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America's most loved and hated news personalities: A slideshow
Posted on February 29, 2012, at 2:48 PMA new poll reveals our favorite anchors — and the talking heads we would rather tune out
Was MSNBC right to fire Pat Buchanan?
Posted on February 17, 2012, at 4:49 PMThe cable news channel parts ways with its veteran conservative commentator after his latest book gets slammed as offensive
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Is Fox News shifting to the Left?
Posted on February 15, 2012, at 10:13 AMConservatives are grumbling that Fox isn't speaking their language anymore. Did Fox chief Roger Ailes take his "course correction" too far?
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Did MSNBC fire Pat Buchanan?
Posted on January 9, 2012, at 11:38 AMThe uber-conservative and MSNBC pundit hasn't been on air since publishing his incendiary new book — and may not be back at all
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Is Keith Olbermann on the way out at Current TV?
Posted on January 5, 2012, at 6:12 PMThe notoriously combative Countdown host feuds with yet another network, sparking speculation that he'll bow out of his $10-million-per-year contract
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Rupert Murdoch's 'smashing start' on Twitter
Posted on January 2, 2012, at 5:26 PMThe controversial media mogul quickly collects tens of thousands of followers — but not without a few hiccups
Fox's 'surreal' attack on The Muppets: The jokes
Posted on December 6, 2011, at 6:23 PMFox Business accuses Kermit of trying to "brainwash your kids against capitalism." Commentators cannot help but chuckle over this Muppet conspiracy theory
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Morning Joe's 'obnoxious,' 'sexist' promo
Posted on November 29, 2011, at 11:15 AMA new ad for the MSNBC show portrays Mika Brzezinski as a multitasking scold — and her male co-hosts as carefree, drunken partiers
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Fox News' 'revealing' 'course correction': 6 talking points
Posted on September 27, 2011, at 9:50 AMRoger Ailes wants his network to tack closer to the political center and be less inflammatory, reports Howard Kurtz in Newsweek. Skepticism abounds
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Tucker Carlson, Greta Van Susteren, and the 'Fox News civil war'
Posted on September 20, 2011, at 3:26 PMCarlson and Van Susteren spar over the media's coverage of Mike Tyson's sexually explicit comments about Mama Grizzly
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Proof that Fox News goes easy on Sarah Palin?
Posted on August 5, 2011, at 11:06 AMTwo Fox hosts admit on-air that they pull punches when discussing Mama Grizzly — then insist they were only joking
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Should MSNBC give Al Sharpton his own show?
Posted on July 20, 2011, at 2:29 PMCraving a bonafide new star, the cable news channel might put the controversial liberal activist in a high-profile time slot
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Why CNN canned Eliot Spitzer: 6 theories
Posted on July 7, 2011, at 9:55 AMThe scandal-stained former New York governor gets the boot, and the challenging 8 p.m. timeslot goes to Anderson Cooper
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The 'malicious' Fox News hackers who claimed Obama was dead
Posted on July 5, 2011, at 9:29 AMFollowers of Fox News' political Twitter feed started their Fourth with a shock: Six tweets reporting the fake news that President Obama was assassinated. How did this happen?
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Did Fox News originate in the Nixon White House?
Posted on July 1, 2011, at 1:30 PMGawker unearths a decades-old memo that suggests Roger Ailes was an early proponent of Fox-style news — even when he was a young Nixon aide
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Glenn Beck’s 'pathetic' farewell show
Posted on July 1, 2011, at 9:47 AMThe controversial TV star said goodbye to Fox News on Thursday night. Where were the fireworks — or even the waterworks?
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