No real reason I felt I had made my point besides Smith I also could have listed Greta Van Ssusteren and Shannon Bream. As for prime time here the 5,6,7,8,and 9 pm shows are Special Report with Bret Bair, On the Record with Greta, O'Reilly Factor, Megyn Kellys the Kelly file, and Hannity. The only one I consider to be just truly partisan talking points is Hannity.FOX News has high ratings because they have quality reporters who do good solid journalism.Let me be clear when I say reporters I mean just that people like Chris Wallace, Bret Bair James Rosen, Carl Cameron, Ed Henry, Jennifer Griffen.
You're referring there to the actual news segments. That's not what sells. Prime time is what sells, and that is devoted to commentary.
And you left out Shepard Smith. Any particular reason?
The Factor is my fave, but lately Bill has gone too soft in ways he didn't used to be, so I tune into Hannity, also. I don't watch him when he has panels on, however. I don't care for programs that encourage more than one person speaking at the same time, unless briefly.
Bill, IMO, is trying too hard to please his liberal base and I feel it is disingenuous ( hate that overused word ) I feel Bill is being pressured to do this, but who knows. I know that Bill has the best program for my needs and he is the most masterful of all the anchors. He packs much variety into one hour. I like his guests.
I also know that Fox News Channel has the best breaking news of the day, and that Fox Business Network also has the best breaking financial news of the day. I like hard news channels. I trust Fox! Go Roger Ailes....you are one marketing genius.
Roger Ailes is also on Orwell Rolls In His Grave, talking about how saying "fair and balanced" constantly will make people ignore the lies. He is very clear in how they can get away with lying. He's on camera saying Glenn Beck should say people should look up and verify what he says because it will make people accept his lies.
Watch the documentary. Just watch it.
This quote from Roger Ailes sums it up:
"If two guys are on a stage and one guy says, 'I know how to bring peace to the Middle East" and the other guy falls into the orchestra pit, which one do you think is going to be on the evening news?"
Exactly. He knows the psychology and exploits it. That's why Murdoch hired him.