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CNN’s Marciano On BP: “Even The Image Of Them Possibly Hiding Something Was Not Good PR”

July 30, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
CNN’s Marciano On BP: “Even The Image Of Them Possibly Hiding Something Was Not Good PR”

CNN's Rob Marciano has been in four different states since the BP oil disaster began just over 100 days ago.We talked to Marciano today about BP's lack of communication, his recent CNN special about environmental and wildlife Gulf storylines and more.
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The Morning Lowdown 07.30.10

July 30, 2010
By David Kaplan
The Morning Lowdown 07.30.10

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning: »  The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) is desperate to unload Newsweek magazine&#82...
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Belo TV Station Website Revenue Rises

July 30, 2010
By David Kaplan
Belo TV Station Website Revenue Rises

A few days after its newspaper sibling A.H. Belo (NYSE: AHC) reported narrowing its losses, local broadcaster Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) posted some very healthy profits and revenue numbers. Among them was a 14 percent jump to $8.1 million in online revenues tied to its 20 TV station...
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The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell To Premiere September 27 On MSNBC

July 30, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell To Premiere September 27 On MSNBC

Lawrence O'Donnell's future 10pmET show with MSNBC now has a name and a premiere date.The Last Word will premiere September 27, putting MSNBC in the same category with CNN and Fox News with three prime time hours of original programming.
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Snooki’s Been Arrested! In Other News: Season Three Has Its Hook!

July 30, 2010
By Jon Bershad
Snooki’s Been Arrested! In Other News: Season Three Has Its Hook!

Breaking news (or a Friday in the middle of the summer's version of breaking news)! Snooki AKA Nicole Polizzi AKA the inspiration costume contest winners at "Remember the Aughts" costume parties for years to come, has been arrested. While details of the arrest are still slim, we can only presume that the MTV...
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Did NBC Just Confirm Piers Morgan Is Joining CNN? (Update)

July 30, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
Did NBC Just Confirm Piers Morgan Is Joining CNN? (Update)

Did NBCU's Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin just confirm Piers Morgan will be joining CNN?That's what The Wrap's Hunter Walker is reporting after Gaspin's comments today at NBC's TCA press tour.
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NBC News’ Chuck Todd Calls Andrew Breitbart A ‘Conservative Propagandist’

July 30, 2010
By Colby Hall
NBC News’ Chuck Todd Calls Andrew Breitbart A ‘Conservative Propagandist’

Earlier today NBC News White House correspondent Chuck Todd filed a rather unremarkable report about the Obama administration's eagerness to put the Shirley Sherrod story behind them. What was rather remarkable was Todd's reference to Andrew Breitbart as a "conservative propagandist," which is interesting in that it not only marginalizes the...
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Fareed Zakaria Exec Producer To Run CNN’s Spitzer/Parker Show

July 30, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
Fareed Zakaria Exec Producer To Run CNN’s Spitzer/Parker Show

The upcoming Eliot Spitzer/Kathleen Parker 8pmET CNN show now has an executive producer - one of the original CNN employees and currently EP of Fareed Zakaria's weekend show.Liza McGuirk takes over - and that may give an indication of just how un-Crossfire-like the show will end up.
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Right Wing Media Goes Nuts Over Obama’s “Mongrel” Comment; Others Follow Suit

July 30, 2010
By Tommy Christopher
Right Wing Media Goes Nuts Over Obama’s “Mongrel” Comment; Others Follow Suit

I'm afraid I must agree with the learned, now-facially hirsute Jon Stewart: Nothing President Obama does will ever make his critics happy. In an appearance on The View, President Obama spoke with rare honesty about the issue of race, but got "Breitbarted" for his trouble. The media have gone into...
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Jersey Shore Returns! Angelina Is “Classy,” Ronnie Is “Sloppy Joe”

July 30, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
Jersey Shore Returns! Angelina Is “Classy,” Ronnie Is “Sloppy Joe”

Jersey Shore is back, and the crew of non-Jerseyites have moved south to Miami, bitch (that will happen all season).Yesterday we worried if self-awareness would pervade the show, and the fact that the four biggest stars (Jwoww, Snooki, The Situation and Pauly D) were barely involved in the episode one plot proved...
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