Tinfoil rattler of the day: NYTimes on the supposed risks of hiring Rosie O’Donnell
It’s conservative talk radio that’s being targeted by the Democrat majority, but in NYTimes world, it’s MSNBC and GE that supposedly face horrible risks for considering Rosie O’Donnell as its next cable TV hire.
Only in NYTimes world, kids. Only in NYTimes world.
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Is MSNBC still around? I guess I keep missing when it is on.
Rumor has it that Rosie was also auditioning as the replacement for Elvira, but she didn’t make the cut. This is second choice?
Annoying. She’ll have a small number of viewers, but be referred to as the second coming of O’reilly in the MSM. Liberal conspiracy speech won’t melt Hannity and Colmes.
Please oh Please oh Please put her on MSNBC. Give her a great time slot and show clips of it on NBC. Show her to the world with no buffers, no people slowing down her trainwreck…just pure, unadulterated Rosie.
Now THAT would be the best thing to happen for conservatives in a LONG time.
Will Allahpundit will be happy if she gets a show? That is what I would like to know.
Blubbering buffoon, TB’n fool, TV is the perfect home for her, she better hope the writers come back how else would she be able to spew such gems of intellij.
Faux news alert???
The scab I hired has to step out for 45 minutes.
There is pimple on the a$$ of TV-it’s name is Rosie.
Wow. Went trolling to see what the KosKids had to say about this. The comments are not pretty. They don’t seem to like her either!
As for the “gotcha” where GE is concerned, one commenter stated:
yikes!
Soap — AP may just cut his vacation short on this news!
I must have slipped into a parallel universe. The NY Times is actually attempting to analyze the news?
Doesn’t that go against the company’s mission statement?
“The NY Times we make up the news. One liberal article at a time.” Dubbed by yours truly.
Just a minute there is a writers strike going on right now…and MSNBC is going to pay O’Donnell what $$$$ in the middle of a strike? Who is going to write for Rosie’s Show?
That sounds about right for NBCU’S decision making ablilty. They signed Mika, to a contract, after she pulled a stunt about Paris Hilton reporting. I know I called it reporting, I can’t use the other name, terms of use and all that GRIN. The left is digging a hole, have they reached China yet? Will Hillary, be there with a bag of laundry, to greet them?
Let Rosie get off on a Troofer rant or two. I’m sure the government will have to shut her down for outing the most complicated and well-executed false flag operation in the history of the world. She’s just asking questions about what really happened.
RON PAUL REVOLUTION, BABY!
/s/
news writers are not part of the union that walked out, consequently they belong to another union. they can keep on writing.
NYT actually thinks that a liberal is going to be held to ‘fairness doctrine’? Bwahhhaahhahahhahah…
Hey, let the free market decide. If MSNBC can afford both Olbermann and Rosie, then by all means, let their 7 viewers enjoy. I can’t think of the last time I watched the all-but-non-existent channel.
MSNBC is the home of Keith “Little Member” Olbermann. That’s all you need to know. In fact, it would be good if they put all these left wing socialist on one station so I could just block it and not see or hear their anti-American rants. He is the reason I don’t watch football on Sunday nights.
One would think that trotting out left wing loonies might help the ratings. If that is true, then explain why all the liberal media outlets (and that is nearly ALL media outlets) are declining. Only talk radio and the internet are growing in audience.
Fox has nearly put CNN out of business and they did it by being exactly what they claim “Fair & Balanced”. Calling Fox biased is factually dead wrong but when you see the world from so far left, the middle is a long way off.
What I can’t figure out is why these corporations don’t attempt to capitalize on Fox’s success. Incorporate some solid conservative voices & faces then watch the ratings soar. Using a dweeb like Carlson or an irritating personality like Novak as token conservatives isn’t going to attract people. Fox has plenty of liberals for balance but the difference is, the conservatives are articulate not objectionable.
Repeating what has clearly failed in the past hoping for a different result will only end with the same result…..failure
ThatSamIAm,
Did you hear about them going “Green?”
And the big topic of her first show will be how fire can not melt steel. Featuring an all-star panel of stars of tv’s Remmington Steele. And Steely Dan can write her theme song. (Can fire melt your Steely Dan albums?)
Related topic by way of The Talking Heads: Fire cannot hurt a man! Not the Government Man.
#16
He is the reason I don’t watch football on Sunday nights.
Me too. I used to love him on ESPN but now that I know what a sick insane lunatic he is, I can’t watch the Sunday night broadcast until he’s gone.
dankitti, thank you for not lumping my steelers in there…
30 pcs - that’s green as in watching the ocean roll back … and … forth … and … back … and … forth … and … up … and down … well, you get the idea - a sort of “green around the gills”
There is football on Sunday night?
Hillary and her minions are scared to death of Imus coming back. With his listenership on the east coast they think they need some way to try and balance his strong dislike of her. Rosie will have her on any time she calls. It won’t work but, to liberals it’s trying that counts.
I’m not worried. She was fired from the View. Her talk show failed. Her magazine failed.
We can just watch her go down in flames again.
I’ve also wondered. Is the rumor I heard true that she’s the Michelin Man’s stunt double, and she doesn’t need a costume?
I saw this on Fox this morning when getting ready for work. I thought they were joking at first. Their business decision to embrace the lunatic left to include hiring Rosie will be interesting to watch. We have already blocked MSNBC along with CNN on our satellite receiver so this will not make much of change in our life style.
cpodug, glad I missed it.
I’ll give Rosie this: she’s one of the very few, if not the only one on the far left who actually puts her money where her mouth is with the “support the troops, don’t support the war” mantra.
If MsNBC hires Rosie conservatives will continue to ignore the channel so nothing will change.
This will be what happens if Rosie gets a show on MsNBC. The main stream media will play it up as the next great liberal bastion of news. (Think air America) MsNBC will be commanded as brave for putting on such a controversial host. The show will do mild ratings initially then will drop like a stone. Men, conservatives etc will be blamed for it failure and how MsNBC never gave a host like Rosie a real shot. Then it will be the start of the next great liberal hope.
#14 uhangtight,
News writers at MSNBC? huh? BIG GRIN, I thought they got their scripts, from Media Matters. If Rosie is going on MSNBC, and Tucker Carlson is being squeezed out, check ICN insidecablenews about Tucker Carlson. There is no one left on MSNBC that won’t be reading from Media Matter’s uh…propaganda.
Paging Pizarro,paging pizarro!!!!!
MSNBC is no longer relevant and when you are no longer relevent you must go extreme. Rosie is gauranteed early success because people love watching celebs implode or in Rosie’s case explode. She’s looks to be an M&M shy of 350 lbs. Bring on Rosie! Keep Keith “Karma Bites” Olbermann. If they can round up a few more liberal Bush bashers the will be gone by this time next year.
MSNBC shills for the “left”, and FOX News shills for the “right”.
These networks will do ANYTHING for ratings. This would be the worse decision MSNBC ever made if they want to be taken seriously. People like Rosie are simply extreme radicals who crave media attention. She makes democrats and so called liberals look bad, because lazy mined people on the right assume that Rosie spouts mainstream views of the Democratic Party. At this point in her life, Rosie isn’t qualified to do anything requiring any skill(she was good a stand up once, eons ago).
One of the reason I believe Fox News has an extreme right wing bias is because they try to make the “left” look bad, by putting wack jobs on Hannity and B.O.R like The New Black Panther Party Clown, Code Pink, and other radicals. When Hannity had the Westboro Baptist Church clan, the lying piece of trash called them “left wingers” They never have extremists from the “right” on these shows, so the goal is obvious to smear the left by tainting their image with asinine radicals.
Rosie is an asinine radical, and has 0 credibility. If Fox put her own, I’d be making the same claims I make when they put on the fools I mentioned above. If MSNBC wants to give her, her own freaken show, they are essentially “bojangling” and “bamboozeling” their own ideology.
#14uhangtight
This is what I am referring to how can MSNBC go any further left?
http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/11/06/nbc-goes-leftand-tucker-goes-bye-bye/
You obviously have no idea what 350 pounds really looks like.
#24 Marshall Russ,
Oh Imus is coming back 77WABC 3 Dec 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzxK3MKbgY
Let the Fireworks Start!!!
I can’t wait to hear the WHINING start from Kos to Move on to Media Matters to well you get the point.
Rosie on MsNBC, NBC going “green”.
How long before GE pulls the plug on the whole thing?
Ching Chong Rosie ching chang is an chang ching idiot.
I can only imagine the drivel we can look forward to if she were to get hired.
Whatever happened to Betty Rubble?
“Faux News Alert”
Rosie to host new talkshow!
MSNBC spokesperson I.M. Turdburper quoted as saying “it’s a take-off of “Tales from the Crypt” New show to be named “Tales from the Blimp”
Rosie will bring her own crew including,
Wardrobe…Byron the tent maker
Make-up….u.b. plastic compamy
writer…..Harry Truther
side kick…rotating code pinko’s
film at 11:00
I love you Michelle, and the tinfoil hat ref is mostly apt, as the left really does believe in *crazy* conspiracy theories, and you’ll no doubt continue to use the ref frequently. I don’t blame you. But some food for thought. I’ve 3 friends with schizophrenia, they are each struggling. The last was just a cyber friend, we moderated a popular message board together. One day she emails me that the neighbors in her apt building were trying to control her mind with microwaves so she had to sleep in the park last night. I wouldn’t be surprised if she tried on an aluminum foil hat to block the waves. I didn’t hear from her again and had no way to contact her. I hope she got the help she needed. The left in tinfoil hats, funny, kinda. But the people who really wear them — not funny. I’m not asking you to go PC. Just something to keep in mind.
I wish the media would make a pact to not give that woman a minute of publicity. I want the screen to go dark on Rosie forever.
We must let it go…..
I wonder what MSNBC financial statements look like. I wonder if they’re loosing money yet (not to be confused with decreasing viewers. You can lose audience but still make money.)
Anyone out there know what kind of money we’re talking about? Just curious.
P.S. I’d LOVE to see the memo justifying the hiring of Rosie.
Since Rosie appears to be ignorant on most subjects i wonder what she will do - hang upside down in the buff?
ortunately my cable supplier moved MSNBC to a blocked location on my TV - saves a great deal of trouble.
Paul-Cincy #40 said:
The left in tinfoil hats, funny, kinda. But the people who really wear them — not funny.
With respect, P-C, IMHO what you’re asking IS for Michelle to go all PC. p
On November 6th, 2007 at 3:18 pm, gandolphxx said:
Since Rosie appears to be ignorant on most subjects i wonder what she will do - hang upside down in the buff?
eewwww, come on gandolphxx, keep it clean willya?
M - Mostly
S - Silly
N - Nonsense
B - Bashing
C - Common Sense
Or something like that.
Other than being one of the nutcase lefties, what is the attraction (pardon the pun) with O’Donnell?
She isn’t funny, cute, intelligent, pleasant or interesting. She is only good for standing next to Katie Couric and making her look “perky” again.
But now that someone mentioned it, if Olbermann can make it on MSNBC, why not O’Donnell?
Why didn’t she try to get on Err America? She could fill the gap left by Al Franken who was similarly logic and humor challenged……..
No known connection to Rosie but right down her alley, a very excitable caller on Limbaugh this morning was complaining because the “right wing media” had not exposed and publicized the “well known fact” that Cheney and Rice bought “insurance policies” on the World Trade Center six months before 9/11.
I don’t know to whom this was well known. Certainly not me. Anyone else know this well known fact?
On November 6th, 2007 at 3:18 pm, gandolphxx said:
“Since Rosie appears to be ignorant on most subjects i wonder what she will do - hang upside down in the buff?”
EEWwwwwww!!
lol lonewolf, that was Mo! I was in the car and heard part of that. what a wanker he was.. lmao
Lonewolf, the only other time I heard any insurance was bought was by the owner of the WTC, but I dont know if even that is fact.
Buck1:#33
It sounds like you have bought into the liberal mantra that Fox shills for the right. Although I am not happy with Fox because of the Geraldo spitting nonsense,Bill has people on his show that disagree with him from the moderate to the loonie left to the ultra conservative. Sean has Allen. Brit has Juan and Mort and Mara. I don’t see that on the other cable news shows.
Please tell me this is a late April fools joke. Well now that I think of it, this could be a secret Government Plan to get Bin Laden. They seem to like Rosie’s support for them so they might open up to come to the studio for a live shoot……..and a shooting is what we will see.
I was listening to Rush and Mo on the car radio also. Had to leave the car and did not hear how it played out.
lonewolf:#54
Mo is a wacko. Rush let him rant and another caller brought up the point that you have to have insurable interest. In other words you can’t buy an insurance policy on anything you want.
Marshall Russ #52-
Perhaps I didn’t make my point clearly, but O’Reilly and Hannity never have ding bat right wing loons on their shows, but only the ones from the left. They do often have moderate democrats that disagree with them, but they never showcase the right wing zealots like they do the left wing zealots.
Hannity does have Colmes, but it’s Hannity’s show, and Hannity decides the topics and agenda. Geraldo is on his own planet, and the liberals don’t claim him any more than conservatives.
If any of you are bored do a little experiment, and for a month, count how many segments on Fox News show a democratic politician in a positive light. I mean the main topic of the segment. Do the same thing for republican politicians. Also, do the same thing for “negative” impact segments in regards to the politicians from the 2 parties. It’s plain as day. Don’t just focus on Olbermann, B.O.R., and Hannity, but rather all of the shows.
I’m a democrat, and I’ll go on record and say that MSNBC leans to the left. Foxnews most certainly leans to the right. Not a single person w/ a straight face, can tell me that FoxNews, holds democrats in the same regard as they do republicans. It can certainly be entertaining, but it’s not objective journalism.
Even though MSNBC has Pat Buchanan, Tucker Carlson, Joe Scarborough, and the miscellaenous talking heads that pop up to support the moderate to right point of view, I’ll still state without reservation MSNBC leans left. FoxNews leans right,despite the moderate to liberal contributers you mentioned.
#56, Joe Lieberman, Zel Miller. There’s two right off the top.
I don’t get it. A televised, raving, leftist lunatic is one of the best things that could ever happen. It’s not like she’s articulate and can present a good argument - she’s on the short bus debate team. Give her a prime spot and let her self destruct.
#56, Ford is also on Fox a lot.
I remember about 17 or 18 years ago, I was flipping through channels on cable TV while house-sitting for a professor; I caught just a few minutes of a show entitled, “Comedy Spotlight,” featuring one of the most annoying an unfunny [sic] hosts I had ever seen, and I thought to myself how sad it must be to know you have no chance at a career in show-business when you have no discernible talent. Fast forward to 2007… Rosie has had more opportunities laid at her feet and more press coverage than some of the most influential people of our time. How is this possible? For awhile, I chalked it up to the “freak show factor;” that people are drawn to sensationalism. But now I think the MAJORITY of our population is a part of the show, and giving people like Rosie O’Donnell so much face time is just par for the course… another example of how quickly we are spiraling out of control in our values and integrity in this country.
P.S. I still have hope that Conservatism is the real majority here, and that we’ve just been too conservative to cry for entitlements and attention as the media, Hollywood, and the left, in general. If my hope is true, at some point we WILL get back to some sort of “Main Street America” someday, won’t we? At least I can take some comfort in knowing that my TV is rarely on these days, let alone on MSNBC.
On November 6th, 2007 at 3:18 pm, gandolphxx said:
Since Rosie appears to be ignorant on most subjects i wonder what she will do - hang upside down in the buff?
My eyes!!! My eyes!!!
(I just carved them out with a plastic spoon, but the image is forever burned into my brain…)
Seriously, she’ll pull some curiousity ratings for a bit, particularly from loyal Dims looking to boost her ratings. But like Cindy Sheehan, her rants will become tiresome, and the Party will soon lose its use for her and cut bait. At which point Rosie will go back to her original career: as a very un-funny comedienne.
#61, david.
i share the same hopes….
John Ansell: check it out,
Yeah, Harold Ford I agree, but my point holds up.
John Ansell:
…including moderate Harold Ford.
Buck I, I’m an OSU fan myself and don’t mean to disprove your posts. Can you help me and name some of the right wing nuts you’re thinking of?
O.K., are you thinking of Coulter? Bill took her to task for some of her comments.
Hal Turner, Michael Savage, the people who have written to and support Richard Rudolph. As a counterpoint to the New Black Panther Party he could put on some Aryan Nation or KKK leaders to get their thoughts on Obama or the Duke rape case. That’s just a start. They are out there, and some of the right winger nutjobs would make Ann Coulter look like Jane Fonda, but Hannity and B.O.R stray away from them in favor of the “left wing loons”.
Go Buckeyes. I don’t think we’ll get any national respect unless we play and beat LSU. Ohio State D. S. is out there. It’s been a glorious season thus far.
Hey Buck you have to remember that BO has Demo operatives on almost daily. Kirsten Powers is not exactly a Pinko Liberal, other operatives from the democrats are on his show daily as well. Besides MNSBC, you have all the other networks that lean to the liberal side of the democrat party while only one as you say leans to the right. Also the far right wing zealots don’t have the media control like the demos do, and while we are at it what has the KKK been doing lately? Seems like the last 20 years its pretty dead in the water
87% of journalist that work on the major networks admit that they are liberal democrats. It’s not a big leap to conclude that there is a left bias. Editorial shows can tend to follow the leanings of there “stars” that’s one thing but,hard news programs should report the news. B.Goldberg’s book “Bias” is a good book on the subject written by someone with definite inside knowledge.
Can’t we just ignore her? Its not like she hosts any important shows or her opinions matter. If everybody including the blogosphere were to ignore Rosie, she’ll fade faster than Greg Kinnear.
Thank goodness for Michelle and Hot Air who will do the dirty work and keep us up-to-date with her craziness if she ever makes it to MessNBC. I can’t stand to watch her.
I have to admit I might get sucked into watching for the LOLs!
It looks like they are making room for her Rosie’s asking price is pretty high?
I like Tucker Carlson, I hope he goes to a news channel, that actually has viewership.
http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/11/07/tucker-cancelled/
MSNBC’s ratings have already been headed toward the sewer. I guess they just want to stay the course.
I would love to see them put her how head-to-head in the same time slot as The O’Reilly Factor and see her tenure quickly go down in flames.
So, what is MSNBC going to do once the Bush admin are gone? Going to be fun to watch. But I suppose the next republican president and new house and senate members will be enough.
Garyt:
I guess we agree that Fox News leans to the right. I’ll concede the most of the MSM leans to the left. I’d say the KKK and Aryan Nation have about as much relevance and media control as the New Black Panther Party(who seem to get most of their exposure from Fox News). Hal Turner and Michael Savage are pretty relevant and influential.
The whole attack on talk radio is sickening. Who DOESN’T know the democrats are going after it because it’s mostly conservative? Seriously, there are so many liberals out there that need EVERYTHING from the government. Radio is a business, and the left isn’t known for that or for being able to manage budgets–in key cases at least.