'Fox and Friends' Co-host Leaves Set
March 22nd, 2008 10:49 AM
Update 12:13. This post was incorrect. My apologies to Brian Kilmeade and "Fox and Friends" for not getting the joke.
Chris Wallace Scolds 'Fox & Friends' Crew for Excessive Obama Bashing
March 21st, 2008 5:30 PM
Imagine for a moment Tim Russert, George Stephanopoulos, or Bob Schieffer being interviewed on their respective network's morning show, and scolding the co-hosts for excessive George Bush or John McCain bashing.Wouldn't happen in a million years, right?Well, Fox News's Chris Wallace was the guest of "Fox & Friends" Friday morning, and before allowing any of the co-hosts to ask him a question…
AP, FNC's Hume Pick Up Hillary's Bosnia Fib; Will Rest of Media Follow
March 20th, 2008 11:58 AM
On Wednesday, Fox News became the first news network to pick up on the contradiction between claims made by Senator Hillary Clinton about her 1996 trip to Bosnia and the reality reported by journalists at the time. In a speech on Monday, Clinton asserted that “I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran…
Jesse Jackson Refuses to Answer Fox News's Questions Concerning Wright
March 20th, 2008 10:31 AM
Since the Rev. Jeremiah Wright revelations first shook the Obama campaign, one of America's so-called foremost civil rights leaders has been conspicuously silent about the subject. With this in mind, Fox News producer Griff Jenkins went to the Take Back America convention in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to get Jesse Jackson's opinions about the controversy that virtually everyone in America is…
Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift: Don’t Judge Obama on Rev. Jeremiah Wrigh
March 18th, 2008 3:09 PM
One of the criticisms of the media's coverage of Sen. Barack Obama's candidacy - both from his opponents on the right and on the left, has been that he's been given a free pass on a lot of issue. The latest in particular had been the recently uncovered of Obama's former church minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who had made several incendiary remarks about race and the government. Eleanor Clift…
FNC's Wallace on Spitzer: 'Gosh, What an Idiot
March 14th, 2008 2:36 PM
Fox News's Chris Wallace was once again Steve Malzberg's guest on WOR radio Thursday, and the host of "Fox News Sunday" made some comments about Eliot Spitzer, Geraldine Ferraro, and the current Democrat campaign for president that are guaranteed to raise eyebrows on both sides of the aisle.In an interview that covered many subjects, Wallace said of Spitzer, "Gosh, what an idiot," while strongly…
Michelle Obama’s ‘Mean America’ Statement Gets a Nearly Free Med
March 9th, 2008 11:02 AM
On Wednesday, NewsBusters' Noel Sheppard noted the following comments by Michelle Obama in her recent New Yorker Magazine profile by Lauren Collins: Obama begins with a broad assessment of life in America in 2008, and life is not good: we're a divided country, we're a country that is "just downright mean," we are "guided by fear," we're a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacents. "We have…
Anti-Fox News Blog Runs Not One but Two Ads for Fox Biz Network
March 7th, 2008 1:21 PM
Update below (18:45 EDT | March 10).It happens from time to time, believe me. You're going over your Web site and what do you see but a product or service advertised that, to be charitable, conflicts with your mission, or otherwise is just plain embarrassing. It's the nature of having third-party advertising arrangements, and usually you can get these things resolved with an e-mail or two to your…
MRC/NB's Graham Chides Media for Soft Treatment of Obama
March 5th, 2008 7:41 PM
Appearing on the March 5 "Your World" program with guest host Brenda Buttner, MRC Director of Media Analysis and NewsBusters Senior Editor Tim Graham lambasted the mainstream media for its gauzy treatment of Democratic frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.): It's really sad that at this point in the presidential campaign, when we're in a situation where they are saying now that the math is…
Clinton Backer: 'Obama Campaign Is Trying to Put That Noose on Her Nec
March 2nd, 2008 10:27 PM
In the past couple of months, two journalists -- the Golf Channel's Kelly Tilghman and Fox News's Bill O'Reilly -- have gotten themselves in trouble for making a seemingly innocent remark that involved the word "lynch."On Sunday, a Democrat Congresswoman from Ohio innocently accused the Obama campaign of trying to put a noose around Hillary Clinton's neck.Think this will stoke equal if any…
FNC's Rove Highlights Obama's Flip-Flop on Iraq Troop Withdrawal
March 2nd, 2008 7:21 PM
On Thursday's The O'Reilly Factor, FNC analyst Karl Rove quoted an AP story by Christopher Wills from September 18, 2004, which had reported not only that Barack Obama had previously been open to a U.S. troop increase in Iraq when he was running for Senate, but had warned against a premature troop withdrawal as a "slap in the face to the troops fighting there" which could make Iraq "an…
