The Hollywood Reporter
Fox Stations Group president named Keith Olbermann‘s ‘Worst Person in the World,’ but so far few signs of Glenn Beck-type agenda in radically altered news format.
Local news is losing viewers at an alarming rate, so News Corp. executives during the summer directed the company’s owned-and-operated stations to try something different: roundtable discussions, guests, analysis — the sort of thing Fox News Channel does.
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Left-wing bloggers reacted immediately, saying that the directive — which came from Fox Stations Group president Dennis Swanson — was a nefarious attempt to demand that O&Os mimic the likes of Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck on a local level. More…