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*''Weekend Live'' host [[Tony Snow]] is a conservative columnist, radio host, and former chief speechwriter for the first [[George H. W. Bush|Bush]] administration. He also hosts his own show, ''The Tony Snow Show,'' on Fox News [[Radio]].

*Primetime co-host [[Sean Hannity]] (paired with [[Alan Colmes]] on-air) is one of Fox News' openly partisan anchors, the voice of the [[Right-wing politics|political right]] on ''[[Hannity and Colmes]]''; Hannity is also prominent in [[Talk radio#U.S. politically-oriented talk radio|conservative talk radio]], second only to [[Rush Limbaugh]] in terms of listeners, and went on tour for [[George W. Bush]] before the 2004 election.

*One of the most well-known personalities is the popular [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]], who hosts the [[O'Reilly Factor]]; O'Reilly often faces criticism from the left over a perceived pro-(Iraq)war, right-wing slant in his newsopinion coverageprogram. O'Reilly himself maintains that he is politically independent (chiefly due to [[libertarian]] positions on social issues like homosexuality and marijuana legislation). Some people accuse O'Reilly for frequently usesusing incendiary, emotive, or nationalist "rhetoric" toward those who hold disagreeing positions, such as accusing Senator [[Dick Durbin]] of "slamming America" and "condemning his own country" over Durbin's criticism of the conditions at the United States' [[Guantanamo Bay]] facility in [[Cuba]]. Some leftists despise O'Reilly philosophically, because he labels himself "a traditionalist". Others despise him personally, because his program (Radio and TV) are confrontational (whoever has the best argument wins). O'Reilly himself juxtaposes that his show is not so much "news", but a [[news analysis]] program.[http://www.Foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159877,00.html]

*[[John Gibson (media host)|John Gibson]]'s afternoon block of news coverage, "[[The Big Story]]", is frequently cited as an example of what some people see Fox News as deliberately blurring the lines between objective reporting and opinion/editorial programming. Gibson gained notoriety immediately after the [[U.S._presidential_election,_2000#Florida_election_results|2000 presidential election controversy]] for his advocating the burning of all ballots involved in the election dispute once George W. Bush was sworn into office: "Is this a case where knowing the facts actually would be worse than not knowing? I mean, should we burn those ballots, preserve them in amber, or shred them? George Bush is going to be president. And who needs to know that he's not a legitimate president?" [http://www.yaaams.org/medianews.shtml]

*Business anchor [[Neil Cavuto]], who is also Fox News' vice president of business news and a current member of the network's executive committee, has been described as a "Bush apologist" by critics [http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0613-23.htm] after conducting an allegedly deferential interview with President George W. Bush [http://www.Foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158960,00.html] wherein Cavuto told Bush that domestic lack of support for the [[Social Security debate (United States)|partial privatization of Social Security]] was due to Americans being "distracted" by [[2005 trial of Michael Jackson|Michael Jackson's child molestation trial]]. Cavuto has been a syndicated columnist on both [[Townhall.com]] [http://www.townhall.com/columnists/neilcavuto/archive.shtml] and [[NewsMax.com]] [http://www.newsmax.com/pundits/Cavuto.shtml].