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FOX News's First Broadcast (1996) w/ Josh Levin
We're kicking off a series of episodes about the media environment during the election season. Today, a look at the birth of FOX News Channel.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Slate's Josh Levin to talk about the launch of FOX News in October 1996. They discuss how the tensions between journalism and partisanship were present in the channel from the very beginning -- but got supercharged with the 2000 election and the post-9/11 Bush presidency.
Josh's new season of Slow Burn is called "The Rise Of Fox News"
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