cbs evening news with katie couric-related stories
Posted Oct 1st 2009 11:00AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: News, Video, Web, Reality-Free
Every time I watch a TV talking head like Glenn Beck, I usually walk away with the same thought I had every time I walked out of my economics class in college: "What the hell were they talking about?"
That's because there isn't anything journalistic or scientific about their pontifications. It's all "gut talk," particularly Beck who throws around more wild and unfocused theories about the ongoing war between "us vs. them" than a homeless preacher in a bus station. Chances are if you actually sat down and simply asked him "what did you mean by (x)", he would give you a 1,700 word answer that answered everything but the question you asked him.
Continue reading Beck can't explain his own explanation about Obama
Posted Jul 26th 2009 11:03AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: News, OpEd, The Daily Show, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Walter Cronkite is a tougher act to follow than letting Metallica open for William Hung.
But now that the news legend and former most trusted man in America has passed on to that big newsroom in the great beyond, America needs someone else to trust. They need someone they can depend on to get the hard, cold facts about the important stories that truly affect their lives. They need someone to cut through the political haze of misdirection and mediocrity that cloud almost every major news story like a lingering beer fart.
That man is ...
Jon Stewart. Don't like it? Blame the rest of the news media for not doing a better job.
Continue reading Blame Jon Stewart's trustiness on the news media clusterf#*$
Posted Jul 14th 2009 6:35PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: News, Awards, Emmys, Reality-Free
This isn't just the week for prime time
Emmy nominations, we also have the nominations for news.
Here's the list of news and documentary Emmy nominations. There are many categories, including several for the cable news channels, but a few of the big nominations include Charlie Gibson's interview with Sarah Palin for Outstanding Interview (really?),
NBC Nightly News coverage of Tim Russert's death for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story,
60 Minutes taking three of the four nominations in the Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine category (
Primetime took the other), and three nominations for
The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.
[via
TV Newser]
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