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Lest We Forget

As the gold market tumbles , time to recall: even if the price of gold had remained high forever, people who trusted in Glenn Beck would still have been cruelly cheated . I'm trying to recall a worse case of media ethics malpractice than Glenn Beck and Goldline, but thus far I draw a blank. …

Written by David Frum on Thursday December 29, 2011

Best of FF: Fox Geezer Syndrome

As 2011 comes to a close, Frum Forum plans to re-run some of our best featured pieces from the year. We will be running past pieces up until January 2nd of 2012. We start with an analysis of 'Fox Geezer Syndrome' by Richard Ramsay. Conor Friedersdorf strong> remembers what a pain it was to …

Written by Richmond Ramsey on Wednesday December 28, 2011

Being Irrelevant

The Washington Post covers the O'Reilly-Goldberg Factor segment on my irrelevance.

Written by David Frum on Wednesday December 14, 2011

RedState: More News, Fewer Pleasing Lies

Here's something interesting in a blogpost this morning by RedState's Erick Erickson. In the course of a fulmination against Mitt Romney and the conservative elites who are reluctantly making peace with him, Erickson writes: Herman Cain won’t be the nominee because he can’t win women either. …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday November 8, 2011

The Knives Come Out for Cain

Politico has a big headline this morning: "GOP urges Herman Cain to address allegations." But when you ask "who precisely in the GOP is doing this urging?" you get a more modest list: Oran Smith, who heads the Christian conservative Palmetto Family Council in South Carolina, Chuck Hurley, …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday November 8, 2011

Neo-Cain?

Herman Cain's gaffe claiming he's not familiar with the "neoconservative movement" has already sowed widespread doubts about his fitness for the office of President. This is ironic, because Cain's self-professed ignorance shed accidental light on at least one truth: There's no such thing as …

Written by Mytheos Holt on Monday October 17, 2011

Will Palin Be Forced to Run?

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Written by Mytheos Holt on Wednesday October 5, 2011

FrumForum Live Chats the GOP Debate

GOP Fox News-Google Sept. 22nd Debate Tonight at 9pm, the GOP candidates will debate in a forum hosted by both Fox News and Google. The Frum Forum bloggers will diligently live chat this debate and will chronicle how the candidates handle the questions that will be provided by users on …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Thursday September 22, 2011

Crap Cluster

While News Corp's public stance is: "We're sorry," the strong message from News Corp's American employees and supporters is: "No we're not." I listened to the opening half hour of Mark Steyn substituting for Rush Limbaugh today. I normally very much enjoy Steyn's radio presence: funny, warm, not …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday July 19, 2011

Fox's "Five" Should Take Five

While it has a lot of problems, you can commend Fox News for trying to have their replacement for Glenn Beck's show be witty and funny. After two-and-a-half years of dominating the early-evening leadoff on FoxNews, Glenn Beck bid a typically tearful farewell his audience in June, following a …

Written by Telly Davidson on Friday July 15, 2011

Fox News Struggles to Replace Glenn Beck

Fox News has a new TV show to fill the 5pm slot that Glenn Beck had. But is "The Five" just lazy filler? How do you replace Glenn Beck's bizarre and rambling hour of television? If you come up with programming on Fox News, you decide that 5pm is a great time to do a conservative version of …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Monday July 11, 2011

Don't Mourn the End of Murdoch's Tabloid

Rupert Murdoch’s decision to shut down the News of the World is more of a blessing than a tragedy. The general reaction to media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s decision to shut down the 168-year-old British weekly, News of the World , is that it’s something of a journalistic tragedy. In my …

Written by Peter Worthington on Monday July 11, 2011

Can Romney Win Without Fox News?

How Mitt Romney handles Fox News will tell a lot about whether he has the cunning and the toughness to be a successful president. Three take-aways from Gabriel Sherman's important piece on Fox News and the GOP in New York mag: 1) What Republicans have been producing since January 2009 is a …

Written by David Frum on Monday May 23, 2011

A Great Week for the GOP

Is conservatism recovering its balance? Here are three positive signs from this past week. Is conservatism recovering its balance? Three positive signs in this past week. 1) The Republican caucus accepted a deal to avert a government shutdown. The deal is a huge victory for governance Republica…

Written by David Frum on Saturday April 9, 2011

Fox's 2012 Presidential Bracket

Today, Fox News decided to suspend Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum until they decide on presidential bids. But why only single out these two contributors? It would be fascinating to know the process by which Fox News decided that Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are running for president, and …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday March 2, 2011

Fox Suspends Gingrich, Santorum

Fox Suspends Gingrich, Santorum Politico reports: Fox News has suspended contributors Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum effective immediately until they decide whether to run for president. Anchor Bret Baier announced on air late Wednesday morning that the network “has suspended …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 2, 2011

Fox News: Feminist Champion

On a recent broadcast, Sean Hannity blasted Newsweek 's Palin cover as sexist and argued that women's groups have a litmus test for determining which women they will defend. Question for Fox: Does Marisa Miller flunk the litmus test too? On the Fox News site today, I clicked a link to a Sean …

Written by David Frum on Friday November 20, 2009

The Reckless Right Courts Violence

Hysterical talk from TV and radio hosts may be a cynical marketing exercise. But it's getting too dangerous to ignore. A man bearing a sidearm appears outside President Obama's Aug. 11 town hall meeting in Portsmouth, N.H., under a sign proclaiming, "It is time to water the tree of liberty." …

Written by David Frum on Thursday August 13, 2009