Jezebel: fox & friends

Carrie Prejean Heads To Fox News... And Not As A Guest

Megan — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:20:00 EDT

Speaking of Prejean (the younger), the pageant contestant will be guest-hosting Fox & Friends for anchor (and 1989 Miss America) Gretchen Carlson on May 27th. You knew that was coming. [US News & World Report]

Fox News Host Screens Next Generation Of Miss Americas

Anna — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:00:00 EST

Last night saw the series premiere of TLC's Miss America: Countdown to the Crown, an effort to both attract the much-desired younger female demo and create interest in the beleaguered beauty pageant.

As the series' official site explains, the show follows 52 state "title holders" as they compete for 15 slots in the actual January 24 pageant.

With 52 women to get to know — and one hour in which to do it in — the premiere didn't give us a particularly strong impression of any of the contestants. (We think we remember liking the spunky Miss Missouri.) But then... there was Gretchen Carlson. The former Miss America winner and current co-host of Jezebel hating Fox & Friends turned up as a special "consultant" and was given the task of posing questions about hot-button social issues — sex education, same sex couples and adoption — in order to get the contestants to "debate". (Culture wars? What culture wars?) In the clip above, Carlson the Republiblonde is introduced to the ladies by the show's host, and then gets down to the business of separating the real Americans from the arugula-eating elitists. (If nothing else, we now know that Miss America is probably going to be a Republican.) Below, stills of the ladies' reactions to Carlson's initial appearance on the scene.

"The chick from Fox News???" (The pursed lips give it away)

Check out the girl in the middle:

Here's a two-fer:

Color this one unenthused:

It just gets better:

A classic Bish Plz:

Love. Her.

Even Carlson's co-consultants look on with suspicion.

In her defense, during the round of table interviews with the "pink" team, Carlson gives as good as she gets (to those from blue states, mostly):

Fun fact: Did you know that Michele "Batshit" Bachmann used to babysit Gretchen?

By the way, this is Miss Iowa, self-professed Gretchen Carlson fan, checking out the competition at the pink table. Keep an eye on her.

Earlier: Fox & Friends Insists That Palin Haters Are All New York City Women
Jezebel "Bugs" Fox & Friends Host Steve Doocy

Female Ex-Marine Fights Back Against Knife-Wielding Robber

Maria — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:20:00 EST

Wow, La Doocy and The Sad Puppets (otherwise known as the painful morning "news" show Fox & Friends) report on something that doesn't make us want to stab our eyes out! A robber held a knife up to a woman's throat as he attempted to rob a convenience store, only to be chased out by the formidable female and ex-Marine. The woman, Karen, says there was "no hesitation" although she admits that chasing down a robber with a weapon probably wasn't the smartest thing to do. The best part is that the whole thing was captured by the convenience store's security cameras. Clip above.Earlier: Jezebel "Bugs" Fox & Friends Host Steve Doocy

Palin & Hasselbeck To Co-Host Fox News Morning Show!

Jessica — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:30:00 EDT

Jezebel HQ has intercepted a secret memo from Fox News, outlining what we already realized was inevitable: Sarah Palin and Elisabeth Hasselbeck will be hosting a talk show. Mavericks In The Morning will air at 9 am, directly after Fox and Friends and will be patterned after the popular fourth "yenta" hour of the Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda. In fact, the dynamic duo will be on Hannity & Colmes tonight so that the network execs can see if their chemistry plays well with Fox's "base". After the jump, the tentative schedule for the first week of Mavericks In The Morning, including two very special guests who will travel an extra long way to appear on the show.

Monday: Special guest, Ted Nugent. Description: Ted takes the ladies out in the Michigan backwoods to bow hunt bucks; Elisabeth models the latest in fitted camo pants.
Tuesday: Special guest, Nancy Pfotenhauer. Description: Nancy teaches the ladies how to make a real American quilt.
Wednesday: Special guest, Michelle Bachmann. Description: The best recipes for freedom fries on a budget.
Thursday: Special guest, Judge Judy. Description: a rousing debate on the Supreme Court, polar bears.
Friday: Special guest, Pastor Thomas Muthee. Description: on a very special episode of Mavericks in the Morning, Muthee helps the ladies bring Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston back from the grave using only a Ouija board, the power of Christ's love, and some fishing tackle.

Bonus! For an early preview of Mavericks in the Morning, check out this clip of Hasselbeck's continued obsession with Bill Ayers, which she claims is far more relevant than the totally sexist focus on Sarah Palin's $150,000 wardrobe.

[Image via Time]

Palin-Hasselbeck Chat With Fox News [Time]

Earlier: Elisabeth Hasselbeck Introduces Sarah Palin: Watch At Your Own Risk
Minnesota's Michelle Bachmann Doesn't Think All Liberals Are Un-American
Jon Stewart To McCain Advisor Nancy Pfotenhauer: What the Pfuck?
Comic Confrontations: Judge Judy vs. Sarah Palin

Fox & Friends Insists That Palin Haters Are All New York City Women

Jessica — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:20:00 EDT

Fox & Friends is claiming, for the second time in as many weeks, that the only people who hate Sarah Palin are "elite" New York City women. Hostess Gretchen Carlson, who refers to herself "as somebody in the female persuasion," just doesn't understand the hatred, because Sarah Palin isn't "going to ruin your life." In addition to Carlson's commentary, our old buddy Steve Doocy says that a lot of New York women figure, "she's from a big state with not that many people and I'm better than her." Well this elite New York woman wants to correct your grammar. Better than she, Steve, better than she.

Earlier: Jezebel Bugs Fox & Friends Host Steve Doocy

Jezebel "Bugs" Fox & Friends Host Steve Doocy

Jessica — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT

So remember that irate screed I wrote about how angry Sarah Palin makes me and many other women? Well apparently Fox News noticed it — a few weeks too late? — and they're calling me out. Apparently I "bug" anchor Steve Doocy, and I should be angry at Barack Obama, not Sarah Palin, because Barack didn't pick "my candidate" Hillary Clinton for Vice President, and by his logic, Palin wouldn't have been nominated if Clinton had been chosen. Yeah…okay. They also called my anger "Upper West Side Manhattan anger" [Code for "she's a Jew!" -Ed.] that is not reflective of the rest of the country. I pissed off Fox News — my mommy will be so proud! PS, they couldn't even get the graphics right. They attribute someone else's quote to me. Clip above.

Earlier: Why Sarah Palin Incites Near Violent Rage In Normally Reasonable Women

Today On Fox & Friends: "Brian Gets A New Puppy!!!"

Maria — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:40:00 EDT

Aw, look at that! It is a cute little puppeh on the otherwise disaster-filled morning show, Fox & Friends. Oh but wait, don't think a cute segment about co-host Brian Kilmeade's new puppy could slip through the producer's hands without being turned into something completely unwatchable. First there is the generous helping of no less than 14 different sound effects playing as Kilmeade and co-host Gretchen Carlson desperately try to talk through the segment (a sampling: The whistle theme from Lassie, dog barking, and a gun shot). And then there is weatherman/co-host Steve Doocy's anger at being upstaged by something cute which he maturely deals with by whistling over Kilmeade and Carlson and then mocking Kilmeade for not having picked out a puppy name quick enough. Someone wants attention! As Anna put it: "Leave it to Fox News to make a cute puppy segment annoying." Clip above.