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Stephen Battaglio
NB Podcast: LA Times’s Gushy Profile of ABC’s Davis Gave Away the Game
September 13th, 2024 10:21 PM
Sitting in on Friday for host and NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Graham, Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro and I dove into an absurd Los Angeles Times profile celebrating ABC’s debate co-moderator Linsey Davis for, along with co-moderator David Muir, interjecting for so-called fact-checks of Donald Trump.
LATimes Laugh: MSNBC’s Morning Joe ‘Manages to Stay in Neutral Zone'
April 12th, 2022 1:34 PM
Los Angeles Times television writer Stephen Battaglio profiled the hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe -- Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Willie Geist. The headline is certainly West Coast-snooty: “MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ tries to keep cable news smart while expanding to four hours.” The story’s premise – that Morning Joe plays it down the middle -- was just wacky. A…
It’s a Cult: CNNers Continue Worshipping Zucker Despite Ouster
February 4th, 2022 8:06 PM
Through a series of stories this week, it was evident CNN’s current staff have no interest in being salvaged as a serious news organization and anything other than a far-left propaganda outlet worthy of being some combination of mocked and ignored. Instead of seeking to move on from disgraced former boss Jeff Zucker, they’ve tried to canonize him as a tent pole of American democracy.
'NewsNation' Promises to be 'Neutral,' 'Opinion-Free.' Will It?
September 2nd, 2020 10:03 AM
If you want more proof that the traditional media leans to the left, a brand new prime time broadcast is launching with the claim that it will be, "neutral," "opinion-free" news. It's called NewsNation and will be produced by the Nexstar Media Group with across the nation on that company’s 185 TV stations and 5,400 employees.
CNN Ends 2014 With All-time Low Ratings, MSNBC Falls to Third Place
December 30th, 2014 6:18 PM
Just when it seemed that things couldn't get any worse for the liberal Cable News Network and MSNBC channels, the Deadline website released a year-end review by reporter Lisa de Morales on ratings for CNN in prime time, which hit an all-time low of 516,000, and viewers in the vital 25- to 54-year-old demographic fell dramatically to 126,000, the second lowest number ever.
Meanwhile, the “Lean…
TV Guide Gushes: 'Will Michelle Obama Be the Next Oprah
November 1st, 2012 6:14 AM
Even if Obama loses next week, the media goo machine will keep cranking away. The new TV Guide is already speculating: “Will Michelle Obama Be the Next Oprah?” Writer Stephen Battaglio imagines what a star she could become (if her husband loses).
She could be bigger than Oprah? “Michelle Obama is such an appealing TV presence that if she and her husband find themselves moving out of 1600…