"THE FIVE."
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TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY FOR ALL
OF US.
IT’S THURSDAY, WHEN JESSE
FINALLY DOES HIS LAUNDRY.
>> Jesse: WATCH?
[LAUGHTER]
>> Greg: YOU SMELL.
IT’S ALSO FOX NEWS’ 24TH ANNIVERSARY
IT’SALSO FOX NEWS’ 25TH ANNIVERS
A BIGGER ACHIEVEMENT THAN ANYONE
IN THE INDUSTRY WOULD CARE TO AD
IT INCLUDES DESTROYING THE
LEGACY OF THE MEDIA.
WHY WOULD THEY CELEBRATE THE
THING THAT KILLED THEM?
I DON’T BLAME THEM.
WHILE WE CELEBRATE OUR 25TH,
WHAT CAN CNN CELEBRATE?
ANOTHER MONTH WITHOUT A JEFFREY
TOOBIN ZOOM CALL?
CONGRATS.
WHEN FOX NEWS DEBUTED, IT WAS
MOCKED.
WITHIN MONTHS, THE MOCKERY
STOPPED, THE CRITICS SAW A FOX
RISE TO THE TOP AND BEAT THE
PANTS OFF OF THEM, WHICH WAS
EASY WITH TOOBIN.
[LAUGHTER]
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
IT WAS NECESSARY, IT HAD TO
HAPPEN.
THE MAINSTREAM NEWS NOT ONLY
REFUSED TO SERVE MOST AMERICANS.
THEY FELT THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO.
THEY CONTROL THE NARRATIVE AND
YOU HAD LITTLE CHOICE BUT TO
TAKE IT.
THEY’VE USED YOUR TRUST, LIED TO
YOU, THOUGHT YOU WERE STUPID,
SHARED THE SAME BRAIN.
THE INDUSTRY DEVOLVED INTO A
CORRUPT INSULAR MACHINE OUT TO
STOKE THE VISION TO MAKE MONEY.
FOX CAME ALONG.
WE WERE DIFFERENT.
WE KNEW THIS MONOLITHIC MEDIA
WAS DERELICT IN ITS DUTY, SO FOX
PROVIDED THE BALANCE THAT WAS
MISSING.
IT DID SO FEARLESSLY, KNOWING
THAT IT WOULD PAINT TARGETS ON
ALL OF OUR BACKS, BUT IT’S
POPULAR TO GROUP THEM AND WHY?
WE ARE PEOPLE!
WE WEREN’T PERFECT, WE WERE
HUMAN.
YOU COULD RELATE TO US.
IT WASN’T A NETWORK, IT WAS A
RELATIONSHIP.
YOU CAN GET MAD AT US AND TURN
US OFF, BUT WE ALSO KNEW THAT WE
HAD YOUR BEST INTERESTS AT
HEART, SO HE STUCK WITH US
THROUGH ALL THE GREAT STUFF IN
THE NOT SO GREAT STUFF.
FOX DIDN’T SPEAK DOWN TO LIKE
THE POMPOUS GAS BAGS AT OTHER
NETWORKS.
WE SPOKE DIRECTLY TO YOU.
WE ASSUMED YOU WERE AS SMART AS
US IF NOT SMARTER.
WE DID NOT SEE FAMILY OR
RELIGION AS A JOKE.
WE CELEBRATED THE AMERICAN IDEA,
RELISHED PROVIDING A VOICE FOR
THE UNHEARD.
AS EMPLOYEES AT FOX, WE THANKED
FOX FOR KEEPING US EMPLOYED.
HERE IS MY FIRST APPEARANCE ON
"THE O’REILLY FACTOR."
I WAS HANDSOME.
[LAUGHTER]
THERE IS JESSE.
I HAD GREAT SIDEBURNS, JESSE,
THOSE EYEBROWS...
[LAUGHTER]
THEN THERE IS DANA.
LOOK AT HER.
YOU AGED BETTER THAN ALL OF US.
THE REAL THANKS GOES TO YOU, THE
VIEWERS, WHO TRUST US AND LET US
INTO YOUR HOMES, AND THANKS TO
EVERYONE WHO CAME BEFORE US TO
MAKE THIS HAPPEN AGAINST,
SEEMINGLY, IT’S A MOUNTABLE ODDS
TO ANOTHER 25. >> Jesse: WELL SAID.
>> Jesse: WELL SAID.
>> Greg: WHY THANK YOU.
ANY THEORY AS TO WHY FOX NEWS
HAS BEEN ABLE TO BUILD AND BUILD
AND BUILD?
AS THE OTHER MEDIA BECOMES MORE
ELITE AND INSULAR?
>> Dana: YOU NAILED IT.
THE MEDIA, FOR SO LONG,
BASICALLY HAD A POINT OF VIEW.
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS KEPT
THE POINT OF VIEW.
IT’S BECOME SLIGHTLY MORE TILTED
TOWARDS THE LEFT, EVEN A CENTER
LEFT, BUT MORE PROGRESSIVE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE WAS AN
ALTERNATIVE.
TO GIVE PEOPLE CHOICES IN A
CAPITALISTIC SYSTEM THERE’S A
MARKET FOR THE PRODUCT IS GOING
TO DO WELL.
INTERESTING, THERE’S 136
EMPLOYEES THAT WORK HERE TODAY
THAT STARTED ON THE FIRST DAY.
THEIR MORNING THERE WAS A
SQUIRREL YOU CAN SEE THERE.
THEY LISTED ALL THE PEOPLE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING.
FOR A NETWORK THAT SUPPOSED TO
FAIL, AND RUPERT MURDOCH, ONE OF
THE INTERVIEWS HE DID, EVERYONE THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY WHEN HE WAS
THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY WHEN HE WAS
STARTING IT.
HOPEFULLY, HE’S FEELING GOOD
TODAY.
>> Greg: I REMEMBER WANTING TO
WORK FOR IT.
I MADE THE POINT OF COMPARING IT
AND CONTRASTING.
THERE IS NO INTERESTING PEOPLE
IN OTHER NETWORKS.
YOU ARE CONSIDERED INTERESTING
FOR THE WRONG REASONS.
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE
FACT THAT IF YOU TURN ON FOX,
YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE THERE, AND
PEOPLE SEE YOU ON THE STREET,
THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY KNOW YOU.
>> Greg: WE ARE TRUE BELIEVERS
HERE ARE FOX NEWS.
WE DON’T GET ON THE AIR BECAUSE
WE WANT TO LOOK PRETTY AND BE
LIKED BY CERTAIN PEOPLE. WE CARE ABOUT THE COUNTRY, AND
WE CARE ABOUT THE COUNTRY, AND
THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY.
WE GAVE THE PEOPLE OF THE
COUNTRY VOICE THEY DID NOT HAVE
BEFORE.
THEY TREAT US LIKE FAMILY.
THAT CONNECTION IS SO STRONG, NO
OTHER BROADCAST PROFESSIONALS
HAVE THE CONNECTION THAT WE HAVE
WITH THE AUDIENCE.
I CAN STATE THAT IS A FACT.
WE CARE SO PASSIONATELY ABOUT
WHAT WE DO.
WE WERE TALKING IN THE GREEN
ROOM ABOUT A FAKE NEWS ARTICLE
THAT WE SAW, "FAKE OUTRAGE,
PERFORMANCE ART."
NO!
WE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT’S
GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY.
MAYBE, WE ARE OUTRAGED AT
SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN, BECAUSE
THAT DOESN’T SIT WELL.
WE KNOW IT DOESN’T SIT WITH THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE ALSO LAUGHING AND JOKING.
IT DOESN’T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
ABOUT OUTRAGE.
WE ARE NOT DOING THIS FOR MONEY
OR RATINGS.
WE BELIEVE WHAT WE ARE SAYING.
THAT’S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THE
OTHER PEOPLE YOU SEE ON
TELEVISION.
>> Greg: THE RATINGS ARE
GREAT, THE MONEY IS GOOD.
[LAUGHTER]
I MEAN, YOU DO LOOK GOOD.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Jesse: WE HAVE A TEAM OF
PEOPLE HERE.
>> Greg: JUDGE, WHEN DID YOU
FIRST COME TO FOX CUSTOMER ASKED
ME TO I BELIEVE IT WAS 2008.
I HAD BEEN THE D.A., AND I RAN
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND DID
NOT WIN IN NEW YORK.
THAT’S ME.
[LAUGHTER]
WAR ON TERROR, THERE I WAS.
>> Jeanine: WE ALL LOOK QUITE
DIFFERENT.
WHAT YOU’VE SAID IS THIS: WE
RESONATED WITH AMERICA.
WERE IT NOT FOR FOX, THERE WOULD
BE SUCH A MONOLITHIC TRAIN OF
THOUGHT WHERE ALL THE NETWORKS
SAID THE SAME THING, ALL CABLES
AT THE SAME THING.
IT WOULD BE FASCISM AT THIS
POINT.
THE TRUTH IS, THANK GOODNESS FOR
FOX THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO SAY
WHAT WE WANT.
WE ARE WHO WE ARE.
WE HAVE DISTINCTIVE
PERSONALITIES, AND I AGREE WITH
YOU.
WHEN I GO AROUND THE COUNTRY, "I
LOVE YOU, JUDGE JEANINE!
"THEY DON’T KNOW ME, BUT THEY
DO.
WE ARE HONEST, WE ARE BELIEVERS,
WE BELIEVE WHAT WE ARE SAYING.
YOU’VE GOT TO GIVE CREDIT.
THIS IS A DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH.
THIS IS A STORY WHERE YOU GOT
RUPERT MURDOCH, WHO HAS THE
VISION, THE BUSINESS SENSE, HE
DID NOT RUN WITH THE PACK, HE
DID NOT NEED PERMISSION, DID NOT
NEED APPROVAL IN 79 MONTHS OF
WHAT WE WON.
WE ARE NUMBER ONE, THAT’S IT!
THAT IS THE AMERICAN WAY.
>> Greg: HAROLD, YOU ARE NEW
TO THIS COMPANY, BUT YOU’VE BEEN
AROUND.
WHAT’S THE POWER OF FOX NEWS
COMING FROM OUTSIDE AND COMING
IN?
>> Harold: I STARTED IN 2007.
LOST IN THE RACE FOR SENATE,
STARTED HERE AND WAS HERE FOR
ABOUT A YEAR.
WHEN THE NETWORKS STARTED, I
JUST GOT ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
YOUR VIEWPOINTS ARE RIGHT.
WE LIVE IN A DIVERSE SPRAWLING
DEMOCRACY, SOMETIMES A BRAWLING
DEMOCRACY.
THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR NATION IS
THAT WE NOT ONLY HAVE TO LISTEN
TO BUT ACCEPT DIFFERENT
POLITICAL POINT OF VIEWS, AND A
NEW MEMBER OF CONGRESS -- I CAME
ON THIS NETWORK OFTEN.
I CAME IN WITH BILL O’REILLY,
WITH SEAN HANNITY, WITH OTHERS
AROUND THE NETWORK.
I OFTEN WANTED TO REACH
CONSTITUENTS OF MINE THAT
MIGHT’VE WATCHED THE OTHER
NETWORKS.
I LISTENED TO FOX, AND NOW THAT
I’M ON FOX, I LISTEN TO IT, EVEN
WHEN I’M NOT ON.
SOME MEMBERS OF MY PARTY DON’T
LIKE WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
I DON’T ALWAYS AGREE WITH THE
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, BUT
SOMETIMES I DO, BUT YOU HAVE TO
LISTEN TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU DO
COME AND HAVE TO LISTEN -- YOU
THINK ABOUT CRAFTING ARGUMENTS,
STRENGTHENING YOUR OWN
ARGUMENTS, BUT EVEN MORE SO
AGREEING WITH SOMEONE.
I THINK WE CAN ALL BENEFIT FROM
THAT.
WHEN I THINK OF FOX, THAT’S WHAT
I THINK OF.
I CONGRATULATE MR. MURDOCH AND
THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION ON 25
YEARS OF ENORMOUS SUCCESS.
THEY FIGURED OUT THEIR
MARKETPLACE AND HOPEFULLY
THERE’S ANOTHER 25 YEARS OF
SUCCESS AS WELL.
>> Greg: I WILL BE 60 THEN.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Harold: WILL LOOK GREAT.