HERB CAEN would have had a field day with this item: the working stiffs at your
SF Chronicle; the news reporters; the editors; the "l
ittle people" as we call 'em, are
FURIOUS over the recently "extended" vacation enjoyed by EIC, noted Giants fan and whose office is littered with the team's memorabilia,
Audrey Cooper.
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| Chronicle EIC and big Giants' fan, Audrey Cooper |
While they overworked their butts off and have done so with nary a raise in years, Madame Cooper and her $318K salary (and max benefits to boot) left the office so her underlings could put out a paper and make sure the pizza pictures on SFGate were ready to go.
I'm sure the morale is just giggly at 5th and Mission. Time for Pop Culture mutt and Cooper mouthpiece,
Peter Hartlaub to do an extra podcast.
*Supposedly,
KRON (a Nextstar station which has been off the cable because Nextstar has been feuding with AT&T and DirectTV) is trying to figure out a way in which it can boost its own signal over the Bay Area TV airwaves with something other than mere rabbit ears; right, that'll happen only if
Elon Musk bought KRON and last I checked, Elon ain't that dumb.
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| Brian Sussman and Katie Green |
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Trump's latest bozo remark --a POTUS specialty these days, was met with the predictable reaction by the local conservative media, namely,
KKKSFO and its insipid morning morons,
Brian Sussman and his yenta sidekick and over-obnoxious producer, Sherrie Yee. They lampooned the "
mainstream media" for its play on the affair; yeah, seems Trump telling the four congresswomen to "go back to where you come from" (even though all were born in US except one) even pissed off the Republican establishment (except Rush and KSFO) I'm not asking for comments on what Dummy Trump said only why it is these conservative outlets like Limbaugh, Levin, and Hugh Hewitt still defend this schmuck no matter what he does, says. Does Trump have something on these guys?
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| Kenny Chio and Michelle Griego can't stand each other |
*NOW ITS REACHED CRISIS STAGE: Not only do
KPIX morning readers,
Michelle Griego and
Kenny Choi, not talk to one another, they barely LOOK at each other even off air which is no big deal because big-ego TV anchors don't necessarily have to love one another so as long as the ratings are decent which is NOT the case at PIX and while the two fight out their disgust (quietly) the rank and file little people off camera work mightily despite horrific morale conditions.
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| Jan Wahl |
KPIX, what a sad state. The station that was home to
Dave McElhatton and
Wayne Walker, is now the TV house of Ill Repute with a bunch of amateur stiffs running (wait, RUINING is the more apt name) the TV News station down the drain. Were not
CBS owned this crap house it would be down the toilet a la KRON status and that's a shame.
*Why
Brenda Vaccaro was coming out of the
San Jose KNTV (
NBC Bay Ar
ea) beats me; maybe she's replacing Jessica Aguirre? I'm kidding obviously but I'm not surprised at anything anymore.
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| Jessica Aguirre and Raj Mathai |
*SPEAKING of
NBC BAY AREA, was it my imagination or was lead anchor,
Raj Mathai, having a glass of wine with a station exec, (cute redhead with big boobs) at the Fairmont bar last Wednesday night; a woman not his wife but I'm sure they were discussing business and not their favorite lounge games.
*Brenda Vaccaro? WTF??!! If you need a little help,
here goes.
*Vaccaro a slightly older
Jan Wahl.
*WHY DO I MAKE FUN OF
JAN WAHL? Because she's what's known in my language as an A-grade YENTA. She has ZERO talent. She muddles on air and delivers ZERO interest. Her sap stories and schmaltzy reviews are embarrassing and would be a travesty in Toledo. She is nothing more than a certified bore and has become a caricature --and guess what KCBS? Women CAN'T STAND Jan Wahl! They think she's a visual pain in the ass and how CBS could put her on the air still is an ABOMINATION! The only thing missing is a SNL-type lampooning and that would be a dream of mine.
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| Ama Daetz |
*WHILE WE'RE ON WOMEN, HEY, GET THIS? I love women. I'm not a misogynist and recently began dating my friend,
Wendy Williams, but seriously boys and
goirls, the women TV News anchors here cannot dress worth a damn! Do they ever look in the mirror before they leave the make-up room? TV is a visual medium; we
watch you while you read the news. A simple color combo of red and white ,say, or Black and Blue, how hard is that assembly? The worst of the worst,
KGO anchor,
Ama Daetz, who while being unbelievably gorgeous to observe, has NO TASTE for wardrobe. Daetz should cancel her Ross account and shoot for a Macys card at the very least.
Didn't Brenda Vaccaro OD shortly after that cinematic masterpiece Capricorn One? Seriously, I didn't know she was still alive!
ReplyDeleteWhoa! Hold On! Are you saying the big boss was able to take a longer vacation than those that work for her? OMG! I've never heard of such a thing! This is SCANDALOUS!!! Or, it's the same as any company and not newsworthy at all.
ReplyDeleteOh!!! I didn't know the "Chronicle" was still in business.
ReplyDeleteMy parrot won't poop on it. He's too ashamed to have it in his cage.
Delete"Awk! No Garchik For Me! Awk!" HAHAHAHA!
DeleteLol...Daetz and Sze are absolute garbage bags. Just when you think they bought everything off the Kmart clearance rack, they bust out with yet another super saver. None of the ladies in the market can dress but these two have serious issues.
ReplyDeleteDitz could be wearing haute couture and it wouldn't help. Her miserable personality is front and center. She's a bad person, we all know that. And, thick as a brick. How she ever got the job is a mystery. How she keeps it ... even bigger.
DeleteThe only way Daetz and Sze keep their jobs is because nobody watches them anymore. Well, those few who love a train wreck may still tune in...
DeleteRich, that would be Wendy O. Williams, correct? Then I'm proud of you, boi!
ReplyDeleteBig fan of McElhatton and Wayne Walker, but I would lower the volume when Wendy Tokuda was talking.
ReplyDeleteI used to have to write for her. I couldn't lower the volume. Wish I could, especially when she said "Secretary of Defense Ronald Dumsfeld" and then blamed me for it even though I didn't write that.
DeleteJan Wahl and Ben Fong-Torres -- two peas in a pod.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. They serve no purpose except to themselves. They are legends in their own minds. Benjamin Fong is gone from the Comical. Hope The Hat Bitch is next.
DeleteInstead of mocking someone who has survived for a very long time by creating a niche for her own brand of broadcast kitsch, you should salute her. That's not an easy thing to do in broadcasting, ie: survive.
DeleteI will grudgingly admit that lasting as long as she has is notewothy. But I never could stand her, all the way back to 1987, when she had a ridiculous talk show (Hollywood Calling on Sunday nights, way before KNBR went all sports). I bailed within 5 minutes of hearing her ovemodulated Noo Yawkness. She was easier to avoid in small doses on TV afterward.
DeleteNot surprised that Sussmann and Katie is defending Trump, no matter how inane his comments are. You forgot to mention Hannity, his defending of Trump is sickening, he sounds like someone following a cult leader blindly. I'm not calling Trump a cult leader, although there is an element of that. Hannity and the others are also hypocrites of the highest order, if Obama had said something just close to that we would never hear the end of it. As a matter of fact
ReplyDeleteHannity is still ranting and raving about Obama and Hillary, he just can't let it go. Hugh Hewitt surprises me, he seems more level headed and often interviews people that are Democrats and more and reporters that are considered more liberal.
1:22, it is okay to call the Commander a Cult Leader. Because if you look at today's Conservative Evangelicals, and one takes a look at the Ten Stages of Genocide, minus 8 & 9 for obvious legal and moral reasons, they have the other 8 stages covered. The CEs have become Nazis minus 8 & 9. Their worst hypocrisy is their obsession with controlling women's bodies, especially if they have fetuses, then they say they don't care if the border dumps last 400 days. UGH!
Delete1:22, I agree with you. Hannity can't let it go because then he'd hardly have a show & he couldn't continue to rile up the ignorant fans that tune in. Obama & Hillary aren't stupid to make those type of racist & stupid comments. Also, they paid attention in school. They know PR is part of the US, whether some people like it or not.
DeleteDemocrats, with their obsession and vilification of President Trump, are driving any and all media, especially shows dealing with the country's "political theatre" at which they are unusually adept. There simply is nothing else to talk about until Democrats get over it and return to doing the jobs they were elected to do.
Delete@9:57 The radical right haven't taken over the Republican party the way the radical left is driving the Democratic platform, if you could even call it a platform. Between Trumps Tweets and the Squad's antics, Nancy Pelosi is headed for a nervous breakdown. I've never seen such a chaotic mess overtake the once proud Democrats. Guess all that bs about pride had the opposite effect.
DeleteIt's a relief to hear that Audrey is making only $317,000. Not sure how you got that, since Hearst is privately held. But she's paid well below her peers. Norm Pearlstein, editor of the LAT, is said to be making about $700,000, down from the $900,000 he was getting at Time Inc. The LAT was a "rescue" job for his career. Michele Flores at the Seattle Times is in the $600,000 range as is Bruce Dold at the Chicago Trib. So Audrey's pay matches her skills.
ReplyDeleteAs a native, born in San Francisco, I'm pretty much unphased by the rude newcomers to the area. After a while you recognuxe them for what they are ... cretins. But, I have to say I've been told by immigrants locally to "Go back where you came from" more than once. So, I'm thoroughly enjoying seeing them get a taste of their own medicine ... from the President, no less. Nothing racist about it. "Turnabout is fairplay," they always say.
ReplyDeleteHey Guy. Congrats on being born in SF. Now, what immigrants are telling you to "go back where you came from"? Are you white?
DeleteI call bullshit.
My Native American friend would tell YOUR ass to "go back to where you came from." And you wouldn't dare challenge him: He's 6'4" 220lbs...with a temper...and would kick your ass.
Delete@1:33 and 7:12 Ok, Milli snd Vanilli, I'm Caucasian with Native American on both sides. My peeple founded this country. Take it or leave it, doesn't make a bit of diference to me, but you two just proved my point about cretins.
DeleteFirst time was a little Vietnam woman with her two brats in tow. Second time, it was a woman from Equador. Then, I lost track. Not the kind of thing you write home about. I'm a female, by the way, so your Native American friend would be doing some hard time if he layed a finger on me.
You two might want to consider anger management, and 1:32 AM better lay off the sauce..
Hey 6:45...this is 7:12.
DeleteDoesn't matter--he'd still kick your ass...even more so, because you're one of those women who he absolutely HATES: Half-Natives...who will claim their half-Native ancestry if it will help them get jobs...or get heard. (which is why he hates Elizabeth Warren)
@7:57 I'm proud that I have Native American ancestors. Why wouldn't I be? My great grandfather marched the Trail of Tears escaping in the Ozarks and settling there. He mined silver and produced coins which were finer and of a higher silver content than that produced by the federal government. They shut him down. My grandmother wove a beautiful basket to collect the eggs from her chickens. I have it. They were highly skilled crafts people and did beautiful work. I don't use the information that I'm part Native American to get some sort of advantage in hiring. I'm well qualified without it. I list it on an application because it is the truth.
DeleteWhen my parents first revealed this information, I was terribly depressed ... suicidal actually. It meant I wasn't Caucasian as I had believed. How do I deal with this information? Do I tell people or do I keep it a secret? I started paying attention to Native American affairs and tried to learn some things about their history. What I learned was even more disturbing. Their story is one that has never been rectified. We walk on this land that belongs to them. We take it for granted that we can "own" it. My sympathies are always with them knowing what it is to be cheated out of something you revered. For years, I didn't tell anybody. I was afraid to. Then one day I realized what extraordinary people they are and it was not honoring that unusual spirit to keep it a secret. I meet with the same bitter hatred every time I mention it. I'm sorry for your friends attitude, because it is hurting him more than it hurts me.
@7:57 Why do I get the feeling your Native American 'friend' lives mainly inside your head.
Delete@7:57 You brought it up, buddy.
DeleteAma Daetz looks lovely, I don't get it. She looks fine to me. I think you're really reaching on that one.
ReplyDeleteYou need to see your eye doctor. She's an attractive girl with absolutely no fashion sense. She dresses like a granny. Her and Sze should at least glance in the mirror from time to time.
DeleteSo Rich.
ReplyDeleteOne of the(4 ass clown) women in congress married her brother to get here and is a known Jew hater.
Let that sink in.
No room to sink in, sorry. Oversaturated with adult beverages.
DeleteI see Laura Loomer found this site.
DeleteFirst off the claim that she married her brother is unproven. Secondly its not news that Muslims and Jews have hated each other for centuries. No news there.
DeleteYou don't have to agree with the four members of the US congress known as the "squad" to understand that it is absolutely possible to not be anti-Semitic and still have major distaste for the Israeli government. Let that sink in. For the record, someone who hates all Palestinians would also be, definitionally, an anti-Semite.
DeleteStill waiting for Congress to condemn them for their Anti-Semitic speeches!!!
DeleteMy bad, Talib married her brother. AOC is the brain dead bartender that could eat an apple through a picket fence and known Socialist ANTIFA supporter. The other idiot...well who cares.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day!
"...why it is these conservative outlets still defend this schmuck no matter what he does, says."
ReplyDeleteBecause the left is even worse. AOC is a clown socialist, Omar is antisemitic jihadist, Tlaib is another socialist, and Pressley has never had a real job. Not one of them serves on ANY noteworthy committee.
Wow!!! That horrendous voice and fake forced laughs come from the blond next to the SUSS Man. Then again in this picture she looks related to Ivanka.
ReplyDeleteIt is so sad that she is forced to make that forced fake laugh anytime Bloron makes a mistake. The old guy can barely get a coherent sentence out & is always asking that creep the producer what is going to happen today on his show? No one knows why they are still on the air?
DeletePut Maria Medina as the morning anchor, more beautiful than rival station Natasha.
ReplyDeleteAgreed!!! She is absolutely stunning!!
DeleteMaria Medina is 🔥!
DeleteYes she is hot. One of those God's gift to mankind women! Her stone cold personality I see chills some of her hotness, and that persona isn't anchor material.
DeleteIf she is going to report about life, she should put more life into her reporting. When was the last time you saw her smile?
The Women are the News.
@12:14 Get help, Gasia, your ego is clouding your judgement
Deletejohn rothman, chip franklin, mikki medoro have a regular gang of trump people who call in all the time, even have heard the same caller on two different shows on the same day!! even in the most progressive, liberal parts of the united states, there are plenty of bigots just waiting to get on the air
ReplyDeleteAt least we own it. Liberals couldn't admit they're human if their lives depended in it.
DeleteKSFO is nearly the lone conservative voice in this sea of progressive totalitarianism. You may not like Sussman as a compelling listen on the air That's OK. However, he and his colleagues have never been aligned with views of the vile KKK. The KKK is historically associated with the Democrat party. Your indirect characterization of conservatives is wrong and offensive and in no way motivates me to contribute to 415 Media. There, I said it!
ReplyDeleteAre you Mark Levin. As for KSFO being the lone conservative voice in this area, that just isn't true if you are talking about radio. 860 am has conservative hosts, Sebastian Gorka, Larry Elder, Dennis Prager and Hugh Hewitt, they even got rid of the more moderate and reasonable conservative Michael Medved. If you can get Sacramento radio stations both 650 and 1530 am, has conservative hosts, some are repeats from this area, Rush and Hannity. Tom Sullivan is on from noon to 3 p.m. and I often listen to him although I'm not a conservative, but I find him reasonable and I like his personality, he also takes calls from callers that disagree with him. I agree comparing Sussmann and other conservative hosts to the KKK is going a little too far, but so is some voices from the right, calling many liberals communist and socialist, and when Obama was president I heard all kinds of vile names, he was a thug, he was the 5th column. Seems to me both sides would do well to lower the rhetoric a bit.
DeleteLet's examine the full context. Trump is playing Twitter Chess as you watch him playing checkers. Democrats, including top Dems, call President Trump a racist daily. This is nothing new. On Friday AOC called Pelosi a racist. So the President defended Nancy, vouching for her. That drove a wedge right into the D Party. Then the President points out that The Squad hates America (they do) and forces Nancy to take sides and defend The Squad. Take a look at AOC's name recognition and approval polls and then you might understand how frigging brilliant the President actually is. President Trump WANTS to run against communism.
ReplyDeleteThe word racist is overblown, everyone is using it against everyone. I don't think AOC should have called Pelosi a racist. Don't know if Trump is, certainly is not sensitive to racial issues, he is however hyper sensitive to anyone being critical of him. Some conservatives feel that when there is in fighting with the Democrats stay out of it, now instead of the in-fighting they are united against Trump and certain factions of the Republicans. I don't agree with much of the Squad, but that does not mean they hate America, any American or anyone living here has a right to point out things they don't agree with. When has it become un-American to be critical of our government?
DeleteAs for running against communism, that is a narrative pushed by many Republicans, or at least socialism, and many are buying into it, they are also pointing to Venezuela as a model of socialism, but Venezuela is a dictatorship that disguise itself as a socialistic country. I'm from Denmark the living conditions in Denmark and other Northern European countries, does not compare to Venezuela. Most Democrats are still capitalist, and approve of the free market, just with more safeguards than Republicans. From what I hear on talk radio and on the news many Americans are very ignorant of the both what socialism and communism means, or the pretend to be ignorant. Also most socialistic country are not pure, they are a combination of both socialism and capitalism, since people own home, have businesses, freedom of the press etc.
I'm still waiting for KPIX to fire the morning news team and start over!
ReplyDeleteI think Kenny could be serviceable but you can see the contempt between him and Michelle. When Kenny is gone I think did Michelle finally get rid of him.
DeleteThey're both idiots. Unwatchable "news" anyways if you can call it that.
DeleteUpdate on KGO 810 - Rothman read memo from Lee saying that 810 was back up to full power after being on low power for several days - guess that 6L6 tube finally arrived from EBAY!
ReplyDeleteKRON4 is not worried, they have KRON On!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe few advertisers they have at KRON are going insane!
ReplyDeleteKron is no longer on AT@T Uverse. They want a kings ransom
DeleteWatch, KPIX is going into the DirecTV abyss next. Local networks are in full on struggle mode.
DeleteTrue -- as of this afternoon, CBS is no longer available to ATT U-Verse and Direct TV subscribers.
DeleteSad. This is a terrible mistake by these local stations. Not many will miss them.
DeleteLocal affiliates are now asking providers for way too much money because advertising revenues are way off due to the major decrease in overall audience.
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