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About Our New Site:

By the time you read this, chances are our new site is up and running. We’ve got lots of new functionalities here that we’ve yet to fully explore and develop. But here are a few:

Political Capital:

With our move to the Nationbuilder platform we are making NewsHounds more interactive, and we want YOU to take part in building our community!

Every time you take an action which spreads the word about NewsHounds - for example, through "liking" a post or page, sending tips via the "who's been naughty" page, or using the "share" button - you add "points" to your political capital, which is a measure of your helpful participation in the NewsHounds Nation. Your points are shown on the sidebar when you are logged in.

Once you have accumulated a certain number of points you will be able to "spend" your political capital by exchanging points for merchandise. We will be updating the NewsHound store and setting up the reward system in the near future, but you can start building up your political capital right now, and compare your progress to others on the "leaderboard" page, which you can access through the sidebar. Updated info on points and rewards will be posted to the blog as we fine-tune the system, but in the meantime you can get clikcing and pile up those points!

Please note that members of the Newshounds blogging team are not eligible for rewards, and that all points belonging to banned commenters will be removed.

Who's Been Naughty On Fox?

We'd love examples, from you, gentle readers, of Foxes and Foxettes being naughty so that we can, metaphorically speaking, spank those in need of discipline at Fox News - because lord knows, they're not producing wisdom!

Use this form to send us any sightings of misbehavior at Fox News - lies, spin, distortions or propaganda - including as much information as possible to help us verify your report.

So stay tuned… We’ll be adding more new and exciting features as we go along.

About the News Hounds:

Like many projects, this one started out as something else. In early 2004, eight middle-aged citizens from different backgrounds and locations around the USA teamed up via MoveOn.org and the internet (thank you, Al Gore!) to volunteer our services for OUTFOXED, a documentary film by Robert Greenwald regarding Fox News Channel. For approximately three months, each of us watched FNC conscientiously for five or more hours a week and posted our findings regarding Fox's self-proclaimed mission of fair and balanced reporting.

Appalled by our results, we, who would not meet in person until months later, banded together in cyberspace in concern and outrage over the failure of American media, and Fox News in particular, to relate the news properly. Rather than serve as the public's eyes and ears, Fox and other media conglomerates have become echo chambers for the rich and powerful with whom they have become all too cozy. This blog is an attempt to counter that alarming condition. We believe that a viable democracy depends upon viable media. We invite you to join us in our efforts here and elsewhere to make a difference in the future of our country.

We offer special thanks to Robert Greenwald, Laurel Busby, Kate McArdle and the rest of the staff at Robert Greenwald Productions, our wonderful Blogfather Jim Gilliam (voted world's best by news hounds across America), MoveOn.org and Center for American Progress with whom we have felt so proud and privileged to associate. We send you and the rest of the media-watching, listening and reading population our News Hounds shout out.

Our hope is that you will visit this site regularly so that over time you will come to see, as we have, the ways in which Fox News in particular, lies and distorts its "news" reporting and spins in favor of the Republican party. Let's put the dogs (and a fox or two) in the doghouse where they belong. We have them OUTFOXED!

Disclaimer: This blog belongs to the News Hounds who were unpaid volunteer Fox News researchers for the movie, Outfoxed. We have no ongoing formal association with MoveOn.org nor have we ever received any funding from George Soros.

July 27, 2005 Update: Our pack has grown! We were sorry to say good-bye to News Hound Eleanor last fall and we wish her all the best. But we have found some great new recruits in Donna and newest pup, Janie.

September, 2012: Change happens... The latest configuration includes original News Hounds Ellen plus newer regulars Priscilla, Brian, Aria and others.

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Andrew Leadbeater commented 2013-04-05 02:50:22 -0400 · Flag

Why don’t you have a website like this for MSNBC? Oh, wait, silly me.

James Taylor commented 2013-03-14 15:38:37 -0400 · Flag

Here is the problems with non Catholic and or Protestant/Lutheran contributors to Fox News. My wife and I of 51 years watch the Fox News program everyday.
I don’t know how many times their news personalities keep saying the they are Catholic and have Father Jonathan and other members of the Roman Catholic Church make comment on their religion and promote the Roman Catholic Church.
Whenever, a non RC Christian says something they only say that they are Christian. I think that is great, but in reality they are not promoting their belief’s by telling their denomination…which would led to why the corruption in the Roman Cathodic Church led to the Reformation. All Martin Luther wanted to do was to get the Church back to the bible and that we are saved by faith alone and we don’t pray to Saints and our “Mary”, belive in purgatory ( a big money maker pay to have prayers said to get people into heaven). Especially indulgences.

I believe the believe that Mary was born without original sin was in 1854 was told by a Pope. There is no biblical support or scriptural basis for the Immaculate Conception of Mary doctrine. Mary, although favored of God, was an ordinary human being. According to Scripture, only Jesus Christ was immaculately conceived, born of a virgin, and born without sin. He was the only human being to live a sinless life.
So what I wold like to hear Protestants when are on Fox News say that that are “Baptists”, Lutherans" Methodists, etc.
I have been told many time by Roman Catholics that they are Christian but Catholic first. So if Protestants on Fox News only say they are Christian and don’t say any domination, in my opinion they are almost admitting they can not match up to Roman Catholics beliefs. Sometime take they time to read the Knights Of Columbus oath You will be amazed what they think about Protestants.

ty mac commented 2013-03-11 23:01:12 -0400 · Flag

Why don’t you do this for MSNBC or CNN?

…latte-lapping liberals…

Dennis McHale commented 2013-02-20 15:32:41 -0500 · Flag

How’s is your scarlet letter doing?

SanityisSubjective commented 2013-01-05 12:07:42 -0500 · Flag

@ Len T-
So you “found this page” while “googling a quote” and felt the need to comment about how wrong-minded and horrible it is…and yet in three comments never once giving an example of where this website is inaccurate or wrong. Just three posts of ad hominem attacks.
How very not surprising.
Why don’t you point out for us all, provide evidence, support your hypothesis and conclusion, exactly where this website got it wrong? Where is it inaccurate in it’s discussion, commentary or reporting? Why did it not occur to you that facts and examples carry weight? What has this website spun or distorted? Which pieces are propaganda, and why?
Your major point seems to be a gospel quote, why is it relevant? Explain yourself.

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Len T commented 2013-01-04 17:09:28 -0500 · Flag

Today, I happened across your website while Googling a quote. This was the first time I’d seen Newshounds. I admit, its awesome & amazing. But, may I suggest you all take a step back, maybe meditate, do something to snap out of your zealous fanaticism and take a thoughtful look at what you write? Somewhere in your Hounds quest to out fox Fox News, you have become rabid wolves. Your myopic tunnel vision has blinded you and you do OUT FOX Fox news. “The pot calling to kettle black” comes to mind, but it would probably be more apt to describe this site as: the crusty, burned, black pot calling the slightly tarnished kettle black. You have far outdone Fox News in your spin, distortion and propaganda.

“Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?”

I’ll cautiously leave out the source of the quote for those of you who may not be familiar with it.

Ro Walsh commented 2012-12-30 19:54:46 -0500 · Flag

FIRST OFF KID..YOU NEED TO GET AN EDUCATION. SMALL BUSINESSES GO UP TO 500 EMPLOYEES AND YES..ACCORDING TO IRS AND CBO. MORE THAN 50 PERCENT MAKE OVER 250 GRAND. IN MY AREA, TEACHERS, POLICE.FIREMEN FAMILIES ARE MAKING THAT EASILY. THAT IS 250 GRAND DUAL INCOME!!! OUR TEACHERS IN MY TOWN WITH TEN YEARS IN ARE MAKING OVER 130 GRAND PER YEAR..WE HAVE POLICE MAKING 189 GRAND, ETC ETC… SO ADD THEIR PAYCHECK TO THEIR SPOUSES AND YES..THEY ARE OVER THAT..250 GRAND TODAY ARE UPPER MIDDLE CLASS.
BUT THAT IS OK KID..KEEP YOUR NOSE HERE AT YOUR PUTER AND YOU WILL NEVER SEE THAT TYPE OF INCOME. JUST STOP THE LIES.NO NEED FOR THEM.

Sal Fabozzi commented 2012-12-27 07:57:12 -0500 · Flag

What? Can’t get enough of your leftist propaganda from the other media outlets?

Christopher Smith commented 2012-12-04 21:37:58 -0500 · Flag

Great Job on the site!

Ellen commented 2012-07-08 01:01:51 -0400 · Flag

Not when you consider the mountain of evidence pointing the other way. Also, just because a thief doesn’t always steal doesn’t mean he’s not a thief.

Mark Fisher commented 2012-07-07 12:58:31 -0400 · Flag

Doesn’t the fact that FOX allows such speech by guests undermine your premise?

D-0ne commented 2012-01-03 13:51:11 -0500 · Flag

I miss this place.

NewsHound Alex commented 2011-12-16 17:31:45 -0500 · Flag

Hi ez,

As far as I can tell an avatar only appears if you sign in via Twitter or Facebook. The site then grabs your avatar from there. A tad unfair to those who don’t do the social media thing, I suppose, but it’s a feature that comes with the platform.

The old stories are archived. Go to the search box at the bottom of your personal navigation box in the righthand column, add your keywords, hit “search” and ta-daaaaaa —NewsHounds history!

ez commented 2011-12-14 05:02:43 -0500 · Flag

how do you turn on the ability to put up an avatar. I see a greyed out square with OPC but nowhere in the profile area to add one…

ez commented 2011-12-14 04:50:28 -0500 · Flag

ehhhhhhhhhhhh, I realise it’s early, but where are the ‘old’ stories?