I am a frequent reader of the FOX News website, not so much because I agree with its conservative-slanted take on news, but because I check it regularly along with my usual routine of getting perspectives from all the usual US mainstream media suspects (i.e. the big 5: CNN, FOX, WaPo, NYT, LA Times). This time consuming habit grew out of my days in grad school when I used to channel surf cable TV btw CNN, FOX and (ugh) MSNBC to get the daily take on what are arguably the most popular sources of news for the majority of americans.
Anyway, I've noticed recently that Eric Margolis has become a more frequent contributor to FOX on global affairs. Margolis is a controversial figure for a number of reasons, most notably for his criticism directed at Israel and Russia (the latter being how I discovered him in my research in the Chechnya situation). I think he may be Canadian but not sure. I no longer have the benefit of watching FOX regularly as I once did since i have the basic Time Warner cable package (surprise surprise - CNN only). Margolis and FOX seem like an odd couple - FOX being mainly an uncomprimising pro-Bushite neo-con forum. Margolis' addition may be an effort by FOX by to add an "old conservative" voice to their line-up, such as CNN has Novak and MSNBC has Pat Buchanan.
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