Barack Obama had secret meetings with Fox News and mogul Rupert Murdoch to express concerns over the channel's coverage of him and his campaign. The camps must have ironed out their differences, because Obama will appear on Bill O'Reilly's show this Thursday, the same night John McCain accepts the Republican presidential nomination. [WaPo]

Did Rachel Maddow try to get a show on Fox News? [Jossip]

Fox New has apologized for trashing trans America's Next Top Model contestant Isis: "…We aired a segment about a transgender by the name of Isis, who will compete in the upcoming season of the television show America’s Next Top Model. The group GLAAD, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation sent us an email saying it was offensive. That was not our intention. We apologize." [GLAAD]

Running for President was the single best thing former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee ever could have done: "Less than one month after signing on as a Fox News commentator, Mike Huckabee is working aggressively to expand his media presence. This week, Huckabee is meeting with Fox officials about plans to host his own show on the network. Plus, he’s subbing for Paul Harvey on ABC Radio Network and appearing on a number of existing Fox shows." [Politico]

Howard Wolfson, a top adviser to Hillary Clinton during her presidential campaign, will join the likes of Karl Rove as an analyst for Fox News. Remarked Wolfson of his new gig, "Fox has the largest audience in cable television — many of its viewers are independents who will help decide the next election. It's critically important for strong progressives to be talking to and offering analysis to that audience." [Washington Post]

We recently got into a debate with a friend in which we argued that Americans have evolved since the 2000 and 2004 elections. While we think that may be true in some respects, apparently it's not universal: "Fox News is poised to reclaim the title of the most-watched cable news network in the key advertising demographic in the second quarter of 2008. The cable channel attracted the most 25- to 54-year-old viewers in prime-time this quarter, according to preliminary Nielsen Media Research data, drawing an average of 346,000 in that age group through Tuesday." [LA Times]

All of Bill O'Reilly's homo hatemongering has finally won him an award: San Francisco Pride's satirical Pink Brick award, which goes to those who perpetuate anti-gay myths. While O'Reilly has done his fair share of tall tale telling, it's his erroneous lesbian gang story that won him the dishonorable award. Better luck next year, Greg Gutfeld! O'Reilly will be presented with the award this evening. [SF Chronicle]

Fox News' Greg Gutfeld, who equated Ellen DeGeneres' gay marriage with toilet talk, has quite the obsession with gay people - and using them as punchlines. [Gawker]