A thread covering the channels who cover (and sometimes control) the news.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 4:47:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42479/msnbc-slaps-tape-delay-on-scarborough.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMSNBC is putting a 7-second muzzle on Joe Scarborough, after the Morning Joe host accidentally uttered the F-word during Monday’s show. Though cable networks are immune from FCC decency rules, MSNBC confirmed that it was instituting the delay to prevent a repeat incident and noted it had done the same thing for Don Imus when his gums flapped a little to wide.http://www.newser.com/story/42479/msnbc-slaps-tape-delay-on-scarborough.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 12 Nov 2008 9:22:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42429/god-bless-you-fox-news.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThank you, Roger Ailes. Sure, your Fox News Channel still specializes in misinformation, distortion, and right-wing fairy tales, but “I’m no longer sure this is a bad thing,” writes Harold Meyerson in the Washington Post. The GOP needs to move in a new direction and cast off its pet obsessions, and thanks to Fox, it can’t do either—pet obsessions are Fox’s bread-and-butter.http://www.newser.com/story/42429/god-bless-you-fox-news.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 12 Nov 2008 6:55:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41676/fox-isnt-flag-waving-just-angry.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe conservative movement is at a crossroads, torn between its intellectuals (think David Brooks) and its shouters (think Rush Limbaugh). As TV’s main conservative voice, Fox News could tip the scales, so Isaac Chotiner of the New Republic watched as much of the channel as he could. His verdict isn’t kind. “Once the network of optimistic, flag-waving jingoism,” he writes, “Fox has become a beacon of sky-is-falling fury.”http://www.newser.com/story/41676/fox-isnt-flag-waving-just-angry.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 04 Nov 2008 10:22:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41081/the-elections-over-except-on-fox-news.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWith one week to go until the election, political coverage on TV "should probably come with a spoiler alert," writes Alessandra Stanley. With every poll predicting a major win for Barack Obama, terms like "touchdown favorite" and "near-insurmountable" have become ubiquitous on the networks. You have to switch to Fox News, writes the New York Times television critic, for coverage that ignores the "flood of predictive data."http://www.newser.com/story/41081/the-elections-over-except-on-fox-news.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 28 Oct 2008 7:45:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40817/media-feeds-markets-frenzy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIs the media behind the rampant volatility gripping Wall Street? It can’t be helping, longtime observer Roger Ehrenberg writes for Information Arbitrage. CNBC, Fox Business, and others recycle countless talking heads, each with passionate and conflicting views. “Media is motivated to evoke a reaction,” Ehrenberg reasons, so they “sew the seeds of conflict.” This constant bear/bull tug-of-war has created a “volatility news cycle.”http://www.newser.com/story/40817/media-feeds-markets-frenzy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 24 Oct 2008 11:56:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40724/fox-ponies-up-as-ad-picture-clouds.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWith the election season winding down and the economy slumping, Fox News could have trouble paying the heavy hitters it's signed and re-signed to multimillion-dollar contracts, the New York Times reports. Experts agree that advertising, a big chunk of Fox’s budget, will fall off after the amazing expenditures during viewer-magnet election coverage. Whether the outcome of the vote will matter is another question entirely.http://www.newser.com/story/40724/fox-ponies-up-as-ad-picture-clouds.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 23 Oct 2008 13:03:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40576/four-more-years-oreilly-re-ups.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBill O'Reilly has signed up for 4 more years of controversy at Fox News, the New York Daily News reports. The outspoken host of top-rated cable news show The O'Reilly Factor says he’s staying on because "the good outweighed the bad"—despite the security entourage he must maintain. The pundit’s daily radio show will probably get the axe though, to make time for an “upgraded” Factor .http://www.newser.com/story/40576/four-more-years-oreilly-re-ups.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 22 Oct 2008 1:14:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40452/maddow-sends-msnbc-ratings-rocketing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultRachel Maddow has made MSNBC a prime-time contender with dizzying speed, the New York Times reports. The liberal pundit's Rachel Maddow Show more than doubled the network's ratings in the 9 pm slot within days of its debut six weeks ago, and has beaten CNN's Larry King Live among viewers ages 25 to 54 more often than not.http://www.newser.com/story/40452/maddow-sends-msnbc-ratings-rocketing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 20 Oct 2008 23:00:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40416/judith-miller-heads-to-fox.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJudith Miller, the former New York Times reporter who spent 85 days in jail rather than reveal her sources in a CIA leak case, is Fox News’ newest on-air analyst, Editor & Publisher reports. “I get to spout my views, I will NOT be joining the news team,” said Miller, who left the paper in 2005 after 28 years.http://www.newser.com/story/40416/judith-miller-heads-to-fox.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 20 Oct 2008 10:12:16 CDT