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CNN’s Chetry Rises to the Occassion and Gets the Scoop

August 9th, 2008 · No Comments

This blog would like to give a big kudos to Kiran Chetry of CNN’s “American Morning”. Friday morning, shortly after Russian troops began an air and land attack upon their neighbor to the south, Kiran Chetry had an exclusive interview with the President of Georgia, at the same time his country was being invaded.
With little […]

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Tags: One Eyed Man · CNN

Fox & friends Weekend: Camerota Good, Producers Bad

August 9th, 2008 · No Comments

For two weekends this blogger watched the weekend version of ‘Fox & friends’ since Alisyn Camerota re-joined the show. I had found it to be enjoyable and the chemistry between Camerota and the two other hosts, Dave and Clayton, to be good. The show was displaying promise.
But this morning F&FW is a vast disappointment and […]

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Tags: One Eyed Man · Fox News

KC Star: MSNBC prez on Fox News: “You can’t trust a word they say”

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Aaron Barnhart of the Kansas City Star got a one on one interview with MSNBC’s, newly promoted, Phil Griffin and got some interesting quotes from Griffin about MSNBC, Fox News and the contentious relationship between the two.
The interview is full of interesting quotes that show the friction and contempt that exists between the two channels […]

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Tags: One Eyed Man · MSNBC · Fox News

‘Fox & friends” Changes, Camerota takes over Weekends

July 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As the ‘Fox & friends’ World Turns has had an interesting week. Last Friday we all wished bon voyage to the delightful and attractive Alisyn Camerota, host of ‘Fox & friends 1st’ (6am ET) and news headline reader for ‘Fox & friends’ (7-9am ET) as she headed out to start a two week vacation. No […]

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Tags: One Eyed Man · Fox News · Uncategorized

Greg Kelly: Bye FNC, Hello Fox 5 in NYC

July 9th, 2008 · No Comments

 TVNewser is reporting that former ‘Fox & friends’ weekend host and Fox News anchor/reporter, Greg Kelly is leaving Fox News and moving to Fox 5, the local Fox affiliate in NYC. He will be cohosting their morning show with the current female host, Jodi Applegate.
Greg Kelly is not the first Fox News anchor to make […]

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Tags: One Eyed Man · Fox News

Fox & friends Weekend: Yes & No

July 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Having spent time watching the weekend version of ‘Fox & friends’ I have come to the conclusion the show has promise but is in need of help.
The show is hosted by Dave Briggs, Ainsley Earhardt, and Clayton Morris. Courtney Friel does headline updates and Rick Reichmuth does the weather. All of them are likable people […]

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Tags: One Eyed Man · Fox News · Uncategorized

80’s Week was Like Totally Awesome!

July 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Last week “Fox & friends” was totally rad and celebrated the 80’s with flashbacks to the news stories, music, movies and personal photos of the hosts from the 80’s.

This idea worked very well and helped bring some of the old fun that ‘Fox & friends’ used to have before they tried to become more serious […]

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Tags: One Eyed Man · Fox News · Uncategorized

He Is Back!!

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

After a while away from the blog I am back and ready to call the hits and misses of cable news!
 One Eyed Man

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Praise for Page, during F&F News Failure

December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

This blog would like to give Page Hopkins a big thumbs up and “Way to go!” for doing the right thing, and journalistically correct thing, this morning on ‘Fox & friends 1st’ as she read the news and included the name of Matthew Murray while updating the new information on the Colorado shootings.

Page Hopkins bucked the trend on F&F […]

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Tags: One Eyed Man · Fox News

‘Fox & friends’ Subverts Their Journalistic Integrity

December 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The slogan of Fox News is “We Report. You Decide.”
 The new slogan for ‘Fox & friends’ seems to be “We Obfuscate. You Wonder.”
Last week this blog criticized F&F host Gretchen Carlson for her refusal to say the name of Robert Hawkins, the Omaha mall shooter. Because Hawkins had said in a note he left behind […]

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Tags: One Eyed Man · Fox News