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Home Front: Culture Wars
Rupert Murdoch Calls Special Meeting as Fox News Ratings Falter
2017-05-17
[Breitbart] Fox News executive chairman Rupert Murdoch will host a company-wide meeting Wednesday amid internal turmoil at the network and threats to its ratings dominance from MSNBC.

According to Deadline, Murdoch is set to host two meetings at the network’s new studio, Studio F, where he will discuss both the company’s plans for a new newsroom and its overall direction and future. The meetings will reportedly be held in two shifts to accommodate all staff.

The meetings come as the network has been rocked by a series of sexual harassment and racial discrimination lawsuits in recent months, culminating in last month’s departure of star anchor and one-time cable news ratings king Bill O’Reilly.

Following O’Reilly’s departure, the network’s primetime schedule underwent perhaps its most significant reshuffling in years, with Tucker Carlson taking over O’Reilly’s 8 p.m. time slot and the panel show The Five moving to 9 p.m.

But the network faces an early test of its new lineup from MSNBC, which has benefitted greatly from star anchor Rachel Maddow and its lineup’s breathless coverage of the Trump administration.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  @#3: He has: Shep Smith comes out as gay and denies that 'loving' Roger Ailes stopped him from revealing his sexuality as he speaks out about Fox News sex harassment scandal

Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2017-05-17 18:26  

#6  IF I wanted, hypothetically speaking, to watch MSNBC or CNN, why would I watch FOX's new and improved© look-alike product?
B has it pegged: more Shep will save them, obviously... (\s)
Posted by: magpie   2017-05-17 18:24  

#5  Tucker Carlson was a good choice for the O'Reilly slot. I don't know the facts regarding all the claims of sexual harassment by the women at Fox. Gloria Allred or her daughter was behind many of these lawsuits. Allred and her daughter are "legal hit women" for the left/Donks. Allred took down Herman Cain in 2012. The women and their claims against Cain disappeared shortly thereafter after he stepped away from running.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-05-17 18:11  

#4  Don't look like MSNBC, Don't sound like MSNBC, report more news than MSNBC.

Don't repeat and endless obviously false narrative of 5 "stories" on the hour every hour.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-05-17 17:55  

#3  Shep should just come out of the closet and get it over with.
Posted by: Raj   2017-05-17 17:12  

#2  Fire his stupid-a$$ liberal sons for starters.
Posted by: gorb   2017-05-17 16:07  

#1  Hire six or eight more people of the caliber of Shep Smith and Bob Beckel. Thinks will improve, you'll see.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-05-17 14:56  

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