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• The Times: Will Ailes-Giuliani Link Besmirch the Integrity of Fox News Channel?

  Published: August 2, 2007, 2:26 pm

  Tags: In Other News, Fox News Channel, Roger Ailes, Rudy Giuliani

  between Rudy Giuliani and Fox News Channel honcho Roger Ailes: Giuliani had employed Ailes as a media consultant, lobbied for him later, and officiated at his wedding. Once, Rudy even gave him an issue of Wine Spectator! It could thus be reasonably inferred that Roger owes him one. Cue the chart that conclusively proves that Giuliani is

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• Ingraham falsely asserted NY Times said "we should not update [FISA] to meet current advances in technology"

  Published: August 3, 2007, 8:30 pm

  Tags: Laura Ingraham, Fox Amp Friends, Fox News Channel, Domestic Spying, National Security Foreign Policy

  the August 3 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, discussing the debate over proposed changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), nationally syndicated radio host Laura Ingraham falsely asserted that "[w]e have major editorial pages in the United States -- The New York Times, etc. -- saying that we should not

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• In interview about Daily Kos, O'Reilly called Dodd a "propagandist," declared, "I don't have any respect for you"

  Published: August 3, 2007, 6:56 pm

  Tags: Bill O Reilly, Dennis Miller, Fox News Channel, The O Reilly Factor, 2008 Elections, Christopher Dodd, Government Elections

  From the August 2 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor: O'REILLY: In The Factor "Follow-Up" segment tonight, a viewer warning. We're going to show you a hateful picture posted on a far left website, the Daily Kos, so you might want to change channels right now. As you may know, we've been reporting on most of the

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• CLIPS: O'Reilly named "Worst Person" for claiming Americans don't want Mexicans "clustering in neighborhoods"

  Published: August 3, 2007, 3:07 pm

  Tags: Bill O Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Rush Limbaugh, Countdown Keith Olbermann, Fox News Channel, Msnbc, Premiere Radio Networks, The O Reilly Factor, The Rush Limbaugh Show, National Security Foreign Policy, Terrorism

  host Keith Olbermann named Fox News host Bill O'Reilly the "winner" of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for comments he made about Mexican immigrants during the July 30 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, which Media Matters for America documented. Olbermann quoted O'Reilly, saying: "Most Americans don't

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• CLIPS: O'Reilly named "Worst Person" for attack on Dodd; Ingraham named "runner-up"

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:36 pm

  Tags: Bill O Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Laura Ingraham, Countdown Keith Olbermann, Fox News Channel, Msnbc, The Laura Ingraham Show, The O Reilly Factor, The Radio Factor, Westwood One, 2008 Elections, Attacks On Progressives, Government Elections, Media, Propaganda Noise Mach

  host Keith Olbermann named Fox News host Bill O'Reilly the "winner" of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for attacking Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Chris Dodd (CT) after he brought up O'Reilly's comment regarding an Al Qaeda attack on San Francisco, as Media Matters for America documented. Olbermann

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• Krauthammer mischaracterized new FISA law as limited to foreign-to-foreign communications

  Published: August 7, 2007, 6:06 pm

  Tags: Charles Krauthammer, Fox News Channel, Special Report Brit Hume, The New York Times

  the August 6 edition of Fox News' Special Report, nationally syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer falsely suggested that the recently approved amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allow the administration to intercept without a warrant only foreign-to-foreign communications that happen to be routed through

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• Bill Sammon reported contrast in Obama, Bush positions on Pakistan, but not Bush flip-flops

  Published: August 7, 2007, 7:30 pm

  Tags: Bill Sammon, Fox News Channel, Special Report Brit Hume, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, National Security Foreign Policy, Terrorism

  the August 6 edition of Fox News' Special Report, referring to Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) recent statement that as president, he would take action against "high-value terrorist targets" in Pakistan if President Pervez Musharraf "won't act," Bill Sammon, Washington Examiner senior White House correspondent and Fox News

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• CLIPS: Dietl on racial profiling: "[I]f I see two guys that look like Aba Daba Doo and Aba Daba Dah, I'm gonna pull 'em over"

  Published: August 8, 2007, 11:29 am

  Tags: Bo Dietl, Fox News Channel, Your World W Neil Cavuto, Attacks On Muslims Islam, Religion, Religious Discrimination

  the August 7 edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox News contributor Richard "Bo" Dietl, a private investigator and former New York City Police Department detective, stated: "[I]f I see two guys that look like Aba Daba Doo and Aba Daba Dah, I'm gonna pull 'em over, and I wanna find out what you're doing."

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• Discussing what public wants in health care, Luntz left out top priority

  Published: August 8, 2007, 6:53 pm

  Tags: Frank Luntz, Sean Hannity, Fox News Channel, Hannity Amp Colmes, 2008 Elections, Economic Issues, Government Elections, Health Care

  the August 7 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity answered Alan Colmes' question, "Most people want national health care. Don't they?" with a flat "No." Colmes said he wanted guest Frank Luntz, a Republican pollster, to answer his question. Luntz did not answer whether the public wanted "national health care,"

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• Someone's Finally Sticking Up for Katie

  Published: August 9, 2007, 6:11 pm

  Tags: In Other News, Cbs, Fox News Channel, Katie Couric, Shep Smith

  Shep Smith, who anchors Fox News' evening newscast. From an interview today on TV Guide's Biz Blog: TVGuide.com: CBS Evening News tried to do something different last year after they hired Katie Couric, and it was rejected. They didn't try it for long. And was everybody at CBS News on board? Probably not. Did they give it a chance? Did they

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• CLIPS: O'Reilly accused liberal bloggers of being "blackmailers"

  Published: August 10, 2007, 12:51 pm

  Tags: Bill O Reilly, Dick Morris, Fox News Channel, The O Reilly Factor, Attacks On Progressives, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine

  the August 9 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly claimed: "[W]hat people don't understand is that these Internet bloggers give messages to these candidates: 'If you don't do what we tell you to do, we will trash you and try to interfere with your fundraising.' " Fox News contributor

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• O'Reilly claimed Edwards is "actually lying" about Fox News' treatment of Democrats

  Published: August 10, 2007, 6:00 pm

  Tags: Bill O Reilly, Fox News Channel, The O Reilly Factor, 2008 Elections, Attacks On Progressives, Government Elections, John Edwards, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine

  Later that day, Fox News issued a retraction and an apology, and the fake story was removed from the website. From the August 7 edition of Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor: O'REILLY: Now for the top story tonight: attacking Fox News as a political strategy -- smart or dumb? Listen to this. EDWARDS [video

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• Fox's Angle misrepresented NASA correction to claim 1934 is now "hottest year" on record

  Published: August 12, 2007, 3:49 pm

  Tags: Jim Angle, Fox News Channel, Special Report Brit Hume, Global Warming, Science Environment

  of the August 10 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume, guest host and chief Washington correspondent Jim Angle reported that NASA was forced "to admit it was wrong when it said that 1998 was the hottest year on record" and that NASA "now says 1934 was the hottest year, followed by 1998, then 1921." But Angle did not

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• Cavuto: "Karl Rove leaving: A loss for Wall Street?"

  Published: August 13, 2007, 8:58 pm

  Tags: Fox News Channel, Your World W Neil Cavuto, Economic Issues, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine

  market or the economy of "news" stories, or allows his guests to do so, often in order to attack Democrats and progressives. Fox News touts Your World as "currently the No. 1 rated signature business show on cable." From the August 13 edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto: CAVUTO: Another news alert for you. You

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• One report Cameron saw that Clinton's pastels are a new campaign tactic was apparently his -- and it was false

  Published: August 14, 2007, 3:32 pm

  Tags: Carl Cameron, Fox News Sunday, Fox News Channel, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, Hillary Clinton

  the August 12 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday, Fox News chief political correspondent Carl Cameron asserted that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) is conducting a "charm offensive" in which she "has gone out of her way to be more likable." He added: "We've seen stories about how she's brightening up

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