A trio of former senior Fox executives recently published a statement expressing regret for their role in helping bring Fox News into existence. And even Fox News didn’t just come out of nowhere at News Corp. Murdoch first tried — and failed — to buy CNN. But from its very inception, Fox News was an overtly political operation. Before being hired by Murdoch to run Fox News, Roger Ailes was arguably the premier and most ruthless right-wing political consultant in American politics. Why would that kind of media operation turn its back on a future Republican president who lied?

Source: Fox News July 14, 2023 23:34 UTC