FOX's Take on Novak - It's CNN's Fault

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Friday August 05, 2005 · 10:15 AM PDT

2005/08/05 · 10:15

Johnny Dollar has the video of Fox & Friends this morning on Novak's storming off.

E.D. Hill says -

"You just witnessed why CNN fails. Because when you watch it, they don't react as normal people would react. If someone walked off our set -- and they have --"

Brian Kilmeade interrupted -

"We tackle them!"

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Friday August 05, 2005 · 7:03 AM PDT

2005/08/05 · 07:03

With all of the bad news that they are getting hit with right now (Bush's approval numbers, Iraq, Rovegate, etc.)- the Right Wingers need to get something out in the MSM that will deflect heat back on to our side. It appears that they are going to use the Loan Scandal that involves Air America Radio.

According to the NY Sun -

The top executive at a Bronx youth organization said yesterday that the former director of Air America Radio received more than $800,000 in loans for himself and the radio network from the nonprofit organization while serving as its development director.

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Thursday August 04, 2005 · 7:01 AM PDT

2005/08/04 · 07:01

The folks over at Fishbowl DC have one of the funniest things I have read in a long time - The Top Ten Things Helen Thomas Said This Week Mistakenly 'On The Record'. Just picturing Helen saying some of these makes you bust a gut.

From Fishbowl DC -

UPI's iconoclastic Helen Thomas made waves earlier this week with her comments to The Hill's Al Eisele where she said she'd kill herself if Dick Cheney ran for president. "The day I say Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is one more liar," she told him. Drudge got ahold of her words and yadda yadda yadda, they were more fodder for the right's "vast left-wing media conspiracy."
She, in turn, has been furious with Eisele and the Hill--evidently she didn't know she was on the record at the time! She thought she and Al were just "talking." Eisele lays out the situation, and even rises to Thomas' defense a bit in his column this week.

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Thursday August 04, 2005 · 6:41 AM PDT

2005/08/04 · 06:41

Congress finally seems to appear that they don't like being lied to. Wait, don't think for one minute it is the Iraq War lies. It was the dreaded Rafeal Palmeiro, the First Baseman for the Baltimore Orioles.

Remember, Palmeiro testified before Congress that he did not take steroids. Well, surprise, he tested for steroids. So now Congress is considering charging Palmeiro with perjury.

"If we did nothing," he (Rep. Tom Davis) added, "I think we'd look like idiots. Don't you?"

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It's Official - Countdown is MSNBC's #1 Show

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Wednesday August 03, 2005 · 6:56 AM PDT

2005/08/03 · 06:56

Well the July Ratings are out and Keith Olbermann's Countdown show was MSNBC's #1 show. Looking at the numbers, it appears that Scarborough Country should be number 1, but Keith produced more viewers with less shows (remember the Special Shuttle coverage). Another interesting lttle tidbit from the numbers is that On The Record with Greta is very close from displacing Bill O'Reilly at the top of the Cable News Shows. Ouch.

But what really makes this funny is that Keith was on vacation for a good part of July, but the viewers stayed loyal to the show. I think Kossacks had something to do with that. Read More

Is America Cursed?

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Wednesday August 03, 2005 · 6:34 AM PDT

2005/08/03 · 06:34

I believe that it was Henry David Thoreau or maybe Ralph Waldo Emerson that stated that countries have karma. That any transgression against cosmic right and wrong would come back to haunt the offending country. This belief came out of the idea that the United States Civil War was just cosmic retribution for the "illegal" Mexican War.

Well, after some recent events I am starting to wonder if the cosmos is starting to punish America, especially groups that supported the transgressions, and "rewarding" those countries that have stood up against them. Read More

Scarborough Loses Radio Show??

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Tuesday August 02, 2005 · 9:23 AM PDT

2005/08/02 · 09:23

Radio and Records is reporting that the The Joe Scarborough Show will be going off the air August 12th. Now is this the end of the show or just a hiatus? Westwood One, which owns the show, is saying that it is only a break until next year and that the show "will be relaunched in an even more competitive time period". The plans are for a return in January 2006.

However, its seems that being in the 10am to 1 pm EST time bracket is a pretty good time to be on. Unless the show is going to replace Rush or Hannity or O'Reilly, I don't see how Joe could be coming back in a "competitive time period" for a conservative talk show. Read More

David Shaw (LA Times) Loses His Battle

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Tuesday August 02, 2005 · 6:48 AM PDT

2005/08/02 · 06:48

David Shaw, the great writer at the LA Times, died last night at the age of 62. He had been fighting a brain tumor. David was a Pulitzer Prize winner that set the standard for younger journalists.

John Carroll, editor of the times stated -

"David believed in journalistic independence, and he definitely practiced it, as a critic, he was fearless in exposing the shortcomings of his own newspaper, his colleagues and his profession. His findings weren't always popular, but they earned him a national reputation for insight and integrity."

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Monday August 01, 2005 · 12:26 PM PDT

2005/08/01 · 12:26

Air America has continued to show increases in audiences across the country - recently seeing KKZN in Colorado going from a 1.6 market share to a 2.0.

Now the right-wingers have been stating that Air America would fall flat on its face. Well that didn't happen. So now they need to rely on "creating" a story where one does not exist. Read More

1800 Americans Killed In Iraq - Tomorrow

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Monday August 01, 2005 · 6:39 AM PDT

2005/08/01 · 06:39

Based on calculations at icasualities.org, tomorrow on August 2nd, 2005 - 1800 American soldiers will have been killed in Iraq. To many Republicans, it will be just another number. But for the rest of us, it will be a continuing reason why we must continue to fight this administration and all of its evil. Read More

Good Bye NewsWorld International

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Friday July 29, 2005 · 11:32 AM PDT

2005/07/29 · 11:32

This weekend, NewsWorld International (NWI) will be going off-the-air after a 11-year run. It will be a sad night tonight as I watch The National for the last time (here in the US).

NWI was purchased by Al Gore and his partners. The decided that it would become the new News Channel - Current TV.

The CBC, who ran NWI and provide a vast majority of the programming, has worked since April (when the decision was made) to come up with arrangements to keep the CBC playing in the US, but to no avail. Read More

MSNBC Bumps Tucker Carlson Back to Late Night

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Friday July 29, 2005 · 10:21 AM PDT

2005/07/29 · 10:21

Get to the Back, Tucker!

Well it looks that MSNBC is getting to throw in the towel on the Bowtie. The Situation is getting bumped back to the 11 pm Eastern / 8 pm Western. Ex-FOX reporter Rita Cosby's new show Rita Cosby: Live and Direct will take over the 9 pm Eastern / 6 pm Western spot.

MSNBC President Rick Kaplan tried to spin it -

"I'm thrilled to extend MSNBC's primetime programming to midnight with 'The Situation with Tucker Carlson," said Kaplan. "MSNBC will be the only cable news network to offer viewers six hours of first-run primetime programming, and the network will now offer our west coast viewers a live program at 8 p.m. (PT) for the first time. The fast-paced style of 'The Situation' is best suited for a late night audience."

So you need to be throughly "stoned" to watch it. Read More

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Is America Cursed?

Scarborough Loses Radio Show??

David Shaw (LA Times) Loses His Battle

Air America Success - Time for the Smear Attack

1800 Americans Killed In Iraq - Tomorrow

Good Bye NewsWorld International

MSNBC Bumps Tucker Carlson Back to Late Night