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

[john85msy]

This is filthy garbage from FOX. Obama should never give them an interview ever. They have called him a Muslim, radical, elitist and now a terrorist. Thanks Huffpo for putting this out because I do not watch FOX and only caught a piece of it on MSNBC. Fox is not news....its only negative partisan opinion in favor of thr right(R)RepublicansNeo-cons.

[RJII]

what a loser. so silly and dumb. don't understand how FOX determines who to fire when their anchors just put out the usual FOX crap. It must have been the ratings.

[TheBrizz]

I don't know why ANY Democrat would go on Fox News... most of their viewers would vote for Satan before they voted for a Democrat.

[dadw5boys]

Murdouch is having a statue of himself made for every Fox News room so his employee can pray to him during their breaks.

[IRepTheKing]

Only thing they are missing at that station is Elisabeth Hasselbeck. She'd fit right in with her idiot comments.

[lenoirlady]

Sounds like you have noticed the stringy blonde syndrome on FBN. Each one is dumber than the last, or at least doesn't know how to keep her job. Hasselbeck is a beautiful on the outside, but vile and putrid on the inside. She'd fit in alright!!!

[ChristianEcon.com]

Sorry, Hasselbeck's not smart enough to be vile. Every political thought she has is parroted verbatim.

[GaiasChild]

Well gee, some people never see Fox News anyway so we miss out on allk the great and penetrating analysis going on there.

The last time I saw it I was working for an elder lady who watched it exclusively. She told me we could pay for the Iraq war by selling the oil. Whoa, says me, that's not our oil!! That's a sovereign nation. Why do we have the right to take it? She instructed me, because we are the best country on earth. We are good people.

I really thought maybe Fox News was her guiding light. Now you know, Sen. Obama also gave his wife a little fanny pat right after their little fist bump, which perhaps Fox will interpret for us. Friendly fist bumping is common fare among people all ages up to about 50 ish in Oregon. So maybe Fox News people have got ossified brains. I guess they don't do fist bumping or fanny patting at home.

[GolfingDevil05]

I like Laura Ingraham, except when she talks.

[john85msy]

Nice!

[DKLA]

or is visible...

[bigfro]

Obama/Biden '08

[KoolBreez]

Biden voted for the war. Let's not cotnaminate the ticket

[Obamican7]

Terrorist fist pump sounds like something Darkspill would do to Slikwing in Cold Wars.

[lthuedk 1]

Try not to let the fascism leak out all over the place, as it hurts ratings.

How will right wing extremist Murdoch explain his support of a militant socialist junta AND maintain control of the market share of the red states?

http://www.light-to-dark.com/ruperts_black_house.html
http://www.light-to-dark.com/murdochs_enslaved_red_states.html

Imagine Murdoch's rate of descent if America had a Fairness Doctrine. Laura is living(?) proof of why such a doctrine is absolutely required. Murdoch can only play dodge ball so long without getting plastered by his own comrades.

[jp916]

First we had Rachel Ray and her terrorist scarf and now the Obama's and their terrorist fist punch. Those righties are so comical.

[sa]

capitalism is the garden
in which evil grows.
the love of money at its root.

chavez '08

[Rjchinook]

Say what?

[meanguy]

i'm guessing it's the new obama slogan?

[Rockwell]

What a crock. Capitalism is a great garden than bears wonderful fruit. But like any garden it needs to be tended and weeded. That's where Government regulation comes in. Republicans like to let the weeds grow, Democrats recognize the need for cultivation.

[ChristianEcon.com]

"Democrats recognize the need for cultivation."

The right calls that "socialism."

[poeticsinger]

It won't make any difference but if even one of the idiots at Fixed Noise thinks twice before making a sick comment like that then it was worth it.

[AbbieXHoffman]

This was easily the most laughable event of silly season. It's great TV to watch people make idiots out of themselves for ratings.

[GardenGnomes]

Funny, I never watch Fox News, and had no idea who this anchor was, but now her big claim to 'fame' will forever be "Terrorist Fist Jab Anchor". I love it! Perhaps she should team up w/ Geraldo.

[lefilmnoir]

All those Fox women came off the same economy-class assembly line.

They're interchangeable.

[iamjoneskeepupwithme]

foxbots

[AMJordan]

Ingraham? Hannity? O'Reilly? All in the same place? Just get Mikey Savage and FAUX Noise will be perfect.

[lefilmnoir]

Savage is a few notches above them. He has a less simplistic view of the world and can actually be amusing.

[realpolitic]

That man Savage is really unstable. He is unhinged.

[wellinformed08]

The other night, I watched in amazement as Sean Hannity tried to sell it to ANYONE that would listen that the Democratic Party has become the party of FEAR! OOOOOH! It was Hilarious. He sounds so dumb when he talks. His alma mater should be embarrased to no end. I can't stomach FOX because they make my head and stomach hurt simultaneously. I just can't do it. On this particular night though I kept flipping back between Sean Hannity and the Family Guy to see which one could produce more silly entertainment. Hannity would have won if he didn't actually believe what he was saying....

[ChristianEcon.com]

Hannity's rapid delivery sounds like he's always running away from what he just said, as if he doesn't want the listener to have a chance to think about it.

Guess it works on slow people.