While we maybe just moments away from world history with Egyptian military on the verge of government takeover and the ousting President Mohamed Morsi... what are the cable nets doing?
They are covering the George Zimmerman trial.
Maybe I'm looking forward to Al Jazeera America after all.
Shame on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC.
STV Reporter Harry Smith had the plum assignment of going live from Wimbledon.
He was about to go live and report court side on when the sprinklers turned on.
He and his Photographer did not have time to move the camera since they were expected to be live in a few seconds.
Smith delivered the live report while getting drenched by the sprinklers. His Photog had to wipe down the lens during the live hit, but you have to give them both an "A' for their effort.
The funny video after the jump.
Read MoreTwo days ago FTVLive told you that KSNV Reporter Kristyn Caddell joined the Vegas station four months ago, now she's out of a job.
Caddell is best known for her alleged romantic relationship with NBC’s “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen.
Now Caddell is talking about her affair with Hansen and hos she feels he ruined her promising TV career.
In an “open letter” she wrote for the National Enquirer, Caddell blasts her former illicit lover as a cad who not only lied to his wife but to her as well. She also blames him for ruining her once promising career.
More after the jump.
Read MoreFTVLive FIRST told you yesterday that according to sources WHP in Harrisburg has parted ways with News Director Dave Baer.
Baer had only been station a couple of months. Last week Baer was arrested in a Prostitution sting along with a couple of hookers.
WHP GM Arthur Hasson has remained mum on the story and will not even confirm if Baer was busted by cops.
And while a station that runs a news department, won't talk to the media, it does appear that Baer has been bounced.
On the WHP website, there is a "contact us" page that yesterday morning had a listing under staff that looked like this:
Late yesterday, the "contact us" page had a change and Baer's name was gone as News Director and it was replaced by Stacey Hanrahan as the "Acting News Director."
Sources also tell FTVLive that Baer has left the station.
WHP has yet to make any announcement.
People that work in TV news have seen it countless times...the spots guy goes on the air wearing a coat and tie, but has shorts on under the desk.
It's all about what the viewer sees that counts.
Over at KTNV in Las Vegas, one staff was caught on camera walking around behind the anchor in a shirt and tie, but also wearing shorts and sandals.
This is not exactly the look you want the viewers to see.
In fact one viewer shot video and uploaded it to YouTube. You can hear the guy snickering while watching the newscast.
We're guessing KTNV might want to issue a dress code memo ASAP.
The video after the hop.
Read MoreBack on March 25th, FTVLive wrote that MSNBC Boss Phil Griffin is either, Very confident, very optimistic , or he's smoking crack.
The story was about an article in The New Republic in which Griffin felt MSNBC is hitting it's stride and will soon be running right past Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and the rest of the gang at Fox News.
Griffin predicted that MSNBC would pass Fox News in the next year.
So, how is the quest for the cable net to make it to the top of the ratings chart?
In latest ratings MSNBC delivered its worst quarterly primetime showing among total viewers and adults 25-54 since 2007.
Ouch!
MSNBC has now been passed by CNN.
Double ouch!
MSNBC's primetime in total viewers (576,000) and the demos (191,000) were at lows not seen since the 2007.
Does someone smell smoke? Smells like a crack pipe?
Former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine is dropping his defamation lawsuit against ESPN.
Fine was suing the sports network for defamation stemming from a story they aired. The story reported the claims by two former ball boys that Fine had molested them more than two decades ago. Fine was fired in November 2011, days after the broadcasts.
Fine, who was investigated by federal prosecutors, was never charged and has maintained his innocence.
ESPN says that their was no settlement in the case what-so-ever.
Statements from ESPN and Fine's Lawyer after the leap.
Read MoreWWL Morning News anchor Melanie Hebert told viewers in a Facebook post that she is leaving the station.
She wrote: I thought it would be much harder to write this post, but it is with great relief right now that I am sharing my big news with you. For a while I have considered moving to Baton Rouge where my husband works. I have had a very good job at WWL and he has had a very good job in Baton Rouge, so we have tried to keep both jobs with demanding (and opposite) schedules while raising a baby. Waking up at 2 am for work is never easy, but added to our other challenges frankly it just seems crazy, and we’ve been doing it for too long. We have so many blessings we should be able to enjoy each day but the truth is we have been spread too thin, and I have been struggling with this decision for a long time. My bosses at WWL understand and support my decision, and I am grateful they have given me the opportunities I’ve had here. But it is with bittersweet feelings I'm letting you know that I'm resigning and moving to Baton Rouge. My last day at WWL will be Tuesday, July 23.
Remember back to your first internship at a TV station. You were paid nothing, worked long hours and if you were lucky, you got to carry the tripod.
Ahhhh... the good old days.
Now, it seems Interns don't want to do anything and they defiantly want to get paid for it.
The website Gawker and their network of blogs have been sued by unpaid interns who allege the online publisher violated minimum-wage law.
In the case, filed yesterday in Manhattan federal court, three former interns said they each spent at least 15 hours a week working on blogs affiliated with the New York media company and were “not paid a single cent.”
“Gawker employs numerous other ‘interns’ in the same way, paying them nothing or underpaying them and utilizing their services to publish its content on the Internet, an enterprise that generates significant amounts of revenue for Gawker,” the plaintiffs said in the complaint, which was filed on behalf of all of the company’s unpaid interns.
The lawsuit, which also names company founder Nick Denton as a defendant, seeks unpaid wages and overtime. Representatives for Gawker didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Lucky for us here at FTVLive, we pay our interns $75 dollars and hour and give them a company car.
H/T Bloomberg
It looks like Dave Baer is out as News Director at WHP in Harrisburg.
FTVLive was the FIRST to tell you that Baer had been arrested by police last week in a prostitution sting.
Baer was busted along with two prostitutes last Thursday, he was charged with soliciting.
WHP has not commented on Baer's arrest and they have yet to release a statement. But, sources tell FTVLive that Baer has been let go from the station and a posting on the station's website seems to confirm that information.
On WHP's contact page, Baer was listed as the News Director, but his name has been removed and replaced with an Acting News Director.
It appears that Stacey Hanrahan is now running the WHP News Department.
So far WHP GM Arthur Hasson has refused to address the story of the arrest of Baer.
Stay tuned....
Back on May 3rd, FTVLive told you that WWAY News Director Scott Pickey had agreed to take a defensive driving class before his next court hearing in July in an attempt to end the saga of his brief arrest during the Martin Luther King Parade.
Well, he did that and now the case is closed.
Today, Pickey pleaded guilty to failure to obey an officer.
The charge stems from his arrest in January during Wilmington's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade when Pickey drove a WWAY news vehicle from the station's parking lot despite orders by police not to leave the lot during the parade.
In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to drop a reckless driving charge against Pickey, who also had to complete driving school as part of the agreement and pay a $50 fine plus $190 court costs.
"I would like to thank Ben David and his DA's office for working with me to solve this issue. I think we all learned valuable lessons," Pickey said.
H/T WWAY
Megyn Kelly will move to FOX News Channel’s primetime lineup upon her return from maternity leave, announced Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO, FOX News. Additionally, the network has signed long-term deals with Bret Baier, Shepard Smith, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren. A new schedule will be announced at a later date.
In making the announcement, Ailes said, “Megyn is an exceptional talent who has successfully filled and surpassed each role we have given her at the network. Her ability to command the screen, delve into the facts and lead a debate is what makes her one of the most sought-after anchors in the business.”
Kelly added, “Roger Ailes hired me nine years ago when I was new to this business and he had little other than instinct to suggest it might work out. I was grateful to him then, remain so today, and am excited for this next opportunity.”
Since February 2010, Kelly has anchored the network’s daytime news program, America Live (1-3PM ET), while appearing in a weekly primetime segment on The O’Reilly Factor entitled The Kelly File.
Katie Couric's talk show 'Katie' may have replaced some soap operas on some stations, but behind the scenes this show might be the biggest soap opera of all.
Yesterday, the Katie show announced that they would be doing new episodes throughout July to try and bring in viewers.
But, now word is that the queen bee herself is not happy with the direction of the show.
The NY Daily News reports that Couric feels the show is taking a turn in the wrong direction.
The paper reports that daytime show will be “gossip-centric” in its second season, since a behind-the-scenes shakeup replaced executive producer Michael Morrison with “The Tyra Banks Show” executive producer Rachel Miskowiec.
Couric, who is also a co-executive producer on the show, is upset at being “dumbed down,” a source says, and was set on calling it quits after season one. Then Miskowiec arrived and promised a nice middle ground of hard-hitting news and softer fare — but count on it being more on the light side, says the Daily News.
“If there is one thing Katie hates more than being called ‘perky,’ it's being called ‘tabloid,’ ” a source says. “She thinks of herself as a serious journalist, covering stories that make a difference. She’s fighting this.”
Couric has made it clear she wants to be taken seriously at work, and at the studio she has even made fun of our culture’s obsession with celebrity.
Tune in next week for another edition of As The Katie Show Turns.
You can stick a fork in WTXF Fox 29 Philly Reporter Claudia Gomez...she says she's done.
Gomez broke the news via a Twitter that she would not be renewing her contract with the station.
According to her tweets and sources close to the station, the decision to leave was completely Gomez's, and not the station's.
A rep for the station confirmed that Friday was Gomez's last day.
Gomez has been at the Fox O&O since 2001.
When you're sick of just blabbing during a live shot, you can always just stop talking and play the air guitar. That's what NY1's Roger Clark did this morning on the newscast.
Yesterday was a big news day across the world. But, you never would have known that watching the cable networks.
Out in Arizona, 19 firefighters died trying to stop a wildfire that turn on them and killed them.
Edward Snowden is still trying to find a Country he can hide in.
Nelson Mandala is on his death bed.
President Obama has made the trek to Africa.
And protests in Egypt have turned deadly.
But, the story that the cable nets are focused on is happening in a courtroom in central Florida.
As trials go on in courtrooms around the country, cable news chooses to focus only on the George Zimmerman trail.
Why is this happening? Find out after the jump.
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