I got an email from my friend Mary Lou Jepson of OLPC and Pixel Qi . Turns out, she was in line for the red carpet at the Time 100 awards and was chatting to my friend moot of 4chan . Both were singled out as among the world's 100 most influential people this year. As they chatted, they realized that they both knew me. They chatted about me as Whoopi Goldberg, Cornell West, Kate Hudson, Barbara Walters...
"The View" was in reruns this week, and so the women couldn't weigh in on the latest news. ABC promises that Barbara Walters and her colleagues will have a lot to say next week about Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Gov....
Wherever in the world there is a media frenzy, you can almost always count on the good Reverend Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson will be front and center. From FOX News : The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton have converged on Michael Jackson's family since the King of Pop's sudden death last Thursday, acting as semi-official spokesmen and advisers. [...] Jesse Jackson paid a condolence call...
Last week, after Michael Jackson died, the big three network news anchors were noticeably absent during prime time programs devoted to the news. Martin Bashir and Barbara Walters anchored specials on ABC, Ann Curry on NBC and Harry Smith on CBS. Charlie Gibson co-anchored GMA on Friday but only because Diane Sawyer was sick. Well now CBS' "48 Hours" is producing a special anchored by Katie...
With apologies to our sisters in Afghanistan! Barbara Walters, of 20/20, did a story on gender roles in Kabul , Afghanistan several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands. She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. Despite the overthrow of the oppressive [...]
Blood-Sucking Leech Vultures...this is what Barbara Walters, Larry King and Diane Sawyer are. Blood-Sucking Leech Vultures. If not for celebrities, none of these three people would have a career. I was switching television channels Thursday evening during the coverage of the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. I never witnessed such blood-thirst, especially from Walters. King just salivates...
Sirius XM Radio announced yesterday that former talk show host and explosive "View" co-host Rosie O'Donnell will be hosting her own daily morning show on satellite radio come this fall. The show, called "Rosie Radio," will be a two-hour weekday talk show featuring Rosie's unique take on the world -- "an eclectic mix of humor, pop culture and serious conversation," the...
In the battle of the network news obits, the Barbara Walters–hosted special Farrah Fawcett: Her Life, Her Loves, Her Legacy managed to outdraw the Michael Jackson–centric news coverage that aired on ABC, CBS, and NBC last night. But just as you might expect, neither ended up being as popular as seeing the saucy British television presenter Cat Deeley wearing a jumpsuit ; Fox's So You Think...
The broadcast networks devoted three hours to Michael Jackson Thursday night and two hours to Farrah Fawcett. ABC's Barbara Walters commanded the biggest audience with her "20/20" look at Fawcett. But CBS had the most viewers, and "CSI" was the...
Filed under: Programming , OpEd , Ratings , Reality-Free With all the press coverage given to Michael Jackson, you'd think a special about his life would trample the ratings of all the other networks. Apparently, that isn't the case as an ABC special about the life of Farrah Fawcett won in the ratings against a similar Michael Jackson retrospective on CBS. I think it likely helped that Barbara Walters...
I was just on my local news on ABC, heard that Farrah Fawcett was dead. Under article I, when I learned of the death of Farrah was in the process of writing. Farrah on May his memory have been killed, the rest will be left in peace Farrah Fawcett. 70 of the Barbara Walters of ABC icon to view this part of the dedicated, Farrah Fawcett. It seems that Farrah is on her death bed, for he has only a few...
I've been trying to think about the last time the news divisions of the big 3 broadcasters have all been live at 10pm (on the east coast), save for an election night or presidential news conference. ABC's Barbara Walters , who just wrapped up a brief participation in a "20/20" Michael...
NEW YORK — Two broadcast TV networks were already planning dueling prime-time specials on Farrah Fawcett's death Thursday. Then Michael Jackson died. It forced an extraordinary scramble for news organizations from covering the death of an entertainment icon to another. "What a sad, incredible ... you couldn't write this," said a nonplussed Larry King on CNN, describing how his planned...
Ryan and I grabbed some time this afternoon and pulled eight lobster pots, yielding 9 keeper lobsters and 2 fairly large crabs. ~ We rebaited the traps and if the same production occurs, we should have about 25 of the tasty crustaceans available for the 4th of July celebration cookouts. Remind me to pick up some more butter and Old Bay Spice before then. ANNOUNCING..... Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week...
Glenn beck the view - Glenn beck view. Thursday, 21 May 2009 Glenn Beck had a rather uncomfortable moment on “The View” when confronted by Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg. See the video of Glenn Beck on “The View” below. The ladies were quite upset over Glenn Beck speaking of his encounter with them on the Amtrak train on their way to the White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner. Read More
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