“Within seven days of a reported 'truce' between the Republican network and the Democratic White House, [Murdoch defending Beck] is what we're seeing. I guess the 'truce' is over?”

“The number one rule of American politics: the greatest, most insatiable need of the standard conservative is to turn themselves into oppressed little victims.”

“Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he's put a horse's head in Roger Ailes's bed.”

“Fox has undertaken a role typically played by media outlets in, say, Venezuela or various unstable, under-developed countries -- sponsoring rather than reporting on protests against the government.”

“The really apt analogy [for Fox News] is professional wrestling. It's entertainment. Lots of people like it. And to each his own. But it's not right to pretend it's a real sporting event, is it? It's just not right.”

“After the president and his advisers made their case against FOX, that network has run with it and run with it in an attempt to presumably try to glean some commercial success from it.”

“For Ruth Marcus and others, the problem isn't that Fox News is making a mockery of modern journalism; the problem is that the White House has acknowledged reality.”

“It doesn't really make much sense for the White House to continue to pound FNC, because every time they do that, more people watch us.”

“Every time the president or one of his spokespeople mentions Beck or Limbaugh, the latter two enjoy increased ratings and bucks. Who's the happiest man on earth these days? Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes, whose soles must rarely touch pavement.”

“FOX News is tougher on the Obama administration than the other TV news operations because we actually have some conservative commentators on this network.”

“Fox News and the Bush White House were two peas in a pod ... while Fox News has deliberately positioned itself as the Obama White House's enemy.”