Jim Angle, one of Fox News Channel’s original reporting line-up in 1996 and its chief national correspondent when he retired in 2014, died Wednesday at his home in Arlington, Virginia. He was 75.
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certain sectors of the media) after Joe Biden reacted to a question from Fox News White House reporter Peter Doocy, by calling the son of longtime Fox News talking head Steve Doocy “a stupid son of a bitch.”Seen in context it was really just razzing someone for asking a question Biden thought was stupid. But of course people acted as though Biden had somehow attacked the first amendment, and within a few hours Biden had called Doocy to apologize and “clear the air.” Read about it here.So it is that on Tuesday, Colbert put the whole stupid thing in context with the aforementioned cold open gag.First, a title card read “‘Fox and Friends’ Response to President Biden Calling Peter Doocy A ‘Stupid Son of a Bitch.'” This was followed by footage of the network’s morning hosts talking about it.
“It did seem pretty personal, Peter Doocy’s father, Steve Doocy said. “It almost looks like polls are starting to get to him.”Next, the title card said “And now, ‘Fox and Friends’ Response to the Former President Calling Jim Acosta a ‘Fake Reporter,’ Matt Bai a ‘dummy,’ Dean Baquet ‘one of the dumbest men in the world of journalism,’ Lisa Belkin a ‘low life,’ Carl Bernstein ‘a man who lives in the past and thinks like a degenerate fool,’ David Brooks ‘a clown,’ Frank Bruni ‘a dope,’ Mika Brzezinski ‘a ditzy airhead,’ Alyson Camerota a ‘disaster,’ Graydon Carter ‘grubby.'”Then, a much much longer scrolling list of mean things Trump said about journalists followed, culminating with “and the press ‘The enemy of the people.’ And the Fox News clip? Completely unrelated nonsense.Now, we don’t know that “Fox & Friends” never addressed Trump’s constant attacks on the media.
Jim Angle, one of Fox News Channel’s original reporting line-up in 1996 and its chief national correspondent when he retired in 2014, died Wednesday at his home in Arlington, Virginia. He was 75.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJonah Goldberg, one of the two conservative political analysts who resigned from Fox News Channel in colorful fashion over its coverage, is joining CNN as a contributor, the WarnerMedia network confirmed Monday.Goldberg, a longtime editor at National Review and a founder of The Dispatch, will appear on CNN programs as news networks gear up for the 2022 midterm elections. He and another popular conservative commentator, Stephen Hayes, took to the “Media Equation” column of The New York Times in November to say they were cutting ties with Fox News Channel, where they had been contributors since 2009.
It sounds like Lisa Ling is really glad she doesn’t have to co-host The View full time anymore — especially after an awkward moment behind the scenes recently.
NEW YORK -- The author of the bestselling “The Women of the Bible Speak,” Fox News host and commentator Shannon Bream, has a followup book coming out this spring.Fox News Books, the book publishing arm of Fox News Media, announced Wednesday that Bream's “The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families” will be released March 29.
Lisa Ling is opening up about how you really have to raise your voice to be heard on The View panel.
Lisa Ling recently made her return to “The View” as a guest co-host, but don’t expect her to be a permanent fixture on the daytime talk show.
as a guest co-host, but don't expect her to be a permanent fixture on the daytime talk show.The 48-year-old journalist, who co-hosted from 1999 to 2002, was a guest on Monday, and recalled what it was like to return to the panel of ladies, and how it differed from when she was on the program.«You really have to express your opinion so vociferously on that show, and in the age of social media, you're just scrutinized so severely,» Ling explained.She told Kimmel that on her first day back on, she got into a heated argument when she said that President Joe Biden «should apologize to the American people» for calling Fox News' Peter Doocy a «stupid son of a b**ch» on a hot mic.Ling said the «little debate» was written up as she was «causing chaos» on the show.«I get along great with the women,» she told Kimmel, before adding, «Although, during a commercial break, Joy [Behar] did tell me that I was talking too much.»Kimmel said he thought they may have too many people on the panel, to which Ling responded, «It is really difficult to get a word in edgewise. I did a little better this time.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDan Bongino, the right-wing commentator and Fox News host, was permanently banned by YouTube for trying to bypass the platform’s suspension of one of his accounts over a violation of the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy.Bongino’s two YouTube channels, including his main channel that most recently had about 882,000 subscribers, have been removed from the platform. In addition, he is barred from establishing any YouTube channels in the future.“We terminated Dan Bongino’s channels for circumventing our Terms of Service by posting a video while there was an active strike and suspension associated with the account,” a YouTube rep said in a statement to Variety.
supported Acosta when his White House press pass was briefly revoked during that era. On Monday night, CNN’s Jake Tapper also defended Doocy, telling a late-night host Jimmy Kimmel — who was amused by Biden’s remarks — that the comments were inappropriate from any leader.
Joe Biden is back to his old self.
President Joe Biden responded to a question about inflation on Monday by calling a Fox News reporter a vulgarity.
Laura Ingraham impersonated Kate McKinnon’s “Saturday Night Live” impression of the Fox News personality.
calling the reporter “a stupid son of a bitch” — but CNN’s Lisa Ling doesn’t think it was quite enough. On Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” Ling asserted that Biden should formally apologize to the entire country.During a press conference on Monday, Doocy asked whether the president thought inflation would be a liability for the midterm elections, prompting the president’s snarky reply.
the very first cold open by playing Donald Trump. Johnson had previously become a viral hit for his Trump impression, and he while on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on Tuesday night he revealed the key to unlocking his uncanny vocal likeness.Johnson revealed that when he first started doing his Trump impression, it was born out of his anger at the president.
CNN’s Jake Tapper defended Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy on Monday night, the same day President Joe Biden called Doocy a “stupid son of a bitch.”“I don’t think any president should be calling any journalist a dumb son of a bitch, and to be fair to Peter Doocy, the question was fairly anodyne,” Tapper told late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, who was reveling in the insult and laughed about it during the opening monologue on his long-running ABC program. Kimmel was surprised and said as much: “Fox News says that you’re on Team Biden and you are a mouthpiece for the Democrats, and yet here you are defending Peter Doocy, who, as far as I have been able to tell, is indeed a dumb son of a bitch.”“I do not agree with that and I will say standards for decency don’t have to do with whether or not you like the people that are being treated poorly.
President Joe Biden responded to a question about inflation on Monday by calling a Fox News reporter a vulgarity.
Peter Doocy, 34, unintentionally stepped into the spotlight on Jan. 24 when President Joe Biden, 79, shockingly responded to a question he asked him about inflation by calling him a “stupid son of a b*tch.” It’s unknown if Joe knew his mic was on at the time of his response, but it got the attention of many people shortly after. “Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?” the Fox News reporter asked the politician at a White House event before he answered, “It’s a great asset—more inflation. What a stupid son of a b*tch.”
President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic on Monday (January 24), seemingly calling a Fox News reporter a “stupid son of a b-tch.”
pic.twitter.com/Tt4ZVz5YnjReaction on the cable news channels was swift, with Doocy appearing on the Fox News show “The Five” in a stand-up news hit outside the White House.“Yeah, nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it’s not true,” Doocy joked to a laughing panel of hosts, including anchor Jesse Watters.Doocy laughs it off."Nobody has fact checked him yet and says it's not true." pic.twitter.com/KXeDXjDil6CNN had their White House reporter on to address the possibility Biden didn’t know his comments would be picked up by microphones. There was little possibility of that, according to Kaitlan Collins“He was speaking on a microphone,” Collins reported.