Fox & Friends First
Oops! Update: 'Fox and Friends' Mocks Kyra Phillips's Bathroom Chat
August 30th, 2006 2:57 PM
For those who were not watching Fox News Channel at 6:30am EDT today, 'Fox and Friends First' had a little bit of fun with CNN anchor Kyra Phillips’ restroom conversation, inadvertently broadcast live Tuesday during President Bush’s speech in New Orleans. Making light of Phillips’ gaffe, anchor Kiran Chetry, having returned from a commercial break, was interrupted by an off-air "personal"…
All Three Cable Networks Featured Nick Berg's Dad, Who Compared Bush t
June 8th, 2006 1:00 PM
In May of 2004, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi participated in the beheading of Nicholas Berg, a businessman working in Iraq. His father, Michael, emerged in the aftermath of that crime as an outspoken liberal activist and is now running for Congress in Delaware on the Green Party ticket. So who better to bring on for a discussion about Zarqawi’s death? Michael Berg appeared on all three cable channels…
FNC's 'Fox and Friends' Skeptical of Anti-Rumsfeld Crowd
April 18th, 2006 4:40 PM
The April 18 Fox and Friends First provided a welcome alternative to the mainstream media’s fawning over the dissident generals attacking Donald Rumsfeld. FNC co-hosts Steve Doocy and Page Hopkins interviewed retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert Maginnis about his support for Rumsfeld. Doocy teased the segment this way: Doocy: "Lieutenant Colonel Robert Maginnis. We’re going to talk to him live…
Rooney: Days of CBS News as “Paragon of Journalistic Virtue” Are
April 12th, 2006 11:10 AM
Wow, the CBS Christmas parties are sure going to be fun. Veteran commentator Andy Rooney recently amended his earlier comments about designated Evening News anchor Katie Couric. I don’t think these statements will be popular over at CBS either: Rooney: "I have this ancient view of CBS News as a paragon of journalistic virtue, and that time is gone." The most charitable way to characterize that…