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Critics Call Canadian ‘Fox News North’ More ‘Hot Chicks And Sexy Outfits’ Than Politics

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Canada’s newest cable news network, Sun News, launched on Monday as a sort of “Fox News North,” as the Hollywood Reporter has described it. Described in on-air promos as a “hard news and straight talk” network, Sun News is getting plenty of comparisons to Fox News, with a business model based on providing an alternative to the “left-leaning all news channels CTV and CBC.”

Reviewers, though, say the network may be bold, but its ratings haven’t had anywhere near Fox News success:

“Well, Nervous Nellies on the left can exhale,” Carleton University journalism professor Jeff Sallot wrote in the Ottawa Citizen “The Sun News Network, for the moment at least, is irrelevant to any political calculation. How can I tell? The Conservatives, who are running the most efficient campaign among the four national parties, are ignoring the little network.”

What is getting attention is the, um, look of its presenters. And no, not the handlebar mustache that one male anchor is rocking. THR says it’s more about the women:

“… Sun TV really isn’t about Hard News and Straight Talk. It’s about Hot Chicks and Sexy Outfits,” declared red-faced columnist Tasha Kheiriddin in the right-leaning National Post newspaper. “For its women presenters, there seems to be a ban on sleeves. Not a jacket in sight. Only cocktail dresses, as clingy and low-cut as possible.”

Writing in the National Post, Scott Stinson urged viewers to give Sun a chance to get past its launch, which he says was way more about self-promotion than news:

If you had the foresight to play a drinking game that involved taking a shot every time someone on Sun News Network uttered a cliché on air in the moments after it launched, you are probably still stone drunk right now.

The much-anticipated debut broadcast from Canada’s latest all-news network began late Monday afternoon with what amounted to a half-hour infomercial for its programming lineup and roster of talent. The hosts and reporters all explained what they would be doing at Sun News. Bromides were involved. There would “be no sacred cows.” They are “raising the bar.” It’s “not going to be politics as usual.” And, most importantly, they “are going to cover the stories that matter.” The stories that “people really want to hear about.”

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  • Moderate

    OMG that network needs to be shut down before CBC becomes as irrelevant as CNN.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    Every good lookin’ chick you see on FOXN has a law degree…
    It’s like the exact opposite of Rachel Maddow…

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Well, duh! Murdoch has not beliefs or core values. Every network in Murdochia has a different political view.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    skoorbekim said:
    Every good lookin’ chick you see on FOXN has a law degree…
    It’s like the exact opposite of Rachel Maddow…

    You’re right. She doesn’t dress like a hooker, and her only degrees are from Stanford and Oxford (including a PhD from the latter).

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Well, duh! Murdoch has not beliefs or core values. Every network in Murdochia has a different political view.

    no

  • Eruptor75

    skoorbekim said:
    Every good lookin’ chick you see on FOXN has a law degree…It’s like the exact opposite of Rachel Maddow…

    Excellent point, Roger Ailes seems to have a knack for finding really hot and intelligent ladies. That being said, How can I get this Sun News Channel? I could finally throw away my porn. Just kidding, my porn is here to stay.

  • Arkansas Steve

    MARK: Well, duh!! The operative word here is critics. When FNC first hit the scene, the elites at CNN & the legacy networks didn’t pay much attention to them. Now you’re using your college degrees to point out that CRITICS who don’t care for FNC in the U.S. are being critical of FOX in Canada.
    Half of your article is irrelevant. The other half is obvious.

  • Eruptor75

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    You’re right. She doesn’t dress like a hooker, and her only degrees are from Stanford and Oxford (including a PhD from the latter).

    What is her PhD in? Advanced Cunnilingus.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Eruptor75 said:
    What is her PhD in? Advanced Cunnilingus.

    Political Science, Slime Ball.

    She went to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship.

  • Jaurez

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Political Science, Slime Ball.

    She went to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship.

    LMAO!

  • Eruptor75

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Political Science, Slime Ball. She went to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship.

    Yes, I’m aware. Slime Ball? ouch Get a sense of humor. I’m sure she is an expert in both fields. I think you should change your handle to “The Royal Queen”. Because you are a woman.

  • Harry Flashman

    The first shot across the bows of the new conservative network by liberal critics. Typical. Criticize the women, not the content of the network.

    They really gonna hate them when their rating shoot upward now that Canadian viewers have a choice.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Jaurez said:
    LMAO!

    There are still some American who respect education and intellect, you know. We’re not all Tea Partiers.

  • Barack Must Go

    I still after MEDIAite’s usual crack pot reporting or the accompanying article tell for sure if this new ‘ Sun News ” is actually a Murdoch property, or simply being compared to one.

    I guess I’m going to have to go to an actual news source to find my answer because the way it’s been reported on here it might as well be ‘ The Mystery Channel North ‘.

    I’ll let you know what I find out.

  • ohwell

    Harry Flashman said:
    The first shot across the bows of the new conservative network by liberal critics. Typical. Criticize the women, not the content of the network.

    They really gonna hate them when their rating shoot upward now that Canadian viewers have a choice.

    That’s because there IS no content on this network to judge – whatever is on the air, it’s beyond awful

    And no, this isn’t owned by Murdoch nor does he have any say about this network. In fact, I doubt he even knows about it.

  • david r

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    You’re right. She doesn’t dress like a hooker, and her only degrees are from Stanford and Oxford (including a PhD from the latter).

    I hear she wrote her dissertation on the various flavors of the world’s tuna.

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    America needs to get all of the lunatic-left d-crat socialist women to explicitly show their support for radical islamic America-hating muslims by covering themselves from head to tow in muslim-wear, especially face-covering veils. Not only will that let all patriotic Americans see where these lunatic-lefties stand in the war against those that want to destroy us, but it will BEAUTIFY AMERICA !!!! Imagine, a country where michelle “marie antoinette” obozo, rosie odonnell, janet napolitano, corrine brown, claire mccaskill, maxine waters, rachel maddow, regina benjamin (“You Lie” ‘s surgeon general) and the many, many other uggos of the lunatic-left are no longer visible. Why, it would be heaven on Earth !!!

  • david r

    Jaurez said:
    LMAO!

    And I’ll bet she’s never done a black man either, Jaurez. Damned phony liberals.

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    ohwell said:
    And no, this isn’t owned by Murdoch nor does he have any say about this network.

    Come on… don’t let facts get in the way.

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    And here I thought the left in America had told us that FNC was “banned” from having a network in Canada.

    Oops.

  • OxyCon

    LMAO! So the network isn’t even 4 days old and some lefty tool is already trying to shovel dirt on it? What proof more do you need that the lefties are crapping their pants? If you remember correctly, that’s the same reaction the lefties here had when Fox News was launched.

  • murf

    ImNotBlue said:
    And here I thought the left in America had told us that FNC was “banned” from having a network in Canada.

    Oops.

    Yep , Ganymede , and Royal

    http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-north-claims-its-first-casualty-with-help-from-margaret-atwood/#comments

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sandy-Visentin/718089448 Sandy Visentin

    Harry Flashman said:
    The first shot across the bows of the new conservative network by liberal critics. Typical. Criticize the women, not the content of the network.

    They really gonna hate them when their rating shoot upward now that Canadian viewers have a choice.

    Not really….I’m in the biggest TV market in the country and my cable provider isn’t even interested in launching the network on “pay TV “. Despite what that little wee network and the righties-lite that inhabit our world would have you think, our news channels provide just that…..news. From local to country to international ~ we get to see and hear what’s going on. There’s no vast left-wing bias in our news….it’s just the view when absolutely everything else out there is left-of-Fox. Mind you, I’m pretty sure even our Conservatives aren’t righty enough for FOX.

  • kvon

    Mr. Murdoch sure knows his target demo.

  • George Sore-ohs

    If you have ever seen the chicks on CBC Rachel looks good.

    Yikes!

  • ohwell

    ImNotBlue said:
    And here I thought the left in America had told us that FNC was “banned” from having a network in Canada.

    Oops.

    This isn’t owned by Fox or News Corp

    Oops to you.

  • notsofast

    Critics Call Canadian ‘Fox News North’ More ‘Hot Chicks And Sexy Outfits’ Than Politics”

    And? And?

  • EricBoisen

    The video quality and set looks like an Onion video. Just putting that out there

  • http://libertyinprogressnow.wordpress.com/ ProgLib

    TeaPartyPatriot said:
    America needs to get all of the lunatic-left d-crat socialist women to explicitly show their support for radical islamic America-hating muslims by covering themselves from head to tow in muslim-wear, especially face-covering veils. Not only will that let all patriotic Americans see where these lunatic-lefties stand in the war against those that want to destroy us, but it will BEAUTIFY AMERICA !!!! Imagine, a country where michelle “marie antoinette” obozo, rosie odonnell, janet napolitano, corrine brown, claire mccaskill, maxine waters, rachel maddow, regina benjamin (“You Lie” ’s surgeon general) and the many, many other uggos of the lunatic-left are no longer visible. Why, it would be heaven on Earth !!!

    What America needs is to get all of the lunatic far-right teabagging racist, hateful bigots like you out of the country because you’re embarrassing us all to hell. What a joke you are. You must be very proud of your ignorant view of the Muslim religion. You wouldn’t know a damn thing about religion if it bludgeoned you over the head, so stay out of that territory before you make more of an ass out of yourself.

  • winning

    Wow, really? Do you mean that, after four long days, this network isn’t beating the crap out of their competition? Man, they may as well just close their doors right now, ‘cuz a bunch of liberals told them they don’t amount to anything!

    What a larf riot! You idiot puppets never cease to amaze me with your stupidity!

  • GoneFishing

    Eruptor75 said:
    What is her PhD in? Advanced Cunnilingus.

    Lol, she studies Progressive Public Policy and Politics…To get that , all you need to do is show up and kiss ass. Her PHD is in a field of study is a weed lot… void of any critical thinking, logic, objective reasoning ability or measurable skill. What she has, is a Doctorate in ‘Tool’.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    …and this matters, because?
    lol

  • perceptorii

    ImNotBlue said:
    And here I thought the left in America had told us that FNC was “banned” from having a network in Canada.

    Oops.

    Oddly enough, the rejection of Sun News’ application for a mandatory access license is the source of the erroneous report from leftist sites that Fox News isn’t allowed to be in Canada. Sun News has nothing to do with Fox News or Rupert Murdoch, and FNC is broadcast on a large number of Canadian cable and satellite providers.

  • ProObamaAgenda

    republicans sure luv em some bimbos….fox news has a slew of them….its the only porn their wives let them watch…wingnuts whacking off looking at an already pregnant megyn kelly…..they wake up to crotch shots from gretchen carlson and go to sleep fantasizing about greta…….sickos

  • david r

    ProObamaAgenda said:
    . . . and go to sleep fantasizing about greta…….sickos

    Now that is sick.

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    ohwell said:
    This isn’t owned by Fox or News Corp Oops to you.

    Oops to me indeed! Here I was, sucked in by the propaganda of the FOX haters… when even less of their bogus report about Sun News turns out to be true!

    Good work!

    ProObamaAgenda said:
    republicans sure luv em some bimbos….fox news has a slew of them….its the only porn their wives let them watch…wingnuts whacking off looking at an already pregnant megyn kelly…..they wake up to crotch shots from gretchen carlson and go to sleep fantasizing about greta…….sickos

    Why do you hate attractive women?

  • lucky5

    I got to start watching that show, I like watching hot chick give news.

  • Newsjunky

    Ummm… I saw maybe one “hot chick” in that video. At least as far as faces go.

  • writer

    The King is big on defending women, as long as they’re on the extreme far left. If not, well, then it gets ugly.

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    notsofast said:
    Critics Call Canadian ‘Fox News North’ More ‘Hot Chicks And Sexy Outfits’ Than Politics”

    And? And?

    A great observation… what’s the scandal? Seriously?

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