Libby to be indicted?
I was watching Newsnight a little while ago when Aaron Brown announced that the New York Times was reporting that “Scooter” Libby would be indicted tomorrow. I flipped over to MSNBC and they were already talking about it. I flipped over to FNC and Greta was talking with Beth Holloway Twitty. I waited until the bottom of the hour and Dari Alexander gave a news update but didn’t mention the Times report. So I’m not 100% certain about the order but it appears MSNBC was first, CNN second, and I don’t know when FNC will mention/did mention it.
Did/do you expect Greta to talk about anything other than nancy holloway? She/FNC sure didn’t do much on the rosa parks death the other night. She did a 15 second/one line fox news alert on that news then immediately went back to the nancy holloway soap opera. Why would greta want to interrupt that for news?
Comment by Anonymous — October 27, 2005 @ 11:05 pm
Are you sure you want to be bashing Greta? She’s a RAT just like you. BTW, WTF is Nancy? You little disrespectful RAT.
Comment by Lurker — October 28, 2005 @ 8:39 am
Lurker - You should look to yourself when you start calling people disrespectful.
Comment by sam — October 28, 2005 @ 9:19 am
Yes, MSNBC was first. Tucker Carlson has great exchanges with Joe Scaborough regarding political events, and did so again during this breaking news. They are at the top of their games right now, bantering about White House officials twisting in the wind.
Of course when Joe slips back into ambulance chasing, things spiral downward.
I was stunned that Fox gave so little attention to this breaking news. But I am disenchanted with Greta. Her grab for ratings has diminished her and her show. For Greta to not discuss this breaking news story is stunning. Fox should have intervened.
Comment by Cara — October 28, 2005 @ 9:28 am
Well “Anonymous” is not exactly telling the truth. Greta did report on the death of RP, including a live interview with Rosa Parks’s attorney. After which she went not to Aruba talk but rather to a segment on the bombings in Iraq. So our friend “Anonymous” is not exactly a reliable source.
As for the Leak case and the Times report, they were covered in Greta’s last two segments Thursday night with former special pros Michael Zeldin and one of the Wilson family neighbors.
Comment by johnny dollar — October 28, 2005 @ 9:29 am
How’s it breaking news that someone “might” get indicted? That would be speculation until it actually happens. I was watching MSNBC a little while ago and I think they used the term “likely”. People rip on FNC for speculation, commentary, and opinion. Well, I was watching Wolf Blitzer yesterday and between all the “uh’s”. He was casting out his fishing rod quite often. So, people need to actually watch all the channels like me, to see whats really going on!
Comment by Terance — October 28, 2005 @ 9:46 am
MSNBC has been atrocious in its coverage of this indictment. I love Tucker Carlson, but his sources were totally wrong this week. He first came on Scarborough on Tuesday, I believe, stating that indictments would be handed down, probably, that very night, and that we were to stay tuned to his program to await such announcements. And similar comments were made the next few nights. But nothing!
And Norah O’Donnell just can’t seem to keep her glee a secret! Whenever she’s introduced to speak on the topic, she comes on, with the most brightest smile, with an expression more joyful than I have ever seen! She acts as if someone has just given her hundreds of millions of dollars! She will truly be heartbroken if Rove and/or others is not tarred and feathered and hung out to dry! No media bias?
Comment by Missy — October 28, 2005 @ 9:54 am
Norah always looks like that no matter what she is reporting on.
Comment by bravesfan — October 28, 2005 @ 10:03 am
Missy, you are right about Norah. You said it better than I ever could. She looks as if she is about to slay giants when she talks about the woes of the White House.
Comment by Cara — October 28, 2005 @ 10:10 am
Norah has a bright smile which she uses quite often, regardless of the story.
Comment by Terance — October 28, 2005 @ 10:28 am
Mr. Journalist Aaron Brown had Nancy Grace on his show last night as well as a whole report on the Pam Vitale murder that included Gloria ALlred. t was really something to see, this type of tabloid journalism on Aaron Brown’s show. If you’re going to point fingers, be sure to point them in all directions.
Comment by Cissy — October 28, 2005 @ 11:30 am
hey jd
fnc’s first initial report was a 15 second one liner…6 minutes after cnn covered the NEWS complete with obit package and the bit. Hmm..which can make one wonder IF CNN was where FNC ‘got word’ of park’s death. Greta didn;t quote a source during the 15 second mention, just that fnc has gotten word. Yea, probably by watching CNN!
Comment by Anonymous — October 28, 2005 @ 11:34 am
First reports are usually 15-second one-liners. But you conveniently didn’t bother mentioning that she devoted much more time than that to the story, interviewing Parks’s attorney live on air. Then she turned to another story–not Aruba, as you suggested, but Baghdad bombings. If you’re going to criticize Greta’s program, fine. But at least tell the truth about what aired.
Comment by johnny dollar — October 28, 2005 @ 11:53 am
Aaron Brown did a SECOND segment on the Vitale murder after his Nancy Grace interview, it was stunning.
Comment by Chris — October 28, 2005 @ 12:04 pm
Thanks, Johnny Dollar for getting the facts out there. I’m much more interested in the CNN/Aaron Brown/Nancy Grace/Pam Vitale love fest from last night.
Comment by Staycee — October 28, 2005 @ 12:18 pm
Lets remember that Aaron Brown doesn’t run his program any longer…Klein has given the helms to Anderson Cooper and his EP from 360. Aaron would never have given this much time to a murder case.
Comment by reader — October 28, 2005 @ 2:04 pm
It was all Brown, Cooper was nowhere to be seen.
Comment by Staycee — October 28, 2005 @ 3:01 pm
It’s only NEWS the moment it happened. FNC did a 15 second one liner then by the time they got back to the NEWS, it was HISTORY. I’d rather have NEWS than HISTORY, BUT that’s why I don’t watch FNC.
And really love the difference in coverage today of the libby indictment. How many times will FNC use the adjective ‘devasting’ to how this effects the bush administration. Sounds like FNC is devasted that they have to report about this.
Comment by Anonymous — October 28, 2005 @ 5:08 pm
Funny I haven’t heard “devasting” or “devasted” even once. But then again, they aren’t real words.
Comment by johnny dollar — October 28, 2005 @ 5:27 pm
Anonymous - Fox was the first on cable to report the news today. You have no idea what you are writing…You really are an idiot.
Comment by Steve — October 28, 2005 @ 5:32 pm
It might have been “all Brown” last night, but David Doss, EP for 360 and now NN, was still running the show, not Aaron.
Comment by sam — October 28, 2005 @ 6:50 pm
Was Aaron running the show when the old EP was there?
Comment by Terance — October 28, 2005 @ 6:54 pm
Well, BEFORE this two hour NN with Aaron and Anderson, Aaron was managing editor of NN, which I assume means he was pretty much running his own show.
Comment by sam — October 28, 2005 @ 8:32 pm
dang jd, still hadn’t got that cobb that’s been stuck up your butt out yet have ya?
Comment by John — October 29, 2005 @ 4:08 am