Even the corporate media is finding it difficult to ignore Fox News' outsized roll in its influence over the Republican party. Heck, this article does not even mention Karl Rove and Roger Ailes who are on Fox's payroll. Who is running the Tea Party? Not necessarily Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin. Rather, look at the company that employs them.
Even before Citizens United, Fox News has essentially been a 24/7 propaganda outlet for pro-corporate viewpoints. Other news organizations will increasinly join the party in repeating the Fox's right wing talking points, as well as its efforts to generate dissent among Democrats.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/42745
With Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee all making moves indicating they may run for president, their common employer is facing a question that hasn’t been asked before: How does a news organization cover White House hopefuls when so many are on the payroll?
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With the exception of Mitt Romney, Fox now has deals with every major potential Republican presidential candidate not currently in elected office.
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Jim Dyke, a veteran GOP strategist who isn’t affiliated with any 2012 candidate, predicted that the issue would gain steam after the midterms, when the so-called invisible primary begins in earnest.
“As it becomes clear somebody is looking at running, Fox gets into a bit of a box because doesn’t it become an in-kind contribution if they’re being paid?” Dyke asked.
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