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Bill O'Reilly Is Finally Calming Down

Or maybe Glenn Beck just makes it seem that way

(Newser) - Bill O'Reilly, moderate voice of reason? Maybe not quite, but a profile in the Los Angeles Times portrays him as mellower these days and less inclined to meltdowns or flame-throwing interviews. He's even asked conservatives to back off the personal attacks on President Obama, a man he personally likes. "...

Kudos to Baier for Showing How to Handle Obama
  Kudos to Baier for Showing 
 How to Handle Obama 
PEGGY NOONAN

Kudos to Baier for Showing How to Handle Obama

Health care interview was 'startling and revealing'

(Newser) - Fox's Bret Baier performed a vital public service in his "startling and revealing" interview with President Obama on health care, writes Peggy Noonan. Unlike the vast majority of reporters, Baier refused to let Obama filibuster his way through the interview, and by doing so exposed the amazing fact the...

Roger Ailes to Fox Staff: Back Off on Glenn Beck

CEO doesn't want any more infighting

(Newser) - Fox News chairman Roger Ailes isn't happy about reports of bad blood between the network's journalists and Glenn Beck. During a recent visit to the Washington bureau, he channeled the Godfather and told staffers to knock it off. "I was brought up to defend the family. If I couldn't...

For Liberals, a Bracket of Evil
 For Liberals, a Bracket of Evil 
ALTERNATE TOURNAMENTS

For Liberals, a Bracket of Evil

No hoops knowledge? No worries here

(Newser) - Feeling left out of the NCAA basketball bracket-mania because of hoops-knowledge deficiency? If politics is more your thing, activist cell-phone company Credo Mobile has you covered with its “ Bracket of Evil .” Features matchups include Dick Cheney vs. Fox News (in the media division), Sarah Palin vs. Michele Bachmann...

Obama on Fox: Health Care Reform Will Pass

This is about reform, not 'procedural rules,' he says

(Newser) - President Obama tells Fox News he isn't worried about the legislative acrobatics under way to pass health care reform—and voters shouldn't be, either. "I don't spend a lot of time worrying about what the procedural rules are in the House or Senate,'' Obama said in a rare...

Obama Will Make His Case—on Fox News

President agrees to interview tomorrow

(Newser) - President Obama takes his pitch for health care reform to unusual territory tomorrow: He's agreed to an interview on Fox News at 6pm. Obama will take questions from Special Report host Bret Baier. "Obviously, they have a pretty big audience share," explains Robert Gibbs, "and I think...

Bill O'Reilly's New Target: Tom Hanks

 Bill O'Reilly's 
 New Target: 
 Tom Hanks 
karl rove piles on, too

Bill O'Reilly's New Target: Tom Hanks

Fox News host doesn't get why actor keeps saying we're racist

(Newser) - Bill O’Reilly's favorite new target: Tom Hanks. The Fox News host says the actor is unfairly claiming racism was behind our attack on Japan during World War II ... and behind the current War on Terror. The actor, while promoting his miniseries The Pacific, told Time that we “wanted...

War Brewing at Fox Over Beck
 War Brewing at Fox Over Beck 
Howard Kurtz

War Brewing at Fox Over Beck

Some staffers complain, anonymously, that he's hurting network

(Newser) - Glenn Beck’s meteoric rise has some at Fox News worried that he’s becoming the face of the network—and ruining any chance it has to be viewed as a legitimate news source. Anonymous sources at the network tell Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post that Beck is a...

Glenn Beck Launches New Attack on...You
 Glenn Beck Launches 
 New Attack on...You 
viral videos

Glenn Beck Launches New Attack on...You

Progressive groups mock Beck's attacks on progressives

(Newser) - Glenn Beck is famous for his rants against progressives, and his latest is directed at none other than you…or any of your friends. A new interactive video put together by three progressive groups including MoveOn.org shows the Fox News host crying as he rails against America’s new...

Palin's Leno Spot Stuns Jon Stewart
 Palin's Leno Spot 
 Stuns Jon Stewart 
FAIR AND BALANCED?!

Palin's Leno Spot Stuns Jon Stewart

Ex-gov makes outrageous statements— and some decent jokes

(Newser) - Jon Stewart went apoplectic last night after playing a clip from Sarah Palin’s interview with Jay Leno, in which she criticized the media for having too much “opinion under the guise of hard news stories.” Then, just to twist the dagger, she added, “That’s why...

Rachel Maddow to Glenn Beck: 'Back Off'

She blasts him after he called her a liar

(Newser) - Glenn Beck can decide how much he’s “willing to stir up Americans’ fear and prejudice for profit,” in Rachel Maddow's opinion. That’s “between you and your God.” But when the Fox host calls the MSNBC host a liar for accurately reporting that he said...

Palin Rips Fox's Family Guy on Fox

Talks to Bill O'Reilly about 'cruel, cold-hearted people'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin continued to chide Fox's Family Guy...on Fox. Speaking to Bill O'Reilly last night, she acknowledged "this world is full of cruel, cold-hearted people." Trig, on the other hand, has a "heart of gold," and while when "I look at Trig and I...

Pols Use Dubious TV Gigs to Prep for Elections

Politician-analysts get paid, get exposure, but ethics are murky

(Newser) - In a trend that crosses party and network lines while raising a bevy of ethical questions, potential candidates for elected office are finding easy employment as cable news analysts. Fox News leads the pack, with three former office holders widely seen as possible future candidates: Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, and...

'News Babe' Megyn Kelly Is Future of Fox

Great legs, shiny hair don't make her a bimbo

(Newser) - Right now, Megyn Kelly is anchoring a relatively unimportant midday news show on Fox—but expect to see her doing big things soon. “It can’t be news to Greta” Van Susteren, whose 10pm anchor contract expires at the end of the year, “that Kelly, her presentation sharp...

I Did Not Roll My Eyes at That Woman: Chris Wallace
 I Did Not 
 Roll My Eyes 
 at That Woman: 
 Chris Wallace 
Denies Belittling Palin

I Did Not Roll My Eyes at That Woman: Chris Wallace

Joe Scarborough accused Fox News anchor of laughing her off

(Newser) - Fox News anchor Chris Wallace did not, repeat, not roll his eyes at the camera after airing a sit-down interview with Sarah Palin, as MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough has alleged. But that’s just the “quick answer.” In an interview with Megyn Kelly on Fox, Wallace goes on...

Stewart, O'Reilly Trade Jabs
 Stewart, O'Reilly Trade Jabs 

Stewart, O'Reilly Trade Jabs

Daily Show host mocks Fox; anchor rips 'stoned slackers'

(Newser) - Jon Stewart ventured onto a hostile playing field today, sitting down for an interview with Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly that gave both ample room to land haymakers. While the Daily Show host denounced the conservative channel’s coverage of President Obama—“All I hear on your network...

Fox Has Top 13 Cable News Shows

In January overall, Fox was third most watched cable channel

(Newser) - "Fair and balanced" might be cause for lively debate, but Fox News' status as the top dog in cable news isn't—the network scored the top 13 programs in total viewership and the key 25-54 demographic through January. Bill O’Reilly’s show tops the rankings, with Sean Hanitty...

Jon Stewart to Appear on Bill O'Reilly's Show

It will be Stewart's second visit with Papa Bear

(Newser) - Jon Stewart will brave the wilds of Fox News tomorrow to appear on Bill O’Reilly’s program for the second time. But why? “Stewart wants to be on the highest-rated show in cable news,” a source joked to the New York Daily News . Whatever the impetus, the...

Fox Reporter Tweets Link to Call Girl Site

Major Garrett blames bit.ly for inserting site he in no way visited

(Newser) - Fox News White House correspondent Major Garrett accidentally posted a link to a Las Vegas hooker’s website on Twitter last night while covering the State of the Union, using one of those condensed Twitter links. He figured it out, deleted it, and apologized—but not before Gawker pounced. Later...

Fox Most Trusted Network: Poll
 Fox Most Trusted Network: Poll 

Fox Most Trusted Network: Poll

CNN ranks second, as Americans favor outlets they agree with

(Newser) - Americans consider Fox the most trusted name in news broadcasting, a poll released yesterday found. Some 49% of the 1151 registered voters surveyed by PPP said they trusted the network's news coverage, 10% ahead of CNN. Fox also recorded the lowest level of distrust, 37%. The major networks fared the...

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