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Fox stories: 105 news summaries

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DETENTE?

 Fox News Lands 
 Obama Interview 

Prez will sit down with Garrett in Beijing

Nov 17, 09 12:57 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama has apparently softened on Fox News and will grant the network an interview while in Beijing. “I will interview POTUS on camera,” tweets Fox’s Major Garrett. “4 other networks will too. 10 mins per. Many had asked. Can say now.” Though the White... More »

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China • White House • Beijing • Fox News • Fox • Obama administration • President Obama • Major Garrett • Obama interview

 Dobbs: CNN Didn't Want 
 Obama Criticism 

'What is immutable is that I'm staying in the public arena'

Nov 17, 09 7:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Lou Dobbs guarantees "100%" that he'll be staying in "the public arena" now that he's finished with CNN, he told Fox's Bill O'Reilly last night, but he demurred on whether that means a run for a New Jersey Senate seat. President Obama "isn't the devil," Dobbs... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • CNN • Fox • Lou Dobbs • news anchor • Lou Dobbs interview

TV REVIEW

Wanda Sykes Show: Working Hard, Hardly Working

Clichés drag down late-night debut

Nov 8, 09 3:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Viewers expecting something fresh and new out of The Wanda Sykes Show—as the unlikely combination of Fox and an African-American lesbian might seem to promise—were sorely disappointed, writes Ken Tucker . The comedian and actor "is terrific: at ease and bawdy," he writes for Entertainment Weekly. But... More »

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entertainment • television • late night talk show • late night host • Fox • Wanda Sykes • television review • The Wanda Sykes Show

Jay Mariotti

 November Baseball's a Farce 

Selig needs to get the boys of summer off the field

Oct 27, 09 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Isn’t the Fall Classic supposed to happen in the fall? Not this year. The World Series begins tomorrow night and, in case Bud Selig hasn’t noticed, it’s “never seemed more irrelevant,” writes Jay Mariotti. It’s simply too late in the year for baseball. “... More »

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Iraq • weather • Philadelphia Phillies • Bud Selig • New York Yankees • World Series • Fox • baseball • Jay Mariotti • TBS

NOT FAMILY-GUY FRIENDLY

 Microsoft 
 Yanks Seth 
 MacFarlane 
 Sponsorship 

Windows pulls sponsorship of comedy special after watching it

Oct 27, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apparently, Microsoft just can’t handle a good Holocaust joke. After attending a taping of Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show, the software giant has pulled its support, saying the content “was not a fit with the Windows brand.” The show, a... More »

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Microsoft • advertising • Fox • Seth MacFarlane • corporate sponsorship

no free lunch

 Hulu Fees Likely in 2010 

News Corp. talks subscription model; paywall unlikely

Oct 23, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The days of free TV shows on Hulu are likely ending: A News Corp. exec says “it’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online,” adding that “Hulu concurs with that.” Asked by Broadcasting & Cable what exactly that means, Chase Carey was... More »

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entertainment • television • Internet • NBC • online videos • Fox • Hulu • web video • News Corp • Chase Carey • paywall

Fox Apologizes for Jessica Simpson
Weight Jokes

Calls cartoon a 'poor attempt at humor'

Oct 15, 09 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fox sucked it up and apologized for an NFL Sunday skit in which cartoon versions of the Dallas Cowboys made fun of Jessica Simpson’s weight. “Upon reflection, our poor attempt at humor was insensitive,” Fox said in a statement to US Weekly. It also pointed out... More »

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Dallas Cowboys • Fox • Tony Romo • body image • Jessica Simpson • Burger King

OPINION

 Why Murdoch Must 
 Fire Glenn Beck 

Offensive as the Fox News host is, the bottom line is the bottom line

Oct 5, 09 6:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch will eventually fire Glenn Beck from Fox News, though not directly because of "his continued assault on the president," writes Ben Cohen. True, Beck's "remarkable slew of accusations and innuendo does not reflect well on the network," but arguments about politics miss the point:... More »

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television • Rupert Murdoch • advertising • Fox News • Fox • Glenn Beck • boycott • News Corp • Sky News

urban legend

 Dance 'Crotch Shot' 
 Debunked 

Contestant in purported peep show was wearing briefs

Oct 2, 09 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - So You Think You Can Dance contestant No. 22036, who's widely believed to have flashed America Tuesday night, was wearing underwear, reports Lisa de Moraes. And it's easy to deduce what the Washington Post TV columnist thinks of the people who've been calling for smelling salts: "The extremely brief... More »

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entertainment • television • reality TV • Fox • So You Think You Can Dance? • Fox TV

VIDEO

 Oops! Fox Airs 
 Dance Crotch Shot 

Excited So You Think You Can Dance? contestant writhes around, sans panties

Oct 1, 09 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Surprisingly, Tuesday night’s So You Think You Can Dance crotch shot (watch the offending clip at left) hasn’t quite galvanized the nation into a state of outrage—but it’s still gaining steam. Nigel Lythgoe tells TMZ that what appears to be the contestant’s vagina... More »

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entertainment • television • reality TV • FCC • Fox • Glenn Beck • So You Think You Can Dance?

Guys, You Lie
a Lot More
Than Women

Men tell 6 fibs a day, study finds, and here are the most common...

Sep 14, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Men aren’t nearly as good at telling the truth as the fairer sex, according to a new poll from Fox, conducted to promote its Lie To Me DVDs. Men lie six times a day according to the study, twice as much as women. Just for kicks, here are the... More »

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gender • women • men • poll • Fox • lies

Glenn Beck's Lawyers Fight 'Defamatory' Domain Name

Joke site says Fox host raped, murdered a girl

Sep 11, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Can a domain name be defamatory? When that domain name is GlennBeckRapedandMurderedaYoungGirlin1990.com, maybe it can be, Ars Technica reports. Beck’s lawyers were on the case within 2 days. They’ve both pressured its host to give up the name of the site’s anonymous proprietor, and filed a... More »

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Internet • satire • Fox • website • defamation • Glenn Beck • GlennBeckRapedandMurderedaYoungGirlin1990.com

(Newser) - The NEA's spokesman has resigned, and the Huffington Post chalks it up as another victory for Glenn Beck. The NEA official, Yosi Sergant, raised the Fox host's ire by participating in an August conference call in which the group sought artists to participate in a national program called United We... More »

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resignation • Fox • Glenn Beck • Obama administration • NEA • Yosi Sargent • United We Serve

(Newser) - Comedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres will be the fourth judge on the next season of American Idol, the Wrap reports. The deal, announced by Fox tonight, fills the star spot vacated by Paula Abdul, who quit the show this summer in a salary dispute. More »

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American Idol • salary • Fox • daytime talk show • Ellen DeGeneres • comedian • Paula Abdul

 Rumor Mill: Palin's 
 Moving to Rhode Island 

State's GOP boss has to 'question her sanity'

Aug 21, 09 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Word on the street is that Sarah Palin is planning a move to Rhode Island—but so far, it’s just one rumor among many. Seems a bit of an odd choice: It’s a left-leaning state whose former senator has called Palin a “cocky wacko,” notes Randal... More »

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Alaska • Fox • Rhode Island • rumor • Sarah Palin • book deal

 Family Guy 
 Baby Stewie 
 Is Gay: Creator 

Explains why he wants to take over the world, MacFarlane says

Aug 13, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Baby Stewie was this close to coming out as gay in an episode of Family Guy, but creator Seth MacFarlane says he decided “to keep it vague” because “he’s a 1-year-old,” the New York Daily News reports. “Ultimately, Stewie will be gay... More »

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entertainment • animation • Fox • Seth MacFarlane • Family Guy • homosexual • gay

(Newser) - Racy Miley Cyrus is in trouble with parents again—this time for her sultry pole dance on the Teen Choice Awards show on Fox. Most people who responded to a Twitter poll said the 16-year-old singer looked like a stripper, and parents are decrying the "pornification" of a young... More »

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Disney • Fox • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • Teen Choice Awards • pole dance • Miley Cyrus pole dance • Miley Cyrus stripper pole

 Why Paula Really Left Idol 

She felt mistreated, underpaid; network had 'mixed feelings'

Aug 12, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paula Abdul left American Idol only after “months of calculation,” both her own and Fox’s, writes Edward Wyatt in the New York Times. Abdul felt she was being mistreated on the show. Colleagues, she believed, weren’t doing enough to fight rumors about her “unreliability and... More »

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American Idol • Simon Cowell • celebrity • Fox • Ryan Seacrest • Paula Abdul • diva


 Octomom Special Hits Fox 

Suleman feature to air next week

Aug 10, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just when you thought you had seen enough of one mom and her eight kids: Fox will air a 2-hour special on Nadya Suleman, Us Weekly reports. Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage—which follows Suleman from the day her octuplets were born through the next 7 months—will run... More »

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children • documentary • Fox • fertility treatment • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Octomom

OPINION

 Fox Is Killing the GOP 


Aug 8, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fox News and the Republican Party are locked into a cycle that will make a fortune for the network while dooming the party to further defeats, John Cook writes at Gawker. Fox viewership is up a whopping 45% over the last year as "frightened, paranoid, enraged, nativist zealots" ... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • GOP • Fox News • Republican Party • Fox • Glenn Beck • independent voters • cable news

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