Once again, I *chortle* at Faux/Fixed/Fox's credibility... On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:27 AM, B Smith <daikaij...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > The interview was over 2 years old and sitting in a can. Since the formerly > scary black man is now on a show that the Faux audience watches they dug it > up to give Palin's lame show a boost. > > The thing that was funny was their bs attempt to disrespect him by calling > him a fledgling actor. Really? So being a working actor for just shy of 20 > years makes you a newbie....right. > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Martin > Baxter <martinbaxt...@...> wrote: > > > > Axe? Mr Worf, there's probably a bonus check in his inbox as I type this. > > And don't be surprised if the Wasilla Wingnut isn't front-and-center when > > the cameras are rolling, probably at Roger Ailes' insistence. I can hear > him > > saying, "She's gotta get her feet wet sometime." > > > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I hope and believe that they will do something so stupid that whoever > is > > > the head of the news division gets the axe. > > > > > > I think they have actual journalists conducting the interviews and > Palin > > > will do intros and wrap ups. She's too stupid to do anything else. > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@... > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> Well, I'm sure LL didn't know it was for a Palin-hosted show. Who > > >> interviewed him at that time? To wrap it up under Palin--someone whose > > >> beliefs and actions I have to believe he probably finds > objectionable--is > > >> problematic at best. The Fox response is typically unprofessional, in > > >> suggesting he doesn't want to inspire other people. > > >> But nothing--nothing--Fox does surprises or disappoints me anymore. > When > > >> they cut Obama's meeting with top Republicans a few weeks ago, they > had no > > >> excuse. It was news, it was live, and they just cut away, because he > was > > >> cleaning the Republicans' clocks. When Fox chairman Roger Ailes was > asked > > >> about it on "This Week", he just joked "we cut away because we're > 'fair and > > >> balanced'". > > >> The rest of the panel, including good friend Barbara Walters, who was > > >> guest hosting, all laughed. I was incensed. He made a joke of a "news" > > >> channel flagrantly ignoring news because of personal bias. And that's > okay? > > >> > > >> Nothing Fox does surprises me anymore... > > >> > > >> > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> > > >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:43:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada > Eastern > > >> Subject: [scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of > Palin > > >> Show > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Fox has cut his segment from the show, but I thought that it was an > > >> interesting story. > > >> > > >> LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show By DAVE > ITZKOFF<http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/author/dave-itzkoff/> > > > >> [image: LL Cool J] > > >> [image: Sarah Palin] > > >> > > >> *Update:* Fox News said< > http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/fox-news-will-cut-ll-cool-j-interview-from-palin-show/>it > would cut an interview with LL Cool J from the debut episode of "Real > > > >> American Stories." > > >> > > >> If the lineup and promotion for the inaugural episode of "Real > American > > >> Stories," a new Fox News Channel series to be hosted by Sarah Palin< > http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/sarah_palin/index.html > >, > > >> caught you by surprise, you're not the only one. On his Twitter > account<http://twitter.com/llcoolj>on Tuesday night, LL > > >> Cool J< > http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/ll_cool_j/index.html > >, > > > >> who was announced as one of the guests for the show, wrote that Fox > was > > >> misrepresenting him. > > >> > > >> "Real American Stories" is scheduled to have its premiere on Fox News > > >> Channel on Thursday night. On its Web site <http://www.foxnews.com/>, > Fox > > > >> News said the show would profile people who have "given back, given > all and > > >> never given up." Among the guests that Fox News is announcing in an > > >> advertisement for the first episode< > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtBY2__J9t0>are the country musician Toby > Keith; John F. Welch Jr., the former chairman > > > >> of General Electric; and LL Cool J, the rapper and star of "NCIS: Los > > >> Angeles." > > >> > > >> But LL Cool J wrote on Twitter< > http://twitter.com/llcoolj/status/11339785126>: > > > >> "Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else & are > > >> misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palins Show. > WOW." > > >> He then re-sent the message nearly two dozen times to various > followers in a > > >> two-hour span. > > >> > > >> Fox News has responded here< > http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/fox-news-will-cut-ll-cool-j-interview-from-palin-show/ > >. > > > >> Representatives for LL Cool J were not immediately available. > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > >> Mahogany at: > > >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > > Mahogany at: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > > > > >
