http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/foxnewschannel/ en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:32:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409460/posts Fox News will finish 2009 as the top-rated cable news network, a perch it has enjoyed for eight years running. But 2009--the first year of the Obama administration--also marks FNC's highest rated year in the channel's 13-year-history. FNC topped the competition in all dayparts: morning (1 million total viewers, 340,000 viewers in news' target demographic of 25-54-year-olds); total day (1.2 million viewers, 323,000 in the demo); primetime (2.2 million viewers, 551,000 in the demo). Those numbers mark year-to-year demo gains of 14% in the morning, 16% in total day and 10% in primetime (Mon-Sun), according to Nielsen. FNC saw double-digit... Broadcasting and Cable http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409460/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:32:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370430/posts A Fox News executive refuted on Saturday reports that the White House didn't make the administration's "pay czar" available for an interview because the network didn't ask. "Of course we requested the interview," Fox News Senior Vice President Michael Clemente said, responding to reports citing the White House as claiming it had excluded Fox News from a series of interviews Thursday with Kenneth Feinberg set up through the five-network TV pool. Clemente also said that the White House had acknowledged that an employee at the Treasury Department made a mistake in initially excluding Fox. The pool is the five-network rotation... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370430/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:33:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2338971/posts IPSWICH (MA)— An apparent effort to avoid controversy over the current health care debate led employees at the Ipswich YMCA to stop showing Fox News Channel on televisions in the gym this week, after several members complained that it was promoting "hate speech." But the decision, made while the director of the County Road facility was on vacation, has been reversed, said Jack Meany, executive director of the YMCA of the North Shore, which includes six facilities in Essex County. "We're very careful as an organization to be apolitical," Meany said yesterday, shortly after learning of the situation. "The Y,... Salem (MA) News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2338971/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:17:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2303362/posts You'd think MSNBC and CNN would change some of the lineup and the venom they spew everyday at Rush, Palin, Talkradio, Tea parties and anything else in the conservative momement, but they don't and the audience is punishing them with these new numbers... hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2303362/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:37:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242321/posts It's getting to be that time again: The 2010 elections are right around the corner, and they're going to get pretty interesting in some of the most heavily contested states and congressional districts next year. In Ohio, Republican John Kasich, a former longtime congressman and also commentator for FOX News Channel, plans to file papers today for a bid for governor, according to a well-placed source. Republicans wanted Kasich to run in 2006, he demurred, but has been planting the seeds for 2010 since them - in March 2008, he suggested that Ohio's income tax should be "phased out.'' He... The Swamp Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242321/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2009 21:13:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191935/posts Will The Real Monkey Stand Up! Rev. Peterson Blasts Sharpton Over NY Post Cartoon Controversy Rev. Al Sharpton and NAACP President Benjamin Jealous—outraged over a New York Post cartoon which they claim is “racist” and that the NAACP chief says is an invitation to assassinate President Barack Obama, are calling for a boycott of The Post. Sharpton also wants the FCC to investigate the parent company News Corp. and look into its hiring practices. The Post cartoon showed the bullet-riddled body of a chimp, shot by two cops with one of the officers stating: "They'll have to find someone else... BOND Action, Inc. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191935/posts#comment Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:19:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162741/posts The link by the title goes to the You Tube video and This One Goes to PopModal You Tube and PopModal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162741/posts#comment Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:39:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162075/posts Ann Coulter, conservative author and political pundit, is scheduled to be on C-SPAN on Sunday Morning, January 11th. It is this show: 07:00 AM EST3:00  LIVE Call-InWashington Journal Program 01/11/2009C-SPAN, Washington Journal It starts at 7AM and runs three hours.Coulter is scheduled for the 9 O'clock hour.It is a call-in show and I am sure Ann would love to have some her Free Republic friends and fans call in! AnnCoulter.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162075/posts#comment Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:57:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157335/posts Uncorrected transcript provided by Morningside Partners. C-SPAN uses its best efforts to provide accurate transcripts of its programs, but it can not be held liable for mistakes such as omitted words, punctuation, spelling, mistakes that change meaning, etc. ### C-SPAN/Q&A Host: Brian Lamb Guest: Brit Hume July 9, 2008 . . BRIAN LAMB, HOST: Brit Hume, if you had to go in front of a journalism class and define the term ”journalism” today, what would you say? BRIT HUME, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: That’s a big subject today. But I think journalism is in new forms, pretty much what it’s always... Cspan - Q&A http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157335/posts#comment Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:30:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153442/posts Tonight is Brit Hume's final night as anchor of Special Report on the Fox News Channel.Free Republic honored Mr. Hume in 2000, as reported by World Net Daily:Despite the group's criticism of what has been called the "establishment" press, three journalists were presented with the "Endangered Species Award" -- including WND's Farah and Sperry -- "for being true to the First Amendment by pursuing and reporting the facts." Fox News' Brit Hume was the third recipient of the Endangered Species award.Freepers presented the award to Mr. Hume at his office at the Fox News bureau in Washington.Mr. Hume is one... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153442/posts#comment Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:08:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108124/posts Drudge teased this earlier, and Fox News has announced that conservative radio and television host Glenn Beck is joining the network, leaving behind CNN's Headline News. Beck will host a show at 5 p.m. on Fox beginning in the spring (Full release after the jump). It hasn't yet been determined when Beck's last day will be, but I've heard from a network source that Headline News was already preparing to re-air "Lou Dobbs Tonight" at 9pm, instead of Beck's show (which first airs at 7pm). When Beck leaves, Dobbs show will be in the 9pm slot, but no decision on... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108124/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039057/posts The famed comedian D.J. Hughley has stated that whenever he accidentally rests his television dial on the Fox News station it will automatically start tilting to the right. That's funny, but it also illustrates the dogma and mantra that comes from this station that claims to be "fair and balanced". That claim is indeed untrue. In fact, there has never been a cable channel so devoted to one area of political debate. Fox News is not extremely committed to the right wing dogma of the political debate it is pro ultra conservative awash with neo conservative views which are... The Louisiana Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039057/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2025448/posts Commentary On Monday I was doing my usual channel-surfing and I was fortunate enough to come across a very special event. George Bush was awarding a posthumous Medal of Honor to the family of U.S. Army Private First Class Ross Andrew McGinnis. The 19 year-old McGinnis was on patrol in northeastern Baghdad. McGinnis was behind a .50 caliber machine gun which sat atop a Humvee carrying four of his fellow soldiers inside. An insurgent hurled a fragment grenade at the vehicle. The explosive device fell through the gun port and landed among McGinnis' fellow soldiers who prepared themselves for the... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2025448/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:29:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885431/posts Like most sane people with a life, I hate reality TV shows. Why should I care about wannabe loser nobody's and what eight of them do together in a house or on an island or in an Australian desert? But, based on my viewing of the first two episodes of "Anchorwoman" on FOX, last night, I think this show is an exception. Anchorwoman is Lauren Jones, a completely ditzy excessively-siliconed, peroxided former model and WWE wrestler who wants to become a local news anchor. They'd never hire this idiot, but since FOX owns the small-town Texas TV station and wanted... Debbie Schlussel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885431/posts#comment Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:24:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881111/posts Does it puzzle you when you hear that FOX News loved Michael Moore's "Sicko" or Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt's "A Mighty Heart," which whitewashed Islamic terrorists? If FOX News is so "fair and balanced," why do they gush over movies that far-leftists gush over? Three words: Roger Friedman, liberal. Whenever I hear the phrase "Fair and Balanced," I think of Roger Friedman, FOXNews.com's celebrity gossip writer and self-appointed movie critic. He turns his gossip column into movie reviews when there's an inane liberal propaganda film he wants to tout. Fox News Channel When Michael Moore bragged about FOX News endorsing his... Debbie Schlussel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881111/posts#comment Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875626/posts That's bad news for journalism and bad news for the country. Bad news for journalism because it further undermines the credibility of an already-distrusted media. When one newspaper openly shows its bias, all other newspapers are suspected of having their own bias. Worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875626/posts#comment Fri, 3 Aug 2007 05:37:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871570/posts Fox News ought to buy a copy of Monday's Democrat debate on CNN to play over and over during the general election campaign. For now, the Democratic candidates need to appeal only to their nut-base. So on Monday night, the candidates casually spouted liberal conspiracy theories that would frighten normal Americans, but are guaranteed to warm the hearts of losers blogging from their mother's basements. JewishWorldReview.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871570/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:12:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1856325/posts What do you get when you drop the former Miss New York, also known as "America's sexiest bikini model," into a struggling TV newscast in the unrated market of Tyler, Texas? You get Fox's next reality series – "Anchorwoman." Lauren Jones, whose career credits also include serving as a "World Wrestling Diva," a soap star and one of Bob Barker's beauties on "The Price Is Right," is playing a new role right now – anchorwoman on KYTX-TV, a local CBS affiliate in Tyler. But it's not a real job or a permanent journalism position. It's part of a Fox Entertainment... Worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1856325/posts#comment Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:28:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1817562/posts In his Washington Post column today, E.J. Dionne argues that Democratic presidential candidates have no obligation to go on Fox News. He notes correctly that first John Edwards and then Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton declined to appear on a debate cosponsored by Fox News and the Congressional Black Caucus. Leading Democratic candidates did appear on such a debate in the 2004 cycle, in which the lead questioners were Fox's Brit Hume and a black journalist selected by the CBC. My recollection is that both asked thoughtful and fair questions that gave candidates an opportunity to present their views. usnews.com/usnews/opinion/baroneblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1817562/posts#comment Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:32:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1815823/posts The three top Democratic presidential candidates -- Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards -- have declined to participate in an autumn presidential debate for the frailest of reasons: because one co-sponsor is TV's conservative-leaning Fox News. (The other sponsor is the Congressional Black Caucus Institute.) It's true that politicians and journalists often don't get along. Heck, we've had some famous pols snub Tribune editorial board meetings because they didn't like something we wrote. Fine, it's a free country. But let's be clear here. Clinton, Obama and Edwards weren't going to be debating Fox News... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1815823/posts#comment Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:35:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794954/posts Fox & Friends Weekend hasn't lost Kiran Chetry -- it's gained Ainsley Earhardt. The recent FNC hire began her tenure on this weeend's shows, and by all appearances has made a smooth landing. Sandwiched between the "Kelly Brothers," Kelly Wright and Greg Kelly, one of the first stories the trio discussed this morning was the results of the presidential straw poll at this weekend's CPAC conference in Washington. Kelly Wright described Mitt Romney's straw poll win as a surprise "because of his Mormon background," then added that "he isn't running to be chief theologian, he's running to be chief... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794954/posts#comment Sun, 4 Mar 2007 14:04:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1786357/posts As TVNewser first reported yesterday, Fox News sent a letter to John Ferriter, agent of weekend anchor Kiran Chetry, blasting the pair's contract demands and severing relations with his client. Fox and Chetry were in the middle of contract renegotiations. Fox News legal VP Dianne Brandi writes: You have treated Fox News with such arrogant disregard that we do not desire to do any further business with you. You refused to enter into good faith negotiations despite your client's statements that she wanted to remain at Fox News and was happy with the renumeration we had offered. You and your... MediaBistro http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1786357/posts#comment Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:07:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721351/posts His news feeds and air-conditioned studio were hundreds of miles away in New York. But Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith looked at ease perched on a platform before the pool at the Don Cesar Beach Resort and Spa in St. Pete Beach on Tuesday, stealing glances at a nearby BlackBerry and laptop computer while leading the 3 p.m. newscast, Studio B. “There was a time when covering news from a remote location was hard,” said Smith, dabbing a tissue at tiny trickles of sweat on his face. “Today, I’m not any more or less connected here, because of technology,... St. Petersburg Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721351/posts#comment Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:51:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711595/posts by Mark Finkelstein October 1, 2006 - 09:39 Being a regular Fox News Watch viewer, there was nothing surprising, tuning into this evening's discussion of the Clinton-Chris Wallace dust-up, in hearing lefty panelist Neal Gabler take his employer and colleagues to task. Among his moves, Gabler: - Claimed "this network's reputation [presumably as right-leaning] precedes it." - Asserted that Chris Wallace "did not frame the question properly. He asked why didn't you do more? Which is like asking 'will you stop beating your wife?'" - Defended Wallace only at the expense of other Fox colleagues: "He is not a Hannity,... Fox News Watch/NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711595/posts#comment Sun, 1 Oct 2006 14:03:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707726/posts The Fox News Channel shakes up its anchor roster a little today, with former WABC/ Ch. 7 correspondent E.D. Hill moving from "Fox & Friends" to the network's "Fox Live" anchor team. Former CBS News anchor Gretchen Carlson will take Hill's place as a co-host of the freewheeling morning show. "Gretchen's warm personality and dynamic energy are a perfect fit for 'Fox & Friends,'" Bill Shine, senior vice president of programming, said in a statement. Also starting today on FNC is "Live Desk With Martha MacCallum" at 1 p.m., replacing "Dayside," and a full hour of news with Jane Skinner... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707726/posts#comment Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:44:17 GMT