Fox News Producer Busted for Kiddie Porn

Bruns' prior conviction led to tough sentence

(AP) - A federal judge yesterday sentenced a former Fox News producer to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography. Prosecutors in Washington had recommended the 10-year term, citing Aaron Bruns' prior conviction on similar charges. Authorities charged Bruns in February with sharing pornography on a social networking website. More»

Busted weeks after Fox News producer in similar case

(NEWSER) - Looks like kiddie porn is a bipartisan offense: just 2 weeks after a Fox News producer was arrested on child porn charges, a former NPR editor has been nabbed over the stuff, the Smoking Gun reports. David Malakoff, who worked in DC, is named in a felony criminal document charging that he possessed the illegal material between April and June of last year, at his NPR office. The onetime science editor and on-air correspondent resigned in June. More»

(NEWSER) - If you ever wanted Aaron Bruns, the Fox News producer busted earlier this month on child porn charges, to demonstrate sexual positions for you, you’re in luck. It seems Bruns posed naked for The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Supercharged Kama Sutra Illustrated. “Someone had to pay Bruns, in other words, to get naked with an adult woman,” quips Gawker. More»

Fox drops 13%—but still has top 13 programs in cable news

(NEWSER) - Fox News is still leading the cable news ratings race—but for how long? Fox's overall ratings for November dropped 13% compared to the same month last year, reports Mediabistro . For the juicy 25-to-54-year-old bracket, the fall was even steeper, plunging 30% in prime time. CNN, on the other hand, was up 4% over last year, with Anderson Cooper's AC 360 up a big 40%. Regardless of those trends, however, Fox News still accounts for the top 13 cable news shows, led by The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity. The top-rated non-Fox program is The Rachel Maddow Show. For the complete top 30 programs, see the Huffington Post . More»

Rolling Stone profile paints Fox News boss as paranoid propagandist

(NEWSER) - Roger Ailes has made huge profits by selling fear, but he has a few fears of his own, Rolling Stone finds in a detailed—and deeply unflattering—profile of the Fox News chairman. Ailes, whose resumé includes repackaging Richard Nixon for TV in 1968 and helping derail health care reform on behalf of Big Tobacco in 1993, insisted on having bombproof glass installed in his office after Rupert Murdoch hired him to create the Fox News Channel. The precautions were apparently intended to protect him from a bomb attack by activists. "They’ll be down there protesting," he told an aide. "Those gays." More»