KARL ROVE: Fox News changed the media 30 years ago. The best is yet to come

Thirty years ago, on Oct. 7, 1996, Fox News burst on the scene. It arrived just in time.

Journalism as practiced in print, television and cable had become, on the national level, infected by subtle bias. Important stories went unreported because they didn’t fit into the mindset of a largely insular community. This community dominated the major national channels. It consisted of executives, producers, anchors, reporters, writers and researchers.

The closer these individuals were to the top of their networks...