Now that Rupert Murdoch has been practically run out of the U.K. newspaper publishing business, it seems he wants to expand his holdings in the U.S. market. According to the Los Angeles Times, executives from Murdoch's News Corporation have held "preliminary talks" with the paper's debt holders. The Times is owned by Tribune Co., which also owns the Chicago Tribune. A report by Reuters kinda sorta plays down the rumor but also says the Times is "standing by" its report. Furthermore, FoxBusiness.com has an article saying Murdoch is "looking to buy" the LA Times.

Catherine Herridge is supposed to be an objective reporter on Fox News and she’s got some impressive journalism credentials.  But during a visit to the Justice with Jeanine show yesterday, when she was supposedly reporting on the latest in the Middle East, Herridge gratuitously opined that the Obama administration “emboldens” the enemy in Libya. 

ROFLMAO. On this morning's Fox & Friends, Focus on the Family's President, Jim Daly, spoke about his new book which is about how to accept those with different views without demonizing them. This is the same guy who, earlier this year said that Satan is promoting gay marriage because “he hates marriage because it’s a reflection of God’s image.” Also, Heather Nauert said that liberals are the most intolerant people. Guess she's never read the toxic sludge, written on Fox Nation, by some rather intolerant right wing Christians.

The right wing isn't exactly enamored of the gay community. Not only do they feel that same sex attraction is a perverse "choice;" but that the gay community is trying to foist a degenerate "gay agenda" on godly heterosexuals - a meme that has been advanced by Fox News on a number of occasions. But for Fox, it appears that not all gays are created equal and those who support Mitt Romney are just fine and dandy. Such was the case, last week, when Gretchen Carlson interviewed Jimmy LaSalvia, Executive Director of GOProud, a group of conservative gays which has Ann Coulter on their board - yes, that Ann Coulter who agrees with Rick Santorum that gay rights "are not civil rights." Suffice to say that some in the mainstream gay community aren't exactly enamored of GOProud; but that didn't stop Fox & Friends from using Mr. LaSalvia as a convenient prop to show that Mitt Romnney is so awesome that even teh gays are embracing him - not!

On Fox Business' show, Markets Now, on Friday (10/19/12), regular guest Wayne Rogers was asked to comment on research showing that policy uncertainty is at its highest level in almost 30 years and supposedly costing Americans two million jobs. Near the end of the clip, Rogers called it, “a failure in Keynesian economics I think.” He added, “You can’t just spend your way out of a recession. If you read Paul Krugman, who I think is retarded…” (Updated with video)

Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words. So while I'm conjuring up my next thousand words for the posts for today, check out this cartoon of the Carlson-Hannity-Drudge Ltd. RACE BAIT SHOP. H/T long-time reader "mj - the same one." Thanks, mj!

Sometimes something happens that dispels all doubt of Fox News’ bias so effectively that it needs no explanation. Take Ben Stein’s appearance on the Ocober 18^th Fox & Friends when he announced that cutting spending isn’t enough, we also have to raise tax rates on people making at least $2 million a year. Steve Doocy interrupted him to say forcefully, “So you don’t think WASHINGTON JUST HAS A SPENDING. PROBLEM,” while the other two stared daggers his way. Then they spent the next two minutes trying (and failing) to coax him to exactly that talking point. 

While Bill O'Reilly's satirical doppelganger, Stephen Colbert, doesn't see color, the real Bill O'Reilly doesn't see the real war on women's reproductive rights that is being waged as we speak. As Bill needs to be educated on this matter, I submit, for his edification, the Florida ballot issue Amendment Number 6.

Sarah Palin’s brother and father went all Tagg Romney on Hannity last night as her brother revealed that there have been times when “I’ve had to hold him back from going after some of these people” that have attacked her verbally. Oh, and her father also indirectly said Palin lied in her book.

Roger Ailes, head of Fox News, has signed a new four-year contract to head Fox News, Fox Business, Fox stations, and 20th Television. Ailes' new contract may match Rupert Murdoch's salary of $30 million.