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Related: About this forumFox News Puts Karl Rove and Dick Morris on the Bench
"The post-election soul searching going on inside the Republican Party is taking place inside Fox News as well. Fox News chief Roger Ailes, a canny marketer and protector of his networks brand, has been taking steps since November to reposition Fox in the post-election media environment, freshening story lines and in some cases, changing the characters. According to multiple Fox sources,
Ailes has issued a new directive to his staff: He wants the faces associated with the election off the air for now. For Karl Rove and Dick Morris a pair of pundits perhaps most closely aligned with Foxs anti-Obama campaign Ailess orders mean new rules. Ailess deputy, Fox News programming chief Bill Shine, has sent out orders mandating that producers must get permission before booking Rove or Morris.[/
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Both pundits made several appearances in the days after the election, but their visibility on the network has dropped markedly.
Inside Fox News, Morriss Romney boosterism and reality-denying predictions became a punch line. At a rehearsal on the Saturday before the election, according to a source, anchor Megyn Kelly chuckled when she relayed to colleagues what someone had told her: I really like Dick Morris. Hes always wrong but he makes me feel good.
"A Fox spokesperson confirmed the new booking rules for Rove and Morris, and explained that Shines message was the elections over.
"Multiple sources say that Ailes was angry at Roves election-night tantrum when he disputed the networks call for Obama. While the moment made for riveting television it was Ailess decision to have Kelly confront the statisticians on air in the end, it provided another data point for Foxs critics. A spokesperson for Ailes denied any rift between Ailes and Rove, and said the two plan to meet this week.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/12/fox-news-puts-karl-rove-on-the-bench.html
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Fox News Puts Karl Rove and Dick Morris on the Bench (Original Post)
powergirl
Dec 2012
OP
Well what did you expect? You bilk a select group of closed-minded old white men
Tutonic
Dec 2012
#1
Faces associated with the election off the air? Then why are some of the others still there?
Filibuster Harry
Dec 2012
#4
Tutonic
(2,522 posts)1. Well what did you expect? You bilk a select group of closed-minded old white men
out of a billion dollars, then you ought to plan on losing that "fake" commentary gig at the Fake News Channel. Although losing his job should be the least of his worries at this point. He might want to find a good hiding spot.
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)3. Here's the punchline...
At a rehearsal on the Saturday before the election, according to a source, anchor Megyn Kelly chuckled when she relayed to colleagues what someone had told her: "I really like Dick Morris. Hes always wrong but he makes me feel good."
Filibuster Harry
(666 posts)4. Faces associated with the election off the air? Then why are some of the others still there?