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Have you ever watched a book-based TV segment in which the hosts never pronounced the book's name? Fox & Friends Weekend pulled off the feat this morning -- presumably because the cookbook in question had a title a bit too spicy for Fox's taste. With Valentine's Day looming, Martha Hopkins was in to suggest some sensual dishes to share with one's sweetie. Her claim to expertise? She is co-author of a book entitled . . . "Inter Courses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook." Hopkins treated the Fox hosts to two of her recipes: artichoke hearts and strawberries and whipped cream. But...

by Mark Finkelstein April 8, 2006 When things got a bit testy this morning between 'Long' Jim Pinkerton and 'Short' Ellen Ratner on Fox & Friends Weekend's eponymous 'Long & the Short of It' segment, Pinkerton proposed a peace plan that other warring parties might well wish to adopt: "let NewsBusters.org sort this out." The bone of contention was the substance of just what information it was that President Bush declassified - some would say leaked - that Scooter Libby is in turn alleged to have provided to the press - presumably in the person of Judy Miller of the...

by Mark Finkelstein March 4, 2006 Who would have thought it?: in the crucial first half-hour of their respective shows this morning, Fox & Friends Weekend didn't cover the incident at the University of North Carolina in which an Iranian drove an SUV through a crowd, injuring five people - but the Today show did. Interviewed by co-host Lester Holt, one of the students who was injured stated he had no doubt the driver - recent UNC grad Mohammed Reza Taheriazar of Iran - acted intentionally. According to the injured student, the SUV had been moving very slowly through an...

by Mark Finkelstein February 25, 2006 Look for Ellen Ratner on the barricades next time the World Trade Organization gets together for a coffee klatsch. On this morning's Fox & Friends Weekend, Ratner hurled the verbal equivalent of a paving brick through the window of a Mickey D's. Ratner escalated the flap over the UAE ports deal to an entirely new level, claiming no foreign companies, regardless of nationality, should control our ports, or for that matter other significant chunks of our economy. Claimed Ratner, the real issue is "what kind of jobs, what kind of outsourcing are we going...

Regular viewers of Fox & Friends Weekend know that co-host Julian Phillips has a penchant for parading his Christianity. Now, as a Jew, I want to walk gingerly and respectfully here. I believe there is a Christian obligation to profess one's faith, and I certainly respect that. Even so, I can't help but feel that there might possibly be something a bit ostentatious in Phillips' manner of fulfilling that duty. In any case, Phillips took things an odd step further this morning when he essentially took it on himself to instruct a Christian minister on Christianity. The subject matter was...

by Mark Finkelstein February 5, 2006 - 07:51 Hey, I'm a multi-culturalist. I'm happy to see people observing their various religious holidays, from Christmas to Chanukah to Ramadan. But somehow, my multicultural enthusiasms run out of steam when it comes to . . . condoning the sacking of foreign embassies. Not Julian Phillips. The co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend blithely condoned the current rioting and burning of foreign embassies around the world by Muslims angered by depictions of the Prophet Mohammed. His explanation-by-way-of-excuse: "different religion, different culture." In the course of the show's opening segment, Fox's Yasmina Ykelenstam reported...

<p>Just when you thought the MSM elites couldn't get any more condescending . . .</p> <p>Ellen Ratner pulled back the veil this morning and exposed what she and no doubt others in the liberal media think of their fellow Americans: we're just too damn to understand how the Bush administration is abusing us. Her proposed solution? Democrats need to explain matters to to the people "in very simple terms."</p>

by Mark Finkelstein December 18, 2005 - 07:50 If Hubert Humphrey was known as the Happy Warrior for the cheerful way he approached the political wars, Julian Phillips might be dubbed the Whining Warrior, for the sour puss he displayed on this morning's Fox & Friends Weekend. Beyond his rain-on-the-parade words, Phillips' body language and facial expressions oozed negativity. The show lead with news of the latest AP poll, which revealed a significant uptick in support for the Iraqi war effort among Americans, with 57% opposing immediate pull-out, saying the US should stay till Iraq is stabilized. Page Hopkins is...

by Mark Finkelstein December 11, 2005 - 07:29. In a TV-journalism age in which a good haircut and a sharp suit often seem to count for more than substance, there's something admirably old-school about Barry Schweid. Old, and unapologetically schlumpy, Schweid is the antithesis of TV's Sharp-Dressed Man. Even so, on Fox & Friends Weekend this morning, Schweid let his liberal leanings show. Schweid has been covering diplomacy for the Associated Press for over 30 years, and is currently its senior diplomatic correspondent. He joined FOX News Channel as a contributor for foreign affairs in 1997. Schweid came on to...

Julian Phillips, the simpering co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend, just completed an interview with a foreign policy expert. In discussing the situation in Iraq, Phillips posed this question: "Unemployment is running 50-70% in Iraq, and the United States will be pulling out in some fashion in June. Is Iraq better off now than when Saddam was in power?" I have never liked this effeminate, affirmative action liberal. I now officially detest him.