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Martha maccallum defends her network's fair and balanced slogan. she claimed fox daytime programming is unbiased. >> i think a lot of people are sort of brainwashed into believing that line of thinking. you know, that we're not fair and balanced and everybody else is. during the daytime, you know, we try to shoot as straight as we possibly can. everybody's a human being. there's going to be times when your feelings about something enter into a discussion. >> of course, the reality is fox news bias goes much deeper than feelings. the network's managing editor in washington ordered reporters to ...

When there was alternate programming coming up on cable tv was the death of soaps. they went then from this 6 million to 7 million to 8 million viewers down to the 4 million range and have never recovered. >> i never thought about that until now. i remember when the o.j. simpson trial was going on and i was working for fox station in new york. we created programming and shows around that trial. we created a show called "o.j. today" and took off all the daytime programming and you're right about that. if luke and laura had happened during o.j. simpson, we probably wouldn't even known about them...

Million to 7 million to 8 million viewers down to the 4 million range and have never recovered. >> i never thought about that until now. i remember when the o.j. simpson trial was going on and i was working for fox station in new york. we created programming and shows around that trial. we created a show called "o.j. today" and took off all the daytime programming and you're right about that. if luke and laura had happened during o.j. simpson, we probably wouldn't even known about them. what's going to happen to soap net or the cable channel that focuses on soaps? >> that's gone. >> abc has al...

Alli is the only approved fda-approved weight-loss drug that's sold over the counter. two icons of daytime television will be fading to black after generations on the air. abc announced it's canceling the longtime soaps "all my children" and "one life to live." as diana alvear reports the shows are victims of changing times. >> reporter: "one life to live's" lifetime has run out. abc canceled the soap opera. along with "all my children" replacing these icons of daytime programming? lifestyle and cooking shows. both shows had increasingly older audiences and many of these stay-at-home moms an...

Who is a correspondent for daytime programming on our sister network trutv. jean, i want to talk about the massive sum which is $657.5 million and 10,000 plaintiffs, but they don't divide it by 10,000. how does the judge ultimately decide who gets what amount of money? >> well, that is what is interesting, because first, you have to agree to the settlement, and then after that, it is going to take time to decide how much you should have, and that is going to be number one, how were you there? what is your documentation to show that you were down at ground zero. now, when you talk about emergen...