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Remainders: Gibbs on CNBC rant
Michael Calderone's Blog —
Gibbs said CNBC's Santelli 'doesn't know what he's talking about."
Magazine Publishers Association cancels conference.
Spike doesn't accept NY Post's apology.
Forman on the conservative leanings of new CBS VP Ballabon.
Behar and Coulter.
Front Page of HuffPo: “CBS News Pick Claimed Democrats are Bad People”
NJDC Blog —
... Ira’s piece titled, “CBS News Pick Claimed Democrats are Bad People,” is currently being featured prominently on the Huffington Post’s ...
New CBS News Communications Exec Called Obama "Incredibly Dangerous" For Israel
TPM Election Central —
... Not because he is evil, but because he is naive. Agreeing to meet -- without any pre-conditions -- with the terror-supporting president of Iran shows his naivete. And even his Jewish advisors want to pressure Israel to divide Yerushalayim and to make sacrifices of defensive positions against the will of the military and security experts in Israel. They want desperately to appease the UN, the Europeans, the Arabs.
On the bright side, Ballabon is denying an allegation that he called Democrats evil. Greg Sargent reports:
"I ...
The revolving door
Political Animal —
... is the new senior vice president for communications at CBS News. He starts Monday and, according to a CBS press release, will be in charge of "all media relations and public affairs for CBS News, including strategy and planning, day-to-day publicity, internal and external communications" and coordination with the CBS News website. [...] Ballabon said CBS reached out to him and it was an "irresistible offer" to "help CBS News regain its standing as the Tiffany news network." Ira Forman noted today that, during a public debate several years ago, Ballabon claimed that Democrats ...
CBS's Ballabon: 'I never said Democrats are evil'
Michael Calderone's Blog —
On the Huffington Post, Ira Forman wrote that new CBS News PR executive Jeff Ballabon "is very far out there with his partisan rhetoric." And right now, HuffPost's media page promoting the post with its banner: "NEW CBS NEWS EXEC: 'OBAMA IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.'"
Forman wrote that Ballabon once called Democrats "inherently bad people," and linked to a Daily News item where Ballabon called Obama "incredibly dangerous."
So the Post's Greg Sargent caught up with Ballabon for comment on these past ...
CBS News Pick Claimed Democrats are Bad People
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... there with his partisan rhetoric. A decade ago, I debated Ballabon in New York. I represented the Democratic Jewish community while he spoke on behalf of Republican Jews. During the debate, Ballabon claimed that, after his most recent job in Washington, he became convinced that Democrats are inherently bad people and Republicans are fundamentally good people. What planet does this guy come from? It's astonishing that CBS News would name Ballabon to its senior management. Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ira-forman/cbs-news-pick-... Where is the outrage??? If a ...
Your Librul Media
Suburban Guerrilla —
Ira Forman, executive director of the National Jewish Democratic Council, writes at HuffPo:
Today, I learned that CBS News named Jeff Ballabon, a New York Republican activist, to serve as the Senior Vice President of Communications.
What is CBS thinking? This guy is very far out there with his partisan rhetoric.
A decade ago, I debated Ballabon in New York. I represented the Democratic Jewish community while he spoke on behalf of Republican Jews. During the debate, Ballabon claimed that, after his most recent job in Washington, he became ...
Forman Post on New CBS VP Featured Throughout Blogosphere
NJDC Blog —
... highlighted a piece titled, “CBS News Pick Claimed Democrats are Bad People,” by Ira N. Forman, NJDC Executive Director, as the most highly featured article on its front page (image below). This post received over 330,000 views, more than 2100 comments, and was referenced throughout the blogosphere. ...
