A sad day for journalism, Bill O'Reily retires

jem said:
Its going to be tough for fox, if they don't find a new talent fast.

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I would give that 9 pm slot to glen beck... and just tell him to not be so sure the world was ending. His info was useful and entertaining but his outlook was so negative at times it was hard to watch.

i realize he went off the deep end lately... but I think it was all just positioning. Bring back the old show with a positive outlook.

back to big revenues.
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Beck is fiercely anti Trump though,and can be a real nut at times.
 
he was... and he was.
but I believe I heard him giving credit to trump for a few things on the radio a few weeks ago... and he was also negative about a few things. Which is how it should be.

Oreilly was an entertainer. Beck is too.
I don't really care that much because I only hear fox news on the radio when I get tired of the Spectrum or the alt rock stations on sirius.
 
AAAintheBeltway said:
O'Reilly is an alpha male. He appealed to the older male demographic that is Fox's bread and butter. His competitors on MSNBC and CNN were a lesbian and a homo, so he did not face any real competition for his demo.

Fox's only other fulltime alpha is Eric Bolling. He is something of a novice at politics. To retain O'Reilly's audience, they need another alpha or a smoking kickass girl.

It appears the Murdoch boys are set to make what I would call the NASCAR mistake. That happens when consultants convince you the way to grow is to broaden your appeal beyond your traditional audience. To do that, they advise, you have to smooth off the rough edges and become less controversial. Unfortunately, it is tough to pull that off without losing what attracted your audience in the first place. You end up with a boring, generic product that annoys your legacy audience and fails to register with the demographic you are targeting.

Having stupidly shitcanned their bellcow, the Murdochs now face a real crisis. Their first attempt at solving it, sticking the Five program in the 9:00 slot, seems laughable. They either need to find a credible O'Reilly replacement or go way outside the box in a move that will generate a lot of buzz. I just do not see another O'Reilly, hence I say go with a young girl like Tomi. Sink or swim, at least it won't be boring.

They could swing for the fences and go after Limbaugh. He brings his own huge audience, but would he do it? Maybe, but the Murdoch's seem to want to get less controversial and edgy, not more.
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Rush tried TV a few years back, he didn't connect as well in front of the camera as he does via microphone. But agree Fox needs to bring something of that magnitude to keep their ratings. All their other programming falls short on content, albeit their competition MSNBC/CNN is laughable at best.

There was a time Fox was on the right path and credible, imo anymore they're just the "right" version of the MSM.
 
jem said:
he was... and he was.
but I believe I heard him giving credit to trump for a few things on the radio a few weeks ago... and he was also negative about a few things. Which is how it should be.

Oreilly was an entertainer. Beck is too.
I don't really care that much because I only hear fox news on the radio when I get tired of the Spectrum or the alt rock stations on sirius.
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They are all "entertainers." That's how they avoid getting sued for the libel that they spew (and this goes for both sides of the spectrum)
 
jem said:
I would give that 9 pm slot to glen beck... and just tell him to not be so sure the world was ending.
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He has some great insights form time to time. Unfortunately, the rest of the time, he varies from insulting to just nuts. Fox was never letting him back in, but his NeverTrump act sealed it.
 
AAAintheBeltway said:
He has some great insights form time to time. Unfortunately, the rest of the time, he varies from insulting to just nuts. Fox was never letting him back in, but his NeverTrump act sealed it.
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I used to like Beck, but somewhere he went off the rails... began to support the Left and then endorsed islam.
 
Wallet said:
Rush tried TV a few years back, he didn't connect as well in front of the camera as he does via microphone.
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I can't imagine why.

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