Fox News

I normally enjoy to read Esquire and I just finished this article about Shepard Smith at Fox News. According to the article “Shepard is in Fox News’s DNA”, if that is good or bad, you are the one to decide, but it is definately contraversial. To quote the article:

“Fox News really is different from its competitors, not just for the way it treats ideology but for the way it treats television. Its DNA — like Shep Smith’s DNA — is rooted in local news, in tabloid news, in rebels who like working for the Man, in anchors and executives who have been number one year after year and are still so aware of where they came from that they can keep a straight face when they, like Sharri Berg, claim, “We are the underdog.”

It is though clear that Fox News are not the underdog, however it will be interesting to see the new place that Shep Smith & Fox will take in the post-Bush world. It is the same for the very entertaining, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. What position they will take towards the administration will be very interesting to follow, hence I was also very disappointed that the journalist writing the article never asked Shep Smith about this. Barack Obama promised Change and the world has indeed Changed since he came into office. How will Fox react to this? How will the react to a change in The War on Terror? And about the Daily Show – Bush was clearly more funny than Obama.

but back to Fox News – Fair and Balance – as their slogan is lying…ehh saying.