20070629 MediaBistro Daily TVNewser Feed for Fri Je 29 2007

20070629 MediaBistro Daily TVNewser Feed for Fri Je 29 2007

Friday, Jun 29

MOYERS SAYS FNC "HUFFS & PUFFS," BUT "DOES LITTLE SERIOUS ORIGINAL REPORTING"

Bill Moyers' essay about Rupert Murdoch, airing tonight on PBS, is already on YouTube and The Huffington Post. Here's what Moyers says about FNC: "His worst offense with FOX News is not even its baldly partisan agenda. Far worse is the travesty he's made of its journalism. FOX News huffs and puffs, pontificates and proclaims, but does little serious original reporting. His tabloids sell babes and breasts, gossip and celebrities. Now he's about to bring under...

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MSNBC GOING TO TAPE ON SATURDAY P.M.

MSNBC is pulling the plug on its Saturday afternoon newscasts."The network had originally added the 12-4pm shift with Contessa Brewer back at the end of 2005. The network dropped its Sunday 12-4 newscast due to ratings last December," ICN says.MSNBC Live will now run from 8am to noon. "As we do on Sunday, we will break into the afternoon programming for breaking news," a network rep says......

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NEW ON FOXNEWS.COM: "DOTCOM DAILY"

FOXNews.com is testing a new web video: "Dotcom Daily," hosted by Courtney Friel, the web site's entertainment correspondent.She already hosts the gossip webcast Lips and Ears. Since Monday, she's been reading headlines on the two-minute videos, accessible through AOL Video.Is this a new web product from FNC, similar to the business videos Cheryl Casone hosts for Yahoo?......
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/new_on_foxnewscom_dotcom_daily_62045.asp

DEBATES: MSNBC SPONSORING TWO IN FLORIDA

Several Florida groups are hoping to attract presidential candidates to two debates next January. Today MSNBC signed on as a national broadcast sponsor for the debates, scheduled to take place Jan. 23 and 25. Also, "most of the NBC affiliates in Florida have already committed to broadcast the debates live." NBC special events EP Phil Alongi says "NBC News is pleased to join the Decision 2008: Before You Vote partnership, and we are looking forward...

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Friday, Jun 29

ZUCKER THINKS WE SHOULD "BACK OFF" COURIC & "GIVE HER A BREAK"

Jeff Zucker, Katie Couric's former boss, thinks some of the scrutiny directed toward her has been "unfair and sexist in tone." In a FT.com video interview, Zucker said: "Frankly, I think everybody should just back off, give her a break, and let her do her job, and see how it goes. But I think the amount of attention attended to this has been wholely unfair, and I do think there is a degree of sexism...

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TERROR PLOT FOILED: COVERAGE NOTES

> Look at the message CBS News found on a jihadist Internet forum: "Today I say: Rejoice, by Allah, London shall be bombed." It was posted hours before the scare... > Today's scare "comes just three weeks after what was described as an al Qaeda graduation ceremony of suicide bomb teams to be dispatched to Europe and the United States," ABC's Brian Ross notes... > Good Morning America covered the plot with three correspondents:...

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WATCH: BYSTANDER GRABS INGLE'S MIC ON FNC

A bystander interfered with Laura Ingle's iPhone live shot on FNC this morning, grabbing her microphone and running away before being tackled. Here's the must-see video. Ingle was interviewing Newsweek's Steven Levy, who was holding a coveted iPhone. "I thought it was interesting that the guy tried to grab your microphone and not the iPhone!," Megyn Kelly said......

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/watch_bystander_grabs_ingles_mic_on_fnc_62095.asp

TERROR PLOT FOILED: LAUER'S GOOD TIMING

Nice timing: Matt Lauer was in London to tease Sunday's Diana concert when this morning's bomb scare news broke."Just about three miles from where I'm standing here at Kensington Palace this morning, police diffused or made safe what they're describing as a potentially viable explosive device," Lauer said at the top.Then he spent a couple minutes teasing his Diana coverage before introducing a correspondent's package and interviewing an ITV News political editor... > Update: 10:51am:...
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/nbc/terror_plot_foiled_lauers_good_timing_62093.asp

Friday, Jun 29

TERROR PLOT FOILED: MSNBC IGNORES IT

While CNN and Fox News Channel were in breaking news mode early this morning, broadcasting continuous live coverage of the London bomb scare, MSNBC was acting like nothing had happened. MSNBC's First Look, live at 5am and repeated at 5:30am, barely made mention of the developing story. The top story was yesterday's immigration defeat in Congress. Anchor Joel Connable was finally forced to mention the terror plot once, when tossing to CNBC Europe for a market...

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/terror_plot_foiled_msnbc_ignores_it_62091.asp

TERROR PLOT FOILED: CNN SIMULCASTS INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE, FNC AIRS SKY NEWS

E-mailer coverage notes: > "FNC broke the news with Suzanne Sena giving live updates at 3 a.m., 3:30 a.m., and then interrupting a repeat of Special Report to simulcast a live feed from Sky News from 3:40 a.m. for about 7 minutes," an e-mailer says. > FNC started simulcasting Sky News at 4am, with brief breaks for commercials. The live coverage continued until Fox & Friends started at 6am. > CNN interrupted the 3am replay...

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/top_stories/terror_plot_foiled_cnn_simulcasts_international_coverage_fnc_airs_sky_news_62089.asp

TERROR PLOT FOILED: CNN'S "GOOD FORTUNE" TO HAVE AMANPOUR ON SET

American Morning co-hosts John Roberts and Kiran Chetry were lucky to have Christiane Amanpour on hand this morning -- and they knew it.Amanpour was on set in New York all morning."We woke her up. She has raced into the studio," Roberts said.Before signing off, Chetry added later: "It was certainly good fortune for us."Amanpour's special, "The War Within," will re-air Saturday and Sunday at 8pm.....

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/terror_plot_foiled_cnns_good_fortune_to_have_amanpour_on_set_62087.asp

Watch: Check out the iPhone stunt gone wrong on Today."Steve Jobs is counting on us!," Meredith Vieira joked as she tried to get her phone to work......

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