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Bret Baier's Ratings Show Smooth Transition From Brit Hume

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.07.2009 | Media

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For anyone wondering whether Brit Hume's departure would slow the "Special Report" ratings, the answer is a resounding no. "Special Report with Bret ...

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Brit Hume Signs Off As "Special Report" Anchor With Video Message From Bush And Cheney

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.23.2008 | Media

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Brit Hume signed off as anchor of Fox News' "Special Report" Tuesday night, his final night anchoring the evening newscast. Fox News announced earlie...

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Bret Baier To Anchor "Special Report" On Fox News

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.23.2008 | Media

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Fox News is expected to announce this afternoon that Bret Baier will succeed Brit Hume as anchor of "Special Report." This evening will be Hume's fin...

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Right Wing World from The Stephanie Miller Show

Stephanie Miller | Posted 12.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Brit Hume, Bill O'Reilly, Charles Krauthammer, Caroline Kennedy, Home News
Stephanie Miller

Today's "Right Wing World" from The Stephanie Miller Show. This clip features Charles Krauthammer on Caroline Kennedy and the auto bailout, Bill O'Rei...

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Brit Hume Gets Ready To Step Down At Fox News

Pittsburgh Post Gazette | Mackenzie Carpenter | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media

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During his dozen years as the anchor of Fox News' flagship nightly political newscast, "Special Report," Brit Hume has always managed to convey a cert...

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Right Wing World from The Stephanie Miller Show

Stephanie Miller | Posted 11.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Jim Quinn, Brit Hume, Charles Krauthammer, Media News
Stephanie Miller

Today's "Right Wing World" features Rose Tennant radio co-host Jim Quinn on the "chickification", Charles Krauthammer, and a musical homage to Brit Hume.

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Fox News Calls Ohio For Obama, Then Takes It Back (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Ohio Projections, Video, Brit Hume, Election 2008 Coverage, Media News

Fox News called Ohio for Barack Obama with just 3% of precincts reporting — only to walk that projection back moments later. "We're calling it ...

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Fox News and the ACORN Charade

Eric Boehlert | Posted 10.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Politico, Fox News, Cnn, Acorn, Media Matters for America, Brit Hume, Media News
Eric Boehlert

By the end of this month, Fox News will likely have mentioned the community organizing group nearly 1,500 times, which is roughly 1,300 more than CNN.

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Fox News: Barney Frank Escaped Blame for Fannie Mae's Problems Because He Is Gay

David Fiderer | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Karl Rove Fox News, Karl Rove, Freddie Mac, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Barney Frank, Mortgage Crisis, Fannie Mae, Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, Brit Hume, Fox News Sunday, Media News
David Fiderer

Did a Fox news executive decide to go after Congressman Frank because O'Reilly was embarrassed in front of 800,000 people who caught the meltdown on YouTube?

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Why Replacing Biden With Hillary Makes Perfect Sense for Obama

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Joe Scarborough, John McCain, Keith Olbermann, Joe Biden, Republicans, Brit Hume, Democrats, Wolf Blitzer, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Obama should do what the Republicans would do in this situation. In fact, he should do exactly what his opponent did -- shake things up.

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Fox News Suffers Another Debate Snub; Bloggers Take A Bow

Eric Boehlert | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

Fox News has been taken down several notches, and the demotions can be traced back to the blogger-led debate boycott from 2007 and the repercussions it set off.

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Brit Hume To Step Down As "Special Report" Host After Election

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

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Brit Hume, the pre-eminent political anchor on the Fox News Channel, intends to step down from his nightly newscast after the presidential election, t...

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It's Over! Mostly! La Fin Du Primary Season

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.04.2008 | Media

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Expect to hear a lot about Charlie Crist, Katherine Sebellius, Jim Webb, Bobby Jindal, Chuck Hagel, Joe Biden, Wes Clark, Tim Kaine, and, thanks to precedent, Jim Johnson -- but for now this is what we noticed from last night's coverage, in no particular order.

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The Daily Show's Marathon Take On A Marathon Primary Night

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, Jon Stewart McCain, Tim Russert, Anderson Cooper, Lanny Davis, Jon Stewart Obama, Jack Cafferty, Jeff Toobin, Brit Hume, Chris Matthews, Campbell Brown, John King Wall, Daily Show, David Gergen, John King, Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow, Carl Bernstein, Hillary Clinton, Jon Stewart Indiana, Magic Wall, Jamal Simmons, Gloria Borger, Media News

Eight minutes and counting! The Daily Show outdid themselves last night on primary night coverage, showcasing your favorite pundits in various stages ...

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Brit Hume: "We Were Knocked Out" By "Strikingly Attractive" Megyn Kelly's Audition Tape

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 04.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Fox News, America's Election HQ, Megyn Kelly, Brit Hume, Bill Hemmer, Media News

What makes [Megyn] Kelly unusual is the sheer speed of her ascent. "She has learned television news very quickly," says Bill Hemmer, her co-anchor. "S...

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A McCain Moment: Do You Want Four More Years of This?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

It only makes sense that the media have focused non-stop on the looming threat of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago while paying scant attention to the fact that the presumptive Republican nominee for president apparently doesn't have a clue about what's going on in the Middle East. And with the U.S. death toll hitting 4,000, John McCain's tenuous grasp on what is happening in the region becomes all the more worthy of attention. READ MORE John McCain, Iraq, and the Eyewitness Fallacy: John McCain's glowing post-visit assessment of conditions in Iraq, and Hillary Clinton's hyperbolically harrowing recollections of her 1996 trip to Bosnia both stand as shining examples of what the British writer Malcolm Muggeridge dubbed "the eyewitness fallacy." In a brilliant essay, Muggeridge described public figures of strong conviction throughout history -- many of them greatly admired and well-meaning -- who, in eyewitness accounts, saw what they wanted to see, and became what they wanted to be. READ MORE

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Tim Russert: Obama Responsible For Harry Belafonte, Too

Jane Hamsher | Posted 03.02.2008 | Home

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Jane Hamsher

If Russert is concerned about the endorsement of religious figures that might be of concern to Jewish people, then why is he not pressing John McCain?

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The Fox Fairness Fantasy

Robin Gerber | Posted 02.13.2008 | Media

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Robin Gerber

Both Fox and MSNBC need more Keith Olbermans and Anderson Coopers, men who aren't afraid to call sexism by its real name.

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Liveblog! GOP Square-Off In South Carolina — Including Ron Paul!

J. Neffinger, G. MacNicol, D. Shea and R. Sklar | Posted 01.10.2008 | Media

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J. Neffinger, G. MacNicol, D. Shea and R. Sklar

Welcome to South Carolina, where all the candidates have their best game faces on. It must be the fact that they had a day to get some sleep — they are all better, sharper, and more relaxed than they have seemed in, well, days. In campaign time, that's like a week in Cabo.

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Clinton and Obama

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Frank Luntz, Brit Hume, Hannity and Colmes, Barack Obama, New Hampshire Primary, Barack Obama New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton New, Fox News, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Obama can still thwart what the chattering class has called Hillary's "coronation." The Obama forces will redouble their efforts now that they've seen that there are limits to their candidate's magic.

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At Fox News Special Report, Dishonesty is Editorial Policy: The Rancid Political Grapevine

David Fiderer | Posted 12.21.2007 | Media

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David Fiderer

Hume's Political Grapevine is the one segment on Special Report where his deceitfulness shows up night after night, year after year. Don't take my word for it.

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The Conservative Persecution Hoax Exposed

Max Blumenthal | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: David Horowitz, Francisco Nava, George W. Bush, Liberal Bias, Mormonism, Robby George, Conservative Persecution, Brit Hume, Anscombe Society, Princeton Conservatives, Politics News
Max Blumenthal

For several hours, on December 17, conservatives announced that their darkest fears of persecution had been realized.

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Post-Holiday Hiccups

Sherman Yellen | Posted 11.26.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Jerry Seinfeld Bee Movie, Doris Day, Jerry Seinfeld, Cokie Roberts, Gwen Ifill, Washington Week in Review, Fox News, Mother Theresa, Bush Cheney, Dancing With the Stars, Brit Hume, Born Into Brothels, Entertainment News
Sherman Yellen

See Born into Brothels! It will change your life. And if you don't weep with joy at the end, you need Mother Theresa because you are half-dead already.

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Liveblog! FoxNews GOP Debate — And Almost Fred Thompson!

John Neffinger, Glynnis MacNicol, and Rachel Sklar | Posted 09.05.2007 | Politics

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John Neffinger, Glynnis MacNicol, and Rachel Sklar

Welcome to HuffPost's Debate Liveblog Series, this time from New Hampshire for the FoxNews GOP debate. The looming specter of Fred Thompson hung over the proceedings, chomping a big cigar. Yes, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

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