Fox News Puts Karl Rove on the Bench

Morris too. Can Palin be Far Behind?

Business • December 2012 • Views: 1,590

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 network’s 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 Fox’s anti-Obama campaign — Ailes’s orders mean new rules.

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8 comments

Stanghazi Tue, Dec 4, 2012 6:47:35pm

Oh please. PALIN BE GONE.

Learn to work for a living.

CarleeCork Tue, Dec 4, 2012 7:22:09pm

Oh hell no, she's their candidate for 2016! Romney wasn't "conservative" enough.

Destro Tue, Dec 4, 2012 8:29:37pm

From the article:

according to a source, anchor Megyn Kelly chuckled when she relayed to colleagues what someone had told her: “I really like Dick Morris. He’s always wrong but he makes me feel good.”

That pretty much sums up the Republican/Right/Conservative world view.

That explains a lot, actually.....

EPR-radar Tue, Dec 4, 2012 8:56:51pm

A commentator on DailyKos hit the nail on the head:

"Now we know what it takes to embarrass Fox News."

jaunte Tue, Dec 4, 2012 9:01:26pm

Fox News chief Roger Ailes, a canny marketer and protector of his network’s 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.

He'll have a hard time getting rid of himself. Rupert will have to do it.

Dark_Falcon Tue, Dec 4, 2012 9:36:35pm

re: #5 jaunte

He'll have a hard time getting rid of himself. Rupert will have to do it.

He might not need to go. He should survive if he can make some decent changes. The test will be how he handles things when wingnuts scream after being told the sky is blue after Rush Limbaugh told them it was purple.

bratwurst Tue, Dec 4, 2012 9:39:47pm

I understand they planned to only go with conservative pundits who predicted the election correctly...but the Clint Eastwood "empty chair" bit is played out.

Dark_Falcon Tue, Dec 4, 2012 9:41:01pm

As for Karl Rove, Alies's actions were predictable. Rove publicly accused the network's "call desk" of getting Ohio wrong and then was proven wrong himself. A mistake of that magnitude cannot be overlooked and Rove's got to have it made very clear to him that he can never do that sort of thing again.

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