Fox News Channel Startup/National Anthem, 2013

Fox News Channel now dips into the past to start its broadcasting day; at about 4:58, prior to "Fox and Friends First", the channel now airs a sequence of patriotic images, set to the strains of The Star Spangled Banner (or the national anthem). This, of course, is a modern take on the old SSB sequences that aired on braodcast stations across the country at sign-on and sign-off. <br /> <br />Not sure when this debuted, but Fox and Friends First was a recent addition to the schedule, so it likely coincided with that program's debut. <br /> <br />As far as political meaning, well, read into this what you will. Whatever you think of the channel, Fox News has long relied on patriotic imagery for its promotions and graphics.