Former Fox News Contributor Says She Left Because of Lack of Debate (Update)

This morning on Reliable Sources Howard Kurtz, former Fox News contributor Jane Hall shared her own personal criticisms of Fox News, saying that she wasn’t bothered so much by Fox’s Republican bent as the network’s lack of discussion and debate. She added that she’s outright scared of Glenn Beck.

Jane Hall: The reason I left [Fox News] is because I think they have less debate than they used to but it is a fair point to say how much debate is there on MSNBC … we have a bifurcation of the media.

Howard Kurtz: The reason you left is because you think they have less debate than they used to? In other words, it used to be Hannity and Colmes, not it’s just Hannity …

Hall: I think there’s less debate than there was, and I’m also frankly uncomfortable Beck, who I think should be called out as somebody whose language is way over the top and it’s scary. [8:20 ff]

Kurtz welcomed two other guests to rehash (for the umpteenth time) the recent exchanges between Fox News and the White House. The panel covered all of its bases, discussing the Obama-Nixon comparison and FNC’s [accidental] exclusion from the Pay Czar pool interview.

Nico Pitney, national editor of the Huffington Post, pretty much toed the party line, calling Fox News a “24-hour campaign against the Obama administration.” The Washington Times‘ Amanda Carpenter channeled George Stephanopoulos from last week, saying the White House’s strategy is backfiring and the other networks have no choice but the cover the back and forth.

To be fair, though, Kurtz can spend as much time as he wants on the Fox-White House tiff because he really blew it open on his show three weeks ago.

Update: A Fox News spokesperson tells Mediaite Hall’s contract was not renewed.

Howard Kurtz’s Reliable Sources with Amanda Carpenter, Nico Pitney and Jane Hall: