The Rise of Fox News | 3. The Other Guy’s Hamburger

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

News, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Politics

4.6 • 25.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

For a decade and a half, CNN was peerless and ambitious, and it understood its place in the world. At least, it thought it did—until Fox News burst onto television screens. Could CNN save itself by becoming conservative or by going tabloid? And how would CNN and Fox respond when September 11 made the news more important than ever? Want more from Slow Burn? Join Slate Plus to unlock full access to all seasons, including members-only bonus episodes from The Rise of Fox News. You'll also enjoy ad-free listening to all of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now by clicking "Try Free" at the top of the Slow Burn show page on Apple Podcasts. Or, visit slate.com/slowburnplus to get access wherever you listen. Season 10 of Slow Burn was written and reported by Josh Levin. It was executive produced by Lizzie Jacobs. Slow Burn is produced by Sophie Summergrad, Joel Meyer, and Rosie Belson with help from Patrick Fort, Jacob Fenston, and Julia Russo. Derek John is Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts. This season was edited by Susan Matthews and Hillary Frey. Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director. Mix and sound design by Joe Plourde. Our theme music was composed by Alexis Cuadrado. Derreck Johnson created the artwork for this season. Episode artwork by Ivylise Simones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How do you feel when you heard the news?
0:01.9	I haven't felt this relieved about anything since they announced that the vaccines were going to work.
0:06.5	Joe's out. Kamal is in. This election is a whole new ball game.
0:11.2	It's a this changes everything moment.
0:13.0	We do kind of have to fight a little bit fire with fire.
0:15.6	I'm Mary Harris, host of What Next, a podcast with a kind of tongue-in-cheek daily
0:19.7	news analysis, you can only get it slate.
0:22.6	I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing to laugh at people in power.
0:25.6	Follow and listen wherever you get your podcasts.
0:29.0	Gail Evans had a very busy life, doing international consulting in the Middle East and raising three young
0:34.8	children. She hadn't been looking to change things up until she got an opportunity with a startup
0:41.1	in Atlanta. That was July 30th, 1980,
0:45.0	within a month of CNN beginning.
0:48.0	Cable News Network, the News Channel.
0:51.0	A bold innovative step taken by Turner Broadcasting exclusively for cable
0:55.5	subscribers.
0:56.5	CNN was selling a brand new era of American television a future filled with round
1:02.2	the clock updates when you didn't have to wait for the
1:05.0	network evening news. National newsmen may tell you that's the way it is.
1:10.0	At the cable news network, we believe that's the way it was.
1:15.0	How do you actually have original news going on 12, 14, 18 hours a day when the most anybody had ever done before was maybe
1:27.1	occasionally an hour.
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