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Fox News stories: 195 news summaries

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 Beck: Obama Is a 'Racist' 


Jul 28, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(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... More »

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racism • Fox News • Glenn Beck • racist • Obama administration • cable news • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr

GI's Capture Fuels Desertion Controversy

Lawmakers rip Fox analyst; blogger says Bergdahl left unarmed

Jul 24, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - With some speculating that the US soldier kidnapped by the Taliban deserted his Afghanistan post, conservative media are hot on the trail. Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl “walked off (his base) with a water bottle and (a military ration pack) on some kind of he-man expedition,” a military blogger tells... More »

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Congress • Taliban • propaganda • kidnapping • Fox News • soldier • desertion • conservative media • capture • Bowe Bergdahl

OPINION

 'Smut-Merchant' 
 O'Reilly Plays 
 Naked ESPN Vid 

All the while complaining about the 'ultra-disturbing' nature of the whole thing

Jul 23, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill O’Reilly is building himself a reputation, at least in the Gawker offices, for self-righteously discussing “softcore porn on YouTube or underage strippers or whatever” while simultaneously running the “salacious clips” as he bemoans “the gross injustice.” It’s not surprising, then, that “the... More »

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entertainment • Internet • ESPN • crime • Bill O'Reilly • nudity • New York Post • video • Fox News • hotel • invasion of privacy • nude • naked • Erin Andrews

Ex-Fox News Producer Gets 10 Years for Child Porn

Bruns' prior conviction led to tough sentence

Jul 22, 09 11:22 AM CDT
(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 »

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Fox News • child pornography • sentence • Aaron Bruns

Beck: 'Be Afraid' of Obama's 'Socialist Wonderland'

Sees hybrid of 'France and Venezuela'

Jul 21, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck outdid himself yesterday with a high-strung rant about health care reform. He told his viewers to “be afraid” because Obama is “remaking” America “into a place that’s a whole lot crappier. Kind of a hybrid between France and Venezuela.” He then cackled like... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Fox News • Glenn Beck • health care reform • conservative media

Captured US Soldier May Be in Pakistan

Fox News 'expert' suggests that Taliban execute Bergdahl

Jul 20, 09 8:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The American soldier captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan may be in Pakistan, a potentially huge stumbling block in the quest to free the 23-year-old, ABC News reports. If the insurgent group that apparently kidnapped him has indeed moved Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl over the border to South Waziristan, the American... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • kidnapping • US military • Fox News • US Army • South Waziristan • Afghanistan war • capture • Bowe Bergdahl • Ralph Peters

(Newser) - Media darling Twitter has tweeted its way to news coverage over the last 30 days that's worth the equivalent of $48 million in advertising and public relations, reports Advertising Age. Twitter trounced coverage of even giant Microsoft's biggest product launch of the year, Bing. Microsoft's advertising budget for Bing is... More »

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Fox News • CNN • Twitter

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 McConnell: 
 Health Plan 
 'Not Good' for US 

Republican leader says nation already has quality care

Jul 19, 09 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fight over health care got even testier today when Mitch McConnell said Republicans wouldn’t support President Obama’s reform plan. “It’s not good for the country,” the Senate minority leader told Meet the Press. “We have quality health care now. We do not have... More »

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health care • Mitch McConnell • Fox News • health care reform • Kathleen Sebelius • Meet the Press • Judd Gregg • Peter Orszag

 Beck Melts Down, 
 Screams at 'Pinhead' Caller

Radio host infuriated over health care

Jul 16, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative radio host Glenn Beck had an on-air fit yesterday when a caller questioned him about health care and wouldn’t back down, the Daily Kos reports. The caller, “Kathy,” started by talking about the high cost of care. Beck countered that he doesn’t believe there are... More »

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health care • talk radio • Fox News • Glenn Beck • pundits • conservative media

Beck Complains About Softball Questions for Sotomayor ...

... except nobody asked nominee any yesterday

Jul 14, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Someone might need to explain this whole confirmation-hearings process to Glenn Beck. Last night, the Fox host railed against the softball questions senators were tossing Sonia Sotomayor. “As our country burns to the ground, this is the questioning—and get ready, it’s a hard line of questioning” the... More »

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Fox News • Senate confirmation hearings • Glenn Beck • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - Sarah Palin resigned because Fox News “dangled Oprah-type money plus the promise of a 24/7 platform from which she can energize the base for a few years,” blogger Ruth Ann Harnisch guesses—and that visibility would be a great move if she wants to be president. “She... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Rush Limbaugh • Fox News • Republican Party • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

 Beck Guest: 
 US Needs 
 Attack by 
 bin Laden 

Glenn himself seems to agree

Jul 1, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck and his guest last night, ex-CIA employee Michael Scheuer, kicked off the 4th of July festivities early when Scheuer declared that America’s only hope “is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States.” Gawker blogger the Cajun Boy... More »

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CIA • Fox News • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • Glenn Beck • terrorist attack • Michael Scheuer

(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... More »

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television • cable TV • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • TV ratings • cable news

OPINION

Geraldo's OK
if You Kill a
Child Molester

Not that, on Fox News gabfest, he was encouraging you to

Jun 30, 09 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Geraldo Rivera wouldn’t mind if someone happened to kill David Earls. Not that he’s telling you to do it, or anything, Gawker notes. On Fox News last night, Rivera and Bill O’Reilly were grousing about the convicted child rapist who got just a 1-year sentence. O’Reilly,... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Geraldo Rivera • child molestation • Fox News • child rape • David Earls

OPINION

Beck, Drudge Blast Obama for... Opposing
a Coup?

It's yet another way the president's a commie

Jun 30, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck found a new and creative way of insinuating that President Obama is a commie last night, attacking him for—of all things—opposing the military coup in Honduras. See, Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro also opposed the coup, which means clearly any right-thinking non-pinko would support it. “... More »

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Barack Obama • Fidel Castro • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • Fox News • military coup • Glenn Beck • Honduras • Hugo Chávez • coup d'etat • President Obama • conservative media

Fox News On Track for Most-Watched Year Ever

Network stays strong as rivals suffer post-election blues

Jun 25, 09 3:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fox News has avoided the post-election ratings drop that hit other networks and is on course to have it best year ever, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The network, helped by programming changes like shifting Glenn Beck to 5pm, has shown a steady rise in ratings and now has as... More »

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cable TV • Fox News • TV ratings • television news • cable news

ANALYSIS

Fox, Handed Ensign Affair, Commits Ugly Fumble


Jun 19, 09 5:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fox News had the bombshell about Sen. John Ensign’s affair in its lap and didn’t do anything with it, Howard Kurtz writes in the Washington Post. A Fox producer tells the Huffington Post the network never received a letter Douglas Hampton, the husband of the Republican’s mistress,... More »

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Senate Republicans • Fox News • Nevada • John Ensign • extramarital affair • Cindy Hampton • Doug Hampton • Megyn Kelly • Howard Kurtz • Tom Lowell

UPDATED

Husband Outed Ensign Affair
to Fox News

Hampton's lawyer made 'exorbitant demands': senator

Jun 19, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The husband of John Ensign’s mistress sent a letter detailing the affair to Fox News just days before the senator’s public admission, the Las Vegas Sun reports. A spokesman said Ensign acknowledged the affair because Doug Hampton had approached “a major television news channel.” The senator's... More »

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Congress • media • Fox News • Tom Coburn • John Ensign • US Senate • extramarital affair • Cindy Hampton • Doug Hampton • Megyn Kelly

OPINION

 Actually, Beck Calms 
 the Lunatic Fringe 

With O'Reilly and Olbermann, lets wingnuts 'let off steam'

Jun 19, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck infuriates many liberals, but they should really be thanking him: His rhetoric tempers fringe sentiments and prevents violence, writes Reihan Salam for the Daily Beast. Talking heads like Beck and Bill O’Reilly “take unspoken anxieties very seriously,” giving voice to a “small and alienated... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • talk show • Glenn Beck • host

OPINION

 Right Fans 
 Flames of 
 Extremist 
 Fury: Rich 

Right-wing rhetoric complicit in rise of extremism

Jun 14, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a Fox News anchor cautions against the rising extremism of hate-driven Americans, as Shepard Smith did after the Holocaust Museum shooting, we should take note, argues Frank Rich in the New York Times. Unlike his fear-mongering colleagues, says Rich, Smith—not known for having an agenda—had "... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Frank Rich • domestic terrorism • culture wars • Shepard Smith • right-wing extremism

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