Understand, Fox has more integrity that NBC or CBS but they seem bound and determined to abandon narrative news in favor of bullshit talk shows. I passively view Fox and CNBC. Those channels are often background noise for my multitasking. Here and there a story will catch my interest and I will sit and watch it to conclusion.
For my taste, Fox News was always too much panel discussion and not enough journalism. I would sometimes watch Current TV or even Al Jazeera because they had a higher news content than Fox. As bad as it was, Fox took a turn for the worse when they replaced Glenn Beck with "The Five."
Glenn Beck was a conservative hack who went off in a different direction when he joined Fox News. He started doing his own investigations which was hard to do with his minuscule staff. So he started 'The Blaze' and the website now has more viewers than 'New York Times' and CNN.
Beck outed Van Jones and shed the light on SEIU and Cloward-Piven and revealed some of ACORN's dirty secrets. He would be replaced with...drum roll please..."The Five." If you like "The View" you will love "The Five."
We can understand why a producer might love "The Five." No one host will become a prima donna. Guest slots on the show can be doled out like candy to good little Fox hacks. And of course the show costs nothing to produce.
Those are the advantages of putting on a low budget show with no content. The disadvantages are that the show insults the viewer and helps to destroy the network's brand. Ha ha ha Bob Beckel. Bob Beckel is a pinata! Ha ha ha. Hee hee hee. Bob Beckel is wrong again. Ha ha ha.
Is there anyone out there who believes one hour of Greg Gutfeld is not enough? OK Greg, you can put your hand down. Anyone else? I didn't think so. Like Barack Obama, Greg Gutfeld has disproved the validity of The Peter Principle. "Red Eye" should have been Gutfeld's level of incompetence destination. Ahhh, but there would be one more promotion after the 3 AM show (with more advancement to come?)
The premise of "Red Eye" is OK for a 3 AM show but even at that hour, it does not deliver. "The Five" is for me, unwatchable. This is what replaced Glenn Beck with his twenty minute extemporaneous monologues and his White House red phone? "The Five" would be unsuitable for 5 AM, never mind 5 PM.
So now Fox News is interrupting what little news they provide to bring us "Outnumbered." From noon to one viewers will be treated to "news with a twist." Yet another panel featuring four female Fox hacks and one male Fox hack. How cute! Can't wait till Greg Gutfeld is the male hack. And Beckel? Set the DVR!
Fox News is no longer news. It isn't entertainment either. What do we call this endless chatfest? We call it Fox News.
You can have it.
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