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  • Fox News Ratings Plunge After Hiring Non-Blonde Anchor With No Cleavage

    03/22/2023 1:36:57 PM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 78 replies
    NEW YORK, NY — The reign of cable news giant Fox News may have come to an end after top brass made a possibly-disastrous hiring decision, causing ratings for the nation's most popular news channel to plummet with the hiring of a non-blonde anchor with no cleavage.
  • NFL boss Roger Goodell says all players should stand for the national anthem

    10/10/2017 3:23:40 PM PDT · by Hojczyk · 91 replies
    The Guardian ^ | October 10,2017 | Sabrina Siddiqui and David Smith in Washington
    NFL boss Roger Goodell says all players should stand for the national anthem In a letter to the league’s 32 teams concerning players’ protests against police brutality, Goodell urged them to ‘move past this controversy’ and ‘honor our flag’ All NFL players should stand during the national anthem, the football league’s boss, Roger Goodell, said on Tuesday, as the controversy over protests against police brutality by players and their dispute with Donald Trump rumbled on. In a letter to the NFL’s 32 teams, Goodell said a plan was under way to “move past” the debacle. “Like many of our fans,...
  • PBS Under Threat From Competition

    06/18/2002 8:25:37 AM PDT · by Carolina · 75 replies · 182+ views
    FOX News ^ | Tuesday, June 18, 2002 | By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
    <p>WASHINGTON — Watching the network's ratings plunge to its lowest levels ever, Public Broadcasting Service executives are privately raising concerns that their future may be in jeopardy, a situation that the government-funded television network's critics don't mind.</p> <p>Alarm bells first rang in February when PBS President Pat Mitchell told local affiliates: "We are dangerously close in our overall primetime number to falling below the relevance quotient. And if that happens, we will surely fall below any arguable need for government support, not to mention corporate or individual support."</p>