A Fox in the Sky News henhouse?

Dr Mumbo has long admired Sky News Australia’s resistance to following the path of distant cousin Fox News, instead mostly sticking with reporting over hysterical right wing commentary.

Even the last couple of years’ drift towards right-leaning commentators, mainly from News Corp, for the evening slots has been benign by comparison.

And those commentators may simply be a case of giving the punters what they want. After all Paul Murray Live topped the pay TV ratings earlier this week.

And perhaps Dr Mumbo isn’t alone in finding Andrew Bolt’s more emotional moments highly entertaining television, regardless of politics.

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