Fox News is chasing its audience. It could lead down some dark paths.
At 92, Rupert Murdoch is retiring and handing the reins over to his son. Will Lachlan Murdoch watch over a period of managed decline—or will he chase the audience Fox News has been losing to the even-more extreme right?, Director of the Roger Center for the American Presidency at Vanderbilt University.
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