Fox News Calls Out Ed Rendell (VIDEO)

Fox News called out Gov. Ed Rendell for his recent criticism of the network, claiming that he was once such a fan that he tried to get a job as a Fox News analyst.

Rendell was speaking to Ed Schultz on Monday about the recent New York magazine article that discussed Roger Ailes' relationship with Sarah Palin and the Republican Party. Rendell said that the article proved that Fox News has lost crediblity.

"It strips away any thin veneer of impartiality that Fox may have, simply because it admits that this was a proving ground, sort of a training ground for presidential candidates," he said. "... It really damaged their credibility."

Fox News' executive vice president Bill Shine quickly fired off a scathing reply, telling Politico, "Governor Rendell didn't seem to have an issue with our 'credibility' or 'impartiality' when he was trying to shake us down for more money before signing with MSNBC."

Indeed, Rendell was not always so negative about Fox News. In 2008, during a heated primary campaign in which he was a prominent and fervent backer of Hillary Clinton's, Rendell appeared on "Fox and Friends" and lauded the network for its coverage:

"I think during this entire primary coverage, starting in Iowa and up to the present, Fox has done the fairest job, and remained the most objective of all the cable networks. You hate both of our candidates. No, I'm only kidding. But you actually have done a very balanced job of reporting the news, and some of the other stations are just caught up with Senator Obama, who is a great guy, but Senator Obama can do no wrong, and Senator Clinton can do no right."

Host Steve Doocy joked, "I just had a tingling in my leg when you were talking about that."

Fox News also recently issued a heated response to an allegation that CEO Roger Ailes thinks Palin is "stupid" and an "idiot."

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Comments

[Matt12]

12:26 PM on 05/27/2011

Opportunist. Can't understand why his opinions are sought after.

[WrongApeture]

09:01 AM on 05/27/2011

Fast Eddie most likely took Faux News for some bigtime money and ran away laughing all the way to the bank!!

[Dbos]

10:40 PM on 05/26/2011

Show me the money is the name of the game with present, past and future politicians of recent generations in the good ole USA; it was not always so.

[AgingLady]

11:58 AM on 05/26/2011

Caffeine has not kicked in yet. Can't figure the point here.

[wforvendetta]

11:47 AM on 05/26/2011

Nice to see Fox News is HURTING the GOP by hiring possible presidential candidates, who later decide the money's too good and the FNC job too easy to walk away from.

[JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin]

11:13 PM on 05/26/2011

Never thought about that. The actual job of president don't pay that much compared to a right wing talk show host.

[wforvendetta]

11:37 AM on 05/26/2011

Fox News responses to criticism are the most petty, childish and petulant I've ever sen from ANY company, let alone a NEWS network. They read as if they're written by fifth-graders.

[1088]

10:25 AM on 05/26/2011

Rendell is a PUMA, and all of Hillary supporters are working for Jon Huntsman campaign. You know, a Republican who have one agenda, to destroy the poor and middle class.

[Spock]

05:51 PM on 05/26/2011

Thats a load of crap.

[lonewolfwisconsin]

10:11 AM on 05/26/2011

Let us hope that the next few years sees a flushing of all the old, white, out-of-touch guys from politics.
It is CLEARLY time for the next generation to come forward. This will lead to a permanent change in our political system, as Demographics will see 33% of voters in Nursing Homes over the next 10 years.
TRUST ME... as a Substitute Teach in a High School, today's young Americans lean VERY LEFT.

[mightbesane]

08:13 AM on 05/26/2011

Oh, come off it. In the second clip, Ed was talking as a supporter of Clinton in the Democratic primaries prior to the 2008 election. Was he going to dis the network that was giving her complimentary coverage over Obama at a time when Obama was getting sweetheart coverage from most media outlets? Of course not. It's called politics, people, and it's quite a bit different than Newt saying, "If you quote me I'll call you a liar."

[martman1]

06:28 AM on 05/26/2011

Ed Rendell is still saying "entitlements" need to be cut every chance he gets.

Jonathan Cappehart, a frequent "liberal" guest on MSNBC is also saying that.

[freethinking moderate]

08:46 AM on 05/26/2011

Ed is right and at the top of the entitlements list are tax breaks for oil companies.

[StPeteDave]

09:58 AM on 05/27/2011

Next should be tax breaks for churches. No more subsidies for religion. No too big to fail for churches.

[joefoss]

04:09 AM on 05/26/2011

Ed Rendell is one of those ubiquitous talking heads that, to my mind, are the bane of cable news.
=Gov. Rendell is pleasant and well-spoken, but he never really seems to add anything to the
conversation. He's the opposite of controversial, original or, even, interesting.
=Typically, Rendell's critique of FOX News was mild and hardly ground-breaking. Is there anyone out there who doesn't snicker at the network's "fair

[jazzylyn]

01:32 AM on 05/26/2011

He just needs a job we all talk trash when in that position anything to make it work that all

[Ted Hesson]

10:08 PM on 05/25/2011

Thanks, Ed! I've been waiting for the smoking gun to show me that Fox News isn't credible. Now I'm convinced.

[flossophy]

10:11 PM on 05/25/2011

Did you watch the second video?

[mountaingal]

07:56 PM on 05/25/2011

Rendell said Fox News "has lost its credibility." He thought they were credible in the distant past but they lost it. So what? It seems that any criticism of Fox is met with petulant and childish responses from Fox. Ailes thinks Palin is dumb and he tried to start a JV team of GOP candidates and, yes, Fox News is generally not credible. What isn't true about that?

[BobSacomano]

07:52 PM on 05/25/2011

Guess what? FOXbots don't care, they enjoy their daily dose of Conservative hate propaganda, they know what they're getting, they revel in it. and they will defend it. It's sort of like their version of crack.