Matt Bialick
September 29th, 2010
Fox primary: complicated, contractual
The current situation with Fox News has been evolving over time. They have become a News super power. They have taken over and created many stations, making them a large percentage of TV news. Fox has been showing and promoting their Republican view, but now actually paying possibly presidential candidates. I found this article to be really good and right on subject with our current discussions. They have control and pay upcoming candidates to promote and give the public select coverage. Fox will give the people they promote easy questions and promise not to throw in hard ones. This limits the candidates actual first thoughts and personality. Also they will limit their people to only being interviewed on Fox run shows. Sarah Palin was asked recently to do a interview, she said to ask Fox. Who didn't allow her. They have exclusive interviewing rights over her now. They have control over her and others, this will definitely put a twist on the next presidential elections. Fox promoting certain people not only shows more of the Republican side to the public, but also makes it harder for other Republicans to run against the Fox promoted candidates. The other candidates will receive less recognition and publicity. A example I think of with this problem is like a prestigious company using a relative of applicant as their main reference. Parents and family members usually have the same morals that they have taught to there children, and believe their kid is great for that. This is like how Fox pays people to do and say what they want, and trying to tell everyone that their view is right. They should make laws to stop the joining of possible political runners and news companies. Fox has found away around this at the moment, but hopefully they and other companies will limited in the future.
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