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Former John Edwards aide and faux-baby-daddy-for-hire Andrew Young was handed a relatively stiff sentence today, as a judge ordered he and his wife to be jailed for contempt for up to 75 days. At issue is Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones' suspicion that the Youngs have failed to turn over all copies of an alleged sex tape featuring Edwards and mistress Rielle Hunter.

Meanwhile, on Fox News' Your World, host Neil Cavuto waxes poetic about "small people" (like Young) making the "big people (Edwards) feel small." Has Cavuto already seen the tape? (more...)

video The horrible situation in Haiti continues to reveal a series of questionable comments in the cable news world. Next up? Fox News Neil Cavuto, who introduced his guest, retired Lt. Col. Bill Cowen thusly: "I know its apples and oranges, completely different situation -- I always think that when we get knee-deep in middle of something that could be pretty violent, I think of Somalia -- very diifferent circumstances -- but we know what we can happen." (more...)

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2009 has been a year of controversies. Some of them were big, like Climategate, spurred by a set of hacked emails which caused widespread public questioning of the reality of global warming. Some of them were not very big, but were nevertheless blown up by blogs and cable news, like Jackass-gate, when President Obama referred to Kanye West as a "Jackass" in an off-the-record interview that got out. Many were united by that ever-persistent "-gate" suffix.

In this slideshow, Mediaite fondly looks back on a year of -gates (and wonders if it's time to give the "-gate" suffix a rest): (more...)

video Activist and environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr. was on Fox News' Your World yesterday, chatting with guest host Stuart Varney about the global warming leaked emails currently being dubbed "Climategate" (of course). And it didn't take long before each were shouting their points of views. (more...)

video News Corp. COO and President Chase Carey was a guest this week on Fox Business Network, and host Neil Cavuto asked him about a wide range of issues. Serving as Rupert Murdoch's #2 means there's a lot to talk about - from White House vs. Fox News to Google. (more...)

video Well that was a shock to the eyes, America. Judge Andrew Napolitano is apparently filling in for Glenn Beck today because Beck is suffering from appendicitis, and expected to make a full recovery we are told. Maybe last night's NY-23 results were too much for Glenn? It must have been a fairly quick last minute replacement, Neil Cavuto seemed unaware when he threw it 'Glenn.'
UPDATE: Apparently, Beck left his radio show early today because he was not feeling well, and was scheduled to have his appendix removed today. UPDATE #2: We hear Beck will be out for the rest of the week.

video Fox News, 4:09pmET: Today Neil Cavuto devoted an entire section of the A-block of his Fox News show Your World to a discussion about how best to remove a door. This is politically analogous to the "closed door" sessions that are occurring right now regarding the health care bill. But, really, it was about doors. (more...)

In Depth Fox Business Network celebrated their two-year anniversary last week, and with the addition of Don Imus, the FBN brand has been discussed more recently than at any other time in the young channel's history. After talking to dozens of people who work or have worked at FBN, work at other business networks, or are part of the financial community, we've broken down where the network stands, two years in. (more...)

Fox News, 4:03pmET, yesterday: There were a lot of stories yesterday about the Dow closing above 10,000 again, but no one took the creative tactic employed by Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto. Hey, this recovery is great and all, but can't we thank former Pres. George W. Bush? (more...)

video Fox News has found a good reason to keep talking about Fox news - they've got an escalating feud with the White House. And no amount of awkwardness is going to stop them from covering themselves. It started with a news report by James Rosen this afternoon, continued with Neil Cavuto and was followed by Glenn Beck. Here's a look at the self-coverage: (more...)

developing Don Imus kicks off his Fox Business Network morning show on Monday (we'll have more on that coming soon), but today he's interviewed by FNC/FBN anchor Neil Cavuto. The interview airs at 4pmET on Fox News and 6pmET on FBN - and there are quite a few soundbites sure to garner some attention. We got a look at some excerpts - including shots at Dan Rather, David Letterman and even his new colleague Glenn Beck. (more...)

exclusive The New York Supreme Court appellate division dismissed Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against his former employer CBS yesterday, and both sides have weighed in. But one person who hasn't talked yet is Rather himself. He'll make his first comments since the dismissal tomorrow - on Fox News. (more...)

video I'm no stranger to losing body parts as I am a one-eyed guy. That's why part of me sympathizes with 65 year old Bill Rice who had the tip of his pinkie finger bitten off at a Health care rally last Wednesday. Course it was only after he punched out some mystery pro-health reform guy in the face a second time. According to Bill the guy called him an idiot. More in a Washington Post article here. However, in the small town where I come from in Canada, if you punch a guy in the face twice you had best be prepared for some retaliation. But even in Belleville, Ontario biting a dude's finger off is a bit much. A bite much? (more...)

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Sometimes the word "exclusive" gets thrown around too loosely in TV news, but yesterday on Neil Cavuto's 4pmET program he had a real (and really long) exclusive interview with Dr. Jack Kevorkian, AKA Dr. Death.

The 30-minute interview touched on a variety of topics, but when you can get Dr. Death to talk about the "Death Panels" - that's going to be the highlight. (more...)

Fox News, 4:18pmET: Well we've already done one Chyron of the Day today - but then Neil Cavuto started talking about Marie Antoinette. Yes, it was tongue-in-cheek, but that didn't stop the conversation from drifting away from Rep. Eric Massa and his recent comments to the beheaded former Queen of France. (more...)