[ Ссылка ] - Could Glenn Beck be leaving Fox News?
Glen Beck one of the most extreme and opinionated right wing news personalities and once one of the most popular on the Fox News channel - may be losing popularity and may soon lose his show. The New York Time David Carr reports that since last August Glenn Beck has lost over a third of his audience - a greater percentage drop than other Fox hosts. He still has great numbers for a cable news show, but anonomous fox news officials have indicated they are contemplating life without the extreme personality.
Fox News Channel Info
Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly referred to as Fox News or Fox, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation. As of April 2009, it is available to 102 million households in the United States and further to viewers internationally, broadcasting primarily out of its New York City studios.
The channel was created by Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who hired former NBC executive Roger Ailes as the founding CEO.[1] The channel was launched on October 7, 1996[2] to 17 million cable subscribers. The channel grew in the late 1990s and 2000s to become the dominant cable news network in the United States.[3] Fox News finished the first quarter of 2009 as the second-most-watched cable network in primetime, behind USA Network.[4]
Some critics have asserted that Fox News Channel promotes conservative political positions.[5] Fox News Channel says that its political commentary and news reporting operate independently of each other and denies any bias in its news reporting.[6]
Glen Beck
Glenn Edward Lee Beck (born February 10, 1964) is an American conservative radio and television host, author, entrepreneur, and political commentator. He hosts The Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks; and also a cable news show on Fox News Channel. As an author, Beck has had six New York Times-bestselling books, with five debuting at #1.[4] Beck is the founder and CEO of Mercury Radio Arts, a multimedia production company through which he produces content for radio, television, publishing, the stage, and the Internet.
Beck has received wealth and fame, as well as controversy and criticism. His supporters praise him as a constitutional stalwart defending traditional American values from secular progressivism, while his critics contend he promotes conspiracy theories and employs incendiary rhetoric for ratings.
