Current TV (Gore's channel)
David Shuster (Formerly of MSNBC) Wants David Gregory to Apologize for
January 3rd, 2013 1:10 PM
On New Year's Day, perhaps before he learned that his current employer's enterprise would be sold to Al Jazeera, Current TV's David Shuster took to the bandwidth of the Huffington Post to ask that former NBC/MSNBC colleague David Gregory apologize for his December 23 gun magazine-waving stunt on Meet the Press.
Get a load of the sense of self-importance Shuster gives the Sunday news show (…
Report: Gore Wanted Current TV Sale Completed in 2012 to Avoid Obama T
January 3rd, 2013 12:29 PM
Al Gore, the man who first introduced the idea of blaming “the wealthiest one percent” for all of America’s ills, is continuing to embarrass himself in the sale of his low-rated Current TV channel to the Al Jazeera.
First, we learned that Current’s management believed that the favorite news channel of Islamic fundamentalist terrorists is closer to its own viewpoints than conservative media…
Al’s Jazeera: Gore Rejected Glenn Beck Bid for Current, Deemed Him
January 3rd, 2013 11:41 AM
Are you tired of having to go to YouTube to watch video of terrorists killing U.S. soldiers? Do you get annoyed when slow download speeds interrupt hearing your favorite Islamist cleric call for infidel blood to restore the Caliphate? Wish you could see suicide bombers lovingly read their last statements in crystal-clear HD?
Well, great news, kids! Al “no controlling legal authority”…
Time Warner Cable Drops Al Gore's Current TV Due To Purchase By Al Jaz
January 3rd, 2013 7:44 AM
As NewsBusters reported Wednesday, Al Jazeera entered into an agreement to buy Al Gore's failing network Current TV.
Hours later, as a result of the purchase, Time Warner Cable dropped the station with a message reading to viewers "This channel is no longer available on Time Warner Cable."
Al Jazeera to Acquire Ultra Left Current TV
January 2nd, 2013 5:00 PM
According to the New York Times' Brian Stelter, Al Jazeera is about to acquire Al Gore's ultra-leftist and low-rated cable outlet Current TV. Stelter reported: "If the deal is completed, Current will provide the pan-Arab news giant with something it has sought for years: a pathway into American living rooms."
However, the move may not mean a complete overhaul for Current TV as Al Jazeera may…
Michael Moore: Americans Buy Guns Because 'We're a Very Frightened Peo
December 22nd, 2012 6:42 AM
Controversial liberal filmmaker Michael Moore said on Thursday that many Americans purchase guns because “we're a very frightened people” and stated that “fear is used to the point where everybody feels like they’ve got to have a gun in the house.”
Moore made the comments the day before his 10-year-old film, “Bowling for Columbine,” was to be aired on the liberal cable channel Current TV on…
Ed Asner: Sean Hannity's 'Behind On His Rabies Shots
December 11th, 2012 11:01 AM
NewsBusters reported last week that Fox News's Sean Hannity had come down on actor Ed Asner for his participation in an animated video depicting a rich person urinating on regular Americans.
Asner struck back Monday on Current TV's Young Turks saying, "I think he's behind on his rabies shots" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Breaking News: People Like the Government Giving Them Other People’s
December 4th, 2012 8:40 AM
To paraphrase the estimable Yogi Berra - it’s like deja vu all over, and over, and over, and over again.
The Jurassic Press media is enraptured with a certain story.
Al Gore's Current TV May Be Bought By Texas Startup Looking To Make It
December 1st, 2012 5:24 PM
NewsBusters reported in October that Al Gore's struggling television network Current was up for sale.
An Austin, Texas, startup named SocialGood.tv came out of hiding this week and announced that it's raising money to make a bid wanting to move the station from its "far-left talking points" and instead "focusing the programming in a centrist line."
Current TV's Fugelsang: NewsBusters Is 'Crack and Porn For the Human I
November 24th, 2012 7:54 PM
On Tuesday’s edition of the Bill Press radio show, fill-in host John Fugelsang (another “star” of Current TV) celebrated being attacked on NewsBusters for five minutes. “It’s like crack and porn for the human id...It’s like your id gets crack and porn at the same time, and the darkest part of your nature can run free, thanks to NewsBusters.”
On Monday, NB’s Ken Shepherd reported that…
Bill Press Weighs in on Petraeus Resignation: 'Grow Up America
November 12th, 2012 6:04 PM
On everyone's mind this morning was the resignation of CIA Deputy Director David Petraeus on Friday. Liberal radio talk show host Bill Press did his best to catch his listeners up on the details of the scandal, but then went on a rant asking why it's even an issue.
At no point in his defense of the former Army general and CIA chief did Press bring up the impending hearing concerning Libya on…
Joy Behar Compares Romney to 'Horny Speed Dater
November 6th, 2012 5:25 PM
Obscure cable 'news' network Current TV's aptly named show, Say Anything with Joy Behar concluded an episode on Monday night by putting forth a different perspective on Mitt Romney that was of course related to all the worn-out liberal judgments of him.
Behar justified her endorsement of President Obama's re-election by comparing his Republican challenger to a "horny guy doing speed dating."…
Even USA Today Thinks Current TV is a 'Disaster
November 6th, 2012 2:37 PM
Following up on the announcement last week that Current TV was up for sale, USA Today ran an article on Nov. 5 highlighting some of the failures of the short-lived cable channel founded by former vice president Al Gore.
Vanity Fair’s Michael Wolff, writing for USA Today, aptly described Current TV as “quite a disaster area.” He pointed out that it has never been able to “clarify its…
Media's Heavy-Handed Liberals Race to Exploit Hurricane Tragedy
October 30th, 2012 4:02 PM
Like ambulance-chasing lawyers, the heavy-handed liberal activists who populate much of the media raced to exploit Hurricane Sandy even as the storm was lashing the East Coast last night, citing it as proof of “climate change” and a reason to oppose Mitt Romney.
Yesterday afternoon, MSNBC’s Martin Bashir started a panel discussion by claiming that “people are wondering today if the current…