phew.

according to reports, sean hannity has re-upped his contract with fox news for millions of dollars. this means that he’ll be reporting the news and giving us his two cents through the next election in 2012 (i’ll be happy if we make it through this one).
add this to the $100 million radio contract he [...]


is the ac360 set big enough for two stars?

another ac360′er is putting one foot in the cbs door. erica hill has been named co-anchor of the saturday edition of the early show. like anderson cooper, who is a contributor for cbs news’ 60 minutes, hill will continue in her current role as news anchor and correspondent for ac360.

previous to ac360, hill anchored a [...]


what you don’t see is always more interesting

there’s been a lot of criticism that the mccain campaign was/is “hiding” sarah palin by not giving the media access directly to her. after reading the original transcript of her interview with abc’s charles gibson, i can see why the mccain campaign might be cautious.
the clips being replayed from the interview include her pro war [...]


dem convention: where the popular kids are hanging out

cnn headquarters – brooklyn grill, renamed cnn grill for the duration of the convention. in addition to a special “cnn brew” (read beer), anderson cooper and the rest of the cnn crew will be chowing down on buttermilk pancakes, brioche french toast, yellowfin tuna salad, burgers, fries, buttermilk fried chicken and grilled steak sandwiches.

fox news [...]


who is their target demographic??

i’m hoping that cnn will take cue from this local tucson ad for it’s news/weather program and create a similiar ad for meterologist rob marciano, reynolds wolf and jacqui jeras. maybe they can use the new elvis and priscilla presley wedding dolls.


"great journalism"

with the vp announcements just hours and days away and the convention just a few days away, both cnn and fox news have or will be airing specials on the two presidental candiates. i’m traveling so don’t have access to fox news but i found the below one minute compilation of the fox news special [...]


one day you’re in, the next day you’re out

although i’m not a fan of msnbc’s the verdict with dan abrams, i was sad to hear that the show is being replaced this week with a new show with rachel maddow. the verdict’s last show will be this thursday. maddow’s new show is expected to lean to the left as the liberal countdown with [...]