Results tagged “jefffoxworthy”

Last Thursday, all of the stations covered the tragic fire in the Bronx quite well and took the opportunity for some refreshers on basic fire safety. As expected, WCBS went way overboard creating a whole special set of graphics for the station’s coverage, complete with new lower thirds that used a different font which were ready by Thursday’s 5 p.m. newscast. For 6 p.m., CBS 2 needlessly sent anchor Jim Rosenfeld to the scene, as they tend to do with most big stories.

A look at some noteworthy televison shows this week:

The best part about being a crazy dictator is the stories you get to run about yourself in the state-run press: BBC: Iraqis defiant but resigned to war- The headline in al-Thawra read: "The valiant leader maintains that Iraq doesn't have any weapons of mass destruction and challenges anyone to prove the contrary." Doesn't "the valiant leader" sound like something out of the Movementarian episode of the Simpsons? ([Jen]: Take a quiz on that Joy of Sect episode) It's also like something out of Jeff Foxworthy- you might be a dictator if...

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