Thursday Cable News Links and Open Thread
Wednesday's numbers: Bill-Bret-Hannity 1-2-3.
Weekly ranker.
Bill O'Reilly, raging moderate? Kiran's slip-up.
Swells swarm to FNC party. Wolffe barred.
Amanpour to ABC. CNN branding. Gupta honored.
Baier: textbook journalism, contentious, a rare treat.
Alison Stewart resurfaces. Hotline after dark.
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Blackflon
Here is what happens when the lovely Miss Ellen's ideaology and hate gets in the way of what she posts.
President Obama’s Contentious Interview With Bret Baier.
I watched O'Donnell on Countdown last night and he had a guest on(whose name escapes me at the moment) who stated that the Bair interview was pretty good and he thought that Bair did a good job.
O'Donnell talked more about the interruptions but told his audience that Bair apologized to Obama for those interruptions. Something the lovely Ellen purposely left out of her far left comments.
And take a look at Zurawik's column. He's no great Fox lover but he at least hit the nail on the head about the Obama interview when one looks at it with a critical eye instead of hate and ideaology.
March 18, 2010, 8:00:48 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
Re: Baier: texbook journalism
Zurawik writes, "Think of it as the antidote to NBC anchorman Brian Williams' bow to Obama in his prime-time White House special last year."
Heck.....think of the Radio and Correspondents Dinnner last year,
where the president joked, " It wasn't easy coming up with fresh material for this dinner. A few nights ago, I was up tossing and turning trying to fgure out exactly what to say. Finally, I couldn't get back to sleep so I rolled over and asked Brian Williams what he thought."
March 18, 2010, 8:09:59 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Chris
Re: Wolfe
using the words of Nelson (of the simpsons): HA HA
March 18, 2010, 10:44:51 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Chris
Ellen is not telling the entire story with headline: Fox Nation Discussion Advocates Armed Revolution. Is That Not Treason?
Fox Nation linked to TALKING POINTS MEMO-whats thier headline? well; Steve King Calls For Revolution In The Streets Of Washington To Stop Health Care Bill
So Fox Nation linked to and used the same headline as TPM-so I ask "Talking Points Memo Advocates Armed Revolution. Is That Not Treason?"
March 18, 2010, 2:40:32 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Blackflon
Ellen wants so much for anyone at Fox to go to jail for her perceived crimes.
Fortunately, clear thinking people understand that most of the people who make those kinds of comments on the internet will never follow through. Therefore, if the Government were monitoring such comments, nothing will happen to these people because it would be a waste of time.
Ellen needs to cry in her beer over something more important.
March 18, 2010, 4:18:55 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Bobby-BobCat
What are the Foxpublicans (thanks Jon) going to do with themselves once healthcare is passed?
I suggest they use their newly freed up time to acquaint themselves with the very informative USGS website (U.S. Geological Survey) If only they had gone there for their earthquake info...instead of RW blogs.
March 18, 2010, 4:49:01 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Guest
I'm still waiting for someone gloating over this earthquake nonsense to tell us exactly how the money going to Louisiana is going to help Hawaiians affected by a several years old earthquake.
March 18, 2010, 4:54:28 PM EDT – Like – Reply
GATXER
Well this "Foxacrat" will be very!
Thanks for asking.
Now why on earth are you talking about earthquake info?
March 18, 2010, 7:53:55 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
I wonder if Bobby-Bobcat wants us to say that we're going to Disneyland.
Maybe he's a character there.
March 18, 2010, 7:59:26 PM EDT – Like – Reply
GATXER
That should read
"Well this "Foxacrat" will be very happy!"
I have no idea how I left that off.
March 19, 2010, 4:59:33 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Chris
because of the current health care reform bill news and a vote on Sunday MSNBC is re-airing Olbermann's special one hour comment from October 7,2009. Before the show it's a remembrance to the late Theodore C. Olbermann who died this past Saturday. I see no problem with it, just saying what is being aired on MSNBC right now
March 18, 2010, 8:05:08 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
What MSNBC couldn't come up with any new agitprop for the health care vote?
March 18, 2010, 8:10:57 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Chris
guess not
Last night I switched to hannity and he had a fun "tease" segment with Greta who was reading the bill and Hannity asked if he was "boring" her. thought that was funny
March 19, 2010, 9:07:58 AM EDT – Like – Reply
david smawley
Ingraham will host The Factor tomorrow night & Bill said he would be live on Sunday w MG & CC, should be quite an unusual Sunday, dirty little secret is a lot of folks will be watching NCAA BB. Perhaps the vote will take place in the morning to avoid conflict.
March 18, 2010, 9:53:22 PM EDT – Like – Reply
ramjet
Reading the "boring" J-Zo HuffPo propo cable snooze 3.0 gogo, I came upon this curious claim:
"Here is my premise: cable news has to change to save itself. Fox and MSNBC are loud, repetitious, paranoid, arrogant ("if only the stupid people would get it", they seem to be saying)..." --emphasis mine--
I could be biased, but that attitude is one of the reasons MSNBC is in need of being saved, and the absence of that attitude is one of the reasons Fox News isn't.
J-Zzzzzzz
March 19, 2010, 11:50:50 AM EDT – Like – Reply
