mediabistro.com - 11/25/2008
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Despite a report that Sean Hannity will soon helm FNC's 9pmET alone when Alan Colmes departs at the end of the year, a Fox News executive tells TVNewser no decision has been made.
"Contrary to what The New York Times is reporting, a final decision has not been made," says SVP of ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/21/2008
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Nate Silver [NS]: Do you stand by all
the statements in the survey as being unambiguously true?
John Ziegler [JZ]: I stand one hundred percent by the notion that there is absolutely zero ambiguity as to what the right answer is to any of the ...
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Did Talk Radio Kill Conservatism?
tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/24/2008
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tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com —
"Hannity & Colmes" will soon be without "Colmes."
Alan Colmes, the longtime liberal half of the Fox
News Channel prime time program, will leave the show at the end of the year, the network announced Monday.
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One Half of 'Hannity & Colmes' Is Leaving
politico.com - 11/24/2008
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politico.com —
Fox News announced that after 12 years, Alan
Colmes will be leaving the top-rated "Hannity & Colmes"
at the end of the year. “I approached Bill Shine (FNC’s Senior Vice President of Programming) earlier this year about ...
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Hannity and Colmes split up
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Shots from the Show 11/25
Tammy Bruce —
**This post will be updated throughout the show**
Get ready Georgia, on Dec 1: Palin to Campaign for Chambliss in Georgia
More gossip re H&C; After C: No Decision Yet on Hannity Going it Alone
MSU installs a foot-washing facility
Martha Stewart, the woman who's worth 100s of million of dollars, and who told us to "suck it up" when it comes to Obama's tax increases, is now upset at the Palin turkey "massacre" video. While I don't blame Martha for hating the BUsh admin after what his ridiculous DOJ ...
NYT: Hannity’s going solo; Fox News: Not necessarily
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... cites two sources “close to the network” but FNC exec Bill Shine claims they’re blowing smoke. Another unnamed exec tells TV Newser in an update: A Fox News insider with direct knowledge of the situation questions the motive of the New York Times sources, but tells TVNewser, “Roger [Ailes] is brilliant and he realizes Hannity cannot carry the show alone for an hour like O’Reilly. If we were to even go in this direction, one of the possibilities would have to include surrounding Sean with packages and panels with diverse personalities.” Colmes supposedly started talking ...
TV Newser confirms: Hannity to go solo at 9 p.m.
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... , prompting a formal denial by Fox exec Bill Shine the next day followed by a shot across the bow from an unnamed FNC “insider” who ...
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