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Fox News host Greta Van Susteren and Tucker Carlson were still at odds at the end of a heated seven-minute debate over Mike Tyson's extremely graphic comments about Sarah Palin.

Tucker Carlson, Greta Van Susteren, and the 'Fox News civil war'

Carlson and Van Susteren spar over the media's coverage of Mike Tyson's sexually explicit comments about Mama Grizzly

 
Fox News : Best Video
Sarah Palin earns more than $1 million dollars a year as a Fox News contributor, even as she flirts with the notion of running for president in 2012.

Proof that Fox News goes easy on Sarah Palin?

Two Fox hosts admit on-air that they pull punches when discussing Mama Grizzly — then insist they were only joking

 
Fox News : Instant Guide
The Fox News politics Twitter feed has deleted these hacker-produced tweets, which falsely announced Monday that President Obama had been assassinated.

The 'malicious' Fox News hackers who claimed Obama was dead

Followers of Fox News' political Twitter feed started their Fourth with a shock: Six tweets reporting the fake news that President Obama was assassinated. How did this happen?  

 
Fox News : Fact Sheet
President Richard Nixon is all smiles in a 1969 photo: Gawker reports that the original idea for Fox News was "buried deep within the Richard Nixon Presidential Library," in a 1970 memo.

Did Fox News originate in the Nixon White House?

Gawker unearths a decades-old memo that suggests Roger Ailes was an early proponent of Fox-style news — even when he was a young Nixon aide  

 
Fox News : Opinion Brief
For the record, this is not Sarah Palin, but Tina Fey impersonating the former Alaska Governor. Unfortunately, FoxNews didn't catch that before it was used in a report.

Fox News' Tina Fey-Sarah Palin mixup

The cable news network that employs the former Alaska governor accidentally subs in a photo of the comedienne imitating Palin

 
Fox News : The List
Though Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes was drawn to Sarah Palin soon after her 2008 national political debut, he now reportedly thinks she's none too bright, according to New York magazine.

New York's 'epic' Fox News exposé: 5 takeaways

Gabriel Sherman delves into the fraught politics and brash personalities of Fox News, especially its chief, Roger Ailes. Here are five key talking points

 
Fox News : Opinion Brief
Glenn Beck may want Andrew Napolitano to replace him, but some say rising Fox News star Megyn Kelly (right) is ready to move into Beck's 5 p.m. slot.

Who should succeed Glenn Beck?

Some commentators say Megyn Kelly is the best bet to replace the mercurial Fox News host. But Kelly's is hardly the only name being bandied about

 
Fox News : Opinion Brief
Former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is just the latest politician to join the Fox News team as a paid contributor.

Why is Democrat Evan Bayh joining Fox News?

The moderate former Democratic senator will provide political commentary for Fox. Is Bayh betraying Democrats, or just making a smart business decision?

 
Fox News : Opinion Brief
While their Republican colleagues (and potential presidential contenders) are suspending their Fox News consulting gigs, Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee remain on contract with the network.

Why didn't Fox suspend Palin and Huckabee too?

Fox News benches Newt Gingrich until he decides if he's running for president or not. Does this mean that his fellow Fox contributors Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee aren't running?

 
Fox News : Opinion Brief
Fox News aired this footage of a rally in California, but suggested it was actually part of the Wisconsin union protests.

Did Fox News mislead viewers on Wisconsin?

On Bill O'Reilly's show, a discussion of violence at the Madison protests is accompanied by video shot in California

 
Fox News : Opinion Brief
Fox News chief Roger Ailes may be indicted for allegedly urging an employee to lie to federal prosecutors about an affair, according to one report.

Will Roger Ailes be indicted?

Speculation is rampant that the Fox News chief is about to get the book thrown at him for allegedly telling a former employee to lie to the feds

 
Fox News : Opinion Brief
Fox News producer Jesse Watters gives a would-be ambush interviewer from Think Progress some tips -- noting, for example, that the cellphone camera approach is "kind of weak."

Think Progress vs. Fox News: The art of the ambush interview

A Fox producer known for surprise interviews gets ambushed himself... and offers his assailant some tips on proper ambush style

 
Fox News : Opinion Brief
Bret Baier's impromptu rendition of "Rapper's Delight" bumped the Fox News host from a mere cable TV star to a YouTube sensation.

Fox News' Bret Baier: A rapping delight?

The cable-news fixture revealed some fierce hip-hop talent at a golf tournament. Is he the Eminem of political reporters?

 
Fox News : Opinion Brief
Joan Rivers and Sarah Palin: Rivers says her scheduled "Fox and Friends" appearance was scrapped because she had made anti-Palin remarks.

Joan Rivers vs. Sarah Palin: Censorship at Fox News?

The notorious comedienne claims her "Fox and Friends" appearance was canceled after she called Sarah Palin "stupid." Really?

 
Fox News : Best Column
Roger Ailes was once told by his father to fight every fight like "it's life and death."

Esquire's Roger Ailes profile: 6 takeaways

The magazine's self-proclaimed "exclusive and unbiased investigation" of the Fox News mastermind has people talking, about both the article's style and its subject. Here, six things to know

 
Fox News : Opinion Brief
The latest "FoxLeaks" memo dates from late 2009 and focuses on climate-change coverage.

Is Fox News pushing climate change skepticism?

Another leaked memo appears to show Fox News urging its reporters to slant the news — this time, in favor of global-warming skeptics

 

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