Wednesday Cable News Links and Open Thread
Monday's numbers: FNC reclaims lead.
Countdown counting down. CNN implodes. Campbell tumbles. Retention post-MJ.
FNC's crucial role rewarded.
CNN's Bitterman knighted.
FNC's best year ever? It's a slaughter!
Feud: Kneale vs bloggers.
Geraldo picketed!
Hotline after dark. Today's firing demand.
Another iReport hoax. Olbermann alive.
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ImNotBlue
RE: "Alive"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGFXGwHsD_A
"I'm not dead yet!"
July 1, 2009, 11:04:40 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Blackflon
Can someone please ask this woman to increase her medications.
Becks Guest Longs For A Major Terrorist Attack To Save America
Reported by Ellen - Wed 4:04 AM
Ellen is a liar AND a fool.
July 1, 2009, 12:16:56 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
Re: "Olbermann alive": There's a 90% chance that he reports on this tonight special comment style.
July 1, 2009, 1:18:46 PM EDT – Like – Reply
JC in OC
Someone "hacked" an Olbermann fan site?
When he does croak, it will probably be for auto-anal asphyxiation.
July 1, 2009, 2:42:57 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Grammie
"When he does croak, it will probably be for auto-anal asphyxiation.
JC in OC | 07.01.09 - 2:47 pm | # "
My nominee for CotM :+:
July 1, 2009, 3:13:18 PM EDT – Like – Reply
GrandpaD
It was a Wikipedia page. No hacking required.
July 1, 2009, 3:14:22 PM EDT – Like – Reply
di butler
Olby not dead. Well, every day can't be a good day.
The CIA guy on Beck's show said it wouldn't be a good thing, but if we were attacked it would probably be the only thing to turn current situation around. He sure didn't sound like he was yearning for death and disaster to me.
July 1, 2009, 3:33:25 PM EDT – Like – Reply
JC in OC
No hacking required.
GrandpaD | 07.01.09 - 3:19 pm
I notice you didn't deny it was a fan site.
July 1, 2009, 5:08:51 PM EDT – Like – Reply
cee
Did I read that right....Olbermann came in at 4th place in the demo?
Wasn't O'Reilly off Monday?
Wow. What a sad bit of news for MSNBC.
July 1, 2009, 5:12:44 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
Re: FNC's crucial role rewarded
"I wrote about them in my Sunday post as well, arguing that they instantly contextualized the BET program in part as a discussion of race.
"We want to celebrate this black man -- this black man. He belongs to us. We just shared him with everybody else," Foxx said at the start of the awards telecast."
That is such a shocking statement.
While this sentiment is not directly mercenary in the way that so many people have and will continue to use Michael Jackson and his memory in order to make a buck, it nevertheless reveals the same sort of proprietary and self-serving orientation towards him.
It's so sad that even in death, Michael Jackson continues to be "a victim of a selfish kind of love".
July 1, 2009, 5:39:45 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
Juan Williams is filling in on "The Factor" tonight. Colmes tomorrow, maybe?
July 1, 2009, 6:32:06 PM EDT – Like – Reply
johnny dollar
This I will enjoy. JW did a good job last time, and he's definitely a fresh perspective.
July 1, 2009, 6:34:17 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mr. 10inches
How is Juan doing tonight carrying John Moody's scripted segments? Lot's of debate centered around questions like "Why does Obama not give Bush credit"? with Juan providing meek counterarguments to Karl and company?
July 1, 2009, 8:21:29 PM EDT – Like – Reply
johnny dollar
What, you don't get The Factor in Czechoslovakia?
July 1, 2009, 8:32:21 PM EDT – Like – Reply
ashley
I could see that Mr. Czechoslovakia was losing viewers, but that many in just two quarters?
He's lost half of his audience.
What a loser he is, and the numbers back up my statement.
July 1, 2009, 10:21:22 PM EDT – Like – Reply
GrandpaD
Williams did quite well tonight.
He had subbed for O'Reilly once before (that I saw) and it was, well, rough.
July 1, 2009, 10:39:52 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Richard
You have got to love the desperate haters, Newdope has got a story on why you cant trust the rating of Fox or How Fox isnt killing Msnbc.
I cant see why no one calls him on it but it is Kos afterall. He wouldnt listen anyway.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/1/748965/-Dont-Believe-The-Hype-About-Fox-News-Ratings
July 1, 2009, 11:22:16 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mr. 10inches
I enjoy reading the website TheFoxNation.com from time to time. Do you laddies and lassies find that website's headlines to be as fair and balanced as the Fox News Channel?
July 1, 2009, 11:22:31 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
I thought so, too, GrandpaD. The last time Juan filled in, J$ told me that he'd filled in once before in the early years of "The Factor." I don't remember what year he told me, if one at all.
July 1, 2009, 11:35:10 PM EDT – Like – Reply
johnny dollar
Juan did an excellent job tonight. And he's a good interviewer, lets the guest have his say, but asks pointed questions and isn't afraid to repeat them if the guest spins. It will be interesting to see if his numbers hold up.
July 1, 2009, 11:44:23 PM EDT – Like – Reply
JC in OC
Juan seemed to be enjoying himself.
July 2, 2009, 2:26:09 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Ashley
johnny dollar | Homepage | 07.01.09 - 11:49 pm | #
He is good at taking on the role of interviewer and moderating the discussions. Perhaps a little rough around the edges, but that would soon disappear with experience.
I think that someone like Williams or Colmes should have the 7 PM Eastern slot with their own show. Nothing against Shep, but his show at that time just does not fit in between Special Report and The Factor. To me, it comes across as flat, and nothing more than a time-filler
July 2, 2009, 11:56:30 AM EDT – Like – Reply
