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Rick Kaplan Resigns (Dinosaur Media Extinction Alert)
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| June 7, 2006
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Posted on 06/07/2006 1:56:16 PM PDT by abb
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To: martin_fierro
Mathews and Olberman would be the likely next targets if profitablity is important to the new guy.
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posted on
06/07/2006 2:17:46 PM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Somebody important make The Call.....pitchforks and lanterns.!)
To: abb
Heheheh. Well, it will be inteesting to see who replaces Kaplan. Perhaps the network is going to go in a new direction...which could be more fair and balanced, or go even MORE left.
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posted on
06/07/2006 2:18:49 PM PDT
by
Miss Marple
(Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)
To: abb
Rick gave us the Maury and Connie weekend show...wonder how long that lasts..
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posted on
06/07/2006 2:23:55 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(GWB, Reagan, Thatcher, Pope John Paul II, freed hundreds of millions.# of Nobel PeacePrizes: ZERO)
To: abb
To: Miss Marple
it will be inteesting to see who replaces Kaplan. Me, I doubt it will be interesting at all.
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posted on
06/07/2006 2:31:26 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: abb
He has led MSNBC through a period of impressive growth especially in primetime. ROTFLMAO… can these guys get more delusional and pathetic?
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posted on
06/07/2006 2:32:56 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: abb
Rick's rumored replacement breathlessly
denied any knowledge of the move...
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posted on
06/07/2006 2:33:16 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: abb
Isn't this the guy who gave Al Gore the Bear Hug from behind that was captured on film?
Ewwwgh... La Cage E Al....
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posted on
06/07/2006 2:35:35 PM PDT
by
taildragger
(They call themselves Liberal Democrats, I call them Collaborators.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
That, my FRiend, is a creepy picture. And appropos!
To: Izzy Dunne
Rick was the head of CNN and the reason it was nicknamed the Clinton news network.
Rick spend more time in the Lincoln bedroom than Abe and Mary. During the Monica scandal and the war room days the whote house was his weekend home .
The white house visitors records prove that !
He is another DNC flack and Clinonite who was positioned in the media to serve the Clintons ! This move shows how the hillary and bill have fallen out of favor with the mediacrats !
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posted on
06/07/2006 2:41:52 PM PDT
by
BurtSB
To: Izzy Dunne
He is a FOB -- Friend of Bill (Clinton) and gets a great deal of credit for making he and Hillary look palatable in 1991.... for example, he was behind the 60 mintutes, Hillary with headband talking about baking cookies sham.. he was in charge at CNN when Bill needed coverage for all his failures and we didn't have a FOX news to tell it like it is... Front Page Magazine had an interesting resume on this guy back when he got the MSNBC job after being fired at CNN.
To: babaloo
To: ken5050
Rick gave us the Maury and Connie weekend show...That is the worst thing I have ever experienced. I watched fully 5 minutes of it before I had it pegged as a complete disaster. I didn't know you could be that bad.
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posted on
06/07/2006 2:47:48 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
(The Dream Act...the latest nightmare to be brought to you by the US Senate)
To: BurtSB
Hell they should give me the job I could turn around that network in a year. Just make it a meritocracy and fire anyone not carrying profitable ratings. OK so we start with a completely clean slate but I'm sure in the worst case we could temporarily hire some out of work circus clowns to hold the fort down. We could pay them much less and I'm sure their ratings would be significantly higher.
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posted on
06/07/2006 2:50:09 PM PDT
by
marlon
To: Bahbah
You made it through five minutes? How can anyone take anthing Moury says seriously with that horrible TV show of his? I tried to watch and there is no chemisty between he and Connie.. hard to believe they are married.... but then, she had no personality on CNN, either.
To: abb
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posted on
06/07/2006 2:53:37 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(I voted)
To: Liberty Valance
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posted on
06/07/2006 2:54:35 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Howlin; knews_hound; Grampa Dave; martin_fierro; Liz; norwaypinesavage; Mo1; onyx; SmithL; ...
Pinging with update. TVNewser says Kaplan "Fired."
Rick Kaplan Fired: What's Next?
> Update: 5:40pm: "There was no blow-up event," an insider tells TVNewser. "This has been months in the making. In some respects it's been a surprise he's lasted this long."
Glaringly absent from today's announcement about Rick Kaplan's departure is any mention of what's next for the MSNBC president. He's packing up and leaving today -- but where is he going?
Kaplan met with NBC News president Steve Capus at 30 Rock this morning, a source tells TVNewser. He was apparently told that MSNBC is moving in a new direction.
The tip box has been buzzing about Rick Kaplan lately. On Tuesday, FTVLive said "word is that Kaplan is quietly pitching himself for the GMA gig." But other insiders say he's not on the short list for that...
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posted on
06/07/2006 3:00:00 PM PDT
by
abb
(If it Ain't Posted on FreeRepublic, it Ain't News)
To: marlon
ABC seems to be the safe house for Clintonites.
There is former dirty trickster George S , Linda Douglas whose husband was the Clinton 's attorney and Wes Hubble's , and Charlie Gibson whose daugther was a Clinton aide !
So, BJ and Hillary are scrambling to find one of " OUR PEOPLE" a big media spot immediately.
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posted on
06/07/2006 3:04:40 PM PDT
by
BurtSB
To: abb
"word is that Kaplan is quietly pitching himself for the GMA gig."OMG, I can't stop laughing!
How'd you like to see THAT puss on your TV every morning?
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posted on
06/07/2006 3:04:59 PM PDT
by
Howlin
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