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New York Post Columnist Asks ‘Do We Need MSNBC
Don Kaplan of the New York Post has a great column today about the failing cable station MSNBC, and quite appropriately asks why we need it (hat tip to TV Newser):“‘It's really running third in a two-horse race,’ says Reese Schoenfeld, who co-founded CNN. “He questions whether MSNBC is even in the same league as Fox News Channel and CNN. ‘Everybody compares MSNBC to Fox and CNN - when its real…
Los Angeles Times Downplays Bush's Iraq Visit
You'd think that President Bush's surprise visit to Iraq would warrant a big front-page headline in one of the country's largest newspapers. Yet today's print edition of the Los Angeles Times (Wednesday, June 14, 2006) blares the headline, "Crackdown Underway in Baghdad." A reference to the surprise visit is relegated to the sub-headline, and only a tiny 1.75" x 2" photo of President Bush and…
ABC Labels Litigious Food Police a Consumer Group
Industry critic CSPIs lawsuit escaped critical review on World News Tonight
Recession Never Recedes Far from News Comments
TV reports continue to raise the specter of economic troubles despite strong growth and low unemployment.
Olbermann Claims Rita Cosby is ‘Dumber Than a Suitcase of Rocks
Apparently, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann doesn’t play well with others – color me shocked.According to Lloyd Grove of the New York Daily News (hat tip to TV Newser), MSNBC’s Olbermann sent an e-mail message to one of his three fans that aren’t related to him that included a rather derogatory comment about his colleague, Rita Cosby:“‘Rita's nice,’ Olbermann wrote to a fan from his MSNBC E-mail…
Hillary's Boos: Bob Schieffer Has No Clues
Outgoing CBS Evening News anchor Bob Schieffer is a man who's never been ashamed to portray himself as not always the first guy to get the news -- or stay with the news as it happens. (Remember how he took a nap as Trent Lott destroyed his career? It's the last quote here.) MRC's Brian Boyd reports it happened again this morning on the Imus simulcast on MSNBC at 7:42 AM EDT:Don Imus: “Hey, how…
Media Owe Rove an Apology -- or at Least a Few Hugs
In America, people are innocent until proven guilty, unless of course they are Republican.No finer example of such legal relativism has occurred in recent memory than the case of President Bush’s top advisor, Karl Rove. For months, virtually every mainstream media outlet proclaimed his guilt regarding the Valerie Plame Wilson affair, or what has been not so affectionately named the CIA-leak case.…
Gibson’s ‘World News Tonight’ Lowest Rated in Almost 20 Years
This isn’t the kind of news that a seasoned newsman wants to hear: your ratings stink!Yet, that appears to be the case for ABC’s “World News Tonight” since Charles Gibson was officially announced as the new anchor.According to TV Newser: “Charles Gibson isn't having a positive impact on World News Tonight's ratings, at least not yet. NBC Nightly News was #1 in all categories last week."'Gibson's…
