Monday, May 09, 2005
FNC: The Media Elite
Source: AJC Well lookie here, CNN's neighbor giving what FNC what others want dare, "favorable media coverage." I guess it just gives Ailes something else to boast about. Anyway pretty good article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the rise and continued success of FNC. So what are the "experts" saying? Below are some quotes from the article:
- Fox News anchors convey "a little less of a sense of self-importance," said Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University. "There is definitely a Fox style that is appealing to people."
- Reese Schonfeld, co-founder of CNN News, finds Fox News easy to absorb. "It's comfortable to watch," said Schonfeld, now involved in cable network start-ups. Its on-air personalities "seem at ease with each other."
- "They have turned the news into a spectator sport," Thompson said.
- "Fox is now the media elite," Thompson, of Syracuse University, said. "These [networks] that shape themselves as the Davids going against the media Goliaths — Fox is a Goliath."
# posted by ATN @ 9:55 AM 
