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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Fox Business Network

1. August 19, 2011 03:48 PM

   Jon Stewart On Fox’s Reverse Class Warfare

   Meantime, the Journal notes leading GOP candidates want to raise taxes... on the poor

   By Ryan Chittum

   Yesterday, The Daily Show had one of Jon Stewart's greatest takedowns of Fox News—which is saying something. The jumping-off point is Warren Buffett's recent New York Times op-ed in which he pointed out, as he has numerous times over the years, that billionaires like himself pay lower tax rates than their secretaries and called for tax increases on millionaires. That...

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2. June 16, 2011 09:31 AM

   On Eric Bolling’s “Hizzy” Fit

   Is anyone watching (at) Fox Business Network?

   By Liz Cox Barrett

   In the thick of the 2008 presidential election season, the Wall Street Journal detected a trend: "Television news organizations, facing unprecedented scrutiny, have often expressed contrition for poorly chosen words during this election season." (Does "Obama's Baby Mama" or "terrorist fist jab" ring a bell?) Perhaps it was Monday night's contrite(ish) on-air "editorial note" from anchor Eric Bolling on Fox...

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3. February 28, 2011 01:03 PM

   PolitiFact Shows A Fox Host Is Wrong, But Hedges Its Verdict (UPDATED)

   By Ryan Chittum

   For an organization whose reason for being is to judge what's a fact and what's not, PolitiFact sure has a funny idea of what "true" means. Or "Barely True," as it says. Audit commenter Thimbles points to a PolitiFact piece on Fox Business Network anchor Eric Bolling. Bolling told a whopper on air, and PolitiFact is good to point out...

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