Tuesday Cable News Links and Open Thread
Monday's numbers: FNC sweeps, Big Ed and Chris sink. Brown hits bottom. Weekend numbers: Iran coverage. Weekly ranker.
Brennan to Bloomberg. Cramer: jail journos?!
Hotline after dark. Kimberly's split.
The death of MSNBC? "America's Talking": revived?
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Blackflon
Well, I see the Heinous Hound Hens are all a twitter over the fake Jesse Watters ambush by Gawker.
If these Gawkwer clowns were any worse they would be the Three Stooges.
Speaking of stooges, aren't the Harried Hound Hens the ones who decry "ambush" journalism? Stay hypocritical ladies.
Ellen = Larry
Priscilla = Moe
Julie = Curly
June 23, 2009, 7:54:27 AM EDT – Like – Reply
cee
"Even Fox was better. Even Fox."
NBC NEWS is a joke. Even their anchor for their premier network nightly news broadcast, Brian Williams, is the butt of The President's schtick that places him in bed with the chief executive.
On NBC's cable "news" outlet, I watched about 5 minutes of COUNTDOWN last night and was entertained with Olbermann's well prepared excuses for the growing criticisms of Obama's response to the Iranian revolution. No background of those well-supported positions was given. Olbermann simply presented the specific arguments that support the tepid White House reaction so far.
If this had been Bush, the reverse would have happened.
June 23, 2009, 10:04:57 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
Quite an interesting piece about the lack of coverage of the protests in Iran from MSNBC over the weekend.
"Even FOX", did better than MSNBC...eh?
I would never hope that someone choked, but I wouldn't mind if the writer had to take a deep labored breath over the obvious distaste he had in typing THAT little old statement...
BTW-- someone needs to tell Keith Olbermann that if one is on a network that is NOTHING other than "the place for [DNC] politics", that one must know a thing or two about politics in order to be relevant.
Nice to see that even progressives are now noticing that Emperor Olbermann isn't wearing any clothes (and that his snark is now too irrelevant to continuing being a fig leaf)
June 23, 2009, 10:37:29 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
Johnny, if you're down with a link, here's one from the Pajama Media about the Letterman remark about Palin's daughter AND that Playboy website writer's piece on conservative women in the media.
http://tinyurl.com/l6sqlk
It's :+:
June 23, 2009, 12:22:38 PM EDT – Like – Reply
cee
Hurrah!....The President called on Major Garrett today. I suppose he has given up his grudge.
June 23, 2009, 1:43:53 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Blackflon
They musy be smoking those Milk Bone biscuits over at the pound.
Fox Nation uses Greedy, Corrupt, Sexually Abusive Uncle as Store Logo
Reported by Alex - June 23, 2009 - 8 comments
I wonder if ignorance runs in all of their genes.
June 23, 2009, 3:20:49 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
B - I just had to go check out FN to see who the person was.
The hounds think that Uncle Sam is a sexual abuser? Corrupt? Greedy?
I say the hounds since they repeatly assign the motives/views of one FN poster to all FN posters, therefore, based on NH's own standard, Alex represents all the hounds.
And Alex? He's an idiot.
June 23, 2009, 5:04:43 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Blackflon
Ashley | 06.23.09 - 5:09 pm | #
Actually they accuse Fox of calling Uncle Sam all those names. They base it on statements by some members of Fox but they take it all out of context in order to smear Fox News.
They are sooooooooooo easy.
Alex is few bricks shy. Julie is 3 days late and a dollar short.I like to think of them as Darryl and Darryl. You know, the brothers of Larry(Ellen).
June 23, 2009, 5:48:06 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
On Hardball, Chris Matthews played the tape of Major Garrett asking the president "What took you so long? [to condemn the violence on the part of the govt in Iran]", and then asked David Axelrod if there was a bit of a "towel whip" in the question.
Of course that's a fair and appropriate question since it's only now that the condemnation has come, after the world has shed tears over and been utterly shocked and horrified by the gone-viral video of the death of a young Iranian woman on the street.
I think Pres. Obama's answer was fair, but so too the question.
June 23, 2009, 6:20:25 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
Blackflon | Homepage | 06.23.09 - 5:53 pm | #
But it is their poster who refers to Uncle Sam with those derogatory terms.
Pathetic.
The hounds should let the l'il feller back, apparently he could raise NH's average IQ.
June 23, 2009, 6:30:33 PM EDT – Like – Reply
david smawley
This was a great day for FoxNews! First, Gibbs goes on F&F's this morning and this afternoon the messiah calls on Major Garrett who nailed BHO for being late to the party regarding the Iran issue.. They know they can't count on NBC/Msnbc & ABC to carry the water in the long run. In fact, these BHO house organs are becoming a laughing stock with their fawning phony razzle dazzle coverage.
June 23, 2009, 6:54:02 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
This is unrelated to any links, but I decided today to take a sabbatical from watching "Red Eye." The absurdity of the show, mostly of Greg (no offense to him), the varying opinions, most of which I disagree with, and Greg's constant--and likely intentional--mispronunciations (Eye-ran, She-uh Le-boof, etc.) has finally gotten to me. I haven't been enjoying "Fox News Watch" or "Huckabee" as much anymore, either.
June 23, 2009, 10:42:37 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Grammie
It seems to me,Mike, most of us get a case of the blahs every once in a while when we don't seem to enjoy our normally pleasant activities.
If that happens for things that are our responsibility we just have to work through it until we get our old spark back. For other things sometimes just a change for a while until we start missing our old haunts works just fine.
BTW, hi to everyone. I had a rough month and am just getting back to my normal fun activities!
June 24, 2009, 9:47:03 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
Good to have you back, Grammie!
I'm feel certain that the others won't mind me speaking for them too in saying that we all miss the hell out of you when you're gone!
June 24, 2009, 11:57:28 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Olby Sucks
BTW, hi to everyone. I had a rough month and am just getting back to my normal fun activities!
Grammie | 06.24.09 - 9:52 am | #
Welcome back, Grammie!
June 24, 2009, 12:12:57 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
There's a term for what you're describing, Grammie-- 'anhedonia'.
It's not uncommon and its awful!
June 24, 2009, 12:19:07 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
Welcome back, Grammie.
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, anhedonia is "a psychological condition characterized by inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts." I'll probably get back in the "Red Eye" swing before long.
June 24, 2009, 2:08:08 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Grammie
Thanks for the wecoming comments. I really appreciate it.
Thanks for the info. I can always count on my friends here to be very knowledgable and well informed.
I think, though, I'll stick to "the blahs". It's much easier to say, spell and type.
June 26, 2009, 1:34:18 PM EDT – Like – Reply
