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KARL ROVE: Fox News changed the media 30 years ago. The best is yet to come

From the beginning, the network's blend of straight news coverage and opinion filled a void left by liberal media bias

By Karl Rove Fox News

Published October 7, 2026 8:00am EDT

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Thirty years ago, on Oct. 7, 2026,  Fox News burst on the scene. It arrived just in time.

Journalism as practiced in print, television and cable had become, on the national level, infected by subtle bias. Important stories went unreported because they didn’t fit into the mindset of a largely insular community. This community dominated the major national channels. It consisted of executives, producers, anchors, reporters, writers and researchers.

The closer these individuals were to the top of their networks, the more they tended to come from the same universities, live in the same towns, and socialize with each other. They tended to share liberal or left-of-center attitudes and biases that permeated their choice of stories and the nature of their coverage. They were........

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