Fox NFL Hosts Show Real Class

Take that Olbermann, who sometimes works on the NBC NFL broadcasts. To close out the show today which was broadcast live from Bagram AFB in Afghanistan they spent a few minutes to tell the crowd what they learned and what they would remember from their week in Afghanistan with the troops.

Well done Terry, Howie, Michael, Johnnie, Jay, and Curt

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"You want an attitude change, come halfway around the world."

Networks Balk at Another Primetime Obama Egofest

You would think the most overexposed president in history would be satisfied with the nonstop slobbering media coverage and magazine covers. Although in the case of Barack Obama, his vanity knows no limits. Now for the fourth time in his brief presidency he asking the networks to shelve primetime programming during sweeps month so his TelePrompter can congratulate him on how wonderful his first 100 days were.

We interrupt this regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you a special address from President Barack Obama. Again.

For the fourth time since he took office, Obama's camp is asking the major TV networks to set aside their schedules for another of his primetime press conferences, costing them ad dollars.

With rare exceptions, the networks -- ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC -- accommodate such presidential requests, partly out of a sense of duty and partly to avoid getting on the wrong side of the Oval Office.

Getting on the wrong side of the White House wasn't a concern during Bush's presidency. Some of the networks refused to air his primetime pressers for one simple reason: they hated his guts.

Obama's supposed to be such a swell guy, so he wouldn't hold it against network executives trying to make some money if they skip this, right?

But programmers are starting to act peeved at Obama's primetime interruptions -- one a month since January -- because every speech and press conference results in a loss of ad revenue and scheduling problems.

Assuming a 30-second primetime spot runs an average of $150,000, media buyers estimate it costs the broadcast networks a combined $10 million per hour. The economy has already crimped TV ad revenue.

"It's really cutting into them, especially with what's going on with the advertising market," said Brad Adgate, head of research for Horizon Media, a media-buying firm. "I don't think their revenue models anticipated these monthly State of the Unions."

So the networks created this monster and are now concerned about it? Should have thought about that when they built this guy into some god-like figure.

CBS and ABC have lined up new episodes of their comedies, while Fox planned to air a new episode of "Lie to Me."

Quite the quandary for Fox. Either show "Lie to Me" or have Obama lie to us.

In the end, you know they'll all cave and give in to Obama. Fear is a powerful motivator.

Not Funny: 'Family Guy' Nazi Wears McCain-Palin Button

I could see this coming from most networks, but considering this is on Fox, they should be ashamed of themselves.

We're constantly lectured by the left about civility.

Is this civil?

Silky Pony Took Murdoch Money

The endless hypocrisy of the Silky Pony never ceases to amaze.

Edwards Urges Fellow Democrats To Reject Murdoch's Money

Former senator John Edwards, who has been throwing punches at Rupert Murdoch and his Fox News Channel, demanded yesterday that the other Democratic presidential candidates return contributions from Murdoch's media conglomerate.

"John Edwards will never ask Rupert Murdoch for money -- he won't accept his money," said a statement e-mailed to supporters.

Not so fast, Murdoch's people say. His publishing unit, HarperCollins, paid Edwards a $500,000 advance -- and $300,000 in expenses -- for his 2006 book "Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives."

"We assume the senator is going to give back the money from his advance," News Corp. spokesman Brian Lewis said.

Oops.

Totally, busted, he still tries to worm out of it.

Edwards spokesman Eric Schultz said his boss donated the book payments to charity and that the expense money went to staffers and vendors. Citing the announcement that prompted Edwards's e-mail -- Murdoch's $5 billion deal to buy Dow Jones -- Schultz said, "This is about whether or not Murdoch should expand his media empire and use the Wall Street Journal to further promote his right-wing agenda."

The Edwards demand was aimed squarely at Sen. Hillary Clinton, who has received more than $20,000 from News Corp. executives, including $2,300 from Murdoch and $4,600 from company president Peter Chernin. Sen. Barack Obama has gotten $2,100 from Chernin. Lewis noted that Chernin appeared, at Edwards's request, at a 2004 fundraiser for the Kerry-Edwards ticket.

I wonder hoiw this will play at the Hitler Youth, I mean, YearlyKos convention?

More from Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, Sister Toldjah.

Fox Derangement Syndrome

This guy needs help.

Fox Cable Channel, in a desperate effort to pretend to be a news station, is once again attempting to sponsor a debate of the Democratic presidential primary candidates. This comes on the heels of the resounding rejection of their efforts in Nevada where Democrats made it clear that the fake news channel could not hide behind the Democratic Party. Smarting from that rejection, Murdoch, Ailes and company are pushing hard to find a life raft. They have just announced a new attempt to masquerade as a news organization -- partnering with the Congressional Black Caucus Institute to host a debate on Fox.

Once again, it's time to stop them and to let all the Democratic primary presidential candidates know they should in no way participate in this pretend debate. Fox is not a legitimate news source.

You can take action right now. Got to FoxAttacks.com and sign a new petition calling on presidential candidates to not attend the CBCI's Fox hosted debate. The CBC Institute has already announced another debate with CNN, which candidates can opt to attend instead of the Fox debate.

First if all, moron, it's Fox News Channel, and second, they're the No. 1 cable news outfit, by far.

Has it occured to these idiots that if candidates want to reach the largest audience possible they would go to the outlet with the highest ratings? Is that so difficult to grasp?

FNC Fires Chetry

No great loss, considering that babe machine they have over at Fox. One out, another in.

THE William Morris Agency tried to play hardball with the Fox News Channel, but it struck out big time - with its client, news cutie Kiran Chetry, getting cut from the network.

TVNewser reports William Morris super-agent John Ferriter - who'd recently started representing Chetry, co-host of "Fox & Friends" weekend shows - told the network to fire Gretchen Carlson, co-anchor of the higher-rated weekday "Fox & Friends," so Chetry could take her place.

But the backstabbing request backfired on Thursday, when Fox executives fired off an angry letter to Ferriter saying they were terminating their contract with Chetry for the treachery.

Sources tell the Web site the dark-haired, Nepalese beauty had been pulling down $300,000-plus a year, and Fox offered to bump her salary to $400,000 in a new contract that could have started March 6. But Ferriter countered with a salary demand of more than $700,000, plus his insistence that Chetry take over the morning job from Carlson, a blond former Miss America.

Chetry has already landed a substitute gig at CNN, the cable news graveyard. Guess I'll never see her again. Meanwhile, Fox announced the hiring of another fresh face, one Courtney Friel. Like I said, one out, another one in.