Janeane Garofalo Stands By Her Tea Partiers Are Racists Claim

May 14th, 2009 4:47 PM
Comedienne and liberal activist Janeane Garofalo caused quite a stir last month when she called Tea Party goers "a bunch of teabagging rednecks," adding "this is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up." On May 8, Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins happened upon Garofalo at a Starbucks in Boston, and asked, "What do you think of calling just honest protesters…

Greta Slams Politico Accusation She's Todd Palin's 'Handler

May 11th, 2009 10:41 AM
Politico on Saturday accused Greta Van Susteren of being Todd Palin's "host AND handler" at a pre-White House Correspondents' dinner brunch, and the Fox News host is none too pleased.This was at least the second time in two months Politico has implied an improper alliance between Van Susteren and the Palins, and the "On the Record" host wasn't going to let them get away with it.On Sunday, she…

FNC Highlights Archbishop Who Opposes Pro-Choice Obama Appearance at N

May 10th, 2009 9:42 PM
On Friday’s Special Report with Bret Baier, FNC correspondent Molly Henneberg highlighted the controversial decision by Notre Dame to invite the pro-choice President Obama to speak and be awarded an honorary degree. Henneberg filled in viewers on recent remarks by Archbishop Raymond Burke of the Vatican Supreme Court as the Catholic Church official voiced disapproval of Obama’s planned appearance…

Bozell Column: The Obscenity Blackout

May 9th, 2009 6:39 PM
When the late Playboy centerfold and tabloid-media celebrity Anna Nicole Smith graced the white marble steps of the Supreme Court in 2006, the network news operations couldn’t get enough of the story. The blonde floozy had married a fabulously wealthy Texas oilman who happened to be 62 years her senior, and now she wanted to collect his estate. It was a serious legal challenge, and a salacious…

'Fox News Watch' Covers NewsBusters' CNN/Oprah.com Story

May 9th, 2009 3:30 PM
On Monday, NewsBuster Warner Todd Huston revealed Oprah.com and CNN's statistically unsupported theory that women are leaving men for other women.On Saturday, "Fox News Watch" shared this bizarre story with its viewers, giving NewsBusters credit for the revelation.Host Jon Scott stated (video embedded right, h/t Jeff Poor): 

Religion Blogger Exaggerates Fox's Take on Obama No-Show at National D

May 8th, 2009 9:13 AM
Dallas Morning News reporter Wayne Slater suggested conservatives in general and Fox News in particular are hypocrites for questioning why President Barack Obama failed to publicly observe the National Day of Prayer. Slater wrote in his May 7 Religion Blog post: Fox & Friends is on fire this morning stoking the controversy over President Obama not publicly observing the National Day of…

FNC’s Beck: They’re Going to Silence Voices Like Mine, Bill O’Re

May 6th, 2009 7:48 PM
Call it an ominous warning, but Fox News Channel afternoon host and ratings sensation Glenn Beck on Wednesday cautioned viewers that government is strengthening its grip of power and is not going to stop at the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Beck declared on his May 6 broadcast the government is out of control, noting that Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests were a weekly…

MSNBC's David Shuster Loves 'Brilliant' Obama; Hates 'Atrocious' Fox N

May 1st, 2009 4:03 PM
MSNBC anchor David Shuster appeared on Stephanie Miller's left-wing radio show on Thursday to praise the "brilliant," "informed," and "articulate" President Obama and trash the "atrocious" Fox News Channel. Shuster, who is on the same network as the extremely liberal Keith Olbermann, complained, "I mean, look, if Fox wants to consider themselves the GOP house organ, that's fine. They completely…

Chris Wallace On Biden's Swine Flu Gaffe: 'Is He Nuts

April 30th, 2009 10:45 PM
While network evening news broadcasts were covering for Joe Biden's swine flu gaffe, Fox News's Chris Wallace called the Vice President's advise that folks avoid getting on airplanes or riding subways "a serious mistake" and "reckless" leading the "Fox News Sunday" host to ask, "Is he nuts?"Appearing on WOR radio's "Steve Malzberg Show" Thursday, Wallace also discussed how "exquisitely sensitive…

Media Hail Sebelius Confirmation, Downplay Her Late-Term Abortion Supp

April 29th, 2009 2:56 PM
As Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services on April 28, the media continued its biased coverage of her controversial appointment. News outlets ignored the reason GOP senators had delayed her confirmation - her pro-abortion extremism - and focused instead on the importance of having the Secretary in place to combat swine flu. But the media failed to note that since…

Obama Attacks Fox News, Tea Parties at Town Hall Meeting

April 29th, 2009 2:55 PM
At first it was reported that President Barack Obama wasn't even aware of the nationwide Tea Party protests that occurred on April 15. But now he's out criticizing them and the Fox News Channel. In a town hall meeting in St. Louis on April 29, Obama was asked about fiscal discipline and entitlement reform. In his response, he took a shot at the Fox News Channel and the tea party movement,…

Fox Remains #2 Cabler With Top 11 News Programs

April 29th, 2009 10:55 AM
As the Fox News Channel continues to be berated by America's new president along with his Party and liberal media minions, the cable network keeps drawing in more and more viewers.In fact, it has been the second most-watched ad-supported cable network for nine straight weeks, and now sports the top eleven cable news programs.Adding insult to injury, TVNewser reported Tuesday that FNC is now…

Newsweek’s Jon Meacham: ‘We're Not A Partisan Magazine

April 28th, 2009 1:37 PM
Appearing on FNC’s O’Reilly Factor Monday, Newsweek managing editor Jon Meacham was asked by host Bill O’Reilly: "What, you're a not a left-wing magazine?" Meacham denied any liberal agenda in the magazine: "No, I don't -- We're not a partisan magazine. We're just not." A skeptical O’Reilly replied: "Come on." Meacham defended his assertion: "We're not. We try to be provocative. We try to break…

FNC's Hume on Swine Flu Hysteria: 'This is Insane

April 27th, 2009 5:13 PM
The swine flu story has captured the news cycle for three days and counting now and that's perpetuating the hysteria, according to Fox News Channel's Brit Hume.  Hume appeared on the FNC's "The Live Desk with Trace Gallagher" April 27 and blasted the media in general for hyping the swine flu story 24/7. "I realize it's been a slow weekend in terms of news," Hume said. "The president went out…