Fox Sidelines Karl Rove, Dick Morris

Post-election, Ailes wants fresh faces
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 4, 2012 11:57 PM CST
Updated Dec 5, 2012 12:41 AM CST
Fox Sidelines Karl Rove, Dick Morris
Political commentator Dick Morris speaks to the crowd during the "Gateway to November" Tea Party rally in St. Louis.    (AP Photo/Whitney Curtis, file)

The post-election shake-up at Fox News includes benching two of the pundits who called it wrong the most persistently, New York reports. Under orders from Roger Ailes, producers must get permission before booking Karl Rove or Dick Morris. "The election’s over," says a Fox spokesperson confirming the new rules. Sources say Ailes wasn't happy about Rove's on-air refusal to accept the network calling Ohio for Obama, or about the way Morris' reality-defying predictions became a punch line even inside Fox. (More Karl Rove stories.)

Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X