Fox News' Stirring Tribute to Virginia Tech Victims
April 18th, 2007 12:58 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen,The nation has been moved by yesterday’s tragedy at Virginia Tech. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families, friends, and loved ones of the needlessly fallen.For those interested, Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren did an unbelievably moving tribute to all the victims Tuesday evening that left me shaking and in tears (video available here, h/t Glenn Reynolds).Also, our friend…
New Black Panther Party Leader Calls Michelle Malkin a ‘Political Pr
April 15th, 2007 1:48 PM
In the midst of the Don Imus/Rutgers women’s basketball team controversy, one would think that calling a woman a prostitute, or any similar epithet on the air, would be so inexcusable that it would meet with extraordinary media outrage.After all, if you did a Google news search of the name Don Imus, it would generate almost 15,000 stories about the controversial radio host. The phrase "Nappy-…
Time's Joe Klein Applauds Obama Boycott of Fox News/Black Caucus Debat
April 10th, 2007 12:55 PM
Calling the Fox News debate a "sordid event," Time magazine's Joe Klein offered Barack Obama the journalistic version of the cinematic slow clap with an April 9 post to Time's "Swampland" blog:First, congratulations to Barack Obama for dropping out of the
Congressional Black Caucus Institute-Fox News debate. With John Edwards
already out, that means this sordid event is over...Back in 2004, I…
John Edwards Drops Out of Another Fox News Debate
April 7th, 2007 6:04 PM
Not surprisingly, Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards has dropped out of another debate sponsored by the Fox News Channel. As reported by the Associated Press (emphasis added throughout):The Edwards campaign said it will not attend the September 23 debate in Detroit hosted by Fox News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, but officials added that Edwards is "looking forward" to a…
‘Forbes on Fox’ Panel Debates Whether ABC Should Fire Rosie O’Do
April 7th, 2007 4:38 PM
Barbara Walters and the folks at ABC should be very pleased with themselves, for all the recent nutty remarks by Rosie O’Donnell precipitated a discussion on Saturday’s “Forbes on Fox” about whether or not the controversial co-host of “The View” should be fired.Though the group seemed to agree that the current “View” formula of making exceedingly shocking statements might be helping ratings, the…
62 Percent in AOL Poll Say Rosie O’Donnell Should be Fired
April 3rd, 2007 10:12 AM
As many people know, Rosie O’Donnell has landed herself in another high-profile brouhaha with yet another high-profile media figure. In December, it was Donald Trump. Now, it’s Bill O’Reilly.Yet, this time, her statements which precipitated the skirmish – that America may have set up the recent showdown between Iran and the captured British sailors, as well as the Bush administration being…
Bill O’Reilly Asks if ABC Should Fire Rosie O’Donnell
April 2nd, 2007 5:32 PM
While conservatives in the nation’s capital gathered on March 29 to recognize some of the most disgraceful media performances of 2006 at the MRC’s 20th Anniversary Gala, one of the evening’s “winners” was being unceremoniously torn to shreds by Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly (two-part videos available here and here).In fact, the host went so far as to ask his guests, Bernie Goldberg and Jane…
