Sinclair Teams Up with Right Wing Website

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Sinclair Teams Up with Right Wing Website

It's a match made in Heaven... or at least on the Internet.​

Sinclair has made a deal with the right wing website Newsmax to put the later's headlines on their station's website.​

​Broadcasting and Cable writes that it seems like a logical pairing philosophically. On Election Day eve, Sinclair aired a special in key battleground markets that “featured some of the most partisan criticisms of President Barack Obama, and spent relatively little time examining Republican nominee Mitt Romney,” said the popular (and left leaning) TalkingPointsMemo.

More on this perfect match after the Hop   ​

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Thousands Sign Petition Demanding CNN Apology

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Thousands Sign Petition Demanding CNN Apology

​This morning FTVLive called CNN's reporting of the Steubenville rape case the worst we have ever seen. 

It looks like over 40,000 people agree with us. The number is growing fast of the  people have signed a petition calling on CNN to apologize for its coverage of the Steubenville rape trial.

CNN's crew, lead by Reporter Poppy Harlow, talked about how the poor rapists have had their life ruined. by the verdict handed down by the judge. It was almost unbelievable some of the things she was saying about the rapists. 

More plus video of the live report after the Jump   ​

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CNN Adds 3

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CNN Adds 3

You may remember that more than a month ago (Feb 8th to be exact) FTVLive reported that "WJLA Anchor/Reporter Pamela Brown is leaving the DC station and headed to CNN.

She is slated to work on the Jeff Zucker revamped morning show staring Chris Cuomo. No word yet on what Brown's role will be, be we hear she will be working out of CNN's New York Studios."

Well Today CNN put out this press release. See it after the Bounce  

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Jacksonville Reporter Leaves for Eugene

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Sometimes people want to get as far away from FTVLive as possible.

Traffic Reporter Amanda Zitzman works here in FTVLive's backyard at WTLV/WJXX.

But she's leaving J-Ville and taking a news anchor job at KVAL in Eugene, OR. ​

Zitzman has been here in Jax since 2010, starting out doing traffic reports, but she has been doing some news anchoring. She was anchoring the station Saturday morning newscasts and filling in on some other shows. 

But it looks like she wanted to dump traffic and move to news anchoring full time. At KVAL that's what she'll be doing.  ​

She starts next month as the morning and noon anchor. ​

Bienstock Clients Making Moves

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N.S. Bienstock is proud to announce the following job placements:

JIM MURPHY, former Senior Executive Producer of "Good Morning America," has joined CNN as Senior Executive Producer for CNN's morning programming block.

ERIC BOLLING, one of Fox News' "The Five," adds the successful Saturday show "Cashin' In" to his duties.

DON DAHLER has been named a Staff Correspondent for CBS News' New York Bureau.  Don was previously an Anchor/Reporter for WCBS.

ZAIN ASHER joins CNN as a Correspondent from Money magazine.  She was previously a Reporter for CNN's Money magazine.

More moves from Bienstock Clients after the Hop   ​

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EXCLUSIVE: Scripps Stations make Costly Decision

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EXCLUSIVE: Scripps Stations make Costly Decision

​Did Scripps Stations make a very costly decision when they tried to reinvent the Wheel?

Last year, EW Scripps, owner of 19 TV stations made the bold (some say foolish) decision not to renew "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy" in favor of programming it owns and controls, and could possibly syndicate.

The move saved millions of dollars in license fees, but has been disastrous for the ratings of its local news departments, which depended on "Wheel" and "Jeopardy" for lead ins and lead outs. Now we've learned the experiment might be coming to an abrupt end.

Read more after the Jump  ​

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How Local News Saved a Miami Station

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How Local News Saved a Miami Station

​Twenty five years ago, WSVN (Ch. 7 - Miami) Station owner Ed Ansin found himself shut out of network television and scrambling to find a way for his Channel 7 station to hold an audience. He turned to an unlikely product: local news.

At the time, local newscasts were seen as fairly staid — heavy on anchors reading news, and stories on government proceedings. But Ansin’s WSVN had little left to offer after losing its affiliate contract with NBC, then the leader in prime time. Even worse: the station had no hope of jumping ship to ABC or CBS after losing its NBC ties on Jan. 1, 1989.

It had signed on with Fox, but the new player on the national television scene was only offering two hours of prime-time programming a week.

“We had to make some hard decisions,’’ Ansin, 76, said from his wood-paneled office at WSVN’s bay front offices in North Bay Village. “We really had few options.”

More how news saved WSVN after the Bounce   ​

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The Worst Reporting Ever by a Network..... Ever

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The Worst Reporting Ever by a Network..... Ever

Sure....  the days of reporting the story objectively are long over, but this Weekend CNN did something more shocking.

A Steubenville Judge found two Teenage boys guilty of raping a 16 year old girl, plus taking nude pictures of her and posting them to the Internet.​

A horrendous crime for sure. But because the boys were teenagers, they will only spend a year or two in jail. If that was your sister or daughter that was raped, you might feel that the sentence surely didn't fit the crime.

But, watching CNN Reporter Poppy Harlow, you would think that these poor poor boys that just had a little bit of fun raping that girl have had their lives ruined by this stupid girl that got raped.​

Watch the Video and see how NOT to ever cover a rape trail after the Jump  

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MSNBC Host: I Don't Know what I'm Doing

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MSNBC Host: I Don't Know what I'm Doing

​MSNBC has a host of one of their shows that admits "I don't know what I'm doing" when it comes to cable news."

The Cable News Channel that likes to hire just about anyone besides a Journalist, has one host coming clean that he has no clue what he's doing on TV. ​

Lawrence O'Donnell tells Salon that he "desperately" misses show business and that every show he does on MSNBC offends his artistic sensibilities.

After the Hop, more on how his Anchoring on MSNBC is "Tragic" as he calls it.​

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Huntsville Newscast High Jacked

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Huntsville Newscast High Jacked

There is nothing and I mean NOTHING more that we hate than when a newscast is stopped for a wedding proposal.

Why should anyone else give a crap that the news anchor's boyfriend wants to marry her. Propose on your own time...not the viewers.​

A newscast was high jacked again this past weekend in Huntsville. ​

WZDX Weekend anchor Jillian Pavlica was surprised with a ring from her boyfriend Vince.

Her answer and the video after the Jump  ​

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Orlando Reporter Battling Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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Orlando Reporter Battling Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

​WKMG Traffic reporter Jessica Sanchez has announced that she is locked in a battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

“In the nine years I’ve been in Central Florida, the community and the people have become my home, my family, and I’m feeling that more than ever,” Sanchez said. “The thoughts, prayers and support I have received so far have been amazing!  While this is tough news to take, I plan to turn it into an experience from which I can learn, grow and share.”

What the GM of the station has to say after the Hop  ​

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Hasselbeck's Days Are Numbered at The View

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Hasselbeck's Days Are Numbered at The View

When Barbara Walters insisted ​that Elisabeth Hasselbeck was NOT leaving 'The View,' FTVLive questioned if Babs might be trying to pull the wool over our face. 

After rumors swirled that Hasselbeck was being bounced, Walters walked out arm and arm with Hasselbeck onto The View set and said all the rumors weren't true.

FTVLive wrote just moments after that happened "Something about that whole arm and arm thing....it looked like when some Hollywood couple says that aren't splitting up and then months later they do."

After the Jump read how Hasselbeck is Toast and will be out at The View ​

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ABC Staffer Found out he was Indicted from Twitter​

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ABC Staffer Found out he was Indicted from Twitter​

​Friday, FTVLive told you about the ABC Staffer that was indicted for helping Hackers gain entry into the Tribune computer system.

Matthew Keys was working at Tribune owned KTXL in Sacramento, when he was fired from his job.​

After his firing, the Justice Department says Keys gained access to an Anonymous chat room and proceeded to provide the group with passwords to Tribune's computer system.

He found out he was indicted on Twitter, screen shot and more after the skip   ​

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