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First Lady Tries Twitter
 First Lady Tries Twitter 
May 3, 2010 6:59 PM CDT

First Lady Tries Twitter

With assist from Jay Leno, CNN reporter helps Michelle Obama tweet

(Newser) - It took five people, but Michelle Obama now knows how to use Twitter. The tale emerges in the wake of the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, aka the "nerd prom," where Jay Leno busted Ed Henry of CNN for tweeting at the head table. That got Obama's attention,...

CNN, Fox News America's Most Trusted Sources

'New York Times' far down the list

(Newser) - Apparently cable news reigns supreme in America—and it's deeply partisan. In a new 60 Minutes / Vanity Fair poll, respondents named CNN and Fox News their most trusted news sources by a wide margin, with CNN in the No. 1 slot with 32% and Fox close behind with 29%....

Glenn Beck Audience Plunges 30%

Bloom is off the mouth, but Fox still sitting pretty

(Newser) - Glenn Beck's TV audience has plunged nearly 30% since the beginning of the year—but his Fox News home is still sitting comfortably on top of the ratings heap. Beck's continued viewership slippage was revealed in the latest audience figures on cable news operations. Fox News averaged some 1.9...

Larry King Has 2nd Thoughts About 8th Divorce

CNN host, maybe-ex Shawn spotted at son's baseball game

(Newser) - Larry King has already filed for divorce , but he's having second thoughts, his lawyer tells People . "There's a 50-50 chance this divorce is not happening," says Dennis Wasser. " It's not clear to me which way he's going to turn on this issue." The CNN host and...

The Most Influential Gay Americans
 The Most 
 Influential 
 Gay Americans 
'PORTIA, i won!'
Apr 18, 2010 5:16 AM CDT

The Most Influential Gay Americans

Ellen tops 'Out' magazine list for 2nd straight year

(Newser) - Ellen DeGeneres and Barney Frank have switched places atop Out magazine's annual list of the most influential gay Americans, but the talk show host and American Idol judge probably isn't gloating about her win—she's that nice. To see the top five, check out the slideshow above. To see who...

CNN Sues 'iReporter' for Saying He Works for CNN

'Correspondent' hit with trademark suit

(Newser) - CNN has boastfully added a horde of new unpaid citizen reporters to its ranks, but is now suing an "ireporter" for falsely claiming to work for CNN. Robert Paisola of Utah, who describes himself on a website as a "debt colllector abuse advocate and timeshare scam protector,"...

Larry King Files for 8th Divorce

She accuses him of affair with one of her relatives

(Newser) - This is old hat for Larry King: The 76-year-old CNN anchor has filed for divorce, his eighth, from Shawn Southwick, reports TMZ . They reportedly had a "nuclear argument" that ended with cars screeching from their Beverly Hills home. Sources say Southwick, 50, accused King of having an affair with...

MSNBC Suspends Shuster Over CNN Pilot

Host's contract is up at the end of this year

(Newser) - MSNBC has suspended David Shuster indefinitely, following a report that he had filmed a pilot for CNN. That report broke Friday, and MSNBC said the host would be “punished appropriately.” Now, the network has confirmed for Mediate that he’s off the air, to be replaced in the...

CNN's Problem: Too Much News
 CNN's Problem: 
 Too Much News 
OPINION
Apr 5, 2010 10:13 AM CDT

CNN's Problem: Too Much News

The once-revolutionary network has been betrayed by its principles

(Newser) - CNN has lost nearly half its prime-time viewers in the first half of this year, and it’s not hard to see why: It’s been done in by its own principles. Ex-CNN Chief Rick Kaplan once pooh-poohed Fox News as “basically just talk radio,” and touted CNN...

How CNN Can Save Itself
 How CNN Can Save Itself 
OPINION
Apr 1, 2010 1:51 PM CDT

How CNN Can Save Itself

Insiders pitch plans, from bringing back Crossfire to pulling an MSNBC

(Newser) - With CNN’s primetime viewership off 40% since last year, Michael Calderone at Politico undertakes a survey of news insiders to see what can be done for the “most trusted name in news.”
  • Resurrect Crossfire: CNN could give people the outspoken MSNBC- and Fox-style opinions they appear to
...

Coulter Disses Canada, Defends 'Jokes'
 Coulter Disses Canada, 
 Defends 'Jokes' 
o'reilly, behar interviews
Mar 26, 2010 5:46 AM CDT

Coulter Disses Canada, Defends 'Jokes'

Ann makes the rounds with Bill O'Reilly, Joy Behar

(Newser) - Ann Coulter has made no secret of her displeasure after a recent appearance at the University of Ottowa was canceled , and she defended herself on a mini media circuit last night. She told Bill O’Reilly she finds it “funny that a lot of my most hateful speech are...

This Week Move Risky for ABC, Amanpour

Foreign correspondent is odd fit for DC-centric This Week

(Newser) - Christiane Amanpour isn't an obvious choice to host ABC’s Sunday gabfest This Week, but the network is confident in its choice. ABC says “Interviews and analysis about domestic politics and policies” will remain the show's focus, with the addition of an “international perspective.” Counting on a...

ABC Hires Amanpour for This Week

 ABC Hires 
 Amanpour 
 for This Week 
updated
Mar 18, 2010 3:09 PM CDT

ABC Hires Amanpour for This Week

CNN correspondent switches networks

(Newser) - Christiane Amanpour has struck a deal with ABC News to become the new host of This Week in August. Though the CNN foreign correspondent is known for her international reporting, an ABC staffer says Amanpour feels confident about switching to domestic political reporting. She replaces George Stephanopoulos on the Sunday...

CNN's Hiring of Righty Blogger Angers Left

Red State's Erick Erickson is too extreme, they say

(Newser) - CNN's decision to hire right-wing blogger Erick Erickson as a political analyst—the man who called David Souter a "goat-f---ing child molester" and Michelle Obama a "Marxist harpy wife"—is still causing a stir:
  • Jay Bookman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution : The move "is in a way an insult
...

CNN's Screen Crawl Gets Anti-Semitic

Whoops! No one at the network appears to edit Twitter captions

(Newser) - CNN’s attempt to keep it real by running viewers’ Twitter comments on its screen crawl got a little too real yesterday. During a discussion about US-Israel relations between Wolf Blitzer and Rick Sanchez, the bottom of the screen ran tweets—replies to Sanchez's Twitter feed—that included “Israel...

Rick Sanchez Doesn't Know What 9 Meters Is

In tsunami report, testy CNN host asks what that is 'in English'

(Newser) - While reporting on the earthquake-induced tsunami yesterday, CNN talking head Rick Sanchez testily asked an expert what a 9-meter drop in ocean levels was "in English." The blogosphere erupted in response, with Newsbusters incredulously noting his need for translation, while Gawker labeled his comment "exponentially more assy...

CNN Duped by 140-Year-Old Hot Dog

Relic stunt was in tradition of 'Coney Island ballyhoo,' historians say

(Newser) - CNN happily ran a story recently on a 140-year-old hot dog and bun discovered intact, encased in ice, during demolition of the restaurant where the first hot dog was supposedly made. But the news network apparently forgetting that not everything is as it seems on Coney Island. The “1st...

Fox Has Top 13 Cable News Shows

In January overall, Fox was third most watched cable channel

(Newser) - "Fair and balanced" might be cause for lively debate, but Fox News' status as the top dog in cable news isn't—the network scored the top 13 programs in total viewership and the key 25-54 demographic through January. Bill O’Reilly’s show tops the rankings, with Sean Hanitty...

Next for Katie Couric: Pay Cut or New Job?

 Next for Katie Couric: 
 Pay Cut or New Job? 
CBS Future Iffy
Feb 3, 2010 9:30 AM CST

Next for Katie Couric: Pay Cut or New Job?

Her contract up next year, Couric is sure to face a pay cut or worse

(Newser) - With reports of a 150-person layoff at her network on Monday and just about a year left on her contract, Katie Couric's future is uncertain. Her bosses at CBS have given no indication whether they plan to keep her, but even if they do, "I would be flabbergasted if...

Candy Crowley Taking Over CNN's State of the Union

Network completes post-Lou Dobbs reshuffle

(Newser) - Candy Crowley will be at the helm of CNN's revamped Sunday morning politics talk show State of the Union starting this week. The political correspondent will replace John King, who will host a new show in the 7pm time slot vacated by Lou Dobbs with his abrupt exit three months...

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