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July 1, 2008

This is Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes last night talking up the election. Local issues were not even discussed. The closest to home was them asking about his transition from supporting Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama, and that's a stretch to call it local.........

Continue Reading "Villaraigosa Gets into the Election Commentary Game"

October 27, 2007

Our friends at Radar are celebrating the recent launch of News Corp's Fox Business Network with a challenging quiz: Fox News Anchor or Porn Star?. We got 7 out of 10, but hey, when it comes to skankiness on the tube, Rupe, O'Reilly, Hannity, et al may really be the ones missing the plot. Mark at the News Corpse blog takes this notion even further, alleging that Murdoch's use of "soft-core titillation and America’s......

Continue Reading "The Fox News vs. Porn Star Challenge"

August 30, 2007

I know this is hardly a controversial opinion. A few years ago, I had the “pleasure” of seeing Ted Nugent open for Kiss. The show was raw, sweaty, and blissfully loud. As the Motor City Madman powered through hit after hit, I was amazed at how much I was enjoying his brand of gloriously primitive bonehead rock. The massive crowd cheered, pumped their fists, and banged their collective heads to the seemingly endless stream......

Continue Reading "Ted Nugent is a Douchebag"

May 15, 2007

If you set your TiVo to record the GOP debates tonight on C-SPAN you're SOL. Unlike the previous debates that were shown on MSNBC, and allowed by NBC to be broadcast on the cable channel, Fox isn't playing as nicely. The CBS News blog Public Eye has the scoop: Public Eye has learned that Fox News Channel refused C-SPAN's request to simulcast the debate on C-SPAN radio, as well as the opportunity to rebroadcast......

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July 6, 2004

Last week, local blogger Matt Welch was all set to go toe-to-toe with Blustery Bill of the Fox News Channel. The subject? The great city of Los Angeles, of course. From Welch's post, it sounds like Bill was set to bash our dynamic metropolis as an unmanageable hodge-podge, in order to flutter the hearts of his geriatric and bitter viewing audience. But O'Reilly's producers let Welch know that they decided to go "in a different......

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