The Fox News brand used to be defined by the lying and fear-mongering of Sean Hannity and the bullying pseudo-common man narcissism of Bill O'Reilly, but now it is defined by the operatic self-aggrandizing paranoia and fear-mongering of Glenn Beck.

This morning, Fox News featured a new iPhone app designed to assist illegals with their quest to enter the US by locating safe water sources, monitoring border patrol and inspiring through poetry—all funded by your tax dollars. Cue the outrage!

Howell Raines hit out at Fox News for ruining political debate. But it's not just Fox. By softballing and coddling interviewees, all of television news has helped politicians get away with appalling lies, distortions and… being Sarah Palin.

Tonight on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart delivered a one-two punch: one against President Obama for treating his health care reform speeches like campaign theater, and one against Fox News for continuing to spin its coverage. Inside, video of both.

Peter Doocy (Steve's kid) went rogue! Instead of interviewing the conservative parents Gretchen was expecting to see, Lil Doo got in way over his head with a liberal college student. Gretchen and Brian looked pissed.

We've taken note before of the confusion among the White House press corps as to whether Barack Obama is a attention-hungry celebrity or a publicity-shy recluse. Fat charlatan Roger Ailes just solved the puzzle for us: "He's underexposed and overexposed."

Tonight on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart delivered a one-two punch to Sarah Palin—and the network she now works for—with his commentary on her Tonight Show appearance and on Fox News' newest blonde bombshell, Megyn Kelly. Video inside.

Sarah Palin made a rogue late night appearance this evening and visited Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. Palin addressed her hand note gaffe, the ~media~ and her Fox News job before doing a stand-up routine (seriously). Video inside.

Roger Ailes, corpulent prick and president of Fox News, has come out of the closet as a liberal who opposes the war in Afghanistan and thinks wearing lapel pins to prove that you care about something is shallow.

Will Fox News chyron errors ever cease to humorous? Arizona's J.D. Hayworth saw his political career go down in Abramoff-fueled flames. Now Fox thinks he is a woman. Read on if you like typo screengrabs. You know who you are.

Happy Friday, here is a Dumb Thing on Fox News post. Yesterday the squawking heads were discussing how bad college is. Why is it bad? Because it makes you liberal. But it doesn't make you smarter.

• Super Bowl XLIV made history last night: It's now the most-watched TV program in U.S. history, having bypassed the finale of M*A*S*H in 1983. [THR]
• Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have filed suit against the Rupert Murdoch's News of the World for reporting the couple was separating. [Guardian]
• Talks between Fox and Conan O'Brien seem to be moving ahead. As for the Super Bowl ad featuring Letterman and Leno, Letterman was reportedly interested in having Conan appear as well, although it didn't pan out.
• Ellen DeGeneres makes her debut on American Idol tomorrow. Meanwhile, talks to have Howard Stern replace Simon Cowell next season are progressing.
• Mixed news for the magazine business: newsstand sales fell in the second half of 2009, although the situation was even worse a year ago. [NYT, AdAge]
• Sarah Palin won't have to fly to NYC to tape her appearances on Fox News: The network is building its new "contributor" a TV set in her living room. [NYT]
• After dominating the box office for seven weeks, Avatar was dethroned by Dear John this weekend, although it remained No. 1 internationally. [MTV]
• Ads for Snickers, Doritos, and Google were big winners with Super Bowl viewers this year. As for the Motorola spot starring Megan Fox, she may be the first person in history to have had a "thumb double." [Reuters, NYT, NYM]

It seemed SNL was all about politics tonight, from the opening Fox News parody to a second Don't Ask, Don't Tell discussion in a View sketch. But it was Andy Samberg's obscenity-laden impersonation of Rahm Emanuel that stole the show.

Today on Studio B, America's Best Newsman Shepard Smith covered the Washington DC snow emergency with his usual zeal: "I believe that 34 predicted inches requires a bear alert."

• Condé Nast Publications exists no more. The company will now be known simply as "Condé Nast," since the powers that be there have finally realized that people like to read stuff on the Internet every once in a while. [NYP]
• Bill O'Reilly invited Jon Stewart on his show this week. (Bold!) Unfortunately, all of Stewart's good jabs were edited out. (Not surprising!) [Gawker, NYT]
• Keith Olbermann is feuding with journalists and bloggers. Once again. [HP]
• Fashion mags struggled during the second half of '09: Sales of Vogue and Marie Claire fell by 15%, while Elle and Harper's Bazaar were flat. [NYM]
• Exits: Lifetime CEO Andrea Wong has been ousted from the network amid lackluster ratings. And the president of TV Guide Network is stepping down.
• Rumor has it Howard Stern may replace Simon Cowell on Idol. [P6, LAT]
• The cover of the new issue of SI has some people hot and bothered. [LAT]
• Magazines that tried cutting prices to boost sales? It didn't work. [AdAge]
• A rundown of the ads you can expect to see on Super Bowl Sunday. [ABC]
• Last Sunday's Grammy Awards boosted music sales this past week. [LAT]
• The Oscars are officially a month away. Mark your calendar. [The Wrap]

In a major victory for the Suffolk Police Department, officer Robert Howard caught a woman driving illegally in the HOV lane with a sultry female dummy riding shotgun. Was Wendy Williams on Long Island yesterday?

This morning, on Good Day New York, Rosanna, Greg and the crew of SkyFoxHD, the Fox 5 newscopter, were mesmerized by a buoy in the Hudson River. What is it doing there? Investigate that, Fox 5!

Today, Jon Stewart sat down with Bill O'Reilly for a frank discussion on a range of issues, the first part of which aired tonight. Inside, video of the highlights, including Stewart's opinions on President Obama's performance and Fox News' reputation.

Tonight was the first half of Jon Stewart's two-night appearance on The O'Reilly Factor. We were very excited: Would Stewart bust out a smackdown of Jim Cramer-sized proportions? Would Bill O'Reilly lose his shit? Was it being broadcast in 3-D?

When Fox and Friends welcomed Jim Belushi and Bruce Jenner onto today's program, they opened the bit with a faux-six degrees of separation chart that may have stretched a few facts. Jenner notices, stating "that's just how news works here."