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...maintain that “Family Ties” achieved commercial and critical success on account of politics or eccentric kids would be to sell short the rare charisma that oozed from the pores of Michael J. Fox, now and forever Alex P. Keaton. People tuning in to “Family Ties” repeats are nostalgic not merely for legwarmers and Watergate humor, but for the boy Fox once was. Alex’s eagerness to grow up is now steeped in tragic irony, as his real-life counterpart is stricken with Parkinson’s disease...
...Fox News has done with general news what CNBC did with business news--treated it as ESPN treats sports, with conflict, a little jocularity, NFL-style graphics and rooting interests. Traditional, detached TV news tells you the news is interesting. Fox News tells you the news rocks. Thus the clubhouse, good-times atmosphere at Fox, from the towel-snapping, frat-house yuks of morning show Fox & Friends to the anchors who, after learning of Fox's ratings win, taunted CNN with the glee of a point guard who just sank a three...
...implicit, populist message to viewers: Fox News doesn't think it's better than you (unless you're the competition). It is not handing down news on tablets; it is not ashamed to look like Access Hollywood. Its on-air talent is colloquial--"Slammed on the floor!" said a reporter describing Janet Reno's public fainting spell last week, as if she had been upended by The Rock--with less patrician polish than traditional newscasts. It's a far cry from William F. Buckley--a conservative haven that appeals to social-class resentment. O'Reilly, the highest-rated host...
...still not known whether more viewers will translate into more money for Fox News. CNN continues to draw ad rates about a third higher than Fox's because, say advertising executives, it has an established cable-news brand and has maintained a more upscale audience. But in January, Fox led CNN among viewers in the advertiser-friendly 25-54 age range (all the networks' viewer ages skew toward older viewers--CNN's median age is 59, to Fox's 56 and MSNBC's 55). News events can change the business again in an instant, of course, but Fox's gains...
Sword also amassed an impressive resume during his time at Harvard. He socialized at the Fox, an all-male final club, was active in the Phillips Brooks House, served as business manager for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and helped produce Citystep, a dance program for underprivileged children...