Former Fox News host Eric Burns described the network’s audience as a “cult” while weighing in on the developing scandal surrounding Bill O’Reilly, who he called “the head of the cult.” “I think the way to understand this is to make a distinction between culture and cult,” Burns, who hosted “Fox News Watch” for a decade, told CNN’s Brian Stelter on Sunday. “I’m saying that the people who watch Fox News are cult-ish. Because for many years, conservatives have been extremely upset in this country because the only newscast that they had to watch were liberal,...
- 3/9/2015
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
New York (AP) — Where can public praise for your work make you unemployable elsewhere? Welcome to the world of cable television news.
Media critics jumped on Fox News Channel last week for airing a nearly four-minute video critical of President Barack Obama's record that resembled a campaign attack ad. The episode was most interesting, however, for revealing a game of personnel hardball that even Johan Santana might admire.
The video shown Wednesday on "Fox & Friends" took Obama's words about "hope and change" as a starting point. It mixed statistics on such things as employment, gas prices and personal savings, coupled them with ominous music and newscaster sound bites, and argued that things had not changed for the better.
When it concluded, "Fox & Friends" anchors took the unusual step — not unprecedented, but unusual in TV news — of crediting offscreen producer Chris White.
"Great job putting that together," said Brian Kilmeade.
Media critics jumped on Fox News Channel last week for airing a nearly four-minute video critical of President Barack Obama's record that resembled a campaign attack ad. The episode was most interesting, however, for revealing a game of personnel hardball that even Johan Santana might admire.
The video shown Wednesday on "Fox & Friends" took Obama's words about "hope and change" as a starting point. It mixed statistics on such things as employment, gas prices and personal savings, coupled them with ominous music and newscaster sound bites, and argued that things had not changed for the better.
When it concluded, "Fox & Friends" anchors took the unusual step — not unprecedented, but unusual in TV news — of crediting offscreen producer Chris White.
"Great job putting that together," said Brian Kilmeade.
- 6/4/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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