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WCSH Live Truck Involved in Crash

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:57:06 +0000

A young woman died after colliding with a WCSH live truck on Tuesday. 24-year old Heather Bouchard drove her car across a median of I-295 and collided with the TV station truck

Radio Jock Suspended

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:53:58 +0000

Two radio hosts were suspended on Tuesday after using slur to describe Alaska Native women

China Demands CNN Apology

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:51:32 +0000

the Chinese government is demanding an apology from CNN after commentator Jack Cafferty said China’s products were junk and called leaders goons and thugs

KSAT Reporter’s $1.2 Million Suit

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:48:07 +0000

Veteran reporter Gina Galaviz suing her former station KSAT for $1.2 million claiming sex discrimination

Ann Curry’s father passes away in OR

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:45:38 +0000

NBC Today show host Ann Curry’s father, Robert Paul Curry, died in Grants Pass, Oregon at the age of 78

User Submitters Prank Sky News

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:43:55 +0000

British news channel Sky News was pranked with photoshopped user-submitted images from London Marathon coverage. Users at a football forum took portions of photos from Flickr and sent them to the Sky News team

TV may Compromise your happiness

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:50:28 +0000

Too much TV can make you unhappy. A survey of 4,000 people in 2005 shows we have more time, watch more TV and are less happy than in 1965

Fox News Hottie Gains

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:36:32 +0000

WP columnist Howard Kurtz gushing over what an upcoming star Megyn Kelly is.

CBS and CNN in Denial over Outsourcing Rumors

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:55:36 +0000

CNN and CBS have come out swinging trying to quash any talk of CBS outsourcing some or all of their news duties to CNN.

They’re like Hollywood stars fir they deny deny deny then when they’re ready it turns out it’s true, and then they sell their story to the tabloids. And CBS might have to, for extra cash!

In the UK Internet to get more ads spend TV

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:29:40 +0000

In another sign that the internet is killing television, next year the net will become the biggest medium in advertising in the UK.