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Does Murdoch Agree With Glenn Beck or Not?

James Rucker | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Sandra Guzman, ColorOfChange.Org, New York Post, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Race Baiting, Glenn Beck, Roger Ailes, Color of Change, Media News
James Rucker

We can't let Murdoch have it both ways -- he can stand by the fact that he supports Glenn Beck's race-baiting; or he can tell us why he doesn't and what he's going to do about it.

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The Right-Wing Media's Election Analysis Just Ain't That Good

Karl Frisch | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media

Read More: MIchael Barone, ny23, Dick Morris, Newsbusters, Bob Mcdonnell, Roger Ailes, Wall Street Journal, Fox Business Network, Creigh Deeds, biggovernment.com, Mike Huckabee, Morton Kondracke, Laura Ingraham, Rupert Murdoch, John Fund, Hannity & Colmes, Voter Fraud, News Corp, Andrew Breitbart, Chris Christie, Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, 2009 Elections, Brit Hume, Barack Obama, New Jersey Governor Race, Republican Governors Association, Jon Corzine, Virginia Governors Race, Sean Hannity, Media Research Center, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Fox & Friends, HBO Documentaries, Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, Media News
Karl Frisch

Back in 2001, conservative media figures were adamant. Democratic Party victories at the ballot boxes during the off-year elections had little national significance.

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2010: The Year Main Street Sticks It to Wall Street and Washington

Don McNay | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Mid Term Elections, Upheaval, Congress, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Hank Paulson, Lobbyists, Bailouts, Consumer Spending, Big Money, Roger Ailes, Lawrence Summers, Arianna Huffington, State Legislature, Cnbc, Economic Pain, Unemployed, Lexington KY, Spending Cuts, Wall Street-Washington, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Timothy Geithner, Kenneth Feinberg, Inside the Beltway, McNay Settlement Group, Incumbants, Republican National Committee, City Council, High Unemployment, Ky, Willie Stark, Democratic National Committee, Pay Czar, Fox Business News, Clu, Anger, Louisville, Million Dollar Round Table, Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Bonuses, Czars, Jefferson Airplane, Small Business, President Obama, Congressional Elections, 2010 Elections, Washington, Main Street, donmcnay.com, Tea Parties, Msnbc, Unemployment, Tea Baggers, All the Kings Men, Rural Journalism, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Running for Office, President Bush, Richmond, American College, Incumbant Politican, Personal Finance, Msfs, Chfc, Small Towns, Kentucky, Don McNay, www.mcnay.com, Structured Settlements, Layoffs, Wall Street Bailouts, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Robert Penn Warren, Self Dealing, Eastern Kentucky University, Fox News, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Glenn Beck, Cssc, Too Big to Fail, Bill O'Reilly, Business News
Don McNay

If anyone has ever dreamed of being an office holder, 2010 is the year to do it. There are going to be several situations where voters elect a complete unknown, just to express their anger about the incumbent.

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30 Reasons Why Fox News Is Not Legit

Eric Boehlert | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Society of Professional Journalists, Fox News, Anita Dunn, Roger Ailes, Media Criticism, Media News
Eric Boehlert

For generations, there has been a sort of a gentleman's agreement about what constituted professional behavior among journalists. Fox News has walked away from all of that.

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Jon Meacham: Fox News Attack Makes Obama Seem More Progressive Than He Really Is

Newsweek | Jon Meacham | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Propaganda, Obama, Media, #Newsweek, Roger Ailes, Tv, Television, Politics, White House, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Meacham, TV News, Fox, John McCain, Media News

To the base, the White House looks tough, willing to hit back--all while the base is getting few of the substantive reforms it has fought for. I am no...

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Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Pentagon, Troops, Medicare for All, Rumor Mongering, Guantanamo, Monopoly, Reform, Alan Grayson, Dscc, Pentagon Budget, Roger Ailes, Nixonian, Charles Schumer, President, Magic, Military, Bailout, Emanuel, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Ailes, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Health Care, Reid, Public Option, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Congress, Playing the Victim, Close Gitmo Now, Rumor, Stage Magic, Democrats, Barack Obama, Rage Against the Machine, Executive Compensation, Calls, Schumer, Mddotw, Rahm Emanuel, Wasted, Health, Weiner, Harry Reid, Nixon, Healthcare, Senate, Orchestra Pit Theory, President Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Fox, Obama, Democratic, Media, Grayson, Friday Talking Points, Republican, Pelosi, Snowe, Enemy, Organizing for America, Misdirect, Guantanamo Bay, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Orchestra Pit, Victim, Robust Public Option, Anthony Weiner, Trigger, Trust Busting, House, Tom Morello, Victim Card, War, Ad, Opt Out, 1000 Hours, Defense Appropriations, Enemy of America, Misdirection, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Health Insurance, Health Insurers, 300000, Fox News, Medicare, Chuck Schumer, Executive Pay, Torture, Morello, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

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Myth Understood

Steven Weber | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fox News, Roger Ailes, Law and Order, Barack Obama, Las Vegas, Republicans, American Democracy, Politics News
Steven Weber

One good thing the Republicans have accomplished, albeit accidentally, is the lifting of the veil from the big, ugly machine of American democracy.

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Ailes For President? Friends Encouraging Fox News Head To Run

Mike Allen | MIKE ALLEN | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ailes, Roger Ailes Running for President, Roger Ailes, Roger Ailes for President, Roger Ailes 2012, Roger Ailes Run for President, Roger Ailes President, Ailes 2012, Politics News

Friends and associates are encouraging Fox News chief Roger Ailes to jump into the political arena for real by running for president in 2012, top sour...

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Fox News Is the Story

Eric E. Burns | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

Read More: The O'Reilly Factor, Josh Gerstein, White House, Happening Now, Bill Shine, The Nation, Martha MacCallum, Politico, FOX Report, America’s News HQ, Dick Morris, Ruth Marcus, Cavuto, Jake Tapper, Tea Parties, Roger Ailes, Fox News Sunday, Fox Business Network, Trace Gallagher, Julie Banderas, Jon Scott, Chris Wallace, Mike Huckabee, Rupert Murdoch, The Fox Nation, Washington Post, Bernard Goldberg, Fox News Channel, Greg Gutfield, Brian Kilmeade, Bernie Goldberg, Bill Clinton, News Corp, Red Eye, Tom Rosenstiel, Greta Van Susteren, Studio B, Shepard Smith, Bill Hemmer, Mike Allen, Center for Media and Public Affairs, FoxNation.Com, Steve Doocy, The Live Desk, Barack Obama, Harris Faulkner, Special Report, Fox News Watch, Gretchen Carlson, Sean Hannity, America’s Newsroom, Fox & Friends, Fox News, Neil Cavuto, Project for Excellence in Journalism, Glenn Beck, Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly, ABC News, John Nichols, Robert Gibbs, Bill O'Reilly, Media News
Eric E. Burns

The White House has exposed Fox News for what it is: not a news organization, but a partisan political entity that is waging a war against the Obama administration and its progressive agenda.

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Just Say "No" to Adult Children Wanting Money

Don McNay | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Iphone, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Children, Cspan, Addictions, Big Money, Roger Ailes, Bad Luck, Parenthood, Reagan, Cnbc, Injury Settlements, Lexington KY, 401k, Richmond Ky, Morning in America, Ncaa Basketball, Strippers, McNay Settlement Group, Inheritances, Rumeal Robinson, Tough Love, Bankruptcy, Retirement, Retired and Broke, Medical Expenses, Fox Business News, Clu, Just Say No, Soldiers, Enabling, The American College, Million Dollar Round Table, College Tuition, Foreclosures, Ambition, Helen Ford, Frontline, Special Needs Children, John Prine, Miami News Times, Ohio University, Budgeting, Msnbc, Failure to Launch, Financial Crisis, Aarp, Senior Citizen Bankruptcy, Personal Finance, Newsweek, Balanced Life, Msfs, Borrowing Money, Lotteries, Chfc, Foster Children, Kentucky, Don McNay, NBA Basketball, www.mcnay.com, Structured Settlements, www.donmcnay.com, Mortgage, Vanderbilt University, Eastern Kentucky University, Fox News, University of Michigan, Afghanistan, Mooching, Cssc, Caddilac, Business News
Don McNay

You are not doing your children any favors by not allowing them to grow up. I'm OK with parents helping children through college (in four years, not forty), but after that they are on their own.

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Fox News Exec: Larry Klayman Wrong About Roger Ailes, Chris Cuomo

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Larry Klayman, Roger Ailes, Roger Ailes Chris Cuomo, Larry Klayman Fox News, Chris Cuomo, Media News

Fox News is responding to claims made about the network by conservative attack dog Larry Klayman in his book, Whores: Why And How I Came To Fight The ...

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Ailes, Dobbs

Jeff Danziger | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Fox News, Cnn, Roger Ailes, Cartoon, Political Cartoons, Media News
Jeff Danziger

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Is Dr. Fox-enstein - Roger Ailes - Building Another Monster?

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Birthers, Msnbc, Cnbc, Lou Dobbs, Crossfire, The Glenn Beck Show, Immigration, Roger Ailes, Fox Broadcasting Company, Tucker Carlson, Fox Business Network, RFD TV, Fox Business, Chris Wallace, Rutgers Womens Basketball Team, Cnn, Don Imus, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Savage, Fox News, 20/20, John Stossel, Glenn Beck, ABC News, Dancing With the Stars, Fox News Channel, Media News
Karl Frisch

For months now, Roger Ailes has been putting the finishing touches on his first monster, Fox News Channel, just as its bride, Fox Business Network, is showing signs of life.

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Memo To The Media: Fox News Is Now the Opposition Party

Eric Boehlert | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Politico, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Washington Post, Roger Ailes, Newsweek, Glenn Greenwald, Media News
Eric Boehlert

The press needs to drop its longstanding gentleman's agreement not to write about other news outlets as news players -- not to criticize the competition -- because those rules no longer apply.

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Dennis Miller Knocks Hannity, Beck On Fox News (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Video, Glenn Beck, Roger Ailes, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Dennis Miller, Media News

Dennis Miller and Bill O'Reilly had a discussion about cable news on "The O'Reilly Factor" Wednesday night to mark Fox News' 13th birthday. "Billy, I...

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Axelrod, Roger Ailes Met Two Weeks Ago

Politico | Mike Allen | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roger Ailes, David Axelrod, Axelrod Fox News, Fox Ailes Obama, President Obama, Obama Fox News, Axelrod Meets Ailes, Fox News, White House Fox News, Politics News

At a time of tension between their organizations, White House senior adviser David Axelrod met with Fox News chairman and chief executive officer Roge...

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All Aboard! The Right's Fox News Gravy Train Rolls On

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Town Halls, Greta Van Susteren, Dick Morris, 9/12 Tea Party March, Steve Doocy, Roger Ailes, Rep. Joe Wilson, Fox Business Network, Barack Obama, Republican Governors Association, Fox Business, Mike Huckabee, Gretchen Carlson, Sean Hannity, Tax Day Tea Parties, Joe Wilson, Health Care Reform, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Neil Cavuto, James Rosen, Independence Day Tea Parties, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Republican Party, Fox News Channel, Republicans, Media News
Karl Frisch

Perhaps it's the rallies or the fundraising or the demonstrably false attacks that have kept Obama from appearing on Fox. Regardless, the right's gravy train rolls on undeterred, facts be damned.

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Our Frenzied Focus on Fox

Mike Papantonio | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Conservative, Abc, Air America, Pap Attack, Lies, Mike Papantonio, Bias, Fox News, Nbc, GoLeft.Tv, Golefttv, Roger Ailes, Ring of Fire, Republican, Slant, Media News
Mike Papantonio

Roger Ailes understands what other TV executives miss. He remembers that P.T. Barnum built his business around high-wire acts and circus freaks.

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How Fox's Chris Wallace Became Irrelevant

Eric Boehlert | Posted 09.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Glenn Beck, Roger Ailes, Chris Wallace, Media News
Eric Boehlert

Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace's whining and childish name-calling revealed more about the bitter and bruised host than it did the White House.

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Why Roger Ailes Made $24 Million Last Year -- More Than Murdoch!

BusinessWeek | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Roger Ailes, Roger Ailes Salary, Media News

Anyone who ever wondered how important the Fox News Channel is to Rupert Murdoch and News Corp (NWS) need only peruse the company's recent proxy state...

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Glenn Beck vs. Van Jones: McCarthyism Enters the 21st Century

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Michelle Bachmann, President Barack Obama, The New Republic, Roger Ailes, Glenn Beck Show, Van Jones, Fox News, Green Jobs, James Leon Holmes, Arkansas Right to Life, Joseph McCarthy, Mccarthyism, Glenn Beck, Council of Conservative Citizens, President George W. Bush, John Mcwhorter, Republican Echo Chamber, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

If you serve a right-wing Republican president you can write or say anything you want. But if you serve a liberal Democratic president, like the "pinks" who fell to McCarthyism, you can be taken down.

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Problem With Obama's 'Rope a Dope' Strategy? Too Many Media Dopes

Bill Mann | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Cnbc, Fox News, Right Wing Talk Radio, Maria Bartiromo, Larry Kudlow, Air America, Roger Ailes, Joe Scarborough, Morning Joe, Karl Rove, Barack Obama, Thomm Hartmann, Fox Business, Rupert Murdoch, Nbc, Media News
Bill Mann

There are plenty of media dopes for Obama to deal with, to say nothing of their audiences. All these media outlets feature loudmouths with big megaphones, and a lack of decency or any allegiance to facts.

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Why Glenn Beck & Fox News Can't Escape the "Racist" Trap

Eric Boehlert | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Ad Boycott, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Color of Change, Roger Ailes, Media News
Eric Boehlert

As momentum continues to gather behind the unprecedented boycott effort led by ColorofChange.org, Beck and Fox News executives seem to be flailing around as they frantically search for a way to stop the exodus.

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Fox News, SyFy Channel to Merge

Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, The O'Reilly Factor, Andy Borowitz, Sci Fi Channel, SyFy Channel, Barney Frank, Health Care Reform, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Roger Ailes, Town Hall Meetings, Bill O'Reilly, Fox News Channel, Battlestar Galactica, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Roger Ailes, chairman of the new combined network known as SciFox, said that it would roll out a slate of new shows in the fall, including Bill O'Reilly's "Galactica Factor."

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Get Real Blodget; News Corp. Won't Fire Glenn Beck

Charles Warner | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Henry Blodget, Glenn Beck, Roger Ailes, Media News
Charles Warner

News Corp. not only is not going to fire Glenn Beck for his remarks, his bosses, Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes, head of Fox News, are probably going to give him a raise for generating so much publicity.

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