Free Republic

In a bizarre television and spatial anomaly on CNN this morning, the blanket coverage of two true-crime stories led two news anchors to conduct an odd "satellite" interview from the very same parking lot, background traffic and all. The two suspects are Ashleigh Banfield of CNN and Nancy Grace of Headline News, who were updating viewers on the latest from the ongoing and increasingly ugly Cleveland kidnapping story. (Grace being TV's leading expert on deviant crime.) At first it seems like a normal TV "remote," as Banfield interviews Grace from another location. Then the channel's graphics alert viewers: both anchors...

What do "Big Rig Bounty Hunters" and "Swamp People" on History Channel have in common? They both pummeled CNN and MSNBC's brand new shows' debuts last week in the ratings. CNN's attempt to mimic Fox News' hugely successful "The Five" with a five person panel show called (get to) The Point" seems to have crashed and burned in spectacular fashion. The week-long tryout at 10:00 PM ET, in place of an Anderson Cooper repeat, was dead last in cable news ratings, finishing behind CNNHLN and CNBC.

The move of the Casey Anthony murder trial from the legal confines of a Florida court to the unrestrictive court of public opinion is a good opportunity to examine the way many media colleagues cashed in on the tragic death of a two-year-old girl. I confess to an addiction to news and information. As with all junkies, I run the risk of falling in with enablers and dealers who are more than willing to feed my jones, even to the point of overdose. The media pushers have a sick tool to measure precisely which stories hook the average news junkie...

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - Joran Van der Sloot, the longtime suspect in the disappearance of missing Mountain Brook teenager Natalee Holloway, has been accused of offering $250,000 in exchange for her whereabouts. In a criminal complaint filed Thursday by the U.S. Attorney in Birmingham, Van der Sloot is accused of offering $250,000 to a person in Birmingham in exchange for information about the whereabouts of her remains in Aruba.

This is a consolidation of the current threads on FR. It is intended to make discussion and updates easier. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2526123/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2526200/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2526225/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2526245/posts

The Dutch man who was the main suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway is being sought in the murder of a woman in Peru, Thaindian News reported Wednesday. Joran van der Sloot, 22, is suspected of murdering Stephany Tatiana Flores Ramirez, in Peru. Ramirez's body was found with multiple stab wounds on May 26. According to Ramirez's friends, the 21-year-old was reportedly last seen leaving a Lima, Peru, casino with van der Sloot at 5:16 a.m. local time.

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Peruvian police said Wednesday that a young Dutchman previously arrested in the 2005 disappearance in Aruba of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway is being sought as a suspect in a weekend murder of a Peruvian woman. Chief of detectives Col. Miguel Canlla told The Associated Press that Joran Van Der Sloot was being sought in the Sunday killing in a Lima hotel of 21-year-old Stephany Flores.

LIMA (BNO NEWS) — A Dutch man who is the prime suspect in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, Joran van der Sloot, has been accused of murdering a young woman in Peru. Police said Van der Sloot, 22, is the main suspect in the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Tatiana Flores Ramirez, whose body was found in the Miraflores District of Lima in the early morning hours on Wednesday. (MORE SOON.)

June 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The news has just been released by BNO News that Joran Van Der Sloot has been accused in Peru, for the murder of a 21 year old female. Van Der Sloot was the prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalie Hollaway, an American student who vanished on May 30, 2005 while on her senior trip to Aruba. Interpol is said to be on the heels of Juran Van Der Sloot, since all evidence points to him as the suspect in the murder of the daughter of a racer, Ricardo Flores. Sthefany Tatiana Flores Ramirez was found...

A guest who was kicked off "Nancy Grace" Monday night is speaking out about the incident, and speaking for his whole city: "As a St. Louis community, I thought we were being embarrassed on national cable television." KTRS radio host McGraw Milhaven had appeared on Grace's HLN show several days last week to discuss the murder case of Sheri Coleman and her two sons. On Monday's show, Milhaven responded to a question from Grace about murder suspect Christopher Coleman and his rumored girlfriend in Florida — a question he deemed irrelevant. "This show is a joke, you are a joke,"...

I've been writing for years and most of the time I push the envelop quite a bit. But today, for the very first time, a blog server has censored what I wrote...all because some Nancy Grace Cult Members were offended by this post: Is it me or is Nancy Grace an utter and complete whack job? The Maury Povich of cable's prime time talking heads, CNN's helmet headed and confused crusader against all perceived evil people and their families, Grace is as rude as she is stupid.

At the recent Democratic debate in Las Vegas, CNN's Wolf Blitzer lobbed softball questions at Hillary Clinton. Then he allowed the audience to boo Hillary's opponents -- a callous breach of debate etiquette. And when it came time for the audience to grill the candidates, Blitzer deceptively introduced the questioners as "ordinary people, undecided voters." Those voters included a former staffer for Democrat senator Harry Reid, a former director of the Arkansas Democratic Party, an official in a local union, and the president of the Islamic Society of Nevada. Yes, ordinary and undecided folks, every one of them. But Wolf...

Exclusive: TVNewser has learned that Headline News anchor Nancy Grace is in the hospital following complications from her pregnancy. Grace delivered twins last Sunday. Headline News spokesperson Janine Iamunno tells TVNewser Grace "started experiencing discomfort, and was having trouble breathing, on her way to church" on Sunday. "She was brought to the emergency room in Atlanta. Her doctors found two blood clots in her lungs, which occurred as a result of the pregnancy." Grace is recovering in the hospital where she is expected to stay for the rest of the week. We're told the health of the twins, Lucy Elizabeth...

I have been noticing over the last several months or so, that the the CATV news channels are being taken over by harpies, shrews, crones- Nasty Nancy Grave, Brookhead Anderson, Susan MossFace, Jane Velez Mitcvhell, Pat CroneFace Lalamma, etc. These shrews are right out of THE SCARLET LETTER. Nasty, judgemental, loud, bigoted, shrill. Nasty Nancy Grace is being sued by the family of a woman that Nancy allegedly drove to commit suicide on her show on HNN(hateful News Network). All of these shrews seems to hate the Hiltons and all of the 'It' girls. Then again, maybe having that 'helmet-head'...

June 26, 2007 -- NANCY Grace is revealing that she was secretly married in April-and that she's expecting twins in January. "I'm finally not keeping it a secret anymore," she told The Post. Grace says she still hasn't told CNN that she's pregnant. She'll officially make the announcement tonight on her Headline News show, "Nancy Grace."

Let's encourage her to show some grace...

Last minute ping for some MUST-SEE TV! "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central tonight hadh a montage of Nancy Grace's fulminating bigotry in her coverage of the Duke Rape Hoax. Replay at 10 PM West Coast time, that's an hour and a half from the time of this post. Does "The Daily Show" do transcripts? This would be one for all time.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Relatives of a missing boy's mother who killed herself after aggressive questioning by CNN's Nancy Grace sued the network and the talk-show host Tuesday, claiming Grace caused emotional distress that led to the suicide. Melinda Duckett committed suicide Sept. 8, a day after Grace's show on CNN Headline News aired a segment in which Grace grilled Duckett about her whereabouts Aug. 27 — the day 2-year-old Trenton Duckett was reported missing. Authorities, who said last week they believe the boy is alive, have named Melinda Duckett as the prime suspect in his disappearance. Jay Paul Deratany, the...

LEESBURG, Fla. - Two weeks after telling police that her son had been snatched from his crib, Melinda Duckett found herself reeling in an interview with CNN’s famously prosecutorial Nancy Grace. Before it was over, Grace was pounding her desk and loudly demanding to know: “Where were you? Why aren’t you telling us where you were that day?” A day after the taping, Duckett, 21, shot herself to death, deepening the mystery of what happened to the boy. Police have refused to say whether she left a suicide note and said nothing they have found so far in their investigation...

THE VILLAGES -- Nearly two weeks after toddler Trenton Duckett disappeared, his 21-year-old mother shot and killed herself Friday afternoon in her grandparents' retirement-community home, authorities said. Melinda Duckett died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said, but they provided few other details about her death. Two-year-old Trenton had not been found by early today. (snip) In the taped interview aired Friday night on the CNN Headline News program Nancy Grace, Melinda Duckett was interrogated on her whereabouts before and during Trenton's reported abduction. She was asked whether she had undergone a lie-detector test, where she was before her son's...

Take the heat off those 1000+ post threads! Grab a beer or mix yourself a Brave Bull and rip on "Nasty Graceless"'s bias. No trolling, no disrupting, no fighting, no facts allowed! Brave Bull (in honor of Her Nostril-ness) 1 1/2 oz tequilla, 1 oz Kahlua, serve over ice; twist of lemon optional or perhaps you would like a Lynchburg Lemonade in honor of the "you must guilty because you have been arrested" philosphy of her show: 1 shot Jack Daniel's burbon, 1 shot triple-sec, 4 "shots" lemonade (or just fill the glass), serve over ice, garnish with slice of...

In these last days, the Bible says it will be a time of mass hybridization and the mixture and corruption of human DNA by fallen angels, also known as "Aliens." The government is and has been, conditioning the existence of aliens through Hollywood, science fiction, cartoons, and other sources. However, they are not telling you the whole truth. These Aliens are not ascended masters, or enlightened ones, or beings from galaxies millions of miles away, nor are they our forefathers or original creators. They are fallen angels who were kicked out of heaven for their rebellion against the headship...

Take the heat off those 1000+ post threads! Grab a beer or mix yourself a Brave Bull and rip on "Nasty Graceless"'s bias. No trolling, no disrupting, no fighting, no facts allowed! Brave Bull (in honor of Her Nostril-ness) 1 1/2 oz tequilla, 1 oz Kahlua, serve over ice; twist of lemon optional or perhaps you would like a Lynchburg Lemonade in honor of the "you must guilty because you have been arrested" philosphy of her show: 1 shot Jack Daniel's burbon, 1 shot triple-sec, 4 "shots" lemonade (or just fill the glass), serve over ice, garnish with slice of...

Take the heat off those 1000+ post threads! Grab a beer or mix yourself a Brave Bull and rip on "Nasty Graceless"'s bias. No trolling, no disrupting, no fighting, no facts allowed! Brave Bull (in honor of Her Nostril-ness) 1 1/2 oz tequilla, 1 oz Kahlua, serve over ice; twist of lemon optional

NEW YORK - CNN talk show host Nancy Grace has obtained a court order that directs a mental patient she accused of stalking her to leave her alone. The man is "apparently obsessed with Ms. Grace, believes that he loves her, insists that she can solve all of his problems and will help him to meet with Osama bin Laden," Grace's court papers say. Grace got the temporary restraining order Wednesday, a day after she filed a request for a permanent injunction against the alleged stalker, Joseph Raymond Loegering, who, court papers say, has been confined in a Manhattan hospital's...

980 Million trained Rattlers to patrol Texas/Mexican Border Nancy Grace on last night's show told the governor of Texas, Rick Perry that he "lost his darned mind" after Perry acknowledged securing clearance from the Department of Immigration to acquire, train and deploy nearly a billion deadly Texas rattlesnakes along the south Texas border adjoining Mexico. Grace asked Governor Perry, "Governor? Governor? How just how LONG has this totally illegal plan of yours been going on?" Governor Perry replied, "We deployed the border patrol snakes 2 days ago Nancy. Already we've reduced illegal immigration into Texas by 87%". United States Immigration...

I've always been a fan of Nancy Grace, but she is in her own way, assigning blame tonight, like so many others, to our President and our Federal Goverment. Email her like I am, to tell her she is dividing our country by her biased reporting.

Back in March, Action 4 News spoke to Edinburg's Robert Thompson about his unusual crocheting hobby and he expressed how much he loved making lap blankets for children. He still has needle and yarn in hand, but it's not by choice. Last Thursday Thompson was sentenced to 320 hours of needlework by Hidalgo County State District Judge Rose Guerra Reyna for pleading no contest to sexually assaulting a child. That ruling was the subject of harsh criticism on Monday night's CNN program "Demanding Justice with Nancy Grace". The host accused the judge of hiding for refusing to be on the...

From the universe of annoying liberal habits, here are two that consistently jump off the page: --- When our viewpoints are intentionally misrepresented, to suit their cartoonish horns-on-heads images of conservatives. --- When they use their still-considerable mainstream media muscle to hire phony, weak, or otherwise ineffective "conservatives" for radio, television and newspaper gigs, in order to make our side look foolish. That likely explains how lightweight pundit Tucker Carlson has landed yet another TV talk show

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Celebrity lawyer Nancy Grace savagely attacked a Michael Jackson fan outside the Santa Maria courthouse yesterday, as the vigil preceding the jury's verdict in Jackson's child molestation trial continued. Grace, 45, was conducting sidewalk interviews among legions of Jackson faithful when a man in the crowd yelled, "Who let you out of your cage, Tweety Bird?" Before the man could escape—which would have been difficult, as he was in a wheelchair—Grace slung him to the ground, leapt on top of him, and bit his right ear, severing the earlobe. "I'm damn sick and tired of...

Is the woman who single-handedly saved CNN's Headline News from oblivion also a major threat to the left? Judging by host Nancy Grace's recent press, it's clear that with ratings success, comes savage scrutiny from liberals. But is it fair? A new San Francisco Chronicle column, discussed below, is so vitriolic, it deserves special attention from conservatives. But first, how did she get to this point?

New York, NY, May 10, 2005 - Court TV's recently renamed daytime schedule, Court TV News™ continued its hold on the #2 cable news spot for the second week in a row, behind only Fox News Channel. Keeping the momentum going, for the week of May 2, in the 9 am - 6 pm time period, Court TV led all other news networks, finishing #2 in HH ratings and in the key adult demographic, 18-49. During that period, Court TV featured its regular daily schedule which includes Court TV News' shows, Nancy Grace: Closing Arguments and Catherine Crier Live. Quipped...

Nancy Grace, the host of a self-titled legal show on CNN Headline News, "played fast and loose" with her ethical duties as a Fulton County, Ga., prosecutor in 1990, a federal appeals panel has declared. Monday's decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a triple murder conviction won by Grace, explaining that her actions didn't change the result of the trial. It is the third time appellate courts have admonished Grace for her conduct as a prosecutor in Georgia. Grace served as an assistant district attorney in Fulton from 1987 to 1996, leaving that year to join...

Hall of Fame > Media Nancy GraceCNN anchor $1,000   Democrat Contributor Candidate or PAC Amount Date GRACE, NANCYNEW YORK, NY 10016COURT TV CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM (D)Senate - NYHILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INC $1,000primary 10/21/99 Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 4/25/05 -- 11,615,933 records

The New York Times has run a story on how CNN is trying to battle Fox News in the cable television news ratings wars. The paper says that one new attempt to boost CNN's overall ratings is for Larry King, the network's most popular host, to more frequently mention the host, Aaron Brown, who comes after him. CNN figures that King's popularity will rub off on Brown, and that Brown's ratings will increase. But a more effective way to boost ratings is to get hosts more in tune with the beliefs and attitudes of the public. As Howard Kurtz of...

Ms. Grace has become a near permanent fixture on Mr. King's show, appearing 44 times in the last six months--six times as guest host--and swallowing up airtime almost daily in November, during the Michael Jackson media blowout.Ms. Grace's hard nosed style-pointed almost snarling pre trial accusations at everyone from Congressman Gary Condit to Mr. Jackson-aren't exactly manna from heaven for Mr. King.Mr. King said he liked Ms. Grace as a person-they've hung out socially a total of four times he said since she began appearing on the show in 1999-but privately, some of Mr. King's friends and associates told The...