In a wide-ranging interview with MultiChannel News’ Mike Reynolds, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly accused MSNBC of not dealing in facts, compared himself to Howard Cosell, and explained how he single-handedly saved Inside Edition.

As time winds down to the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary, politicos can look forward to tonight’s Fox News/Wall Street Journal/South Carolina GOP debate, and the stakes couldn’t be higher, especially with one less opponent. Live from Myrtle Beach tonight (9pm EST to 11pm), Fox News’ Bret Baier will co-moderate the debate and will try to ensure each candidate gets a fair shake.

15 years ago Fox News Channel officially joined the cable airwaves, and seeing as they have spent the last decade as the most watched cable news outlet, you would forgive them for taking a victory lap to celebrate. Literally.

As part of a larger campaign to observe 15 years on air, Fox News Channel will be hitting the road, sending many of their top on-air talent to numerous locations around the nation to report live and broadcast their shows. Starting out from Orlando on September 19th, the tour will hit six cities across the country, airings special episodes of key shows from each stop.

Fox News Producer Tadek Murkowski described his experience exiting of what Fox has deemed Libya’s “Hotel From Hell,” saying, “It came down to this, they were told, keep the journalists there until you hear from us,” later boiling the hostage-like conditions down to a hard-lined and heightened-in-desperation loyalty amongst the Qaddafi loyalists left to watch over them in the hotel.

At the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills Tuesday, MSNBC president Phil Griffin said his network showed signs of strength over the last year–even outperforming cable news leader Fox News Channel in specific hours on specific days. “It just gives uou an indication of where we’re going,” Griffin was quoted by The Hollywood Reporter. “For the first time we’re beginning to chip away at Fox News Channel.”

Fox News’ new White House Correspondent Ed Henry spoke with Don Imus for the first time and wasn’t shy about admitting just how happy he is to be working at Fox and how amusing he finds some of the criticism. Imus teed up Henry’s response by asking “when did you come over from the dark side, CNN” and Henry didn’t disappoint by making it clear what team he is on now.

Last night Jon Stewart interviewed Fox News’ Juan Williams and while the interview that aired on The Daily Show focused on Williams’ bitter end with his former employer NPR, the really juicy parts of the conversation took place in portions that appeared exclusively online. The lengthy conversation between the two demonstrated a mutually respectful tone and a truly fascinating discussion about the current state of journalism and political discourse, which led to Stewart comically noticing “we’re two very smart people.”

Donald Trump spoke with the hosts of Fox & Friends this morning and revealed an uncompromising position on the debt negotiations that he hopes Republicans adopt. With his eye on the prize of making sure President Obama does not get a second term as President, Trump seems to be arguing that the Republicans have just three choices: (i) accept a “deal” where they compromise on nothing and get everything they want; (ii) agree to a short-term extension, forcing Obama to engage in these debt talks again during his re-election campaign; or (iii) don’t raise the debt ceiling and if the country defaults it’s Obama fault.

Roger Ailes, the head of the Fox News Channel, is written about very extensively in the latest issue of Rolling Stone. The author of the piece, Tim Dickinson, appeared last night on MSNBC with substitute anchor Thomas Roberts and continued his unflattering description of Ailes, “the Chairman,” as a “deeply paranoid” but extremely powerful man.

We reported last night on the strange and clumsy criticism of President Obama from Fox Business’ Eric Bolling and MSNBC’s Ed Schultz noticed it too, theorizing this is the rhetoric necessary to try and get Glenn Beck‘s job. Schultz summarized a few examples of Bolling’s extreme comments and concluded Bolling is well on his way to filling Beck’s shoes.

As the New York magazine profile of Fox News chief Roger Ailes continues to send shockwaves through the cable news universe, officials at Fox News are quick to clear up at least one inaccuracy while fair-minded readers of the article are left wondering about another question. Why did the piece feature a disparaging image of Ailes with a cigar blowing up in his face, while a similarly extensive profile of Media Matters founder David Brock, which appeared in the same issue of the magazine, showcased a flattering portrait of the Fox News nemesis?

Rachel Maddow tonight discussed the fact that all of the likely Republican presidential candidates either previously worked at Fox News Channel or are well aware that they will have to appear there often in order to win the Republican nomination. In other words, Maddow declared that “Fox News is the uncontested gatekeeper for Republican politics and Republican politicians.”

White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe made the rounds on the Sunday morning talk shows, but the conversation got a little testy in his appearance on Fox News Sunday. When Chris Wallace questioned why Democrats were now fine with some budget cuts that just a few weeks ago they called “draconian,” Plouffe took the opportunity to speak about the Fox News viewers.

Howard Kurtz assembled a panel of guests to further comment on the end of Glenn Beck‘s daily Fox News show. While conservative commentator Amy Holmes defended Beck and argued his rhetoric wasn’t much different than the hosts on MSNBC, liberal commentator Bill Press was glad the “ticking time bomb” would soon be gone.

Conservative commentator George Will appeared on America’s Morning News, a conservative radio show, and co-host Amy Holmes asked Will for his thoughts on Glenn Beck‘s upcoming separation from Fox News. Will did not hesitate to let it be known where he stands and here’s a hint, he’s not all that interested in where the “Paul Revere” of cable might ride next.

On the day when Glenn Beck and Fox News officially announced a “transition” from their current relationship, Chris Matthews welcomed Media Matters founder David Brock to Hardball in order to congratulate him for his “successful campaign” to remove Beck. Brock smiled, saying Beck’s reputation forced “even Fox” to draw a line and that today was a “victory for civil discourse.”

Bill O’Reilly appeared with Don Imus this morning and Imus wanted O’Reilly to weigh in on the speculation about Glenn Beck‘s television future. Imus asked the Fox star whether he expects Beck to stay at Fox, and O’Reilly didn’t seem too confident.

New Fox News correspondent John Roberts appeared with Don Imus this morning to share his views on being a new father and on the conflict in Libya. However, some of the most interesting parts were Imus trying to get Roberts to reveal his true thoughts about his former employer, CNN, and Roberts opening up about his awkward on-air moment scolding his American Morning co-host.

Greta Van Susteren wrote on her blog that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Republican lawmakers made a crucial mistake in their attempt to enforce their controversial collective bargaining bill. A Wisconsin County judge granted a temporary restraining order to opponents of the bill. Instead of responding in court with an appeal, like Walker chose to do, Greta suggests Walker and the Republicans should have just re-passed the bill.

Former Democratic Senator Evan Bayh will be joining Fox News Channel as a political contributor. Bayh served as Senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011 and was viewed by many as a centrist Democrat.

Might another Fox News contributor and rumored potential presidential candidate soon be on their way out from the channel? According to a report from New York Magazine, Sarah Palin’s “going rogue” against the advice of Fox News boss Roger Ailes, could have left her on thin ice with the channel.

Rev. Jesse Jackson has arrived on the scene in Wisconsin and told Megyn Kelly today that “we need a better deal for the American worker.” He also warned there would be an escalation of the protests as a result of the bill passed by Wisconsin Republicans. Kelly questioned why the answer isn’t to vote out Republicans next time rather than continue to protest now, but Jackson insisted that the injustice was too great to ignore.

Glenn Beck is a lightning rod for attention of all sorts, and while he might be getting lower ratings from a year ago, is Fox News really considering life without him? That’s the suggestion made by the NY Times‘ David Carr who cites anonymous Fox News officials, “that they are looking at the end of his contract in December and contemplating life without Mr. Beck.” If accurate, then such a meteoric rise and fall might even put Keith Olbermann to shame, yet could it really be true?

Fox News announced yesterday the suspension of their employment agreement with contributors Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum as each ramps up their campaign for President. And with other potential candidates and Fox News employees (Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and John Bolton) being warned by the network that “as soon as each of them shows some serious intention to form an exploratory committee” similar action will be taken, one thing is clear: Fox News’ strategy to secure so many compelling newsmakers was a very smart business decision, and one that we might likely see more of in the future.

Those of you who were able to carve out some time to watch Fox News’ Super Bowl Sunday interview between Bill O’Reilly and President Barack Obama in between overdosing on chicken wings and sharing one’s deep offense at Groupon’s Super Bowl ad with all of one’s Twitter followers saw that, as expected, the conservative pundit – not being one to lob too many softballs in the first place – was relatively tough (But fair?) on the Commander in Chief.