Tuesday Cable News Links and Open Thread
Numbers: Friday, Saturday, bomb. 2009: a record year, a nightmare, FNC dominates, program ranker. Decade chart.
Who's "journalistically challenged"? Paul vs Stein.
Q&A: Alisyn Camerota. Joy in the evening.
MSNBC fail? The biggest loser. Headline of the day.
The Forbes Matter: part one part two. Fox vs hounds.
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IM Right
It is simply hysterical that Newshounds whine about Fox Nation lifting a paragraph from Horowitz, then it turns out that Fox Nation did so AND cited Horowitz AND provided a link to Horowitz while it was the hounds who lifted the paragraph and did NOT cite Horowitz and did NOT provide a link to Horowitz.
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Newshounds are Big Dopes
December 29, 2009, 12:42:17 PM EST – Like – Reply
johnny dollar
Kimberly Guilfoyle is hosting The Factor tonight.
December 29, 2009, 2:36:55 PM EST – Like – Reply
IM Right
I think she'll do a great as host.
December 29, 2009, 2:54:29 PM EST – Like – Reply
johnny dollar
Hmm...that doesn't look like Kimberly to me! Looks like I was given some erroneous intel. But KG will be on I think during the 'is it legal' segment. That's probably the source of the confusion.
December 29, 2009, 8:01:48 PM EST – Like – Reply
Fox Fan
Wow. Kimberly looked horrible tonight! She did do well as a host, Mike C. When did she cut her hair?
December 29, 2009, 9:17:26 PM EST – Like – Reply
IM Right
A Peter Doocy sighting on Live Desk, appearing live from what seems to be a very cold Cicero New York, interviewing someone about Cash for Clunkers.
I can see why the Fox Haters hate him. He's intelligent, well spoken....the things the haters are not.
December 29, 2009, 2:49:16 PM EST – Like – Reply
IM Right
I enjoyed the MSNBC Fail article. The key paragraph:
"MSNBC's choice was noted by Rachel Sklar, a blogger for the Mediaite Web site: "If you're going to call yourself a news network, then cover the news," she wrote."
MSNBC likes to talk about prisons, they like to talk about Fox. Maybe one day, they'll talk about the news.
December 29, 2009, 2:53:48 PM EST – Like – Reply
Cecelia
Speaking of '"journalistically challenged"', how about memory challenged... or honesty challenged...
It was quite interesting to hear Chris Matthews saying tonight that he has ALWAYS asked people who are for closing Gitmo to explain what we should be done with these dangerous enemies!!...
Did anyone else know that?...
Oh, yeah... Chris even threw in a remark about how we are still at "war" with Islamoterrorists and then implied that they are combatants, not criminals, and that putting them in the criminal justice system is not the answer!
It's fascinating to know that Chris has ALWAYS argued such things... Course I just remember him ranting quite the opposite during the Bush years.
Later in tonight's Hardball he voiced what's driving him, his TRUE concern in light of the recent terrorist plot and information that released Gitmo prisoners who have gone back to their former line of business.
Chris stated that all it would take is one plane to be blown up and this country would swing to the right. That this fact MUST be considered in liberal-land.
Oh, yeah... this is the real threat to the country folks... not that terrorists want to blow us up, but that they're in the position of helping Republicans if they manage to do it.
What a piece of work, this guy!
December 29, 2009, 6:25:58 PM EST – Like – Reply
IM Right
Reminds me of his cohort Olbermann who turned on a dime when Obama did a 180 on FISA. For years Cankles went after W over FISA and his intention to provide immunity to the Telecom companies, then when Obama decided to go along with giving the Telecom companies retroactive immunity, Cankles did his own 180.
No spine to be found in these two MSNBC cartoon charactors.
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December 29, 2009, 6:46:30 PM EST – Like – Reply
Fox Fan
I really like the new comment thread options J$! Pictures!
BTW, is IM Right new here? If so, welcome!
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December 29, 2009, 9:19:43 PM EST – Like – Reply
IM Right
Thank you to David Zurawik for saying of FNC as "No TV news organization is ending the year on higher note than Fox News, which has come to totally dominate the the 24/7 cable landscape in 2009." and referring to MSNBC as "the most journalistically challenged of the three major cable channels in coming weeks.".
December 29, 2009, 6:56:02 PM EST – Like – Reply
Grandpa D
Good article, but I was surprised that Z didn't mention Beck.
December 29, 2009, 7:44:06 PM EST – Like – Reply
cornycob
Rich Lowry is OK at guest hosting, but Tucker is way better.
December 30, 2009, 11:27:07 AM EST – Like – Reply
