"You're so bloody one-sided, it's unbelievable" - The Guardian on Fox

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Hated by Democrats, demonised by leftwing blogs and worshipped by the right, Fox News is 10 years old this week, but the channel has no plans to grow old gracefully

It was the best birthday present Fox News could have asked for: a juicy on-air punch-up with Bill Clinton. The former president agreed to appear on America's brashest 24-hour news channel a few days ago. Within minutes, the interview had become a slanging match, with Clinton telling interviewer Chris Wallace: "You did Fox's bidding on this show. You did your nice little conservative hit job on me." Clearly agitated, Clinton added: "You've got that little smirk on your face and you think you're so clever."
Result! More controversy for the channel; another liberal seemingly floundering after a pounding from one of Rupert Murdoch's anchors.

Fox News Channel (FNC) is 10 years old this week and, though ratings are not as high as they were, there is little doubt that the channel - hated by the Democrats, demonised by leftwing bloggers and worshipped by the right - is a success story. With its in-your-face attitude, melodramatic "breaking news" whooshes and sexy urgency, Fox is America's number one cable news channel, a title it claimed from CNN four years ago. As a result, it is highly profitable: according to the most recent accounts of parent company News Corporation, its operating income is up 25% on last year. So the company is celebrating by taking its "Thank you, America" tour around the country (including a yah-boo stop right outside CNN's headquarters in Atlanta).

Back in 1996, the flag-flying station received mixed reviews. It also found itself without many viewers - following an effort by Ted Turner, the creator of CNN, to keep the new channel off the cable systems. Such opposition from the established players in the TV market helped to play into Fox's hands. Even today, while it leads the rolling news market, it still likes to portray itself as the "underdog", at war with America's "elite media". And this from a company that is owned by the world's most powerful media entrepreneur.

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http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1884574,00.html

[niyad]

1. with luck, it won't have an 11th.,

[Phredicles]

2. Al Franken made some reference the other day to Tom Brokaw calling

Fox "the government channel"; it really does resemble Pravda, even more than the media at large do.

[MessiahRp]

3. WTF? Floundering?

"another liberal seemingly floundering after a pounding from one of Rupert Murdoch's anchors."

Bullshit. Clinton may have looked angry but Wallace was flustered and beaten and went on newscasts on other networks to whine about the smackdown he received afterwards.

Clinton didn't flounder, he stood up straight and delivered a beatdown on that punk.

Rp

[yurbud]

4. I think the author meant the right wing spin on it

that is either echoed or at best greeted with silence by the MSM.