Overtly Liberal Media Has No Staying Power, NBC President Says
November 14th, 2005 12:05 PM
Are overtly liberal media ventures like Air America or Al Gore's Current TV doomed to failure? Yes, according to NBC Universal president Bob Wright.The media exec ventured this opinion during an interview with his MSNBC employee Tucker Carlson at a media symposium. Broadcasting & Cable gives this account:Carlson made a suggestion: Why not start a channel that overtly caters to liberals? "…
It’s “Fitznukkah”: Al Franken Celebrates the Indictments at The
October 29th, 2005 10:09 PM
At “The Huffington Post’s” blog, Al Franken’s most recent post is called, “Happy Fitznukkah, Everybody!” In it, Franken expressed hope that yesterday’s indictments of I. Lewis Libby weren't a “one-day holiday like Fitzmas” - a not-so comical conglomeration of the words Fitzgerald and Christmas - and waxed elatedly about the possibility of other presents to come such as indictments to Ari…
