Friday, January 17, 2014

Fox News: Right turn into irrelevancy

Bill O'Reilly serves up a favorite whipping-post story tailored to Fox News' conservative viewership. /Fox News image

A battle for the heart and soul of the Grand Old Party is about to rage in congressional districts across the country. Then in 2016, the Republicans will get a shot at an open seat in the White House.

There's a bitter irony ahead for FOX News chief Roger Ailes and other conservative Republican kingmakers. Fox News has been successful in energizing the far-right of American politics, but the candidates and policies generating the most passion in the Republican Party are now so extreme that winning a presidential election seems unlikely.

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