they lie and make things up then consumers would stop watching them. you have a remote, change the channel.
Of course the reason there's a Fox is why many of the other network news shows stopped being so far left. Now they are just far left.