FNC Appeared “To Relish A Tabloid Story That Deflects Focus” From Midterm Election

By Brian 

Brian Lowry has some strong words for Fox in this Variety column:

“Fox’s special is partly synergistic slime, an inhouse promotion for sister News Corp. unit ReganBooks’ planned tome by the same working title. Fox News also jumped on the bandwagon by airing the spec’s promos, appearing to relish a tabloid story that deflects focus from the ‘thumpin’ Republicans took in the midterm elections. ‘O.J.’s back, folks, and you won’t believe what he’s saying now,’ daytime anchor Bill Hemmer almost gushed…”

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