Thursday Cable News Links and Open Thread
CNBC: Desperately seeking anger.
Wednesday's numbers: FNC tops all rivals combined!
Swells gather for Grace. Behind the Beck battle.
Imus: a good thing? Analysis: ICN, Mediaite.
Truce abuse: GE, Olby, the Ego.
Snakes on the tube? Hotline after dark.
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Blackflon
I was able to catch O'Reilly's segment with Sen. Claire McCaskill. It was a good segment. For the most part she stayed away from democrat talking points and she didn't call anyone a brown-shirted, white sheet wearing, swastika toting senior citizen.
August 13, 2009, 10:56:33 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Blackflon
Coulter Says Rahm Emanuels Brother Is On Her Death List. Where Does Fox News Draw The Line?
Reported by Ellen - Thu 1:22 AM
Don't you just love it when Ann Coulter gets under the skin of teh Henoius Hens?
August 13, 2009, 11:13:17 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Jeff
Where was the deplorable Ellen's "call for calm" and "desire for a less inflamed debate" when it was the Code Pinkos and "Jihad" Cindy Sheehan screaming about the war in Iraq (which, by the way, I don't hear much about these days). Pathetic.
August 13, 2009, 12:56:43 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Blackflon
Jeff | 08.13.09 - 1:01 pm | #
Jeff, Ellen and her poodles will tell you themselves that they are only here to smear/attack/distort regarding only Fox News.
They care not one iota about anythiing else. Much like the rest of the Fox haters they are blinded by ideology and not common sense.
For them to say Fox is not fair and balanced is utter ignorance on their part.
They even attack and smear the democrats that show up on Fox programs if they do not follow the liberal line on issues.
There is no credibility at the Henoius House of Hens.
August 13, 2009, 1:59:42 PM EDT – Like – Reply
david smawley
Wish i had been right re the Beck boycott, anyone who thinks they will stop with him had better rethink the issue. This is about shutting down a conservative voices & is just the a new salvo in the war against freedom of speech. I hate boycotts against anyone liberal or conservative & hope in the end this one is a failure.
August 13, 2009, 3:59:02 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
What hurts more is when Keith Olbermann lists every sponsor that has dropped out, like he did last night before talking to Chris Hayes of the [Far-left] Nation magazine.
August 13, 2009, 4:50:09 PM EDT – Like – Reply
david smawley
Well Mike when Keith lists the sponsors, the good news is very few are watching his show. The Wed. night FoxNews #'s are thru the roof. If FoxNews happened to be in a weak position re ratings I would be more concerned. Beck's not going anywhere, I just wanted to sound the alarm re Obama administration war on those who disagree with him. Make no mistake, it comes right from the highest levels of the White House. More good news, he is losing all kinds of battles now with independent's like yourself.
August 13, 2009, 5:59:20 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
I am furious with Bill O'Reilly.
I am furious with Fox News.
How dare they!
What were they thinking??
Don't they care about the viewer?
I am that viewer.
On BOR tonight, they did a segment about the Ohio Police Officer who may have lost his job because of his wife posing in Playboy.
BOR showed those photos. The wife is gorgeous and smoking hot. But Fox just had to put those red ribbons over certain areas of each photo.
I'm soooooo disappointed at Fox.
August 13, 2009, 8:58:55 PM EDT – Like – Reply
vermontdave
I heard Thom Hartmann say that MSNBC has gone from offering their content on a 'basic' cable plan, to a 'pay-to -view' type plan.
It was a business decision on their part.
What say you all?
August 13, 2009, 9:06:02 PM EDT – Like – Reply
johnny dollar
First I've heard of it. Some cable systems have some or all news channels on tiers that cost extra to receive, but I'd be surprised if MSNBC themselves wanted it that way. It just doesn't sound likely.
August 13, 2009, 9:19:52 PM EDT – Like – Reply
chris
vermontdave | Homepage | 08.13.09 - 9:11 pm |
IF TRUE: worst. decision. ever
Ashley | 08.13.09 - 9:03 pm |
I'm with you man!!!
August 13, 2009, 9:38:18 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
Back in love with FNC.
Just caught Hannity. As I've mentioned before, I'm not a big fan of "Hannity" the show, but I must say the Town Hall held on tonight's show was excellent television.
More of that please.
August 13, 2009, 10:32:25 PM EDT – Like – Reply
johnny dollar
I tuned in just to see that. It was really good. If Hannity did more of this kind of stuff I'd watch more often.
August 13, 2009, 11:21:21 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
Sheila Jackson Lee appearing on Greta to discuss the Town Hall where Lee made a cell phone call while being asked a question.
It was great television as Van Sustren and Lee were mutually agreeing that there was something wrong about the video. GVS meant that Lee appeared and it appeared that GVS thought that Lee was agreeing with her, while Lee apparently felt that the problem was that the video was doctored and Lee thought that GVS was agreeing with her.
BTW Johnny - would it be possible to post video of BORs talking points memo from tonight? He made some excellent points about GE/NBC.
August 14, 2009, 12:40:38 AM EDT – Like – Reply
johnny dollar
It's already posted at foxnews.com:
http://tinyurl.com/pcp22y
August 14, 2009, 12:46:18 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
ARRGGGHH II.
I should have known.
Thanks for the link Johnny.
August 14, 2009, 1:14:38 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Blackflon
Ashley | 08.14.09 - 12:45 am | #
Shelia Jackson Lee is an idiot. She and Maxine Waters belong in a rubber room with Cynthia Mckinney.
I watched her with Rick Sanchez on CNN yesterday and she just could not bring herself to answer his questions about the phone call at the Town Hall.
She also claimed that the video could have been doctored. She has claimed other video's have been doctored so this is not new with her.
Don't forget she billed the txpayers for her appearance at Michael Jackson's funeral.
August 14, 2009, 8:05:52 AM EDT – Like – Reply
