What Fox News Can Gain from President Newt

Newt gains front runner status in the GOP nomination and gets an entire hour on Hannity.
Newt strengthens his front runner status, and you get the now infamous Brett Biar interview with Romney.
Newt gains Herman Cain supporters and you get Sarah Palin on the Hannity saying now is the time for republican candidates to stop fighting each-other and focus on defeating Obama.

Anyone else notice a pattern?

So, the question now is, why does the Fox News Channel want Newton Leroy Gingrich to become the President of the United States?  The answer to that question is pretty obvious.  Newt would not be politically viable today were it not for Fox News.  In the years since Gingrich ignominiously left Congress, it has been FNC that has kept Newt's face in front of GOP voters.  Any time that there has been a Congressional issue, it has been Newt that FNC has called in to explain the issue to potential voters.

Therefore, out of the entire GOP field, Fox has more to gain from a Gingrich presidency than with any other candidate.  And, coincidentally, Fox News is the most powerful media outlet among GOP-leaning voters.  So what does Fox News really have to gain from a Newt Presidency?

Unprecedented access to the Oval Office.  Anytime there is an issue affecting the presidency, in one way or another, Fox News can call in a favor and interview the President before anyone else.  Before CNN, before ABC, NBC or CBS.  TV networks would kill for that kind of access.  In President Gingrich's White House, Fox News will have it.

Fox has little to gain from a Romney presidency, therefore why not portray Romney as a flip flopper and downplay Newt the flop flipper.

Fox gains nothing if President Ron Paul is in the Oval Office, so why not over-emphasize the disagreements that Ron Paul has had with his fellow republicans and down play the problems that Newt has had with his fellow republicans.

In the book and film, All the President's Men, there is a term for this kind of tactic, but since this is a family-friendly blog, I will not say the term here.  It has something to do with rats and how adults use each-other.  The family-friendly way is to call this a discrediting tactic.  In the court room, it is called impeaching the witness.  You are making those unfriendly to your cause look bad, while making those who you like look good.

In the end, Newt is using Fox News to get to the White House.  How will Fox News use President Gingrich?  That remains to be seen.