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Fox News Has Already Identified the ‘Mole’ Spilling Info to the Website ‘Gawker’

Apr. 11, 2012 1:55pm Jonathon M. Seidl

On Tuesday, the website Gawker made headlines when it claimed it had a “mole” inside Fox News that was going to start feeding the site seedy details about the news juggernaut by way of a regular column. Just one day later, Fox has said it has identified the mole and is seeking legal action.

That was quick.

A Fox spokesperson told the media insider site Mediaite that “We found the person and we’re exploring legal options at this time.”

However, the “mole” tells Gawker if that’s the case, it’s news to the mole:

So Fox’s PR team has been telling people that they have “found” me and are presently “exploring legal options.” If Fox has smoked me out, it’s news to me. I’m still here. Back to work.

The spokesperson responded to Mediaite: “We know who it is.”

As Mediaite points out, the spokesperson never initially claimed Fox had confronted the person, just that it know who the mole was.

That could mean the insider dispatches are coming to an end. But it’s not like the first one was a bombshell anyway. The mole’s first column leaked behind-the-scenes footage of Mitt Romney talking with Sean Hannity before an interview. The scandalous topics? Romney’s horses and Hannity’s decision to change ties during a break.

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sjohn70037
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:22pm
What exactly is this mole going to expose? The fact that FOX has jumped to conclusions along with black America and already condemned Zimmerman? That FOX has done everything in it’s power to promote RINO Mitt Romney over truly conservative candidates?

FOXNEWS is not what it once was. It is now no different than any other elite media outlet. No? Listen to Bill O’Reilly refer to obama and pelosi as “Left leaning” or his support of unions. What happened to Judge Napolitano? Too conservative? Too much truth? You bet your a$$.

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- FreedomPurveyor
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 10:44pm
  Fox News as been blatantly anti-Romney since 2007. Namely Carl Cameron, who finds a way to spin everything to make Romney sound bad. It was much worse last cycle, but it is still absurd to infer that they are pushing Romney in any way.
  
  You goofy Paul supporters will never get anywhere if you don’t operate in the realm of reality.
  
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- milez5
  Posted on April 12, 2012 at 12:38am
  fox news never jumped to any conclusions regarding Zimmerman. They are the only ones who gave Zimmerman the slightest benefit of the doubt. As for Mitt Romney being a RINO grow up, he is the most conservative man who can be elected. For better or worse this is not the 50′s anymore.
  
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- ellietoo
  Posted on April 12, 2012 at 1:53am
  I do think Fox has bowed to the liberals but I don’t think they are really sure who they are for. They have just helped the Republican party destroy it’s self. They participated in the whole process and took as much delight in it as the other networks.
  
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- GhostOfLiberty
  Posted on April 12, 2012 at 2:52am
  @Freedom, Ron Paul is THE only viable candidate. Tell me, what corporate funding does he have? How come the media doesn’t attack him to prove he is not viable? Oh, that’s right. There is nothing in his record that can be used against him. And don’t even make the Israel argument. He wants to cut all funding, and since the muslim brotherhood currently gets way more money than Israel does, that would be the most beneficial thing for Israel. Let Israel do what it needs to do for its own survival. Yes, it is time for us to get out of Israel’s way and let them kick some islamo-terror monkey a$$.
  
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Tigress1
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:21pm
Is it Soros-funded Sally Kohn?

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/44042

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- FlowerBell
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:29pm
  Sally Kohn is a disgruntled, bitter lesbian who spends the majority of her life taking her confused feelings out on everyone else.
  
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- Neils60
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:30pm
  Doubtful, at best, as the mole claims to have been with the FNC for quite a while. Kohn’s tenure has been brief, and her contract wasn’t consummated until this past January.
  
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- dealer@678
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:49pm
  My guess is that its Shamu Green
  
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- Ann
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:23pm
  Like Obama, when this woman is on Fox, I mute the channel. She is so far left and extreme thatI can’t believe she is on Fox. Love Fox, truly can’t stand this shrill.
  
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- phoenix110
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 6:46pm
  Ugh … YUCK! Never heard of her before, but finding out she is a woman and then looking at her picture…wow. She looks like an adolescent boy, not a woman. We have confirmation she is a she?
  
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- gsp9993
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:03pm
  Probably Geraldo or the very stupid Alysyn Camorata.
  
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- LameLiberals
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:44pm
  gsp9993
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:03pm
  
  Probably Geraldo or the very stupid Alysyn Camorata.
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  She is AWFUL!!! Someone else noticed she is dumb as dirt. And, Rivera is a racist liberal. His Zimmerman show last Saturday was hatchet job.
  
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RayOne
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:15pm
Why not investigate the Supreme Court Wiki Connection. Info on the DownLow is a front page topic.

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loveoursoldiers
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:06pm
Maybe the black guy they hired after he was fired ( can’t think of his name) maybe Shep.. maybe the lib on the Five…. hmmm…. it has to be someone they trust ( or trusted)
Where are the moles on the other side? Are they afraid they will end up in a dumpster?

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- PlowMan
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:24pm
  “the black guy” is Juan Williams. I don’t agree with his view points but I would not accuse him of being a mole, he is a pretty stand up guy. As for your lib on the Five, (Bob Beckel) he’s messed up on his views, but he is a cut above the rest too and I can’t imagine him putting his reputation in jeopardy like that either. We’re probably talking somebody off camera here. Someone who is a writer or something.
  
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- pothos42
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:25pm
  Actually, Mark Lamont Hill was the guy that Fox fired/rehired. Juan was never fired by Fox, but rather NPR.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:00pm
  Lamont Hill .. that would be a good guess .. . he is a leftist tool.
  
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lassiegirldawn
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:57pm
Fox is bought and paid for, look at what happened to Glenn and the Judge, got cut for telling the truth. All that is left are a s s kissers.

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- Tonto Lebowski
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:26pm
  Freedom Watch got shut down because the Judge was taking Orielly’s audience. I never watched Orielly when the Judge was on the air, because the Judge rulzzz!!!
  
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- kentuckypatriot
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:16pm
  Agreed. Fox sucks anymore. They are getting way too left for me. I only watch Fox and Friends when I get ready for work.
  
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conservativemom99
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:56pm
Sean Hannity changes ties during breaks?????

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Micah.Stone
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:38pm
I’m certain who the leftist mole is – it’s bill “ted baxter” oreilly !!!

Proof: With each passing day, bill “ted baxter” oreilly becomes more of a “You Lie!” hussein apologist and shameless suck-up who is massively arrogant, pompous, boorish, rude and nasty. Like hussein, “baxter” is nothing more than a self-absorbed, empty-suit hAHrvAHrd elitist who thinks he knows it all – and that is why he constantly buts-in and prevents his “guests” from even completing a sentence.

I don’t understand why anyone watches “ted baxter” oreilly when they can see his role model, the ORIGINAL TED BAXTER, on reruns of Mary Tyler Moore’s show.

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- WashingtonIsMyHero
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:46pm
  Bill is late to the party occassionally but he usually gets it eventually. However, he did say Obamacare would Never Pass.
  
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- rangerp
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:49pm
  dont think for a minute that there is not a white house level plan to silence or do away with Fox. Communist/marxist governments do not allow a different opinion than theirs. They control the media. Right now, everything but fox is controlled by the libs.
  
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- bassist237
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:49pm
  Did you ever see him get rick rolled? Hilarious!
  
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- rangerp
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:52pm
  Obama could rape a ten year old boy on video tape, and CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, would all defend him, and blame the boy.
  
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- debig
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:17pm
  Micah.stone……..Seriously, that is the B E S T description of O’Reilly I’ve seen to date. Thank you for stating exactly what I think of this big mouth. I don’t understand how he even gets ratings worthy of a report. He is so self indulgent and ignorant. Why did/does Glenn even give him the time of Day? Hard to understand. Thank you Micah.
  
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- 911Patriot
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:47pm
  I could not agree more with your post. He’s been talking out of both sides of his mouth just like obama but of course he’s watchin’ out for the “folks!” UGH!
  
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- Zeb
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:54pm
  I concur he’s a Curr and ignorant beast with absolutely no cool, not pithy at all.
  
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unwine99
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:33pm
Who cares

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- AvengerK
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:37pm
  Say what you want about FOX…but this story is important. The left has brought it upon itself to attempt to silence the only strong voice of dissent against Obama and the left in the media. FOX has been killing the competition in the ratings and the left is livid. This is an important story with ramifications far deeper than just network competition. .
  
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Hobo Boondocks
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:29pm
Sometimes these moles become Cancerous and then you really have a problem on your hands or face as it were. So it’s best sometime to remove them. They have a tendency to make you look bad if they are in the wrong spot, such as on the side of your nose. People start describing you based on what the mole makes your appearance out to be. I’m glad Fox got rid of it and hope they will keep vigilant about any others that may be hiding somewhere, not so easily discernable, perhaps on one of the buttocks.

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sammiec
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:27pm
Sorry Fx has to go overboard on the “fair and Balanced” If I have to listen let alone see Sally (the looks like a guy wannabe ) I get sick. The latest one is Jesse Jackson’s daughter after hearing her yesterday I find her to be very “Racial” in her tone and comments. And I don’t give a care that her religious brothers have degrees from Northwestern etc. So they got profiled big deal. My white 65yr old husband got yelled at last week for wearing a Hoodie. If she’s related to Jesse she’s influenced by him and all the others like him. Sharpton and Wright and Faracahn. They needed to actually work and earn a paycheck for the last years instead of living like kings on black peoples tithes.
Obama has set back race relations several generations. How’s that working for you!

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- TheLeftMadeMeRight
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:05pm
  Screw fair and balanced, I wish Fox would line up Winey Juan Williams, Lard Rear Beckel, that sissy Colmes, and Gerrrr-all-doe and throw pies at them or something equally entertaining, but degrading…
  
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- LameLiberals
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:46pm
  Sally (the looks like a guy wannabe ) I get sick.
  
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  Fox hired that Shamu liberal woman who is WORSE than Sally. And they just hired Jesse Jackson’s lawyer daughter who is all over Fox shows now. Fox hired CNN’s Zimmerman and that big foreheaded liberal from CNN also. Fox hired so many liberals from CNN – it might as well BE CNN.
  
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Noonien_Soong
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:23pm
My money is on Jay-moo Green.

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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:58pm
  She’s one I refuse to listen to. Since I like most of the others, I mute her so I don’t have to listen to her usual hate filled, one sided rhetoric. When her mouth stops moving, I un-mute the sound.
  
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- angelcat
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:42pm
  Bluebonnet, you are in full bloom and gorgeous in Texas at the moment. I hope you live here and can take a roadtrip to see your namesake.
  
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Truthmonster
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:11pm
Duh Alan Combs, the freakish liberal!

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- EqualJustice
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:15pm
  I HATE THAT IDIOT. He is such a GIRL when he whines…
  
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- South Philly Boy
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:40pm
  He is a TOAD
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:14pm
  “Family Guy” pegged Alan Combs as Droopy Dog, and that was just right on the nose. Cracks me up each time I see it.
  
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- John_The_Beloved
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:08pm
  He lives in fantasy world too
  
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- XdemXrepub
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:43pm
  Colmes looks like an animated cadaver
  
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KidCharlemagne
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:09pm
Does FOX already have a replacement for “the Mole” lined up?:

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“Posted at 07:15 AM ET, 04/06/2012
FOX hires Jesse Jackson’s daughter, Santita Jackson
By Fahima Haque

Morning news program “FOX & Friends” just got a new, unexpected friend. The popular show welcomes civil rights activist Jesse Jackson’s daughter, Santita Jackson.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/fox-hires-jesse-jacksons-daughter-santita-jackson/2012/04/05/gIQATPhYxS_blog.html

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- EqualJustice
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:17pm
  WHY would they ever hire HER? I listened to her on the Hannity show and she is a card carrying Black Panter member. SHE WOULD NOT EVEN denounce the hate rhetoric over the Martin case!
  
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- celestialfire
  Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:44am
  Sounds like their getting ready to pull and E.D. Hill on Gretchen.
  
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Mapache
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:56pm
Foxnews found the mole much faster than the NBC investigation into the doctoring of the George Zimmerman 911 call.

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- @leftfighter
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:15pm
  …or CNN about “Fing cold”…
  
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Comeandtakeit
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:52pm
I wasted time reading the “Gawker hot news” from the mole. What a whiny little nobody wrote that! The first column is pirated footage of Romney and Hannity before they go on the air. They are acting like perfectly normal people- truly NOTHING to see here, although the “mole” tries to gin up some elitism out of a regular conversation about horses.

The elitist “spin” of the article is then belied by Romney commenting on the relatively inexpensive hotel they are staying in so his campaign has more for the business of campaigning. Gee, wouldn’t it be nice if somebody ran the government that way?

The next column whines about the bathrooms at Fox and despite trying to gin the elitism in the first column, inadvertantly makes him or herself look ridiculous by saying O’Reilly uses the same one as everyone else. Sounds very elitist wannabe. Dumb and dumber for the first two columns. Yawn.

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- HorseCrazy
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:04pm
  I just wasted the same time reading that the disgruntled employee revealed nothing but a clever way to get hired at any of the foxnews haters of america. pretty lame non story to get the liberals frothing at the mouth which really doesnt take much for the rabid dog pack they are.
  
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the_system_disconnect
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:50pm
Prosecute the crap out of ‘em, Fox.

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SilentReader
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:34pm
Now, who would have thought Fox News had a mole? They probably have a lot of them, since they are part owned by the Islamists, and they let Hamas-linked Muslim Brotherhood-linked CAIR spout their sugar-coated propaganda!

Beck was right to leave Fox News and start GBTV where he is not held hostage to anyone!

If you haven’t already subscribed to GBTV sign up free for 14 days on http://www.glennbeck.com and check it out! You won’t be disappointed!

Tonight. An address by Beck from the Oval Office!

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- whereareyourbrains
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:38pm
  you meant MSNBC and CNN didn’t you?
  
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Constructionist
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:32pm
Rule number one of successfully exploiting a mole: Announce to the world that you, in fact, have a mole inside the target organization. Liberals are too stupid to even be dishonest properly.

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- txblaze
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:59pm
  Yeah. That didn’t make sense to me either. Why would you tell the world you had a mole inside an organization so that there could be an investigation to remove that mole, and there goes your insider informaion. I guess they are just that stupid.
  
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ShyLow
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:28pm
It’s Megan Kelly…She’s really a fem-bot with machine gun jugglies!

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- Chet Hempstead
  Posted on April 12, 2012 at 12:52am
  Who ever said it was anyone that you see on the air? They would only know about their own show. All the people on this thread seem to think that a tv station works like a homemade sex tape, the people that you see on the tape set up a camera and then get in front of it to do their thing.
  
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jmcclena
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:23pm
Seems they have the wrong man: http://gawker.com/5901100/i-am-the-fox-mole-and-im-still-here

Hope they never catch him and he continues to expose that sham of a “news” organization.

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- HorseCrazy
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:34pm
  by sham you mean fair and balanced with liberal and conservative commentators? that is much more than any mainstream news organization can claim, fox is the only one that allows open debate with both sides on the payroll. sorry they don’t solely subscribe to your liberal propoganda. liberal networks don’t allow debate because in the end, communist socialist liberal progressive ideas fail. every single time. go back to media matters where you can not be challenged sine that is truly the liberal mindset as just proven by your statements. get a clue
  
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- TzuSun
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:41pm
  I could have written that post from anywhere and I’ve never been near FOX News. The fact that they don’t realize they’ve been caught yet…evidence that they’re a supporter of the left.
  
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- EqualJustice
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:15pm
  Why even HAVE a mole if FOX is as irrelevant as this administration likes to say? HAHAHHAHAHA They can’t get a REAL SCOOP of their own, so they go to FOX to STEAL material? Still won’t get them an audience. hahhahaha This will be fun if it’s an OBAMA lackey who can be identified. Hey, maybe they will actually LEARN something about TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY from Hannity. ;)
  
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- MrMark
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:48pm
  *SIGH*
  
  Just because they’ve announced that they know who the mole is it doesn’t mean they’ve let the axe fall yet. They could know exactly who it is and be prepping their legal plan before taking action. A smart move, actually.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:52pm
  I am so sick of the bullying and the under-handed arrogance of the Left . They are the New Mafia, the National Socialists, the the New Communists all rolled into one intolerant, arrogant, evil package.
  
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ThePostman
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:22pm
WOW, Fox News does better spin control than Obama.

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mymissusisanutter
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:21pm
What is Fox News so afraid of? Seriously, makes them seem a bit guilty of not being honest in their journalism.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:29pm
  I never trusted that Gutfeld in his shortie robe.
  
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- Brad Wesselmann
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:35pm
  It’s a nobody…just looking for attention and getting it. I don’t care much for that type of behavior, but then again if Fox News was as on-the-level as they try to portray with “we report, you decide” they wouldn’t have any worries about a mole would they?
  
  Another reason why we all need God in our lives to keep us honest…the pride of man always shows it’s ugly head and without anything/anyone to answer to, our fall is sure to follow.
  
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- Anse
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:36pm
  uh, you think?
  
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- rosecityken
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:03pm
  They dont want a mole in their organization so they are guilty of something?!? Wow! what a dumb comment …even for the regular trolls on this thread that was incredibly un intelligent.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:48pm
  Apparently you haven’t haven’t been watching the Murdoch witch hunt in London. The Labour Party and the Left Media is out to shut down conservative news media. They have been trying to smear Fox News with the Murdoch connection for a year. The International Left / Our Lefties are out to shut down Fox and to ban gun ownership in America. That is the game plan. Fox had better be aware ! They are in the gun sights of the Left.
  
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cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:06pm
mole is the perfect word for a progressive…

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- HorseCrazy
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:34pm
  it truly is.
  
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- thehuntedwitch
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:19pm
  I find your comment to be completely demeaning towards moles and other burrowing rodents.
  
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GeorgieJo
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:06pm
It’s Shepard Smith or Geraldo Rooveria.
Alan Combover is too dense.
Maybe Sally Korn or JooMoo Green?

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- delinski
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:35pm
  I vote Shepherd Smith, he is just as dense as Combs and definitely has a liberal streak. I hope they get rid of him either way. When he is on I think I am looking at community college television.
  
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- Therightsofbilly
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:42pm
  @Delinski,
  
  I agree…….I don’t like Shemp either.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:33pm
  No, I think the mole is a new hire. Probably some low level, off screen wonk.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:44pm
  GONZO, I agree with you, but it wouldn’t bother me to see Shemp go anyway. His voice and attitudes make me think of nails on a chalkboard, much like Wasserman-Schultz.
  
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Boss J
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:03pm
I wonder if “Gawker” is planning on hiring this broad for the rest of her life, because I doubt anyone else is going to hire a known liar.

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- Henrys_Ghost
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:11pm
  Whatta ya mean? MSNBC would scoop her up in a New York minute
  
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