2016 Postmortem
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Several staffers have described feeling like being part of a totalitarian regime whose dictator has just been toppled. No one knows what to do. No one knows who to report to. Its just mayhem, said a Fox host. As details of the Paul, Weiss investigation have filtered through the offices, staffers are expressing a mixture of shock and disgust. The scope of Ailess alleged abuse far exceeds what employees could have imagined. People are so devastated, one senior executive said. Those I spoke with have also been unnerved by Shine and Brandis roles in covering up Ailess behavior. [...]
Many people I spoke with believe that the current management arrangement is just a stopgap until the election. As of November 9, there will be a bloodbath at Fox, predicts one host. After the election, the prime-time lineup could be eviscerated. OReillys been talking about retirement. Megyn could go to another network. And Hannity will go to Trump TV.
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Lochloosa
(16,019 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,112 posts)crabsley
(52 posts)I just hope its true
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,493 posts)Is it too much to ask for that hateful, ignorant, egotistical, bastard to be sued along with Roger Ailes?
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Fox's problem isn't lack of a market for its swill. The swill's young market just isn't interested in cable. Its older market is becoming increasingly unwilling to pay for what it can get elsewhere, in too many cases can no longer afford to pay for, and of course, dying off.
Ohioblue22
(1,430 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,765 posts)Trump TV? What's that for? 24 hour coverage of the building of the great wall?? seriously wth?
Ohioblue22
(1,430 posts)V
Politicub
(12,163 posts)The three screeching tenors.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)R U kidding me? Just look at the guy !!
Martin Eden
(12,805 posts)The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.
BumRushDaShow
(127,330 posts)(oft-quoted by black progressive SiriusXM host Joe Madison)
Martin Eden
(12,805 posts)Though I doubt the purveyors of Fox news are sincere in their ignorance.
BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)is some kind of media "hot property." She's a FOX creation, unable to live outside of that artificial environment. CNN might take her, but I doubt it would work out in the long run unless she completely re-invents herself to dial back her partisanship.
Fla Dem
(23,353 posts)BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)It's all very cynical and calculated.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)She would excel anywhere.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)to give it up if she moves to a different network. She would be leashed from pulling stunts like the Santa incident, and her schtick of talking over her guests gets old fast. Her current popularity stems from FOX viewers tuning in to watch her defend White Power on a daily basis. The entire FOX model is crumbling, and she's too much a part of it to escape, at this point.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)If Kelly does indeed decide to leave her long-time network, one thing is certain - she won't be unemployed for long.
After her performance during the first GOP debates, several executives at rival networks told Daily Mail Online that Kelly was a hot commodity who could be the next Barbara Walters or Diane Sawyer.
'Because of her commanding presence at the debate, Megyn's the hottest property in TV News for now and into the future,' revealed a news executive for one of the three networks who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak.
Another network news executive, a powerful female, who watched the debate on rival Fox network said, 'It's clear Ms. Kelly was the star of the evening, and my news division would kill in a New York minute to have her anchoring the evening news and doing special reports. She's worth many millions a year.'
Greybnk48
(10,148 posts)November 9th! What a gift that will be, and my friends will appreciate it too since I have campaigned against Fox "news" for years and years! Oh happy day!
mountain grammy
(26,572 posts)was a good alternative to real news. Now, they own it all and they all do it. Others' may not outright lie like fox, but lying by omission and silence is just as evil.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)mountain grammy
(26,572 posts)Politicub
(12,163 posts)Fuck all of them. The whole lot is made up of cowards.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)which one will be the next FOX and grab that market.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Well its no wonder why Handjob has been shilling for Trump all year long eh?
Follow the $$$$$ Hannity!
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)I saw a clip on Hannity telling Greta he was retiring soon, ready to enjoy a quiet life in Texas. Murdoch's sons are democrats, I wonder if they will switch up the path as we know FOX to be?
Fla Dem
(23,353 posts)F'ing Ailes, manipulating the RW since Richard Nixon.
If they were going to clean house then why promote these Ailes hacks and keep on the rest of his team? When you clean house you throw away all the trash.
Ligyron
(7,592 posts)Kick and rec'd
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Good slogan for Trump TV
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)He'll be 67 in a few days. I honestly thought he was in his 70s. Hate is aging.