We report, you decide!
Posted on 01/02/2002 8:13:13 AM PST by Silly
No story yet (headline only with siren); will post it when Drudge does.
Actually Mr. Gibson was not very liberal at all. He beat on Clinton day after day. This is why his show was dropped. His move to Fox was a good move for both.
There might be something else going on here. Much like what GWB is doing. Moderate then move right. Look what happen to Geraldo, he got creamed cause he screwed up. Think he's gonna tote the liberal line unquestionably? Look at the talent that has migrated from CNN/MSNBC/CNBC to FOX. I dont think there is anything wrong with going down the middle. I think moves like these might more clearly define each of the networks. Look at Paula Zahn, she went from CBS to FOX, realizing she couldn't be objective, she moved to the network that would allow here to be as liberal as she is. You gotta ask yourself, why would Van Susteren jump CNN, do you believe that she can change FOX? Has Geraldo changed FOX? Has the network let up on liberals? Have they changed the types of stories they cover?
FOX has gotten where they are for a reason. Does anyone really think Roger Ailes has gone liberal?
Good point. It's worth noting that The Greta von Xenu Show a few months ago had booked James Sanders, the whistleblower journalist on TWA800 who was thrown in prison for his trouble. However, CNN producers "unbooked" him at the last minute in favor of the former NTSB head and cover-up artist.
That said, I still harbor serious doubts about this person's ability to bring anything to a newscast. Maybe she demonstrate her fly OT powerz for us.
While I like O'Reilly, I've always had him pegged as a social liberal, despite his self-promoting claims of being "neither liberal nor conservative." His weak minded theological "debate" with Falwell confirmed my suspicions. Even if O'Reilly really does believe that "everybody should go to heaven, despite what the bible says," he was playing the mean-spirited liberal with his lame and unsuccessful attempt to goad Falwell into saying that Christianity is harsh and exclusionary.
We got FNC on our cable system back in October. AFAIC, the honeymoon's over. I can take it or leave it. It's only television.
Greta will have to move to the right to fit in, especially since Fox's viewers will demand it. Greta will bring viewers from CNN, since, as I understand it, she has a pretty loyal following. Her followers will move to the right along with her.
What will CNN do to fill the time slot? If they fill it with someone who they think is conservative, then the "liberal" viewers will be turned off. If they fill it with a liberal, then it's business as usual, which is a continual slide in ratings. If nothing else, Fox has taken another swing at CNN's base.
I find this FOX vs. CNN thing to be a lot of fun to watch. FOX didn't wake up one morning and decide to hire Greta over a cup of coffee. Every move they make is carefully planned, and all consequences are evaluated. Let's wait until the plan in fully implemented before deciding it was a bad move.
Yikes, I'm puking blood...
Maureen Faulkner, the widow of the 25-year-old policeman Abu-Jamal gunned down, appeared on CNN's "The Point with Greta Van Susteren," the evening Yohn's decision came down. She described a painful twenty years spent in and out of the courtroom, waiting for Abu-Jamal finally to be executed. "What people don't realize," she explained, "is our family when we go into the courtroom, we are screamed at."Upon hearing this, van Susteren, an inexplicable holdover from CNN's pre-Walter Isaacson days, badgered Faulkner about fairness: "Maureen, if indeed--I mean, this decision by this judge today can be reviewed by a federal court of appeals. But in the event a federal court of appeals agrees with this trial court judge that the sentencing process--not the verdict but the sentencing process--was unfair, do you want the system--do you want this to be fair, even though obviously this is terribly tragic for you?"
Twenty years, a lengthy trial, numerous reviews, a media maelstrom, insults from wackos, and lest we forget, a dead husband. And all Greta can think to ask is, "Do you want this to be fair?"
Uh huh....I don't hear a word she says...
Have you all seen this from the Cindy Adams' 1/2/02 gossip column:
Another 2002 prediction overheard last Wednesday night at a round table in the furthermost back corner of Cellini, the Tuscany restaurant on East 54th, concerned Geraldo. Between mouthfuls of penne and sea bass, this foursome said Fox News Channel CEO Roger Ailes, who loves Geraldo, who plucked him from his NBC deal, who mailed him off to Afghanistan and subsequently covered him on this recently publicized gaffe, may pack the star reporter he adores off to Ch. 9. All I'm saying is what was overheard.
This is such a shame. Oh, well. Bye-bye Fox. Welcome home Washington Times.
Especially since the "talent" isn't going over to NBC/ABC/CBS.
However, I liked the niche that Fox carved out for themselves. I was more dismayed by the hiring of Bill Richardson as a commentator than anything else. That man has no credibility in my book, and what you need in TV news more than anything else (IMHO) is credibility.
-PJ
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