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Eastwood Super Bowl Ad a Political Football

Eastwood: I'm Not Politically Affiliated With Obama

Feb 7, 2012 2:28 AM CST

Eastwood: I'm Not Politically Affiliated With Obama

Chrysler ad a political football

(Newser) - God bless America ... and the Chrysler bailout ... seemed to be the message that left football fans misty-eyed after Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl Chrysler ad. It's "halftime" in America, and we're all pulling together for a brighter economic future, says the gravelly-voiced star. But Eastwood was opposed...

Fox News Tops
Rankings for
10th Year

Jan 31, 2012 4:39 AM CST

Fox News Tops Rankings for 10th Year

Roger Ailes' plan was a winner, anchor says

(Newser) - Fox News has plenty of critics— including Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy —but it also has more viewers than its two closest rivals combined, according to the latest Nielsen Ratings. The figures show that Fox is the most-watched cable news channel for the 10th year in a row,...

Miss Piggy
Rips Fox News

Jan 30, 2012 10:41 AM CST

Miss Piggy Rips Fox News

Channel called Muppets "anti-oil"

(Newser) - The Muppets are firing back at Fox News' claim their new movie is anti-oil . Asked about the accusation at a UK press conference, the Huffington Post reports that Kermit the Frog called the notion "categorically not true. If we had some problem with oil companies, why would we have...

Media Snubs Herman Cain's SOTU Speech

Jan 24, 2012 1:46 PM CST

Media Snubs Herman Cain's SOTU Speech

CNN, MSNBC, and Fox say they won't air his response

(Newser) - If you're hoping to watch Herman Cain deliver the Tea Party response to President Obama's State of the Union Address tonight, you're going to have to do it online , because none of the three major cable news networks tell the Atlantic Wire they plan to carry it....

Herman Cain
Returns, With
9-9-9 Bus Tour

Jan 5, 2012 7:05 AM CST

Herman Cain Returns, With 9-9-9 Bus Tour

He launches 'Solutions Revolution' movement

(Newser) - He’s baaaaack. Ripping a page directly out of Sarah Palin’s playbook, Herman Cain is launching a quasi-campaign tour in a bus with a giant picture of his face on the side, he announced yesterday in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News . Cain says the road trip...

Santorum:
Fox, O'Reilly
Dissed Me

Jan 2, 2012 2:10 PM CST

Santorum: Fox, O'Reilly Dissed Me

Former senator complains that right-wing media dismissed his candidacy

(Newser) - Seems Dan Savage isn't the only member of the media with whom Rick Santorum has a bone to pick: Even the right-wing media stalwarts over at Fox News have dissed the former Pennsylvania senator's candidacy, he complains today in a radio interview picked up by Mark Halperin of...

Ron Paul Still Winning in Iowa

Dec 28, 2011 7:52 AM CST

Ron Paul Still Winning in Iowa

And people believe he could actually win

(Newser) - Public Policy Polling caused a stir with last week’s poll showing Ron Paul leading in Iowa, and it looks like the result wasn’t a fluke. PPP’s numbers barely budged this week, with Paul leading Romney 24% to 20% and both comfortably ahead of the rest of the...

Oops: Fox Calls
Romney, Obama
'Best Friends'

Dec 19, 2011 12:15 PM CST

Oops: Fox Calls Romney, Obama 'Best Friends'

Clip mix-up has amusing results

(Newser) - Barack Obama and Mitt Romney may differ on politics—but apparently they're best friends. At least, that's what Fox News host Bill Hemmer told viewers today. After noting that Romney had recently been interviewed about his personal life, Hemmer said, "Here is Romney on his relationship with...

Blame Fox When
GOP Loses

OPINION

Dec 14, 2011 1:12 PM CST

Blame Fox When GOP Loses

Network has pushed talk show candidates on the nation: Guardian columnist

(Newser) - Given the state of the economy, President Obama should be a goner—yet he's comfortably ahead in most polls. Why? Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian has "one compellingly simple, two-word answer: Fox News." Obama's ahead only because of "the dire quality of a Republican field...

Roger Ailes Pens
Memoir; Leaving Fox?

Dec 12, 2011 4:54 PM CST

Roger Ailes Pens Memoir; Leaving Fox?

News chief reportedly cutting deal with Harper Collins

(Newser) - Fox News chief Roger Ailes is reportedly writing an autobiography, which may mean he's planning to abandon the conservative media colossus he launched in 1996. After all, he could hardly publish an unvarnished tell-all while managing Fox News, writes Gabriel Sherman in New York . People like Ailes' Fox colleagues...

Fox News
Viewers Hate
Romney

Poll Numbers

Dec 7, 2011 3:20 PM CST

Fox News Viewers Hate Romney

Gingrich trounces Romney among them in Iowa poll

(Newser) - Mitt Romney has a big problem in Iowa, and it's on basic cable. Fox News viewers really don't like the former Massachusetts governor, with just 12% saying they back him—compared to nearly half for Gingrich, according to a New York Times /CBS poll. Overall in the state,...

With Gingrich on the Rise,
It's No More Mr. Nice Mitt

Dec 7, 2011 7:41 AM CST

With Gingrich on the Rise, It's No More Mr. Nice Mitt

He's ready to get aggressive, says differences will be 'well aired'

(Newser) - Looks like it's no more Mr. Nice Mitt. With Newt Gingrich suddenly ahead of him in the polls, Mitt Romney says he's getting more aggressive, with more ads, campaign stops, and media appearances. "We're just starting. We're just getting up ads. We're making our...

Jon Huntsman
Delivers Brutal
Romney Ad

Dec 1, 2011 4:10 PM CST

Jon Huntsman Delivers Brutal Romney Ad

'Mittstant Replay' puts the flip-flopping charges front and center

(Newser) - Yesterday, Ron Paul went after Newt Gingrich . Today, Jon Huntsman has Mitt Romney lined up. A barbed new ad that plays off Romney's recent Fox News interview plays up flip-flopping charges by juxtaposing old and new Romney clips on climate change, immigration, abortion, and Romneycare. Huntsman seems to be...

Fox News
Ratings Plunge

Dec 1, 2011 3:43 AM CST

Fox News Ratings Plunge

Fox drops 13%—but still has top 13 programs in cable news

(Newser) - Fox News is still leading the cable news ratings race—but for how long? Fox's overall ratings for November dropped 13% compared to the same month last year, reports Mediabistro . For the juicy 25-to-54-year-old bracket, the fall was even steeper, plunging 30% in prime time. CNN, on the other...

Gingrich
Takes Shot
at Fox News

oh, snap!

Nov 30, 2011 11:04 AM CST

Gingrich Takes Shot at Fox News

Says that unlike Fox analysts, he has to know what he's talking about

(Newser) - Former Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich isn't exactly speaking highly of his former colleagues. While at a town hall event in South Carolina last night, the GOP contender was asked about whether, as president, he would support funding for certain HIV/AIDS treatments. "What you said is information...

Stewart to Fox: Leave
Thanksgiving Alone

Nov 29, 2011 8:31 AM CST

Stewart to Fox: Leave Thanksgiving Alone

Obama's address didn't need to include 'God'

(Newser) - If you’re not a Fox News fan, you may have missed the "uproar” President Obama’s Thanksgiving address caused—numerous Fox hosts were outraged that the president didn’t mention God. Well, Jon Stewart is outraged over the outrage. “If I recall my grade school pageants correctly,...

Fox Chief 'Fed Up With Palin'

Nov 22, 2011 5:11 AM CST

Fox Chief 'Fed Up With Palin'

Roger Ailes furious that decision not to run wasn't announced on network

(Newser) - Fox News chief Roger Ailes was furious when Sarah Palin decided to announce her non-candidacy outside of the network, sources tell New York . Ailes—who grumbled that he "paid her for two years to make this announcement on my network"—was so angry that he considered yanking Palin...

O'Reilly's Lincoln
Book Slammed
for Historical
Boo-Boos

Nov 13, 2011 5:29 PM CST

O'Reilly's Lincoln Book Slammed for Historical Boo-Boos

Ford's Theatre superintendent writes scathing 4-page letter

(Newser) - Bill O'Reilly's book, Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever, has sold nearly a million copies and currently sits at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list . Only problem is, it's riddled with errors, according to a scathing review from the National Park Service...

Rick Perry
Buys $1M
in Ads on
Fox News

Nov 11, 2011 4:07 PM CST

Rick Perry Buys $1M in Ads on Fox News

Huge buy is part of aggressive post-flub strategy

(Newser) - He's not just trying to joke his way out of political trouble: Rick Perry's campaign has shelled out a whopping $1 million for ads on Fox News, reports the New York Times . That means regular viewers can expect to see him seven times a day for the coming...

Cain's Wife to
Break Silence
on Fox

Nov 1, 2011 2:34 PM CDT

Cain's Wife to Break Silence on Fox

She'll have first campaign trail interview on Fox News

(Newser) - America will get its first good look at Gloria Cain soon: The campaign, beset by sexual harassment allegations , is setting up a debut interview for her with Greta Van Susteren on Fox News later this week, a source tells Politico . Until now, Mrs. Cain’s been conspicuously absent from the...