Miss Piggy did not pull any punches with her judgment on Fox News at a London press conference this week.
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Fox News’ greatest WTF? moments of 2011
Obama’s hip-hop BBQ, pepper spray: the food product, political agendas from Sponge Bob, Sesame Street and The Muppets and more. Buzz Feed presents the best — and worst — of Fox News in 2011.
Political snippets: A little Murdoch corporate welfare
The eagle eye of my colleague Glenn Dyer noticed this little report in The Sydney Morning Herald: “News Corp takes Tax Office to task over $2b losses”.
Media briefs: How to sidestep The Oz paywall … baby-face Salt … Tribune to close? …
How to bypass the Australian’s paywall … “Baby-face” Bernard Salt and the Courier Mail … Front Page of the Day … Tribune, journal of the left, faces closure after 75 years and more …
Come in Spinner: why do we believe so much that’s wrong?
One of the great conundrums of modern life is how so many people have come to believe so much that is just plain wrong.
Media briefs: Gill’s new gig … ex-NotW ed arrested … media market pain …
In today’s Media Briefs: Front Page of the Day … Former News of the World news editor arrested … Stock market swings punish media companies … Roger Ailes and the rise of Fox News … and more …
Australia set to get a Fox channel
Following on from rumours that Fox International are set to launch a channel in Australia comes a significant number of job ads placed to staff up. Let the speculation begin, writes Dan Barrett.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: a cautionary tale
Recommended reading: How Roger Ailes Built the Fox News Fear Factory.
The man who built the Fox News fear factory
A former executive of Fox News describes the culture of fear there as “like the Soviet Union or China”, with chairman Roger Ailes ruling with an iron fist.
How a story is seriously twisted on its way to News Ltd readers
Watch how “Desperate Housewives is doing more to persuade Saudi youth to reject violent jihad than US government propaganda” becomes “Fox News – fair, balanced and turning Saudis off jihad like no CNN could” in just three easy steps, writes Jeremy Sear.
The Simpsons: the torchbearers of liberalism at Fox
Who says the forces of liberalism are completely dead at the Fox network? The Simpsons are still carrying on the fight, with with a recent opening credits scene that prompted shock jock Bill O’Reilly to declare the producers his pinheads of the day, writes Richard Farmer.
Dining with the enemy: Rupert and Media Matters do lunch
The CEO of Media Matters — a progressive media-monitoring organisation that is highly critical of Fox News — paid $86,000 for the chance to lunch with Rupert Murdoch. Uncle Rupert will pick up the bill though.
Political snippets: A 65% chance of an interest rate rise
The Crikey Interest Rate Indicator thinks that there is a 65% chance that the Reserve Bank will increase the official interest by 0.25 percentage points when it meets tomorrow.
Fox News sneaks into the front row
After months of campaigning, Fox News will be getting a front row seat in the White House briefing room. But not Helen Thomas’ coveted front row centre seat, Associated Press has claimed that one.
Who gets Helen Thomas’ seat?
Retired journo Helen Thomas had the prime seat for White House press conferences: front row, centre. Now she’s gone, the battle is on the coveted chair, with Fox News the current frontrunner.
Will Fox News kill the Republican Party?
With no clear, strong leadership in the GOP, Fox News has become the driver of conservative politics in the US. Except, the Fox Party is way more conservative than the Republicans ever were.
Glenn Beck: the US$32 million dollar man
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck knows that politics — or, as he calls it, his message of “self-empowerment, entrepreneurial spirit and true Americanism” — sells. Forbes goes inside the multi-million dollar Glenn Beck Inc.
How Glenn Beck is factionalising Fox News
Controversial conservative commentator Glenn Beck may pull huge ratings for Fox News, but behind his back, not everyone at the network is a fan.
In defence of Fox News
Fox News doesn’t spew right wing politics because it’s an arm of the Republican Party, says journalist Terry McDermott — it does it to attract viewers and make money.
Jon Stewart vs. Bill O’Reilly: uncensored
Fox News has put the full, unedited clip of Jon Stewart’s appearance on the O’Reilly Factor. Gawker rounds up everything that was cut out of the version you got to see.
Fox News: America’s most trusted news source. Eep.
A new survey has found that Fox is the only TV news network that more Americans trust than distrust, with 49% of all people — and 79% of Republicans — saying they trust the station.
Why Fox News’ chief is the real head of the Republican Party
Forget Mitch McConnell and John McCain: Fox News President Roger Ailes is the person really pulling the strings of the Republican Party, says
Howard Fineman. And the real kicker is that he isn’t even trying.
New York Times / Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Sarah Palin can’t even pronounce the word “media” properly, but she is its hottest property: selling millions of books, commanding a legion of Facebook fans, and now pulling in two million viewers for her debut as a Fox News presenter.