Fox News Channel, Obama administration talking; Fox news executive meets Obama press secretary

Fox News Channel, Obama administration talking NEW YORK ? Fox News Channel and the Obama administration are talking. The network confirmed reports that Fox news executive Michael Clemente met at the White House on Wednesday with Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama’s press secretary. There were no details given about the meeting. Fox has been battling with the administration, [...]

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Fox News anchor Shepard Smith apologies for lack of balance in a political report

Fox’s Shepard Smith: Sorry for ‘lack of balance’ NEW YORK ? Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith apologized for a “lack of balance” following a political report where the Republican candidate for New Jersey governor was interviewed and the Democratic incumbent wasn’t. Fox correspondent Shannon Bream had wrapped up a live interview with GOP candidate Chris Christie [...]

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White House Tries To Exclude Fox News From White House Press Pool

The Obama White House’s war against Fox News Channel is getting more irrational and dangerous: So this administration had what passes for a brainstorm among that group: now that they’ve made it clear that they disapprove of one particular news network, why, there would be nothing stopping them from stepping up their attempts to marginalize said network. So the White House announced today that a specific White House Press Pool access - Ken Feinberg, who is one of the myriad ‘czars’ so belove

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Confirmed: Liberal Analyst Marc Lamont Hill Fired From Fox News

Mediaite has confirmed Marc Lamont Hill has been fired from Fox News Channel. The liberal commentator was a regular on the network, most recently appearing as a guest on The O’Reilly Factor one week ago, according to TV Eyes . Interestingly, the news was broken by News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch at the companies stockholders meeting today, reported by The Hollywood Reporter . Murdoch made the announcement after a shareholder asked about Hill’s “reputation of defending cop kille

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FOX reality shutdown leaves Lyle looking.

Australian expat, David Lyle, is in discussions with News Corporation following the media giant’s decision to shut down the FOX Reality Channel. Lyle is a former television executive at Nine and was previously presenter of the nostalgic series The Golden Years of Television for both Nine and TEN. According to the Wrap website, which first wrote about the shutdown, a complete rebranding of the channel is in the works, and may include a new partner outside the Fox Cable Networks group. FOX

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