David Gregory Pissed Off about Parking

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David Gregory Pissed Off about Parking

NBC's David Gregory ​thinks he owns the road...or at least the rod in front of his house.

The “Meet the Press” host made a scene Tuesday when he lit into organizers of the D.C. Design House, located near Gregory's house. The broadcaster was distressed that visitors to the show house had parked on a nearby street, some directly in front of his home, preventing easy access by his crew.

“There are a lot of people clogging up our streets,” Gregory told us late Tuesday.

It’s hard to miss the 6-foot-5 journalist under ordinary circumstances — harder yet when he’s waving his arms and complaining loud enough for everyone nearby to hear. This all went down on the front lawn of the show house, witnessed by several designers and guests at a media preview.

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Ladies...How would you have Handled it?

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Ladies...How would you have Handled it?

SEX Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten lived up to his last name while doing and interview on Australian TV. Let's be blunt he was more than an asshole  to the female anchor. 

The punk legend was talking about his band Public Image Ltd who are touring Down Under when Anchor Carrie Bickmore asked about his feelings for Mrs T.

Rotten told the anchor: “Hey, hey missus, shut up, whoever you are, shut up, shut up, shut up. Now listen, when a man is talking do not interrupt.”

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As Luck Would Have it Anchor is Replaced

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It looks like the Luck ran out for one Greensboro Anchor. ​

WFMY Anchor Tanya Rivera has been pushed off the station's main newscasts and replaced by Julie Luck.

Luck, who signed off months ago at WGHP is joining WFMY as the main anchor.

Luck will co-anchor the television station’s 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. broadcasts with Frank Mickens, according to WFMY.

Luck replaces Rivera, who will now focus on the station’s “2 Wants to Know,” program, which is about consumer affairs.

Ouch!​

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Man Gets Jail Time for Aiming Laser at News Chopper

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Man Gets Jail Time for Aiming Laser at News Chopper

We're sure he thought it was funny at the time, but we doubt he's laughing now.​

A Philadelphia man was sentenced Wednesday to three months in jail for aiming a laser beam at a news helicopter last summer, prosecutors said.

Daniel F. Dangler, 30, told initially denied the charge but then confessed to FBI agents he flashed a green beam toward the WTXF Fox29 helicopter on July 18. He said he didn't realize the beam would harm anyone or that it was a crime, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Zane D. Memeger.

He's also looking at a huge fine...that after the hop  ​

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Longtime Buffalo Sports Guy Leaving

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Longtime Buffalo Sports Guy Leaving

WGRZ's Ed Kilgore was doing the sports in Buffalo back when FTVLive was in high school, now he's leaving the station after 40 years.

Kilgore is bolting the Gannett station after the May book to work for a company owned by Buffalo Sabres (NHL) Owner Terry Pegula.

There had been speculation that Kilgore, who relinquished the 11 p.m. sports shift to Adam Benigni more than a year and a half ago, was in his final year at the station and that Benigni would then take over the 6 p.m. shift as well by the end of the year.

Kilgore, 66, surprised Channel 2 WGRZ General Manager Jim Toellner Tuesday by telling him he had gotten an offer from Pegula’s East Management and was going to take it.

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Maddow No. 4 on Out Magazine Power List

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Anderson Cooper might have come out in 2012, but Rachel Maddow still has more power in the gay and lesbian world. ​

Out magazine has their Top Power List for 2013 and while Apple's Tim Cook is still No. 1, MSNBC Rachel Maddow comes in at No. 4 on the list.​

Out writes now king of the mountain at MSNBC, Maddow gave Fox News a run for its money during the 2012 election cycle and was nominated for an Emmy this past December, all while holding on to her loyal viewership and delivering hard-hitting criticism of the political climate. The host has become a staple in the political media by standing up for the marginalized, sticking to her core values, and making a few cocktails, all with that lopsided smirk of hers.

Anderson Cooper comes in at No. 5. ​

Facebook Troll Busted for Harassing KSDK Staffers

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Facebook Troll Busted for Harassing KSDK Staffers

It always gives us a warm feeling when some Internet Troll gets exactly what he deserves.​

Im St. Louis Thomas Duroso has been charged with six counts of misdemeanor harassment by the circuit attorney's office.

Duroso began posting threatening messages on several KSDK employees' Facebook pages in November, according to the circuit attorney's office. There also were obscene and threatening phone calls, authorities said. Victims were listed in court documents by initials: PM, HG, BS, JB and SD.

The situation came to a head on April 2, when authorities allege Duroso "called KSDK repeatedly and threatened that something bad will happen to the KSDK family."

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Anchor Shuffle in Bean Town

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WCVB has promoted JC Monahan to be co-host of "Chronicle" and has hired former rival meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon to take Monahan's place as meteorologist on WCVB's "EyeOpener" morning show.

Monahan, a morning weather reporter for eight years, will start co-hosting "Chronicle" with Anthony Everett in June. Monahan will also continue to make appearances on EyeOpener and take on additional news responsibilities at WCVB, the local ABC affiliate.

Fitzgibbon has forecast the weather for 17 years and spent the last decade as a meteorologist in WFXT Boston, the local Fox affiliate. WCVB President Bill Fine said Fitzgibbon is returning to TV after taking six months off to be with her family. "The timing was incredibly fortunate for NewsCenter 5 and Chronicle, as this is a true perfect match in every way," Fine said.

Boston Business Journal ​

Everyone Loves Hoda (Well Except Kathie Lee)

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Everyone Loves Hoda (Well Except Kathie Lee)

If I was Savannah Guthrie, I might be a bit worried as to what is going on at Today.​

Hoda Kotb is on her third day sitting next to Ann Curry Executioner Matt Lauer and it looks like people love the chemistry ​between Matt and Hoda.

FTVLive has gotten a number of emails about the pairing and they all are positive towards the Hoda/Matt team.​

"Why doesn't ​NBC wake up and realize that Lauer and Hoda is the team they have been looking for?" said one emailer to FTVLive.

You can also turn to Twitter and find that the Matt and Hoda love is well in bloom.

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Social Media Wins Again over Old Media....Again

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Social Media Wins Again over Old Media....Again

Yesterday when some idiot started stabbing people on the Lone Star College campus in Texas, TV stations were scrambling to get to the scene and find out what was going on.​

But if you were on Instagram at the time, you likely saw a picture of the Lone Star Stabber before the TV stations even got to the scene.​

Steven Maida claims to have personally subdued the student responsible for stabbing 15 people at the school posted a photo to his account alleging to show the attacker on the ground with his hands cuffed behind his back.

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NBC News "Big" Story

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NBC News "Big" Story

In case you thought NBC News was just filled with fluff and no hard news, check out this story on NBCnews.com.​

This is some hard news (pun totally intended).​

A new study shows that women prefer ​a man that has a large penis. 

NBC writes that “Penis size does affect attractiveness,” lead author Brian Mautz, a University of Ottawa post-doctoral researcher said in an NBCNews.com interview.

Past research has seemed to indicate that women, as a group, are drawn to larger male members. But those results have been disputed as sexist, or scientifically flawed, or both.

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MSNBC Anchor Doubles Down

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MSNBC Anchor Doubles Down

Yesterday, FTVLive told you that MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry, host of a Sunday morning MSNBC show that bears her name, cut the promo spot to promote her program. 

In the spot Harris-Perry says 'We have never invested as much in public education as we should have,' Harris-Perry says in the ad, 'because we've always had kind of a private notion of children: "Your kid is yours, and totally your responsibility." We haven't had a very collective notion of "these are our children."'

The promo got the right wing up and flying. ​Harris-Perry took heat from both the Beauty and the Beast (Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh). 

Harris-Perry says she has "no intention of apologizing" for her ad.

​He response to the Right after the bounce  

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CNN Throwing it Against the Wall and See if it Sticks Strategy

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CNN Throwing it Against the Wall and See if it Sticks Strategy

It appears that Jeff Zucker's new strategy at CNN is just ​take a show idea and throw it against the wall and see it it sticks.

Last week, CNN unveiled a new show called '(Get to) The Point'...the show never did get to the point and was cancelled 4 days later.​

The Washington Post writes that Zucker, 48, has come into his new job like a man rummaging through the contents of a cluttered attic. He has hired, fired and reshuffled anchors and hosts (out: Soledad O’Brien,Ali Velshi), added new producers and pared CNN’s long list of talking heads (out: Mary Matalin, James Carville, Roland Martin, Bill Bennett). He has whipped a sports show onto the weekend schedule and added a newsy weekday afternoon program, hosted by ABC News defector Jake Tapper.

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