There's a fascinating new study from the Knight Foundation indicating that the brand of a news outlet plays an "outsized role" in the confirmation bias of its readers.

I only ask because I'm growing weary of the harangue of Fox News "media relations" execs kvetching when I express my views that advertisers are culpable in all the damage the network does because they provide the financial support for Fox News to do it.

On the eve of Fox News' upfront ad pitch, a top Wall Street analyst took a jab at the network's contribution to Fox Corp.'s overall value in a note to investors entitled "Fair and Balanced."

Regardless of what the board's final decision ultimately is, odds are we will still be living with Trump's presence on the mass social media platforms for a long time to come, albeit by proxy.