Fox News host to Dems: Don’t criticize Fox News on Fox News, ErikWemple writes
Fox News Channel's Dana Perino attends Waiting for Wishes Celebrity Waiters Dinner in Nashville, Tennessee, April 16. By Erik Wemple Erik Wemple Media critic with a focus on the ups and downs and downs of the cable-news industry. Email Bio Follow Media critic May 10 at 1:37 PM In a Thursday op-ed, Fox News host Dana Perino ditches journalism for the work of a publicist. “Dana Perino’s six tips for successful Fox News interviews...
One problem is that they may have heard this sort of advice before: “Fox viewers are like every other voter. They want to see you be yourself. Authenticity is what people crave. Obviously, you’ll have points you will want to make, but rigidly sticking to unnatural talking points is a turn-off. Come in armed and ready to defend your position. It’s the job of the news media to ask tough questions of those in power,” writes Perino in a frenzy of election-season cliches.
Perino thinks she knows her audience, but who really does? Statistics from a 2012 Pew survey on ideology and partisanship among various media audiences back up Perino’s characterization of the not-negligible number of independents and Democrats who watch Fox News. Some highlights: The Fox News audience is 22 percent Democratic. Heck, even Right-Wing Conspiracy Hour host Sean Hannity reels in a 5 percent Democratic share.
And why was he watching “Fox & Friends”? “You have to check out the competition,” he told the Erik Wemple Blog at the time. “You have to check out what they’re saying. If I didn’t watch them, I wouldn’t hate them. I wouldn’t know what they’re up to.”
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