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The television show Trisha was branded "an appalling example of popular culture" yesterday after the conviction of a teenager for assault during a recording. Anthony Sampson, 19, punched his girlfriend's father in the head after the ITV show - which revels in the sort of personal confrontations pioneered in America by Jerry Springer - revealed DNA tests which showed he was not the father of a baby he thought was his own. Simon Nicholls, who defended Sampson at Norwich magistrates, condemned the daytime show, which is presented by Trisha Goddard. "This young man spent four months believing he was the...

SEATTLE – Sen. Maria Cantwell says tabloid television talk show host Jerry Springer would make a fine senator for Ohio. "I think people will be surprised by his intellect," the Washington state Democrat told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "There's much more to him than his TV show. He's an incredibly smart person." Springer, 59 and once mayor of Cincinnati, filed papers on Monday to run for the U.S. Senate. He will not decide whether to actually run for the Democratic nomination until later this month, said Mike Ford, his political adviser.Cantwell, Washington state's junior senator, was an unpaid volunteer for Springer's...

Keith Olbermann, often described as the thinking man's idiot (or is that the idiot's thinking man?) said on MSNBC a few nights ago: "Jonah Goldberg of National Review said on CNN that you would bring 'slack-jawed yokels, hicks, weirdoes, pervs, and whatnots.' And apart from considering the source there, at what point did we stop letting yokels, hicks, weirdoes, pervs, and whatnots vote? We let Jonah Goldberg vote." Jerry Springer responded, "Well, you make a good point. But that's the elitism. That's the elitism that is part of the problem. Our government right now is very good at protecting the...

Jerry Springer has officially filed to run for U.S. Senate in Ohio. Could the host of the not-so-legendary show, which takes a stage full of defective DNA with IQs that score about as high as your average European soccer match, win the election? Let's stand back – way back – and watch. Despite the official filing, Springer has yet to decide whether or not he'll actually run. With Jerry's current career on television, he earns millions of dollars for being surrounded by all the screaming, yelling, cussing and finger-pointing from a bunch of clueless echo-skulled pinheads and hell-bent-on-destruction white trash....

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jerry Springer, the talk show host who put wife-swappers, strippers and skinheads on the air and then watched the punches fly, will file papers to run for the U.S. Senate as early as Friday, advisers said. Springer, 59, the former Cincinnati mayor, will not decide whether to actually run until later this month, said Mike Ford, his political adviser. The early filing is necessary to avoid getting into legal trouble for raising money without officially declaring a candidacy, Ford said. Springer is airing 30-minute infomercials across the nation to raise money and build support for his possible...

Jerry Springer will officially file for a U.S. Senate run in Ohio, but he hasn’t made up his mind on a campaign just yet. The talk show host and former Cincinnati mayor will file papers for a U.S. Senate campaign as early as Friday. Mike Ford, a political advisor for Springer, says the filing is necessary to avoid any legal problems that might arise from the airing of a 30-minute infomercial. Ford says Springer will still make a final decision on whether to run by the end of the month. The commercial is aimed at increasing Springer’s national fund-raising efforts...

BRADENTON, Fla. -- The episode of the "Jerry Springer Show" is dubbed "Sneaky Sex Affairs," but Bradenton officials say the real sneaking was done by a woman on house arrest who risked going to jail for an opportunity to appear on the raunchy talk show. Barbara Payne, 21, traveled to Chicago in April with her live-in boyfriend and twin sister to be on an episode of the show which airs Friday. On the show, the trio spun a tale that Payne's boyfriend was having an affair with her sister. Payne, who is seven months pregnant, was serving house arrest for...

It probably won't have the drama of, say, discovering your fiancee is also dating your father. But Jerry Springer, the controversial talk show host who has been considering running for Senate from Ohio, is approaching his self-imposed deadline for announcing whether he will seek the Democratic nomination. Last month, he created an exploratory committee, a ove that usually signals an impending campaign. But Springer said he will not formally decideon the race until sometime this month.

I think Springer will make it to the Senate for these reasons: 1) Ventura phenomenon repeat: Brings goofs to the polls that don't normally vote. 2) Name recognition 3) Professional speaker 4) Wealth

Springer starts Senate run June 12 2003 Talk-show host Jerry Springer today moved a step closer toward a US Senate bid, announcing the creation of an exploratory campaign committee in Ohio. The 59-year-old Springer, a registered Democrat and former Cincinnati mayor whose syndicated talk show is produced in Chicago, has been considering a run against Republican Senator George Voinovich in 2004. While an exploratory committee falls short of an official declaration of candidacy, it almost always signals an unofficial start of a campaign. "It's fair to say that we're further down the road than we were six months ago," Springer...

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YOUNGSTOWN — Talk show host Jerry Springer, who is considering a 2004 run for the U.S. Senate, sees himself as the only chance a Democrat has of breaking through the stranglehold Republicans have over Ohio. "Right now, the Democrats can't win in this state," Springer said. "If I can be helpful, I'm running." Springer, a former Cincinnati mayor who hosts one of television's most outrageous shows, talked like a candidate in midstump during an interview Friday with The Vindicator. Springer criticized U.S. Republican Sen. George Voinovich, the war in Iraq and the federal government for failing the middle and lower...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Talk show host Jerry Springer, who has said he might run for the U.S. Senate, scored the Ohio Poll's highest unfavorable rating in 14 years, the poll director said Monday. Springer, a Democrat and former Cincinnati mayor, was found unfavorable by 71 percent of those surveyed. Thirteen percent had a favorable opinion while 14 percent knew little about Springer and 2 percent had not heard of him, the poll found. Springer's unfavorable rating surpassed the 65 percent logged in 2000 by financier Donald Trump, who briefly considered a presidential run that year, poll director Eric Rademacher...

COLUMBUS | State Sen. Eric Fingerhut, D-Shaker Heights, on Monday formally entered the race for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 2004, setting up a possible showdown with talk-show host and former Cincinnati mayor Jerry Springer. The Democratic candidate is expected to contest U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, the former Cleveland mayor and governor who had $2.3 million in his campaign treasury last year. Both Fingerhut and Springer, whose syndicated tabloid-style talk show has featured chair throwing and X-rated squabbles, are expected to be at Hara Arena next Tuesday for the Montgomery County Democratic Party’s Frolic for Fund. It...

You've gotta be kidding me. What producer/executive/news gatekeeper thought it was a good idea to put Jerry "Bootycall" Springer on as a political commentator?? Someone should be fired.This clown shone as bright as a 10watt bulb, informing the audience that the United States was being foolish for keeping weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of enemy states.Jerry must've thought the Fox News Channel audience is the same one that tunes into his banal television show. Think again, Jer. He also joked about taking over Sean Hannity's chair on the show. I doubt it.

<p>“Jerry Springer has sunk to a new low – giving the maximum legal contribution of $10,000 to Senator Robert Torricelli’s joint victory committee. You know, it’s one thing to fill daytime television with what can be most generously referred to as slime; it’s quite another to actually give money to a man as notorious as Robert Torricelli. The Daytime TV Hosts Guild may have some questions for Mr. Springer.</p>

(Tennessee_Bob, MotleyGirl70, Sungirl and I were recent attendees of his show; here is the transcript) The Jerry Springer Show : Episode 627 : "Marriage Meltdown!" [The crowd starts chanting "Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!"] Jerry: Tonight on "The Jerry Springer Show" we have a particularly interesting episode! RedbloodedAmerican is here to finally confess something to a long-time friend, Tennessee_Bob. So everyone, please put your hands together for RedbloodedAmerican! [The crowd whoops and hollers] Jerry: Okay, now RedbloodedAmerican you're here to talk about someone aren't you? RBA: Yes. Jerry: And what is this other person's name? RBA: MotleyGirl70. [The crowd squeals with...

RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING E-MAIL FROM THE MATT SALMON FOR GOVERNOR CAMPAIGN...       This Tuesday, June 4th 2002 at 5-7 p.m. Doors open at 4:00 and voting takes place between 5:00 and 6:45 p.m. The winner will be announced after 6:45 p.m.         Mesa Centennial Hall 201 N. Center Between University and 1st St.Click for a Map         Cost: $10 per ticket which includes a buffet style dinner. Proceeds go to the local Chambers of Commerce. You will be trading your ticket in for a ballot in order to vote. What to Wear:...

<p>SPRING HILL — Residents were tickled pink in the mid-1990s, when then-Spring Hill Police Chief Steve Thomason made his national television debut in one of Saturn's down-home car commercials.</p> <p>Yesterday, they were red-faced with shock and embarrassment after watching his second TV appearance — this time on Jerry Springer's show.</p>

Attackers must have watched Springer, says Bush WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush told college sports champions Tuesday that the Sept. 11 attackers must have gotten an idea of the United States as a weak nation from watching quot;The Jerry Springer Show.quot; The television show, featuring Jerry Springer, is a daily free-for-all sometimes with wild on-stage brawls. According to the show's Web site (http://www.jerryspringer.com), it features topics such as quot;first time fantasies,quot; quot;angry lovers attack,quot; quot;bring on the bisexuals,quot; and quot;scorned lovers fight back.quot; quot;They didn't think we were a nation that could conceivably sacrifice for something greater than our self,...