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E.D. Hill (Fox) off the air after Fist Jab Obama comment

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Posted by 3dc 2008-06-12 16:57|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Loved this comment
You can't hide your bias by sweeping it under the rug !! Fox Noise is stuffed with this mentality and firing one person, doesn't get it done. They are a discredit to true journalism, something that is almost nonexistent, thanks to Corps America. We can't handle the truth!!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

Fine - I'll go without Fox News if you go without BO. Also commenter 'Green Trees' wasn't accepted as far left enough. F*n loons.

To me, at worse it just looked like an awkward moment where BO wasn't ready for the silly hand gesture.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-06-12 17:19|| 2008-06-12 17:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Wow, she has great legs. I wonder when she has time to keep up on all the State Department cables and DoD releases between workouts and make-up sessions.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-06-12 17:42|| 2008-06-12 17:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Wikipedia

E. D. Hill (born Edith Ann Tarbox on July 27, 1961) is an American news anchor who works for Fox News Channel.

Joining the network in 1998, Hill anchored America's Pulse, a show that aired until June 10, 2008 when it was canceled. She co-hosts Bill O'Reilly's Radio Factor. Hill moved to the 2:00 p.m. hour after serving as host of the 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon block of Fox News Live. These changes were part of a line-up change that also includes fellow anchors Jon Scott and Jane Skinner teaming up for a show called Happening Now.[1] Previously, Hill was a co-host on the Fox News Channel's morning show Fox & Friends from 1999 to 2006.

A graduate of the University of Texas with a bachelor's degree in journalism, she is working on a master's degree in government. Hill won a local Emmy Award for Outstanding News Special while working for WHDH-TV in Boston (1990-91), and has also received a Golden Quill Award for live spot news reporting.

In November 2005 Hill published a book entitled Going Places: How America's Best and Brightest Got Started Down the Road of Life, a collection of personality profiles. She has been married three times and is the mother of five children and stepmother to her husband's, venture capitalist Joe Hill, three children from a previous marriage.

More recently, she has filled in for Bill O'Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor.

In June 2008, Hill was criticized for referring to an affectionate gesture made between Barack Obama and his wife after the final 2008 presidential Democratic primaries as a "terrorist fist jab". Hill, introducing an upcoming discussion, wondered aloud if the gesture was "A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?"[2][3][4][5][6] Hill apologized for her comments. [7]

Fox News announced on June 10, 2008 that Hill's show America's Pulse had been canceled.[8] Hill's future with the channel has not been announced.

Posted by 3dc 2008-06-12 20:26|| 2008-06-12 20:26|| Front Page Top

#4 It didn't suck, but it was nothing different from any other Fox fare. Liked her, wish her the best, but she was on live TV for 10 yrs...this is a small transgression, and no doubt a reason they welcomed to reshuffle - I can't get worked up about it. Think about BHO or Michelle on Live TV for 3-4 weeks or so, what fun!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-06-12 20:34|| 2008-06-12 20:34|| Front Page Top

#5 E.D. Hill is clueless about black culture. More scripted chatter and less improvising.

Posted by ed 2008-06-12 23:00|| 2008-06-12 23:00|| Front Page Top

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