Accuracy in Media

CNN reported Monday that longtime radio talk show host and frequent Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham will have her own show on the Fox News Channel. Ingraham will be part of a lineup reshuffle that will air her show at 10 p.m., move Sean Hannity back to his 9 p.m. slot, and The Five, which […]

Fox News hit a low point for the year on Friday night as MSNBC beat the top-rated cable news network in the 25-54 primetime demographic, which is what advertisers use to decide where to spend their ad dollars. Fox did better in total viewers, losing only the 9 p.m. slot–which they have done consistently since […]

Fox News Channel announced on Friday that a new show called Fox News Specialists, hosted by Eric Bolling, Katherine Timpf and Eboni K. Williams, will debut on Monday at 5 p.m., replacing The Five, which moved to 9 p.m. after the departure from the network of Bill O’Reilly. “Eric, Katherine and Eboni’s diverse opinions and backgrounds will […]

On the first night of their revamped primetime lineup, Fox News dominated the ratings and dashed the hopes of CNN and MSNBC that the departure of Bill O’Reilly would provide them their biggest opportunity in years to catch up to the longtime ratings king. Fox handily won every hour in primetime in both total viewers […]

Fox News announced today that the network and star host Bill O’Reilly have parted company in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against him: “After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the Company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel.” For O’Reilly, who […]

In what appears to be the equivalent of a “Hail Mary” in football, CNN’s Crossfire did something unusual this week by placing all four co-hosts (SE Cupp, Newt Gingrich, Van Jones, and Stephanie Cutter) on the program at the same time. CNN called this an “experiment,” but it is an obvious attempt to see if […]

It was bad enough for the Obama administration when David Sanger of The New York Times, who previously wrote a very pro-Obama book, recently said, “This is the most closed, control-freak administration I’ve ever covered.” And Leonard Downie, the former executive editor of The Washington Post said, “The administration’s war on leaks and other efforts to control […]

Last week, the liberal co-host of Fox News’ The Five, Bob Beckel, was a little perturbed that MSNBC had copied his show’s format by commenting that The Cycle “didn’t have a prayer.” If early ratings are any indication, Beckel may be right. The Cycle, which took the 3 p.m. time slot while Martin Bashir’s program moved to the 4 p.m. slot, […]

During a discussion on Fox News’ The Five about a new book issued by Casey Anthony’s attorney, Bob Beckel got a little wound up when he said the attorney is just “ripping off the system” to make a whole lot of money, which reminded him of MSNBC’s new afternoon program The Cycle. “It’s sort of like […]

MSNBC announced today that it will launch a new program on Monday called The Cycle to fill a hole in its lineup that was created when Dylan Ratigan announced a few weeks ago that he was leaving the network to pursue other opportunities. The network had previously decided to move Martin Bashir from the 3 […]