media
in case you missed it
fox to cnn president, jon klein: “we don’t respond to presidents of fifth-place news networks. The last time we looked, Jon was losing to the Weather Channel, so call us back when he and CNN regain relevancy.”
and you thought web chats were so 1990s
check out chatroulette. as of february, the site had more than 10,000 members who signed up to be randomly connected to strangers around the world for web “chats”. i’ve haven’t been on it but it appears to be the new platform where you can find some of our favorite news anchors – diane sawyer, keith olberman, katie couric and [...]
15 minutes with bill hemmer
you know we’ve been busy when it takes us a week to watch and report back on a bill hemmer interview. the 15+ minute interview with media beat didn’t really tell us anything new (how his on-air career got started, his many roles at cnn and why he moved to fox) and repeats some [...]
trouble with sacred bird’s new coop
if you haven’t already heard by now, anderson cooper is in the processing of rehabbing a firehouse for his new home. unfortunately, his interior designer took a little plunge down a hole and is now suing andy along with the developer of the building. the uncovered hole was where a fire pole was previously installed.
yesterday [...]
stephen colbert for abc’s this week?
it’s not a jon steward/brian williams pairing but george stephanopoulos’ visit to the colbert report was amusing. stephanopoulous tells stephen colbert the real reason he left the sunday morning this week news program for good morning america (lady gaga) and side steps the obvious question we already know the answer to of whether gma is [...]
weeeeelllllllllllll….
a group of small business owners bought this billboard outside of wyoming, minnesota “who feel like Washington is against them. They wish to remain anonymous. They thought it was a fun way of getting out their message.” for a few news cycles, there was speculation that the billboard was a fake but bob collin’s [...]
lunchtime distraction: superbowl ad review
no doubt you were bombarded with “best ad” re-caps this morning as you were downing your tomato juice/raw-egg combo before work today. in case you missed any of the ads, or you’re too under-the-weather to do anything productive, our friends at coca-cola have sponsored an ad viewing site on hulu (watch all the ads here). [...]
