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Fox Looks Clueless with 'Obama's Baby Mama' Quip

Network sparks outrage with poorly judged use of slang

(Newser) - Fox is catching flak for calling Michelle Obama "Obama's baby mama" and it deserves all it gets, Noelle Hancock writes on New York's news blog. The network, which has conceded that a producer "exercised poor judgment" by posting the graphic, has made itself look "sexist, racist, and...

Pundits Blast McCain's 'Pathetic' Speech

Also, the lime-green background didn't go over well

(Newser) - McCain’s pre-buttal to Obama’s clinching speech last night didn’t go down well on either side of the press corps aisle. A sampling of the negative reactions, via Huffington Post:
  • Obamacan Andrew Sullivan laughs off Mac’s joust at Dem divisions, and says his “opening gambit in
...

Fox News Guest Jokes About Killing Obama

'Many of us are making mistakes,' journalist says in apologizing

(Newser) - A Fox News analyst yesterday laughingly suggested on the air that Barack Obama be "knocked off." Commenting on Hillary Clinton's recent remarks about RFK's assassination, Liz Trotta referred to "what some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama, uh Obama—well, both, if we...

O'Reilly Blasts at GE Coming From Upstairs

Fox-NBC vendetta brings execs' bile into your living room

(Newser) - Bill O’Reilly’s campaign against General Electric—the Fox News host has called CEO Jeffrey Immelt a “despicable human being” for doing business with Iran—is part of a feud with NBC that extends far up corporate ladders, the Washington Post reports. Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes apparently...

O'Reilly Interview: Clinton Glad Obama 'Finally' Spoke

She also gets in a subtle shot at Obama over his former pastor

(Newser) - In her first interview with longtime critic Bill O’Reilly, Hillary Clinton called Jeremiah Wright's comments “offensive,” “outrageous,” “off base” and “far out," ABC News reports. She also got a dig in at Barack Obama by saying she's glad he "finally" clarified...

Clinton Preparing For O'Reilly Factor Debut

Interview to air tomorrow and Thursday comes ahead of NC, Ind. primaries

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton will sit down for the first time with Bill O’Reilly tomorrow, the Los Angeles Times reports. After months of a virtual Democratic boycott of Fox News, and days after Barack Obama sat down with Chris Wallace, the former first lady will face the network’s most famous...

Obama Relents, Will Appear on Fox News

After 2 years, candidate agrees to do Wallace's right-wing talk show

(Newser) - Barack Obama will appear on "Fox News Sunday" this weekend, ending a two-year disagreement between the candidate and the right-wing channel. Obama had promised to appear on the program in 2006, but his campaign has repeatedly cited scheduling conflicts to avoid an appearance. Fox News is crediting its "...

Murdoch Shuts Down PageSix.com
Murdoch
Shuts Down PageSix.com
Mar 20, 2008 6:59 PM CDT

Murdoch Shuts Down PageSix.com

Online version of Post gossip column ends after 3 months

(Newser) - PageSix.com, the online version of the New York Post's celebrity gossip column, is shutting down after just three months, Gawker reports. The Rupert Murdoch project attracted 1 million pageviews last week when it published photos of Eliot Spitzer's escort, but, "given the difficulty in the economy, it was...

CNN, in Comeback, Tops Fox, Boosts Profits

Exec Walton has overseen ratings comeback, doubled profits at cable icon

(Newser) - Five years after CNN’s fortunes were so low that Time Warner considered selling it, the cable news icon topped Fox News among 25- to 54-year-old viewers for the first month since 2001. The upstarts had CNN running scared for several years, but a new president has streamlined management, increased...

'Black Geniuses' Remark is OK
'Black Geniuses' Remark is OK
OPINION
Feb 26, 2008 6:30 PM CST

'Black Geniuses' Remark is OK

Geraldo's comment on Fox is 'refreshing,' scribe writes in Post

(Newser) - The presidential race is so odd that Geraldo Rivera has pondered "black geniuses" on Fox—which was “absurd in a way that’s new and refreshing," Eugene Robinson writes in the Washington Post. Rivera was talking about Barack Obama and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick last week on...

No Yahoo! for News Corp., Says Murdoch

Media mogul won't trade bids with Microsoft over Internet behemoth

(Newser) - News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch won't be following Microsoft's lead to place a bid for  ailing Internet giant Yahoo, CNNMoney reports. Murdoch also dispelled rumors today that his company was interested in purchasing AOL, or in making any other major acquisitions. His remarks follow on the heels of Microsoft's unsolicited...

Fox's Fortunes Fall With GOP's
Fox's Fortunes Fall With GOP's
OPINION
Jan 31, 2008 6:06 PM CST

Fox's Fortunes Fall With GOP's

Ratings are aching, talking heads are losing access and CNN has more than caught up

(Newser) - Fox News soared eight years ago by hitching its star to Republicans in general and George W. Bush in particular; now that the president’s in decline and its one-sided approach is no mystery, the channel has hit the skids. Democrats' refusal to debate on Fox damaged its reputation—and...

News Corp Gets That New-Time Religion

Murdoch buys Beliefnet, the largest faith website in the US

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has inked an eight-figure deal to buy Beliefnet, the US' most popular religion website, as a platform to promote the company's religious books and programming, the Wall Street Journal reports. Details of the transaction weren't released, but the site will become a part of News Corp's...

Thompson Lays Into Fox News
Thompson
Lays Into
Fox News
Nov 26, 2007 6:56 PM CST

Thompson Lays Into Fox News

Candidate objects to 'constant mantra' that campaign is troubled

(Newser) - Fred Thompson isn’t buying “We Report, You Decide.” The Republican White House hopeful yesterday blasted Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday," accusing Rupert Murdoch’s network of skewing its election coverage against him. Thompson said belittling his campaign and calling it troubled has become “...

Regan's Claim Reveals the Real Fox
Regan's Claim Reveals the
Real Fox
OPINION
Nov 20, 2007 7:11 PM CST

Regan's Claim Reveals the Real Fox

Suit could end Fox masquerade of neutrality: Tomasky

(Newser) - After 11 years of “the rabbit hole fiction” that Fox News is unbiased, the  jig may be up, claims the Guardian’s American editor, Michael Tomasky. An admitted liberal journalist himself, Tomasky thinks it's time Fox stopped pretending not to be a conservative voice, as its audience clearly understands...

Is National Discourse Too Darn Crass?

Imus and Coulter highlight need for action, critics say

(Newser) - Shock jock Don Imus is coming back, but humbled; Ann Coulter got press for anti-Semitism, but lost support; could this be a backlash against crass punditry? Hardly, say the experts, but some see rays of hope. "We're caught right now between extreme political correctness on one end and crude,...

Critics Cool to Frisky FBN
Critics Cool to Frisky FBN
Oct 16, 2007 2:27 PM CDT

Critics Cool to Frisky FBN

(Newser) - The market was down but Fox Business Network was aggressively upbeat in its debut yesterday, reviewers noted. The New York Times'  Alessandra Stanley made fun of the network's "giggly" mood and said it comes off as "a blend of CNBC and a fifth hour of the 'Today' show....

Fox Business Network Debuts
Fox Business Network
Debuts
Oct 15, 2007 3:57 AM CDT

Fox Business Network Debuts

Aims to make biz news less 'Wall Street,' more 'Main Street'

(Newser) - Fox Business Network officially debuts this morning, launching a challenge to CNBC, the only other all-business network on the air. FBN officials say they're looking to make business news less "Wall Street" and more "Main Street," so they won't be aiming to take hard-core financial types directly...

Ex-HP CEO Joins Fox Business
Ex-HP CEO Joins Fox Business
Oct 10, 2007 12:13 AM CDT

Ex-HP CEO Joins Fox Business

Fiorina will be on-air contributor when new network launches next week

(Newser) - Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina will be an on-air contributor to the new Fox Business Network when it launches next week, FBN said today. Fiorina headed HP from 1999 to 2005 and oversaw its buyout of Compaq before scandal led to her ouster. She will be a general business contributor...

Secret Ruling: Fed Wiretap Plan Illegal

Judge halted key overseas eavesdropping months ago

(Newser) - In a secret decision earlier this year a federal intelligence court judge ruled that a key element of the White House's massive wiretapping program was illegal, the Washington Post reports. The decision blocked NSA information collection from a large number of phone calls and emails that pass through two locations...

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