May 18, 2013

Fox News Hires Allen West as Contributor

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*Fox News announced today that former Tea Party congressman Allen West has joined the network as a contributor, reports The Washington Post. Fox News’ Bill Shine said in a statement obtained by The Washington Post, “Representative West’s congressional and military experience along with his fearless approach to voicing key issues will provide a valuable point [...]




Lil Wayne Admits Not Seeing Nicki Minaj in ‘American Idol’

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*Rapper Lil Wayne admits that though he’s a friend and mentor of Nicki Minaj, he hasn’t seen an episode of her “American Idol” since she started with the show. Some friend, right? Well, he says Minaj keeps telling him that the show really isn’t something he wants to see her in, somewhat convincing Wayne not [...]




Fox Radio Hosts Mock 102-Year Old Woman that Waited Hours to Vote for Obama (Video)

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*American voters should never make another excuse about getting to the polls and voting again. The example set at last fall’s election has set the bar high for everyone. Desiline Victor is 102 years old and she waited on line for over three hours to get her chance to vote for Obama. Victor is a [...]




CNN Beats Fox News and MSNBC in Inauguration Coverage

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*President Barack Obama‘s second Inauguration Day was a good day for CNN but all three cable news networks saw viewership drop from his first swearing in four years ago. On new boss Jeff Zucker’s first day on the job, CNN soundly beat out its rivals in viewership and among the Adult 25-54 demographic. During the [...]




MSNBC Gets a 60% Jump in Black Ratings

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*MSNBC apparently knew what to do to gain a broader audience and up the diversity chart. The network reported a huge increase of ratings, but most importantly more black viewers. In 20012, the news channel saw a 60.5 percent increase in black audiences. CNN also saw a significant 23.7 percent increase, while Fox News lost [...]




Palin bashes Time’s ‘Person of the Year’: ‘What the Heck Has He Done?’

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*Sarah Palin shoe-horned her way back into the headlines yesterday after speaking out against Time Magazine’s choice of President Barack Obama as its “Person of the Year.” The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, who has been listed twice as one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People,” first poked fun at herself while taking a [...]




Fox Contributor Michelle Malkin Says The Game Sucks for ‘Jesus Piece’ CD Cover

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*Since The Game put a Jesus looking Jesus on his new album “Jesus Piece,” critics have been expressing total resentment for the concept. Fox blogger, contributor and arch conservative, Michelle Malkin, called the cover “blasphemous.” Let’s pause for a minute and analyze this: If the album cover was created by a non-black artist depicting a [...]




Fox News Dissed On Air by Pulitzer Prize Winning Author/Journalist (Video)

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*Fox News has been charged with being a right wing channel, but they don’t listen to us because a lot of us that believe this are a part of the 47 percent. But, one reputable person took the time to address their questionable journalistic tactics. The Fox News channel invited Pulitzer Prize winning author and [...]




Jon Stewart Mocks Fox News Reaction to Election (Video)

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*Karl Rove’s Election Night argument with Fox News’ own poll statisticians after they projected that Ohio would go for President Obama promptly made its way to Jon Stewart and his writers. “The Daily Show” host Wednesday night said the reporting and disappointed commentary that followed Obama’s victory “will, unlike us, live forever.” Watch below. The [...]




Hilarious: Fox News Vs. Karl Rove Over Obama’s Ohio Win (Video)

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*While the rest of the networks were showing celebrations in Chicago, Times Square and outside the White House after calling the election for President Obama, Fox News was almost comical in its stubborn refusal to agree with its own number crunchers who saw Ohio as a lost cause for Mitt Romney. Folks who flipped to [...]




Condoleezza Rice Supports Mitt Romney on Women’s Issues

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*Condoleezza Rice, who served as President George W. Bush’s secretary of state, is speaking out in defense of the GOP presidential ticket on women’s issues, saying the Romney-Ryan ticket will “respect” those who differ with them on those subjects. “I would like to say to people that I am not always in agreement with everything [...]




James Earl Jones ‘I Figured Out the Tea Party…I Understand Racism’

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  *Actor James Earl Jones, who used to be the “voice of CNN,” was interviewed on Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West‘s syndicated Smiley & West radio show, where he was asked whether he is a “political person.” [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Jones shared that he consumes as much political news as he can, [...]




Daily Caller Reporter Defends Interrupting Obama (Video)

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*As expected, the conservative blogger who interrupted President Obama during his immigration speech in the Rose Garden ran to Fox News to defend his actions. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Critics have called The Daily Caller’s Neil Munro everything from disrespectful to racist for barking out a question during the middle of President Obama’s remarks, [...]




Sean Hannity Explains the George Zimmerman Phone Call

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*At the press conference on Tuesday in which attorneys Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig announced that they would no longer counsel George Zimmerman, the pair also said that while the Sanford, Florida man was not returning their calls, he had recently spoken with conservative Fox News host, Sean Hannity. Hours later, Hannity, who had briefly [...]




Jesse Jackson’s Daughter Santita Hired by Fox News

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*Well now, this is interesting. Fox News Channel has hired Jesse Jackson’s eldest daughter, Chicago radio host Santita Jackson, as an on-air contributor. Ms. Jackson’s hiring is the latest move by Fox to add commentators from the left and build its reputation as the nation’s “fair and balanced” cable network. Actually, it looks like they’re [...]