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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Olbermann’s sloppy seconds beats AC360?

The most fascinating fact to come out of Monday’s announcement that CNN is the fourth place cable news network is that the 10 PM repeat of Keith Olbermann’s Countdown attracts more viewers than Anderson Cooper’s live news broadcast.

Topics: cnn, msnbc, fox, anderson-cooper, kieth-olbermann

Posted by Patrick Hynes on 10/27 at 05:22 AM

Thursday, October 22, 2009

White House attempted to bounce FNC from pool; Media backs up FNC

This is pretty dispicable. The White House actually attempted to bounce Fox News from the White House pool to prohibit them from being able to interview the new “Pay Czar.” In a Strange New Respect moment, the non-FNC media backed FNC up:

Topics: obama, fox, white-house

Posted by Patrick Hynes on 10/22 at 07:04 PM

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

State Media

While Obama is attempting to use the bully pulpit to “marginalize” FNC he is also holding secret briefings with the MSNBC hosts who are, shall we way, most committed to the cause?

Topics: obama, msnbc, fox, maddow, olbermann, fnc

Posted by Patrick Hynes on 10/21 at 03:35 PM

Sunday, September 20, 2009

CNN attacks Fox over tea party claim

CNN is actually running an attack ad against Fox News for a claim it made in a recent advertisment of it’s own ...

Topics: cnn, fox, news

Posted by Patrick Hynes on 09/20 at 05:45 AM

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Cheney to Fox News: OK to Break the Law

Via Think Progress, here’s a clip that illustrates the mindset of the previous administration:

Topics: fox, torture, cheney, interrogation

Posted by Peter Daou on 08/30 at 10:59 AM

Sunday, August 02, 2009

Glenn Greenwald on GE and News Corp Exerting Control Over Media Outlets

Definitely worth reading...

Topics: fox, nbc, greenwald, ge, murdoch

Posted by Peter Daou on 08/02 at 09:40 AM

Friday, June 19, 2009

Toobin: No Bias in the Media (Except CNN’s Competitors)

During a Wednesday segment titled, “Is Fox News ‘Fair and Balanced?’” CNN contributor Jeffery Toobin made a curious point. He doesn’t believe there’s any institutional bias in the media other than at Fox News and MSNBC. The comments come as CNN seeks to revive its ratings against both cable news networks and seeks to retool itself as a straight news source…

Topics: media, obama, cnn, fox, bias, toobin

Posted by Patrick Hynes on 06/19 at 07:22 AM

Thursday, June 18, 2009

O’Reilly Fights Porn ... By Airing Porn

I saw the segment and my jaw dropped - glad HuffPo caught the hypocrisy...

Topics: fox, oreilly, porn

Posted by Peter Daou on 06/18 at 07:52 PM

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Miss California Carrie Prejean Fired

Well, to much less fanfare than the last go round about whether or not she would keep her crown, Miss California Carrie Prejean has been stripped (oh dear, poor use of terms) of her crown and sash. It is not immediately clear why, though according to “documents obtained by FOXnews.com” the producers of the Miss California USA Pageant feel she has repeatedly breached her contract. In a bolt of irony, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton calls Prejean “small-minded” in a blog post of the latest development … right before he does a “happy dance” to celebrate her firing. Now that’s small minded.

Topics: media, fox, california, prejean

Posted by Patrick Hynes on 06/10 at 02:16 PM

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