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Michael Steele Joins the Liberal Media
Jim Newell · 05/23/11 10:58AMMichael Steele, the former one-term Republican lieutenant governor of Maryland, has a new job on television! No, not at Fox News. That network has abandoned him ever since his tenure as head of the Republican National Committee only netted their party 63 seats in the House of Representatives last year. Instead, Steele will be picking up his analyst checks at MSNBC, home of the cable news Left.
Fox News Chief Roger Ailes Can't Stop Calling the Cops
John Cook · 04/29/11 01:24PMDonald Trump: I'm Obama's 'Worst Nightmare'
Jim Newell · 04/11/11 11:32AMFox News Anchor Is Sick of People Using Her to Get to Sarah Palin
Adrian Chen · 04/08/11 01:21PMBeck to Quit His Fox News Show
John Cook · 04/06/11 12:12PMEmotionally unstable television host Glenn Beck is pulling a Palin and quitting his Fox News Channel show later this year, according to a cryptic and confusing press release published on his web site, The Blaze. (The site is down right now, apparently from all the "Beck is quitting" traffic, but the Google cache is still there.)
How Your Fox News Sausage Gets Made
Max Read · 04/03/11 10:17PMYouTube user merfitudinal snagged this outtake from Fox News' Saturday media show "Fox News Watch" before it was taken off the website. You may be surprised to learn that cable news talk show discussions are not as spontaneous as they seem! And you may be further surprised to know that cable news channels will edit their talk shows so that their hosts don't look completely ignorant and petty! Then again, you may not. [via Reddit]
Donald Trump Lands a Fox News Gig
Jim Newell · 04/01/11 01:22PMSublime television clown Donald Trump's pretend presidential candidacy is chugging along splendidly as it rains gold, laughs, and a deeper appreciation for the surreal across this great nation. It's fun to write about, it's chilling to read about, and it's lucrative for Donald Trump. His Celebrity Apprentice ratings are up, he's getting more headlines than any other "real" GOP presidential contenders, and now he's landed another television gig. This why he's running a pretend presidential campaign, of course, and the con should keep bearing fruit until he suddenly "drops out" of the race to spend more time with his latest family, during sweeps week.
Bill Sammon: Lying Propagandist
Hamilton Nolan · 03/29/11 08:22AMYou know who's a real bastard? Bill Sammon, the Washington managing editor of Fox News. As the guy whose job it is to direct Fox News' political "coverage," we expect him to be a huge hypocrite about his own company, and to specifically direct his "news" anchors to use Republican talking points on various controversial issues. It kind of goes along with the job.
Fox News' Steve Harrigan: America's Laziest War Correspondent
John Cook · 03/23/11 02:58PMWhy Is Fox News Letting Security Guards Do Its War Reporting?
John Cook · 03/22/11 04:20PMNancy Grace Just Knows That Everyone In California Will Die from Radiation
Jim Newell · 03/22/11 01:40PMHeadline News anchor Nancy Grace invited Accuweather meteorologist Bernie Rayno on her program last night to talk about the (very minimal) health threat that Japanese radiation poses to Californians.
CNN Correspondent Goes Ballistic Over Fox News Report
TPM · 03/21/11 07:30PMClick to viewCNN correspondent Nic Robertson has a bone or two to pick with Fox News, which reported today that he and other journalists were used by the Libyan Ministry of Information as human shields, in a successful bid to block a coming, second attack on a compound in Tripoli, supposedly controlled by Qaddafi.
Donald Trump: I 'Screwed' Muammar Qaddafi
Jim Newell · 03/21/11 10:56AMEvan Bayh Is Fox's Newest Democratic Sap
Jim Newell · 03/14/11 03:19PMFox News Desperately Trying to Portray Madison as a War Zone
Jim Newell · 03/02/11 12:24PMFox News reporter Mike Tobin went on Bill O'Reilly's program Monday night to talk about the evil, violent union thugs who beat everyone up all the time. This is the same Mike Tobin who claims he was "hit" by protesters inside the Wisconsin Capitol a few days ago, which the magic of the Internet has since shown to be a questionable assertion. Still, Tobin sticks to his argument: Unions = Endless violence, everywhere. Bill O'Reilly, for his part, wonders "who's behind the chanting." Perhaps the Muslims? That's our guess.
TBD.com Gutted: Making Money on News Is Hard
Hamilton Nolan · 02/23/11 02:55PMESPN Just Doesn't Care About This 'Journalism' Crap
Hamilton Nolan · 02/15/11 02:19PMSarah Palin Slams 'Knuckle-Dragging Neanderthal' Rick Santorum
Jim Newell · 02/10/11 05:01PMSarah Palin appeared last night on Sean Hannity's TV show, where she was asked about Rick Santorum's comments that she was not going to CPAC for the reasons of financial opportunities and the responsibilities of motherhood. And while she almost let the whole thing go, she didn't hold back from tweaking her potential rival for the Republican presidential nomination.
Keith Olbermann Officially Announces His Marriage to Al Gore
John Cook · 02/08/11 12:25PMIt's official: As had been rumored for hours, Keith Olbermann is bringing his special brand of self-righteous haranguing to Current TV, Al Gore's weird TV thingie that no one watches. On a phone conference call today, Olbermann revealed that he will host an hour-long newscast five nights a week for Current and will serve as the network's "Chief News Officer."