Fox News Changes: "Terrorist Fist Jab" Anchor E.D. Hill Loses Her Show, Laura Ingraham In At 5PM

Perhaps feeling the ratings heat, Fox News is making changes to its afternoon lineup.

TVNewser reports that E.D. Hill, who hosts "America's Pulse" — and who raised many eyebrows this week after calling Barack and Michelle Obama's fist-pound a "terrorist fist jab" — has lost her show:

America's Pulse anchored by E.D. Hill goes away, but Hill stays with the network in a capacity to be determined. Hill has been with FNC since 1998. She co-anchored Fox & Friends for several years before moving to the 11amET hour, then launching America's Pulse.

TVNewser further reports that Martha MacCallum's "Live Desk" will be expanded to two hours and that she will take on a co-host, Trace Gallagher.

Further, the New York Times' Brian Stelter reports that the network will test Laura Ingraham in the 5PM hour (once occupied by John Gibson and filled of late by "America's Election HQ"):

The Fox News Channel, which has been seeking a new format for the 5 p.m. hour, will place a rotating series of personalities in the time slot beginning next week, including the conservative radio host Laura Ingraham.

Ms. Ingraham, one of the country's most popular radio hosts, frequently fills in for Bill O'Reilly, and Fox executives appear to be grooming her as a new talent for the network. Other people will also receive trial runs in the time slot.

Fox News Channel is expected to announce the changes later Tuesday. In February the cable network replaced John Gibson, the longtime host of the 5 p.m. hour, with Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly, two younger anchors who also host a morning show. Mr. Hemmer and Ms. Kelly's afternoon show, "America's Election HQ," covered the primary season. But now, with the party nominees known and two months until the political conventions, there may not be quite as much election news to cover.

Comments

[TrueBlueMajority]

Laura Ingraham is not much of an improvement.

[girard1991]

She will be sent off to Fox Radio like John Gibson. Just crazy!!!! Oh year, I forgot....­ha! ha!

[Choicelady]

Her problem is that she is a culturally-isolated female. Means she has NO knowledge of sports, race, or even youth. "Terrorist fist jab?"??? Every athlete I've seen does the same thing. Singers, too. She apparently is even too dumb for FOX.

PLEASE young women of America. If all you know is fashion and hair styles, do NOT aspire to a career on TV!

[Big0725]

Jon Stewart dug up a picture of Papa Bush playing tennis with Anna Kournikova. When all was done, they greeted each other at the net with, smile when you say it, a "terrorist fist jab". Didn't know that a half-assed never-was tennis player and an ex-president would be terrorists! But then again old man Bush is in cahoots with the Saudis and 16 of the 19 9/11 terrorists were from......­..........­.........o­ops, I've said too much.

[KaluMa]

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• Subaru 1-800-782-2783
• GMC Suv's 1-800-551-4123
• Best Buy 1-888-237-8289
• Travelocity 1 888.872.83­56
• Capzasin 1 [phone]
• New Phase
• Orbitz 1-888-656-4546
• Ditech.com 1-800-DITECH-3
• eloan.com [phone]
• Toyota 1 800-331-4331
• Centrum (Wyeth) 1-800-322-3129
• Nextel (aka Sprint)1-8­00-639-611­1
• Vehix.com 1.866.698.3449
• Gold Bond (Chattum) 423-821-4571
• Aspercreme " "
• webmd.com via email or webmd.com via other [phone]
• American Express 1-877-877-0987, 1-800-525-3355
• Holiday Inn Express 1 800-315-2621
• M Professional unk
• priceline.com 1-800-774-2354
• L. L. Bean 1-800-441-7513
• Jet Dry (Dishwasher Products) 1-800-820-8939
Chemistry (Matchmaking Web Site)
Bankrate.com (Mortgages)
Cars Direct.com

[Choicelady]

Nice work - thank you! Will follow up.

[girard1991]

I have a ralationship with at least 3 of these sponsors. I will make some noise.

[obamanation31]

wow!
thanks for the info.

[runnerin1]

Oh shoot, I own a benz! But the remainer of the sponsors I WILL NOT do business with.

[Bendersky]

America's what? Pulse? I'd say America's Colon would be more apropo. It is indeed heartening to see FOX in disarray. I guess even they finally realized that when they have reporters reaching THAT far to smear the dems they are making themselves look foolish as mush as anything.

The again, I did see a photo of Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong-II fist bumping the other day. Hmmmm...

[CoffeeCat]

Can anyone say STUPID..ST­UPID...STU­PID...

[Yellowcat]

Does it really matter any more who 'Faux News' has blathering away in front of the cameras? Their audience is so hide-bound and enslaved to their idiotology that actual journalism would be wasted on them anyway. That's not news, it's audio-visual masturbation for the right wingnuts.

[Burfee]

FOx has many with swollen heads, ED was one among them and am so glas such pseudo journalist should have no place in any from of broadcast.

[birdiegirl123]

I hate Fox news. They are so racist, especially Sean Hannity. I am trying to rally as many as I can to stop watching Fox. They only talk about racist, trivial nonsense and never focus on the issues. They are so anti-Obama they have turned many away! Keep doing what you're doing Fox, get those ratings on down there!

[Exit]

Laura Ingraham will not last. She is just another one of the Obama bashers. A full show of saying "Obama is bad". "Obama is bad". "Obama is bad". Nothing but brainless bashers on FOX News.

[Exit]

Can somebody please get rid of Sean Hannity. Nobody is a bad a Sean Hannity. He is an annoying little twit.

[dac253]

E D Hill can do the terrorist booty-clap

[RRIDLEY100]

In high school, I wanted to be a journalist. I was on the newspaper staff and wrote several articles that for the life of me, I cant remember today. That being said, how can FOX call itself a news station? I dont remember a lot but one thing was made crystle clear by my editor, the news must always be fair and impartial. Both sides should be shown and the reporter must be the neutral voice.

HAS ANY OF FOX'S PEOPLE EVER ATTENDED A JOURNALIST CLASS???? AND IF THEY DID, DID THEY PASS???

[KyleCope]

You would think someone who wanted to be a journalist so badly would have a basic grasp of grammar, or at least the news business.

Fox is not a station, it's a network. The contraction "dont" requires an apostrophe. You could use a comma after "a lot", and the word is spelled "crystal".

If you think reporters on other networks or in print these days are fair and impartial , you either can't hear and/or read very well, or know nothing about journalism (see also: CBS, MSNBC).

Oh, and BTW, such classes are "journalism classes."

[voicefromafar]

Your comment does not address RRIDLEY100"s question/point. He/she stated that he/she is not a journalist but rather had an interest in it in high school. Does 'wanting' to be something that one is perhaps not best suited for make one fair game in your eyes?

I suggest you re-calibrate you sights to be set on English Language Nazis who enjoy making people who are not 'masters' of the English language feel bad. Maybe you could offer instructions on how to take enemas. Of course you would need to give that a go yourself, first.

[fedupwiththis]

Yet more credible reasons for me to ignore the Fox brand.

[haleywins]

Dumb and dumber.

[emmaspeaks]

next they'll hire Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchannan

[jupitor]

she's the worst they could have chosen. Should have had Hill apologize and get on with it, than to put ingraham in there in her place! Man that women just leaves me cold.

[mary82]

Jupitor- Amen, I feel the same.