News Corp Head Rupert Murdoch announced Sunday that they have fired left-leaning political commentator Marc Lamont Hill. Hill, a professor at Temple University, was often used as a foil to conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly on his show the O’Reilly Factor. I always thought Hill’s views brought some measure of balance to an extraordinarily slanted network. Here’s The Hollywood Reporter’s take on the Hill dismissal:
Asked about the White House’s recent suggestion that Fox News is acting like an arm of the Republican Party, Murdoch simply said at a shareholders meeting that the criticism has “tremendously increased their ratings.”
White House officials have recently stepped up pointed criticism of Fox News in blog postings and media appearances.
Murdoch also said that Hill has been fired. He revealed the move after a shareholder had raised the question of how Hill was hired, citing his “reputation of defending cop killers and racists.”
Hill, a frequent guest on “The O’Reilly Factor” and other Fox News shows, has been the target of increasing criticism on the blogosphere for alleged sympathies to controversial figures including Assata Shakur and Mumia Abu-Jamal. Though Hill bills himself as an expert on hip-hop culture, he also drew fire for serving as a liberal foil for various Fox News personalities on subjects far from his stated area of expertise.
Hill also recently defended ousted White House official Van Jones on “On the Record With Greta Van Susteren.”
I guess Fox News doesn’t tolerate these types of combustible personalities, who offer strong, controversial opinions…
Glen Beck, July 28th 2009:
Hypocrisy, thy names are Rupert Murdoch, and Glen Beck.
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