Posted on 12/21/2009 11:58:45 AM PST by Beaten Valve
Over the weekend, the Daily News reported that Fox News host Geraldo Rivera has told Fox News founder and chairman Roger Ailes he'll quit if Ailes hires Lou Dobbs.
Rivera tells Rush & Molloy, "I never threatened to quit," adding, "The last time I checked, no one here was talking to the a-—." A rep for Ailes concurs, telling the paper he isn't looking to add Dobbs to either FNC or FBN.
And all this reminded us about a situation a few years ago just after Rivera signed a reported 6-year $36m contract with NBC. In August, 1998 Newsweek reported on a riff between Rivera and then NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw. Rivera complained in a TV Guide interview that promos for his CNBC show "Rivera Live" didn't air during "Nightly" because Brokaw banned them. He also seemed to be gunning for Brokaw's job, telling TV Guide he was, "in the running for the center chair at the desk of the wise men."
A day after the quotes leaked, Rivera issued this statement: "Tom Brokaw is a great newsman who does a terrific job and the rivalry between us is grossly overstated." He also explained that his ambition to be "the news anchor for the next millennium" did not extend beyond his role as a CNBC host.
Rivera left NBC after the 9/11 attacks going to work for Fox News as a war correspondent.
ill donate to dobbs salary to get that loser off the air
I really hate Geraldo. Him calling Lou Dobbs an “a-hole” just makes me hate him a little bit more.
If he quits then maybe he can buy a leaf blower and join the Hispanic Brotherhood...
Don’t let the Chair hit ya on the way out!
Mary Christmas
Bill: I got these two pigs for Hillary and Chelsea.
SS guy: Good trade, sir.
Can we start a petition to get Gerry fired?
Earth to Geraldo...SEEYA!
Buh Bye Geraldo. Hello Lou :-).
Buh-bye, Gerald.
Go whine on telemunda.
Good.
This will give Whoraldo more time to go digging through worthless vaults or practice getting hit in the face with a chair.
A typical whiney, woosie, liberal tactic.
“Waah waah waah, either he goes or I go. We no like him. He’s not in ‘our’ clique.”
See ya Whorealdo!
Hire Him and give him Geraldos old spot. You need to have Dobbs in your line up.
Good bye Whorealdo!
“Talk about a Win-Win situation for Fox.”
Only if O’Reilly goes with him.
Goodbye Geraldo
Later Geraldo.
That’s a THREAT????
the words “No Loss” come to mind
Actually, I’d trade Dobbs for Jerry Rivers any day
trade! trade!
I am so sick of FOX NEWS on the weekend where it seems they have nothing but Huckabee, Geraldo, on over and over again— The only thing I can stomach is Oliver Norths War Stories.
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