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Crikey Says: Family feuds at Fox
Foxy Sarah Palin hits the screen
She’s back! Republican Sarah Palin has nabbed a new gig with Fox News, where she will host a series on the network occasionally. She’s gained official wingnut status now, but let’s hope she doesn’t get “too Hollywood”, says pundits.
Is Glenn Beck leading the Obama opposition?
Fox is no longer a wing of the Republican party, as many have accused: the Republican party is now a wing of Fox, and its conservative commentators like Glenn Beck, are becoming the new voices and leaders of the American Right.
VIDEO: Sesame Street unveils a new character: “Spill O’Reilly”
Conservative pundits recently accused Sesame Street of being “anti-Fox News”. But the Muppet Masters know exactly how to work the PR machine and spin this one in their favour with a new character.
Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity’s cat fight over Sarah Palin
Fox News pundits Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity both scored interviews with Sarah Palin. Hannity’s will air first, but O’Reilly scooped him by putting a teaser of his interview on his own YouTube channel, reportedly causing Hannity to throw a “hissy fit”. Meow!
VIDEO: Obama does Fox News
After a nasty and public war of words between the White House and Fox News, Barack Obama has finally appeared on the network, receiving a “lighting round” grilling from Fox’s White House correspondent Major Garrett.
Meet the man who beat Glenn Beck
Fox News commentator Glenn Beck recently tried to sue Isaac Eiland-Hall, a 34-year-old IT student and the owner of a website called GlennBeckRapedAndMurdered AYoungGirlIn1990.com. He lost.
Hannity: Jon Stewart was right, we faked footage
Fox News anchor Sean Hannity has admitted to using misleading footage of an anti-health care reform rally which made the event look far more popular than it actually was, but claims it was an honest mistake.
The war is over: Obama to appear on Fox News
The White House appears to have called a cease-fire in its war with Fox News, with news President Obama is scheduled to give an interview to the network next week.
Internet: 1, Glenn Beck: 0
Controversial Fox News anchor Glenn Beck has lost his battle to rid the internet of the site glennbeckrapedandmurdered ayounggirlin1990.com. Following his victory, the owner of the domain has penned an open letter [pdf] to Beck slamming him, but volunteering to relinquish the site.
News Corp revenue slumps 4.1%
Rupert Murdoch loves to act positive, so his 2009/2010 first quarter profit report was upbeat, focusing on the 9% rise of the consolidated operating income. Except, it’s the cost reductions and cuts that you should pay attention to.
Sesame Street vs. Fox News
Is Sesame Street anti-Fox? That’s what conservative pundits reckon, but as Mediaite point out, it’s more like the other way around, with Fox taking several stabs at the beloved kids’ show over the years.
Fox News: Obama has proved himself to be a politician, nothing more, nothing less
Barack Obama isn’t a socialist, a racist, or un-American. To be any of those things he’d need a set of political beliefs, which he doesn’t have. Rather, he’s just a politician who created a campaign persona for voters, writes S.E Cupp of Fox News.
It’s tough being a Democrat on Fox
Politico meets the token Democrats who appear on Fox News. “It sucks,” says one. So why do they do it? People watch Fox — and for these true believers, some of their souls can still be won.
Jon Stewart: Fox is “not even close to news”
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart weighs-in on the ongoing stoush between the White House and Fox News, and the network’s own claim that they only broadcast nine hours of actual news per day.
Why is the media siding with Fox against Obama?
Fox News isn’t generally on great terms with the rest of the mainstream media, but since coming under attack from the White House, journalists are suddenly siding with their own — even if that means sticking up for the very people who routinely attack them.
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White House and Fox News call a truce
According to a “very reliable source”, Fox News SVP Michael Clemente and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs have met to bury the hatchet over on their recent spat. Aww, just when it was getting good!
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The White House boosts Fox News’ ratings
All the attention the White House is giving to Fox News on other news channels seems to be backfiring: the network’s ratings have been soaring even higher since Obama officials started slagging it off in the media.
Why is the White House throwing red meat to Fox’s angry white men?
The public don’t expect cable news networks to be unbiased or accurate, so the White House’s war on Fox News is futile, and just makes the station even more popular with its core conservative constituency, says Louis Menand.
Fox News vs. The White House: it’s on
A bloody fight is brewing in the US media. In the blue corner, the White House. In the red corner, Fox News. Will Obama’s message of hope beat the the right wing shock jocks in submission? asks Aaron Flanagan.
In defense of Fox News
So what if Fox News is conservative? asks Matthew Cooper. That’s no excuse for the White House to completely shun it: “If the White House can reach out to the Iranians and North Koreans, for gosh sakes, they can talk to Shepard Smith.”
White House vs. Fox News: why Obama can’t win
Fox News may have baited them, but Barack Obama — who has always tried to depict himself as above petty partisan squabbling — should never have allowed the White House to bite, writes David Carr.
Fox News is un-American
“The Australian-British-continental model of politicized media that Murdoch has applied at Fox is un-American” says Jacob Weisberg, calling on journalists to boycott appearing on the network. Hey, don’t blame us, Weisberg!
White House vs. Fox News: Fox is “not really news”, says Axelrod and Emanuel
The White House war (or retaliation, depending on how you see it) on Fox News continues, with both White House senior adviser David Axelrod and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel declaring on Sunday talkshows that the network is “not really a news station” and its content is “not really news.”
Media Matters / Thursday, 12 November 2009
Fox News presenter Sean Hannity has been caught out airing misleading footage during a story about an anti-health care reform rally to make the event look far more successful than it actually was. The investigative reporter with the scoop? The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart.