Leah McLaren on how the network firing its star was not a watershed moment, it was just recent history repeating itself
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It’s Trump’s party now. And soon, Trump’s world?
Trump risks everything on the chance that a majority of voters buy into his agenda of fear. What could possibly go wrong if he wins?
Fox News is turning down the crazy
Fox News is betting a kinder, gentler approach will rescue it from its ratings slump
Mr. Burns and Smithers go to Parliament
Both Murdochs have contempt for everyone, but James’ contempt is smug, while Rupert’s is angry
‘Let’s at least make troubled individuals easier to spot’
Jon Stewart and Roger Ailes find themselves vaguely in agreement on something.
Oh, Roger Ailes, You Wacky Godwin’s Law Breaker
You may have heard that Fox News creator Roger Ailes said that NPR is run by “Nazis.” That wasn’t a mistaken choice of words or a one-time slip of the tongue. The full quote, based on their decision to fire his friend Juan Williams, was: “They are, of course, Nazis. They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the left wing of Nazism.”