Since October 2022, I have anchored a TV show called "Fox News @ Night."
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I → anchor → Night
Monday to Friday, from 11 p.m. until midnight Eastern time, we cover the news that matters, interview compelling guests, and debate the hottest issues.
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that → cover → issues
And we do it all in a lively, fast-paced hour of plain-talk television, sending viewers off to bed with a solid grasp of what’s happening in the world and a smile or two as their heads hit the pillow.
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heads → do → pillow
It’s a modern show, and I don’t just mean the little @ sign in the name.
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I → ’ → name
I’m talking about our whole approach to the news.
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I → talk → news
We boil it down and sort it out.
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We → boil → it
We jump right in.
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We → jump → ?
And this last one is important: We call BS whenever it’s warranted.
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it → call → BS
Which is often, given all the crap that’s floating around out there.
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that → give → crap
And every night, we include a segment that has become the most memorable 75 seconds in our hour-long show.
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that → include → show
It’s called the Common Sense Department, and nothing I do on television brings me more joy.
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I → call → joy
Every night, I pick something in the news, and I put it through my own filter of hard-earned common sense.
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I → pick → sense
You know how TV news works.
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news → know → ?
Every time a major news story breaks—especially a political one—the spin machines start cranking at maximum volume.
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machines → break → volume
Suddenly, you’ve got a "panel of experts" flooding your screen, telling you that what you just saw with your own two eyes isn’t actually happening.
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saw → get → eyes
They’ll look you in the face and insist everything is "deeply nuanced" or "incredibly complex."
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everything → look → face
But let’s be real: Most of the time, it’s not complex at all.
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it → let → time
My job is simple, even if it’s harder than it looks.
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it → ’ → ?
I react like a normal, intelligent person who’s been around the block a few times, seen the games people play, and isn’t buying the nonsense anymore.
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people → react → nonsense
You see it, I see it, and we’re going to call it exactly like it is.
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it → see → it
That’s why we call it the Common Sense Department.
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we → ’ → it
And how do I do it?
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I → do → it
That’s easy.
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That → ’ → ?
I rely on the commonsensical lessons I can pluck from my own life and the lives of the people around me.
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I → rely → me
The wisdom I was raised with.
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I → raise → ?
What personal experience has taught me along the way.
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experience → teach → way
Just like life, it’s every-thing mushed together before it’s run through one person’s admittedly quirky brain.
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it → ’ → brain
Every night in the Common Sense Department, I really get to be me!
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I → get → Department
And the viewers keep saying, "Give us more."
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viewers → say → more
I know this from the ratings.
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I → know → ratings
I know it from the social media comments and the emails.
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I → know → comments
I know it from the people I run across when I’m out covering stories and just living my life.
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I → know → life
And I know it from the mugs.
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I → know → mugs
At one point, we printed up some coffee mugs with the snarky slogan, "DID I OFFEND YOU WITH MY COMMON SENSE?"
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I → print → SENSE
People couldn’t get enough of them.
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People → get → them
We keep needing to print more.
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We → keep → more
The way things are going, our sarcastic call for common sense has really struck a nerve.
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call → go → nerve
As I mentioned, our Common Sense Department segments are seventy-five seconds long.
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segments → mention → ?
And that’s no accident.
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that → ’ → ?
One time, we tried doing the Common Sense Department in a minute.
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we → try → minute
…and 20 more, not listed.
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