Fox News Channel's secret ingredient is
attitude, says critic
Los Angeles Times (reg. req.)
Brian Lowry writes: "Maybe Fox News' secret ingredient isn't
so much ideology as attitude -- a network whose shouting heads and
razzmatazz perfectly suit a media culture where news must be rouged
up and ready for prime time in order to compete." You can say that
Bill O'Reilly's rants aren't really "news," but
"they're certainly entertaining in a Christian-to-the-lions sort of
way, and what we're talkin' about is showbiz, baby, when the
surest way to win hearts and minds is a swift jab to the kidneys,"
says Lowry.
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