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Beck Wins It All in Stewart's Jackass Derby

Beck crowned king in new segment

(Newser) - “Apparently, any jackass in a suit willing to go on television and criticize the president can make a pretty hefty living,” Jon Stewart said last night on The Daily Show. To crown the biggest jackass of all, Stewart trotted out a new segment: "So You Think You...

Hannity's Grade on Reading Declaration, Constitution: F

Host forgets that founding fathers saw government as essential to liberty

(Newser) - In honor of July 4th, Sean Hannity has been encouraging his audience to buy pocket copies of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. But he might want to read them a little more closely himself, notes Henry Claw for the New Majority. “We do believe that all men are...

Fox Has Top 10 Cable News Shows

(Newser) - More evidence of Fox News' growing domination of cable TV: The network now has the top 10 programs in terms of total viewers, reports Mediabistro's TVNewser blog. Bill O'Reilly still leads the way, followed by Sean Hannity. Glenn Beck is in third, but his viewership of about 2 million is...

Sen. Boxer: Don't Call Me 'Ma'am'

McCain spoofs scolding

(Newser) - Sen. Barbara Boxer wagged a finger at a military officer yesterday for calling her “ma’am,” the Christian Science Monitor reports. As the general discussed New Orleans, Boxer interrupted, saying “You know, do me a favor. Could you say ’senator’ instead of ‘ma’am?’ It’...

Scribe Blames Obama for Dave's Palin Jokes

Letterman 'dirty talking' on Obama's behalf: Cupp

(Newser) - A conservative columnist yesterday blamed Barack Obama for David Letterman's cracks about Sarah Palin's "slutty" look and her daughter, reports the Huffington Post. "This is the enduring legacy of the Obama campaign," SE Cupp, who writes for the Washington Post and Politico, told Sean Hannity. "I...

Disgusted Mancow: Hannity Still Says It's Not Torture

"Sean, it is torture," wateboarded Mancow tells his buddy

(Newser) - Right-wing mouth Sean Hannity, who chickened out on a dare to be waterboarded for charity, still claims the procedure is not torture, says conservative shock jock Erich "Mancow" Muller, who discovered firsthand it "absolutely" is. Mancow again described his experience being waterboarded to Keith Olbermann last night as...

Palin Ignores McCain on Twitter

She uses feed to clear up 'misquoting'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is following some fellow Republicans on Twitter, but she's not showing any love for former running mate John McCain.The Alaska governor is keeping tabs on Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly of Fox, David Gregory of NBC, George Stephanopoulos of ABC, and CNN, but not nemesis Katie Couric—...

From TV News to R&amp;B Hit
 From TV News to R&B Hit  
Apr 30, 2009 11:11 AM CDT

From TV News to R&B Hit

YouTube mashup shows the musical side of Couric, Hannity

(Newser) - If you've ever thought the TV news needed a little something extra, meet Michael Gregory. The 24-year-old Brooklyn musician has taken YouTube by storm by mashing up the news into a faux-R&B track with the use of Auto-Tune, Time reports. The software designed to correct pitch—which can also...

Olbermann Dogs Hannity Over Waterboarding

Fox host silent on MSNBC rival's $1K-per-second offer

(Newser) - Keith Olbermann isn’t letting up as he pushes Sean Hannity to follow through on an offer to be waterboarded for charity, the AP reports. On his show Monday, the MSNBC host again urged his Fox rival to make good on the pledge, though how serious Hannity was isn't clear....

A Grand for Every Second He's Tortured

Olbermann ready to shell out to see Hannity waterboarded

(Newser) - It may have been an attention-seeking stunt when Sean Hannity volunteered to be waterboarded. If so, it worked, at least to get the attention of Keith Olbermann, who kept the long-running MSNBC/Fox pundit-smackdown going last night by putting money on the table. Olbermann offered to give $1,000 to military...

Hannity: Waterboard Me! Lefties: Sure!

He'd undergo grueling 'enhanced interrogation' technique for charity

(Newser) - Right-wing Fox mouth Sean Hannity said he supports "enhanced interrogation" techniques like waterboarding, and has offered to undergo the grueling procedure for charity. "Are you busy on Sunday?" guest Charles Grodin asked yesterday. Hannity responded: "I'll do it for charity. I'll let you do it. I'll do...

Thank Right-Wing Nuts for Socialism's Fading Stigma

(Newser) - In a much-touted recent Rasmussen poll, only 53% of Americans said they preferred capitalism to socialism. Among those under 30, that figure fell to 37%. “If you comb the annals of Americans’ ideological preferences, you won’t find figures like these,” writes Harold Meyerson of the Washington Post....

Hannity Replaces Colmes With Rotating Roster

Sharpton sits in for premiere of new show

(Newser) - Sean Hannity’s coming back, and just because Alan Colmes isn’t around anymore doesn’t mean he can’t find a token liberal. In his new format, Hannity will have a panel of rotating members, reports Broadcasting & Cable. On Monday, Rep. Michele Bachmann will sit on the right,...

Conservative Radio Sees Boom Ahead
Conservative Radio Sees Boom Ahead
Dec 22, 2008 9:45 AM CST

Conservative Radio Sees Boom Ahead

Limbaugh, Hannity & Co. ready to play foil to Obama White House

(Newser) - Where Bill Clinton’s presidency triggered Rush Limbaugh’s ascent, many see a new boom coming for conservative talk radio under President Obama, the New York Times reports. Limbaugh is touting the “rebirth of principled opposition,” and Sean Hannity claims to lead “conservatism in exile.” Says...

Colmes Ditches Hannity, Will Remain at Fox News

Liberal half of talk-show equation gets weekend gig

(Newser) - After 12 years as co-host of Hannity & Colmes, the liberal half of the Fox News standby, Alan Colmes, will leave the show at the end of the year. He's working on a weekend show for the network, which will keep him on as a commentator, Broadcasting & ...

Hannity, Olbermann: On Different Planets
 Hannity, Olbermann:
 On Different Planets 
OPINION
Oct 27, 2008 12:29 PM CDT

Hannity, Olbermann: On Different Planets

(Newser) - Barack Obama has suggested voters are “seeing two different realities, a Sean Hannity reality and a Keith Olbermann reality”—and he’s right, Howard Kurtz writes in the Washington Post. "Adored by fans and derided by critics," Fox's Hannity is an unapologetic John McCain booster, while...

Fox Ponies Up as Ad Picture Clouds
 Fox Ponies Up
 as Ad Picture
 Clouds 
analysis
Oct 23, 2008 6:19 PM CDT

Fox Ponies Up as Ad Picture Clouds

(Newser) - With the election season winding down and the economy slumping, Fox News could have trouble paying the heavy hitters it's signed and re-signed to multimillion-dollar contracts, the New York Times reports. Experts agree that advertising, a big chunk of Fox’s budget, will fall off after the amazing expenditures during...

Ways Palin Can Sound Less Like a Robot
 Ways Palin Can Sound 
 Less Like a Robot 
OPINION
Sep 26, 2008 2:57 PM CDT

Ways Palin Can Sound Less Like a Robot

Practice, know the details and don't repeat yourself, media pros advise VP candidate

(Newser) - Now that we've seen Sarah Palin interviewed on TV three times, it's clear she could use a little media coaching, Christopher Beam writes for Slate. To figure out how Palin can break out of her "constant low hum of mediocrity," Beam gets tips from media pros. Some highlights:...

Palin: I Didn't Mean to Knock Community Organizers

In Fox interview, GOP VP pick talks up Hillary, takes swipe at Biden's age

(Newser) - Sarah Palin says she didn’t mean to offend community organizers when she implied they didn’t have “actual responsibilities,” the Republican candidate tells Fox News—she was just firing back at Barack Obama for disparaging small-town mayors, the Chicago Tribune's Swamp reports. In the second part of...

Jesse Jackson Apologizes for Unknown Obama Slur

Mic caught stray insult; Hannity to air it tonight

(Newser) - Jesse Jackson apologized profusely to Barack Obama for a comment to be aired later tonight on Fox, saying that a microphone caught a “crude and hurtful” quip that he meant to make in private. CNN did not reveal what the comment was, but Jackson said he had been criticizing...

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