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Gatekeeper
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United States of America
Feb 2000
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Everyone:
I came across this little tidbit not too long ago, and thought I'd post it for your perusal. Read the article and contribute to this thread as you see fit afterwards.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative CNN commentator Tucker Carlson's snide humor backfired on him — and his wife. While defending telemarketers during a segment on "Crossfire'' last week, the bow-tied co-host was asked for his home phone number. Carlson gave out a number, but it was for the Washington bureau of Fox News, CNN's bitter rival.
The bureau was deluged with calls. To get back at him, Fox posted Carlson's unlisted home number on its Web site. After his wife was inundated with obscene calls, Carlson went to the Fox News bureau to complain. He was told the number would be taken off the Web site if he apologized on the air. He did, but that didn't end the anger.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Carlson called Fox News "a mean, sick group of people.''
Fox spokeswoman Irena Briganti said Carlson got what he deserved. "CNN threw the first punch here. Correcting this mistake was good journalism.'' |
FOX just doesn't get it, do they? The appropriate, professional response would have been to list the phone number for CNN's Washington bureau on their Web site. But, oh no, the dumbsh*ts post Carlson's unlisted home phone number and the dittoheads don't just make unwanted phone calls, they make *obscene* phone calls.
You know what's even stupider? Carlson is basically the kind of guy who would make a comfortable fit to FOX's "infotainment" line-up. They just burned a bridge there, IMO.
"Good journalism," FOX? Well, take this from a real journalist: GO TO HELL.
Gatekeeper
P.S. Yeah, it's nothing major in the long run, I know, but it's yet another little symptom that something isn't right with the minds of the folks at FOX. And before someone throws the old "Well, they're tops in ratings!" argument out, let me say that popularity doesn't necessarily equate to quality. Reality TV, anyone?
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Gatekeeper
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United States of America
Feb 2000
time: 23:31
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Originally posted by Japher
Who ever thought that media was childish?
Oh, yeah, everyone!!! |
Yeah, it's pretty hard to avoid some rotten apples when the media is defined as anything from a fringe newsletter to mom-and-pop operations to media conglomerates to Web sites to magazines to newspapers to ... well, the list goes on and on.
You'd think FOX, though, as one of the "heavyweights" out there, would be just a tad bit more responsible, especially with matters as simple as the article outlined. I mean, c'mon, post CNN's phone number for *their* Washington bureau, not somebody's unlisted home phone number.
Really, you (generally speaking) don't need more than a few brain cells to understand that.
Gatekeeper
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Jack_www
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Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Everyone:
I came across this little tidbit not too long ago, and thought I'd post it for your perusal. Read the article and contribute to this thread as you see fit afterwards.
FOX just doesn't get it, do they? The appropriate, professional response would have been to list the phone number for CNN's Washington bureau on their Web site. But, oh no, the dumbsh*ts post Carlson's unlisted home phone number and the dittoheads don't just make unwanted phone calls, they make *obscene* phone calls.
You know what's even stupider? Carlson is basically the kind of guy who would make a comfortable fit to FOX's "infotainment" line-up. They just burned a bridge there, IMO.
"Good journalism," FOX? Well, take this from a real journalist: GO TO HELL.
Gatekeeper
P.S. Yeah, it's nothing major in the long run, I know, but it's yet another little symptom that something isn't right with the minds of the folks at FOX. And before someone throws the old "Well, they're tops in ratings!" argument out, let me say that popularity doesn't necessarily equate to quality. Reality TV, anyone? |
I find this funny. 
Do you think CNN would have done the same? Who knows.
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