Linkage?
The New York Times’ Russ Beuttner writes about a longstanding relationship between Rudolph Giuliani and FNC head Roger Ailes…
So far this year, one political journal found, Mr. Giuliani has logged more time on Fox interview programs than any other candidate. Most of the time has been spent in interviews with Sean Hannity, an acknowledged admirer of the former mayor, according to the data compiled by the journal, known as The Hotline.
Fox executives say the items on Mr. Giuliani have been driven by his news value, by his status as a front-runner, not by his relationship with Mr. Ailes.
“I can’t remember his ever saying anything, one way or the other, about our coverage of the Giuliani campaign,” Brit Hume, the anchor who coordinates much of Fox’s political coverage, said of Mr. Ailes. “And I am under no injunctions, restrictions, encouragements or directions of any kind as to how that campaign should be covered.”
Yet the relationship between Mr. Ailes and Mr. Giuliani is the sort that led Mr. Ailes to grouse about CNN during the Clinton administration. Rick Kaplan, the president of CNN at the time, and President Clinton were established friends. Mr. Ailes, asserting the cable channel’s coverage of the president was altogether too warm, called it the “Clinton News Network.”
Mr. Ailes declined to be interviewed for this article, as did Mr. Giuliani, whose campaign would not answer specific questions about the relationship.
LOL. The NYT complaining about media bias. Their hypocrisy and arrogance has absolutely no bounds!
Comment by steve L — August 2, 2007 @ 10:54 am
Let’s see.. the Dems refuse to appear on FOX because the nutroots in Kox & moveon demanded it. Giuliani is the Republican frontrunner. Call me crazy, but I think it would then make sense that he is covered more than any other candidate.
BTW, all the viable Republican candidates have gotten airtime w/ Hannity via longform interviews.
Comment by bigred — August 2, 2007 @ 11:24 am
Don’t give Ailes too much credit. I heard the phrase “Clinton News Network” way before he ever said it.
Comment by erljr — August 2, 2007 @ 11:35 am
Much ado about nothing. Now the losers will start bashing Fox after Murdoch got his pet prize - Dow Jones. Let those b……s cry.
Comment by RGL — August 2, 2007 @ 12:52 pm
huh???
Comment by erljr — August 2, 2007 @ 3:48 pm