Lucas Shaw — Rupert Murdoch to Succeed Ailes as Head of Fox News Channel

The devil's henchman replaced by the devil himself?

Bloomberg
Rupert Murdoch to Succeed Ailes as Head of Fox News Channel

Lucas Shaw

Fox News implodes. I called this one, too!

No, I was not sexually harassed. Hahaha!

However, back in 2012 when I resigned from Fox News, after having been there for 10 years as a contributor, I saw what was going on at least in the area of "news." It was phony. It was ridiculous. It was made up. It was pure crap.

There were instances when producers would just make stuff up and when I gave them economic data or facts to show them what they were saying was wrong, they'd just brush it off and tell me, "we don't want to say it that way."

When Fox Business was launched in 2007 it only got worse, much worse. I asked for a show. I asked for a segment. Nothing.

Okay, no problem I thought, I still liked being there. But when they started bringing over the poseurs and clowns--in droves--who were totally clueless when it came to economics and trading, well, let's just say it crossed the line for me. The network became a cesspool. It was full of shit and I couldn't stand arguing with fucking morons anymore.

I emailed Neil Cavuto to tell him I was leaving. I thought we had a close, friendly relationship over all that time. Never heard a word. Like, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Neil defended Ailes recently. I've lost all respect for the guy.

Fox is done.

I know what you're going to say: they're all the same. You're right. They are all the same. Some even worse, but every once in a while it's nice to see a big scumbag taken down.

Trump shows who's boss...pulls out of Fox News debate

Just announced that Trump has pulled out of the Fox News debate. Good for him. He probably got inside information that he was walking into a trap. A setup. Roger Ailes would not pull Megyn Kelly as per Trump's demand. My guess is that Eric Bolling, who's very close with Trump, probably tipped him off to an ambush. When Ailes didn't pull Kelly, Trump decided to walk.

Good move. Not necessary to walk into a trap when you don't have to.

 FYI...Megyn Kelly is a c--t. I knew people who worked for her at Fox (makeup, hair, bookers, etc) and she treated them all like garbage. She also stiffed my friend out of a commission after my friend busted her as to find Kelly and her husband--millionaires, both--a primo apartment in NYC. What for? Why stiff my friend? Because that is the nature of a bully.

Trump didn't fall into their trap. Good for him. Fox News made enemies with the wrong dude.

National Review's Rich Lowry is a useless idiot.

Conservative pundit and editor of the National Review, Rich Lowry, is a useless idiot. The other night on Fox News he said that Carly Fiorina "cut Trump's balls off" in the debate.

Lowry should check down between his own legs, the little twerp.

I've had conversations with Lowry in the past. He's another one of these conservative ideological morons who's all for endless war and the protection and enrichment of the billionaire class. Seems like Lowry's new macho chick, Fiorina, is into the same thing, which is why the GOP elite are suddenly falling in love with her.

I'm not surprised that Trump is ditching Fox News. My only question is what took him so long? It's insidious over there. A fortress mentality. I should know, I worked there for 10 years. You spout Roger Ailes' "party line" and you go far, just look at my former friend, Charles Payne, such a dope, but a huge career on Fox.

Juan Cole — “Fox was Romney’s War Room”

The new head of CNN, Jeff Zucker, replied to Fox News’ Roger Ailes obituary for CNN by alleging that the Republican Party is being run out of Fox. Then Sherman Gabriel, author of a new biography of Ailes, weighed in, saying that Fox was the “War Room” of the 2012 Romeney campaign. Ailes decided, he said, to use the network to do negative campaigning against Obama because he couldn’t trust Romney to “rip his face off.”

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“Fox was Romney’s War Room”; GOP being run by Fox News: Zucker & Gabriel Agree
Juan Cole

David Ferguson — CNN head Jeff Zucker: Fox News is Republican Party ‘masquerading as a news channel’ (via Raw Story )

CNN head Jeff Zucker: Fox News is Republican Party ‘masquerading as a news channel’ (via Raw Story )

Jeff Zucker, CNN’s current president, said on Friday that the Republican Party is being run by Fox News and that networks like Fox are just telling people what they want to hear “and missing the story.” According to Mediaite, Zucker was speaking…

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David Edwards — Rogers Ailes to receive award for being ‘visionary of American journalism

Rogers Ailes to receive award for being ‘visionary of American journalism’ (via Raw Story )

Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes is set to receive an award for “innovative thinkers” from one of the most influential conservative organizations in the United States. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation announced on Tuesday that Ailes would be awarded one of four 2013 Bradley Prizes, which includes…

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Eric Boehlert — How Fox News Screwed the GOP

The grand experiment of marrying a political movement around a cable TV channel was a grand failure in 2012.
AlterNet
How Fox News Screwed the GOP
Eric Boehlert

Good observations, but a glaring omission in that Rupert Murdoch is not even mentioned.