[markomalley]

The THR article cited above says:

Rupert Murdoch continued Fox News Channel's duel with the White House on Friday while also announcing the termination of the network's left-leaning analyst Marc Lamont Hill.

Asked about the White House's recent suggestion that Fox News is acting like an arm of the Republican Party, Murdoch simply said at a shareholders meeting that the criticism has "tremendously increased their ratings."

White House officials have recently stepped up pointed criticism of Fox News in blog postings and media appearances.

Murdoch also said that Hill has been fired. He revealed the move after a shareholder had raised the question of how Hill was hired, citing his "reputation of defending cop killers and racists."

Hill, a frequent guest on "The O'Reilly Factor" and other Fox News shows, has been the target of increasing criticism on the blogosphere for alleged sympathies to controversial figures including Assata Shakur and Mumia Abu-Jamal. Though Hill bills himself as an expert on hip-hop culture, he also drew fire for serving as a liberal foil for various Fox News personalities on subjects far from his stated area of expertise.

Hill also recently defended ousted White House official Van Jones on "On the Record With Greta Van Susteren."

My comment: good.

Information provided as background to another thread posted here today.

[rightwingextremist1776]

My comment; GREAT! the more jobless lib “journalists” there are the better.

[evets]

When Fox News' Red Eye was discussing
Rush Limbaugh's parody Barack the Magic Negro...

Hill said: Obama must be magic...
he's making all the white people's money dissapear!

[TigersEye]

Hill is a hard core commie in the mold of Bill Ayers sans terrorist acts. Good riddance to him. My mother will be thrilled. She says “he jabbers too much.” Pretty bad when a woman says a guy talks too much.

[MCCC]

O’Reilly has to find another fair and balanced talker.

Could this be Obama enemy list pushback by FOX?

[Dem Guard]

No loss, O’Reilly kept him around because he was a mental midget representing the opposite view. He was just a waste of time to watch anyway.

[Caipirabob]

I had to look him up. Both my wife and I can’t stand the smooth talking jerk. Obvouisly educated yet morally twisted, we got used to changing the channel rather than listen to him justify twisted evil appearance after appearance.

[tbpiper]

I bid a fond ‘farewell’ to the fast talking, socialist pin head.

[davisfh]

I’ll do my best to not shed a tear.

[NormsRevenge]

al jazeera is hiring.

[duckman]

You forgot to place “Dr” and “PHD” around his name. He is sensitive about that, you know. (sarc)

[White Bear]

I am glad he is gone. I know he was there to present the liberal side of things, but his arguments were always so lame. Good riddance to bad rubbish!

[AreaMan]

I think this story merits a hearty...Meh!