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Fox News Celebrates 15 Years (And Cable News Dominance) In Grand Style

by Colby Hall | 2:16 pm, September 22nd, 2011

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Ailes’ air of humor, relaxed charm and clear intellect — and yes, perhaps even a touch of respect/fear — was in clear evidence throughout his prepared remarks. Noting how they collectively built Fox News from scratch, he quickly then added that it was “Rupert’s scratch” that was used. News Corp. chair Rupert Murdoch was not in attendance, as he was reportedly at a UN event across town. (An excerpt of Ailes’ remarks are below.)

I caught up with Mr. Ailes and asked, among other things, how he keeps his staff from becoming complacent. “My toughest job every day is maintaining intensity with myself and with my staff,” he said, adding “But I remind them every day to have fun…take the news seriously, but don’t take yourself seriously.”

When pressed, he added that “we still see ourselves as sort of the underdog, and I tell my staff that every day is the cornerstone of your career…enjoy the fight.” Having fun on the job was a recurrent theme with the on-air talent interviewed for this report.

If Mr. Ailes is the pope of Fox News, then Bill O’Reilly is the Archbishop of the New York diocese. His reputation of a somewhat dyspeptic personality was completely dissolved by an accessible and warm reception. Bill O’Reilly admitted to me that when he came on board, the thing he heard most was that “this won’t last,” but he still mostly has fun because, “like Roger, I am very competitive and I like to win.” When asked if he ever gets tired of hosting his show, O’Reilly smiled and said “if you aren’t trying to win, you should just retire.”

Fox and Friends host Brian Kilmeade echoed that idea, saying that he “couldn’t believe his good fortune” at going from interviewing John McCain one minute to “interviewing a ventriloquist with a terrorist puppet the next. It’s a blast and we have to be ready for everything.” Greg Gutfeld agreed with an earlier notion of being an outsider, telling me “I know it sounds weird but I always saw Fox News as sort of the outsider, and where I thought I would fit in.”

Large crowds and celebrations usually bring out the cynic in me, and there were time where I thought to myself, “I get it, you made it.” In surveying the room, however, it was hard to ignore the sheer influence — and I dare say star power –of Fox News’ talent roster. Some observations of the dynamics of the party: there is no question that Shepard Smith is the most popular guy in the room, but not because he has some sort of cool cache. Smith appears to have that unique talent of making whomever he is speaking to feel very important and at ease. When asked about his time at Fox News, he was predictably self-effacing, saying in his homespun Mississippi dialect, “we just try to be entertaining and not boring.”

Smith also revealed that most of the fun comes from doing the show “on the fly”; explaining that he, as well as most other shows on the channel, are given the freedom and autonomy to do whatever show they want. That sort of autonomy seems to not only encourage free thinking, but, judging by its ratings, also create compelling television.

Like most corporate events of this nature, there was a fairly clear age split in activities; the younger staffers enjoyed the dance floor and open bar, while the some of the more “seasoned” staffers simply enjoyed the open bar. What stood out, however, was the lack of hegemony among the staff, at least in the social setting. On-air talent, production staff, and corporate executives seemed to very affably intermingle in way you don’t typically see in other corporate media settings. Of course, a 15 year victory lap (combined with open bar) can work wonders to democratize any caste system.

While many explain Fox News success by highlighting the strong point-of-view and “playing by different rules” ethos, there seems to be another, far more important component to their unique brew of editorial, opinion and entertainment content. This came up during the centerpiece of Ailes’ comments, when he revisited a one page memo he wrote as he started the channel, in which he included the mission statement for the Fox News Channel, along with some simple guidelines for his staff to follow:

The Fox News Channel is committed to providing viewers with more factual information and a balanced fair presentation. Fox believes viewers should make their own judgments on important issues based on unbiased coverage. Our motto is, ‘We report, you decide.’ Our job is to give the American people information they can use to live their lives more effectively and our job is to tell them the truth wherever the truth falls.

I told each of you that there were four things you would need to be successful. One was excellence. Excellence requires hard work, clear thinking and the application of your unique talent. A desire to get better at your job everyday is the cornerstone of a great career.

The second is integrity. Nothing is more important than giving your word and keeping it. Don’t blame others for your mistakes, don’t take credit for anyone else’s work, don’t lie, cheat, or steal, people will always figure it out and you’ll never regain your reputation.

The third was teamwork. Our common goal as the success of the Fox News Channel. Only teams go to the Superbowl. Volunteer to help somebody when your job is finished and ask for help if you need it. Solve problems together and give the credit to somebody else. Attitude is everything. You live in your own mind. If you believe you are a victim, you will be a victim. If you believe you’ll win, you can win. Negative people make positive people sick. Management relies on positive people for all progress.

This channel was built on that piece of paper, and you did it, so I thank you. So we faced some long odds fifteen years ago, but together we built a channel from scratch- mostly Rupert’s scratch. But we did give a voice to all points of view which is generally not done in news and with that we changed the face of journalism forever.

Hard work, clear thinking and taking ownership of one’s work seem to be oversimplified clichés cut from a Management 101 book. But when presented in the context of a party celebrating 15 years of existence (of which nearly 10 were most dominant), it is not so easily dismissible. And as long as Fox News and its staff continues to see themselves as the iconoclastic outsider on the cable news paradigm, they will likely be motivated to continue such dominance in the years to come.

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Anonymous

~~Women and Children~~ Barack Obama hardest hit.
Glutton

Wow, 2 executions last night and Fox News is celebrating it’s 15th. The fun is never ending for conservatives.
Anonymous

Fox News of the World: #1 in Reality Show TV.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Hello my friend! Great point! Fox News will take down the president come hell or high water! Fair and balanced indeed!
Anonymous

FOX may not alway be right, but by God they beat the heck out of every other lamestream outlet by a long shot.
Anonymous

After running a video clip that featured the big stories that FNC was built on in the early years — the Menendez Brothers, Oklahoma City bombing and, oh yeah, that Monica Lewinsky scandal (and notably missing Glenn Beck),

Why would a guy who wasn’t there during the early years be “notably missing” from a highlight reel of them?
Anonymous

Well, somebody has to cover Fast and Furious. Nixon had Woodward and Bernstein, Obama has Fox News.

And Darrell Issa, but I digress.
http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

These people – informed as they are about conservative media – seem not to realize that Beck was a nationally syndicated and popular radio host long before he started on TV on HLN first and then on Fox (third to behind Hannity and LImbaugh).

It was only after he showed up on Fox two or so years ago that they suddenly discovered he even existed at all.
http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

These people – informed as they are about conservative media – seem not to realize that Beck was a nationally syndicated and popular radio host long before he started on TV on HLN first and then on Fox (third to behind Hannity and LImbaugh).

It was only after he showed up on Fox two or so years ago that they suddenly discovered he even existed at all.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VYUK3HIJFCPFBZUHRHN6HCR5AA MarkfromSavannah

Oh Dear…….here we go!

Sitting back to watch liberal loons go out of their minds!
http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

Behind Hardball, of course.
http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

KOCH BROTHERS!
Guest

Wohoo! 15 years of destroying rational political debate.15 years of selling a political agenda for the top one percent of income earners to the dumbest 40% of voters.

USA! USA! USA!
Anonymous

” FAIR & BALANCED ” all the way baby.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VYUK3HIJFCPFBZUHRHN6HCR5AA MarkfromSavannah

Posts will be judged by the creative use of the English language. Correct spelling of obscenities is a plus, so use care when posting. Insane drivel causes one to occasionally forget how to write, so proofread please!

Also to be judged will be the ability of the writer to demagogue the matter at hand. So don’t be shy – offer the looniest charges imaginable when refering to the damage done on America and the world by Fox News.

I’ll give this one 1.5 points for creativity and 2 points for demagoguery. Total = 3 points

Good start
Michelle

Congratulations FOX, on 15 straight years of dominating the NON-competition! Keep up the GREAT work!
Anonymous

Yep. But 15 years ago, he was a useless, sporadically employed drunk, a self-described dirtbag. You’ve come a long way, baby!
Anonymous

Yeah! MSLSD is 15 years old. They were sorta rational back then, though.

Are they having a party too?
The Real Royal Emperor

It’s not exactly what you’d call a crowded field. At least in terms of viewership.
Anonymous

FOX News is a great American success story. Their rise to the top is a story that should be emulated across the world of journalism. I won’t say they are 100% the journalism I would like to see, but they are the best the industry has to offer right now.
Their celebrations are well deserved.
http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

In other words, 15 years ago, he was a member of the Kennedy family?

Thank you. Thank you.
ROTFLMAO

You are what is known around here as “A Flaming ASSHOLE”
Just sayin’
But you already know that, don’t you???
TruDat

Thank God for Fox News, without which we’d all be subjected to the never ending liberal clap-trap on every other network.
The Real Royal Emperor

I can’t tell you how much that hurts. As you may know, I am very sensitive.
TruDat

Match up Fox vs. MSNBC each and every hour and tell us that Fox is more partisan than MSNBC. If you have any credibility, you won’t be able to do it. Even MSNBC commercials push the agenda of their owner GE. Obama is currently using the political tactic specifically provided to him by Chris Matthews.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

Nice article Colby, one that I would not expect to read at Mediaite. Thanks for being objective.
http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

Wow!! 15 years of right-wing propaganda!! I would like to congratulate Fox News and NewsCorp. on marking their anniversary with a phone-hacking scandal (including hacking phones of 9/11 victims) condoned by the owner of the corporation!!

NewsCorp… a real class-act!!
TruDat

Thank God we heard not a disparaging word about Bush from MSNBC and the rest of the liberal media. Oh wait, I somewhat recall a so-called journalist at CBS attempting to influence a presidential election by showing forged military documents. Who was that? Oh yeah, the disgraced Dan Rather.
Anonymous

I guess he’s out now. But Barack is in!
Anonymous

Congrats to FNC for their tremendous success. You would think that after 15 years, CNN and MSNBC would sit up and pay attention…fair and balanced is the way to success, not lefty only propaganda.
Anonymous

They definitely are the top dog – but every time CNN or MSNBC have a major leadership shakeup I wonder if they’ve smartened up and decided not to insult most of the country with every newscast. With major tweaks, and major luck, and misteps by Fox, it could be possible for a competitor to equal Fox. I won’t hold my breath, after CNN’s recent shakeup they brought on even more radical liberals and internationalists.
The Real Royal Emperor

These would be my ratings among English-speaking news organizations:

01 – BBC World
02 – PBS
03 – NPR
04 – CNN International
05 – Al Jazeera English
06 – CNN
07 – NBC
08 – TV-1 New York
09 – ABC [tie]
09 – Sky News [tie]
10 – News 8 Austin
11 – CBS
12 – HLN [tie]
12 – KXAN, Austin [tie]
13 – FOX “News” [tie]
13 – MSNBC [tie]
Michelle

I’m biting my tongue so hard it’s bleeding!
Anonymous

You forgot one of your favorites, Pravda, I mean RT. Your list seems based both on how socialist they are and how much they hate most Americans.
ROTFLMAO

Get over it Numbnuts!
They will be around long after you are gone,
AND dominating the rest in RATINGS………………
TruDat

Who gives a flying f*ck?
TruDat

Of course you’re sensitive, your asshole is flaming!
L_Salazar

You are like a teen aged kid, you always seem to think it is about you and what you think.

Sorry to disappoint, but no one really cares what you think.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

Bad Fox for making all those bad jobs.. Bad Fox, Bad Fox
L_Salazar

I have been a FNC viewer since about 1997 – I like it.

Last year we picked up FBC – like that too.

Congrats to all – you do have the Fair and Balanced programming that others cannot seem to duplicate.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

I’ll Terrorist Fist Jab to that, My Friend! If anything F&F is more of a scandal than Watergate! We’ll string him up before 2013!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Excellent Point, Good Lt.!
Guest

I’d agree that msnbc is as partisan as fox, but their methods are not as ruthlessly optimized to push an ideological agenda. They care about accuracy more in my view (which might of course also be a function of reality usually having a liberal bias).
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

A very relative point indeed, My Friend! Bush remained one of Our Finest and Most Beloved Leaders! History will surely look back at his failures with Extreme Kindness!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Get a room you two!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

A very devastating blow My Friend! Imagine that! A loon that’s a liberal! What a hoot!
http://impossibledreamsmedia.com Chris Jones

Good piece. Fox News is the best cable news channel on the planet.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Grammar Watch awards you Two Claps! Keep up the good work My Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Your capitalized letters warm Roger Ailes Heart! Thank goodness!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Hahaha! Imagine that! A political commentator supplying a President with political tactics! TD! You’re taking Obama down a few pegs! Keep up the Good Work My Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Who does TD? Who really does? Who even asks these questions? Spot on, My Friend! Spot on!
Arkansas Steve

Congratulations FOX NEWS CHANNEL.

You have changed the United States & made it better.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

A Terrorist Fist Jab for the use of Clap-Trap in a sentence! Nice one!
Anonymous

Congratulations on 15 years of making Americans stupider and more paranoid!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Oh oh! Call a Doctor Michelle! And don’t bite your tongue in the future!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Your implication that Fox News should and will kill Leedog is most Unappreciated!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

I hear MSNBC is looking to hire Levin, Savage, Beck, and wooden block to even the score!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Can I have a job at Fox News? I like hacking into wood!
TruDat

All my points are relative.

We frequently hear Obama moan about the mess he inherited, imagine if he had to deal with the largest attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. Could he have handled it as well as Bush? (rhetorical question) Do you honestly think Bush wanted his entire presidency to revolve around fighting terrorism? I think the mess he encountered was at least as significant as the one Obama allegedly inherited; without all the complaining and blaming.
ROTFLMAO

Now THAT was a stupid comment !!!!
Michelle

As are most of his comments.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

U couldn’t qualify to empty the ash trays
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

U couldn’t qualify to empty the ash trays
ROTFLMAO

AWWWWWWW !!!
That’ll fix ‘em, by golly!
TruDat

You must watch alot then, since there’s no such word as “stupider”.
TruDat

Morning wood, no doubt.
Hypocrisyjoe

Good to see steve douchy performing like a trained monkey for Mr Ailes. Good boy steve. Cookie? Cookie?
TruDat

Your mind’s not exactly a crowded field either.
TruDat

A hearty Obama wave to you as well!!
TruDat

That would be an owl, not a loon.
The Real Royal Emperor

Odd thing is, President Obama is generally considered a tremendous success when it comes to the War on Terror and to the Middle East.
NomoBeeHO

Fox NEWS

Everything else is

PROPAGANDA

=

-0bama – Worst-
Anonymous

FOX Lies !!!

*drink*
Anonymous

The King is smarter than all of you peasants !!!!!!!!!!

*drink*
Anonymous

FOX Lies !!! FOX Lies !!! FOX Lies !!!

*drink up*
Anonymous

Wondered what the country would have looked like if Murdoch had not brought his fellow travelers up to the big stage. Perhaps we’d have less ignorant Americans.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JUT2TATEV3OHGQ7HZRYN472XVM Felix

Ahhhh, the ol’ linko try, huh? The story is about Roger Ailes and FOX News, not Robert Murdoch and Newscorp.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JUT2TATEV3OHGQ7HZRYN472XVM Felix

…and Libs watch FOX more than they care to admit (or dare to admit).
Anonymous

Yeah, those killers will never kill again.

I am so heart broken.
Anonymous

FOX- Number 1 in cable news-

hahaha.

eat it and weep!
Anonymous

As if anyone cares about your opinion.
Anonymous

Poor MSNBC and CNN- eat FOX’s dust!
Anonymous

Sorry, you can only work at MSNBC if you have had your brain removed, like you.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JUT2TATEV3OHGQ7HZRYN472XVM Felix

Your TV broke?
Anonymous

Sorry, dullards are not allowed to apply.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JUT2TATEV3OHGQ7HZRYN472XVM Felix

…agree, but NONE of them are always right.
Anonymous

GEORGE SOROS!!
Hugo Daun

Murdoch didn’t create the dummies…he just gave the dummies something shiny.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JUT2TATEV3OHGQ7HZRYN472XVM Felix

Well, you Libs had YOUR day when the murders were committed. We had our day when the punishment was served…..
Anonymous

Here’s a telling Gallup Poll so far as the Mainstream Media is concerned’

http://www.gallup.com/poll/149624/Majority-Continue-Distrust-Media-Perceive-Bias.aspx
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

As usual TD, you’re completely 100% correct! Mega Dittos to you My Friend! Bush handled 9/11 extremely well. He… well, you know, it didn’t happen again My Friend! And he… well, he did something in Afghanistan, and he was 100% correct. Mega Dittos!

And your point about Obama “allegedly” inherited a mess is also spot on! Mega Dittos, My Friend! Who knows if the economy was in the toilet in 2008? Maybe it wasn’t! Maybe it was! I don’t know!

And let’s fact It – My Friend – Bush did get ‘em Dead or Alive, did he not? An American Patriot! I will never forget his wonderful RNC Speech in 2008 where he was Hailed as our One True Leader!

History will treat Him well My Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JUT2TATEV3OHGQ7HZRYN472XVM Felix

Name a few of Bush’s “failures”…. and, while you’re at it, compare them to Obama’s successes.

Good luck.
Anonymous

You’re right Joel, Fox is Reality TV at its best…REAL NEWS, FAIR AND BALANCED…WE REPORT, YOU DECIDE!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Rick Perry is that you? I knew that Animal Sciences Degree would come in handy!

Well played My Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

My Friend! I don’t even know what an Obama Wave is, but I’m sure it’s insulting! Well played!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

More homo eroticism from my True Friend, TD! Bravo!
Anonymous

And leading the way to Truth, and awakening the American Public. Hooray for Glenn Beck!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

I cry everyday for my lost Hamster! I cry!
Anonymous

That’s right, and he’s the first to admit it. So you see? There is hope for others who are down and out. Glenn is a beacon of hope.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

I dare you!
Anonymous

Fox News has been accused of nothing regarding the phone hacking scandal. A little perspective might help to understand that.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

You got me there Michelle! Now stop biting your tongue!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

My brain is insulted by your homosexuality and biting comments, My Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

But you cannot smoke indoors MadCharles, My Friend! You truly are Mad!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

An Erection Joke, I suspect! Uproarious, My Friend! Simply uproarious! May your homosexuality lead you to many Great Adventures!
Anonymous

Obama is doing a great job of taking himself down, all by himself. But then he’s also taking down the US with him. Help…we need help to get us out of the mess Obama has made!

The answer: VOTE REPUBLICAN!!!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Morning Wood! Like My One True Friend TruDat has already said!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Eric Bolling’s intelligence is far and above that of a Frog!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

My Friend! I looked up the definition of “alot” and nothing was found! My Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

A very insulting statement to both MSNBC and CNN! They do not want to eat dust! But they will! Well played, My Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Yes mardec, My Friend! Republicans track record of success is both inconsequential and monumental! The US was in fine shape in 2008 – until HE came along!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Hello My Friend! My 12-year old thinks in simple terms too! I should introduce you! Safe travels, My Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Yes, Felix, My Friend! Liberals Love Murderers! Very honest assessment! Carry the Day, My Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

I YELL WHEN FRUSTRATED! My Friend, calm down, we are all Friends!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Yes, My Friend, Fox News is not wrong! Not today, never! Very Fair and Balanced Post! Mega Dittos to You!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Yes, My Friend! Send Glenn Money now and he will tell you More Truth! Please, My Friend!
Anonymous

Get him out of your arse, libbyboy!
Anonymous

MG- another lib homophobe.

I heard you had painful intercourse- try it with a woman next time, boy!
Anonymous

Hey o mouth, you are rougher than a corn cob!
Bourekas

Congratulations Roger and Fox News!

Regardless of your feelings toward their content, their success is objectively true and admirable. They entered a field dominated by a single competitor (CNN) who was owned by the company (Time Warner) that Fox would need to reach households with their product. Most business papers would advise against taking on an entrenched encumbent with vertical integration like that, but Fox did so creatively, and ultimately smashed their competitors. They generate 100′s of millions of dollars of profit, have directly generated a few thousand new jobs in doing so, and have probably saved a large number of other jobs in areas of the News Corp that are less profitable.

So not every one “loves” them? Same is true of Coke vs. Pepsi, Mac vs. PC, Chevy vs. Ford trucks, etc. Frankly, it’s pretty obvious Fox thrives on this dislike, and would encourage a number of you to “keep it up” (Real Royal self-delusional king, we’re looking at you).
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Ha! Felix, My Friend! That is a trick question! Bush had no failures and Obama has had no successes! Sneaky, My Friend! When Perry is in the WH, God will tell him where to find Osama Bin Laden and America will rule the Earth once again!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Haha! Stonepark! You’ve done it again with your homosexuality! I think it’s wonderful and glorious for you to share your homosexuality with all of the internets! Mega Dittos for your courage, My Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Will you use This Very Rough Corncob to pleasure yourself in the future? Haha! My Friend, this time the joke is on you!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Your profile picture makes me sad. :(
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

ARKANSAS STEVE, why do you YELL your nonsense to the internets!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

“Keep it up” – some very good advice for our Friends TruDat and Stonepark! They have large difficulties keeping it up, My Friend! Their private messages told me! Hazzah!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1572984371 Cindy Nowicki

Liberals celebrate hundreds of thousands of executions every day……Namely…….

ABORTIONS!

The hypocrisy of the left is nothing short of astounding. Killing a helpless baby, in the womb, is no less horrific than the execution of an adult.

Conservatives do NOT celebrate death, they believe in justice.

Where IS the justice when an abortion is performed?
TbagsRstupid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWFfErXRS14&feature=autoplay&list=PL68278E9BDC955A88&lf=results_main&playnext=2
Anonymous

True. the economy was very good untill the Dems took the house and senate in 2007. As a matter of fact, the highest unemployment we had under a republican controled house was just upbove 6%. Just one year after the Dems took power in both houses they took a good economy and nearly destroy it. Democrats, like the warthogs of Florida, are destructive pigs.
http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet
Anonymous

They do as a matter of fact. Look at the “progressive” governments of Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, North Korea, China, Cuba, Vietnam, ect. Those countrys killed millions in the name of progress. ”Progressive” history is covered in the blood of the innocent. Such horrible animals the “progressives” are.
Rap10

Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for September 21, 2011 P2+ (000s)25-54 (000s)35-64 (000s)Total DayFNC 1,196 281 591CNN 492 163 223MSNBC 457 149 232CNBC 194 65 101FBN 76 13 28HLN 274 101 146PrimetimeP2+ (000s)25-54 (000s)35-64 (000s)FNC 2,534 516 1,065CNN 897 309 409MSNBC 978 325 480CNBC 223 94 116FBN 57 10 22HLN 498 138 246NetMorning programs (6-9 AM)P2+ (000s)25-54 (000s)35-64 (000s)FNCFOX & Friends 1,072 344 695CNNAmerican Morning 252 100 145MSNBCMorning Joe 385 144 207CNBCSquawk Box 198 77 125HLNMorning Express w/ Meade 275 141 172Net5PMP2+ (000s)25-54 (000s)35-64 (000s)FNCFIVE, THE 1,492 300 654CNNSituation Room 679 168 262MSNBCHardball WITH C. MATTHEWS 664 127 235CNBCFAST MONEY 226 61 121HLNHLN SPECIAL REPORT 219 75 97Net6PMP2+ (000s)25-54 (000s)35-64 (000s)FNCSPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER 2,035 368 835CNNSituation Room 518 151 218MSNBCPOLITICS NATION 593 162 282CNBCMad Money 196 76 112HLNPrime News 372 112 162Net7PMP2+ (000s)25-54 (000s)35-64 (000s)FNCThe Fox Report W/S.SMITH 1,962 470 924CNNJohn King USA 665 216 279MSNBCHardball WITH C. MATTHEWS 1,073 304 559CNBCKudlow Report 184 78 117HLNISSUES 381 104 198Net8PMP2+ (000s)25-54 (000s)35-64 (000s)FNCTHE OREILLY FACTOR 3,457 672 1,352CNNAnderson Cooper 360 833 271 391MSNBCLast Word W/ L. ODONNELL 929 261 443CNBCCOCA-COLA: THE REAL STORY 186 77 113HLNNancy Grace 621 158 314Net9PMP2+ (000s)25-54 (000s)35-64 (000s)FNCHannity 2,180 436 924CNNPiers Morgan Tonight 751 241 337MSNBCRachel Maddow Show 1,044 362 516CNBCFORD: AMERICAN ICON 237 104 125HLNDr. Drew 442 104 200Net10PMP2+ (000s)25-54 (000s)35-64 (000s)FNCON THE RECORD W/GRETA 1,955 434 911CNNAnderson Cooper 360 1,097 416 499MSNBCEd Show 961 351 480CNBCAMERICAN GREED 247 100 109HLNJoy Behar 440 151 229Net11PMP2+ (000s)25-54 (000s)35-64 (000s)FNCTHE OREILLY FACTOR 1,280 403 728CNNAnderson Cooper 360 923 405 477MSNBCEd Show 740 313 412CNBCMad Money 100 45 57HLNSHOWBIZ TONIGHT 377 123 181
Anonymous

Happy 15th Anniversary Fox News!

I don’t know what we would do without you…We’d be stuck with the biased cesspools that are MSNBC and CNN, heaven help us all. I do not know how I would have survived the last 10 years in particular without Fox’s clear-eyed and yes, fair and balanced, reporting and analysis…They have been and will remain THE go to news channel in our house…Congratulations Fox News on your first 15 years-Here’s to the next 15!
Rio

That means you couldn’t qualify to empty ashtrays that……..aren’t there. That’s bad, really, really bad.
Jason

People died because of what happened with F&F.

Watergate left some feelings hurt and was illegal, but absolutely nobody was physically harmed, you fucking tool.

Take Obama’s dick out of your mouth and get your priorities straight, bitch.
Jason

What’s hilarious about that poll is that there are “people” who actually say the media is too “conservative”.

We need to gather all these retards up and launch them directly into the sun.

I guess we’d have to ask Russia to do that though, since Zero killed the Space Program. The “Party of Science” my ass.
Rio

Stupider Jupiter is just trying to draw attemtion to himself, just like Mike. wink, wink
Rio

Heard it was Debbie Wasserman-Schultzes polished petrified pea brain, she wasn’t using it.
Jason

If you don’t care for them why do you spend the better part of a week crying because society ridded itself of them?

Do you idiots ever stop and think about how stupid you come off to regular, hard working, law abiding people when you defend PSYCHOTIC MURDERING SHITHEADS?

The assbackwards way you fucking people think is maddening. I have to laugh at it or I would go insane trying to disect how human beings can invest so much energy caring for the Ted Bundy’s of our society, but not give a shit when a perfectly innocent half born child is ripped from it’s womb and slaughtered in the name of “choice”.

I’m neither a religious person(as you can tell from my language), nor am I 100% anti abortion, but my god, you people can twist yourselves into the most asinine positions in order to defend the indefensible. It’s embarassing as a former Democrat.
YougN0pigskeepaskingforit

gN0PIG MORONS.

Project gunrunner started in 2005.

Start delivering indictments, NOW.
RACE BAITING@6 RESIST WE MUCH!

gN0PIG !! *DRINK*
seek456

Had to reply to the flusher here.

He’s spinning away below you about Odd Job. Yup, flush has finally figured out that the guy is odd and out of step.
Anonymous

Yes, hundreds of people died. But it’s Obama, so…
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Haha! Jason, My Very Good Friend! Your homosexual dreams are revealing! Nice one!

After thinking about your homosexuality, I have come to agree with you! Watergate did hurt feelings! Obama plans to resign soon! And you will win!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Haha! You have called me a female dog! Uproarious! I am neither female or a dog! Where do you come up with these things!?!? My Very Good Homosexual Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Haha! Jason! Hello! You and Hitler wish to kill many people! Hilarious indeed!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Very Good Point, My Good Friend! Then again, no jobs were produced until Tea Party Patriots took over in January! Since then, we are all Rich Man! My Very Good Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Haha! You are Very Illusive Indeed, My Good Friend! Most Liberals I know Kill several people on the way to Work, each day My Friend! The Chinese are Democrats indeed! You are on a roll today, My Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Haha! Jason, you foam at the mouth and we all laugh with you! Very Good My Friend!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Haha! Cindy, what you say is true, My Friend! Liberals celebrate Abortions because they are mad! Conservatives are very wise – and liberals are dumb! Hazzah!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

Haha! Rio, you’ve got my there with your wisdom! I’m sorry I’m so really, really bad, My Friend! But you? You are wonderful!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VZ6ZEMR7OJKTOCICKUVD2SCCZI Mark

*Drink* Indeed! Very Good and Substance-Free post, My Good Friend! Excellent Statement! Hizzah!
Anonymous

Better set down that BIG glass of Kool-Aid, sport…It’s affecting your thinking.
http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

WTF is wrong with you, you footstool? You’re an embarassment to your gend… uh rac.. um…specie…? Oh, hell, you’re just an embarassment in general!
http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

Just to clarify for my friend, Mark, F&F = “Fast & Furious.” I had to read twice because my first thought was “Fox & Friends.” Not even close.
http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

What is up with you and the “My Friends” and all the exclamation points? Next thing I am expecting to see you type is “….stay thirsty, My Friend.”

Seriously.
Rio

Cheers, enjoy the anniversary and thanks for 15 years quality programming that is driving the liberals absolutely mad, we sleep well knowing you all are on the job 24/7!!!!!!!! Woot, woot!!
http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

Okay, that’s enough with you. Stop with the “My Friend” crap… it’s annoying!
http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

As always, I have to rely on my buddy, Pablo, to nail it. Thanks for that. xoxoxoxo
http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

HEHE….that was funny, Lt. ;-)
http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

Wow.. that is so unbelievably blind I can’t even begin to understand where you’re coming from.
http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

Wow.. that is so unbelievably blind I can’t even begin to understand where you’re coming from.
The Real Royal Emperor

But NewsCorp owns FOX “News”. As the name implies, NewsCorp is a corporation (although why it uses “News,” I can’t imagine. Corporations are people. The people who run FOX “News” are also the people who ran News of the World. Ergo ….
The Real Royal Emperor

I understand that the Australian papers and outlets in NewsCorp are changing their monikers because of the negative fall-out from continued use of the name.
Anonymous

@ Mark who said- ”Very Good Point, My Good Friend! Then again, no jobs were produced until Tea Party Patriots took over in January! Since then, we are all Rich Man! My Very Good Friend!”
No, not yet. The economically regressive “progressives” still control the senate and White House. Until those harmful cancers are removed, the American people will still suffer.
Anonymous

@ Mark who said- ”Very Good Point, My Good Friend! Then again, no jobs were produced until Tea Party Patriots took over in January! Since then, we are all Rich Man! My Very Good Friend!”
No, not yet. The economically regressive “progressives” still control the senate and White House. Until those harmful cancers are removed, the American people will still suffer.
Anonymous

I used to watch a lot of MessNBC and some CNN in the 90′s. Then, my cable company started carrying FOX News. I tried it.

Wow!

A whole new world of actual honest news and analysis. And entertaining to boot.

Wasn’t much of a decision what to watch.
Sharpo

why are you a poosey ?
Anonymous

Why are you a one trick nitwit? Thalidomide?
Anonymous

Well, if you count each virus infected cell indiviually, there must be millions of them in there.
Anonymous

Pity you don’t speak Arabic, eh Kook?
Anonymous

Right, like the guy who’s the president of the United States runs the ATF which engages in illegal, cross border gun trafficking that’s gotten hundreds of innocent people, including Border Patrol Agent Brain Terry murdered.

Like that, Kook?
Anonymous

Gunrunner isn’t the problem, Fast and Furious is the problem. While it is a part of Gunrunner, it isn’t an original part. It started in 2009.

Way to lack facts, Skippy!
Anonymous

I bet the loved ones of about 5,000 U.S. souls he sent in to fight a war in the wrong country on lies to boot, would be a good place to start with Bush’s failures. When your done with that get back to me and we can talk about Obama’s successes.
Anonymous

excellent Mark. You’re on a roll tonight! lol
Anonymous

omg. thanks for the hernia!
Yukon Jack

The two executions celebrate the justice that was delayed for more than it should have been for at least as long as FOX has existed.
Yukon Jack

Nothing like self-admitted idiocy!
Anonymous

You really have no clue, do you?
Anonymous

So how has the “Annoited One” made things any better? Or are they 4 times worse?

Obama
goes to a primary school to talk to the kids to get a little PR.
After his talk he offers question time. One little boy puts up his hand
and    Obama

asks him his name.

” Walter,” responds the little boy.

“And what is your question, Walter?”

“I have 4 questions:

First, why did the USA Bomb Libya without the support of the Congress?

Second, why do you keep saying you fixed the economy when it’s actually worse?

Third, why did you say that Jeremiah Wright was your mentor, then said that you knew nothing about his preachings and beliefs?

Fourth, why are we so worried about Brazil drilling for oil, but we aren’t allowed to?”

Just then, the bell rings for recess. Obama informs the kiddies that they will continue after recess.

When they resume Obama says, “OK, where were we? Oh, that’s right:  question time.

Who has a question?”

Another little boy puts up his hand. Obama points him out and asks him his name.

“Steve,” he responds.

“And what is your question, Steve?”

Actually, I have 6 questions.

First, why did the USA Bomb Libya without the support of the Congress?

Second, why do you keep saying you fixed the economy when it’s actually worse?

Third, why did you say that Jeremiah Wright was your mentor, then said that you knew nothing about his preachings and beliefs?

Fourth, why are we so worried about Brazil drilling for oil, but we aren’t allowed to?

Fifth, why did the recess bell go off 20 minutes early?

And sixth, what the hell happened to Walter?”
Anonymous

You are very frunny, My Friend. LOL! But too bad you are clueless.
http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

BUSH CHENEY HITLER HALLIBURTON RACIST TEABAGGURZ KOCHTOPUS
Anonymous

You got that right, My Friend!!
Anonymous

By “He, I must assume you speak of Obama.

Yes, in 2008 Barney Frank and Chris Dodd told us everything was fine and that their lovers and friends at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were doing just fine with the real estate boom and that there was nothing worry about. Those pesky Republicans and Alan Greenspan, as far back as 2001, kept on saying that making risky loans was creating a bubble that would crash the economy and maybe we should do something about it, but nooooo…Barney and Friends kept saying everything was just fine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPSDnGMzIdo
Yukon Jack

Any and all criticism of FOX is nothing but envy, jealousy and hatred.

In other words, the platform of the Democrat party.
Anonymous

Murdoch didn’t create the dummies…he just gave the dummies something shiny

And that, children, is how Media Mutters was born.
Anonymous

Answer to Good Lt….GEORGE SOROS, PETER LEWIS, MAO TSE TUNG, STALIN, POL POT
Yukon Jack

Absolutely CORRECT!!!!

And there is never any doubt about the INNOCENCE of the victims.
Yukon Jack

Ratings for blind idiots would put you in N0. 1 spot.
Anonymous

What variety of sub-human creatures actually watch FOX? Other than typical woodchucks?
Anonymous

Which, since Fox News writes the platform of the GOP, isn’t all that surprising.
Anonymous

Better for the rich, at least.
Anonymous

Just wait.
Anonymous

You raise a good question. Where was Murdoch on this glamorous night? Afraid to show his face? Reluctant to remind people that the hacking-scandal guy also started Fox News, hired Ailes and makes sure they hew his political line?
Anonymous

Indeed, who needs facts when you can just make ‘em up?
http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/ keyboard jockey

The Factor is getting too formula driven. The producers could be riskier. They are getting sloppy and predictable with Bill’s narrative.

Imus In The Morning, video of Bill O’Reilly discussing his new book “Killing Lincoln” I left a little reference to how I think Lincoln is being sanitized for the masses. I am not anti Lincoln, but I am not into revisionist sentimental historical accounts….it’s spin when you leave in the good parts, and leave out all the bad parts. Bill O’Reilly, The Factor is supposed to be the no spin zone. I get that books are one of Bill’s revenue streams but we are not all historically illiterate