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    Since No One Watches CNN, Lou Dobbs Figured He'd Yell About Obama's Birth Certificate on Fox

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    Image of abettertomorrow abettertomorrow
    07/31/09

    In reply to Since No One Watches CNN, Lou Dobbs Figured He'd Yell About Obama's Birth Certificate on Fox
    For those of us not fascinated by cable news, how about a short summary at the top of all these posts:
    Fox News - the wingnut
    Fox Audience - mouthbreathers
    CNN - the weak loser
    CNN audience - small
    MSNBC - the quirky one
    MSNBC audience - non-existent
    Lou Dobbs - mexican hater
    Bill O'Reilly - Falafel! Falafel!
    Rachel ? - who?
    Anderson Cooper - "the silver fox", "friend of Dorothy's"
    Chris Matthews - "the thrill in my pants"

    Just so we can skip the details?

    Just distracting myself on a Friday afternoon!
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    Image of Cheruth Cheruth
    07/31/09

    In reply to Since No One Watches CNN, Lou Dobbs Figured He'd Yell About Obama's Birth Certificate on Fox
    Lou, your life has taken a wrong turn when you find yourself saying: "You know who would really get me? Bill O'Reilly"
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    07/31/09

    In reply to Since No One Watches CNN, Lou Dobbs Figured He'd Yell About Obama's Birth Certificate on Fox
    The PR person trying to book Dobbs on FNC clearly had, and has, no understanding of the unique friendship between the Cable News Network and the Fox News Channel. Otherwise he would have just asked Jonathan Klein if it would be okay for Lou Dobbs to go on a rival network, you know, like a formality or something! Klein would have given an enthusiastic yes! Silly public relations person.
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    07/31/09

    In reply to Since No One Watches CNN, Lou Dobbs Figured He'd Yell About Obama's Birth Certificate on Fox
    So, to prove that the lunacy I am spewing on TV has bases in reality, I am going to invite: another guy spewing lunacies on TV!
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    Image of Nice Beaver Nice Beaver
    07/31/09

    In reply to Since No One Watches CNN, Lou Dobbs Figured He'd Yell About Obama's Birth Certificate on Fox
    I'm sure I'm not the first to ask this, but can we stop with the American flag lapel pins? For fuck's sake, does every man on TV have to dress like a Dublin, Ohio realtor? The terrorists didn't attack our sport coats.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    07/31/09

    @Nice Beaver: During the Free Speech Riots in Depression-era SoCal, American flag pins were worn almost exclusively by union-bashers to identify one another when breaking Wobbly and IWW skulls.
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    Image of Nice Beaver Nice Beaver
    07/31/09

    @BadUncle: In that case, carry on, Lou. I think that's the right look for you.
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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    07/31/09

    @Nice Beaver: Somebody should do a story about the sweatshop in Asia that churns those things out.
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    Image of Mr. Guy Mr. Guy
    07/31/09

    In reply to Since No One Watches CNN, Lou Dobbs Figured He'd Yell About Obama's Birth Certificate on Fox
    I usually skip the byline and go straight to the story when reading gawker posts. whenever i get to the end of one and say to myself "i really enjoyed that" with a smile creeping across my face, i look at the byline. It's almost always a post by John Cook.
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    Image of Nice Beaver Nice Beaver
    07/31/09

    @Mr. Guy: Will you two get a room?!?!!?
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    07/31/09

    @Nice Beaver: I hear there's a certain situation room that nobody wants anymore...
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    07/31/09

    In reply to Since No One Watches CNN, Lou Dobbs Figured He'd Yell About Obama's Birth Certificate on Fox
    Too bad for Lou. He should be allowed to appear on a show with an audience of one million viewers, just once, before he dies.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    07/31/09

    @MrInBetween: He should appear with my balls draped on his forehead.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    07/31/09

    @MrInBetween:
    He should appear on "Sabado Gigante," just once, as a piñata, before he dies.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    07/31/09

    @BadUncle: unless you have balls the size of Queen Latifa, there's no way they'd even be visible in a shot of his head. It's like jupiter.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    07/28/09

    In reply to How The Today Show Bumped Blago for Leno 'News'
    Lexi And Lucio will be NBC's next hit sitcom. The pilot episode will be titled "Aw, Shucks" and will feature lots of sadtrumpet.wav.
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    Image of The Girl Also Blogs The Girl Also Blogs
    07/28/09

    In reply to How The Today Show Bumped Blago for Leno 'News'
    Has it occurred to anyone that the feds may have told NBC to cancel the interview (without specifying why), knowing that they would be at his home that morning and not necessarily wanting the place wired for a broadcast?
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    07/28/09

    @The Girl Also Blogs: Good theory, although I'd find it hard to believe that NBC would acquiesce to such a demand. In fact I'd think it would make NBC go even harder to make the "get".

    Which is to say this: fed demand to cancel the interview - hell no. NBC Entertainment demand to cancel the interview - hell yes.
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    07/28/09

    @The Girl Also Blogs: Why sure, considering that we live in a police state, I am positive that FBI can cancel TV shows at will.
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    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    07/28/09

    @The Girl Also Blogs: You are giving the feds WAY too much credit.
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    Image of lionboy lionboy
    07/28/09

    In reply to How The Today Show Bumped Blago for Leno 'News'
    When you're a fourth-place network putting your future on the line in the form of a risky (and by risky I mean Craaaaaazy!) experiment in prime time, Blago-chat might seem expendable. The choice is serve up Blago or service the bottom line. Two years ago I would have called it unforgivable corporate greed, but now, after losing a 20-year job in television, I'll forgive the greed and hope that it helps save the jobs of thousands of worker bees at NBC and its affiliates.
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    Image of TellMeLies TellMeLies
    07/28/09

    In reply to How The Today Show Bumped Blago for Leno 'News'
    I love an email that starts with "Some bad news..." and ends with "Don't hate me!"
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    lobstr promoted this comment Edited by TellMeLies at 07/28/09 11:57 AM TellMeLies was starred TellMeLies was unstarred
    Image of lobstr lobstr
    07/28/09

    @TellMeLies: Especially as told by someone named Lexi! That does soften the blow..
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    07/28/09

    In reply to How The Today Show Bumped Blago for Leno 'News'
    So they bumped the reality TV audition news for the late night talk show news. Big deal.
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    Image of DeltaGuy DeltaGuy
    07/28/09

    In reply to How The Today Show Bumped Blago for Leno 'News'
    It seems odd that this would be the piece of the show that would be cut. Couldn't they just have skipped the Christmas Recipes segment, or tied Al Roker up in a closet somewhere?
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    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    07/28/09

    @DeltaGuy: Yeah, it seems possible that they just didn't want the interview anymore, and used Leno and other breaking news as an excuse. A poorly chosen excuse, but still.
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    Image of NorthernLite NorthernLite
    07/28/09

    In reply to How The Today Show Bumped Blago for Leno 'News'
    I wonder if Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite’s producers put smilies in e-mails? Could be a clue right there. :( :( :(
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    07/28/09

    @NorthernLite: NO SERIOUSLY
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    Image of aLostLady aLostLady
    07/28/09

    @NorthernLite: OMG DONT HATE ME
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    Image of TubOfTaft TubOfTaft
    07/28/09

    @NorthernLite: Kennedy just got shot! I HAZ DA SADZ :(
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    07/28/09

    @TubOfTaft: OMG ur gonna be so mad @ me, Guv. Connelly, but we need to cancel our exclusive post-assassination interview, since we have a special celebrity episode of The $64,000 Question starring NBC personalities! Frenemies, still tho? Lulz!
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    07/28/09

    In reply to How The Today Show Bumped Blago for Leno 'News'
    Some fame-seekers will do anything -- even get pinched by the Feds -- just to be in the televised presence of Matt Lauer!
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