MIKE EMANUEL: I joined an unknown startup called Fox News; it gave me a front-row seat to history

THIS ONE MADE ME PUT MY PHONE DOWN BECAUSE APPARENTLY MIKE EMANUEL JUST ADMITTED HE JOINED A STARTUP CALLED FOX NEWS AND IS REFLECTING ON THIRTY YEARS OF NEWS WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE HE STARTED IN 1997 WITHOUT EVEN AN INTERVIEW JUST A REEL! HE SAID HE WAS BASICALLY WORKING FOR PEOPLE HE NEVER MET AND NOBODY EVEN KNEW WHAT THE NETWORK WAS YET! HE WOULD CALL PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW THEM AND THEY WOULD ASK IF HE WAS AT THE LOCAL AFFILIATE THEN ASK WHERE TO WATCH FOX NEWS AND HE HAD TO SEND THEM ACTUAL VHS TAPES OF THE STORIES HE FILMED! HE THOUGHT COVERING PRINCESS DIANA’S DEATH IN LONDON WOULD BE THE BIGGEST STORY OF HIS ENTIRE CAREER BUT APPARENTLY THAT IS JUST HOW THINGS STARTED FOR HIM BACK THEN. ANYWAY THAT IS THE STATE OF THINGS.

OK THIS IS THE LAST ONE I SWEAR BUT I AM TELLING YOU MIKE EMANUEL IS TALKING ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS OF FOX NEWS IN 1997 AND IT IS HONESTLY SURREAL! HE GOT HIRED ON JUST AN AUDITION REEL AND HE DID NOT EVEN HAVE A JOB INTERVIEW AND GET THIS THE NETWORK WAS NOT EVEN AVAILABLE ON CABLE IN MOST PLACES SO HE HAD TO MAIL VHS TAPES TO THE PEOPLE HE INTERVIEWED SO THEY COULD SEE THE NEWS SEGMENTS THEMSELVES! CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT HAPPENING TODAY IN AN ERA OF INSTANT CLIPS? HE WAS SENT TO LONDON TO COVER THE DEATH OF PRINCESS DIANA LESS THAN A MONTH INTO THE JOB AND THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PEAK BUT HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR NEARLY THIRTY YEARS NOW AND PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY WATCHING. ANYWAY I AM GOING TO GO THINK ABOUT MY LIFE.

Mike Emanuel wrote a piece reflecting on his nearly 30-year career at Fox News, noting that he was hired in 1997 without an interview and had to mail VHS tapes to interviewees to show his work.

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