Yesterday, The Observer's Bharat Ayyar reported on MoveOn.org and rapper Nas' protest outside of Fox News headquarters in Manhattan.

Last night, Nas appeared on The Colbert Report to explain himself. When asked by Mr. Colbert why he thinks Fox is racist, Nas (real name Nasir Jones) said, "It's obvious. Everybody that has eyes and ears can see that this guy [Bill O'Reilly] is out of control. He knows what he's doing, you know what I mean? It's out of line. The things he's saying is worse than the worst rap lyrics I ever heard."

The rapper also told the host, "I think O'Reilly's afraid of me.  read more »

The Media Mob has learned that NBC Universal, Fox News, and the Fox Television Stations group are filing a joint copyright infringement suit today in the Southern District Court of New York against Redlasso.

Redlasso is a privately held company that provides a free search engine targeting video and audio footage from stations and networks around the country and allows users to create embeddable clips of the resulting material.  read more »

Brian Stelter of the New York Times is reporting that Brit Hume, the longtime anchor of Fox News' 6 PM show, Special Report, will be relinquishing that role after the conclusion of the current presidential election.

Citing a number of sources close to Mr. Hume, the Times reports that, at 65, Mr. Hume is seeking to reduce his role at the cable news network where he has worked since the channel launched in 1996.

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Mr. Hume’s departure from "Special Report" would represent one of the most dramatic changes to Fox's powerhouse schedule since the channel’s inception nearly 12 years ago.

Mr. Hume did not respond to requests for comment. A Fox News spokeswoman would not discuss contractual talks.

On Saturday morning, conservative commentator and former White House press secretary Tony Snow passed away from cancer. He was 53.

Over the course of successful career in Washington, Mr. Snow toggled back and forth between journalism and politics. He began his career as an editorial page writer and columnist, eventually becoming the editorial page editor of the Washington Times. Later, he crossed over into politics, serving as a speechwriter in the administration of President George H.W. Bush.

In 1996, he returned to journalism serving as the first moderator of Fox's Sunday morning public affairs show, Fox News Sunday.  read more »

For the inside scoop on Hillary Clinton, go directly to Fox News!

Last night, Howard Wolfson, the erstwhile aide to Senator Hillary Clinton, made an appearance on Hannity & Colmes, as part of his new gig as a regular contributor to Fox News.

Sean Hannity didn’t waste much time before he started asking Mr. Wolfson to report on his former boss.

“Let me start with this simple basic question,” said Mr. Hannity. “I think everybody wants to know, the rumors have been swirling. Has Hillary been asked to participate in the process, the vetting process, for VP?”

"Not as far as I know," said Mr. Wolfson.

Mr. Wolfson was pointedly not wearing a funny-looking sweater.  read more »

Courtney Kealy, a veteran foreign correspondent for Fox News (and native New Yorker) recently told the Observer via phone from Baghdad that the mood at her bureau was "much better" than a few years ago.

"I don't wake up to a bomb in the morning," said Ms. Kealy. "I set an alarm now. It still could happen. I might hear a mortar every now and again. But in 2005 we were in the Palestine Hotel. At one time, they tried to take the whole thing down, Oklahoma-City style. That was a very scary place to be."  read more »

Beginning on Monday, June 16th, conservative radio host Laura Ingraham will be guest-hosting the 5 p.m. hour on Fox News, the cable news channel announced today.

In February, Fox News executives replaced their longtime 5 p.m. anchor John Gibson with a show called America's Election HQ, anchored by Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly.

According to Brian Stelter of the New York Times, Fox News is searching for a new format at 5 p.m. and will be trying out a rotating cast of personalities beginning next week with Ms. Ingraham.  read more »

Yesterday we wrote about the suit a thrice bed-bug-bitten former Fox News employee filed against the owner and maintenance company of News Corp.'s headquarters at 1211 Avenue of the Americas. We were skeptical of Joan Clark’s claim in the New York Supreme Court lawsuit that she suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following three separate bed bug attacks in the network's offices, but perhaps we dismissed her case too soon.

Dr. Bob Lynn, a leading addiction recovery specialist who ran the state of New Jersey’s PTSD initiative following 9/11, told us that “the case can be made that bed bugs were responsible.  read more »

The lawyer for a bedbug-bitten Fox News employee suing the landlord and maintenance company of 1211 Avenue of the Americas today blamed his client's condition on foreign visitors to New York.

“My position is that it comes from foreigners,” Mr. Schnurman told The Observer. “Because it became so inexpensive for foreigners to travel here, I believe they brought it into our hotel system.”

His client, Joan Clark, claims in her lawsuit in New York Supreme Court that she's “suffering from emotional distress” from the bedbug attacks inside the News Corp. headquarters at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, which is owned by Beacon Capital Partners.  read more »

There's a lot to be gained when the news channels send 20-something embeds with video cameras to follow around the presidential candidates for this neverending campaign season. For example, take this dispatch from Fox's Aaron Burns posted today. There's Hillary Clinton in Puerto Rico enjoying a cool Presidente beer and getting down with Enrique Iglesias' "Be With You." Happy Memorial Day!