They Said What?

Shep Smith Blasts Judge on Defending BP

thedigitalhobo — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:06:02 +0000

Not much to add here. Just hard to believe that anyone is actually defending BP lately.

Fox Sports on Digital Biz Deals

thedigitalhobo — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:33:44 +0000

When asked by MediaPost, “Why are the networks not negotiating deals more forcefully to restrict new distribution opportunities that could hurt their viewership?”

Fox Sports president Ed Goren said, “We’re not real great business people.”

I Can’t Hear You. I’m on Commercial Break

thedigitalhobo — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:30:20 +0000

Wolf Blitzer during coverage of the President’s Health Care Summit: “We’re going to make sure we hear every word president is saying … now let’s go to a break”

Jesse Ventura on Waterboarding

thedigitalhobo — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:44:42 +0000

“You give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I’ll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.”

JESSE VENTURA, Minnesota governor, to CNN talk-show host Larry King.

Shep Smith: “We Don’t F*&(ing Tourture!”

thedigitalhobo — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:05:26 +0000

C’mon, mainstream media.Gimme something to embed here. From FoxNews.com’s online show The Strategy Room…..

Check it out.

Here’s the original broadcast version…..

Economist Calls Cramer “Baffoon”

thedigitalhobo — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:17:30 +0000

Nouriel Roubini, a New York University economics professor often called Dr. Doom, criticized Cramer on Tuesday.

“Cramer is a buffoon,” said Roubini, “He was one of those who called six times in a row for this bear market rally to be a bull market rally and he got it wrong. And after all this mess and Jon Stewart he should just shut up because he has no shame.”

Cramer, the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” show, recently wrote in a blog that Roubini is “intoxicated” with his own “prescience and vision” and said Roubini should realize that things are better since the stock market’s recent bottom in early March.

Presidential Bowling

thedigitalhobo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:43:33 +0000

Wooops.

Fantastic Copywriting

thedigitalhobo — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:40:35 +0000

Who edits the copy before they go on the air?

Inaugural Flub

thedigitalhobo — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:09:44 +0000

We’ll post video later, but how on earth do you flub the most important Oath of Office? Barack blanked, and then Chief Justice Roberts threw him the wrong line.

With the whole world watching. Bummer.

From An (about to be former) VP at a Major PR Firm

thedigitalhobo — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:39:57 +0000

Not wise to bash the hometown of one of your largest clients. Peter Shankman, social media guru, shows why social media needs to be done right.