'Fox and Friends' Discusses Potential Rosie/MSNBC Deal

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As NewsBusters previously reported, Rosie O’Donnell is reportedly negotiating a talk show with MSNBC, the same Rosie O’Donnell who did not last a full season on "The View" with her left wing ravings. The co-hosts on the November 6 edition of "Fox and Friends" discussed it. Gretchen Carlson predicted that "it probably won’t last because Rosie doesn’t stick too long with any particular show."

The co-hosts proceeded to play two inflammatory clips of Rosie O’Donnell, previously documented by NewsBusters. First, was Rosie O’Donnell comparing radical Islam with "radical Christianity" and then her September 11 conspiracy rant that for "the first time in history, that steel was melted by fire."

Steve Doocy noted that even the liberal "New York Times" "talks about how MSNBC has made...a business decision to move to the left."

The entire transcript is below.

GRETCHEN CARLSON: Alright, what is recommended over at MSNBC, possibly a new Rosie show? Could it be true? Published reports this morning are saying that Rosie, that deal is very close with MSNBC, she'll go against "Larry King" on CNN and of course "Hannity and Colmes" here on the Fox News Channel.

STEVE DOOCY: Mhmm

BRIAN KILMEADE: On news channel? That's unbelievable that she'll be going to a news channel. She said this at a book signing in Miami. And today, basically confirmed by MSNBC. They're pretty advanced in talks. What does this mean for their late night lineup?

DOOCY: Well, and if, and if you're working at MSNBC, what does that mean? They're hiring a comedian to do a show on a cable news outfit? And, think about it, if she does the nine o'clock show, she would effectively be the face of NBC, the female face of NBC. Now, there's an item in today's "New York Times" that talks about how MSNBC has made a conscious decision, a business decision to lean to the left. They've decided, you know whenever that guy at eight o'clock complains about the White House they do very well. Well, now they decided, let's just go for it! Unfortunately for Tucker Carlson, it sounds like his show is in big trouble, about to be cancelled.

KILMEADE: Check out all of the great people that have come from MSNBC, at least at the Broadcasting Hall of Fame. You got Tom Brokaw there, you have Tim Russert there, you have Brian Williams there, and now Rosie O'Donnell's going to be joining there. Could they be that happy that this is going to be happening to MSNBC, that the news that they just moved into Manhattan?

CARLSON: Remember last year, though, when she quit "The View," or not last year, but last spring when she quit "The View," there were a bunch of rumors immediately that other networks were trying to pick her up, specifically for a game show. Wasn't that the first rumor that she was going to host a game show potentially? And-

DOOCY: "The Price is Right" because she loved that show.

CARLSON: Yeah because she loved that show. Here she is-

DOOCY: This will go, this will go over great, said Larry King.

CARLSON: Yeah that's for her back pain, I think.

KILMEADE: Hey Gretchen, do you want to hear some of her great moments from "The View"?

CARLSON: Sure.

KILMEADE: Let's listen.

ROSIE O’DONNELL: Just one second, radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam. [applause] In a country like America where we have a separation of church and state. We're a democracy.

ELISABETH HASSLEBECK: We're not bombing ourselves here in the country. We are being attacked.

O’DONNELL: Wait, but we are bombing innocent people in other countries, true or false?

O’DONNELL: I do believe that it defies physics for the World Trade Center Tower Seven, Building Seven, which collapsed in on itself, it is impossible for a building to fall the way it fell without explosives being involved, World Trade Center Seven. World Trade Center One and Two got hit by planes, Seven, miraculously, the first time in history, steel was melted by fire.

DOOCY: There you go, a preview of coming attractions. If this deal does go through.

CARLSON: And I will say right now that it probably won't last because Rosie doesn't stick too long with any particular show.

KILMEADE: I don't know if Donald Trump will allow.

CARLSON: Is he still doing "The Apprentice."

KILMEADE: Donald Trump, yeah, is the celebrity "Apprentice." Why would he allow that?

CARLSON: Well, he asked her to be on the show, didn't he, in the latest installment?

DOOCY: I believe so. I believe that's right.

KILMEADE: He really asked her?

CARLSON: Yes.

DOOCY: I believe that's what it says in one of today's newspapers.

CARLSON: I think he extended the olive branch, but she declined.

—Justin McCarthy is a news analyst at Media Research Center.


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No suprise here. Me and

No suprise here. Me and several other NewsBusters called this one months ago.

I gotta hand it to Rosie.

I gotta hand it to Rosie. For nearly a decade she bamboozled an entire generation of soccer moms and made a fortune in the process, with her talk show. Nary a word of her preferences were disclosed, lest she end up on the trash heap of talk shows of that era.

 

Before that show, she was a mildly successful comedienne, probably well off, but not Greenwich CT gated compound well off. Unfortunately, faking "The Queen of Nice" for so long has had an adverse affect on her, and she is obviously miserable.

 

 

Well I know if she does get

Well I know if she does get a show, it will keep you guys busy day in and day out. Talk about a "target-rich environment."  But I am hoping that it won't  turn this site into a "Rosie every day" zone. Couldn't stand that.

"...Rosie doesn’t stick

"...Rosie doesn’t stick too long with any particular show."

Neither does MSNBC. Just ask Phil Donahue, Tucker Carlson, or Rita Crosby...  

Hire Drew Carey Instead

CBS and that old sex pervert Bob Barker wanted to hire Rosie, but they have now learned that Conservative Drew Carey is moulding into the host job wonderfully without any insane rants.

MSNBC should forget about the rather sexual baggaged Rosie O with her rather limited intelligence and hire Drew Carey too as he has proven in interviews to be highly capable.

What on earth is Rosie going to talk about? Cable shows are not about fluff and she can not carry on a conversation that sounds beyond Charlie Sheen on coke reading from an Alex Jones site.

It would sound odd here to promote Howard Stern, but Mr. Stern if he could quit the gotcha on sex perversion and work on being a journalist would be a rival to Bill O'Reilly who actually would ask questions and make comments pointing out political problems.

The only problem with Mr. Stern is that he on most subjects would mirror Bill O'Reilly and MSNBC instead wants a Marxist to join their other communists.

But MSNBC hire Rosie O, you too will find out what Babs Walters did.........you might bring the beast into the cage, but the beast will try to eat you.

 

*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS

"...it is impossible for a

"...it is impossible for a building to fall the way it fell without explosives being involved..."

Ya mean like an airliner carrying two practically full fuel tanks slamming into it at high speed and exploding on impact? 

Is there a more descriptive word than ignoramorous that would apply to her?

Rosie/MSNBC

A failed comediene on a failing cable channel - a perfect match.

Well considering that

Well considering that RATINGS really isn't a priority for this network....sounds like a WIN/WIN to me. Besides, this windbag provides a lot of entertainment for us here at NewsBusters.

Sounds more like social

Sounds more like social engineering to me.  I shall take note of the sponsors.

I am so sick of Rosie.

I am so sick of Rosie.

She Might Last

Rosie potentially could last a full season with MSNBC given that she will be able to spew her anger unchallenged.  Michael Savage didn't last long on MSNBC because his anger has a conservative slant.  Rosie's anger  has a liberal slant which requires tolerance.

On the other hand Rosie has a hard crunchy outside, and a soft inside.  She comes across as the big bully who breaks down in tears when finally confronted.  And since Rosie has a long history of not getting along with co-workers, its only inevitable that she will get in a fight with an MSNBC producer which could deteriorate into her show getting cut or her abandoning the project all together.

Most bullies back away when

Most bullies back away when challenged, from my experience.

They became bullies because they were raised by apes.

Peel back a bully and you will find a confused, conflicted broken personality with dreams of glory.  Just MHO

Green is Universal

Hey, at least NBC gave us a reason to be green.  I'm nauseaus just thinking about Rosie appearing on evening TV.  Let's hope it's after the dinner hour.

"There is a tendency for the world to say to America, 'the big problems of the world are yours, you go and sort them out,' and then to worry when America wants to sort them out." - Tony Blair

I'll have to read about it

I'll have to read about it here because I won't waste my time on any programme featuring that know-it-all, fire does not melt steel, wind bag.

Time's a-wastin'

I usually have too much to do to watch any TV in the evening, so I'm safe.  If the tube's on, it is usually showing a sporting event (hockey, baseball, football), and then used for passive interest.

I'd much rather spend my time with my wonderful four-year-old daughter and continue to work to show her idiots like Rosie are the enemy of a rational society.

By the way, I'm a firefighter.  I KNOW that fire can melt steel.

Happily for me ...

my remote control seems to skip right over messnbc when I'm channel surfing, so I won't ever know what she's blathering about.

Please, friends, don't fill me in.

Chai

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. Theodore Roosevelt

Rosie

I can hardly wait for her MSNBC show!  Hopefully they will slot her either opposite Bill O. or H&C to insure the show's failure.

Howdy Emma... I think

Howdy Emma...

I think after the newness wears off even paid advertisements would beat her in any time slot!

 

rosie

Howdy yourself, bt...I agree, the novelty of a talking pig will wear thin pretty quickly.  I would sooner watch The Weather Channel, or as you predict, paid advomercials.

Oh go ahead...

I say MSNBC ought to go ahead and give Rosie her own show, no holds barred. It would give bloggers plenty of fodder and we all know it will only be a matter of time before she would crash and burn. It also would be interesting to see how many time she would crash and burn before MSNBC would yank her show. As someone else pointed out, MSNBC really isn't too interested in ratings.