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Prima Donna, Maria Valdez, is upset that her dressing room was not pink. Management was heard to say, "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out."Prima Donna, Maria Valdez, is upset that her dressing room was not pink. Management... more
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Michele Bachmann made, what is sure to be one in a series of gaffs when pandering on fox.While on the surface it is comical as always, another element less noted is at play.Michele Bachmann made, what is sure to be one in a series of gaffs when pandering on... more
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Beck responded to Keith Olbermann's special comment Thursday on his radio show.
Beck played audio of Olbermann, who had returned temporarily from vacation to comment on the Shirley Sherrod scandal and Fox News' role in driving the story..
Olbermann drew a comparison, which he admitted was a "stretch," between the slandered Sherrod and Alfred Dreyfus, the French military officer of Jewish descent who was falsely accused of treason in 1894 — only to be exonerated years later.
"Only Keith Olbermann would expect that you knew French history," Beck said, laughing.
Olbermann also ripped Fox News, calling the network a "perpetual fraud machine."
Beck repeatedly stopped Olbermann's 10-minute commentary to ridicule and personally attack Olbermann.
Beck even took a jab at Olbermann's alma mater, Cornell University.
* * * * * Beck is a little boy with a big voice and it's frightening he is being listened too.Beck responded to Keith Olbermann's special comment Thursday on his radio show.... more
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Rick Barber sits down to have a passionate discussion with our founding fathers.In this rant Rick outlines how just simply awfull, our governmental system is, and how badly he wants to fight it.Rick fails to notice he insulting the very institution he is seeking.This ad feels like a travel agent telling you how awfull a particular place is, then asks you to book you a trip there.Rick Barber sits down to have a passionate discussion with our founding fathers.In... more
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Blackwater is as Christian as George W. Bush. They use this Christian attachment and then go out and do horrendous things as a way to discredit Christianity. Again, everywhere you look attacks on Christianity. This is all part of a fascist takeover, just like every instance in history.Blackwater is as Christian as George W. Bush. They use this Christian attachment and... more
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The New York Times this morning has a remarkable story, and incredibly, the article's author, Brian Stelter, doesn't even acknowledge, let alone examine, what makes the story so significant. In essence, the chairman of General Electric (which owns MSNBC), Jeffrey Immelt, and the chairman of News Corporation (which owns Fox News), Rupert Murdoch, were brought into a room at a "summit meeting" for CEOs in May, where Charlie Rose tried to engineer an end to the "feud" between MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Fox's Bill O'Reilly. According to the NYT, both CEOs agreed that the dispute was bad for the interests of the corporate parents, and thus agreed to order their news employees to cease attacking each other's news organizations and employees.
Most notably, the deal wasn't engineered because of a perception that it was hurting either Olbermann or O'Reilly's show, or even that it was hurting MSNBC. To the contrary, as Olbermann himself has acknowledged, his battles with O'Reilly have substantially boosted his ratings. The agreement of the corporate CEOs to cease criticizing each other was motivated by the belief that such criticism was hurting the unrelated corporate interests of GE and News Corp:
The reconciliation -- not acknowledged by the parties until now -- showcased how a personal and commercial battle between two men could create real consequences for their parent corporations. A G.E. shareholders' meeting, for instance, was overrun by critics of MSNBC (and one of Mr. O’Reilly's producers) last April. . . .
In late 2007, Mr. O’Reilly had a young producer, Jesse Watters, ambush Mr. Immelt and ask about G.E.'s business in Iran, which is legal, and which includes sales of energy and medical technology. G.E. says it no longer does business in Iran.
Mr. O’Reilly continued to pour pressure on its corporate leaders, even saying on one program last year that "If my child were killed in Iraq, I would blame the likes of Jeffrey Immelt." The resulting e-mail to G.E. from Mr. O’Reilly's viewers was scathing. . .
Over time, G.E. and the News Corporation concluded that the fighting "wasn’t good for either parent," said an NBC employee with direct knowledge of the situation. But the session hosted by Mr. Rose provided an opportunity for a reconciliation, sealed with a handshake between Mr. Immelt and Mr. Murdoch.
Though Olbermann denies he was part of any deal, the NYT says that there has been virtually no criticism of Fox by Olbermman, or MSNBC by O'Reilly, since June 1 when the deal took effect. That's mostly but not entirely true. On June 17, after President Obama accused Fox News of fomenting hostility towards his agenda, and Fox responded by saying that the "other networks" were pure pro-Obama outlets, Olbermann did voice fairly stinging criticisms of Fox as "more of a political entity than is the Republican National Committee right now, only it's fraudulently disguised as some sort of news organization."The New York Times this morning has a remarkable story, and incredibly, the... more
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Must see video. Letterman tears into McCain for lying about reason for cancelling Late Show appearance and for stupidity of suspending his campaign (hints Palin can't carry on alone). Keith Olbermann appears in McCain's place. Includes footage of McCain getting makup applied for his Katie Couric interview - during time he was to be on Letterman.Must see video. Letterman tears into McCain for lying about reason for cancelling Late... more
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