Professor Cornel West was speaking to a group at Miami Dade College when he decided take a few well deserved shots at MSNBC's Al Sharpton.
West says that Sharpton's seeking the limelight is suppressing authentic young voices in the black community. “Get out of the way of the camera and let the young folks speak,” he said.
Let's go to the video:
Remind me not to have Katie Couric cook my Thanksgiving Dinner:
WBND in South Bend preformed a miracle during their newscast.
Well....not really, but don't tell that to the Promotions Department:
A campaign-finance investigation is moving forward against former KTVA (Alaska) Reporter Charlo Greene.
Greene quit her job on air with the words "Fuck it...I Quit" to work toward legalizing marijuana.
The Alaska Public Offices Commission wants to know whether Greene used crowdsourcing funds to advocate for a ballot initiative to legalize recreational pot use. Greene challenged the commission's request for documents.
This week, the commission rejected her objection to a subpoena, giving the agency the authority to continue the investigation to determine whether money that was spent would trigger reporting requirements.
Greene, whose legal name is Charlene Egbe, said the order should be worrisome to those who take a stand on any issue. "If you publish your personal stance on any issue, then this government agency believes they have the authority to ask for emails, bank-account information, all of your records," she said. "That's scary."
The commission is unfairly targeting her, she added.
The commission notes that she hasn't been found in violation of the law. "But without a reasonable investigation, no determination can be reached," the commission wrote in a three-page order.
Damn....can't everyone just light up a blunt and mellow out?
H/T AP
The November book was the same old story in Chicago.
WLS continues to be the Windy City blowtorch.
The station's 10 p.m. news pulled a 9.3 rating Monday through Friday, which is up about a half point.
WMAQ maintained its second-place standing in the November ratings book with a 6.6 rating, up 0.7 rating point year over year.
Coming in third overall in the November sweeps book was Tribune Media Co.'s WGN which pulled a 4.7, up 0.5 rating point year over year.
But CBS-owned WBBM continues to struggle. In November, the station's 10 p.m. news report was fourth overall in the market among the five major local stations with late newscasts, and third among the three stations that air their late news at 10 p.m. Channel 2's 10 p.m. newscast notched a 4.2 rating, down from a 4.6 a year ago.
Then there's Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32. What else is there to say? The station's hour-long 9 p.m. news report has been the bottom-feeder in the market for years, and nothing seems to be about to change in that regard. The station's late news scored a lowly 1.7 rating in November, flat year over year.
WFTV scored the most victories in the November ratings period, but the competition claimed a few big wins.
The Orlando Sentinel writes that in the 25-to-54 age group, which is most important to news advertisers, WESH surpassed WFTV at 4 p.m. and ran a strong second in other time slots. was the leader for the 10 p.m. hour and its "Good Day Orlando" topped nationally syndicated programs at 9 a.m. CBS affiliate offered the most-watched prime time overall, although ABC affiliate WFTV reached more 25-to-54 viewers.
The November period ended Wednesday, and WFTV reaffirmed its status as the market leader for newscasts in early morning, at noon, in early evening and in late night. The station highlighted that it reached 41 percent of news viewers in the 25-to-54 age group to WESH's 30 percent, WKMG's 19 percent and WOFL's 9 percent. (The Orlando Sentinel has a content-sharing agreement with Fox-owned WOFL.)
At 6 p.m. weekdays in the age group, WFTV averaged 32,990 viewers to WESH's 29,518, WKMG's 13,038 and WOFL's 7,935.
But WESH stressed that it was No. 1 in key female demographics at 6 p.m. as well as from 5 to 6 p.m.
At 11 p.m. in the age group, WFTV averaged 32,932 viewers to WESH's 25,150 and WKMG's 20,557.
Gannett owned WGRZ in Buffalo beat the competition in their wall to wall snow coverage and that lead to a ratings win in the November book.
A year ago, Channel 2’s morning news “Daybreak” was in a statistical tie with WIVB's “Wake Up” at 6 a.m. This November, WGRZ (7.3) is dominating. WIVB (5.0) actually is closer to third place WKBW (2.9) than it is to first place WGRZ.
From 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., WGRZ was the winner in a walk.
WIVB squeaks out a win at 11PM over WGRZ but the race has tightened considerably.
News ratings were much higher across the board thanks to a snowstorm that dumped as much as 8 feet across parts of the area.
Newly owned Scripps station WKBW was still dead last in the ratings, but the station did show improvement in their numbers.
It will take the station quite some time to dig out of the very deep hole that they were put in by Granite, the previous owner that cratered the station.
H/T Buffalo News
What are you thankful for?
It was a question that was going around on Twitter on Thanksgiving Day and also made it's way onto TV newscasts and the newspaper.
The most honest answer goes to 8 year old Isabella Jerhigan:
While the networks were giving you the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, it brings us back to 1997, the day Barney the Dinosaur died.
Here is video of Barney dying right on the streets of New York.
Don't tell Al Sharpton, but the video clearly shows that Barney had at least one hand up when he died.
Let's go to the video (it starts getting good about 1:45 in):
We would love to see which station is bold enough to just re-rack their Thanksgiving Day newscast from last year and just run it again this year.
It will be the exact same as it is every year.
Despite the fact that people are feeding the homeless everyday of the year, this is the only day that it makes it into the first block of the newscast (OK? Maybe Christmas Day as well).
So, you will see the feeding the homeless story.
Look for a quick piece on a couple of stranded or late travelers that, "hope to make it in time for some turkey".
The new wrinkle this year will be a piece from Ferguson and what is happening in this "divided town" on this Thanksgiving Day.
Throw to the Reporter who will do the story about people that have to work on Thanksgiving. Of course, this will include a joke about the TV people having to work on T-Day as well.
Don't forget the shoppers "that couldn't wait for Black Friday."
A VO from the Macy's Day Parade, a look at our cold weather and a couple of NFL games in sports.
Newscast over and out.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!
Thanks for reading FTVLive!
Either KNVX in Phoenix made a mistake with their chyron, or they hired a new Anchor team with some strange names.
Longtime KTLA Reporter Jim Nash is signing off Today.
Nash has been at the Left Coast station since 2000, coming from Washington, D.C. were is was correspondent for the national chain of Tribune stations, including KTLA.
Nash is the only one in the photo below wearing a tie. Something he will no longer have to do starting tomorrow.
Now Mad Magazine is taking a few shots at CNN and their infamous missing plane coverage. The one proud cable news network is now a punchline for a juvenile magazine.
Go There?
FTVLive is not, nor have we even been much of a drinker, but that doesn't mean we aren't looking out for those of you that like to raise the bottle.
So, we are offering the "FTVLive TV News Black Friday Drinking Game."
If you follow the game rules on Black Friday, you should be fully smashed before the end of the morning newscast and fully comatose by the end of the evening news.
So let's play:
-Anytime you see the doors open at a Walmart and the mob rushes in, drink half a beer.
-Every shot of a cash register ringing up a sale, take a sip of your favorite beverage.
-If you see video of either a child or old person sleeping at the mall, drink a beer.
-When you see the story that tells you not to leave shopping bags in plain sight in your car, take a shot.
-Anytime a Reporter asks, "are you going to spend more or less money than last year?" Down a beer.
-When you see the video of the person carrying like 8 shopping bags, take a shot.
-Every time you see Santa, take a sip.
-A shot of a credit car being swiped....drink a beer.
-Every time an Anchor or Reporter says "Shop till you drop," take a shot and throw a brick through your TV.
Game over!
Julie Tremmel, the Reporter that embarrassed WJAR with her antics time and time again until she was finally fired, has reached a settlement with the station.
Tremmel was finally sacked back in February after doing handstands for a report on “America’s Got Talent” coming to Rhode Island.
The former Reporter reached an out-of-court settlement in a suit challenging her dismissal.
The Providence Journal says that WJAR Vice President and General Manager Vic Vetters could not be reached for comment, but Tremmel posted an image of a letter on her Facebook page showing WJAR stationery with what appeared to be the GM's signature and saying that that said Ms. Tremmel is free to seek employment without restriction.
“The station wishes Ms. Tremel the best of luck going forward,” it concluded.
Tremmel’s post did not disclose any terms of the settlement, which she called “a positive resolution to the unexpected nightmare.”
Tremmel's other gems, were a report on possible bear attacks, where she acted as if one were near, and threw her shoe at the camera, became an Internet sensation.
I'm back on the throne at the FTVLive World Headquarters and now have the task of returning phone calls and going through a ton of email.
Big thanks to the FTVLive Intern for holding down the fort for the past day and a half.
Now let's get one with the morning update.
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