• The Daily Beast, Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:02 PM

In "a 'course correction,' quietly adopted at Fox over the last year," the network, guided by CEO Roger Ailes, is toning down its conservative image and dialing back "the Tea Party talk," writes Howard Kurtz.

For one example, there's the network's behavior at last week's Republican candidates' debate. "But the real eye-opener was the sight of [Fox] anchors grilling the Republican contenders," writes Kurtz. That tactic "pleases the White House but cuts sharply against the network's conservative image -- and risks alienating its most rabid right-wing fans."

So why the change? Ailes thinks it's "a chance to boost profits by grabbing a more moderate audience," according to Kurtz.

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