05/08/11
During NBA half-time broadcast on ABC: "...and we want to wish Happy Mothers to all you mothers out there."
(left out the "Day" + the other obvious gaffe)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Donald Trump is making a lot of waves in the media with his pseudo campaign for President and his pursuit of the birther issue. One of his latest rants involves his statement that Obama wasn't qualified for an Ivy League education.
I really think that the old adage of "clean up your own back yard" should be the driving force behind the Donald's antics.
Below are a few samples of actual Twitter tweets from his daughter Ivanka.
@IvankaTrump Just landed in Texas. I love it hear in Big D!!!
(what's that sound??????????)
Hear should be here
@IvankaTrump So excited that @TrumpCollection will be featured on tonights @ApprenticeNBC I hope the teams can make us proud!
(how many tonights?????)
Tonights...should be tonight's
@IvankaTrump I'm watching mother's hide Easter eggs in the front lawn of the hotel that I'm staying at this weekend...very cute! Happy Easter everyone!
(the hide belonging to the mother??????????????)
Mother's should be Mothers'
Perhaps we should demand to see Ivanka's transcripts, or better yet, her birth certificate to verify she is actually the offspring of the oh so intelligent
Donald.
Donald.
That's just my opinion ... I could be right.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Shep is giving us a BREAK...
Way to go Shep!!!!!!!!!!
Shepard Smith is at this moment taking the bold step of actually pointing out on the air when a story is NOT breaking news:
"Now, this is NOT Breaking News at this time...this is a story we've been following all day."
He also pointed out that a particular story was indeed BREAKING NEWS ... and followed up with:
"This is the ONLY actual breaking news that we are following at this time."
And, to his credit, Shepard is making the disclaimer though out his newscast:
"Remember we'll ONLY give breaking news that is ACTUALLY breaking news!"
*****NOTE:
During the past week I decided to do a little experiment with all three cable news networks to determine each network's use of the "cry wolf" technique of "ALERTS":
I recorded each of the newtorks (CNN, FOX, and MSNBC) for six hours each. Each network was recorded for the same six hour time period on the same date.
The entire six hours consisted only of regular news programming and did NOT include any feature programming.
The results: (same time period, same date, same news content available to each network)
Percent of news stories that carried the banners
BREAKING NEWS, NEWS ALERT, etc.:
CNN 17%
MSNBC 23%
FOX 87%
Again, Thanx to Shepard Smith for stepping outside the box!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
...getting lax....
(Lackadaisical Lis )
On last night's "The Factor", Lis Wiehl made a comment that someone was being... "very laxidasical...".
Bill O'Reilly proceeded to agree with her and repeated the term "laxidaisical" several times ...then moved on to the next thought.
Duh,...Bill, your word for the day for your copy writers is "SPELL CHECK"
(and for Lis and yourself : " PRONOUNCIATION CHECK")!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
...'nuff said
According to a story dated 03/23/2011 in the the New York Times:
"In prime time Saturday, CNN averaged 678,000 viewers among the audience most desired by news advertisers, ages 25 to 54. MSNBC averaged 254,000, while Fox News drew 353,000. On Sunday, CNN averaged 442,000 viewers; MSNBC, 298,000; and Fox News, 344,000. "
These numbers are for a weekend that saw the no-fly zone and battles in Libya and contimuing Japan recovery efforts....real news. MSNBC had "Lockup" - Fox had "Huckabee" and "Geraldo".
Kind of evident who gets the gravy when the real news really matters !
Monday, March 21, 2011
Same song - second verse.....
More condemnation of the President and the government from Fox anchors and "ex-spurt" contributors...
...this time "too little too late" on our involvement in the Libya crisis..
......we should have gone in full force with ground troops, full air combat, etc and we should have made that commitment earlier than we did ...
...and, the President broke the law with the impeachable offense of acting without the approval of Congress!
Five precedents come to mind:
George W. Bush
Afghanistan
Iraq
"Mission Accomplished"
5,936 American casualties to date
Yeah....How's that rushing in thing workin' out for ya?
And, lest we forget, as the pundits so proudly remind us, Ronald Reagan bombed
Qadaffi in 1986 in an effort to take him out.
Result: Qadaffi's young daughter killed in attack
2 Americans killed in the attack
In retaliation, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed out of the sky over
Lockerbie, Scotland resulting in the deaths of
243 Americans
16 crew members
11 residents on the ground.
On February 24, 2011, resigned justice minister Mustafa Abdel-Jalil revealed that Muamar Qaddafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing.
**Off topic:
Best news story intro ever...
clear, succinct, non-biased, no "crying wolf" with pseudo "alert" intro ....
Brooke Baldwin - CNN -
"Now, ... watch this..."
..................straight to the point !
****also uses these transitional phrases very effectively:
"Now, hear this..." (going to audio report from the field)
"Take a look at this video with me..." (going to video report)
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Every few days it seems like one of the feature "expert" panels on one of Fox's many discussion forums is made up mostly, if not entirely, of members of the Tea Party movement or the Congressional Tea Party Caucus.
As I watch these various Tea Party discussions I am taken back to a time many, many years ago when my daughter was just a child...sitting with her friends around a little dollhouse size table ... cups, saucers, and teapot placed before them in their cute little make believe, pretend tea party.
I guess when it comes to tea parties ... some things never change!
Friday, March 18, 2011
**Off Topic - honorable mention - honorary FIB
Nancy Grace:
Questioning respected CNN reporter Gary Tuchman reporting from Japan.... questions his accuracy in reporting death toll ...
"I don't believe that there are only 13,000 dead from the catastrophe...I think Japanese government is hiding something from us. Why would they do that?"
....actual confirmed death toll from multiple sources at this time is only 6,700 .... where is she getting her numbers?
....with hundreds of thousands missing and feared dead, the Japanese government certainly has higher priorities than answering to a has-been hack lawyer trying to sell more books and promote her own agenda (daytime TV justice program) .
Really, Nancy....REALLY!!???!!
Same show - Friday, March 18, 2011, -different segment:
Despite all experts, medical...scientific...government...and independent.., stating quite simply that radiation levels reaching the United States from Japan are minimum and in no way pose a threat to the American people, Miss Grace Under Fire leads with a teaser that " ...radiation has now reached the coast of California and Governor Brown has declared a "state of emergency" (implying state of emergency is result of radiation levels).
She then "throws" it to a radio reporter from Los Angeles who proceeds to correct her by stating that the Governor's declaration is due to the tsunami damage along the California coast.
While the reporter is voicing a report about "2 million dollars in damages to California coastline"....the producers are running a video clip of the 24 ft tsunami waves ravaging the Japanese coastline with "BILLIONS" of dollars in damages and untold loss of life as if to imply that the video is of the California tsunami.
Did you minor in "ethics" in college, Nancy??????
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