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Long overdue.Ivan Seeking said:CNN fired Rick Sanchez...
Long overdue.Ivan Seeking said:CNN fired Rick Sanchez...
Ivan Seeking said:WOW! CNN fired Rick Sanchez for making innapropriate remarks about Stewart.
Gokul43201 said:Long overdue.
nismaratwork said:What was it about it him that people seemed to enjoy enough for him to get so much airtime? I always felt he obscured the news more than anything else, but obviously he got ratings.
Lisab: :tongue: What can I say, I'm not a Twitter fan, and he seemed like a social networking huckster and not an anchor or reporter.
wiki said:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Carlson"
Stewart criticized the format of shows like Crossfire, calling Carlson and co-host Paul Begala "partisan hacks," and asked them to "stop hurting America."
Carlson countered by criticizing Stewart's July 2004 interview with then U.S. Presidential candidate John Kerry. He accused Stewart of "sniffing Kerry's throne" and "not asking tough questions." Stewart replied, contextualizing his own show as a comedic rather than informational venue, "I didn't realize that [...] the news organizations look to Comedy Central for their cues on integrity." After Carlson told Stewart "I think you're more fun on your show," Stewart replied by saying: "You know what's interesting though? You're as big a dick* on your show as you are on any show."
Ivan Seeking said:It seemed evident to me that CNN was drifting towards the Fox Noise format. With any luck, this will change the momentum at CNN.
Kyra Phillips is another one at CNN I'd like to see axed. She is a journalist with a personal agenda. She doesn't know how to separate her personal opinions from her reporting.
OmCheeto said:Was looking around for some juicy "RTRS" stuff and ran across the http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20016808-503544.html":
Jon was on Crossfire(CNN) back in 2004 with a gentleman who moved to Fox right after the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE&feature=player_embedded".
After watching the interview, I was in total agreement.
Interesting that the "partisan hack" Carlson has created a a political journalism website, "The Daily Caller", which has acquired the domain name: http:nn.com/"", only they devote the entire page to criticizing Keith. (I wouldn't waste my time with it as I just did. They make fun of Keith making fun of idiots, jerks, and the insane. Which is, as far as I can tell, why I like Keith.)
*dick, as in "Tricky Dick" Nixon, I'm sure.
nismaratwork said:I agree oh all points, but... Kyra is pretty.
Anyway, CNN is almost "news free" these days, with "heroes" and showpieces being center-stage. They need to get serious again, or it's going to be Fox, and MSNBC and that's IT.
nismaratwork said:I agree oh all points, but... Kyra is pretty.
Anyway, CNN is almost "news free" these days, with "heroes" and showpieces being center-stage. They need to get serious again, or it's going to be Fox, and MSNBC and that's IT.
lisab said:Yay, there's going to be a Rally to Restore Sanity in Seattle, the same day as the one in Washington!
http://www.sanityseattle.com/
nismaratwork said:Ariana Huffington will be busing people to the rally... Interesting...
Very good coverage!Evo said:I'm watching it.
turbo-1 said:Very good coverage!
lisab said:I'm enjoying it too .
turbo-1 said:Stewart's closing remarks were great. Now watch the media pan it.
http://www.google.com/url?url=http:...g=AFQjCNHFm8sJbJs0SOstZ4BFJLq6z8WwBQ&cad=rjt"
...
Heirs of a cold war
That's what we've become
Inheriting troubles
I'm mentally numb
Crazy, I just can not bare
I'm living with something that just isn't fair
Mental wounds not healing
Who and what's to blame
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I didn't see all of it, either, but would like to. I missed Ozzie, for instance. Not my favorite musician, but I'm glad he chipped in.edward said:I saw it in bits and pieces on the news. I did see the closing speech live and it was very impressive.
I was so busy this morning that I didn't realize that it would be shown live on Comedy Central starting at 9:00 AM my time. I hope they re run it.
GeorginaS said:The closing speech by Jon Stewart was fantastic. My favourite quote:
Most Americans don’t live their lives solely as Democrats or Republicans. Most Americans live their lives just a little bit late for something they have to do.
And although that line is quotable, the whole of what he had to say was inspiring.
It's an event I would have loved to attend. The mass of people on the Mall was truly impressive. Has anyone seen hard number yet?
GeorginaS said:I'd believe the 150, OmCheeto. Press releases said they had a permit for sixty thousand.
Favourite rally sign that I saw:
I'm going for sushi. Who's coming with me?!
followed closely by
Don't be mean.
More
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/10/30/in-photos-signs-from-the-rally-to-restore-sanity-andor-fear/"