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Quien Es Mas Fairer: FNC or NBC?

Chris Ariens — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:36:25 +0000

At the end of part I of Bill O’Reilly‘s II part interview with Sen. Hillary Clinton, the FNC host pressed the candidate, not once, not twice, not even three times, but four times whether she was “surprised” that Fox is being more fair to her campaign than NBC:

“Final question, are you surprised — you have to tell me the truth here. You’re looking me in the eyes, so I’m going to believe you.

BTW, that may be the best run-up to a candidate question this primary season. He continued:

Are you surprised that Fox News has been fairer to you than NBC News, and a lot of the other liberal news networks? Are you surprised?

Hillary: I wouldn’t expect anything less than a fair and balanced coverage of my campaign.

Bill: I know you’re being a little — but really, aren’t you surprised?

Hillary: Look, I am not a pundit or a commentator. I will leave that to you. That comes with the territory.

Bill: But aren’t you surprised?

Hillary: I’m running for the toughest job in the world. And it goes with the territory.

Bill: You’re not going to tell me whether you’re surprised?

Hillary: You know, I think a lot of people know this is a campaign of firsts. Sitting down today, another first in this campaign. I have been having a good time.

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The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Apr. 29

SteveK — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:53:23 +0000

25-54 demographic: (L +SD)

Total day: FNC: 288 | CNN: 197 | MSNBC: 150 | HLN: 104

Prime: FNC: 549 | CNN: 329 | MSNBC: 264 | HLN: 187


	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:

FNC	ElectionHQ:	Hume:	Shep:	O’Reilly:	H&C:	Greta:	O’Reilly:
	294	361	371	577	618	454	501

CNN	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Dobbs:	Brown:	King:	Cooper:	Cooper:
	187	270	300	251	388	349	289

MSNBC	Hardball:	Gregory:	Hardball:	Countdown:	Abrams:	Countdown:	Investig.:
	190	196	281	294	235	263	191

HLN	Prime:	Prime:	Beck:	Grace:	Beck:	Grace:	Showbiz:
	94	67	188	193	126	252	144

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

continued…

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Blaine Holds Breath, Oprah Swoons

Chris Ariens — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:38:06 +0000

David Blaine this morning on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The magician set a record for holding his breath under water: 17 minutes, 4 seconds.

Yes, it’s sweeps. Even for the non-news shows. And somewhere, Shelley Ross is smiling…

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The Ticker: ABC, Bloomberg, CNN…

SteveK — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:26:55 +0000

> ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson will feature a special series, “Stealing You,” during tomorrow and Friday’s broadcasts. Correspondent Elisabeth Leamy reports on identity theft trends and how you can better protect yourself and your information.

> Bloomberg TV airs a one-hour special, “Surviving the Slowdown,” tonight at 7pmET. Hosted by Kathleen Hays, the special examines many aspects of how long and deep the economic downturn will be, and how investors can protect their money and even profit during the time.

> All that standing in the cold during January paid off for CNN’s Candy Crowley. The New Hampshire Political Library is awarding her the New Hampshire Primary Award tonight for her outstanding political coverage earlier this year.

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CNNMoney.com’s “Tremendous Upside”

SteveK — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:31:29 +0000

CNNMoney.com relaunched in January, with a greater focus on video content. Since then, the site has taken off in its digital influence and amount of traffic.

While business newsers followed the action at the Fed, today, at a TimeInc. Digital Showcase, CNNMoney.com general manager and SVP Jonathan Shar discussed the web video results. Last year the site was producing one to two pieces of content a day, whereas now it produces 16-18 regular weekly shows, monthly and annual specials and web specific programs that can eventually cross over and air on CNN.

The amount of video streams have moved the site to encompass 54% of all video streams in the financial category, according to Nielsen’s most recent Videocensus (other sites include MSN Money, Forbes and TheStreet.com). Streams have more than doubled since the launch.

“I think we’re under our potential,” Shar tells TVNewser. “We have a tremendous upside. We’re a difference kind of experience.”

CNN’s recent special programming, “Issue #1,” with a focus on the economy came about from a CNNMoney.com partnership. “CNN looked to CNNMoney as the editorial engine of business financial news on the economy,” Shar said. “It succeeded in driving back traffic to CNNMoney.com as well.”

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CBS News Producer Accidentally Sends Out Note to Entire Listserv

Chris Ariens — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:14:02 +0000

CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller found herself in the middle of an email exchange today that went out to anyone who subscribes to a CBS News listserv. Here’s the note:

———- Forwarded message ———-

From: CBSNews Evening News

Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:20 PM

Subject: Michelle Miller
CONVERT BREAKS: __default__

CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller found herself in the middle of an email exchange today that went out to anyone who subscribes to a CBS News listserv. Here’s the note:

———- Forwarded message ———-

From: CBSNews Evening News

Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:20 PM

Subject: Michelle Miller

Knows something’s up. Sigh.

A web producer accidentally sent the email to anyone who subscribes to the Evening News newsletter listserv. Turns out the producer meant to send the email to an editor to let them know Michelle Miller was going to have to write a post on the Couric & Co. blog about a story she is putting together for tonight’s Evening News.

TVNewser was forwarded the email by many people on the listerv. And we hear Miller herself received emails from mystified colleagues about its meaning. We’re told the “sigh” is in reference to the overworked nature of the CBS newsroom today (we know you newsers can relate).

The web producer sent out a follow-up email, explaining the gaffe:

—–Original Message—–

From: [Redacted]

Sent: Wed Apr 30 15:02:48 2008

Subject: FW: Please disregard the last message from this address

Our goof. Proving the danger of the mass email list!

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O’Reilly: “This Was The Toughest Interview She’s Ever Done”

Chris Ariens — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:40:31 +0000

Bill O’Reilly joked that he “got a couple of bruises” from his interview this morning with Sen. Hillary Clinton.

O’Reilly called in to the Radio Factor, which was hosted today by Michael Smerconish. O’Reilly said tonight’s discussion focuses on why Obama is more popular “as a person than Hillary Clinton, which is pretty interesting,” O’Reilly said. Also, immigration and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright are discussed. Then tomorrow night they’ll talk “Iran, Iraq and foreign policy.”

O’Reilly said there were no restrictions put upon him by the Clinton campaign. “You won’t be able to take your eyes off this interview,” plugged O’Reilly.

• Click here to listen to the audio, via Johnny Dollar’s Place.

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If It’s A Sunday Before a Big Primary…

Chris Ariens — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:40:34 +0000

A week after he sat down with Chris Wallace, Sen. Barack Obama gets an hour on Meet the Press this Sunday, two days before the Indiana primary. Tim Russert will pack his bags for Indy and broadcast live from NBC affiliate WTHR. Obama last appeared on MTP Dec. 30, from Des Moines, four days before the Iowa caucus (and we know how that turned out for the Senator.)

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Morning Notes: It Must Be Sweeps

Chris Ariens — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:43:19 +0000

There’s a lot of traveling going at the morning shows this week…

• Meredith Vieira heads to Indiana today to interview Barack and Michelle Obama. The interview will air tonight on Nightly News and tomorrow on Today. Meanwhile, day three of “Where in the World” brought Matt Lauer to Laos.

• Charles Gibson was back on GMA this morning. He’s doing double duty while Diane Sawyer is off this week. Gibson will be back anchoring tomorrow morning as well.

• And The Early Show continues reporting from Greensburg, KS, the town leveled by a tornado last year. This morning Harry Smith talked with the coach of the high school basketball team which went all the way to the state championship, despite playing most of their games on the road because the tornado destroyed the school’s gym.

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Mark McEwen: “When One Door Closes, Another Opens”

Alissa Krinsky — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:34:20 +0000

“When one door closes, another opens,” former CBS The Early Show weatherman/anchor Mark McEwen tells The Detroit News‘ Kimberly Hayes Taylor. “The first part of my life was TV and radio, the second part is helping people overcome this malady of strokes. I can still talk. I give speeches, I tell people it’s hard, but you do the work. You can come back.”

McEwen’s new book, Change in the Weather: Life After Stroke, comes out tomorrow. It tells the story of his recovery after surviving a stroke in November of 2005 while on an airplane. “I couldn’t talk, couldn’t swallow,” he says. “I had to learn to walk again.”

He’s also had to switch from being right-handed, and use his left hand instead to write. “You need to be stubborn if you mean to make yourself whole following a stroke,” says McEwen.

McEwen says he wants others to learn from his experience by never taking life for granted. “You can be here today and gone tomorrow. You think you’re invulnerable and you’ll be here forever. Things happen to other people, they don’t happen to you. I’m here to say they can happen to you. I don’t wish that on anyone.

“But if it does happen to you, get back up. Life is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. These are the cards we are dealt, so let’s play cards.”

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Wolf Blitzer’s CNN Starting Five

SteveK — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:07:47 +0000

ESPN The Magazine interviews DC sports fan (and CNN anchor) Wolf Blitzer in this month’s edition.

Blitzer is asked where he’d slot some of the CNN talent in if they were to field a basketball team, and he goes into full Coach Blitzer mode. “Anderson (Cooper)’s gotta be a guard. I gotta be a guard. Candy (Crowley) and John (King) forwards. Lou Dobbs at the center position,” he says.

He also compares his work with that of ESPN anchor Chris Berman. “He brings out different points of view, and keeps people honest,” he says. “When you’re doing an interview and someone says something completely ridiculous, you gotta say, ‘What are you talking about?’ I admire Chris Berman for what he does.”

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Is Arianna Being Kept Off NBC/MSNBC?

Chris Ariens — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:54:49 +0000

DeadlineHollywoodDaily reports Arianna Huffington may be being kept off NBC News and MSNBC shows as she promotes her new book Right Is Wrong: How The Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded The Constitution, And Made Us All Less Safe.

“…one insider says she was booked on Keith Olberman [sic] and Morning Joe to talk about her tome — and then unbooked. ‘These are shows that call her regularly to come on. And then the word came from on high that she had to be cancelled.’ Arianna’s accolytes are pointing the finger at Tim Russert, well known to be ridiculously thin-skinned, for blackballing her internally at NBC and not permitting her on any of the NBC network or cable outlets.

The site also claims, Huffington is “booked all over CNN, ABC, and CBS (but not Fox News Channel because she chose not to go on there).”

• Related: GalleyCat and FishbowlLA attend a weekend book party at Huffington’s estate, but not for her new tome…

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CNBC’s Buffett Meeting Plans

SteveK — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:51:41 +0000

CNBC will give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, with a one-hour special, “The Billionaire Next Door: All Access,” airing Monday night at 9pmET.

CNBC’s Becky Quick will be in Omaha, Nebraska for the shareholder meeting this weekend, with camera crews following Buffett inside the meeting for the first time ever. Quick will report on the meeting and the access beginning Monday morning on Squawk Box at 6amET. CNBC.com’s Warren Buffett Watch site will blog updates throughout the weekend.

Monday night’s special will also feature an ~~exclusive~~ interview with Buffett from the meeting.

• Earlier: FBN’s weekend Buffett plans.

> More from an insider: CNBC does not have an exclusive with Buffett. He is giving FBN, Bloomberg and CNN interviews from the floor of the arena showroom area.

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April Ratings: Rankers

SteveK — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:31:38 +0000

Fox News finished April as the seventh most highly rated cable network in prime time. CNN finished at #21 and MSNBC finished 29th.

In Total Day, FNC came in at #9, well ahead of CNN (25th) and MSNBC (30th).

Fox News had nine of the top ten highest rated programs for the month of April, with The O’Reilly Factor capturing the top spot again. CNN’s highest rated show was Larry King Live (7th), while MSNBC’s was Countdown with Keith Olbermann (19th).

In the A25-54 demo, FNC had seven of the top ten programs. LKL finished 6th and Countdown came in 9th.

Click here to view the April cable ranker.

Click here to view the April program ranker.

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Ted David Leaves CNBC

Chris Ariens — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:44:10 +0000

TVNewser obtained an internal memo from CNBC VP Jonathan Wald:

One of CNBC’s originals is moving on. Ted David started here just a month before CNBC went on the air in 1989 and he has been a valued member of the staff ever since, most recently as the principal voice of CNBC Radio. Please join me in thanking Ted for his many years of service at CNBC. We wish him the best of luck in his retirement. Ted’s last day on air will be May 2.

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