Anchors like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity led the way, stirring the pot. Instead, he was reportedly looking at smaller, more radical sites, like Brietbart and One America News Network.
An opinion piece he wrote, began , "Donald Trump should not have been on the phone with a foreign head of state encouraging another country to investigate his political opponent, Joe Biden. Some Republicans are trying, but there's no way to spin this as a good idea. On his last broadcast , Smith didn't explain where he'd be headed next but said he planned to focus on spending time with family and friends. In a statement , Smith thanked his colleagues and said he would "miss" working at Fox News.
According to those inside the network, his departure was because he was sick of being attacked by Trump and his colleagues since he refused to bend to the whims of the president.
With Smith gone, critics said, Fox News' ability to argue that it produced unbiased coverage, alongside its opinion shows, was substantially weakened. In , Emily Tamkin wrote for Columbia Journalism Review , "It's just that what is mostly reflected on the screen—especially during prime time—seems to be less news reporting, more punditry, more round tables, more horse-race politics, more talking heads, more interviews and interviewees yelling at each other, more that makes the news more confusing for the viewer or at least for this viewer.
It hadn't found a way to beat Fox News. Even so, going forward, it won't be picking up viewers by repeating its presidential coverage in According to Zucker, this time it won't be airing any live and uncut political rallies. That way, the network could spread around coverage between the candidates and wouldn't seem like it supported a particular one.
For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good Subscriber Account active since Shortcuts. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. James Pasley. Fox News has continued on an upward trend ratings-wise, but it's success has been through its anchor's opinions, and since it's lost a few of its biggest stars.
Here's how the two networks have changed in the last decade. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. CNN specializes in straight news and Fox News in opinion. But the trajectory of these two rivals is intertwined. CNN began operating in the s, with an aim of "making news the star. Fox News was the newcomer, having launched in But since , it's been the highest-rated cable news channel in America.
CNN has always had a large editorial staff. In , it had 4, employees, the most out of any of its competitors. Fox News was the opposite. CNN had the ability to be on the ground, reporting. But its commentary felt forced. Its strength was in news. While Fox News's actual reporting, according to Mike Hoyt, a former editor of Columbia Journalism Review, was "a small island in a vast sea of very conservative commentary.
In February , Fox amped up the feud when it lashed out at CNN's claim that said it was the most trusted name in news. That was CNN's worst month in its recent history. In May , CNN reported its worst ratings in a decade. Holder was referring to a segment fought on Fox News for seven minutes, between liberal journalist Kirsten Powers and anchor Megyn Kelly, over alleged voter intimidation. In mid, CNN was experiencing one of its worst slumps ever.
Fox News continued to rise. It finished with an average of 2 million prime-time viewers. It's hard to miss the irony. Zucker wanted to revamp CNN from a tired news station into something entertaining. He wanted to break up CNN's daytime programming, which ran together as an endless breaking news cycle. It was Zucker who brought back the tagline "this is CNN" as he tried to strengthen the network's identity. He wasn't afraid to break from the brand, either.
Things were changing for Fox News in , too. One of the reasons for this change was that Ailes was concerned about its aging demographic. In , commentators noticed Fox News was also putting more left-wing analysts on air. Another sign was former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's fall from favor.
Palin went on to start her own media organization. Across the divide, despite Zucker's changes, CNN's viewers were down to , in the primetime slot in In , CNN's news judgment was mocked for choosing to cover the White House Correspondent's dinner over protests for Freddie Gray, a black man who died while being held by police. In , Fox News saw a glimmer of the future when Megyn Kelly grilled Trump over his past sexist comments.
Trump responded by refusing to go back on Fox News. Fox News' management also reportedly killed a story about Trump's alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, because Murdoch wanted Trump to win.
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