The Orlando Sentinel's "TV Guy" Hal Boedeker submits an opposing view of the TCA critic Fox News walkout for our consideration:
Glenn Garvin of The Miami Herald set this scene for an appearance by Roger Ailes of Fox News Channel: "About two-thirds of the 150 critics left the room before Ailes took the stage, several of them openly voicing their scorn for what they say is Fox News' conservative spin."
Glenn was on one side of the room, so I can't confirm what people near him were saying. But the critics near me wanted to hear Ailes because he makes infrequent appearances at the gathering and because Fox News is thriving.
As for Glenn's count on attendance, I'm sure quite a few critics left after the previous session for "Vanished," a new Fox drama. Most didn't depart for political reasons.
They cover entertainment, not news. Fox News isn't a priority for them. Rather than being liberal, they're apolitical...
But the real value of Boedeker's item, IMO, is an inside/insidery look at the TCA conference....read on...
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