“News for angry old people” - the trouble in Murdoch town
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The Reset of Fox News' Audience
The ouster of Tucker Carlson does send a signal that there won't be more election denialism, you know, countenance, or endorsed by Fox News personality. Lachlan Murdoch's decision to drop the case against Crykey altogether was a cold kind of business decision. I think what they are doing is taking an enormous risk. Are the Murdochs realising that there isn't as much of an audience in that older sort of demographic that leans more conservative than they once was? I don't think it's for that reason. You actually biggest host overnight because you've got a long term structural challenge.
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