In 1993, Rolling Stone writer Hugh Gallagher forced himself to watch MTV for seven days straight. Mr. Gallagher’s reaction to the experience was easily summed up in the headline to his story: "An Experiment in Terror."

In this week’s New Republic, Isaac Chotiner tries a similar (but less immersive) experiment as he watched 24 Hours of Fox News.

Writes Mr. Chotiner:

Mr. Chotiner calls Fox News "the right’s main television outlet," a risky move since The Washington Post and The New York Times have each found themselves obliged to print corrections for referring to Bill O’Reilly as a "right-wing pundit" and Hannity & Colmes as a conservative show in recent weeks.

You needn’t spend 24-hours watching FOX News to see its stars, as viewers of CBS News Sunday Morning learned yesterday when correspondent Harry Smith presented a profile of Bill O’Reilly. (You can watch video of it here.) Mr. O’Reilly told Mr. Smith that his is a uniquely American story:

FOX News was also in print this weekend in The New York Times, where Jim Rutenberg compared the network and its rival, MSNBC, calling their approaches to the election, A Surge on One Channel, a Tight Race on Another.

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