RE: O.J. Simpson Interview

Fox News has been headed downhill for several years. People should remember that Rupert Murdoch is and always has been about profits. Anyone looking for altruism from him is chasing shadows. It should also be noted that Murdoch leans very decidedly to the political left. The regular Fox programming channel is a wasteland of sleaze. When actual porn does show up on mainstream television one of these days, my money is on Fox to be the groundbreaker (with ABC a very close second).

Murdoch saw a fairly large gap in the television news market. The three-letter networks had begun to openly pander to the extreme left all during the 1980s. When Fox News started, they really were "fair and balanced." That highly irritated elements on the far left since it meant that they no longer had a lock on the information market.

Fox has always had its share of fluff, Neil Cavuto and Fox & Friends, but in the last five years or so, the fluff has overtaken the serious content. Bill O'Reilly and Greta Van Sustern broadcast unabashed tabloid sleaze. Even the actual news segments spend a substantial amount of time on sensationalist garbage.

As well, the serious news segments have lost their balance, for the most part. Fox has become an unapologetic echo chamber for the neocons. Brit Hume's excellent news segment (which Brit hardly ever seems to host any more) has degraded into a Bush Administration propaganda arm.

Real, objective news doesn't sell, folks, and agenda is everything these days. Get used to it.