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Chris Stirewalt: Cable News A ‘Couple of Chuckleheads Barking At Each Other’

As the saying goes in TV news ‘Talk is cheap’. This book — I hope, I pray ‘Lord, hear our prayer’– is a call for people to understand we have special obligations as American journalists.”

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1 year ago

August 25, 2022

BNM Staff

Former Fox News Political Editor Chris Stirewalt is promoting his book Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America and How to Fight Back, and he appeared on NewsNation, his current employer, Thursday to discuss the state of cable news in America.

“It comes down to human nature and laziness,” Stirewalt said. “The reality is the shortest distance between a news organization and profit is anger, fear, and that stuff. Tabloids — The National Enquirer or whatever else — are money making enterprises. They know something. Which is shoddy, cheap, salacious, tantalizing, and usually biased journalism is very attractive. And it’s cheap, too.

“Unlike what we’re trying to do here at NewsNation, where we’re gonna rely on serious journalists, people doing hard work, shoe leather reporting. Out in the field and doing that kind of stuff. Instead of that, you put a couple of chuckleheads in a studio somewhere and let them bark at each other. As the saying goes in TV news ‘Talk is cheap’. This book — I hope, I pray ‘Lord, hear our prayer’– is a call for people to understand we have special obligations as American journalists and we have special obligations as American news consumers to try a little harder and want a little better.”

Stirewalt was dismissed from Fox News in January of 2021. He claims it was because the decision desk made the call on the 2020 Presidential Race of Joe Biden before any other network.

Fox News told BNM “Chris Stirewalt’s endless attempts at regaining relevance know no bounds.”

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Greg Gutfeld: Debate Partnership Between Fox and Univision A Disaster

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3 days ago

September 29, 2023

BNM Staff

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After the second 2024 Republican Presidential debate Wednesday, many questioned the inclusion of Univision’s Ilia Calderón as a moderator. Greg Gutfeld of Fox News — who produced the debate — is in that camp.

“My problem with the debate wasn’t really the candidates at all, because the outcomes you get are created by the design. And Fox joining Univision, perhaps, was the worst partnership I’ve ever seen since Bud Light hired Dylan Mulvaney,” Gutfeld joked during The Five Thursday.

“I mean, you have a host unload a litany of clichés, whose premise is, we challenge successfully every day, and yet they were treated as approved truths. She had no follow-up to each one, which was weird, so it was like a deliberate list prepared by the DNC to tweak the candidates and to tweak the audience. It didn’t feel like a journalism debate to me. It felt like The View without pastries.”

Gutfeld’s comments came after he commended Fox News anchor Dana Perino for her performance during the debate.

“I did not envy you,” Gutfeld said. “I was watching it. You were pretty much shouldering the load for two hours, and you didn’t break a sweat. It was amazing.”

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Erika Josephson Named Executive Producer for NBC News Daily

On Thursday afternoon, Janelle Rodriguez, the executive in charge of NBC News Now, shared a behind-the-scenes update.

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3 days ago

September 28, 2023

Eduardo Razo

NBC News Daily will have a new executive producer as Erika Josephson takes over the position. Josephson comes from within the NBCUniversal umbrella, working as a senior producer on the program from MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports.

On Thursday afternoon, Janelle Rodriguez, the executive in charge of NBC News Now, shared a behind-the-scenes update.

Before taking on the executive producer role on the show hosted by Kate Snow and Zinhle Essamuah, Josephson also served as a line and segment producer at MSNBC and spent seven years at CBS News, producing news and feature pieces.

Furthermore, Josephson started on the assignment desk at NBC News and later became a producer for Weekend Today and Today.

There’s been plenty of movement at NBC News, as the network is reportedly teaming up with Salem Media Group to host a 2024 Republican presidential debate later this year.

Eduardo Razo

Eduardo Razo is a news media writer for BNM, focusing on coverage of news/talk radio and news television. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at [email protected].

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CNN Scores 10 News Emmy Award Wins

The network took home 10 wins on the night, setting a new record for itself in the process.

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4 days ago

September 28, 2023

BNM Staff

The first night of the 44th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards was held Wednesday, and CNN was the big winner of the evening.

The network took home 10 wins on the night, setting a new record for itself in the process.

Additionally, longtime CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his distinguished career in news media. The network’s Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Vice President Sam Feist presented the award to Blitzer.

CNN won categories of Live Breaking News Coverage and Continuing News Coverage: Short Form for its reporting on the war in Ukraine. Additionally, Anderson Cooper 360 won three awards for Investigative News Coverage: Short Form, Hard News Feature Story: Short Form, and Live Interview: Short Form.

Christiane Amanpour was awarded the honor for Outstanding Live Interview: Long Form for her work with Russian Presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

Selina Wang took home the award for Outstanding Emerging Journalists.

Meanwhile, the network also won honors for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction.

The second night of the awards ceremony will take place this evening and will center upon documentaries.

BNM Staff