Media Matters, the reliably nitpicky watchdog of right-wing media, has paid $86,000 in a charity auction to win a lunch with Rupert Murdoch, Fox News' overlord. Sounds like a contentious face-to-face! Or maybe they'll just have a pleasant lunch.

In your icy Monday media column: Fox News anonymice reveal obvious scandals, turmoil at Essence, Bernie Sanders is moved to insanity by Keith Olbermann, Peter Chernin's big plans, and Euna Lee says she considered suicide in prison.

Tonight, Christine O'Donnell gave her first post-loss interview to Bill O'Reilly. When asked by O'Reilly what her future plans included, O'Donnell was quick to mention that she's already got a book deal. But what about a reality show? Watch inside.

Tonight, Rachel Maddow used the tail end of her program to slam Fox News—she pointed out that the network's hosts raise money "on the air" for the GOP—while calling for Keith Olbermann's suspension to be lifted. Watch inside.

Last week, Zach Galifianakis smoked a joint on Real Time (video). Then, Bill Maher denied that Galifianakis was smoking marijuana, saying it was cloves. On tonight's Factor Margaret Hoover (who was there) claimed that it was pot. Video inside.

Yesterday on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart opened with a final (we think) segment about this year's insane midterm elections, from Meg Whitman's embarrassing defeat, to Carl Paladino's even more embarrassing concession speech, to the media's hyperbolic coverage, and more.

Your election night prime time cable news ratings are in. Fox News: 6.96 million viewers. CNN: 2.42 million. MSNBC: 1.94 million. Compared to 2006, Fox is way up, MSNBC's steady, and CNN's down. You get what you deserve, America. [NYT]

And she's gonna like it. Also today: Yay for Fox News, they are great. Yay for Chelsea Handler, she is great. Watch a video of actresses complimenting each other, and hear the good news about two skinny dark-haired guys.

Tonight, Jon Stewart opened with a focus on tomorrow's midterm elections. Stewart first mocked Democrats for the "delusional" thought that they'd retain a Congressional majority, and then blasted Fox News for trying to make President Obama seem racist. Video inside.

A group of right-wing conspiracists has produced a 25-minute phantasm of Obama-rage posing as a "documentary," and it's airing in battleground states. Will Fox News sue to keep them from using its clips, like it does against Democrats? Probably not!

Hey look, Fox News has set up a tipline you can email to inform them about acts of voter fraud. Could this have anything to do with conservatives' thinly-veiled attempts at voter intimidation in minority-heavy precincts?

Fox News has taken it upon itself to teach the nation's first African American president a thing or two about racially-sensitive rhetoric.

This week, President Obama told Latino voters that they should go to the polls in order to "punish [their] enemies." Republican "enemies," presumably. On tonight's Factor, Bill O'Reilly—and especially Dennis Miller—took issue with Obama's controversial comments. Watch inside.

The liberal Media Matters has done its inevitable grunt work of detailing Fox News personalities' involvement in this year's election, and finds that more than 30 of them have supported the GOP and its candidates. Who coulda guessed?

Diana Tejada, Sen. Harry Reid's Hispanic press secretary, has been fired over revelations that she was paid in exchange for marrying a Lebanese national who wanted to obtain permanent U.S. residency... and was on a terror watch list.

This video does not make sense. It's not supposed to make sense. And if you were tripping out on LSD, it — well, it actually might be vividly clear then. Watch America's favorite correspondents slowly blend from one to another.

Tonight, The Daily Show returned with the first of a week of shows from Washington, DC. Immediately, Jon Stewart took both NPR—for its boring spinelessness—and Fox News—for its revenge-hungry personalities—to task over the Juan Williams fiasco. Video inside.

Andrea Peyser warns of "narrow-minded racism that rules a network," one with "a culture not of inclusion and acceptance, but one of fear." We commend her for calling out Fox News...oh, this is supposed to be about NPR? Huh. [NYP]

What a week Juan Williams has had! From mild-mannered NPR analyst and Fox News liberal stand-in to multimillionaire full-time Fox News guy, thanks to one dumb comment. Fair warning, Juan: you're about to throw away your entire career. Needlessly.

Harmeen Jones, a former Fox News technician, is suing the network for $5 million, alleging that he was subjected to constant racism at work and eventually fired for complaining about it. News Corp sued for discrimination? That sounds familiar somehow.