Liberal Professor Marc Lamont Hill Appears On O’Reilly’s Show After Murdoch Said He Had Been Fired
Liberal Professor Marc Lamont Hill Appears On O’Reilly’s Show After Murdoch Said He Had Been Fired
Last night on the O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly brought on Marc Lamont Hill and Mary Katharine Hamm to talk about Iran’s nuclear weapons program. He introduced Hamm as a “Fox News analyst” and called Hill — who was filling in for NPR reporter Juan Williams — a professor from Columbia University.
What was interesting about Hill’s appearance was that it was his first one in nearly a month — since he was supposedly fired by Rupert Murdoch. From a report by the Live Feed on Oct. 16:
Rupert Murdoch continued Fox News Channel’s duel with the White House on Friday while also announcing the termination of the network’s left-leaning analyst Marc Lamont Hill. [...]
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.”
Murdoch never said why the network let Hill go. However, the Columbia University professor’s views — such as his defense of White House adviser Van Jones — are often out of step with those of the network’s hosts. Additionally, Hill has been the target of Cliff Kincaid, who works for the right-wing “Accuracy in Media” organization and has been leading a campaign to get Hill fired.
But if his controversial views were the reason he’s no longer a Fox News analyst, then why would O’Reilly still have him on his show? Or was there another reason he was fired?
Late last month, Hill said that he found out he had been fired through a “Google alert.” But on Twitter, Hill still calls himself a “Professor/Activist/Fox News Analyst,” and his bio on his website reads:
Hill has not responded to inquiries from ThinkProgress about his arrangement with Fox.
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I really can’t get all that excited about this.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:45 pmWhatever Colmes-clone that Billo decides to bring onto his show to serve as ‘liberal counterpoint’ is not high on my list of things I care about….
November 10th, 2009 at 3:50 pmControversy creation.
Boring at that
November 10th, 2009 at 3:52 pmMaybe Bill lobbied for him to stay on the show?
November 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pmDr Marc Lamont Hill is one of the leading hip-hop generation intellectualls in the country.
Yeah , because that generation sure has produced a slew of acknowledged geniuses ……..That 1st bio sentence is as absurd and ridiculous as any I have ever read ……..
November 10th, 2009 at 3:57 pm*INTELLECTUALS*
November 10th, 2009 at 3:58 pmAUDIT THE FED says:
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Maybe Bill lobbied for him to stay on the show?
November 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Yeah , he bribed Murdick with a loofah and a steamy falafel ….
November 10th, 2009 at 4:00 pmHill not a mere liberal .. he is Marxist. Have you ever heard his economic views? Karl would be proud.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:04 pmSoooooo, open thread? ;)
November 10th, 2009 at 4:07 pm*yawn*
November 10th, 2009 at 4:07 pmMust….Defend…..Fox….At…..All…..Costs.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:09 pmShould the SEC get involved. After all, it was at a meeting announcing quarterly earnings that Murdoch told shareholder’s that Hill had been fired. Did he misinform them (i.e. lie)?
I can’t wait to see what Cliff Kincaid has to say about this.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:09 pmno, mr. puke,
November 10th, 2009 at 4:10 pmwe haven’t read his views then again, neither have you. i am sure you’ve heard the paraphrased version courtesy of pox news.
Mr.Duke says:
Hill not a mere liberal .. he is Marxist. Have you ever heard his economic views?
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Considering you believe that Marxism is some sort of “liberal view”, it’s clear you have no concept of either.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:10 pmHow smart and/or liberal can you be when you have “Fox News Analyst” in your title?
November 10th, 2009 at 4:19 pmHF says:
Considering you believe that Marxism is some sort of “liberal view”, it’s clear you have no concept of either.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Hey, explain Marxism for the class.
We’re bored.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:19 pmEvery notice that EVERYONE that doesnt agree with KOCHs news is a marxist, stalinist, communist or socialist?
I wonder what the libertarian hero says about that, Dookie?
Ayn Rand said in a Playboy interview that “What is wrong with them [Bircher/Koch/Murdoch] is that they don’t seem to have any specific, clearly defined political philosophy. … I consider the Birch Society futile, because they are not for Capitalism but merely against Communism.”
I would say they use communism as a means to demonize anyone that doesnt agree with them.
Its the McCarthy News Corp!
November 10th, 2009 at 4:20 pmHe’s a Marxist?
Grouch or Harpo?
Considering he’s probably honking Billo’s horn, I’d say he’s a Harpo Marxist
November 10th, 2009 at 4:22 pmMurdoch should just rename News Corp to News Bore
November 10th, 2009 at 4:25 pmZooey says:
Hey, explain Marxism for the class.
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As a good liberal, you should know that Marxism cannot be defined by a bumper sticker slogan. To simplify and reduce the definition of Marxism to some minimally didactic formalization, as my fellow righties do (See Beck), is an embarrassment to academia and historians who struggle even today to succinctly and accurately define this complex political and economic philosophy.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:31 pmya know, the claims that Hill is a Marxist, really suffer from their relationship to the cries that Obama is a Kenyan / Indonesian Marxist, Communist, Stalinist from within the Satanic branch of the Muslim church.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:59 pmMr.Duke says: “Hill not a mere liberal .. he is Marxist. Have you ever heard his economic views? Karl would be proud.”
Rove???
November 10th, 2009 at 5:04 pmHF says:
November 10th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
That ain’t gonna fly, huffer.
Go ahead, explain Marxism. This is an open thread.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:05 pmWho gave this moron his PHd? He can’t even articulately defend American liberalism. He’s like the Washington Generals of political debate.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:05 pm“It’s pronounced “Hfuhruhurr”.”
November 10th, 2009 at 5:14 pmThe last line should probably read “Defending racists that aren’t conservative.” I’m pretty sure that’s the intent.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:48 pmTroll: Marks. Its Bad. Its whats in my underwear. All we need to know.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:02 pmNYPOST (Murdock owned) is being sued by an employee and she is alleging rampant racism..wonder if Mr Hill’s sudden reappearance would have anything to do with the lawsuit?
November 10th, 2009 at 8:34 pmWow! who in their right mind would want FakeNews analyst after their name ?
Same as always some will endure any insult to get on TV.
Always thought Marc had more Pride than this.This guy is way to smart to be stooping like this.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:09 pmPoop
November 10th, 2009 at 11:18 pmI’ve never seen “hip-hop” and “”intellectual” used in the same sentence
November 11th, 2009 at 1:35 amin the bio of someone with a PhD.
Don’t watch Fox. My stomach is too sensitive for such slime. However, I can’t believe that Hill is on Fox because he is an effective response to the likes of Hannity, Beck or Huchabee. It must be he gives “liberals” therefore must be democrats a bad name or weak presentation of real views.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:07 amJuan Williams is Fox’s resident house negro. Prof. Hill apparently won’t play the game. I don’t have a problem with Prof. Hill cashing Fox checks so long as he continues to speak his mind.
November 11th, 2009 at 1:07 pmRupert had to bring him back. Juan Williams would have been overwhelmed working the kitchen at the Christmas Party all by himself!
Besides, you didn’t think “whites” were going to sort that mail in the basement-did you?
(snark accomplished!)
November 11th, 2009 at 5:32 pm