FOX News on journalistic integrity: "We only hire talent who have the ability to generate ratings."

[LLStarks]

Wow. They don't even hide it anymore...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/25/sanchez-goes-off-on-twitt_n_244890.html

[Egalitariat]

1. Who hires talent that lack the ability to generate ratings?

[NewJeffCT]

3. Was Walter Cronkite hired to generate ratings?

I don't know about that.

[sharesunited]

7. Cronkite represents a bygone era in which news was not regarded as a profit center.

It was regarded as either pure public service or a loss leader for other broadcast fare.

[LLStarks]

4. *deleted*

[NewJeffCT]

2. And, they also went to court to fight for the right to lie

saying they did not have to tell the truth on their newscasts...

[Catshrink]

5. Sad thing is they won.

[tj2001]

6. NEXT: "FOX News proudly introduces Sarah Palin - the new Walter Cronkite of journalism"

[Contrary1]

8. I found a new catch phrase in the comments

that I plan to use whenever the opportunity presents itself:

"Wow, Fox went all Palin on Rick."

No definition is necessary.

[OHdem10]

9. A serious decision was made (80s) that News is Entertainment.

Not a big issue was made of it, and I am sure serious minded
journalists were not going to expound on it.

Roger Ailles, set up Fox News bases on this premise.

[Skittles]

10. LOL.........."talent"

that's what they call offshore (cheapshore) assholes