Fox News airs doctored photos
On Wednesday morning’s edition of Fox and Friends, the Fox News channel aired altered photos of two New York Times reporters to retaliate against a Times Saturday edition piece which pointed out some “ominous trends” in the show’s ratings.
Co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade showed the photos which portrayed Jacques Steinberg with yellow teeth, a wider chin, and big ears, and Times television editor Steven Reddicliffe with the same yellow smile and a receding hairline. The caricatures seem to be done with Adobe Photoshop ™ tools.
Doocy called the Times report a “hit piece” and claimed that Reddicliffe is still sore about losing his job as editor of TV Guide, owned by News Corp, Fox’s parent company. They also called Steinberg, the reporter who wrote the piece, Reddicliffe’s attack poodle.
Neither Reddicliffe nor Steinberg were available for comment. But Sam Sifton, Times culture editor did have some words for Fox. “It was straight news. This was a hit piece by Fox News. It is beneath comment,” he said. As for whether the Times would retaliate, Sifton said no: “”It is fighting with a pig — everyone gets dirty, and the pig likes it.” Methinks, them be fighting words.
Why do I bother with reality TV when all the drama is right there on the news?
Terminator Salvation Set Pics!
The New York Times got a single photo from the Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins set in New Mexico. You can see the pic below in all of its derelict glory.
However, over at Videoeta they got 47 set pictures. Up yours New York Times! You can see all 47 by clicking the image below.
Terminator Salvation Set Photo
The New York Times has a photo from the set of McG’s Terminator Salvation. Looks like they blew up a 7-Eleven in the outskirts of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The story also reiterates the sequel’s rumored budget of “more than $200 million”. I understand the knee jerk reaction most people are having to the idea of a fourth Terminator film, but I’ve been hearing some really great things about this production.
Update: Videoeta has more photos from the set, I’ve included a couple below.
Limbaugh Rushes Into a New Deal
For those of you who can’t envision an election season without Rush Limbaugh’s fair and balanced political perspective, fear not.
On the eve of The Rush Limbaugh Show’s 20th anniversary, the conservative talk-radio host has signed an estimated $400 million deal with Clear Channel Communications that will keep him on the air through 2016, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
According to Limbaugh, that hefty sum includes a $100 million signing bonus. His existing $225 million, nine-year contract was due to expire in 2009.
“First and foremost, I’m a businessman,” Limbaugh told the NY Times Magazine recently, when asked about the very favorable terms of the new agreement, which amounts to the most lucrative contract in radio since Howard Stern inked an unprecedented five-year, $500 million satellite deal (which factored in production, studio and staff costs).
“My first goal is to attract the largest possible audience, so I can charge confiscatory ad rates. I happen to have great entertainment skills, but that enables me to sell airtime.”
And buy a lot of stuff.