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Stop Picking on Fox News (This Time)

Should Fox News have to give up its seat in the White House briefing room because of ideological bias? That's what the liberal group Media Matters is saying. But is this issue really worth all the hubbub?

Out of Context: The Hazards of Acting Fast

Agricultural Department director Shirley Sherrod and CNN editor Octavia Nasr both lost their jobs because they said things that sounded bad out of context. In the pressure of a lighting-fast news cycle, did their employers act too fast?

Helen Thomas Should Have Retired Long Ago

Helen Thomas, the so-called dean of the White House press corps, has retired from journalism after being videotaped saying Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine." Is she an anti-Semite, or was it just a "senior moment"?