[VIDEO] Dem Congressmen Fail When Confronted About Irresponsible Racism Claims
Posted: May 14, 2014 Filed under: Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Bennie Thompson, Democratic, Jesse Watters, O'Reilly Factor, Racism, Republican Party (United States), Steve Israel 3 CommentsNRO‘s Andrew Johnson has a good summary here.
Two Democratic congressman who recently charged Republicans with racism were forced to answer for their claims when confronted by Fox News’s Jesse Watters.
First, Watters took on Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Steve Israel (D., N.Y.) for telling CNN last month that Republican opposition to immigration reform is “animated by racism.”
“You are picking up on something that was out of context, and happened three weeks ago, so I question why you would even ask that,” Israel said to Watters as he tried to get into an elevator… (read more)
Thousands Mourn Cancellation of ‘Piers Morgan Live’, Outpouring of Grief Follows CNN Announcement
Posted: February 24, 2014 Filed under: Humor, Mediasphere, The Butcher's Notebook | Tags: CNN, David Carr, Fox News Channel, Jeff Zucker, Larry King, Megyn Kelly, Morgan, New York Times, O'Reilly Factor, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Live, Times 2 Comments
Sports events in stadiums across the country paused for a moment of silence to commemorate “Piers Morgan Live”, a program that, according to CNN president Jeff Zucker, was watched by dozens of viewers worldwide
- “Look, I am a British guy debating American cultural issues, including guns, which has been very polarizing, and there is no doubt that there are many in the audience who are tired of me banging on about it,” Morgan told The New York Times’ David Carr.
- …dwindling viewing figures and an anti-gun campaign that alienated a vast swath of his audience had led him to conclude his show had ‘run it’s course’… — thetimes.co.uk
- By phone, Morgan agreed with Carr that things have not gone well at CNN with Piers Morgan Live.“It’s been a painful period, and lately we have taken a bath in the ratings,” Morgan said… — Brietbart.com
Multitudes of fans place candles, photographs, flowers, and mementos on the sidewalk in front of CNN Headquarters in Atlanta, in honor of the beloved TV personality’s unexpected departure.
Mourners gather to pay respects to the host of “Piers Morgan Live” before rushing home to watch “The O’Reilly Factor”
- “Last fall, the already struggling Piers Morgan Live faced increased competition from a revised Fox News Channel lineup that included a strong new performer at 9 p.m. EST with Megyn Kelly’s The Kelly File…” — Entertainment Weekly
- “CNN confirms that ‘Piers Morgan Live’ is ending,” the network said in a statement. “The date of the final program is still to be determined.” — lattimes.com
- “…He hosted BBC’s “You Can’t Fire Me, I’m Famous,” and did interview shows and documentaries for ITV…CNN did not comment on Morgan’s future with the channel…” Associated Press – fox news.com
- “Mr. Morgan’s approach to gun regulation was more akin to King George III, peering down his nose at the unruly colonies and wondering how to bring the savages to heel. He might have wanted to recall that part of the reason the right to bear arms is codified in the Constitution is that Britain was trying to disarm the citizenry at the time.” — David Carr, NYT
[VIDEO] Obama vs. O’Reilly: Obama’s Credo ‘When All Else Fails, Assign Blame’
Posted: February 2, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News, Mediasphere, Politics, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Benghazi, CBS, Fox News Channel, FoxNews, Kathleen Sebelius, O'Reilly Factor, Obama, Scott Pelley, Super Bowl 1 Comment
Ace nails it:
Obama claims that Benghazi is a false scandal which is only talked about because people on FoxNews keep talking about it. Full video below. He denies everything. He also denies denying everything.
“These kind of things keep resurfacing in part because you and your TV station will promote them..”
Deadline Hollywood reports:
Things turned tense quickly today between President Obama and Bill O’Reilly in their Super Bowl pregame interview. “OK, Bill, you’ve got a long list of my mistakes,” Obama said to The O’Reilly Factor host near the 
start of their 10-minute live interview on Fox. That remark — in response to a question from O’Reilly whether it was the biggest mistake of Obama’s presidency when he told Americans no one would lose their healthcare under Obamacare — was one of a number of points on which the two butted heads. The duo sparred almost from the beginning in the interview live from the White House this afternoon. Obama also took on Fox News Channel when O’Reilly asked him about reports the IRS was investigating Tea Party-related groups for political reasons. “These kind of things keep resurfacing in part because you and your TV station will promote them,” Obama said. “When you look there have been multiple hearings.” Obama denied any corruption, just some “boneheaded decisions.” Earlier, the Fox News host interrupted Obama with a “you’re not going to answer that?” as the President replied to a question about why he didn’t fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius after the botched online launch of Obamacare.
[VIDEO] Watters’ World: The Key West Edition
Posted: January 6, 2014 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Florida, Fox News Channel, Jesse Watters, Key West, Key West Florida, media, O'Reilly Factor, Television, United States, YouTube 1 CommentThis one’s for Robert.
Best line. “…and this is my world, right here…”
Watters’ World: The Key West Edition – YouTube, also Fox News Video
Out-Foxed by Megyn Kelly, CNN Blows Feathers: Lowest Primetime In Over A Year
Posted: November 1, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: CNN, Fox News Channel, Jeff Zucker, Kathleen Sebelius, Megyn Kelly, MSNBC, O'Reilly Factor, Piers Morgan 2 CommentsFox’s Megyn Kelly Rocks Cable News Ratings Top Spot
Dominic Patten reports: A busy news day of combative Congressional Obamacare hearings and Presidential speeches did CNN no favors in primetime last night. The Jeff Zucker-run cable network hit its lowest primetime time result among adults 25-54 in over a year Wednesday despite all the cable newers being up double digits over the day before during Health and Human Services Sec. Kathleen Sebelius’ morning testimony. Between 8 PM and 11 PM last night, CNN had a mere 67,000 viewers among the key news demo. That’s the worst its done in the demo since August 10 last year. With the Olympics were on NBC 
last August, CNN drew just 62,000 among the 25-54s that Friday. Not only was CNN behind rivals Fox News Channel (396,000) and MSNBC (127,000) but also it did worse than sister station HLN (93,000) and CNBC (79,000). The most watched show on CNN last night was Piers Morgan Liveat 9 PM which got a soft 83,000 in the demo and 340,000 viewers overall. Overall CNN had 285,000 viewers in primetime last night compared to MSNBC’s 683,000 and FNC’s 2.312 million.
pundit from another planet 