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E.D. Hill To Leave Fox News Channel (Fired over comment about Obama)
http://www.mediabistro.com ^ | Monday, Nov 17 | www.mediabistro.com

Posted on 11/18/2008 10:54:41 PM PST by Maelstorm

Exclusive: TVNewser has learned veteran Fox News Channel anchor E.D. Hill will not be renewed when her current contract expires. Hill, who has been with Fox News for more than 10 years, will continue with the network for the next few months until her current deal expires.

SVP of Programming Bill Shine tells TVNewser that he "chose not to renew E.D.'s latest contract" but noted that "Hill has been a valued contributor to the success of FNC over the years, and we wish her all the best."

Hill has been without a regular Fox News program since June 16, when America's Pulse was replaced by two hours of Live Desk. Ten days earlier Hill used the term terrorist fist jab when promoting an upcoming body language segment that was going to look into the primary night fist bump shared by Barack and Michelle Obama.

For most of her nearly 11 years at FNC Hill anchored Fox & Friends. In 2006 she moved to a late morning program then to the afternoons where, in the months leading up to the election, she'd been filling in on America's Election HQ.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andsoitbegins; cowardice; edhill; fairnessdoctrine; fox; foxjumpedtheshark; foxnews; freespeech; hill; jab; jumpthefox; jumptheshark; nofreespeech; obama; obamatransitionfile; tabloid; terrorist
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To: WildcatClan
IMO, there are some personalities that need to have others to play off of. In a way, Hill is a Couric type. Take her away from the ensemble and she's not a compelling draw.

I never watched anything with her after she left Fox & Friends. Megyn Kelly, in contrast, can hold her own (intellectually included) in the studio or work with partners as well. Geraldo, in contrast, needs to be flying solo.


(invoking the rule: Kelly)

101 posted on 11/19/2008 6:51:15 AM PST by sayfer bullets ("I didn't leave..., ...the party left me.")
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To: sayfer bullets

I’ll go wherever ED goes. I just plain like her and miss her. Well unless she goes to MSNBC...or CNN


102 posted on 11/19/2008 6:55:45 AM PST by queenkathy (Pray 4 Josh... www.carepages.com ( joshuaourwarrior) brain injury from allergy shot)
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To: Maelstorm

My guess is Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal had a hand in this. He’s, according to Time magazine, the “Warren Buffett of Saudi Arabia” and the 19th richest person in the world according to Forbes. His biggest investments are reported to include Citigroup and News Corps., parent of FOX News. He also owns shares in Coca-Cola, Ford, McDonald’s, Amazon.com, Disney, Time Warner.

This Prince was the guy who wanted to donate 10 million to NYC after 9-11, but Guiliani refused to accept it. Apparently, he loves to donate to Muslim charities...In 2002, the Saudi Arabian government raised more than $100 million for Palestinians through live, government-organized telethons. The purpose for hosting the telethons was to benefit the families of “martyrs,” otherwise known as suicide bombers. Billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal donated $27 million to the Palestinian fund. In 2005, he donated $20 million each to Harvard and Georgetown Universities for Islamic studies programs.

Some believe that this guy is the person behind Obama’s education. It’s been circulating on the web that what bin Talal wants, he gets. If it’s in America, he has used Dr. Khalid Abdullah Tariq al-Mansour (founder of Black Panthers, went to Harvard Law School, Opec representative) to help him acquire it. Al-Monsour and the Prince go way back into the 1970s. His relationship with the Prince helped al-Monsour become legal counsel to King Saud.

Tie these guys to Obama?

There a guy named Percy Sutton. Sutton, the founder of Inner City Broadcasting. He claims al-Mansour contacted him to ask a favor: Would Sutton write a letter in support of Obama’s application to Harvard Law School?

“He wrote to me about him,” Sutton recalled. “And his introduction was there is a young man that has applied to Harvard. I know that you have a few friends up there because you used to go up there to speak. Would you please write a letter in support of him?”

Sutton said he acted on his friend al-Mansour’s advice.

“I wrote a letter of support of him to my friends at Harvard, saying to them I thought there was a genius that was going to be available and I certainly hoped they would treat him kindly,” Sutton told NY1.

Sutton did not say why al-Mansour was helping Obama, how he discovered him, or from whom he was raising money on Obama’s behalf.


103 posted on 11/19/2008 6:57:08 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: F15Eagle

That didn’t stop Obamas momma.


104 posted on 11/19/2008 6:58:50 AM PST by omega4179 (1-20-2013)
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To: csmusaret

Right it is either sexism or political correctness.


106 posted on 11/19/2008 7:04:05 AM PST by omega4179 (1-20-2013)
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To: omega4179

It is FNC’s business model. Young attractive women, preferably blonde, make the best reporters. Ratings lagging? Show video clips of scantily clad women. It has worked well for ten years.


107 posted on 11/19/2008 7:07:20 AM PST by csmusaret (I'd rather have a sister in a whorehouse than have a brother in the US Congress.)
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To: RepoGirl
"...he didn’t have that GREAT theme song! Or that cook rikshaw style car! ;-)"

You're right. He was too cool for gimmicks ;-)

108 posted on 11/19/2008 7:09:50 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: RepoGirl
hong kong phooey! wow. blast from the past:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kon4czfAHu4&feature=related
109 posted on 11/19/2008 7:18:15 AM PST by CanadianMusherinMI (drill baby drill/mine baby mine!)
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To: CanadianMusherinMI

Wow, that was really something. Thanks for posting.


110 posted on 11/19/2008 7:19:26 AM PST by Aggie Mama
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To: Maelstorm

Sorry to hear that, remember ED from when she was back here in Pittsburgh as E.D. Tarbauch


111 posted on 11/19/2008 7:19:42 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Maelstorm

She will write a book and sub for Rush, and make much more money.


112 posted on 11/19/2008 7:28:36 AM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts! Republicans do!)
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To: Maelstorm
mr. shine is a fool and fox news is racing towards cnn/msnbc level irrelevance.

Hopefully, someone will step up and fill the void fox is leaving in it's wake and create a news channel that isn't infested with left leaning imbeciles like mr. shine.

Until that day, I shall gather my news exclusively from the net.

113 posted on 11/19/2008 7:30:52 AM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (There are 1522 days until marxist occupation ends. What are you doing to shorten the war?)
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To: Lily4Jesus

Must get that 5% of the MSM not properly trained in the art of Hussein adoration and protection, out of the way.


114 posted on 11/19/2008 7:49:48 AM PST by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: Tzimisce
A picture is worth a thousand words.


115 posted on 11/19/2008 7:52:39 AM PST by Islander7 (This Atlas is shrugging! ~ I am Joe!)
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To: Maelstorm

FoxNews has become just another Communist propaganda channel. We removed it from our cable lineup. E.D. Hill was a good host. That “terrorist fist jab” is exactly what it is. She had every right to call attention to it.

Rupert Murdoch owns FoxNews and is a strong supporter of Obama.


116 posted on 11/19/2008 7:59:16 AM PST by CodeToad
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To: Hawthorn
“(On the other hand, he made the wrong call when he let Kiran Chetry go to CNN. I’d trade her for E. D. any day!)”

I'm with you on that one, too.

117 posted on 11/19/2008 8:03:45 AM PST by repubpub
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To: DooDahhhh

Me, too. Every once in a while I peek at Fox, and the bias is actually more extreme than I first thought.

Internet news is all I need to keep abreast. Actually, it is better since I can read newspapers from around the world and find the stories news-network-Americans never hear about.

My life is better without the tv news. Definitely.


118 posted on 11/19/2008 8:14:23 AM PST by delphirogatio (I am the indication, not the confirmation.)
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To: Maelstorm

Erin Burnett-the MSNBC(?) finance reporterette-who referred-twice- to George W. Bush, the President of the United States as “the monkey in the middle” on TV, has no comment.


119 posted on 11/19/2008 8:49:18 AM PST by Mac from Cleveland (Joe Biden behind a microphone is like Ted Kennedy behind a steering wheel)
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To: HamiltonJay
> remember ED from when she was back here in Pittsburgh as E.D. Tarbauch <

Aren't you referring to Edye Tarbox?

(No wonder she changed her name!)

120 posted on 11/19/2008 9:03:28 AM PST by Hawthorn
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