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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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To: Beaten Valve

..and take your safecracker with you.


61 posted on 12/21/2009 12:21:57 PM PST by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: Beaten Valve

Goodbye, so long, you won’t be missed.


62 posted on 12/21/2009 12:23:51 PM PST by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: Beaten Valve

I’d much rather have Lou! Beat it, Geraldo!


63 posted on 12/21/2009 12:23:52 PM PST by Floratina
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Geraldo, don’t let the door hit ya where the Good Lord done split ya!


64 posted on 12/21/2009 12:24:56 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (A Jimmy Carter got us a Ronald Reagan.....a Barack Obama will get us a Sarah Palin)
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To: Beaten Valve
I expect to see Geraldo hawking cheap DVD electronics on the Home Shopping Network if he leaves FOX...
65 posted on 12/21/2009 12:25:57 PM PST by ejonesie22
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To: Beaten Valve

Please let this be so.


66 posted on 12/21/2009 12:26:23 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Beaten Valve

Go ahead and quit Whoraldo you slimy reptilian character.


67 posted on 12/21/2009 12:28:18 PM PST by DarthVader (Liberalism is the politics of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: Beaten Valve

Jerry...Jerry Rivers! Don’t let the doorknob catch ya in the butt.


68 posted on 12/21/2009 12:29:30 PM PST by Dick Bachert (THE 2010 ELECTIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN OUR LIFETIMES! BE THERE!!!)
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To: Beaten Valve

Gosh, this is an easy decision for Fox to make.


69 posted on 12/21/2009 12:30:12 PM PST by rawhide
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To: Beaten Valve

Promises, promises...


70 posted on 12/21/2009 12:30:12 PM PST by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts....)
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To: Beaten Valve

What great news. Dear Fox, please hire Lou Dobbs ASAP!


71 posted on 12/21/2009 12:30:51 PM PST by WashingtonSource
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To: All
Meanwhile,I think on Jerry's next show,he'll delve into the attributes of tolerance and diversity.
72 posted on 12/21/2009 12:31:42 PM PST by 4yearlurker ("Damn the King and double damn him!")
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To: Beaten Valve

Hey, it was nice knowing you Geraldo. Well, not really. Anyways, I heard there’s a slot opening up when Ophrah retires. Maybe you can take that job and go back to daytime TV. Bu-bye


73 posted on 12/21/2009 12:31:44 PM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Beaten Valve

Door
Hit
Split
Y’all know what I’m saying...


74 posted on 12/21/2009 12:32:46 PM PST by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
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To: Beaten Valve

Is there a down side to this?


75 posted on 12/21/2009 12:32:55 PM PST by MortMan (Stubbing one's toes is a valid (if painful) way of locating furniture in the dark.)
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To: Beaten Valve

Sorriest opus I’ve ever seen.


76 posted on 12/21/2009 12:33:58 PM PST by Fast Moving Angel (GOP: Stop listening, start doing -- we need new leaders!)
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To: Beaten Valve

Roger...Hire Lou!


77 posted on 12/21/2009 12:34:03 PM PST by Soul Seeker
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To: Beaten Valve

In the very least they should hire him to do radio. The guy is great.


78 posted on 12/21/2009 12:35:02 PM PST by dila813
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To: Beaten Valve

Poor ole Jerry Rivers. He is a news anchor and I do mean anchor.


79 posted on 12/21/2009 12:35:17 PM PST by hgro (Jerry Riversd)
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To: Beaten Valve

Poor ole Jerry Rivers. He is a news anchor and I do mean anchor.


80 posted on 12/21/2009 12:35:25 PM PST by hgro (Jerry Riversd)
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