Friday Cable News Links and Open Thread
HuffPo: Tell gov't to remove FNC from cable!
Thursday's numbers: Bill beats NBC!
CNN has a cow. Coop to NOLA; booty call.
Fair and balanced? Conspiracy theory.
The Maddow bump? Kudlow honors Novak. Oops.
Updated through the day. Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today's open thread. Standard rules apply. fox news cable news
ramjet
Maddow bump-
She did not disappoint. Smears Dick Armey with guilt by association based upon 2 lies
August 21, 2009, 8:03:52 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Blackflon
NEWS POODLES ATTACK AND SMEAR O'REILLY, HANNITY, CHRISTIANS, BECK, CARLSON AND ANYONE ELSE THEY HATE ON FOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So many distortions, so little time.
They may have broken their own record for ignorance today.
August 21, 2009, 8:34:05 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Lance
I, for one, am not mourning the death of Robert Novak.
He along with his late partner, Rowland Evans, were PLO enablers and outspoken supporters against Israel.
Edited By Siteowner
August 21, 2009, 8:38:46 AM EDT – Like – Reply
chris
oops: LOL
August 21, 2009, 10:43:28 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
BOR did a great job last night showing how Jon Stewart edits video clips to distort the message being communicated.
By the way, I just finished reading Bold Fresh. Excellent book, a good read.
August 21, 2009, 11:26:02 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
Re: Oops
Truth in advertising!
August 21, 2009, 11:53:23 AM EDT – Like – Reply
cee
I wonder if Olbermann will get all wee weed up over the mistake?
August 21, 2009, 12:10:34 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Olby Sucks
Re:oops
It would be my guess that nobody would have noticed!
August 21, 2009, 12:22:07 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Blackflon
Hannity, Guilfoyle and Cupp Engage In Rank Speculation.............. Reported by Ellen - Fri 10:14 AM
OOPS!!! Let me correct that.
Ellen, Priscilla and Julie Engage In Rank Speculation..............
Reported by Blackflon - Fri 1:30 AM
There. Makes more sense now.
August 21, 2009, 1:31:41 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Al Frankenstein
BOR did a great job last night showing how Jon Stewart edits video clips to distort the message being communicated.
Ashley | 08.21.09 - 11:31 am | #
I really do not understand why it really matters if Jon Stewart does edit video clips, he is a comedian and a liberal.
Just like Hannity and Beck do the same to push the agenda they support.
But at least Stewart does his in a funny way unlike Hannity and Beck who just enjoys cherry picking clips for fear purposes..
August 21, 2009, 1:55:23 PM EDT – Like – Reply
chris
re: theory
Beck goes on vacation and it turnes to a big "scandal"
he went on vacation, forced or not, can people just move on?????
August 21, 2009, 2:06:24 PM EDT – Like – Reply
cee
Regarding the gawker article....
I BELIEVE Beck's the first one! The critics of the government are going to go....one by one by one by one!
The anonymous FNC sources for the TN NEWSER report are plants put there by the government as is Beck's publicist who is simply there to confuse us all!
O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Hannity and Krauthammer better be careful! They're next!
You'll all see! I'm not a bed-wetter (wee weer)!
August 21, 2009, 2:18:33 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
I really do not understand why it really matters if Jon Stewart does edit video clips, he is a comedian and a liberal.
Al Frankenstein | 08.21.09 - 2:00 pm | #
As a Haggis fan, you apparently need to do some more research on him.
August 21, 2009, 2:49:39 PM EDT – Like – Reply
GrandpaD
HuffPo:
First on Bill Mann's Fox Boycott List - AARP Medicare Supplemental Insurance.
First item I see on the HuffPo website - AARP Medicare Supplemental Insurance.
Priceless!!
August 21, 2009, 3:03:19 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Blackflon
Jon Stewart On Fox News Hypocrisy Over Town Hall Protesters
Reported by Ellen - August 21, 2009 - 3 comments
These intellectual midgets are comparing anarchists to Town Hall protestors. It doesn't get any more ignorant than this.
August 21, 2009, 3:33:29 PM EDT – Like – Reply
tony
But at least Stewart does his in a funny way unlike Hannity and Beck who just enjoys cherry picking clips for fear purposes..
Al Frankenstein | 08.21.09 - 2:00 pm | # -----------------------------------------
He does it in a "funny" way? In other words you agree with him so its Ok, but how dare those conseratives .....Your true colors are begining to show.
August 21, 2009, 3:57:14 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Al Frankenstein
As a Haggis fan, you apparently need to do some more research on him.
Ashley | 08.21.09 - 2:54 pm | #
I never said I was a Haggis fan I was merely stating that why call someone a liar, for something that he said about Fox News, is it not the same as some of the posters going after Olbermann for something he said about O'Reilly,Fox News ect..
He is just stating his point of view, and as I have said before he is probably a liberal and with Fox News a Conservative slant, he would find things that most of you would not.........don't most of you in here go after Olbermann and MSNBC the same way, and please don't say that O'reilly, Hannity and Beck do not spin things to give them an advantage.
August 21, 2009, 3:57:46 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Haggis
Evening all.
Watched a documentary the other week....It was about spreading propaganda....There was a part about the best time of day to do your spreading....the optimal hours were 6am->9am.....Need I say more!
August 21, 2009, 3:59:00 PM EDT – Like – Reply
tony
And for the Huff Post: They are typical liberals, the agree with free speech, but only if you agree with them.
August 21, 2009, 3:59:28 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Blackflon
I really do not understand why it really matters if Jon Stewart does edit video clips, he is a comedian and a liberal.
Al Frankenstein | 08.21.09 - 2:00 pm | #
You cannot be serious? Some people actually think what Stewart reports is news.
August 21, 2009, 4:08:11 PM EDT – Like – Reply
chris
Haggis | 08.21.09 - 4:04 pm |
are you serious? your post is comical. By that "logic" EVERY NEWS show on during that time is spreading propaganda and not just one news outlet
August 21, 2009, 4:19:58 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
Al Frankenstein | 08.21.09 - 4:02 pm | #
Al - please allow me to share a phenomena that I've observed here at J$P. It concerns first time posters (FTPs).
I've notice a trend of those FTPs. Those who specifically announce that they are first time posters quickly rush to support a certain established poster here. Those who refrain from any specific announcment of their new arrival, rather they are simply a new name that appears; those folks tend to say nothing about that same established poster. Simply an interesting phenomena.
I never said I was a Haggis fan I was merely stating that why call someone a liar, for something that he said about Fox News
Who called who a liar? Please give the example and explain why that individual should NOT have been called a liar by the other.
August 21, 2009, 4:34:21 PM EDT – Like – Reply
ImNotBlue
"Need I say more!
Haggis | 08.21.09 - 4:04 pm | #"
Yes... yes you need to. Because your "point" is vague, and (if it's what I think it is) doesn't make any sense.
Does that mean that ALL morning shows (GMA, Today Show, etc.) are all "propaganda" programs, trying to "spread the message"? Huh?
________
RE: HuffPo's "List"
They left off "GE," and I've seen plenty of their ads on FNC. Gee... I wonder why they "forgot" them.
August 21, 2009, 4:46:08 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
What an idiot at Huff-Po!
Damn! If these people had seen this sort of out spoken response against something like welfare reform at townhall meetings, they'd have waxed all sorts of rapturous about the democratic process and the essentially moderate nature of the American people.
As it stands now, all they do is impugn dissenting citizens as being racists and potential assassins and try and shut down any public entity that doesn't follow that same game plan.
If I were a Democrat, I'd be saying "Please, don't try and help my side" to MSNBC and media members like the Huff-Po writer.
I'd wonder how effective in the long run it is going to be for so many in the media to "assist" my side via trying to squash fellow citizens.
August 21, 2009, 6:09:19 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
In the Bill beats NBC link:
Mediaite has a link on the right hand side of the page. It reads:
"LA Times Mistakes Olbermann For Jackass "
Dan Abrams ought to apologize to the LA Times. That's no mistake!
August 21, 2009, 6:16:55 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
Today, the local NBC website found itself publishing a story about Olbermann and the Jackass mix-up.
For some reason, NBC decided to put it on their main page for the LA news, their headline reads "It's official. Keith Olbermann is not a jackass."
It's interesting that NBC feels that it is necessary to tell us that.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/
It will eventually drop off the page, but it's there now, and I think it's great!
August 21, 2009, 6:42:49 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Fox Fan
Cooper needs to fess up and COME OUT with it already.
August 21, 2009, 9:19:56 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Al Frankenstein
Who called who a liar? Please give the example and explain why that individual should NOT have been called a liar by the other.
Ashley | 08.21.09 - 4:39 pm | #
In many of the threads I have read recently you Ashley in particular have called Haggis misinformed for reading Media Matter and the Huff Post, why is reading those blogs being misinformed.
If you watch Beck and Hannity you are getting the same misinformation or spin to push the agenda. Bill O'Reilly does the same as well as Lou Dobbs and Keith Olbermann, if you read Drudge or the Daily Beast you get the same, it is all about the context of what you hear or read.
If you are a Conservative (Hannity and Rush), Liberal (Olbermann and Maddow) or Libertarian (Beck or the Judge) you are going to get differing views on the same view, it is about spin.
Just like some people think Fox News is Fair and Balanced or that MSNBC leans to the Dems.
I work from the middle so I can see it mostly as black and white. I understand Haggis' spin as well as yours Ashley, my problem with it all is that why gang up on the guy for having a different opinion. If this is a site about cable news then why not debate it, not call someone misinformed or liar.
Maybe then the debate would be a little more civilized.
August 22, 2009, 10:13:36 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Al Frankenstein
Cooper needs to fess up and COME OUT with it already.
Fox Fan | 08.21.09 - 9:24 pm | #
Why does it matter if he is gay or straight, this has no relevance to how he reads or reports the news.
Another thing with all the work he does to bring awareness to global warming and the living conditions of children in third world countries, he shoud be commended not question about being gay or straight. Damn.
August 22, 2009, 10:16:48 AM EDT – Like – Reply
ImNotBlue
Al, I've heard that opinion before... and can understand it. However, I think for most people the issue isn't really "Is he, or isn't he," but an issue of truth.
Someone poses the question, and Cooper avoids it... that makes the issue more interesting. I'm confident that if he came out tomorrow and said, "I'm XYZ" he wouldn't lose (or gain) any significant viewers. In short, it doesn't matter... but as always, the cover-up (or in this case, the resistance to making a statement one way or another) makes the "story" interesting.
August 22, 2009, 11:20:26 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Al Frankenstein
Well said ImNotBlue, I do see how it would be interesting.
I would not call it a cover-up, I would calling it a personal choice of not sharing my personal life, being in the public eyes as Cooper is that is all he has if what he does on the personal side.
August 22, 2009, 12:10:43 PM EDT – Like – Reply
ImNotBlue
True... and nobody is really disputing that. Cooper can do with whatever he sees fit and whatever makes him happy.
However, since here is so much buzz about his "preference," his desire to keep it private, makes for a juicy story. Odds are, if he really wanted it to go away, he would just come out, enjoy a bump in the ratings for a short while, and then go back to normal.
Additionally, I have a hard time accepting the "I'm allowed to keep things private" line, from someone who makes a living talking about other people's "private" lives for "journalistic purposes."
August 23, 2009, 4:51:21 PM EDT – Like – Reply
