FOX "News" has spent the last seven years on top of the cable news heap. They've been the White House's mouthpiece--as only the most die-hard right-winger would dispute. But if a Democrat takes the Oval Office this fall, will they even be relevant anymore? Here's an opinion piece to show where FOX's fortunes may fall this year.
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Fox News is in for a very rough 2008
Bottom line is that Fox News is in for a very rough 2008. And the umbrella reason for that is quite simple: Eight years ago the all-news cable channel went all-in on the presidency of George Bush and became a broadcast partner with the White House. Proof of that was on display Sunday night, January 27, during Fox News' prime-time, "Fighting to the Finish," an "historic documentary" on the final year of Bush's presidency. Filmed in HD and featuring "unprecedented access," according to the Fox News press release, the show was pure propaganda. (I must have missed Fox News' "Fighting to the Finish" special back in 2000, chronicling the conclusion of President Bill Clinton's second term and his "extraordinarily consequential tenure.") . . .
Read more at: Media Matters
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