cable-news

Anderson Cooper's Lustful On-Air Plea for 'Sweet, Pasty Flesh'

Matt Cherette · 09/14/11 09:41PM

On tonight's AC360, Anderson Cooper punished himself for being too into himself by putting himself on his own Ridiculist and then claiming his vanity explosion was the result of his obsession with his brand new Madame Tussauds wax figure. Said Cooper: "This is about nothing more than my love for sweet, pasty imitation flesh—and yes, I look forward to that line being taken out of context." Oh Andy, it was my pleasure!

Aaron Sorkin Will Soon Be Teaching Us About the News

Richard Lawson · 09/08/11 02:02PM

HBO has announced that they've ordered Aaron Sorkin's cable news drama More As This Story Develops (only a tentative title — one they really should change) to series. In it Jeff Daniels plays a cable news anchor struggling to do the news in this internet-fast infotainment world.

Andrea Mitchell Has Cancer

John Cook · 09/07/11 03:39PM

NBC News' chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell took to the airwaves today to announce on MSNBC that she's been diagnosed with breast cancer. But doctors caught it early, she said, and she has "a terrific prognosis." She'd like you to get screened for breast cancer, which seems like a reasonable request, if you are a lady.

Jon Stewart Shames the Media for Over-Hyping Obama's Speech Conflict

Matt Cherette · 09/06/11 10:46PM

Last week, President Obama announced he'd reveal his plan for job creation before a joint session of Congress at the same time as tomorrow night's Republican presidential debate. John Boehner wasn't happy about this and asked the President to push his speech back a night; a few hours later, Obama acquiesced. No big deal, right? Or as Jon Stewart put it on tonight's Daily Show, "non-crisis averted!"

Watch Anderson Cooper Go Off on Kate Gosselin

Matt Cherette · 09/06/11 09:43PM

On yesterday's penultimate episode of Kate Plus 8, America's favorite child exploitation expert took all her kids (plus a babysitter and her bodyguard/boyfriend) on a road trip. Fun! But then the children dared to actually eat the pizza they were given, leaving none for the salad-phobic bodyfriend, and Kate went even more ballistic than she did while camping with Sarah Palin. So crazy, in fact, that Anderson Cooper spent a segment on tonight's AC360 dissecting just how horrible a person Kate Gosselin really is.

Anderson Cooper Thinks Snooki Is a Great News Anchor

Matt Cherette · 09/01/11 01:50AM

Snooki made her debut as a news anchor today on some AOL site that hasn't yet been renamed "HuffPost [Subject]." And while we're still deciding if the Jersey Shore star has a knack for reportage, she's definitely got a fan in Anderson Cooper, who spent a few minutes on tonight's AC360 fawning over his "little cutie Couric." Video of the segment is above.

Sean Hannity on Obama: 'I Don't Think He's That Smart'

Matt Cherette · 08/30/11 02:02AM

On his Fox News show tonight, Sean Hannity expressed his annoyance over a Politico item that asked if Rick Perry is dumb. So how did Hannity react? By spending eight minutes calling President Obama a moron for mispronouncing the word "corpsman," naturally. The segment's lowlights are above.

Contempt for NYT Public Editor Reaches New Heights

Hamilton Nolan · 08/29/11 03:18PM

In your resplendent Monday media column: an NYT ombud feud, News Corp loses its education contract, NY1 rules, government spending can't save print media, and the world's oldest grudge against Romenesko.

MSNBC Contributor: Hurricane Irene Is a 'Total Bitch'

Adrian Chen · 08/26/11 04:58PM

Cable news should never try to do comedy, even if a state of emergency has been declared. Here's MSNBC contributor Touré comparing Hurricane Irene to a bad date on Dylan Ratigan this afternoon. She's a "total bitch"—get it?

There's a Reason Fox News Keeps Attacking Gawker

John Cook · 08/26/11 12:59PM

Hey look! The good folks on Fox and Friends did a segment on Gawker this morning, for no apparent reason at all, claiming (falsely!) that our traffic is down 75%.

Watch Anderson Cooper Lose It on Live TV

Matt Cherette · 08/18/11 12:18AM

Before signing off each night, Anderson Cooper concludes AC360 with a segment called the "Ridiculist," during which he comments on some trivial bit of news or pop culture. It's a chance for Cooper to show off his less serious side, but he took things to a whole new level tonight when his own joke about French actor/plane urinator Gérard Depardieu caused him to giggle uncontrollably for a minute or so on live TV. Video of Andy's laughing fit is above.

Christine O'Donnell Walks Out of Piers Morgan Tonight Interview

Matt Cherette · 08/17/11 08:12PM

Onetime Senate candidate and current memoir-hawker Christine O'Donnell taped an interview with Piers Morgan this afternoon. It didn't go as expected, though. After being asked about gay marriage by a "rude" Morgan (who shot back by describing her as "weird"), O'Donnell stormed off the CNN set mid-interview. And yet as you'll see above, Morgan and O'Donnell's tiff probably made for much better entertainment than anything she said in her book.

Bill O'Reilly Blames Liberals for England's Riots

Matt Cherette · 08/10/11 11:15PM

What does the rioting in England have to do America's economic problems? Not much, but that certainly didn't stop Bill O'Reilly from making a connection between the two on the Factor tonight by suggesting both were products of "the liberal mindset." Then some random blonde lady with a bad spray-on tan started shouting and things went even further downhill. A clip of the segment is above.

Watch Al Sharpton Get Tangled by a Teleprompter

Matt Cherette · 08/10/11 03:58AM

Newly minted MSNBC anchor Al Sharpton took to the airwaves on Tuesday evening to say that the outcome of Wisconsin's recall elections would indicate whether Americans on the whole are ready to "push back" against the evils of government. And then he spouted off a bunch jumbled words that made no sense, and yet at the same time it may have been the most entertaining thing he's ever said on live television. Video of Sharpton's flub is above.