Fox News keeps poaching CNN's best talent.

[Bob]

Here's the story at the Huffington Post. Off the top of my head, Fox has poached CNN's best talent, including Lou Dobbs, Gerri Willis, Bill Hemmer, John Roberts, and Glenn Beck. Ed Henry is a great correspondent, too. Good for Fox News.

[Oleg Bach]

Here's the story at the Huffington Post. Off the top of my head, Fox has poached CNN's best talent, including Lou Dobbs, Gerri Willis, Bill Hemmer, John Roberts, and Glenn Beck. Ed Henry is a great correspondent, too. Good for Fox News.

John Roberts was a rock DJ in Toronto at one time.....He got poached early...actually if he stayed in Canada he would have been on Sun Media...now who would want that?

[Topaz]

John Roberts was a rock DJ in Toronto at one time.....He got poached early...actually if he stayed in Canada he would have been on Sun Media...now who would want that?

I also, heard he's engaged to someone at CNN.

[Bob]

I also, heard he's engaged to someone at CNN.

Kyra Phillips.

Is there a reason my image won't display in this post? Am I doing something wrong?

Edited June 24, 2011 by Bob

[Oleg Bach]

I also, heard he's engaged to someone at CNN.

This is like a gossip column...so who is Wolf Blitzer dating?

[Oleg Bach]

Here's the story at the Huffington Post. Off the top of my head, Fox has poached CNN's best talent, including Lou Dobbs, Gerri Willis, Bill Hemmer, John Roberts, and Glenn Beck. Ed Henry is a great correspondent, too. Good for Fox News.

Oh Bob...your blog has a bit about Justin Beiber...this is just a kid from a small town called Stratford...first time I saw him he was about twelve and being interviewed on some Christian show - From what I gather Justin comes from a very calm Christian background...maybe you can find some Muslim kid to pick on instead - You should do your research - apparently you did not know much about this wholesome pop star? Remember that Christianity is a Jewish religion - try to stay slightly loyal please - they are loyal to you.

[Moonlight Graham]

None of those people are anything great. Tell me when they nab Wolf, Fareed Zakaria, Christiane Amanpour, or preemie-looking Anderson Cooper.

CNN is a bit of a joke anyways, and FOX is a complete joke.

[Bob]

None of those people are anything great. Tell me when they nab Wolf, Fareed Zakaria, Christiane Amanpour, or preemie-looking Anderson Cooper.

CNN is a bit of a joke anyways, and FOX is a complete joke.

I think they were all pretty good, and they had some of the best ratings in their respective timeslots. I like Wolf, but I lost respect for Fareed Zakaria after he implied that Hezbollah was being micharacterized as an anti-Semitic terrorist organization. Amanpour left for greener pastures awhile ago. Anderson Cooper is particularly uninteresting, although telegenic.

[dre]

Lou Dobs and Glenn Beck, talent? :lol:

Edited June 25, 2011 by dre

[Bonam]

Kyra Phillips.

Is there a reason my image won't display in this post? Am I doing something wrong?

The image embedding feature is deliberately disabled on these forums for some reason.

[bloodyminded]

Lou Dobs and Glenn Beck, talent? :lol:

Dobbs is not my cup of tea, but that's a "whatever" point.

Glen Beck, however, is fundamentally insane.

And I think Bob is unaware that he spent considerable energy shilling for an old anti-semitic book.

[Bob]

Dobbs is not my cup of tea, but that's a "whatever" point.

Glen Beck, however, is fundamentally insane.

And I think Bob is unaware that he spent considerable energy shilling for an old anti-semitic book.

I liked Lou Dobbs, he was the only guy I saw in the TV media to fairly report on the illegal immigration crisis in the USA. He's intelligent and fair.

Glenn Beck is certainly not the brightest candle on the menorah, and he says a lot of silly things and fancies himself a TV-professor with a chalkboard and big plastic glasses, but he has the right philosophy and I think his heart is in the right place. Beyond that, he is hugely popular and successful.

[bloodyminded]

I liked Lou Dobbs, he was the only guy I saw in the TV media to fairly report on the illegal immigration crisis in the USA. He's intelligent and fair.

Glenn Beck is certainly not the brightest candle on the menorah, and he says a lot of silly things and fancies himself a TV-professor with a chalkboard and big plastic glasses, but he has the right philosophy and I think his heart is in the right place. Beyond that, he is hugely popular and successful.

I will even give Beck the benefit of the doubt, assume he was unaware that the author for whom he was repeatedly shilling was openly anti-semitic and expressed some admiration for the Nazis.

It's a stretch, but I've a generous disposition.

But then it begs the question: just because a book screams unholy terror about the Communist threat--something Beck still shivers about, having learned to ignore important historical events--doesn't mean the book is sound, or even decent. You, personally, are a lot more unforgiving for a heck of a lot less...that's not a criticism of you, but an assessment.

As for his heart...all I can say is that he's rather infamous for throwing tantrums; I mean genuine, screaming tantrums. So, he appears to be something of a douchebag, if I can use the technical term.

And popular and successful doesn't cut it. I recently watched "Bowling for Columbine," and while a "good" movie in the technical sense--Moore is a pretty talented filmmaker--there are, I'm sure you'll agree, all sorts of major issues with what's being said. (Yes, I was already inclined to take issue with Moore, but I don't think I've some right-wing bias that can easily explain away my aversion to him.)

Edited June 26, 2011 by bloodyminded

[Bob]

I will even give Beck the benefit of the doubt, assume he was unaware that the author for whom he was repeatedly shilling was openly anti-semitic and expressed some admiration for the Nazis.

It's a stretch, but I've a generous disposition.

But then it begs the question: just because a book screams unholy terror about the Communist threat--something Beck still shivers about, having learned to ignore important historical events--doesn't mean the book is sound, or even decent. You, personally, are a lot more unforgiving for a heck of a lot less...that's not a criticism of you, but an assessment.

As for his heart...all I can say is that he's rather infamous for throwing tantrums; I mean genuine, screaming tantrums. So, he appears to be something of a douchebag, if I can use the technical term.

And popular and successful doesn't cut it. I recently watched "Bowling for Columbine," and while a "good" movie in the technical sense--Moore is a pretty talented filmmaker--there are, I'm sure you'll agree, all sorts of major issues with what's being said. (Yes, I was already inclined to take issue with Moore, but I don't think I've some right-wing bias that can easily explain away my aversion to him.)

I don't know what book you're talking about with respect to Glenn Beck. I am not a Glenn Beck fan, I do not watch his show regularly or follow him closely. My opinions on issues are not informed by Glenn Beck's lead. What I do like about him is that I have seen him take a staunch pro-Israel position. He also tends to lean towards less government and more freedom, which is an ideological predisposition I agree with.

All I said was that he is incredibly successful, I am not suggesting that his success adds credibility to him in one way or another. This is what I meant by him being talented. In the same vein, Michael Moore is also talented, in that he has been successful and amassed a strong support from his fanbase. Yes, his movies have major shortcomings, but he is a talented filmmaker. His success is a product of his talent, just like Glenn Beck.

[bloodyminded]

I don't know what book you're talking about with respect to Glenn Beck. I am not a Glenn Beck fan, I do not watch his show regularly or follow him closely. My opinions on issues are not informed by Glenn Beck's lead. What I do like about him is that I have seen him take a staunch pro-Israel position. He also tends to lean towards less government and more freedom, which is an ideological predisposition I agree with.

And he likes anti-semites, so long as they adhere to a generally right-wing view.

All I said was that he is incredibly successful, I am not suggesting that his success adds credibility to him in one way or another. This is what I meant by him being talented. In the same vein, Michael Moore is also talented, in that he has been successful and amassed a strong support from his fanbase. Yes, his movies have major shortcomings, but he is a talented filmmaker. His success is a product of his talent, just like Glenn Beck.

Yes, but we're not talking about Robert de Niro and Pink Floyd. We're talking about politicized entertainment predicated solely on polemics.

[Bob]

What's your point, exactly? These are talented news folks who resonate with millions of Americans and command large following, they are highly successful. They are talented.

Since you wouldn't clarify what you're talking about, it seems that "The Red Network: a "who's who" and handbook of radicalism for patriots" is the book Glenn endorsed that you're now characterizing as anti-Semitic. Have you read the book? My intuition tells me you're just parroting mediamatters.org talking points, as if an organization like that cares about anti-Semitism beyond their ability to use to smear a political opponent.

It seems as if the book is open for viewing, feel free to back up your assertion with some references.

Here's the book.

[Bob]

Actually, you can save your time, I'm looking through some of this book, right now. While this author lady certainly seems like no friend of the Jews, she seems more ignorantly anti-Semitic than sincerely anti-Semitic. She seems to be of a particular nationalistic strain that promotes racial separation. Particularly simplistic is the suggestion that anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany was a product of some prominent Jewish figures in the communist movement (not an entirely unfair statement, by the way, in a certain sense). There certainly seems to be some themes in the book that can be perceived as anti-Semitic, but it's not something I really feel like spending time getting into - I seriously don't care.

Anyways, I really don't feel like getting into a defense about a news guy (Glenn Beck) that I don't really give a damn about one way or the other. He stakes out a pro-Israel position, and I appreciate that from him. As I said, he's not the brightest candle on the menorah (he only has a high school education, I think), so don't expect him to really understand and appreciate things in a deep or nuanced manner. Given Beck's simple nature, I don't think he "gets it".

Edited June 27, 2011 by Bob

[bloodyminded]

Actually, you can save your time, I'm looking through some of this book, right now. While this author lady certainly seems like no friend of the Jews, she seems more ignorantly anti-Semitic than sincerely anti-Semitic.

Could be. You've opined elsewhere that ignorant or habitualized anti-semitism is the most common type, and I'd extrapolate that to bigotries generally.

[Bob]

Could be. You've opined elsewhere that ignorant or habitualized anti-semitism is the most common type, and I'd extrapolate that to bigotries generally.

That's my view. More often than not, it's accidental and ignorant, and not particularly malicious. I think it's true of most bigotry, as well.

[bloodyminded]

That's my view. More often than not, it's accidental and ignorant, and not particularly malicious. I think it's true of most bigotry, as well.

I don't think there's any question about it. Even the bona fide "hate groups" tend to indulge in such simplistic theorizing, in thoughtlessness, that members themselves can often change over time, and look back at their old selves with amazement. I knew an ex-Nazi skinhead who, while not shirking responsibility for anything (including a violent assault on a Native man which landed him in prison), told me that ignorance was everything; it was key.

[Yukon Jack]

None of those people are anything great. Tell me when they nab Wolf, Fareed Zakaria, Christiane Amanpour, or preemie-looking Anderson Cooper.

CNN is a bit of a joke anyways, and FOX is a complete joke.

FNC would never sink low enough to covet such nobodies as Fareed Zakaria and Chriatiene Amanpour.

Wolf Blitzer, perhaps.

Talent goes where it is most appreciated by pay and literary freedom.

The leftist, envious also-runs should do well to learn that.

[Shwa]

FNC would never sink low enough to covet such nobodies as Fareed Zakaria and Chriatiene Amanpour.

Wolf Blitzer, perhaps.

Talent goes where it is most appreciated by pay and literary freedom.

Talent goes where corporate profits are most likely to be gained based on business decisions and celebrity.

The leftist, envious also-runs should do well to learn that.

The "leftist" has nothing to do with it.