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Rough Report on CNBC A report from Gawker on CNBC's Martha Stewart verdict coverage: "Amazing. Li'l Hard Hittin' Mike Huckman is out in front of the courtroom (sans fedora) with these two charts listing all the charges. On one side is a column of boxes saying "not guilty" and on the other is a column of boxes saying 'guilty.' So on live TV, he's checking off the boxes, getting it wrong, crossing them out, until like -- all of the boxes are totally full. No one has any fucking clue if she's guilty or not. And the AP and wires are reporting his mistakes, verbatim. They keep cutting back to him, he drops his pen and looks like he just wants to drop dead." 6:22:36 PM
Why is there nothing to link to today? Yawn... 6:19:05 PM
Lou Dobbs' Ranting: "It's about the money" Quoting the Wall Street Journal today: "Lou Dobbs isn't an economist; he's a television performer." "I have to believe that Lou Dobbs is ranting nightly about "cheap overseas labor" as a pure ratings play," columnist Daniel Henninger says. "It's about the money." (Hat tip: Romenesko) 1:19:06 PM
"MSNBC should steal Jon Stewart somehow" At LostRemote, Cory Bergman offers some rants: "MSNBC's "Countdown" is the best newscast on TV, but it's too long. Compress it into a half-hour and we'll have time to watch it." And: "MSNBC should steal Jon Stewart somehow. Or someone like him. Imagine "Countdown" followed by "The Daily Show." MSNBC's primetime fixed." 8:50:49 AM
Laugh Craig Kilborn on the Late Late Show: "Republicans have launched round-the-clock commercials promoting George Bush. Don't we already have this — it's called Fox News." (Via the AP) 8:48:53 AM
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