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On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 9:07 AM Mark Jeffries wrote: > And how can TV's noisiest sports division cover golf? > Badly... > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

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And on the East Coast Kelly was beaten by Fox's U.S. Open golf coverage, which went about five minutes over its 9 p.m. end time. And how can TV's noisiest sports division cover golf? Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 8:24 AM, PGage

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On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 9:24 AM, PGage wrote: "The ratings were similarly sleepy > , > with Kelly’s third outing for NBC drawing just 3.5 million viewers—her > Sunday night show’s

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"The ratings were similarly sleepy , with Kelly’s third outing for NBC drawing just 3.5 million viewers—her Sunday night show’s worst ratings since its debut, trailing a re-run of *60 Minutes* by nearly

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Oh. Tom Brokaw sounds old. Really old. ⁣Not sent from an iPhone.​ On Jun 19, 2017, 11:59 AM, at 11:59 AM, Steve Timko wrote: >I watched it. No commercials on the NBC app, by the way. It wasn't a >home run. No gotcha moment. It wasn't a flop. A lot of Jones being >smarmy.

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I watched it. No commercials on the NBC app, by the way. It wasn't a home run. No gotcha moment. It wasn't a flop. A lot of Jones being smarmy. It was a competent network piece. Given all the bad publicity, probably a mistake. Next week's show has her interviewing a Silicon Valley entrepreneur

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Megyn Kelly and NBC News take the gloves off in Alex Jones interview — and now he's mad http://lat.ms/2sFsPYn LAT says Kelly piece was edited to make it tougher on Jones, and that they added a button with Old Man Brokaw telling everyone how bad Jones is. Variety says Kelly is not a great

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On Sunday, June 18, 2017 at 8:47:31 PM UTC-4, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 6:10 PM, PGage > wrote: > >> *Tom* >> > > Tim will be crushed. > > Hey, I'm just glad somebody agreed with me and I didn't even have to say anything. -- -- TV or Not TV

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On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 6:10 PM, PGage wrote: > *Tom* > Tim will be crushed. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to

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*Tom* On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 3:10 PM PGage wrote: > I agree with all Tim said; would just add that Jones is not in the same > category of anyone mentioned here. Bill O'Reilly is a horrible person who > has done terrible things. Jones is much worse than that, and nothing makes

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I agree with all Tim said; would just add that Jones is not in the same category of anyone mentioned here. Bill O'Reilly is a horrible person who has done terrible things. Jones is much worse than that, and nothing makes him worthy of airtime on NBC news On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 2:10 PM Tom Wolper

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On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > CNN's story about NBC executives pimping Kelly out right away instead of > letting her earn the nation's trust has some good points. > http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/17/media/megyn-kelly-alex- > jones-rollout/index.html >

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CNN's story about NBC executives pimping Kelly out right away instead of letting her earn the nation's trust has some good points. http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/17/media/megyn-kelly-alex-jones-rollout/index.html I have several problems with the Forbes story. No. 1, let her get a couple of shows

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On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:01 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > From The Associated Press. > Connecticut's NBC affiliate says it's not going to air Megyn Kelly's > report on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the radio host who has alleged > the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was

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>From The Associated Press. Connecticut's NBC affiliate says it's not going to air Megyn Kelly's report on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the radio host who has alleged the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax. It says "the wounds are understandably still so raw" in the state. In an

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I am not really seeing this argument very clearly. I don't think NBC/Kelly's problem has to do with anything fundamentally new or different about the internet, and more with dealing with fundamentally sleazy people and systems. Before there was the Internet there was tabloid print media, and the

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This, for my money, is the definitive take on this: that Alex Jones (as much as you detest him) understands how the Internet works when it comes to news, and Megyn Kelly and NBC does not. https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/alex-jones-scoops-megyn-kelly-and-proves-the-media-isnt On Jun 15,

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They need to issue Kelly a license to practice journalism just so they can revoke it. We don't need Fox News anymore. Megan Kelly has brought all her previous employer's baggage to the Peacock On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 1:57 PM PGage wrote: > I feel like I stepped in a pile of

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I feel like I stepped in a pile of dog shit just reading about it. Jones does though shed some light on Kelly, and it is pretty ugly: https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/06/16/what-megyn-kelly-says-leaked-audio-alex-jones/216943 - *After Jones asked if Kelly would bring up his

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On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 8:36 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > Alex Jones releases a copy of the audio online ahead of Sunday's broadcast. > covfefe > > I'm gonna go ahead and

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Alex Jones releases a copy of the audio online ahead of Sunday's broadcast. covfefe On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 6:27 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 6:03 PM,

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On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 6:03 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > >> >> Steve Timko, to Mark J, Tom W, and Kevin, in part, today (13): >>> >>> Megyn Kelly dropped as host of Sandy Hook event. One advertiser pulls >>>

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On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > Steve Timko, to Mark J, Tom W, and Kevin, in part, today (13): >> >> Megyn Kelly dropped as host of Sandy Hook event. One advertiser pulls NBC >> ads. >> >> >>> Mr Bezos' paywall is clamming shut on me... Variety >

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Open the link in an incognito browser in Chrome or a private browser in Firefox. It is a leaky wall. ⁣Not sent from an iPhone.​ On Jun 13, 2017, 11:59 AM, at 11:59 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: > >Steve Timko, to Mark J, Tom W, and Kevin, in part, today (13): >> >> Megyn Kelly

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On Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 2:59:39 PM UTC-4, Bob Jersey wrote: > > > Steve Timko, to Mark J, Tom W, and Kevin, in part, today (13): >> >> Megyn Kelly dropped as host of Sandy Hook event. One advertiser pulls NBC >> ads. >> >> >>> Mr Bezos' paywall is clamming shut on me... > Copy the link

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Steve Timko, to Mark J, Tom W, and Kevin, in part, today (13): > > Megyn Kelly dropped as host of Sandy Hook event. One advertiser pulls NBC > ads. > > >> Mr Bezos' paywall is clamming shut on me... Variety

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Several parents of kids who died at Sandy Hook have expressed outrage on Twitter... mostly they are forwarding along messages by the Jones cult that are... unkind. On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 10:11 AM Steve Timko wrote: > Megyn Kelly dropped as host of Sandy Hook event. One

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Megyn Kelly dropped as host of Sandy Hook event. One advertiser pulls NBC ads. Megyn Kelly dropped as host for Sandy Hook group’s gala over Alex Jones interview http://wapo.st/2rVcyOz ⁣Not sent from an iPhone.​ On Jun 10, 2017, 11:57 PM, at 11:57 PM, Mark Jeffries

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I had not seen Kevin's post about Jones when I sent my last post. A few things: 1. Gross 2. I read that Jones is already emitting his slime about what it was like to be interviewed by her - last Tuesday? If true, not only is this interview not news in terms of its subject matter, but it is not

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I agree about the need to do live interviews on breaking stories, and it will be interesting to see if NBC really calls on Kelly to sit at the big desk during major breaking events. I am prepared to give her a chance (if and when she does anything actually worth sampling). But I confess to seeing

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And Kelly is promoting her next interview: Alex Jones. Thus ending her journalistic integrity before it began On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 11:06 AM Steve Timko wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 6:46 AM, PGage wrote: > >> (SNIP) >> > > >> My problem

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On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 6:46 AM, PGage wrote: > (SNIP) > > My problem is: > > 1. I don't see any evidence that Megyn Kelly has the chops to do these > kinds of thoughtful, long form interviews. I don't understand Steve's > response to my earlier expression of this point; of

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On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 9:46 AM, PGage wrote: > I have no problem with a journalist who interviews both serious news > makers and popular culture figures of note. 60 Minutes has at times done a > very good job with that (you dont have to go back to the 1950s). This list >

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I have no problem with a journalist who interviews both serious news makers and popular culture figures of note. 60 Minutes has at times done a very good job with that (you dont have to go back to the 1950s). This list itself is a testament to the value of giving popular culture serious

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In the case of "Person to Person," the show's creators were the producer and news writer of Murrow's daily radio program (the format of which in 15 minutes minus commercials was 6 to 7 minutes of news summary and five minutes of commentary, pretty much a dead format these days with the rise of

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McCarthy was a senator. HUAC was a House committee. Separate entities. On Jun 10, 2017 9:37 PM, "Tom Wolper" wrote: > On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 8:48 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > >> Ultimately what caused Katie Couric's downfall (and what seems to be >>

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On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 8:48 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > Ultimately what caused Katie Couric's downfall (and what seems to be > happening with Megyn Kelly) is she tried to be the servant of two masters. > You can succeed at fluffy breakfast-chat interviews OR you can succeed

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Ultimately what caused Katie Couric's downfall (and what seems to be happening with Megyn Kelly) is she tried to be the servant of two masters. You can succeed at fluffy breakfast-chat interviews OR you can succeed at hard news... it is nearly impossible to do both (Barbara Walters might be the

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Barbara Walters had a staff who would research and offer suggested questions and topics for her interviews. It wasn't like she came up with those questions on her own. Couric had strength as a live interviewer but i'm not sure that has shown much since she left NBC. I haven't watched her Yahoo

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Her ability to break through to a more mainstream audience is part of her challenge; but I am questioning the decision to position her as a Barbara Walters/Katie Couric figure, highlighting full length interviews with a mix of newsmakers and pop culture figures. I dont know that this is the best

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On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 1:12 AM, Henry Fung wrote: > This all seems like Rock Center redux. > One week's show would be too soon to judge. If the same executives and production team behind Rock Center are involved in this show, their best judgment would lead them to recreate

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This all seems like Rock Center redux. On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > Megyn Kelly got modest ratings. Variety's headline: Even Putin seemed > bored with the Megyn Kelly interview. > > http://thehill.com/homenews/media/336370-nbcs-megyn-kelly- >

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Megyn Kelly got modest ratings. Variety's headline: Even Putin seemed bored with the Megyn Kelly interview. http://thehill.com/homenews/media/336370-nbcs-megyn-kelly-3rd-in-total-viewers-2nd-in-demo-in-sunday-debut On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > On Mon,

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On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 4:54 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > ... They should run a crawl: No Y chromosomes allowed. > Oh... Didi Putin do his interview shirtless? -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the

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I just watched it on the NBC app and I would say the article got it right. With one caveat. I think Kelly did better than the article gave her credit. But it wasn't a home run. I was gonna  watch the whole show, but when I saw Cynthia McFadden tearfully remove her glasses in the drug company

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In the NBC promo linked by Steve Kelly is described as putting Putin in the defensive with her tough questions. The LA Times review today is less impressed - headlined: "Megyn Kelly gets outmaneuvered by Vladimir Putin on her NBC premiere 'Sunday Night'"

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Megyn Kelly's first show includes an interview with Vladimir Putin. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/vladimir-putin-tells-megyn-kelly-u-s-hackers-could-have-n767641 On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 9:06 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > It takes balls to trash your journalistic

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It takes balls to trash your journalistic credibility with your very first network interview. Kelly's got brass ones. On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > No, not the people from the Star Trek series. >

[TV orNotTV] Report: Megyn Kelly's first NBC interview will be the Kardashians

No, not the people from the Star Trek series. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/megyn-kelly-to-reportedly-interview-kardashian-family-for-nbc-debut_us_5903644ee4b02655f83cadd7 -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google