I Agree With Beck—Obama's Racist: Murdoch

(NEWSER) - Glenn Beck today called President Obama “a racist,” Politico reports. The Fox News commentator accused the president of having a “deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture” during a discussion of the Skip Gates scandal on a Fox show. When his interlocutor pointed out that Obama is surrounded by whites in his administration, Beck backpedaled a bit—and then surged forward. More»

New pundit's ratings up in Obama admin

(NEWSER) - On Fox News, Glenn Beck is pushing the apocalypse—and it’s working out nicely for him, the Los Angeles Times reports. Beck’s new show averaged 2.2 million viewers during February, double the number attracted by the time slot last year. Why does Beck think the Obama administration has been such a boon? “People know in their gut that something’s not right. They're not getting the truth.” More»

Eric Bolling accused of racism after latest remarks

(NEWSER) - A Fox Business host is being accused of racism after declaring that President Obama likes to host “hoods” in the “hizzouse.” Eric Bolling initially referred to Obama’s Oval Office meeting with Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Thursday, then noted that “it's not first time he's had a hoodlum in the hizzouse” as images of rapper Common, who visited the White House last month , flashed on screen. Bongo—whom Bolling called a “dictator” and “kleptocrat”—is certainly no saint, but he was visiting “not only in his capacity as president of his country but because Gabon currently holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council,” notes Jeffrey Goldberg in the Atlantic . More»

Obama must start following through on campaign promises

(NEWSER) - Risking his wife's wrath, Clarence Page has to admit he agrees with Sean Hannity. The Fox News host has correctly called President Obama on the disconnect between campaign rhetoric and the attempted boycott of Hannity's employer. "It is disingenuous for right-wing pundits to accuse Obama of dividing the country, considering the five-star job they have done in turning us against each other," Page writes. "But if Obama is being judged by a different standard of civility, it is a standard he set for himself." More»

Administration not sweating Fox host's campaign against Anita Dunn

(NEWSER) - Fox talking head Glenn Beck has White House communications director Anita Dunn in his crosshairs, but the administration isn't exactly sweating. "I caught some of that from the Glenn Beck show yesterday, but I don't think anybody takes it—takes his attacks very seriously," the deputy White House press secretary said today of Beck's vitriolic reaction to a video in which Dunn says Mao Zedong is one of her "favorite political philosophers." More»