Beck's Ratings Crater

[Rita]

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So if Beck has become a liability to Fox News due to his hateful, inflamatory rhetoric, where would you put Ailes?...:shock:

Fox News Chief, Roger Ailes, Urged Employee to Lie, Records Show
"...After the publishing powerhouse Judith Regan was fired by HarperCollins in 2006, she claimed that a senior executive at its parent company, News Corporation, had encouraged her to lie two years earlier to federal investigators who were vetting Bernard B. Kerik for the job of homeland security secretary.

In her 2007 suit, Ms. Regan said the book controversies had been trumped up and the anti-Semitic remark invented to discredit her, should she ever speak out about Mr. Kerik in ways that would harm Mr. Giuliani?s image.

?Regan believed that Ailes and News Corp. subsidiary Fox News had an interest in protecting Giuliani?s bid for the U.S. presidency,? he wrote.
In addition to serving as chairman of Fox News, Mr. Ailes has taken a broader role at News Corporation, including oversight of Fox?s local television stations and Fox Business Network...."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/nyregion/25roger-ailes.html


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[Rita]

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The inner workings of Beck's brain. Most of the obsessions and conspiracy theories are in there:.. :funn:

Adios!
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[Matt J]

Perhaps no one made to correlation between his ratings drop and the number of his viewers who's unemployment benefits ended?

 

[GoodWitch58]

Glad that negative energy is off the airwaves!

 

[Lynnie]

I think the dumbing down happens by watching too much boob tube.

 

[GoodWitch58]

I think the dumbing down happens by watching too much boob tube.

I agree. I love my DVR--tape the few shows I enjoy, and fast foward through the commercials; never have to worry about being home for a particular event on TV; a simple click deletes anything I thought I might enjoy and find after a minute or two that I was wrong...one of my best investments ever.

Reading is a much more positive experience for me.