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Geraldo Threatens to Quit If FOX News Hires Lou Dobbs
TV Newser ^
| Dec. 21, 2009
| Chris Ariens
Posted on 12/21/2009 11:58:45 AM PST by Beaten Valve
Over the weekend, the Daily News reported that Fox News host Geraldo Rivera has told Fox News founder and chairman Roger Ailes he'll quit if Ailes hires Lou Dobbs.
Rivera tells Rush & Molloy, "I never threatened to quit," adding, "The last time I checked, no one here was talking to the a-—." A rep for Ailes concurs, telling the paper he isn't looking to add Dobbs to either FNC or FBN.
And all this reminded us about a situation a few years ago just after Rivera signed a reported 6-year $36m contract with NBC. In August, 1998 Newsweek reported on a riff between Rivera and then NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw. Rivera complained in a TV Guide interview that promos for his CNBC show "Rivera Live" didn't air during "Nightly" because Brokaw banned them. He also seemed to be gunning for Brokaw's job, telling TV Guide he was, "in the running for the center chair at the desk of the wise men."
A day after the quotes leaked, Rivera issued this statement: "Tom Brokaw is a great newsman who does a terrific job and the rivalry between us is grossly overstated." He also explained that his ambition to be "the news anchor for the next millennium" did not extend beyond his role as a CNBC host.
Rivera left NBC after the 9/11 attacks going to work for Fox News as a war correspondent.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2for1; cnn; dopeydems; foxnews; geraldorivera; loudobbs
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This is one threat that I hope Geraldo carries out.
I'm sick of him...
To: Beaten Valve
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posted on
12/21/2009 11:59:32 AM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: Beaten Valve
Oh, PLEASE let Fox hire Lou Dobbs . . .
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:00:00 PM PST
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Tiger isn't out of the woods yet--not by a long shot.)
To: Beaten Valve
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:00:12 PM PST
by
Andyman
(The truth shall make you FReep.)
To: Beaten Valve
BUH BYE WHOREraldo.
To: Beaten Valve
Talk about a Win-Win situation for Fox.
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:01:09 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(Demand Constitutionality)
To: Beaten Valve
Where is the issue, let Capone shill for illegals on another channel.
F Jerry.
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:01:11 PM PST
by
wac3rd
(Felipe Calderon supports the public option.)
To: Beaten Valve
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Geraldo. Your gig at Fox is limited. (You need Fox more than they need you.)
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:01:15 PM PST
by
Mengerian
To: Beaten Valve
Oh, quit Geraldo. Please.
9
posted on
12/21/2009 12:01:36 PM PST
by
hoe_cake
(A member of the Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Constitution.)
To: pissant
Perfect response. Brevity is the soul of wit.
To: Beaten Valve
Yes!!!! Get Lou! Get Lou!
Get rid of Rummaldo! Get rid of Rummaldo! Please no more Al Capone’s vaults!
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:01:39 PM PST
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: Beaten Valve
See ya jerk...oh..and take Shep with ya!
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:01:43 PM PST
by
ladyvet
(WOLVERINES!!!!!)
To: Beaten Valve
Don’t let the door hitya....Whoraldo
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:01:43 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: Beaten Valve
Dear Mr. Jerry Rivers, Buh-bye. Loser.
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:02:07 PM PST
by
JPG
(Al Gore, the several million degree man.)
To: Beaten Valve
Well, now there’s some good news.
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:02:21 PM PST
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: Beaten Valve
Man...that would be fantastic. I’m sick of Geraldo and his shameless self-promotion. He’s a sanctimonious windbag who has no respect for the laws of this country.
To: Beaten Valve
We should be so lucky.
Bye, bye!!
To: Beaten Valve
Two birds with one stone !
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:03:28 PM PST
by
libh8er
To: Beaten Valve
And the downside would be ?
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:04:15 PM PST
by
clamper1797
(Would you hold my hand ... If I saw you in heaven ... to my angel in heaven)
To: Beaten Valve
"Threatens"... or offers?
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posted on
12/21/2009 12:04:15 PM PST
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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