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Smelly Pooch Clan Must Go: O'Brien
Smelly Pooch Clan Must Go: O'Brien
Jan 19, 2009 5:52 PM CST

Smelly Pooch Clan Must Go: O'Brien

'Outrageous' CNN reporter wants tenants evicted from NY loft

(Newser) - Man’s best friend has an enemy in Soledad O’Brien, the New York Post reports. The CNN correspondent and other members of her building’s co-op board are trying to evict a family from their Manhattan loft because of their pooch. “She told me at a shareholder’s...

Few Minorities Report on the White House
Few Minorities Report
on the White House 
Analysis
Jan 12, 2009 12:07 PM CST

Few Minorities Report on the White House

Diversity in Washington journalism remains uneven

(Newser) - Although America is nearing the inauguration of its first black president, the press corps that will be covering him remains largely white, the Washington Post reports. Cable news has delivered a few minority reporters, like CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux and Wendell Goler from Fox News. But the broadcast networks remain...

Obama Unveils Intelligence Team
Obama Unveils Intelligence Team
Jan 9, 2009 10:16 AM CST

Obama Unveils Intelligence Team

Panetta, Blair, and Brennan an unusual, controversial crew

(Newser) - Barack Obama rounded out his national security team today, tapping Leon Panetta to head the CIA and Dennis Blair as his national intelligence director. Obama defended the choice of Panetta, which has drawn criticism because of his lack of intelligence experience, calling him "one of the finest public servants...

Gupta's Right Doc for Political Prime Time
Gupta's Right Doc for Political Prime Time
ANALYSIS
Jan 7, 2009 4:41 AM CST

Gupta's Right Doc for Political Prime Time

CNN's medicine man will help push preventive health care message, Park notes

(Newser) - Barack Obama's choice of CNN's health correspondent as his surgeon general is raising eyebrows, but the pick underlines Obama's plans to focus on preventive care, Alice Park writes in Time. The telegenic Sanjay Gupta, while lacking the government experience most surgeon generals have brought to the job, has anchored specials...

Sanjay Gupta Chosen for Surgeon General

(Newser) - CNN correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta is Barack Obama’s choice for surgeon general, and the doctor is expected to accept, the Washington Post reports. The two had a meeting in Chicago in November, where the president-elect noted that Gupta would be a very high-profile appointment and would have significant...

R-Rated Razz Lands Griffin in Hot Water

CNN red-faced after off-color reply to heckler goes out live

(Newser) - CNN may not be asking Kathy Griffin to host another New Year's Eve special after her ribald reply to a heckler made its way onto live TV, the New York Post reports. "Screw you!" the comedian, who says she thought she was off-air at the time, yelled at...

Old Boys' Networks No More: TV's New Female Stars

Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Campbell Brown 'redefining broadcast careers'

(Newser) - The world of television news can be a journalistic proving ground during tumultuous times, and three women have bubbled to the top of the white-guy-dominated realm. Vogue takes a look at one veteran and two up-and-comers who have caught the mag's eye:
  • Katie Couric—After months of ridicule and low
...

Chopra Blames Mumbai Attacks on US Policy
Chopra Blames
Mumbai Attacks
on US Policy
OPINION
Dec 1, 2008 1:13 PM CST

Chopra Blames Mumbai Attacks on US Policy

And Rabinowitz finds guru's mantra on CNN anti-American

(Newser) - What was Deepak Chopra, New Age philosopher and feel-good guru, doing holding forth on the Mumbai terror attacks on CNN this weekend, Dorothy Rabinowitz wants to know. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Rabinowitz airs her outrage at Chopra's reflexive blaming the United States for an attack perpetrated neither by...

Time, CNN Top College Faves
 Time, CNN Top College Faves 
Dec 1, 2008 6:34 AM CST

Time, CNN Top College Faves

Annual marketing survey yields weightier results

(Newser) - College students took a break from beer pong to take stock of the world, a study of their favorite brands suggests. Time unseated Cosmopolitan as top magazine among the 1,000 students surveyed, while CNN.com bumped Perez Hilton off the list of top websites, Advertising Age reports. "World...

Amanpour Gets Own Show, Finally

CNN honchos give in after correspondent raises stink over Zakaria's program

(Newser) - CNN honchos will “soon” announce that dedicated globetrotter Christiane Amanpour will be getting her own show. “She’s getting her own hour. She was furious after CNN gave Fareed Zakaria his own show on Sunday—especially since it’s all about international affairs, which is her specialty,”...

Web, Cable Topple Networks' Election Ratings

Big three see ratings fall 16% from 2004 election

(Newser) - After proving itself indispensable in this year’s campaign, the internet won again on election night, Liz Gannes writes on NewTeeVee. Web users marked record traffic on several sites, while TV’s big three networks lost 16% off 2004 ratings, with cable and internet picking up the slack. During Barack...

TV's Gimmickry Diminishes Election
 TV's Gimmickry 
 Diminishes Election 
OPINION
Nov 3, 2008 1:27 PM CST

TV's Gimmickry Diminishes Election

News operations aim for ratings, shoot viewers instead

(Newser) - Tomorrow night will be a high-water mark for TV news gadget gimmickry as the networks try to hook some of the millions of viewers who will tune in for election coverage, Rick Kushman writes in the Sacramento Bee. Some, like the technology that will allow TV networks to have instant...

Poll: Race Tightens Up


  Poll: Race Tightens Up 
Oct 21, 2008 7:32 AM CDT

Poll: Race Tightens Up

Obama leads McCain by 5 points, down from 8

(Newser) - The presidential race is tightening, with Barack Obama leading John McCain 51% to 46% among likely voters, down from an 8-point gap, a CNN/Opinion Research Center poll shows. McCain’s boost may be linked to a drop in the number of people who think he’ll continue President Bush’s...

Glenn Beck Jumps to Fox News
 Glenn Beck Jumps to Fox News 
Oct 16, 2008 5:27 PM CDT

Glenn Beck Jumps to Fox News

(Newser) - Conservative commentator Glenn Beck, who has gained a sizable following with his nightly show on CNN's Headline News channel, is leaving for Fox News. Beck signed a multi-year deal to host Fox's 5pm weekday program beginning in the spring, Broadcasting & Cable reports. He will also host a weekend...

CNN Adds Laughs to News Lineup

Network recruits Hughley for Letterman-style talk show

(Newser) - The 24-hour news cycle will take a break for comedy with a Letterman-like talk show set to make its debut on CNN next weekend. Comic and actor DL Hughley, one of the "Original Kings of Comedy," will host. "When you watch as much news as our audience...

Obama Takes Round 2: Polls
 Obama Takes 
Round 2: Polls 

Oct 8, 2008 2:08 AM CDT

Obama Takes Round 2: Polls

Dem grabs clear debate victory in CBS, CNN polls

(Newser) - Barack Obama was the clear winner of last night's debate against John McCain, two separate polls conducted for television networks found. Minutes after the debate ended, 40% of uncommitted voters identified Obama as the winner to 26% who said McCain came out on top, CBS News reports. Viewers found Obama...

iReport, But Who Decides if It's Accurate?
iReport, But
Who Decides if It's Accurate?
ANALYSIS
Oct 4, 2008 8:48 PM CDT

iReport, But Who Decides if It's Accurate?

Citizen reporting under fire after CNN site spreads Jobs rumor

(Newser) - A bogus report about the health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs has reporters pointing fingers, investors fuming, and the SEC investigating, Greg Sandoval writes on CNET. The rumor, published by an armchair reporter on CNN's citizen journalism site, iReport.com, caused a brief 10% drop in Apple’s share price...

Apple Bats Down Latest Jobs Death Rumor

Report that CEO had heart attack is false, company says

(Newser) - Apple again today was forced to quash rumors about the health of CEO Steve Jobs, refuting a report that the CEO had suffered a “major heart attack,” Bloomberg reports. Shares fell as much as 5.4% following a post on CNN’s citizen-journalist iReport site, but have since...

Cable News Was Biggest Convention Winner
Cable News Was Biggest Convention Winner
OPINION
Sep 1, 2008 9:33 AM CDT

Cable News Was Biggest Convention Winner

Broadcasters cede historic role as political pundits

(Newser) - The Democratic Convention made it official, writes Scott Collilns in the Los Angeles Times: The broadcast networks have passed the political torch to the cable networks. CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC not only delivered “wall to wall coverage” compared to the broadcast nets' paltry hour of nightly programming. Their...

Media Ready to Skip Convention for Gulf Coast

(Newser) - Reporters scheduled to cover the Republican convention are preparing to move fast if Hurricane Gustav wallops the Gulf Coast. Anchors Anderson Cooper and Geraldo Rivera are already headed for the storm, but hordes of journalists are stuck in St. Paul, Minn., where the RNC will start tomorrow unless it's postponed....

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