Fox News, In The News

In an attempt to show that the protests in Madison, Wisconsin have gotten increasingly violent, Monday night’s O’Reilly Factor showed a video to prove the point. The only problem, is that the video was not from Madison. Unless a palm tree grows in Madison. In February.  On a windy, snowy weekend.



My favorite part is when the reporter interviewed said it would take too long to answer Bill O’Reilly’s question about what organizations the outside infiltrators were associated with. Even my seven year old knows better than to pull that tactic with her 2nd grade teacher.

And in more news from Fox News, possible presidential contenders and Fox News analysts former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum have been suspended for 60 days. After that, they have until then May 1st to notify the network that they are not running.  Otherwise, bye-bye contracts.

A good take from Americablog Elections: The Right’s Field:

It's good that they're not precluding other announcements down the line, because Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee are in the same boat as Gingrich and Santorum. If I was Gingrich and Santorum, I'd be pushing Fox News executives to immediately treat Palin and Hucakbee the same.

It's also curious that in a cycle where leading Republicans have shown hesitance to formally announce, it will be the network that dishes out most major candidates' welfare checks that calls the question.

Will there be a similar timeline for Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee? Inquiring minds want to know.