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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (10793)	1/30/1999 1:04:00 AM
From: Catfish	Respond to of 13994

MSNBC going Conservative to boost ratings?? washtimes.com 1/29/99 For Editorial and Discussion use only: North to MSNBC Cable network MSNBC hired Oliver North as co-host of a prime-time political talk show Thursday, leading Fox News Channel's top executive to say his rival is tilting conservative in response to a ratings slump. Mr. North and liberal commentator Cynthia Alksne will run "Equal Time" weeknights at 8 p.m. EST, followed by a weeknight edition of veteran correspondent John McLaughlin's political roundtable at 8:30. Fox News Channel Chairman Roger Ailes said MSNBC is "left wing," and Mr. North and Mr. McLaughlin help balance it politically. Fox has been rising in the ratings lately, with an average prime-time audience of 218,000 households to MSNBC's 200,000 during the first three weeks of January. "If they think it would save them, they'd be hiring people from Lyndon LaRouche," said Mr. Ailes, a former Republican political strategist and campaign adviser to Presidents Nixon, Reagan and Bush. Erik Sorenson, vice president and general manager of MSNBC, said the network was merely striving for balance. People at Fox News Channel "cater to Clinton haters" who love the impeachment story, Mr. Sorenson told Associated Press television writer David Bauder. freerepublic.com