comment #1

dipnut says ...

So only lefties should be anchoring the news?

comment #2

gruver1 says ...

Wells to dipnut: No, righties can be news anchors. I just don't like ones that seem shallow, insipid and perky. Reading comprehension skills much?

comment #3

televisiontears says ...

Way to out them closet conservatives, Wells. Let's smoke 'em out of their holes! We demand to know the political affiliations of every man, woman, and fetus in this great land of ours! You know, we could make a list of some sort... and we could assign a color to the ones we don't want 'round these parts... black comes to mind.

Also, not to pick on some nits, but I'm assuming you meant "Nails on Blackboard". I kinda like chalk on blackboards. It's where chalk belongs. Aside from sidewalks, of course. And chalk factories. And Target.

p.s. Wells shops at Target?! That's so low thread-count...

comment #4

dixiedugan says ...

"Righties are like that -- golly-gee and lots of laughter and rib-poking on the outside and yet sort of dark and creepy underneath. Lefties are a little bit looser, cooler and more measured. "

Are you trying to convince yourself of that? Crying out loud Jeff, if that's the way you think I'm almost afraid to ask what you think moderates are like.

We had Tamron here on a Chicago news station for quite a while and you can imagine my disappointment when she turned up on MSNBC. Hey, they hired her for the cute factor, not for deep thinking. And besides...during the Olympic Show they only do updates of the news, not actual news per se because...get this... it's an Olympic Show, not a news show. You'll get your news back when the Olympics are over.

comment #5

Terry McCarty says ...

Contessa Brewer takes the MSNBC vapidity prize, hands down.

comment #6

SpinDozer says ...

Tamron's rap sheet at mediamatters:

http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/tags/tamron_hall

comment #7

bmcintire says ...

Jeff - you'll love this one. Pretty much right up there with Rosie O'Donnel's "ching-chong-chang."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mavrQOYkwbg

comment #8

ZayTonday says ...

Yeah she's vapid, an idiot and whatever.. but she is hot.

comment #9

admiralmpj says ...

I must completely agree with ZayTonday. She may be as deep as a sheet of typing paper, but she is smokin' hot.

comment #10

George Prager says ...

How come every time CNN has a conservative vs. liberal debate, the conservative is always a black or latino? It would be like having Stephen Cojocaru do Super Bowl coverage.

comment #11

D.Z. says ...

Jeff, it might not be a good idea to make an analogy between a sista and a chipmunk, if you catch my drift.

comment #12

rockne says ...

She is not only the worst anchor on tv, she isn't a CLOSET conservative, she frequently makes it known that she is, in fact, a conservative who votes Republican.
If a normal anchor on a normal news show said they were liberal, you know how the rightie cretins would vilify that person until they needed to retire?
I hate rightie cretins.
They bully and bully and when it's about them, they can only say..."Oh...way to be understanding about other's views."
It's maddening.
Ya know what, lefties need to come out and be out, and kick back at the rightie cretins.
To reiterate, this woman is the worst anchor in the world.

comment #13

gruver1 says ...

Wells to Rockne: You could be having us off, or you could be serious. I'll presume the latter until told otherwise.

comment #14

Josh Massey says ...

Jeff, I'm becoming more and more convinced you've actually never known a conservative. Met, maybe. Saw across the room at a party? Perhaps. But actually known, befriended, bonded with, exchanged sentences? Nah, don't think so.

comment #15

Walter Sobchak says ...

You are all RACISTS!

comment #16

nemo says ...

"And my gut tells me she may be a closet conservative to boot. People who laugh like Daffy Duck ... etc. etc."

Man, even to people who halfway agree with your political opinions you come off as halfway crazed half the time.

This does remind me of why we got rid of cable TV in our house ten years ago. I was throwing things at the TV too often.

comment #17

SpinDozer says ...

'This does remind me of why we got rid of cable TV in our house ten years ago. I was throwing things at the TV too often.'

The performance artists currently-known-as Tamron Hall or Charlie Gibson or whatever are easy to spot. The sickening thing is that you are only seeing the tip of the tumor emerging from the skull.
When you read a story about Jonnie Mac & his inappropriate relations with a lobbyist, and you also read some innuendo which wouldn't pass a third-rate J-skool graduate's bar, doncha have to ask yourself why this extraneous material which somehow discredits the whole story was planted? How long did it take before Koran atrocity stories appearing in the press before they had the desired result which resulted in a reaction implicating the media's irresponsibility? When Suskind makes charges which should, if confirmed, result in the immediate impeachment of this administration and the press reaction is 'how will this effect the Obama campaign?' don't you have to wonder about the efficacy of our "free-press"?

Screed out.

comment #18

buster says ...

When I was in high school trying out for the baseball team, there was a kid who would purposely look like he was struggling to reach his toes (face grimacing, etc) while stretching during warm ups to, you know, show the coach that he gave 110% and would never quit (obviously compensating for his lack of athleticism).

I told him he simply looked like a guy who couldn't reach his toes and wasn't fit for a baseball team.

We were both cut from the team...he for obvious reasons, me because the coach had me mixed up with a kid named Smirnoff...but I digress...

When Jeff talks about politics he reminds of that kid.

comment #19

rockne says ...

No, I am completely serious.
She was speaking some time ago about some part of the election process and how religion will come into play, some fluff piece to fill time, and the interviewee had come to the point of asking her, in some round-about way how she felt about what they were talking about.
She immediately looked like a deer in the headlights and then she gave an uncomfortable smile, laughed while slowly formulating a thought and then blurted out:
"I am a conservative and I will vote for McCain and the policies started by this administration-"
It was almost a bit random and stupid.
That wasn't the only thing, and that isn't so bad in itself, but it seemed she was emboldened by that and then started voicing it often and loudly.
And, some may think I'm reading too much into it, but when a problem happens with Democrats, she sticks with it for quite a while and guides the questioning towards outing the bad thing done, but when something happens with McCain, she glances over it and laughs and moves on.
Her bias is almost laughably transparent.
What happened to the "no rooting for a certain team in the broadcast booth?"
I've written many e-mails talking about it to MSNBC, and they said they support many different viewpoints.
Alright, then give her her own conservative talkshow, let us know it's her show and her viewpoint, but don't put her on a supposedly non-biased news program and make me watch.
I'm completely serious.
It would be like

comment #20

tfresca says ...

I'm not particularly sensitive when it comes to this kind of thing but comparing her to someone who works at Target seems racially motivated. Even if it's on a subconscious level. Because quite frankly I've never seen a news anchor anywhere and thought, he/she should work at Target. Okay I said, flame me if you must.

comment #21

bb says ...

Buster nailed it.

I've finally realized that Jeff's constant inane political comments are really a scheme to pump up the traffic. There's no genuine effort there.

comment #22

Sergio says ...

Hall was based here in Chicago at the local Fox news station for several years. She was the same back here too, but was very popular because she was really, really cute. Her only real claim to fame was when she admitted to the local media that she had breast implants after it had become pretty obvious.

Come to think of it, it was shortly just after that revelation that she got hired by MSNBC...

comment #23

George Prager says ...

IN the `60s and `70s you had Edward Brooke, in the `90s you had Gary Franks and J.C. Watts. In the 00s you had the great Lieutenant Governor of Maryland Michael Steele. That's it. Not a great track record. But every time I see a Republican consultant debating on TV it's a black woman. Sorority girls, I guess. They have connections and they line up at the University DIning Hall like Myannmar police.

comment #24

Mgmax says ...

"Righties are like that -- golly-gee and lots of laughter and rib-poking on the outside and yet sort of dark and creepy underneath. Lefties are a little bit looser, cooler and more measured. "

Certainly that's the only conclusion one could draw from the bitter lefties on this board who fume and sputter at the slightest disagreement from their orthodoxies, and literally cannot imagine how one could think anything different from them unless you were in the pay of Satan Himself.

"The sickening thing is that you are only seeing the tip of the tumor emerging from the skull."

Yeah, that's cooler and more measured. no question. I think I'll put my dark and creepy underneath up against that in a sanity-off any time.

comment #25

SpinDozer says ...

'Yeah, that's cooler and more measured. no question. I think I'll put my dark and creepy underneath up against that in a sanity-off any time.'

So now you're putting your dark and creepy underneath. The new and improved stealth Mgmax.

comment #26

Chicago48 says ...

She's (black) and only emulating the airhead white female anchors she has to compete with to get a spot on national and/or local TV. I find all the cable female anchors very forgettable, regardless of their race.