Don Irvine

Rather Blasts Corporate-Owned Media, Praises Occupy Movement

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather has been in and out of the news (mostly out) since his departure from the network after his 2004 smear of former President George W. Bush’s military service blew up in his face.

Sharpton Promo: GOP Have Pie All Over Their Faces

Admittedly, I have never been a big fan of MSNBC’s “Lean Forward” promos featuring their primetime anchors speaking about issues ranging from American greatness to health care reform. But the most recent promo featuring the Rev. Al Sharpton has to be the silliest one yet.

Cavuto Tell Imus to Quit Blaming Viewers for His “Awful” Show

Don Imus and Neil Cavuto had a very long and loud discussion on Friday morning about the inconsistent ratings of Imus in the Morning on Fox Business News (FBN).

Associated Press Reminds Reporters to Not Break the News With a Tweet

The Associated Press, which recently updated its social media guidelines, sent out an email On Wednesday to remind employees just what those guidelines were in light of staff arrests at Zucotti Park on Tuesday.

ABC Fails to Find the “Occupy” Message

ABC News’ Dan Harris tried yesterday to find out what the message of the Occupy Movement was and received a series of different answers, from freedom of speech to bringing attention to the corporate hijacking of our government.

Michael Moore: Obama is Trying to Destroy Occupy Movement

Left wing film maker Michael Moore accused Obama of trying to destroy the Occupy Movement and wondered why he would do this to a “non-violent” protest.

Struggling Newsweek Makes Editorial Changes

Nearly one year after Newsweek and The Daily Beast agreed to merge, the combined company reshuffled its management ranks, signaling that things have not gone as planned.

Cenk Uygur: “I Was Fired Despite Great Ratings” — Record Says Otherwise

Former MSNBC anchor Cenk Uygur, who was fired by the network this past summer, told an audience of bloggers that his ratings were great but that he was fired anyway. The record, however, paints a different picture.

Lefty Tom Hayden Warns Occupy Movement Not to Overstep

In an interview with longtime anti-war activist Tom Hayden, Keith Olbermann asked Hayden whether or not the “Occupy Michele Bachmann” episode wasn’t turning the movement into a farce and diluting its message.

Van Jones: Occupy Movement Has “Matured”

Van Jones, the former Obama Green Jobs Czar, told Keith Olbermann that the Occupy Movement is maturing because they are starting to look at actual issues and actual topics.

CNN to Lay off 50 Staffers; Photojournalists Lose Out to Smartphones, Flip Cams

After a three-year analysis of the company’s work processes CNN began to issue layoff notices yesterday to staffers in Atlanta, New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Miami. The network is eliminating about 50 positions, from photographers to news editors to those employed at the CNN Library in New York, which is closing and being consolidated with one in Atlanta.

NBC Passes on Asking Bill Clinton About Sexual Harassment

With sexual harassment allegations swirling around Herman Cain it would seem only natural to ask former president Bill Clinton, who has some experience in this area, his opinion. That is unless you are NBC or MSNBC and you are planning to interview Clinton about his new book.

Jesse Jackson: Occupy Oakland Violence Due to “Some Provocateurs” With Bricks

In an interview with CNN Newsroom anchor T.J. Homes on Saturday, Jesse Jackson compared the Occupy Movement to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and blamed the violence in Oakland by Occupy Oakland protesters on provocateurs who threw some bricks.

“Nothing Positive Can Come About Unless You Get Rid of America and Everything It Stands For”

The Occupy movement, which is protesting a wide range of perceived wrongs from fat cat Wall Street bankers to social and economic injustice, also is being strongly influenced by communists and socialists, though you wouldn’t know that from reports by the mainstream media.

Michael Moore Calls Reporter “Punk Media” Over Net Worth Question

Leftist filmmaker Michael Moore, who was in Denver last week to promote a new book and to speak to the Occupy Denver protesters, was not as friendly when confronted by a local reporter, Evrod Cassimy, about his net worth and what he was doing to help the supposed 99%.

C-SPAN Spices Up Breaks with Congressional Tweets

C-SPAN has joined the social media revolution by displaying tweets from members of Congress during breaks on some of its broadcasts.

The Associated Press’ New Guidance on “Retweeting” Creates Uproar

The Associated Press clamped down on employees using Twitter with some new guidance on how they can use the social media site when retweeting.

Chris Matthews: “Still Time to Build an Obama Party”

In last night’s editorial on Hardball, host Chris Matthews expressed his frustration with the lack of passion from Obama’s supporters including his own cabinet, and the need to build an Obama party before it’s too late.

Hacker Group “Anonymous” Threatens to Take Down Fox News Website Over OWS Coverage

The hacker group “Anonymous” announced plans to take down the Fox News website on Nov. 5 over its coverage of the Occupy Wall Street Movement.

CNN’s Crowley Explores Biden Rape Claim

CNN’s Candy Crowley quizzed Vice President Joe Biden Sunday about his controversial remarks last week that if the Republicans don’t pass the President’s jobs bill, there will be more rapes and murders.