To be sure, an anchor who works at a network that gave up on journalism a long time ago winning an award for journalism is ridiculous. MSNBC does not do journalism, it “leans forward.” That Farrow won that award just three days into his career is astounding. That he accepted it is laughable, almost as laughable as Barack Obama accepting the Nobel Peace Prize.
The most ridiculous thing about Ronan Farrow is that his own mother doesn’t even know who his father is. It’s either Woody Allen or Frank Sinatra. That’s quite a range to work with.
The second most ridiculous thing about Farrow is that he has a job on the air at MSNBC at all and is expected, by that network, to turn its ratings around. That would be a big ask for a seasoned broadcaster. Seasoned broadcaster and leftwing crazyman Keith Olbermann failed at it. Rachel Maddow failed at it and need we even mention Ed Schultz and Al Sharpton. http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/03/06/on-ronan-farrow-why-are-liberals-so-gullible-hypocritical-and-dumb/
Let's make things a little more exciting. We'll compare some of the past winners of the Cronkite Award. Want to bet some of these folks just pitched their 'Award' in the garbage. Recipients of the Cronkite Award (with their positions at the time of the award) include:
2013 Bob Schieffer, moderator, "Face the Nation"
2012 Bob Costas, host, “Football Night in America”
2011 Christiane Amanpour, anchor, “This Week with Christiane Amanpour”
2010 Diane Sawyer, anchor, “World News with Diane Sawyer”
2009 Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor, "NBC Nightly News"
2008 Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer, longtime PBS news anchors of “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report”
2007 Jane Pauley, former anchor of NBC’s “Today Show” and founding co-host of “Dateline NBC”
2006 Tom Brokaw, former anchor, “NBC Nightly News”
2005 Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist of The Miami Herald
2004 Charles Osgood, host of “The Osgood Files” and “CBS News Sunday Morning”
2003 Andy Rooney, “60 Minutes” correspondent
2002 Al Michaels, sportscaster, ABC Sports
2001 Bob Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post
Had enough? Okay, then check out the complete list of award winners. I think Mr. Farrow must have caught one of the NBC execs with his pants down doing the nasty with his boss' wife.
Let's make things a little more exciting. We'll compare some of the past winners of the Cronkite Award. Want to bet some of these folks just pitched their 'Award' in the garbage. Recipients of the Cronkite Award (with their positions at the time of the award) include:
2013 Bob Schieffer, moderator, "Face the Nation"
2012 Bob Costas, host, “Football Night in America”
2011 Christiane Amanpour, anchor, “This Week with Christiane Amanpour”
2010 Diane Sawyer, anchor, “World News with Diane Sawyer”
2009 Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor, "NBC Nightly News"
2008 Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer, longtime PBS news anchors of “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report”
2007 Jane Pauley, former anchor of NBC’s “Today Show” and founding co-host of “Dateline NBC”
2006 Tom Brokaw, former anchor, “NBC Nightly News”
2005 Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist of The Miami Herald
2004 Charles Osgood, host of “The Osgood Files” and “CBS News Sunday Morning”
2003 Andy Rooney, “60 Minutes” correspondent
2002 Al Michaels, sportscaster, ABC Sports
2001 Bob Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post
Had enough? Okay, then check out the complete list of award winners. I think Mr. Farrow must have caught one of the NBC execs with his pants down doing the nasty with his boss' wife.
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