More May data…
One of the programs CNN wasn’t highlighting in May was Paula Zahn Now. May was PZN’s lowest month since December 04. Here is a graph that illustrates what the show has been doing in the Demo since that time.
May 31, 2006
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Who digs up these hideous pictures? Regardless of Paula’s ratings, she is a pretty woman and I’m sure someone had to look through millions of pictures to find one this unflattering. This just detracts from any validity of the story.
Comment by Missy — May 31, 2006 @ 4:22 pm
The filename on TVNewser’s site says the picture of Zahn (which he’s used before, as well as others aimed at embarrassing CNN talent) is a “TV Newser original.” This further confirms the kid’s effort to embarrass MSNBC competitors with tactics you’d expect a 12 year-old to use, i.e. picking pictures of people in odd poses. Zahn is a specific target of this kid, since she’s Keith Olbermann’s rival, and a superior journalist. It’s beyond obvious to anyone who’s graduated college, which doesn’t apply to TVNewser.
Comment by benllv — May 31, 2006 @ 6:27 pm
Benllv — For your information, every TVNewser photo, illustration, graph, or chart is uploaded to a folder called /original/. I didn’t name it; my company did. It’s a folder for all the content I publish that isn’t text. I wouldn’t read much into it.
Comment by TVNewser — May 31, 2006 @ 6:36 pm
So where did the graphic come from? Is it an MSNBC press release? If so, that advances the case even further. Also, note the graphic TVNewser posted on May 2, which showed Zahn, Larry King, and Anderson Cooper in embarrassing poses.
Yet unflattering pictures of Keith Olbermann or other MSNBC talent never seem to make it to the site. Hmmmmmmm……
Comment by benllv — May 31, 2006 @ 6:40 pm
Ouch…the numbers appear to say that Olbermann finished FOURTH in the 25-54 demo in May! TVNewser had a specific post pumping up a second place in finish in April, so if there is no post showing he finished last in May, it will again prove what many people think about TVNewser: that he is a pimp for MSNBC and specifically Countdown.
Comment by benllv — May 31, 2006 @ 6:47 pm
Ah, time to expose benllv’s biases again…
His next attack on TVNewser is to imply Brian DELIBERATELY chose an unflattering picture of Paula Zahn for this graph. Oh please! Just because Fox would resort to those kinds of tactics doesn’t mean everyone else in the world would. Not everyone is as low down and dirty as Fox News. Then again, if you’re a Fox News fan, maybe you just assume everyone else would resort to the same dirty tricks they routinely use.
Second, I can’t imagine where anyone but you would get the idea that Airhead Zahn is “a superior journalist” to Keith Olbermann. Keith actually acts as if he has some brains. And THAT is beyond obvious to me—and I graduated FROM college (“graduated college” is substandard English). Boy, that’s low, benllv, picking on Brian because he hasn’t finished his degree yet. What are you going to do when he finishes—make fun of his school? Make fun of him for not having a job? Then, when he gets one, you move on to ridiculing his employer?
And know why “unflattering pictures of Keith Olbermann or other MSNBC talent never seem to make it to the site”? Maybe because it’s not possible to take an unflattering picture of Olbermann, LOL! Then again, I would say not every picture he’s run of Rita Cosby has been so hot.
Of course, what we can count on from all this is that benllv’s Olbermann hatred will ensure milking to the hilt any perceived weakness in Olbermann’s ratings! I expect that for the next three months, benllv will have nothing to say other than that Countdown’s ratings are going into the toilet, and all because of the month of May. Nothing else will count. Oh well!
I laugh at the idea of Brian as a “pimp for MSNBC and specifically Countdown.” LOL, Brian, where’s your crushed velvet hat with the feather? But seriously, pal, you may regret you ever wandered in here to defend yourself. Benllv is obsessed with you and can’t stop using ICN as his “I Hate TVNewser Because They Don’t Hate Keith Olbermann Like I Do” site. Just be forewarned! Look at this one article–benllv has already succeeded in turning the subject from Paula to Keith. That’s how obsessed a person can be with hatred…
Comment by tanne — May 31, 2006 @ 7:48 pm
Benllv — For your information, every TVNewser photo, illustration, graph, or chart is uploaded to a folder called /original/. I didn’t name it; my company did. It’s a folder for all the content I publish that isn’t text. I wouldn’t read much into it.
He’s right. And if he hadn’t said it, I would have…no conspiracy here Bellnv. What is it with you and your TVN obsession?
Comment by Spud — May 31, 2006 @ 8:49 pm
WAKE UP! The graphs with the funny pics and funny titles are coming from FNC PR.
Comment by Tim — May 31, 2006 @ 11:50 pm
Tim, I’ve also seen lousy pictures of Greta on those graphs, and I doubt whether FNC would be doing that to their own talent. I’m not blaming Brian here; I really don’t know who the source is.
And tanne, take a look at what you’ve written!!! benllv is not obsessed w/hatred; many of us perceive that Brian has a bias toward Olbermann. But I certainly don’t spend my every waking moment by obsessing on this hypothesis, and I doubt whether benllv does either. Get a grip!
Comment by Missy — June 1, 2006 @ 12:20 am
Missy, you need not worry. I don’t spend my every waking moment obsessing on any hypotheses about benllv. However, I’m not so sure BENLLV doesn’t spend every waking moment obsessing about Olbermann, Brian and TVNewser!
Comment by tanne — June 1, 2006 @ 7:03 am