Fox News faces something of a quandary when it comes to Glenn Beck. On the one hand, his brand of incendiary commentary makes him extremely popular with the news channel's audience. On the other, his controversial rhetoric is driving away a growing number of corporate sponsors. Like many of Fox's on-air personalities, Beck routinely takes issue with President Obama's policies and governing priorities, but the self-described regular guy seemed to cross the line when he labeled the president a "racist" who "has a deep-seated hatred of white people." Watch:While advertising on Fox is part of our communication plan, we had not requested time on Glenn Beck's show specifically. We have instructed our advertising agency to inform Fox to ensure Glenn Beck's program is not part of our advertising plan.Fox does not seem likely to lose much money from these actions, as the companies in question have, for the most part, simply shifted their advertising schedules so that their spots do not air during Beck's show. Moreover, a staunchly anti-Obama platform is paying huge financial dividends for the network, with viewership up 11 percent from a year ago. It seems the lesson here is that while there may be a limit to the specific tenor and wording that Fox's television hosts use against the president, the general game plan is still to present Fox as the "voice of the opposition" to the Obama administration.

On Wednesday night's edition of "The O'Reilly Factor," late-night comic Jon Stewart sat down for a rare interview on the network he makes a business out of criticizing: Fox News Channel. Stewart and...
Polls about who voters would choose if the 2012 presidential elections were held today may be fun to read for political enthusiasts, but they really don't tell us much because they are mostly a...
During Sarah Palin's debut week on the Fox News Channel, where she now works as a contributor, she dismissed speculation that accepting the television job means she will not run for president in 2012....




