After CNN drew its highest ratings in decades during its coverage of the Boston Marathon terrorist attacks, the network’s new president is saying a different approach to covering the news might bring in more viewers.
President Jeff Zucker cited CNN’s high ratings as evidence that viewers tune in when the network is covering important breaking news, according to a recent memo he sent to network executives and newsroom editors, which was leaked to the news media.... Read More →
Glenn Beck - the conservative American talk show host and former alcoholic morning radio clown - has introduced a new product which promises to revolutionize the U.S. home Muslim detection market.
For the low, low price of only 4 payments of $199 Glenn Beck fans can now buy their own personal gold-plated Muslim detector, which Beck describes as "the ultimate jihad-aversion device for freedom-loving, god-fearing Americans."... Read More →
Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch - the founder and chairman of News Corporation (NWS) - is reducing the amount of panda blood he has injected into his heart each day, The Daily Currant can reveal.
The Australian-born 81 year old has consumed raw vials of baby panda blood each day for the past ten years in an effort to stave off death and avoid a messy secession fight among his family for control of his media empire.
There is no scientific evidence that the treatment works, and it entails capturing and eventually killing scores of baby great pandas - one of the most notable endangered species in the world.... Read More →
America was stunned today to learn that several of that nation's top media personalities from its two highest rated twenty-four hour news networks have been killed during a charity sporting event meant to raise money for sick children.
Newsanchors from the left-leaning MSNBC network and the right-leaning Fox News Channel met yesterday in New York's Central Park for the 5th Annual Swing for the Cure event sponsored by the National Alliance for Childhood Leukemia (NACL). ... Read More →
Matt Drudge - the conservative American political blogger who runs the popular website The Drudge Report - has been awarded an honorary Webby award for "Lifetime Achievement in Web Design Conservation and Consistency".
The Drudge Report started in 1997 and is most famous for breaking the Monica Lewinsky scandal the following year when America's mainstream press refused to publish the story. In fifteen years it has become a significant force in American journalism and is currently ranked by Alexa as the 426th most popular website on the Internet averaging around 6.5 million pageviews a day.... Read More →
