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Four More Years:
O'Reilly Re-Ups

O'Reilly Factor host to dodge 'slings and arrows' and stay on

(Newser) - 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 . More »

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Maddow Sends MSNBC Ratings Rocketing

Execs thrilled as new host grabs for
Larry King's crown

(Newser) - Rachel Maddow has made MSNBC a prime-time contender with dizzying speed, the New York Times reports. The liberal pundit's Rachel Maddow Show more than doubled the network's ratings in the 9 pm slot within days of its debut six weeks ago, and has beaten CNN's Larry King Live among viewers ages 25 to 54 more often than not. More »

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 Backstage Tour Lays 
 Bare Springer Nation 

Campy disasters inspire schadenfreude

(Newser) - A backstage tour of The Jerry Springer Show reveals "fundamental truths about the human condition," Kevin Pang writes in the Chicago Tribune . Philanderers and home-wreckers vetted by the show receive star treatment for a day, and insist their tales are true—for the most part. It's "all legit," one said, after producers coached him on how to tell his story. More »

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Righty Host Furious After McCain Apology

Talking head vows
to join Ann Coulter in supporting Clinton

(Newser) - Bill Cunningham has “had it up to here with John McCain,” the conservative talk-show host tells CNN of the likely GOP presidential nominee. By apologizing for Cunningham’s remarks at a McCain rally yesterday—in which Cunningham called Barack Obama a “hack” and repeatedly used his middle name, Hussein—McCain “threw me under the ‘Straight Talk Express,’” Cunningham says. More »

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