It's not often that a Monkey Moment actually involves the word "monkey" but thanks to CNBC's Erin Burnett we can say this truly is one.
VIDEO: Here she is calling President Bush a monkey and here she is apologizing.
Newsbusters and Hot Air weigh in with their opinions.
Monkey Meter: 5 bananas
Showing posts with label anchors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anchors. Show all posts
December 2, 2007
Monkey Moment: Burnett's Monkey Shout-Out
November 25, 2007
Sources: L.A. Mayor, Reporter End Affair
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and television news reporter Mirthala Salinas have ended their romantic relationship, two sources familiar with the situation said Friday. Months after revelations about the affair damaged the mayor's political standing and devastated Salinas' broadcasting career, the two sources said the relationship disintegrated weeks ago. [LA Times]
Tucker Carlson's Days Seem Numbered at MSNBC
So says The New York Observer.
"Rumors have been flying recently that Tucker Carlson could soon be on the
way out at MSNBC. In a report that aired this morning on NPR,
Phil Griffin, a senior vice president at the cable network, described Keith
Olbermann and Chris Matthews as part of the MSNBC "brand". Asked whether Mr. Carlson was also part of that brand, Mr. Griffin replied: "He is right now."
November 19, 2007
Monkey Moment: Disaster in the Delta
This is a great compilation of crappy TV from WXVT in mosquito-infested Greenville, Mississippi (market #184). See if you can keep track of how many f-bombs are dropped. Also, our candidate for the Worst Last Name in the History of Television News pops up at the 4:32 mark. Enjoy...
Monkey Meter (1-5): Another 5 bananas. This one has it all.
November 18, 2007
Monkey Moment: FOX Business Blooper
Did you hear Apple is buying 8 percent of chipmaker AMD? Wait...what? Oh, they said Abu Dhabi! Here's the transcript. [via Huffington Post]
Monkey Meter (1-5): 4 bananas
November 17, 2007
Monkey Moment: Couric Bashes Rather, Looks Silly
Here's the original video Couric references...
Monkey Meter (1-5): 4 bananas
November 11, 2007
Monkey Moment: Prompter Failure!
Courtesy of Curt Fonger at WPEC in West Palm...
Monkey Meter (1-5): 4 bananas. At least Fonger didn't freeze completely.
November 7, 2007
Matt Lauer Looks Back
On the Today Show blog, Lauer reflects on his trip to the end of the earth. His favorite part of the trip? Taking a 20-passenger helicopter to the to the top of a glacier.
November 4, 2007
Monkey Moment: Fire at FOX News!
What an embarrassing display of stupidity outside of FOX News HQ in Manhattan. It was also an unbelievable waste of airtime. If you have 3:20 to kill, enjoy. But keep in mind, that's time you'll never get back. [via Johnny Dollar]
Monkey Meter (1-5): 4 bananas
Rave Reviews for Williams on SNL
Unfortunately, we missed Williams' apparently hilarious debut as host of SNL due to a DVR error. Fortunately, it seems no one else did. Here are a few reviews...
[Associated Press]
[New York Times]
[New York Daily News]
[TVNewser]
The knuckleheads over at TVSpy's Watercooler are talking about it as well.
Here are some highlights from this morning's Today Show. And here's the new James Bond-style Nightly News Open. Funny stuff.
And don't miss Williams daughter, Allison, glowingly writing about her dad on The Huffington Post in advance of his SNL debut.
Footnote: We checked when we woke up this morning and the news universe is still in working order--at least the same as it was before.
November 1, 2007
Monkey Moment: Newscaster Faints, Set Falls
Monkey Meter (1-5): 3 bananas, simply because the other people in the studio were so slow to react.
October 31, 2007
Local News: Beach Erosion in Miami!
With the approach of Tropical Storm Noel, the Prompter Monkeys are out in full force in South Florida and wind-blown, dramatic beach live shots are plentiful.
Video links: [WTVJ] [WSVN] [WFOR] [WPLG]
And please, whatever you do, DON'T MISS this "Breaking News" from Weather Woes, featuring one of the great up-and-coming talents in the biz...
Monkey Meter (1-5): This is too easy...5 bananas!
October 30, 2007
Monkey Moment: Matt Lauer's Post is Missing!
Someone left Matt Lauer's mic on during one of the Today Show's weather segments and it sounds like a bandit made off with his newspaper. And what was Chris Cimino doing? Video here from The Huffington Post.
Monkey Meter (1-5): 3 bananas
October 28, 2007
Dream Job: News Anchor
Wow. It's been a long time since Prompter Monkey has read such a dim-witted TV fluff piece. Apparently Jonathan Mann, an anchor for CNN International, has the best gig in America. He says anchoring "is probably one of the lucrative jobs in the television industry." No kidding. The Monkey assumes that allows him to gloss over one of the big drawbacks of anchoring: personal grooming. According to the article, Mann is constantly aware that his tie must be straight, his hair sprayed into place, and his face powdered. He rues the fact that "whatever preparation you bring to your work, people make judgments about your work very quickly and very superficially."
Right on, Mann!
Monkey Meter (1-5): 3 bananas
October 26, 2007
Jitters Over Antarctica
NBC's Ann Curry is getting a bit nervous about her impending trip the other end of the world because of the possibility of major technical issues and...the brutal cold.
Today says, "Curry’s trip will be part of broadcast history. On Nov. 5 and 6 TODAY will for the first time will broadcast live and simultaneously from locations that circle the globe from north to south. It’s part NBC Universal’s “Green is Universal” initiative that takes an unprecedented look at Planet Earth." Matt Lauer will be in Greenland and Al Roker will be at the Equator. Curry heads out this weekend.
Here's the video of Curry beginning to freak out.
Monkey Meter (1-5): 1 banana
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