Battle Rages Between Fox News and MSNBC

The New York Times ^ | April 3, 2003 | JIM RUTENBERG

[HamiltonJay]

I love Fox, but the do have a credibility issue...they need to cut Rivera loose. He's a laughing stock, why they ever hired him in the first place is beyond me.. sure he'll climb over live ammo, but what good is that if he's telling bald face lies while doing it?

[finnman69]

"MSNBC desperate for ratings, turned its guns on FOX in an attempt to woo over Fox viewers."

[StarFan]

In the car this morning, I heard IMUS state that MSNBC put Whorealdo over the coals last night. Any clue what he's talking about? Whorealdo asked for it by jumping the gun and accusing the 'rats' at NBC of spreading lies. Frankly, I think fox is painting a rosey picture here as all reports I've read stated the MILITARY demanded Rivers leave, not vice-versa.

Good grief as I type this, Whorealdo is reporting live so I guess he's still on their payroll. When will they learn?

[Cultural Jihad]

Shame on MSNBC for playing ratings footsie in a time of war. Their drive-by segment yesterday on Geraldo was scurrilous, especially in light of their whitewashing of Peter Arnett's treasonous actions.

[nutmeg]

In the car this morning, I heard IMUS state that MSNBC put Whorealdo over the coals last night. Any clue what he's talking about? Whorealdo asked for it by jumping the gun and accusing the 'rats' at NBC of spreading lies. Frankly, I think fox is painting a rosey picture here as all reports I've read stated the MILITARY demanded Rivers leave, not vice-versa.

Good grief as I type this, Whorealdo is reporting live so I guess he's still on their payroll. When will they learn?

I'm surprised to still see Whorealdo on FNC. Yes, I think FNC has been sort of 'side-stepping' the whole Geraldo thing. I don't know what's been going on over at MSNBC since I haven't been watching it at all since the "Geraldo incident". I caught a few minutes of CNN a day or two ago, gleefully reporting on Geraldo's faux pas (ecstatic to report on anything negative about the Fox News Channel!).

I e-mailed FNC this morning, suggesting (again) that they dump him. I said I'd like to see less Geraldo (actually NO Geraldo!) and MORE of the British reporter Simon Marks (I don't know if he's a FNC regular or with Sky News). With a talent such as Marks, why do they need a buffoon like Whorealdo?

[nutmeg]

Eye candy... LOL!

[Porterville]

Both are better than CNN... but Fox wins.

[Redcloak]

Judging by the ratings, I'd say that Fox has taken MSNBC's airport.

[Shooter 2.5]

That's pretty good.

That phrase may replace, "You sank my battleship".

[sonofatpatcher2]

"So far as to reports of the FNC-MSNBC Cable News Channel War,
here we have one of MSNBC's Special Correspondents cold calling cable
viewers that if they do not immediately switch their televisions from
the Fox News Channel to MSNBC, she will personaly come to their house
and screw them to death."

[Deb]

It can't help MSNBC's rating that (embedded) reporter, Dr. Bob Arnot, told coalition soldiers to shoot the dog of an Iraqi family he was trying to get to safety. I guess the barking dog was annoying Arnot and causing the chidren to hesitate.

[Kenno]

Never on MSNBC would you have an anchorwoman referring to the French pansies who desecrated the graves as "scumbags," which is exactly the way Kiran Chetry of Fox described them. That about sums up the difference right there. (Kiran really is a Fox!)

[Kenno]

One minute later: S&P Futures, down 450 points.