So while everyone is talking print, the real reason for the deal is not found on newsstands or even in most press accounts. Roger Ailes, the former and perhaps present GOP media advisor is building the new channel to take on his former bosses at NBC among others.
Bear in mind that foxes don’t always signal their real intentions.
And to return to the animal kingdom, the home of predatory practices as in the fox in the chicken coop, you might want to know more about the uncanny resemblances of the #1 Media Fox to other foxes in the wild.
According to a Wikipedia entry, “Fox families keep in contact with a wide array of different sounds. These sounds grade into one another and span five octaves; each fox has its own characteristically individual voice.
"Wow-wow-wow"
The best-known vulpine noise is a sort of barking that spans three to five syllables.”
(Murdoch’s offer has already generated a big wow-wow-wow in the media world.)
And then there’s….
“The alarm bark
This monosyllabic sound is made by an adult to warn cubs of danger. “
(That’s what we are hearing from others in the press who are barking back at Murdoch’s alarming and flamboyant maneuver)
And there’s more, in the fox world:
“Gekkering
This is a stuttering, throaty noise made at aggressive encounters.”
(Is there a more aggressive media marauder? Listen to him Gekker.)
And Finally,
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