A TOOTHLESS FOX?
Confirming the worst fears of millions of dedicated fans, the Fox News Channel really has gone soft on Obama. That’s at a time when viewers are counting on it to remain a key opposition voice during a disturbing political shift away from freedom and prosperity.
According to columnists Rush & Malloy of the New York Daily News, Fox has issued a chilling edict to its hosts that they must cease criticism of Obama for the near future:
Fox News boss Roger Ailes doesn’t want to spoil Barack Obama’s political honeymoon, we hear. A source says Ailes has told prime-time hosts Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren to lay off the President-elect - at least for a while. “We’re not going to have any personal attacks on Obama,” a network insider says. “The public has spoken - we must treat him with respect.”
This confirms an almost-identical account your Radio Equalizer was given Wednesday evening from a key source. That person contends the order came from the top: Rupert Murdoch himself.
“Personal attacks”, by the way, can be construed to mean any criticism of Barack Obama whatsoever.