What's happening at Fox News?

Something is going on at FoxNews.   No, I haven't started watching them on TV, but I do find articles cropping up in my computer news feed that surprise me.   I've even quoted from them a couple of times.

And then there was the town hall this past weekend on Fox television moderated by Chris Wallace (always a decent man and a good interviewer).   The town hall featured Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who was openly critical of a couple of their opinion hosts (Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham) and decried the "media noise machine on the right."

But, having established that he could dish out some barbs, he made it clear that he was not there to fight.   He was there because he wanted to reach the audience that watches Fox and to talk about things that matter to them.  To give them his perspective on things that concern them.

And at the end of the hour, this audience gave him a standing ovation, which brought forth a surprised "Wow. . . a standing ovation" from Wallace.

And then Monday, I found this essay by Roger Fisk on the Fox News site that is critical of the Trump administration and Trump himself.  Here are some disconnected excerpts to give you the flavor:

"No amount of press spin or social media chest thumping can distract from the fact that the White House’s Barr-infused euphoria of April has curdled.  The drumbeat of bad news for the administration comes mainly from the rhythm of their own missteps." 

"Barr’s verbal jujitsu did its original job, most likely the one he was hired to provide – a singular soap box for three weeks during which the president used Barr’s summary to trumpet exaggerated and often plainly wrong interpretations of the report."

"Multiple investigations are underway that remain secret. . . .  The New York Times has reported that Trump lost $1 billion over a 10-year period that allowed him to pay virtually no income tax as a result."

"This White House gives no indication of having . . . discipline.  Its day to day operations are geared more toward providing the president with his daily allowance of grievance than it is on governing. This is what happens when morally rudderless people convene around a vain leader whose only constituency and motivation is the face he sees every day in the mirror. Everything else is deception.
The drumbeat continues."

Read that last underlined sentence again.    In a Fox News publication!!!   Incredible.

Now, please tell me what's going on over at Fox News?    We can't keep calling it TrumpTV, if this keeps up.

Ralph