Wednesday Links & Open Thread
Latest cable news links [updated through the day]:
MSNBC joins forces with ACORN!
Tuesday's numbers.
Expanded financial coverage.
Profile: Mike Huckabee.
Tucker/Cox chat.
Roger Ailes inducted.
Afternoon Joe, wthout Joe.
John McCain commends Wolf.
Dispute over Drew distortion. Greta's take. Quote cuts compared.
Mr Bill re-ups with FNC: Newsday, New York Daily News, Portfolio.
Cablers cover clothes.
Hotline quotes.
Blurb: Ollie North.
That rumor again.
Weekly ranker.
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Mike C.
I can't access the WaPo link about BOR re-upping unless I subscribe. :o(
October 22, 2008, 1:02:00 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
Never mind. It's coming up now.
October 22, 2008, 2:03:22 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
No, wait. I copied and pasted the link to Internet Explorer (I usually access J$P on AOL) and was again told I had to subscribe. So, I did.
October 22, 2008, 2:07:01 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
Now, I wish I didn't subscribe because Howard went off into far-leftville. "Fox has solidified a right-leaning lineup," "contentious interview with Obama," "kept interrupting," "occasionally blows up on the air," "[Rep. Barney] Frank fought back," "outsize persona," "expletive-filled scolding...Inside Edition...set to rap music." And that's the article in a nutshell.
Unfortunately, according to Kurtz, BOR won't be doing "The Radio Factor" much longer, noting that it's "been far less successful than his television program." Mark Levin was right. Damn.
October 22, 2008, 2:15:53 AM EDT – Like – Reply
GrandpaD
This might get around the WaPo subscribe page. (Thanks to Chickaboomer.)
October 22, 2008, 9:40:13 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
I am very surprised by the Drew Griffin comments. Some years ago, he was a local news anchor on the LA CBS affilliate. He regularly posted on his news station website blog and it seemed that he was very conservative in his personal views. He and I shared 2 or 3 emails and it became more apparent to me that he was very conservative. CNN seems to have changed that.
October 22, 2008, 2:15:27 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
Can I cite Joe Scarborough as an example of a conservative changed by the network that employs him?
October 22, 2008, 4:52:19 PM EDT – Like – Reply
KeithO
Hey Danny,
Somebody mentioned your name in the TVNewser ratings thread.
Your fame as a cable news fan who doesn't subscribe to cable is growing!
October 22, 2008, 5:47:16 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
The Fox haters are ecstatic over the MSNBC primetime demo wins in that TVNewser link's comment thread, particularly the Olby win.
October 22, 2008, 6:18:35 PM EDT – Like – Reply
danny
KeithO,
Yep, when people have absolutely nothing thoughtful to say about forum topics they start tossing out ad hominems. They start trying to make people they disagree with the issue. Kind of like you just did.
October 22, 2008, 8:14:31 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
Sarah Palin is going to be interviewed by Sean Hannity--again!--tomorrow night on "Hannity & Colmes"! This is so frustrating. She'll go to the gotcha places and the softball places, but not the No Spin Zone. Give me a friggin' break!
October 22, 2008, 8:20:11 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Interloper
Why won't she do BOR?
October 22, 2008, 9:58:09 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Interloper
Another question, because I did not have a chance to catch the tv much today: What did the various shows on FNC say about Palin's clothes bill? The RNC response seems to be we shouldn't be talking about it. Did FNC guests go beyond echoing that or shouting out how terrible it was (which would have been fair and balanced, but not terribly informative)?
October 22, 2008, 10:02:53 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
I have no idea. I think BOR and "The Factor" staff are asking that, too. I'd guess, and this is only a guess, that she'd rather be a victim of the mainstream media and a chum of the big boys of conservative TV and radio. But at the same time, I'd guess she does not want to be put on the spot by our No Spin/Bold Fresh guy and made to look like anymore of a buffoon than Gibson, Couric, Griffin, et. al. have made her look in some people's eyes (not mine).
Re: MSNBC and ACORN (also, La Raza): How can anyone still consider NBC a serious news organization when they are aligning themselves with such far-left concerns? Off-topic observation, ACORN is going to get slaps on the wrist at the most and will indeed have a hand in deciding our next President. To put words in their mouth, Payback's a b****, isn't it, you [disparaging name for Republicans]?
October 22, 2008, 10:13:49 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Fox Fan
Probably because she's married to Todd.
October 22, 2008, 10:23:44 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
In tonight's Pinheads and Patriots segment, BOR corrected what Kurtz wrote today:
http://tinyurl.com/5cb6bx
October 22, 2008, 11:38:01 PM EDT – Like – Reply
lyons
Thanks for the link to the Tucker chat.
I have marked it on my calendar for next week.
October 23, 2008, 9:14:45 AM EDT – Like – Reply
