Sean Hannity Is Michael Cohen’s Mystery Client, But That Shouldn’t Matter
Yesterday’s hearing resulting from the search of the office, home, and hotel room of longtime Donald Trump lawyer and so-called “fixer” Michael Cohen ended on a somewhat inconclusive note. The Judge...
View ArticleHow That “Caravan” Of Immigrants Became A Focus Of Panic On The Right
Jeremy Peters of The New York Times has an interesting look at how the story of the “caravan” of Central Ameican refugees became such an obsession on Fox News and on conservative media sites, which in...
View ArticleWhen You’ve Lost Sean Hannity
Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity has been among Donald Trump’s most obsequious supporters, but he doesn’t appear to be too happy about the reported deal to keep DACA alive: Politicians are supposed to...
View ArticleBill O’Reilly Out At Fox News Channel
After a series of new allegations regarding sexual harassment and a rather highly effective campaign to get advertisers to boycott his show, Fox News Channel has parted ways with Bill O’Reilly, the...
View ArticleFox News Pays Gretchen Carlson $20 Million To Settle Sexual Harassment...
Fox News Channel has settled the sexual harassment lawsuit brought by former FNC anchor Gretchen Carlson, who accused former head of Fox News Roger Ailes of a long trail of sexual harassment while she...
View ArticleRoger Ailes Is Out At Fox News Channel
After several weeks of rumors spurred by the filing of a sexual harassment lawsuit by former host Gretchen Carlson, Roger Ailes, the former political consultant who created the most successful cable...
View ArticleRoger Ailes May Be On The Way Out At Fox News Channel
In the wake of the filing of a lawsuit filed by former Fox News Channel host Gretchen Carlson, Gabriel Sherman at New York magazine is reporting that Fox News Channel’s corporate parent, and...
View ArticleFormer Fox News Host Gretchen Carlson Accuses Roger Ailes Of Harassment In...
Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News head Roger Ailes, complete with all the lurid details you’d expect in such a case: Roger Ailes, the...
View ArticleTrump Says He’ll Skip Fox News Debate
Donald Trump has been on an on again, off again feud virtually since Trump’s Presidential campaign began. The fight began in earnest in the wake of the first Presidential debate after Trump attacked...
View ArticleFox News Host To Dick Cheney: ‘History Has Proven You Got Iraq Wrong’
Former Vice-President Dick Cheney didn’t get the warm reception he was probably expecting on Megyn Kelly’s Fox News show last night: FOX News’ Megyn Kelly had some tough questions for former Vice...
View ArticleFox News’s Newest Benghazi Pundit Is Terry Bradshaw
Yesterday, Fox News Channel brought in an unlikely political commentator to discuss Benghazi: Out Numbered host Andrea Tantaros began the segment by highlighting a Fox News interview with former...
View ArticleWar On Christmas Update: Dreaming Of A White Santa And Jesus Edition
Just when you thought that the “War On Christmas” meme could not possibly get any more ridiculous, it entered completely bizarre territory last week when Fox News host Megyn Kelly, now part of the...
View ArticleFox News Reveals Identity Of Seal Team 6 Member Involved In Bin Laden Raid
Today we learned that a member of Seal Team 6 involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden would be publishing a book detailing what happened in that raid. In an of itself, this seemed odd only...
View ArticleJon Stewart Drawing More Viewers Than Fox News Channel
It turns out that 2011 wasn’t the best of years for Fox News Channel, but it was a great year for The Daily Show: By losing 9% of their audience in 2011, Fox News’ prime time lineup now averages fewer...
View ArticleNot Surprisingly, Fox News Is Basically Ignoring The News Corp. Hacking Scandal
Or, if they do talk about it’s to assure that it’s really no big deal: Doocey, your lack of credibility is showing. H/T: Alex Massie
View ArticleRoger Ailes: Maybe I’ll Give Hillary Clinton A Show On Fox News Channel
A new Newsweek interview with Roger Ailes has this interesting quote: There was this, for instance, from the man who conferred cable stardom on Sarah Palin: “I’d like to hire Hillary Clinton. She...
View ArticleFox News To Mike Huckabee: Make A Decision On Whether You’re Running For...
Howard Kurtz reports that Fox News Channel is growing impatient with Mike Huckabee’s dithering over whether or not he’s running for President: Mike Huckabee may be running out of time to make a...
View ArticleFox News Suspends Gingrich, Santorum As Contributors
At some point, Fox News Channel was going to have to deal with the fact that it has contributor contracts with several people who may end up running for President, and today that has started: Fox News...
View ArticleJudith Regan: Roger Ailes Told Me To Lie To Federal Investigators
This sounds like it could be a big problem for the head of Fox News Channel: It was an incendiary allegation — and a mystery of great intrigue in the media world: After the publishing powerhouse...
View ArticleFox News Can’t Find Egypt On A Map
More fun with cable news Chyrons: Or maybe this was a signal that FNC thinks we should invade Egypt. Via Twitter Update: As noted in a comment below, this appears to be an FNC Chyron from July 2009....
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