TV News Review

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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Happy Thanksgiving  everyone!!
I know some of you must think I have  given up on blogging about the good and bad of cable news. Well, I admit I have been a bit of a turkey (Thanksgiving humor!) and slacked off on postings the last couple of months. But they didn’t catch me. I still have my […]

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It all started Friday, September 14th around 8am ET, in the middle of the morning news shows. News broke out of Las Vegas that O. J. Simpson was being questioned in relation to a hotel room break in. The media smelled blood in the water, the sharks began circling and the feeding frenzy began.
The hosts […]

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A few weeks ago, Geraldo Rivera was doing a report on Lisa Novak, the astronaut arrested for attempted kidnapping among other things. During the report Geraldo repeatedly referred to Ms Novak as the “astronut”. He appeared to be doing it by accident and even apologized for it. Over the past few days […]

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Not so long ago I heard a Fox News anchor congratulate one of the Fox reporters on their promotion to anchor. By their words and their tone, they almost immediately realized they had just insulted all of the hardworking reporters at Fox. The next few moments of them trying to do damage control […]

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The fiercest competition for Cable News viewers is during the 8 PM timeslot. While many long time ratings leaders are losing viewers, MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann is gaining viewers.
Olbermann seems to have found a balance between presenting the news, biting commentary delivered in quick sharp punches, and humor.
Tonight Olbermann’s opening story was the […]

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Nearly 24 hours ago the story broke about the bridge collapse in Minneapolis. The cable channels have been in 20-24 hour live coverage of this story. They have all sent some of their big name anchors to the scene.
Fox News has Sheppard Smith, Bill Hemmer, Greta Van Sustren, plus many, many reporters on location. CNN […]

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