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Rita "Sucrets" Cosby: Mugging for the Execution

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As of 12:08am ET, Rita "Sucrets" Cosby has shamelessly reminded her viewers on MSNBC a total of 17(!) times (so far) that she will be witnessing the execution of Tookie Williams early this morning.

It's a new low for Ms. Cosby's shameful journalism which spent "summer break" relentlessly irritating viewers with endless coverage of the crime scene on Aruba and has now adopted the same kind of competitive "exclusive" tag over an execution story that would be worthy of an exclusive celebrity interview with Brad Pitt.

The only thing she hasn't done is challenge Greta to a duel.
 
> As of 12:08am ET, Rita "Sucrets" Cosby has shamelessly
> reminded her viewers on MSNBC a total of 17(!) times (so
> far) that she will be witnessing the execution of Tookie
> Williams early this morning.
>
> It's a new low for Ms. Cosby's shameful journalism which
> spent "summer break" relentlessly irritating viewers with
> endless coverage of the crime scene on Aruba and has now
> adopted the same kind of competitive "exclusive" tag over an
> execution story that would be worthy of an exclusive
> celebrity interview with Brad Pitt.
>
> The only thing she hasn't done is challenge Greta to a duel.

Agreed, except on the "shameful journalism" reference. Her ego stroking the-world-revolves-around-me display of self is indeed shameless, but it isn't journalism. To label it as such equates her abilities with those of Murrow, Jennings, Cronkite, and others. She will be remembered (and not for long) as the voice that thoroughly irritated what few viewers she had.

The spirit of your comments, though, is well taken.
>
 
Cable "news" is a joke. Until we can get BBC World 24/7 or Newsworld International makes a comeback, we won't have an all news channel.

That reminds me how is Al Gore's Blipvert channel doing?
I hope its failing.

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Re: BBC & Underwatched Cable Channels

> Cable "news" is a joke. Until we can get BBC World 24/7 or
> Newsworld International makes a comeback, we won't have an
> all news channel.

I would love to see BBC World (or even BBC News 24 if you want to see what their domestic news channel looks like) on American lineups. It would be like night and day for MSNBC and Fox News. CNN is at least trying with their international news at noon, but it goes downhill once Larry King shows up for softball.

> That reminds me how is Al Gore's Blipvert channel doing?
> I hope its failing.

Current is not a news channel, although it wouldn't surprise me if it morphs into one (newly launched channels often start with dreck and then grow from there). Right now it's "innovative" and "original," but so is Trio, Ovation, and Classic Arts Showcase. I'm sure the six viewers between all of them think so too.

Cable networks rarely die - they transform into something else, as Trio will do when it becomes Sleuth.
 
Re: BBC & Underwatched Cable Channels

> I would love to see BBC World (or even BBC News 24 if you
> want to see what their domestic news channel looks like) on
> American lineups. It would be like night and day for MSNBC
> and Fox News.

Also, I'd like the CBC to try again with a "Newsworld" for the US, before selling NWI to USA (who, in turn, sold it to Gore).

>
> Current is not a news channel, although it wouldn't surprise
> me if it morphs into one (newly launched channels often
> start with dreck and then grow from there).

Or, in some cases, it's the other way around -- loks at Nicktoons, TV Land and MTV2. In the beginning, they're worth getting digital cable for. Now, they're worth getting rid of digital.
 
> Cable "news" is a joke. Until we can get BBC World 24/7 or
> Newsworld International makes a comeback, we won't have an
> all news channel.
>
> That reminds me how is Al Gore's Blipvert channel doing?
> I hope its failing.
>


FOX News does the job for me.. why on earth would you want BBC over an American Newscast? Do you actually care whats going on waaaaay over there?<P ID="signature">______________
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> As of 12:08am ET, Rita "Sucrets" Cosby has shamelessly
> reminded her viewers on MSNBC a total of 17(!) times (so
> far) that she will be witnessing the execution of Tookie
> Williams early this morning.
>
> It's a new low for Ms. Cosby's shameful journalism which
> spent "summer break" relentlessly irritating viewers with
> endless coverage of the crime scene on Aruba and has now
> adopted the same kind of competitive "exclusive" tag over an
> execution story that would be worthy of an exclusive
> celebrity interview with Brad Pitt.
>
> The only thing she hasn't done is challenge Greta to a duel.
>


Well Philip she has found a lower bottom than bottom...now she is highlighting porn as her next story. She didn't even have the good sense to attempt a follow up to see what the "aftermath" of the Execution......

I agree with your assessment of Rita as shameful. If she does challenge Greta to that duel....im personally giving Greta a phaser set at disintegrate. Of course it will be set to overload once fired, leaving Greta to also be taken out by the backlash.....LOL..2 lousy host taken out
 
Re: BBC & Underwatched Cable Channels

> I would love to see BBC World (or even BBC News 24 if you
> want to see what their domestic news channel looks like) on
> American lineups. It would be like night and day for MSNBC
> and Fox News. CNN is at least trying with their
> international news at noon, but it goes downhill once Larry
> King shows up for softball.

Randi Rhodes skewers Larry King every night with her "Whats not being covered in the news" by Larry King. Her skits highlight the big story and lambastes King for his softball interview or pointless guest apperances.

You can see the BBC world on many PBS stations....the BBC world broadcasts will highlight (in detail) an American story worthy of attention...by bring in local to the issue person for the interview or an appropriate reporter or government source to carefully detail the story. Most highlights on the BBC world take several minutes (similar to the insightful interviews on the NewsHour on PBS).
 
Re: BBC & Underwatched Cable Channels

> > Current is not a news channel, although it wouldn't
> surprise
> > me if it morphs into one (newly launched channels often
> > start with dreck and then grow from there).


I wish this had worked for Fox, its still dreck and it has morphed...unfortunately its getting worse every day....moving from "fair and balanced" to "GOP TV"
 
Re: BBC & Underwatched Cable Channels

> > Cable "news" is a joke. Until we can get BBC World 24/7 or
>
> > Newsworld International makes a comeback, we won't have an
>
> > all news channel.
>
> I would love to see BBC World (or even BBC News 24 if you
> want to see what their domestic news channel looks like) on
> American lineups. It would be like night and day for MSNBC
> and Fox News. CNN is at least trying with their
> international news at noon, but it goes downhill once Larry
> King shows up for softball.
>
> > That reminds me how is Al Gore's Blipvert channel doing?
> > I hope its failing.
>
> Current is not a news channel, although it wouldn't surprise
> me if it morphs into one (newly launched channels often
> start with dreck and then grow from there). Right now it's
> "innovative" and "original," but so is Trio, Ovation, and
> Classic Arts Showcase. I'm sure the six viewers between all
> of them think so too.
>
> Cable networks rarely die - they transform into something
> else, as Trio will do when it becomes Sleuth.
>
 
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