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	<title>FAIR Blog &#187; Bernie Goldberg</title>
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		<title>Fox&#039;s Phony Debates</title>
		<link>http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/10/27/foxs-phony-debates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fox News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Criticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Colmes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Goldberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill O'Reilly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jane Hall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Fox News Channel was developing Sean Hannity's TV show, it was known as Hannity &#38; Liberal To Be Determined. That liberal turned out to be Alan Colmes, who would eventually leave the gig after doing his part by playing the Washington Generals to Hannity's Harlem Globetrotters. It hardly mattered who sat in the "left" [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When <strong>Fox News Channel</strong> was developing Sean Hannity's TV show, it <a href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067">was known </a>as <span><strong>Hannity &amp; Liberal To Be Determined</strong>. That liberal turned out to be Alan Colmes, who would eventually leave the gig after doing his part by <a title="Extra!: An Aggressive Conservative Vs." href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1158" target="_self">playing the Washington Generals</a> to Hannity's Harlem Globetrotters. It hardly mattered who sat in the "left" chair--they were there to get roughed up by the home team. </span></p>
<p><span>Until recently, professor Jane Hall was a regular guest on the <strong>O'Reilly Factor</strong>, debating conservative <a title="Extra!: Bias Short on Substance" href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1100" target="_self">Bernie Goldberg</a>. She's left<strong> Fox</strong>, and as she explained to <strong>CNN</strong>'s Howard Kurtz (<a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0910/25/rs.01.html">10/25/09</a>), she never considered herself a liberal anyway: </span></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>KURTZ:</strong> When you appeared regularly on O'Reilly, were you there as a token from the dreaded MSM?</p>
<p><strong>HALL:</strong> Well, I was there as a defender of the MSM. And you wouldn't believe how many famous journalists I talked to, who said better you than me. Let me tell you my side of the story. They didn't want to come on. It is hard to do, because it was like, when did you quit beating your wife? That was usually the question. But I felt it was worth doing.</p>
<p><strong>KURTZ:</strong> Do you consider yourself a liberal?</p>
<p><strong>HALL:</strong> No.</p>
<p><strong>KURTZ:</strong> You were paired with Bernie Goldberg, the conservative point of view, who wrote a book about the media's slobbering love affair with Barack Obama?</p>
<p><strong>HALL:</strong> Right.</p>
<p><strong>KURTZ: </strong>So was that a fair pairing, to have someone who has that point of view, and you? You consider yourself a journalist.</p>
<p><strong>HALL:</strong> I consider myself a journalist. I'm now able to say opinions because I'm a professor. I consider myself a moderate. In that universe, I was probably considered a wacky professor by O'Reilly. He would sort of pat me on the head and say, now, Jane, I know you liberals feel this way. And I'd say, I'm not really a liberal. So, yes, there's not necessarily a left/right comparison on there.</p></blockquote>
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