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JohnnyRingo

(18,636 posts)
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:42 PM Apr 2018

Rupert Murdoch should never say "Fair & Balanced" again...

...unless he does one of two things.

First, he can fire Sean Hannity. Personally, I have to wonder how Shine and Murdoch justify paying Hannity a salary. If he doesn't have a paid contract with the RNC, he's cheating himself. Why is Fox News paying him millions- as well as giving him a national platform- to do his outside job? That's far from fair.

Alternately, Murdoch could shitcan the economical dead weight currently residing in the eight o'clock slot and replace her with a balancing voice. I think I'd even tune in to Fox for "The Reagan Era" with Ron Reagan Jr (though admittedly like I view Roseanne: privately, with a guilty grin on my face).

Lighting a political firecracker at both ends can blow up in Rupert Murdoch's face, but playing both sides for ratings seems like common sense to me, and Fox News can use the tagline "Not Your Cranky Uncle's Nazi Network".

Realistically, I expect none of the above, and now everyone knows I watch Roseanne. Lose / Lose.

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Rupert Murdoch should never say "Fair & Balanced" again... (Original Post) JohnnyRingo Apr 2018 OP
Ever. Iliyah Apr 2018 #1
Unless .... BSdetect Apr 2018 #2
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