What happens when a supposedly objective news host promotes a conspiracy theory that President Obama threatened to have Chelsea Clinton killed in order to protect his secret foreign birth? Nothing - if you're a Fox News host. Apparently, Heather Childers' tweet "just asking" for "thoughts" on the subject was no impediment to her hosting America Live yesterday, which airs from 1-3 PM ET, during what Fox News claims is its "objective" news lineup. And, as usual, being part of Fox's "objective" news lineup was no impediment to promoting the Republican viewpoint.

The report of Great Britain's official investigation into News Corporation's phone hacking will be released November 29th and will probably recommend some kind of outside oversight of the press to replace the current self-regulation. On the one hand, this raises concerns about censorship. On the other hand, self-regulation clearly did not handle the outrageous practices that went on at News Corp. Meanwhile, whatever happens to News Corp. across the pond, the media conglomerate is busy buying up U.S. properties and sticking its nose into U.S. politics.

While many people are forced to make due on food stamps, Andrea Tantaros joked that she'd "look fabulous" if she lived on food stamps.

In addition to being neither fair nor balanced, Fox News isn't truthful. A classic example of their lack of truthiness is their recent multi-pronged attack on George Soros who, in right wing circles, is up there with Hitler, Stalin, and Bin Laden. Since the departure of Glenn Beck and his anti-Soros paranoia, there hasn't been a lot of Soros hysteria until recently when Fox decided to go all in against Soros with their claim, on several Fox shows (news and opinion) and Fox Nation, that Soros is the nefarious force behind planned Wal-Mart walk outs and protests. But here's the thing - that's just not true. And while Fox Nation has corrected (without noting the correction) the record, the words spoken by Fox partisans still stand. But there will, I'm sure, be on-air corrections. Ya think?!

For anyone who still harbors any illusion whatsoever that Fox News is a network of fairness and balance, consider the video of host Stuart Varney giving Walmart spokesman David Tovar what may just be the most apologetic, fawning, borderline promotion of an interview in the network’s history. Immediately followed by a banner ad saying that the segment was brought to us by Walmart. Oversight or metaphorical middle finger to the company’s employees? You be the judge.

On The Five two days ago, Greg Gutfeld smeared George Soros and activists at MoveOn.org calling for a Wal-Mart strike on Friday. It was the kind of language that would have had the Fox Newsies up in arms if a liberal had said such a thing about a conservative.

As we're getting ready for Turkey or Tofurkey or whatever, I thought you might enjoy re-watching this chestnut from last year via Funny or Die: Megyn Kelly's Pepper Spray Thanksgiving. 

Greta Van Susteren announced last night that Jill Kelley's sister has retained the services of attorney Gloria Allred. Jill Kelley, you may recall is the woman who received the allegedly harassing emails from General David Petraeus' mistress, thus triggering the investigation that led to his resignation. Although Van Susteren had no problem focusing on such trifles as Anthony Weiner's sexting, now she fretted that these latest developments would "take away" from Benghazi. What Van Susteren really means is that it may distract from helping Republicans use that tragedy to attack the Obama administration.

Fox & Friends is considered a Fox "opinion" show that is absolved from being "fair & balanced."  So you can understand why Fox "friend," Peter Johnson Jr., would interview an anti-union activist to blame unions for the demise of the Hostess Brands. But given that "America Live" show is supposed to be "real news, fair & balanced," you'd expect that a discussion of the Hostess situation would be done in a fair & balanced way which might include a spokesperson for the union rather than a right wing Fox hack. Actually, I'm being facetious because, given the partisan bias of Megyn Kelly, what you would expect is pure partisan hackery which is what was advanced on Monday's show during which the ever objective (hahahahaha) Lou Dobbs, during a discussion of the Twinkies company passing, blamed the baker's union. And in what was an unexpected treat, Ms. Kelly compared herself to the black & white cookie. True story.

The good news is that Sean Hannity stopped harping on “Benghazi-gate.” The bad news is that the latest outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East has got him lambasting Obama for appeasing and denying terrorism and not giving Israel his full-hearted support. On Monday night, when it looked like Israel was launching a ground offensive in Gaza, he brought super-hawk Oliver North onto the show to help him with the lambasting. North is busy promoting his Brand New Book, “Heroes Proved,” a novel in which a President claims the US is safe from terror and oh boy is he proved wrong. “Scary about how real life it is,” mused Hannity.