Brian Kilmeade
CMPA's Lichter Finds the Obvious: Media Overwhelmingly Positive on Oba
October 20th, 2008 1:55 PM
It is no surprise that Barack Obama receives much better treatment in the media than John McCain, but the non-partisan Center for Media and Public Affairs actually conducted a study that concluded just that. The Center’s evaluation found that since both candidates were formally nominated "Senator Obama on the network evening news shows have been 65% positive, compared to only 36% positive about…
Lib Talker Schultz Storms Out of Joe the Plumber Debate on 'Fox & Frie
October 17th, 2008 9:49 AM
Liberal talk radio host Ed Schultz stormed out of a "Fox & Friends" debate Friday morning with conservative talk radio host Steve Malzberg that involved Barack Obama's tax plan and the now famous Joe the Plumber.After discussing the state of the current presidential campaign, the issue of Joe Wurzelbacher -- the Ohio man who recently challenged Obama over how the candidate's tax plan would…
FNC Features, Networks Ignore Ayers Victim
October 9th, 2008 11:44 AM
While the networks and much of the mainstream media channeled their outrage at Sarah Palin for daring to mention Barack Obama’s ties to terrorist Bill Ayers, the October 9 "Fox and Friends" featured a victim of Mr. Ayers, John Murtagh, whose home was bombed at the age of nine. Murtagh explained that the Obama-Ayers relationship goes back to the 1980's, when they met at a law firm.Further…
Bloomberg Columnist Explains PDS, Uses Vulgarity
September 18th, 2008 5:15 PM
To explain the high level of hatred for Governor Sarah Palin, the September 18 edition of "Fox and Friends" invited Bloomberg News columnist Caroline Baum. Ms. Baum, who claims to have studied it extensively, later used a vulgar term to describe which direction women voters will lean.The Bloomberg columnist explained that Governor Palin "made the Democrats’ road to the White House less inevitable…
'Fox & Friends' Repeats Flawed Disenfranchised Nun Story
May 7th, 2008 12:00 PM
This morning's "Fox & Friends" repeated some misreporting on a dozen nuns who were supposedly "barred" from voting yesterday at their South Bend, Indiana, polling station due to lack of proper ID. As I noted in my May 6 blog entry, the sisters were not refused the vote, they chose not to vote using the provisional balloting option. [audio available here]As the AP's Deborah Hastings reported…
'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.