Rather Intensifies Couric-bashing
July 24th, 2007 12:27 PM
Ex-CBS anchor Dan Rather is stepping up his sour grapes routine against Katie Couric, telling TVWeek magazine that it's only a matter of time before his former employer cancels the "Evening News" entirely:Dan Rather, who last month accused broadcast networks of dumbing down and tarting up their newscasts [a story which you heard here first], said he can foresee a time when media company…
Rather: 'I'm Big on Personal Responsibility
July 19th, 2007 9:38 AM
Say what you will of Dan Rather, but don't deny he's got a great sense of humor . . .Most of Rather's pontifications on today's "Morning Joe" rolled off my back, as I flipped between his performance and that of Tiger Woods over the closing holes at Carnoustie.But something made me sit up and take notice. At 8:34 A.M. EDT, Rather suddenly blurted out: "I'm big on personal responsibility." And yes…
Bush Terrorism Adviser Grilled on 'So-Called War on Terror,' Bush's 'S
July 19th, 2007 8:32 AM
White House homeland security advisor Fran Townsend made the rounds of the TV morning shows on Wednesday – except for NBC, which was too busy chronicling the Senate Democrat stunt on Iraq. ABC’s Diane Sawyer pounded Townsend with criticism from former Clinton adviser Dick Clarke and a quip from New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd that Bush created a "spa" for Osama bin Laden. CNN’s Kiran Chetry…
CBS Uses Democrat Helpers To Explain How Democrats Now 'Get Religion
July 18th, 2007 6:34 AM
Monday’s Early Show on CBS picked up on Time magazine’s promotional cover story "How The Democrats Got Religion." Reporter Jeff Glor used two guides to explore how the Democrats would "level the praying field," but didn’t exactly tell viewers that these guides were involved in the drive to help the Democrats. The first expert was Time magazine’s Amy Sullivan, who wrote a "God Gap" essay for the…
Want To Bet When Katie Couric Loses Her Anchor Job
July 14th, 2007 3:56 PM
In reality, it was only a matter of time before one of the online trading websites started a contract as to when Katie Couric would either be fired or resign her role as “CBS Evening News” anchor.Yet, it doesn’t make it any less delicious to see it come to fruition.Not one bit, in fact.
Record Dow a Downer on the Networks
July 13th, 2007 6:16 PM
A new stock market high is good news, right?“In stock market terms alone, this is now the longest consecutive uninterrupted stock market rally,” said Lawrence Kudlow on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on July 13.“It started in early 2003, so that’s four and a half years. And it’s incredible how much wealth is being created out there and it’s unfortunate, really – almost tragic – that the president just…
