It will be the major network's detriment if they continue on this pattern as evidenced by Fox News.  FNC now gets monster ratings every night and will continue to do so because the other networks will not show conservative views readily.  I guarantee you that if abc, cbs, or nbc suddenly put a more balanced voice on their nightly news program, ratings would sky rocket.  They really seem to be putting political ideology before ratings and money.  

We have the never-ending tension between people who like a politician because of his policies, versus others who embrace policies because they love the politician.

The in-house reporters at the White House make their living by reporting, challenging, and explaining policies. That's why the pro-Obama adulation will stop (or slow down) there first. I doubt it'll ever die, unless Obama implodes into a Jimmy Carter. But if and when the love slobbering affair dwindles, it'll start there first. They'll expose his policies.

The big 3 network anchors, who resemble Ted Baxter more and more each day, don't get caught in the details. They fancy themselves as 30,000 foot viewers. They don't want to ask Obama about federal outlays 10 years from now. They want to ask Obama about his feelings. They love Obama's personality, but let's face it, they don't understand solitaire, never mind Obama's policies.

...not terribly impressive or brave. One clandestine meeting with Obama was all it took for Rupert Murdoch and BOR to start serving the master during the election.

Now that the Fairness Doctrine looks less likely for this year, perhaps he feels safe acknowledging the reality of the fascist state he helped deliver.

O'Reilly helped Obama get elected.