The Ticker: Memorial Day, O’Reilly, Grace…

> MSNBC is devoting most of MSNBC Live to “Service & Sacrifice” — special coverage of Memorial Day…

> “Only on CNN” is an effective tag sometimes. The recent reporting about Pat Tillman‘s death was worthy of the promotional moniker. But on Sunday, a chyron said THE “N” WORD was “Only on CNN.” Embarrassing…

> FNC ran part one of “The Best Of Bill O’Reilly” on Friday, with part two coming tonight. An e-mailer wonders: “Is there any specific reason why FNC is running” the programs now? “Is there something coming around the bend *wink* *wink*?”

> On Friday, Nancy Grace hyped a story about “two sexy seniors suspected of taking in a string of men who all end up dead after mysterious hit-and-runs,” leading an e-mailer to ask: “How is this different than a Jerry Springer episode?”

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