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On any given day, Glenn Beck’s show at 5:00 PM Eastern on Fox News, has better ratings than Fox’s Greta Van Susteren’s show that runs at night, prime time shall we say. Susteren, regardless how weak she is versus the others in the evening at FNC, is still stronger than the hot-heads on MSNBC and the losers at CNN. Therefore, it is strange the Drudge Report-posted pending NYT story that Fox and Beck will part ways. Indeed, Beck being “extreme” may be the reason as to why Beck may end his career at Fox. However if he is extreme, in...

This is from Barry Ritholtz's blog: Here’s what I learned recently: Someone I spoke with claimed that Ailes was scheduled to speak at their event in March, but canceled. It appears that Roger’s people, ostensibly using a clause in his contract, said he “cannot appear for legal reasons.” I asked “What, precisely, does that mean?” The response: “Roger Ailes will be indicted — probably this week, maybe even Monday.” You read it here first . . .

It was an incendiary allegation — and a mystery of great intrigue in the media world: After the publishing powerhouse Judith Regan was fired by HarperCollins in 2006, she claimed that a senior executive at its parent company, News Corporation, had encouraged her to lie two years earlier to federal investigators who were vetting Bernard B. Kerik for the job of homeland security secretary. Ms. Regan had once been involved in an affair with Mr. Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner whose mentor and supporter, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, was in the nascent stages of a presidential...

Shepard Smith’s conversation today with commentator Juan Williams would likely surprise loyal viewers of both Fox News and MSNBC. Shep’s repeated assertion that there is no longer a budget crisis in Wisconsin and that the battle in the state is all about politics and union-busting was most shocking because that’s the exact argument many of MSNBC’s commentators have made, and continue to be suggesting. Shep suggested that the Democratic party could be in big trouble if their biggest donors, the unions, lose their power and summed it up as “bust the unions – it’s over.” Furthermore, Shep brought up the...

1) [In response to Oreilly's question about Foxnews being fair?] Obama said: though look let's face it, Fox News has a point of view.. O'reilly didn't respond/asked Obama if MSNBC and CNN do not have a "certain point of view"? 2) Obama said spinned on the atrocious "Muslim Brotherhood" there are strains of their ideology that are anti-U.S, What on earth is a "strain"? What "strain" is pro-America or pro-Freedom, the Caliphate vision? the Sharia law? The Jihadism? http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/06/obama-egyptians-wont-permit-repressive-government-mubarak-void/http://texasgopvote.com/stop-big-government/video-transcript-president-obama-interview-bill-oreilly-002460

1) [In response to Oreilly's question about Foxnews being fair?] Obama said: though look let's face it, Fox News has a point of view.. O'reilly didn't respond/asked Obama if MSNBC and CNN do not have a "certain point of view"? 2) Obama said spinned on the atrocious "Muslim Brotherhood" there are strains of their ideology that are anti-U.S, What on earth is a "strain"? What "strain" is pro-America or pro-Freedom, the Caliphate vision? the Sharia law? The Jihadism? http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/06/obama-egyptians-wont-permit-repressive-government-mubarak-void/http://texasgopvote.com/stop-big-government/video-transcript-president-obama-interview-bill-oreilly-002460

Glenn Beck Show: Islamic Caliphate Coming Soon. On Yesterday’s Glenn Beck Show, Glenn had on one of his friends (seems like many of his guests are his friends), an author/Middle East expert by the name of Joel Rosenberg, whose latest book is “The Twelfth Imam.” Together, Beck and the guest went over why the instability in Egypt is so relevant to the establishment of an Islamic caliphate. According to Rosenberg, the first step in creating the imminent Islamic caliphate is for the Muslims to focus on both Jerusalem as well as Saudi Arabia’s Mecca and Medina. Since they already possess...

Hannity calls British imam a sick, miserable and evil SOB—on the air. On last night’s Hannity, Sean got himself into a regular old shootout with a radical British imam who believes in Sharia Law, wants the United Kingdom to become subjected to Sharia Law, and regularly praises Osama bin Laden. In light of the possibility of the Muslim Brotherhood taking over in Egypt, having a radical Muslim imam on for a shootout was more than appropriate. The heated shootout took up two segments on the Hannity show, and for those disappointed, at times, in Sean’s debating prowess, he redeemed himself...

Megyn Kelly had a democratic strategist on to talk about Rep. Cohen's comments on the House floor where he compared Republicans to Nazis. The strategist went on to say Fox News hosts do the same thing. Megyn put him in his place and proved he was just making stuff up.

Piers Morgan started off as a close No. 2 cable news program at 9PM on Monday, then fell 40% on Tuesday but still finished second. Last night, Piers Morgan Tonight (1 million total viewers, 239,000 in 25-54) slipped further to finish behind the time slot leader, Fox News's Sean Hannity (2 million total viewers, 565,000 in 25-54) and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow (1.1 million, 221,000 in 25-54). In the demo, Morgan edged Maddow to finish second after topping Hannity with the Howard Stern interview on Tuesday. Here are the standings at 9 PM for the past 3 nights: Wednesday: FNC’s Hannity:...

Fox News President Roger Ailes denounced attempts to tie Gabrielle Giffords shooting to Fox News and the right, but said he had told "our guys [to] shut up, tone it down, make your argument intellectually" in an interview with the hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons for Simmons's GlobalGrind.com. "He just was not attached to the Tea Party. It’s just a bullshit way to use the death of a little girl to get Fox News in an argument," Ailes said. "You know, they’re using this thing...apparently there was a map from one of Palin’s things that had her (Congresswoman Giffords) targeted district....

What's the first big move for the Palin camp in 2011? Judge Jeanine gets answers when she sits down with Sarah Palin. If you're asking 'Where's the Justice?' It's right here! 'Justice with Judge Jeanine' premieres January 8th at 9 p.m. ET

A major CNN morning news anchor who left the network last month amid a ratings slide is now set to join Fox News Channel, TVNewser.com reports. John Roberts, who anchored CNN “American Morning,” was originally set to join CNN’s Atlanta bureau after he moved there to be closer to his fiance and fellow CNN reporter Kyra Phillips. But instead of setting up shop at CNN, he’ll be reporting for Fox from the same city. TVNewser.com says Roberts will be “reporting on major domestic and international stories for the network.” A news veteran, he joined CNN in 2006 after spending 14...

CNN’s John Roberts is expected to join FOX News Channel as a senior national correspondent based in Atlanta and will be reporting on major domestic and international stories for the network. Roberts came up the ranks of CBS News, often filling in for then Evening News anchor Dan Rather, and was most recently co-host of CNN’s American Morning. Roberts very recently left that show, and CNN altogether, amid major changes at American Morning. Some industry insiders are sure to see this as somewhat of a coup for Fox News, as Roberts will shore up the news side of FNC’s news...

Omaha Steaks Drops Glenn Beck Omaha Steaks’ ads recently started running on Glenn Beck’s program on Fox News. As with other advertisers, participants in the StopBeck effort reached out to Omaha Steaks. We kindly requested that they follow the responsible action of hundreds of other former advertisers and refrain from advertising on Glenn Beck’s show. Well, your efforts paid off. This morning, Omaha Steaks announced that they were removing their ads from Glenn Beck’s program (emphasis added): Omaha Steaks buys large units of national television advertising during the holiday season. This year, we bought a package of advertising through the...

Fox News Channel has signed “Special Report” anchor Bret Baier to a new, multi-year contract extension, the network says. Baier will continue to serve as the anchor of “Special Report” under the new deal. He has led the show since January, 2009, when he took over for Brit Hume, who is now a political analyst for the network. “Bret’s integrity and hard-nosed approach to journalism has made him a go-to source for political news coverage,” said FNC senior VP of news editorial Michael Clemente in a statement. “We look forward to his strong presence on the network for years to...

Is anyone else confused by Krauthammer's comments on the Grapevine panel today saying that Obama is on his game and that the extension of unemployment benefits stimulates the economy? He called the plan another stimulus as it puts almost a trillion dollars back into circulation and will be good for the economy. WTH????? Fred Barnes countered and disagreed strongly, saying that benefits going to employers would be better. I don't get Kraut sometimes. He's very unpredictable.

Abraham Reiss was born at the end of the 19th century near the city of Lviv in modern-day Ukraine. The details of his life are sketchy, and it'll become clear why in a moment. But from the little I know, he lived in a village then called Stanislav. Abraham owned a small brick factory. He and his wife, Esther, had three children. The youngest was Aryeh. By the time he became a young man, Aryeh left the village to settle in Palestine. He had witnessed too much hatred and saw what was coming for the Jews of Europe. For the...

On Thursday’s Countdown show on MSNBC, after guest Howard Fineman of the Huffington Post predicted that Republican Congressmen would be reluctant to extend unemployment benefits, host Keith Olbermann asserted that, referring to congressional Republicans, "They don't live in this world. They don't live in this country. And I think we'd be better off if they didn't live in this country." Later, during the show’s "Worst Person" segment, Olbermann attacked FNC’s Roger Ailes for the second consecutive night - this time for his recent attack on NPR and Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart.

Cable news ratings, November 17, 2010: •On the ratings chart for Wednesday, CNN’s column may be stressful reading for execs at the Time Warner Center: Wolf Blitzer, John King, and Parker Spitzer all got nowhere near breaking a threshold considered critical: at least 100,000 viewers 25-54. •Over at HLN, a standout Wednesday was the solid showing for the 11 p.m. Showbiz, which placed second with 150,000 viewers 25-54, beating AC 360 and Countdown. Here’s the full scoreboard: