Frank Rich: Fox News Channel is 'a huge factor' in this election

[bigtree]

October, 24 2010 3:23 PM


Frank Rich, the liberal op-ed columnist at The New York Times, has been one of the most withering commentators about the crazy election season. On CNN’s “Reliable Sources” this morning, he weighed in on Fox News Channel’s role in the midterm elections.

“I think Fox News is a huge factor, and not because it’s not fair and balanced,” Rich said. “But the fact is that Karl Rove is a regular speaker on Fox, and he is not just appearing in the way that, say, James Carville might appear on this network. He is a full-time operative raising huge amounts of money in a cycle.”

____ Rich also cited that several possible Republican candidates for president are on the Fox News payroll: Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum.

“Almost all of them except Mitt Romney,” Rich added. “So you actually have a network that really is promoting a political brand. … These are signature personalities. They cycle among the shows all the time.”


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[Ramulux]

1. Duh

[SpiralHawk]

2. Double D'oh

Like the fact that Fox is a 24/7 RepubliCorporate Propaganda catapult is news?

Anyone paying attening has known this since Fox was launched by facat corporo-money-bucks occultist Republicon mindf*ck agents...

[Joe Chi Minh]

3. ... or is that the noise-machine talking? "Well, you know... Fox News would have

influenced a lot of people to vote for us, so us Republicans winning is no surprise...." kind of thing.

[Initech]

4. Ive been saying it for a while the next Congress will represent the best interests of Fux Propaganda

Not the people. This Congress will be elected by and for Fux Noise. Make no mistake about it

[spanone]

5. so what can a democracy do? they are gaming the system.

[bigtree]

6. counter them

That's what our democracy provides for. Political competition. Unfortunately, it doesn't also provide the bankroll FOX has access to. Maybe time to revisit all of the legal barriers that were torn down which intended to provide fairness and equal air time for candidates.

[spanone]

8. the richest win...or we put something in place like a fairness doctrine

[Historic NY]

7. 80% of American public is Conservative? Were doomed according to their comments.

[Catshrink]

9. Kick

[applegrove]

10. I agree. force news networks to be even-handed on politics and the GOP will loose its considerable

base.