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by Mark Finkelstein May 13, 2006 If you're not outraged by the NSA program that monitors phone-calling patterns, you're probably . . . too dumb to understand its implications. That, in a nutshell, and I do mean nutshell, was Ellen Ratner's argument on this morning's 'Long & the Short of It' segment on Fox & Friends Weekend. Oh, well, that - and opening our borders with Mexico. Host Julian Phillips [who expressed his personal opposition to the NSA program] put it to Ratner that "most Americans don't care about this. They say the NSA should do that to keep our...

by Mark Finkelstein April 1, 2006 Regular readers of this column know the delight that has been taken in skewering Ellen Ratner for her loopy liberalism, as here, here and here. You can thus imagine my surprise when, on this morning's 'Long & the Short of It' segment on Fox & Friends Weekend, Ratner offered up some tough talk on immigration Ratner's remarks were simpatico with the take of Jim Pinkerton, the conservative side of the equation who is a Newsday and Tech Central columnist. An aside: Pinkerton is one of the rare conservative commentators willing to roll up his...

A 'tension convention' - that's how Don Imus would have described the ill-concealed ill will on this morning's Fox & Friends Weekend between Juliet Huddy and Julian Phillips. Huddy is a former host of the show who was making a guest co-hosting appearance. She wasted no time in setting the confrontational tone. In her opening comments, Juliet congratulated host Gretchen Carlson on "doing a fantastic job" then pointed to Phillips saying "and Julian, you're doing a . . . " as her voice trailed off in a sarcastic riff. "I decided to come back to harrass you," Huddy continued, as...

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...

Those of us who are, let's say, not necessarily huge fans of Julian Phillips, co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend, didn't have to wait long for some fresh grist for our mill. In the first few minutes of this morning's show, we: 1. we learned that Julian wears driving gloves while driving his pride & joy, a super-customized Mercedes; 2. saw the ostentatiously religious Phillips manage to slip in a reference to his church attendance; and 3. witnessed him discuss in the same sentence the death of the West Virginia miners and that of . . . a whale. At...

by Mark Finkelstein January 15, 2006 - 08:04 Once might be excused as an aberration, but twice signals a troubling trend. On Saturday's Fox & Friends Weekend, over-promoted host Julian Phillips seemed to downplay the threat posed by Iran's nuclear ambitions. He implied that there was limited cause for concern since Iran has agreed agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to carry out surprise inspections of its nuclear sites with as little as two hours notice. Phillips was back at it this morning. His guest was Barry Schweid senior diplomatic correspondent for AP and a Fox News contributor....

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 10, 2005 - 07:29. No DNA evidence, no execution of Tookie Williams. That's the standard Fox & Friends Weekend host Julian Phillips established this morning. As he put it: "The issue for me is, is he guilty or is he not? He still maintains his innocence. If they can prove through DNA and other stuff, fine." To bolster his case, Phillips asserted: "There have been a number of cases where people on death row have been executed and it's later found out through DNA evidence that they are innocent." Oh really? It's not surprising that Phillips...

Guys: do you worry about being pinched by women? Julian Phillips does. The show was Fox & Friends Weekend, the subject was proper office Christmas Party behavior and the expert guest Dr. Georgia Witkin, Fox's house psychologist. Georgia was in the midst of laying out a series of common sense do's and don'ts when Phillips suddenly asked: "what should I do about being inappropriately touched at parties? It's happened to me several times when women have pinched me on the butt. I didn't say anything, and of COURSE I would never do anything like that myself." Georgia sympathetically explained that...

by Mark Finkelstein December 3, 2005 - 07:34 Readers of my NewsBusters entries know that Ellen Ratner, the short end of the "Long & Short of It" feature at Fox & Friends Weekend, has been a frequent object of my ire, as seen here http://newsbusters.org/node/2970, here http://newsbusters.org/node/2062 and here http://newsbusters.org/node/1782. It's thus saying a mouthful that the puerile performance of pinch-hitter Ellis Henican this morning was almost enough to make one long for the short Ratner. Almost. Henican took on fellow Newsday columnist Jim Pinkerton, who normally locks horns with Ratner in the segment. The topic was Iraqi pre-war intelligence....

by Mark Finkelstein October 30, 2005 - 08:23. Readers of my entries here and at Free Republic know that over the months I've enjoyed skewering Julian when he has let his liberal slip show. But this morning, Julian sang a very different song. The context was a report that Bill Clinton yesterday urged his fellow Democrats to speak out bluntly on controversial issues, from abortion to religion. Phillips had this to say: "You can speak up and be tough but the question is, do you have any different solutions? And I think that's the thing with the Democrats at this...

Regular readers of these threads know I have often skewered Fox & Friends Weekend co-host Julian Phillips for his liberalism, inanity and the general sense of unease he projects. I believe I've even observed that he "doesn't feel comfortable in his own skin." This morning's show gave evidence that such might be quite literally true. There was a running joke among the co-hosts this morning, with news reader Alyson Camerota joining in, over the fact that Julian and co-host Adam Housley were wearing identical suits. At the end of one such light-hearted moment, Julian suddenly exclaimed: "ebony & ivory," referring...

Regular readers of these threads know that Julian Phillips of Fox & Friends Weekend has been a favorite target for my barbs. Fairness therefore dictates that I salute him when he gets something right, as he did this morning. The topic was the planned neo-Nazi march in Toledo, OH and the violence it sparked among largely black protesters. Co-host Alisyn Camerota teed up the issue: "the question always arises, do you let the neo-Nazis or other groups, like the KKK, march?" Phillips' answer was unequivocal and spot-on: "my answer it you let them march." While making clear that he understandably...

<p>Julian Phillips, the co-anchor of Fox & Friends Weekend that many here at FR, including myself, love to . . . dislike, just served as defense counsel for Kofi Annan and the UN.</p> <p>When the issue of the report on the oil-for-food scandal arose, Phillips rejected Mike Jerrick's implication that if Kofi's son is involved, some of the blame must attach to Kofi himself as the man involved.</p>

I guess we can all thanks Purdue University. Because of its staging of homecoming activities this weekend, the unbearable Julian Phillips, a Boilermaker alum, chose to take the day off from his role of co-host of the weekend edition of Fox & Friends. In his place is radio talk show host Mike Gallagher. Mike is far from my favorite - I see him as something of a third-rate Rush wannabe. But even so, the show is bearable with him on the set. I often find Julian Phillips literally unwatchable. Your thoughts?

Julian Phillips just gave a perfect illustration of why he is many FReepers' least favorite Fox & Friends Weekend host. In discussing the latest Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ad, in which Kerry is condemned for returning to the US and making numerous allegations of horrendous war crimes against his fellow veterans, Phillips had this to say: "Was it wrong for Kerry to have said what he did if it's the truth?" He repeated that inanity at least once. In his mindless defense of the Dem candidate, Phillips went further than even Kerry himself has dared. Over the course of...

Foxnews anchor Julian Phillips interviewed POW Matt Maupins mother along with the mother of another soldier who is currently serving in Iraq. Both were very upbeat, and very positive. Despite the situations that there sons are currently in. Now lets flashback for a second. Earlier in the week, Jesse Jackson offered to intervene in Thomas Hamil's case. Hamil's wife said that she approved and that she hoped Jackson was successful. Phillips apparently did not read his facts correctly. He thought that Maupin's mother was the one that had said she approved of Jesse Jackson's involvement. So he asked a question...

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.

<p>Hello Folks, Been a regular fan of the weekday Fox & Friends - Love. I get the news but, more importantly I start the day with a few laughs. Excellent.</p> <p>So what is the deal with this Julian Phillips fellow? The weekend Fox & Friends has generally seemed quite a bit weaker than the weekday version but some thing seems way off lately. This fellow appears to be left leaning flack.</p>