Weekend Links & Open Thread
Weekend cable news links [updated through the weekend]:
Today's combo boycott and firing demand.
Photo fairness? CNN election map's dissimilar candidate shots.
McCain/Obama "loser" pix compared.
Kimberly Guilfoyle dresses up.
Greta defends Candy Crowley.
Monetary musings.
CNN Express rolls in.
Spot the goof!
Matthews: mum.
"Crash" Cramer; comedy news.
Alan's hate mail.
John King: media "out of touch".
Sunday talkers.
Welcome to pundit school.
Dobbs daughter defeats rivals.
Soledad's trading spaces.
Use our valuable bandwidth to post your comments on any and all cable news topics in this weekend's open thread. Standard rules apply. fox news cable news
Mike C.
I went to Cablevision's website to see if there was any new news on the channel-adding front. There wasn't, but I found an item that refers to meteorological provider that shares a name with a former terrorism outfit:
http://cablevision.com/about/news/article.jsp?d=102208
"News 12 and News 12 Traffic and Weather have taken their comprehensive weather coverage a step further, through an agreement with Weather Underground that provides exclusive access to more than 400 local neighborhood weather stations across the New York metropolitan area."
Boy, that group needs to change their name and fast.
I'm sorry I had to go off-topic for that link, Johnny, but it just caught my eye.
October 25, 2008, 2:30:13 AM EDT – Like – Reply
GrandpaD
"the former Fox News reporter "
"Her former network "
Did I sleep through something?
October 26, 2008, 8:28:39 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
Johnny,
The goof in the article about Brett Favre is that Greta is not a "former" Fox News reporter.
October 26, 2008, 9:42:34 AM EDT – Like – Reply
johnny dollar
You are both extremely correct!
October 26, 2008, 10:56:55 AM EDT – Like – Reply
cornycob
J$, I think you missed that the Article was a joke. It was written as if in the year 2020 and the writer was looking back at Bret Farve's "betrayal" of Green Bay.
October 26, 2008, 12:06:27 PM EDT – Like – Reply
johnny dollar
You may be right. That completely went over my head. Looks like you spotted the true goof!
October 26, 2008, 12:21:34 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
Re: After the Show Show video: It's very hard for me to watch anything involving Clayton Morris since he's a Phillies fan. This is off topic, but I hate that team, and it just eats at me--and other Mets fans, I'm sure--that they could be World Champions in as little as 34 hours from now.
October 26, 2008, 1:39:02 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
I didn't get to say this last night because my mind was still spinning after the Guitars & Saxes concert I went to, but as I said with Julie on "Red Eye," Kimberly looks good sporty the Palin look. And nice to see Joe Piscopo in there, too.
October 26, 2008, 6:28:33 PM EDT – Like – Reply
KeithO
Hey team,
Who likes the latest pairing of Keith and Dan in the Big Show? I think it is great and the format works much better to Keith's strengths.
Or do you have NBC blocked or have a boycott in place that prevents you from watching?
October 26, 2008, 7:55:32 PM EDT – Like – Reply
johnny dollar
That's an interesting question but not exactly related to cable news.
October 26, 2008, 8:03:25 PM EDT – Like – Reply
KeithO
Oh yeah. Sorry. No one reply to the comment.
October 26, 2008, 8:14:46 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
Or do you have NBC blocked or have a boycott in place that prevents you from watching?
KeithO | Homepage | 10.26.08 - 8:00 pm | #
No, we merely turn our televisions to FNC and then throw away the remote.
(jerk...)
October 26, 2008, 8:18:58 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Cecelia
J$, I think you missed that the Article was a joke. It was written as if in the year 2020 and the writer was looking back at Bret Farve's "betrayal" of Green Bay.
cornycob | Homepage | 10.26.08 - 12:11 pm | #
I would have never caught that, cornycob.
I don't know Bret Farve from Moses...
October 26, 2008, 8:21:58 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Fox Fan
I don't know what the "Big Show" is, but I imagine that I'd disagree with your opinion KeithO.
I don't watch NBC, but it's not because of their political bias. It's because there's nothing good on it. I watch FNC for news and the movie channels for entertainment. Comedy Central, Discovery channels, and the Military Channel are good too.
October 26, 2008, 9:48:54 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Mike C.
Here's something remotely related to cable news: one of the saxophonists I saw last night, Jessy J, looks a little like Julie Banderas.
October 26, 2008, 9:53:03 PM EDT – Like – Reply
KeithO
Fox Fan,
Bob Costas made a reference to "The Big Show" a few weeks back on NFL Sunday. I wasn't familiar with it either but Googled it and found out it is a book Keith and Dan wrote many years ago about their ESPN show. Apparently Bob Costas had written a forward in it.
October 26, 2008, 10:27:23 PM EDT – Like – Reply
Fox Fan
Awesome KeithO, I'll make sure to pick that one up! :-:
October 27, 2008, 6:58:42 AM EDT – Like – Reply
Olby Sucks
Remember "mark"? She's found her a nice little safe place to spew her hate at the newshounds. Did she not criticise and ridicule the newshounds at one time? I believe she did.
This is the gender reversal of the deeply flawed and compromised Kampain Karl Kameron. If you'll remember, KKK got himself in a mess of trouble in 2000 because he went around bragging about how his then wife was a key operative in the Dubya campaign, then in 2004 was censured for making up "facts" about and flase quotes from Democratic candidates, including Senator Kerry. Wes's husband, for whom I have only the deepest sympathy, is a Republican media consultant, and she obviously makes up all kinds of crap. Shame on you, Ms. West for your appalling lack of integrity. Hope you land a good job at FOX. FOX and you deserve one another. Congratulations Senator Biden on avoiding this vicious shrew's trap.
The Real Royal King | 10.27.08 - 3:04 pm | #
October 27, 2008, 4:56:21 PM EDT – Like – Reply
