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May have something to do with

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 06:38:59 +0000

In reply to yeah, hah, exquisite irony

May have something to do with Shep Smith's new role as managing editor, Ailes' and others' the sexual harassment disasters of last year, and a few other developments - Fox News may not be quite the channel it was in the past.

yeah, hah, exquisite irony

artappraiser — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 06:10:18 +0000

In reply to FIRST PAGE READ!!!

yeah, hah, exquisite irony for the Murdoch model! What happens when someone in power is actually parroting your crap intended to rile up idiots for ratings?

I was vaguely thinking along the same lines when I posted this on another thread on Friday

Fox News: ‘No evidence of any kind’ that Obama wiretapped Trump

By Peter Sterne @ Politico

but didn't really realize the enormity, didn't connect all the dots. You have definitely pegged it here: The buck doesn't even slow down on Trump's desk. I am thinking now the suits over at Fox are going: holy shit, are we really going to have to be serious about the news now? Like responsible? And furthermore: Richard Day is on the right track by thinking of Chauncey from "Being There".

Driftglass on Napolitano:

NCD — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 06:02:37 +0000

In reply to FIRST PAGE READ!!!

Driftglass on Napolitano:

By and large, the rule for Conservatives who live on the wingnut-welfare teat is, when they publicly step on their own dicks spectacularly enough to displease the money guys, the Gingrich Rules kick in: 30 days on the bench, after which they are reintroduced back to the media ecosystem via some "legit" format during which no mention whatsoever will be made of what got them on bad paper with the network in the first place.

And if it turns out that Napolitano doesn't swing enough weight to rate the Gingrich treatment? Or if the mud he splashed was too injurious to the corporation to warrant early parole from the dog house? Well that's why "senior legal contributor" positions at Breitbart, National Review or Russia Today are invented.

FIRST PAGE READ!!!

NCD — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 05:08:13 +0000

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FIRST PAGE READ!!! Fox news is in a quandary - now every crackpot wackjob malarkey they broadcast could be tweeted within minutes by the POTUS. But crackpot wackjobs are their prime viewers, and they live for that stuff...

Now it's not just Red Queen hating rubes and birthers soaking their crap up, it's also.... the Count of Mar-a-Lago. So they have to be extra careful from here on out or Trump will pass the buck to them.

Anyway, Napolitano had to go or his continued presence might have damaged the unimpeachable Fox reputation for the highest standards of unbiased analysis and factual reporting.

The buck doesn't even slow down on Trump's desk.