OPINION
New Republic Nov 4, 08 11:59 AM CST
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The conservative movement is at a crossroads, torn between its intellectuals (think David Brooks) and its shouters (think Rush Limbaugh). As TV’s main conservative voice, Fox News could tip the scales, so Isaac Chotiner of the New Republic watched as much of the channel as he could. His verdict isn’t kind. “Once the network of optimistic, flag-waving jingoism,” he writes, “Fox has become a beacon of sky-is-falling fury.”
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analysis
New York Times Oct 23, 08 6:19 PM CDT
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With the election season winding down and the economy slumping, Fox News could have trouble paying the heavy hitters it's signed and re-signed to multimillion-dollar contracts, the New York Times reports. Experts agree that advertising, a big chunk of Fox’s budget, will fall off after the amazing expenditures during viewer-magnet election coverage. Whether the outcome of the vote will matter is another question entirely.
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O'Reilly Factor host to dodge 'slings and arrows' and stay on
New York Daily News Oct 22, 08 5:08 AM CDT
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Bill O'Reilly has signed up for 4 more years of controversy at Fox News, the New York Daily News reports. The outspoken host of top-rated cable news show The O'Reilly Factor says he’s staying on because "the good outweighed the bad"—despite the security entourage he must maintain. The pundit’s daily radio show will probably get the axe though, to make time for an “upgraded” Factor .
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Fox host, Mass. Democrat call each other names
Chicago Tribune Oct 3, 08 1:16 PM CDT
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Bill O’Reilly has called for the resignation of House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank, so it was a predictably tense situation when the Massachusetts Democrat appeared on his show last night. A remarkable shouting match ensued, even by O’Reilly’s standards. The Fox host quickly began screaming at Frank over comments that the situation at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would improve.
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OPINION
Host only shines in clashes with the right
New York Times Sep 25, 08 4:39 PM CDT
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Despite all the hype and the glowing blogosphere reviews since she got her own MSNBC slot Sept. 8, Rachel Maddow’s program has turned out to be a clone of the Keith Olbermann vehicle that precedes her: “less a show than an annex,” Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times . With guests fitting MSNBC’s liberal, Anti-Fox News tilt, “that kind of echo chamber doesn’t make for very interesting television.”
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Subscriber passwords posted online in act of cyber-revenge
The Register Sep 20, 08 6:40 PM CDT
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Hackers have broken into Bill O'Reilly's website and posted subscriber data online in an apparent act of retaliation, The Register reports. The hackers put screen shots of subscribers' names, passwords, and email addresses on Wikileaks, which reported that O'Reilly's condemnation of an attack on Sarah Palin's email inspired the break-in.
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Bloomberg Sep 4, 08 9:26 PM CDT
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With the political spotlight on John McCain, Barack Obama made a trip into unusual territory tonight—Bill O'Reilly's show on Fox News. During the recorded interview, Obama acknowledged that the US military surge in Iraq has "succeeded beyond our wildest dreams," but he said Iraqis still haven't done enough to take responsibility for their country, Bloomberg reports. John McCain has repeatedly criticized Obama for failing to back the surge.
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Democrat's first visit to Fox News show follows Murdoch truce
Politico Sep 3, 08 9:43 AM CDT
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It seems the "tentative truce" between Barack Obama and media mogul Rupert Murdoch is beginning to bear fruit, Politico reports, with the Democratic candidate set to appear on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor tomorrow before John McCain’s speech to the Republican National Convention. It will be Obama’s first visit with conservative star Bill O’Reilly.
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NBC and MSNBC in culture clash
Associated Press May 27, 08 10:40 AM CDT
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MSNBC's recent success is a thorn in the side of its competitors, the politicians who accuse the network of bias, and an unlikely third party—NBC News. The cable network's opinionated anchors and the broadcast sibling's more traditional approach are increasingly entangled, the AP reports, and critics don't share the NBC News president's confidence that viewers can make the distinction.
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Fox-NBC vendetta brings execs' bile into your living room
Washington Post May 19, 08 11:12 AM CDT
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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 loosed O’Reilly on GE in retaliation for attacks by host Keith Olbermann on GE subsidiary MSNBC.
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She also gets in a subtle shot at Obama over his former pastor
ABC News Apr 30, 08 6:07 PM CDT
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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 his views on Wright, the New York Times notes. Fox News offered a peek before the interview airs tonight on the O'Reilly Factor .
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Interview to air tomorrow and Thursday comes ahead of NC, Ind. primaries
Mediabistro blogs Apr 29, 08 12:58 PM CDT
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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 anchor in an interview to air tomorrow and Thursday on The O’Reilly Factor .
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Churches, advocates, universities say race taboos have been lifted
New York Times Mar 20, 08 3:44 PM CDT
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While a verdict on the political wisdom of Barack Obama’s race address might be months in the coming, the speech has sparked a national conversation on the topic, the New York Times reports—with universities, churches and TV commentators chiming in. The Tuesday speech is the top video on YouTube; one pastor called it a “Rorschach inkblot test” for national feelings on race.
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