Advertisement Continue reading the main storyLet’s not pretend that Fox News was the only network to cover this story in the gutter. Mr. Ailes’s station may have pioneered this new style of television reportage, but the other cable news channels didn’t hesitate to join the race to the bottom. In fact, in late 1998, when Keith Olbermann briefly left MSNBC, he expressed disgust with the frequent Lewinsky coverage. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyOur world — of cyberbullying and chyrons, trolls and tweets — was forged in 1998. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThere are some positive signs that the younger generation at Fox — James and Lachlan Murdoch — seem to want to change the culture Mr. Ailes created.

Source: New York Times May 22, 2017 19:32 UTC