ANALYSIS
Hillary's supporters cry foul, but news world pleads innocence
New York Times Jun 13, 08 7:16 AM CDT
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Now that Hillary Clinton has suspended her presidential campaign, her most ardent supporters are hitting out at television news, proposing boycotts and setting up websites in response to allegedly sexist coverage. But as the New York Times reports, many in the media see little evidence of sexism. Rather, they accuse the ex-candidate of having used a few glaring examples to drum up support for a faltering campaign.
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NBC and MSNBC in culture clash
Associated Press May 27, 08 10:40 AM CDT
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MSNBC's recent success is a thorn in the side of its competitors, the politicians who accuse the network of bias, and an unlikely third party—NBC News. The cable network's opinionated anchors and the broadcast sibling's more traditional approach are increasingly entangled, the AP reports, and critics don't share the NBC News president's confidence that viewers can make the distinction.
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Fox-NBC vendetta brings execs' bile into your living room
Washington Post May 19, 08 11:12 AM CDT
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Bill O’Reilly’s campaign against General Electric—the Fox News host has called CEO Jeffrey Immelt a “despicable human being” for doing business with Iran—is part of a feud with NBC that extends far up corporate ladders, the Washington Post reports. Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes apparently loosed O’Reilly on GE in retaliation for attacks by host Keith Olbermann on GE subsidiary MSNBC.
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Oh, and the candidates, too—though they may claim unfair treatment
New York Times May 3, 08 2:12 PM CDT
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They are locked in an epic struggle for the nation's heart, the grizzled veteran versus the up-and-comer, both popular, both controversial. No, not Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Tomorrow, the real showdown is between Tim Russert, who is interviewing Obama, and George Stephanopoulos, who is interviewing Clinton at roughly the same time, the New York Times reports.
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'Iconic' pundit blasts hopeful for not
rebuking adviser
Washington Post Mar 15, 08 6:00 PM CDT
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If Keith Olbermann is the Rush Limbaugh of the left—as Chris Cillizza observes in his Washington Post Fix blog—Hillary Clinton couldn’t have been happy when Olbermann blasted her Wednesday night over the recent Geraldine Ferraro flap. “You are now campaigning as if Barack Obama were the Democrat and you were the Republican,” he said.
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David Gregory will
helm new evening political show
Mediabistro blogs Mar 10, 08 7:43 PM CDT
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MSNBC today picked rising star David Gregory to helm a new political show in place of Tucker Carlson's low-rated "Tucker", TVNewser reports. Gregory's "Race for the White House" will air at 6 p.m. weekdays while he continues to report on the White House for NBC News and fill in for Matt Lauer on "Today", the New York Times reports.
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Exec Walton has overseen ratings comeback, doubled profits at cable icon
New York Times Mar 5, 08 5:28 PM CST
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Five years after CNN’s fortunes were so low that Time Warner considered selling it, the cable news icon topped Fox News among 25- to 54-year-old viewers for the first month since 2001. The upstarts had CNN running scared for several years, but a new president has streamlined management, increased audiences—and doubled profits in four years, the New York Times reports.
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OPINION
Clinton sees Barack coddling; NYT writer says she has a case
New York Times Feb 27, 08 11:28 AM CST
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Hillary Clinton was so taken by last week's "Saturday Night Live" sketch that had moderators fawning over Barack Obama in a debate between the two candidates that she brought it up in the real debate last night. And the debate lived up to the SNL spoof, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times : the anchors needled her constantly and seemed to go out of their way to show Obama at his unflappable best.
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UPDATED
Shuster suspended over Chelsea remark
Washington Post Feb 8, 08 6:22 PM CST
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MNSBC suspended anchor David Shuster today after he drew fire from Hillary Clinton's camp for saying former first daughter Chelsea was being “pimped out in some weird sort of way” by her mother’s campaign. Shuster apologized on air earlier tonight, though he at first stood by the comments, made yesterday, even after a spokesman called his remark offensive, the Washington Post reports.
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Nevada court backs NBC's decision
to exclude Kucinich
New York Times Jan 15, 08 7:20 PM CST
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The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that the Democratic debate can go on tonight without Dennis Kucinich, the New York Times reports. The debate will include only Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards. Kucinich sought either to be included in the debate or to force its cancellation. The debate starts at 9pm EST on MSNBC.
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Money issues sink negotiations for prime-time cable gig
Los Angeles Times Nov 8, 07 5:08 PM CST
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Talks between MSNBC and Rosie O'Donnell, the outspoken ex-host of ABC's "The View," about a potential prime-time talk show have broken down, the Los Angeles Times reports. The main point of contention was money, with O'Donnell demanding network-TV coin from the cable news station. O'Donnell confirmed that the deal was dead on her blog last night.
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Outspoken comedian could battle Larry King in prime-time slot
New York Times Nov 6, 07 3:31 AM CST
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Rosie O'Donnell and MSNBC are close to inking a deal to give the outspoken comedian her own prime-time talk show, reports the New York Times . Just six months after she left "The View" in a cloud of controversy, the loquacious lefty could be battling CNN's "Larry King Live" and "Hannity and Colmes" on Fox to dominate the 9 p.m. slot.
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Newsvine goes corporate, as media giant moves in
New York Times Oct 7, 07 11:21 PM CDT
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MSNBC will announce today its acquisition of online news site Newsvine, as the media giant attempts to revamp its image. While the move will only add 1 million monthly users to its already massive 29 million, Newsvine's user-generated content and annotated stories are expected to give MSNBC a leg up with competitors like Yahoo and CNN, the New York Times reports.
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MSNBC journalist's refusal to read Hilton story wins cyber fan
Guardian (UK) Jun 30, 07 12:52 PM CDT
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Bloggers, who normally revel in afflicting TV news anchors, have made one a star. MSNBC newsreader Mika Brzezinski won legions of fans in the blogosphere when she refused, despite prodding from her co-hosts, to read a news item about Paris Hilton Wednesday morning, and then shredded the script. “I have a new hero, and her name is Mika Brzezinski,” one blogger wrote.
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