Posts Tagged ‘ fnc ’

• Chris Matthews' repeat on MSNBC finished way ahead of John King's 7pmET show Wednesday, in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. Matthews nearly doubled King in the demo.
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Fox News correspondent Jonathan Serrie has been down in the Gulf Coast eight times, and 40 days, over the last 100, covering the BP oil disaster.We talked to Serrie today about the federal vs. local government reaction, Katrina comparisons and more.
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The most important story on cable news last week has continued into this week - Fox News was back talking about the Shirley Sherrod saga on TV and online.Bret Baier responded with video evidence to Howard Dean's latest charges, while FNC admitted there had been an online "breakdown" in the publication...
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Fox News' Latino-focused website launching this Fall has a Senior Editor - Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush.The announcement comes as Latino issues are very much in the news - with the ruling today regarding the Arizona Immigration case.
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There's no doubt that last week's Shirley Sherrod controversy began as a new media story - started by Andrew Breitbart on BigGovernment.com.But there is also no doubt which type of media drove it into the ground - cable news.
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The host of the top cable news show, Fox News Bill O'Reilly, was interviewed last night by the host of the top late night show, NBC's Jay Leno.The two-segment discussion saw some surprising takes from O'Reilly on Don't Ask Don't Tell and Lindsay Lohan - and an extremely harsh joke at exiting...
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• Rick Sanchez's new CNN prime time show has no shot of competing with FNC's ratings powerhouse Bill O'Reilly at 8pmET, but so far he is getting beat by CNN and HLN too. In the A25-54 demographic, Sanchez had just 99,000 viewers in the demo, compared to 245,000 for MSNBC and 175,000...
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• Rachel Maddow further cemented her place as a ratings player at MSNBC, especially in Keith Olbermann's absence, with a strong performance Thursday night. Her 9pmET show nearly doubled Larry King in the A25-54 demographic and was the only non-FNC program to have more than one million total viewers.
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Since we broke down how Fox News' coverage could not have possibly led to Shirley Sherrod's forced resignation, the story of FNC's coverage has remained a hot topic on cable news. Dan Abrams and Rick Sanchez debated it, Howard Dean and Chris Wallace got into...
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In the wake of Rep. Charlie Rangel calling NBC Correspondent Luke Russert's questions about his ethics violations "stupid," Glenn Beck had some fun with the story today on the radio.In a rare move, a Fox News host strongly defended an NBC/MSNBC reporter.
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