Van Susteren's Husband's Ties to Sarah Palin Raise Ethical Questions for Fox News

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I'm looking forward to getting more information about this topic, don't worry about negative opinions.

RemcoD of HI 8:16PM March 12, 2010

I am reading this article second time today, you have to be more careful with content leakers. If I will fount it again I will send you a link

Carlo Shaw of HI 8:35PM February 19, 2010

my God, i thought you were going to chip in with some decisive insght at the end there, not leave it with ‘we leave it to you to decide’.

Unorneync of AL 11:23PM October 13, 2009

You are concerned about Greta's ethics? Does it only concern you when you scrutinize Republicans? What about Chris Matthews and George Stephanopoulos? Both worked for Bill Clinton. Both are huge cheerleaders for Obama. Why are you not questioning their over the top bias as an ethical violation. Why? Because that only applies the people you disagree with....HYPOCRIT

Troy S of WA 10:31PM July 09, 2009

Sarah Palin is no more qualified to be POTUS than I, and all you need to do to realize that is to go back and look at her unscripted interviews during the campaign. The woman is a hate-mongering simpleton.As for Greta, she threw her ethics out the window when she sold her soul to Fox News.

Brenda J Ashford of IL 1:12PM June 08, 2009

READ YOUR PIECE WITH INTEREST. HOVERVER, JUST ASKING IS QUITE AN APT TITLE.

ALLOW ME TO JUST B' ASKING ABUT YOUR OPINION ON THE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE REFORM. ANOTHER INTERESTING PIECE OF CONCERN FOR AMERICANS.

POINT 1: THIS GOVERNMENT OFFER OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE SEEMS BENEVOLENT AND INNOCUOUS.

HOWEVER, WON'T THIS CAUSE MAJOR INSURERS TO RAISE THEIR RATES AND LOWER THEIR BENEFITS TO CONSUMERS. THAT IS THOSE SENIORS, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED AND OTHERS RECEIVING BENEFITS AND DEPENDENT UPON MEDICAIRE. MANY OF THEIR CONCERNS ARE LIFE THREATENING.

2. WILL THIS CAUSE THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY TO REDUCE EMPLOYMENT FOR WORKERS CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOOD OF UNEMPLOYED,

3. HOW AND WHO WILL PAY FOR THIS UNIVERSAL PACKAGE?

4. WILL THIS ENABLE GOVERNMENT TO DICTATE WHO AND WHAT PROCEDURES ARE NECESSARY?

WELL MR. OBAMA AS ARTICULATE A SPEAKER AS HE IS, STILL REMAINS A FLEDGING LEADER WITH A STRONG PREDOMINATING DESIRE FOR RE-ELECTION AND HISTORY. THIS UNIVERSAL HEALTH INITIATIVE SOUNDS GREAT TO THE EARS OF SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS AMERICANS, BUT NOT SO FAST. PERHAPS SOME STATISTICS THAT ARE NOT SO POLITICALLY APPEALING SHOULD BE EXAMINED BEFORE WE ARE SWEPT OFF OUR FEET. I THINK THE ORDER OF THIS PRESCRIPTION MUST BE VISUALIZED AND EXAMINED, IT APPEARS TO ME PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE AND DRIVER ARE IN PLACE.

I REFER YOU AND THE READERS TO HUNGER FACTS: ON THE KIDS MAKE A DIFFERENCE .ORG WEBSITE

"36.3 MILLION AMERICAN PEOPLE LIVE IN HOUSEHOLDS THAT EXPERIENCE HUNGER. ONE IN TEN HOUSEHOLDS IN THE U.S. IS HUNGRY.(USDA, ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE, 2003)

"13 MILLION CHILDREN IN THE U.S. GO TO BED HUNBGRY, BREAD FOR THE WORLD, 2004)"

"41.9% OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN AND 40% OF LATINO CHILDREN ARE CHRONICALLY HUNGRY COMPARED TO 16.2% OF WHITE CHILDREN." (BREAD FOR THE WORLD, 1995 STATISTICS.

"IN 2004 ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU POVERTY ROSE AGAIN IN 2004 WITH 1.1 MILLION MORE AMERICANS IN POVERTY THAT PREVIOUSLY.

INFANT MORTALITY IS 2X AS HIGH AS IN CHINA'S CAPITAL."

"ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AN AFRICAN- AMERICAN BABY IN WASHINGTON HAS LESS CHANCE OF SURVIVING ITS FIRST YEAR THAN A BOY IN URBAN PARTS OF THE STATE OF KERALA IN INDIA."

SO LET ME REITERATE AMERICANS LOOK BEFORE WE LEAP WITH A SOPHISTRY OF RHETORIC DESIGNED TO APPEAL TO THE SENSES ONLY.

LET US ASK THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT HUNGER IS FIRST WIPED OUT IN OUR NATION. ENCOURAGE OUR LEADERS TO CREATE PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS ISSUES OF SUBSTANCE, NOT SIMPLY POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY.

H KRIVELIN of NY 1:36PM May 21, 2009

Certainly they both have mutual respect for each other. By sitting down together ( maybe W/ Moose Chili and a few beers ) these two great women would find multitudes of common ground issues that could be used to take a few baby steps in uniting this great country, and make a few more cracks in that glass ceiling.

T of CA 4:31PM May 20, 2009

OOOOOOOO Greta and family like Sarah Palin. This is like China lecturing Iceland on overpopulation.

Luc of NY 1:58PM May 20, 2009

This is so bizarre. You're focussing on Coale, who does not work for Fox News, when MSNBC and NBC will be promoting the work of their parent company, GE, who is receiving over 100 billion in a NO-BID contract from the President to handle healthcare information systems? Which will just-so-happens to bail them out of their current financial mess? GE, the same company which issued instructions to their networks to bias the "news" during the campaign to help the President win?

I thought we were promised an end to no-bid federal contracts after Haliburton. Governor Palin doesn't have the backing of organized crime (i.e. old GOP guard) so maybe that's reason enough to cross party lines to support her.

Chris of CT 12:55PM May 20, 2009

Coale and Greta are scientologists. Their first loyalty is to the

church. Fox News, Palin, Clinton, they are just

windfalls and banks along the way.

ND of CA 8:39PM May 19, 2009

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Robert Schlesinger is managing editor for opinion at U.S. News and World Report, overseeing all opinion editorial content. He is the author of White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters. E-mail him at rschlesinger@usnews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @rschles.

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