30 Years Ago Today: The Birth of 24/7 Conservative Media

30 Years Ago Today: The Birth of 24/7 Conservative Media


As of noon today, there’s absolutely no mention anywhere on FoxNews.com’s homepage

Which marks a seismic shift from ten years ago today:

(Jan. 30, 2016) Twenty years ago today a brand new cable news channel — FOX News Channel — was announced in a press conference held by Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes.

“I would just like to say how delighted I am that we have now reached this moment, and we can firmly announce the starting of a FOX News Channel and a much greater effort on the buildup of Fox News in every area,” Murdoch told the assembled media in 1996.

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About eight months later, Fox News debuted on Oct. 7, 1996. Few knew it at the time, but it would soon

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