Hannity Beats O'Reilly in Ratings War

In January overall, Fox was third most watched cable channel

(NEWSER) - "Fair and balanced" might be cause for lively debate, but Fox News' status as the top dog in cable news isn't—the network scored the top 13 programs in total viewership and the key 25-54 demographic through January. Bill O’Reilly’s show tops the rankings, with Sean Hanitty and Glenn Beck behind him. In the entire cable spectrum, last month found Fox third in viewers, behind USA and ESPN, Mediabistro reports. Its competitors fell far behind: CNN's spot was 24, and MSNBC’s 29. More»

(NEWSER) - More evidence of Fox News' growing domination of cable TV: The network now has the top 10 programs in terms of total viewers, reports Mediabistro's TVNewser blog. Bill O'Reilly still leads the way, followed by Sean Hannity. Glenn Beck is in third, but his viewership of about 2 million is up a whopping 110% over last year, the most by far of any show. More»

She uses feed to clear up 'misquoting'

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin is following some fellow Republicans on Twitter, but she's not showing any love for former running mate John McCain.The Alaska governor is keeping tabs on Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly of Fox, David Gregory of NBC, George Stephanopoulos of ABC, and CNN, but not nemesis Katie Couric—or anyone else from CBS, the Washington Examiner reports. More»

Talks to Bill O'Reilly about 'cruel, cold-hearted people'

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin continued to chide Fox's Family Guy...on Fox. Speaking to Bill O'Reilly last night, she acknowledged "this world is full of cruel, cold-hearted people." Trig, on the other hand, has a "heart of gold," and while when "I look at Trig and I see perfection," he's "going to have a tough life ahead of him. Why make it tougher on the special needs community?" Palin goes on to quote daughter Bristol's wisdom some more, and circles back to the Rahm Emanuel "retard" incident. Watch. More»

Stewart's "go bleep yourself" to Goldberg gets O'Reilly's attention

(NEWSER) - Fox News commentator Bernard Goldberg is just so sad that Jon Stewart doesn’t like him anymore, and he made a point of saying so on last night’s O’Reilly Factor . Stewart slammed Goldberg the night before on the Daily Show for Goldberg's comment that liberals don’t “allow” Down syndrome babies “to happen.” Right, Stewart said, “In fact, Eunice Kennedy Shriver founded the Special Olympics because she wanted an organized forum where she could mock children with Down syndrome.” Watch both clips above. More»