Fox anchors getting testy over ‘fair and balanced’
Could the White House strategy of marginalizing Fox News be starting to rattle their anchors? Signs point to yes. Watch what happens when one of the network’s “news” men gets hit with the company slogan on the air:
That’s a lot of anger, anchor man with two Gs, two Rs and two Ts in your name!
Meanwhile, Michael Wolffe figures it out:
For 12 years now, as the head of Fox, he has been able to get liberals to take him seriously, thereby provoking them to states of apoplexy. He has done this partly by playing the straight man. He never quite lets on that his first goal is not a conservative state, but rather provocative television—it’s always the subtlest of winks.
I wonder now if that game is subtly changing. The White House wants us to believe they are standing up to Fox’s bullying—and they are. But what they are also doing is playing the Fox game: The White House’s pretend sanctimony is like Fox’s pretend sanctimony; it’s all for the show of it, everybody’s a big ham, everybody’s playing everybody else.
I think the White House grabbing the stage like this might be spooking Ailes. It’s suddenly become a tussle among showmen—between two sides, each gaming the other.
while simultaneously driving the Freepers insane.
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