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Posted at 9:35pm on Jan. 2, 2008 Fred on Fox: 'Please, Let's Talk About Something Important'

Fox News anchor fails to ask a single substantive question

By Bluey

I've just about had it with the nonstop campaign coverage of Iowa. The media's obsession with horse-race politics -- who's up, who's down -- is absolutely nauseating. My local newspaper, the Washington Post, has all but abandoned substantive stories about public policy in favor of lengthy articles examining poll numbers and negative ads.

Worse still is the coverage on cable TV. All of the 24-hour news networks are to blame, but today Fox News Channel took the cake. Anchor Jane Skinner was responsible for quite possibly the worst interview of the entire presidential race. Her chat with Fred Thompson began with a question about when he was going to drop out and then continued with another about why he was lazy. Thompson pleaded with Skinner to ask a tough question, and she instead came back to defend her line of questioning.

If there's one thing I like about Fred Thompson, it's his willingness to talk about the serious policy debates taking place in America. How sad is it that someone of Jane Skinner's importance couldn't come up with one question of substance? Shame on her.

Hat tip: Blogs for Fred Thompson

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Posted at 7:33pm on Dec. 6, 2007 Kudos to Gretchen Carlson of Fox News

By Vladimir

I was half-listening to Fox and Friends this morning while getting ready for work, and I heard co-anchor Gretchen Carlson say something quite surprising. (Anyway, I think it was her...)

She declined to use the murderer's name in her discussion of yesterday's Omaha mall killings. By doing so, she denied him, albeit in small measure, some of the notoriety he sought in death.

If this becomes a trend, just maybe it will discourage the next psychopath from thinking that 15 minutes of fame will be their reward for some shocking crime.

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Posted at 7:51pm on Nov. 25, 2007 Fred Claims Fox Bias

By California Yankee

In an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson accused the network of bias against his campaign.

During the interview, Chris Wallace pressed Thompson on how some conservatives have lambasted Thompson's campaign and showed clips of Fox conservative commentators Charles Krauthammer and Fred Barnes criticizing the former senator. Fred responded by attacking Fox:

"This has been a constant mantra of Fox, to tell you the truth." He noted that other conservatives have praised his bid for the GOP nomination and took issue with a Fox promo that focused on polling in New Hampshire, where Thompson is registering in the single digits.

He said he is running second in national polls and has been leading or tied for the lead in South Carolina for "a long, long time."

Thompson, in a firm, but measured tone, scolded Wallace: "...for you to highlight nothing but the negatives in terms of the polls and then put on your own guys who have been predicting for four months, really, that I couldn't do it, kind of skew things a little bit. There's a lot of other opinion out there."

Fred didn't come off well in the exchange, which reminded me a little of Bill Clinton's temper tantrum during a Wallace interview.

You can watch a video clip of the exchange below:

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