Comments on: What’s Hot/What’s Not: Submissions… http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/ Unvarnished News & Opinion on Cable News Sat, 18 May 2013 07:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: icn2 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97688 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:57:35 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97688 Yes, Page Hopkins is missed…

]]> By: missy5537 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97676 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:06:21 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97676 Laura, LOL!

You certainly have a way with words!

]]> By: Laura L http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97674 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:01:46 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97674 Zach Pippin @zachpippin Those girls screaming for Chris Brown are like puppies excited to see Michael Vick

]]> By: missy5537 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97657 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:13:06 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97657 ruh roh: Mistaken identiy. Hopefully none of the newsers did this last night:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/people-who-thought-oprah-died

]]> By: joeremi http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97641 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:10:10 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97641 Harris always talks like that. I’ve learned to knock the volume down a couple notches for Fox Report. I thought everyone did fine last night.

]]> By: missy5537 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97631 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:15:01 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97631 I wrote, earlier, that Harris was screaming (or at least talking very loudly). And she was. But as time went on, she seemed to tone it down a lot (or I got used to her volume). Anyway, she did well.

]]> By: larrykelly http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97629 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:46:25 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97629 I assumed I could take refuge on GPS today and I was right. Syria is murdering people to the tune of a hundred a day, people. Fareed, I take back every bad thing I ever said about you. Even that one.

]]> By: Al http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97624 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:46:01 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97624 ^ I didn’t watch much of it but for the parts of her coverage that I did catch her anchoring was high-quality professional.

]]> By: carolmr http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97621 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:26:53 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97621 What was shrill about Harris Faulkner’s coverage of Whitney’s death? I thought she did a pretty good job.

]]> By: rickyhemeon http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97616 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:33:10 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97616 Page Hopkins anchoring Whitney coverage for msnbc was much better than the competitors. FNC had shrill screaming and Piers looked like he was awakened out of bed. MSNBC needs to get back to doing news and they should use Page. I hope that her FNC past isn’t why they don’t use her more.

]]> By: Al http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97609 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:43:38 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97609 I had forgotten that they practically went wall-to-wall over Natalie Wood only a few weeks ago.

]]> By: Leslie Singletary http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97604 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:59:10 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97604 Hot: Page Hopkins
The former Foxnews anchor broke the news first on MSNBC and went four straight hours with great interviews. We were reminded of her quick thinking on the air and wondering why MSNBC ( or NBC for that matter) hasn’t used her talents more.

]]> By: fritz3 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97592 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:52:08 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97592 You probably right Joe – unless drugs were involved – then it goes legal and we get weeks of Nancy Grace style reporting.

Don’t get me wrong; I think she was a great performer, but there are dozens of female singers, past and present, that were her equal. I don’t expect this kind of coverage with the passing of Aretha Franklin or Celine Dion – unless drugs are involved. It’s the life history, not the talent, that makes this a wall to wall story.

]]> By: joeremi http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97559 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:28:21 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97559 Nobody’s gonna do a week of Whitney. She died the night before the Grammys AT THE GRAMMY PARTY. They’ll ride the story into the tributes at the show, then move on Monday.

]]> By: missy5537 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97555 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:58:30 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97555 Al, I can never count on FNC programing on weekends, EVER!

I was watching JER at 2 p.m. and hoping to watch FNW at 2:30 p.m. ET, but I got called away. No problem; I’ll just watch the reruns at 11 & 11:30.

Well forget that. It’s gonna be Whitney CONSTANTLY for the next week or so.

I was no fan of Michael Jackson, but I definitely got caught up in all of the coverage of his death for the next week or so. But Whitney Houston? Yes, she had a beautiful voice and was truly a superstar, but was anyone surprised? Virtually every story about her in the past several years had to do with her drug issues.

]]> By: Al http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97549 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:02:36 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97549 Have a heart, Joe. With the schedule changes Missy’s going to be all messed up.

]]> By: joeremi http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97548 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:55:23 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97548 If y’all don’t like the coverage, watch a movie. Or a drag race. If they ween’t covering Whitney’s very sad death, we’d be stuck with Stossel, Judge Jeanine, and Lockdown. Get over it.

]]> By: Al http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97545 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:41:25 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97545 If the Twitterverse is to be believed, FNC held off until 8:20-something to break in to Huckabee because it was waiting for its own confirmation.

]]> By: larrykelly http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97542 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:13:56 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97542 Some people just can’t get enough of nothing.

]]> By: Andy Marquis http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97541 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:10:52 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97541 Waiting for the NHRA race to come on ESPN2. The thing I hate about college basketbore is how it takes an entire hour to play the final 2 minutes of a game.

RE: Whitney — I hope it’s not as bad as Michael Jackson. I had to shut off all forms of media and communication for days over that.

]]> By: missy5537 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97540 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:59:58 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97540 fritz, I’m in agreement with you! What’s going on here?

I’m watching FNC right now (1hr. delay, on DVR), and Harris Faulkner is reporting. Or should I say SCREAMING! What’s her problem?

]]> By: Al http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97539 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:56:31 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97539 I don’t think it’s so much hyperbole – she was an iconic personality and, while maybe not “the greatest” singer, she certainly ranked up there with whoever else that might include. I just don’t see the point of the wall-to-wall on supposed “news” channels when what they’re putting on is stuff suitable for E network.

]]> By: fritz3 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97534 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:30:24 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97534 I haven’t heard so much hyperbole since Michael Jackson died. She may have been a pretty good pop singer but the best voice in history – she may not have been the best in the eighties.

The Grammy telecast should be even more unwatchable now with each performer on stage trying to outdo the last in maudlin eulogies.

]]> By: The Fox Fanatic (@theFoxFanatic) http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97533 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:30:03 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97533 Guess it goes without saying, Whitney Houston becomes the “hot” storey of the weekend

]]> By: Andy Marquis http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97532 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:27:22 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97532 @JR: Piers Morgan is as unwatchable as Martin Bashir. I dislike them both for the same reason — they’re pompous asses.

]]> By: joeremi http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97531 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:22:18 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97531 Piers Morgan interviewed Clive Davis last night, is talking to Simon Cowell now. I see no problem with this.

]]> By: Andy Marquis http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97530 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:12:04 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97530 I have officially written off CNN.

]]> By: joeremi http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97529 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:04:12 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97529 Al talk to Page Hopkins on MSNBC, too. They’re not gonna complain about a eulogy on another network. Btw, this is the most airtime Page has ever seen on MSNBC.

]]> By: Andy Marquis http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97528 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:54:57 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97528 Al Sharpton was on CNN NewsRoom talking about the death of Whitney Houston. I wonder how MSNBC will react to that.

]]> By: Al http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/whats-hotwhats-not-submissions-145/#comment-97527 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:34 +0000 http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/?p=17622#comment-97527 ^ I guess they all have. Haven’t heard anything new since the first five minutes, though.

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