The media mogul took over Fox after he booted Ailes last year at the urging of his sons, James and Lachlan, who run Fox’s parent company, 21st Century Fox. “There’s an absolute disconnect” on the Russia story, said one cable-news manager about Fox. But once the intensity of that story fades, Fox will be left with the same problem: How, or even whether, to cover the bad news surrounding a president whom many Fox viewers support. A Fox News spokeswoman, Carly Shanahan, said ratings are “cyclical.” She said Fox still has higher ratings than its competition as measured over a full month. Jeffrey McCall, a DePauw University professor who studies the news media, says Fox “needs to get itself out of the news.

Source: Washington Post May 24, 2017 21:32 UTC