To wit:
The Jon Miller issue isn't a big deal, you ALL made it a big deal. Miller's cap is a JOKE and I'd say it to his face but a few of his buds showed him my article. The "adios pelota" schmuck should be ashamed. I'm not backing down. Never.
*KRON, you're so goddamned CRUMMY. Here I was defending you and acknowledging your betterment and you're crappo again, the only thing missing is Hank Tannenbaum doing patio furniture ads.
*Reggie Aqui: you're a fucking moron and an embarrassment to the Circle7 heritage. If you weren't a Disney employee, you'd be a stock clerk at the Market/Doboce Safeway.
*Sara Donchey: you tell your PIX newsroom buds you want to be taken seriously, then 86 the short skirts and heels and look more like a lady and not some party chick.
*Julie Haener: seriously, Jules, I don't give a shit anymore what you do. You're an OVERRATED Danville diva with about as much compassion and sincerity as a Santa Rosa Shell station.
*ASSHAT supremo: Mark Ibanez, so you were shtupping Julie, who cares.
You're either with me or against me...
*Dan Ashley, maybe the reason why you chose to stab me in the back was that you feared Ming Sze. Yeah, I hear she's got free reign from the GM all the way up to Stabbe.
*Damon Bruce: you got fired and you end up at YOUTube shouting fuck and muthafucka every two minutes, yeah, Damien, you're a legend.
*The current people who still work at KCBS: seriously, you're that desperate? Or maybe your EGO is bigger than your bod. In either case, guess what? You all sound like shit; you've infected a once-proud operation with your dreck AND, my god, what a TOTAL DISASTER!
*Jenny Seelig: I DON'T FEAR YOU, never have, never will. Now go back to sewing Bret Burkhart's pajamas.
*Add Jenny: that doubling down on Eric Thomas? Was it the 50 bucks bonus from Audacy or does Eric have pictures?
*The carnival en fuego: KCBS overnight with Shane Guiness and uh, uh, that, uh, that, uh, traffic reporter, uh, that, Carolyn Burns.
*Don Bastida, you DO, must have pictures.
*Greg Papa, maybe you could just say, "John" 10x every half hour and cleanse the palate, right? Good.
*And John Lund, remember, lick his, (Greg's) boots after every show or beware being liquidated by listening to Copes hyena-laughing at Tolbert's latest beer party.
*YENTA ALERT: On second thought, Gasia Mikaelian, just go away.
*Mike Mibach: you're such a complete NOTHING. You make Frank Mallicoat look like David Brinkley.
*Sal Castaneda: Here I thought you had cajones--you're a paper tiger.
*Frank Somerville: be well, of course...but quit being a phony.
*Nikki Medoro: John Lobertini was right: you're such a gitta.
*Raj Mathai, I booked you and Janelle Wang a two-night deal at the Morgan Hill Motel 6.
*SFGate: you all and your fraud, pimple-faced assholes who eat alfalfa sprouts and scribble crap every day.
*FINALLY, Martha Stewart? Damn!
There folks is the West Coast Durham/Lieberman Report.
ReplyDeleteNOW that's what I'm talking about Rich. Tell it like it is! You made my day!!!
ReplyDeletewhatever happened to john lobertini?
ReplyDeleteRich - I'm afraid you'll have to settle for Jan Wahl
ReplyDeleteCan Sports Illustrated ask Jan Wahl to appear in next year's Swimsuit issue with one of her treadmark hats?
DeleteJohn Rothmann,HerbertvHoover and Nelson Rockefellr would be estatatic
DeleteAnytime someone brings up Jan Wahl here, I'm reminded of something Roger Ebert wrote shortly before he died - "I found that difficult to swallow."
DeleteAs Al Bundy said when seeing Marci naked "I'm blind"!
DeleteI totally agree with you about gasia and mike both of whom I worked with. But also donchey and aqui. They are both total embarrassments to a profession that I gave 49 years to.
ReplyDeleteYou're wrong about Ibanez. He's a stand up guy.
Same with Haener. Altho I'm not quite sure her head is still into the game.
As for Ashley. He's one of the nicest people I've ever met. He and somerville were/are the two best anchors in the Bay Area bar none.
You got proof that they were?
DeleteRich, just repeat to yourself "It's just a hat, I should really just relax..."
ReplyDeleteEver see Ibanez’ hands…lol
DeleteAlways thought Julie was an ice queen, makes sense if Mark and her "partied" because he can't please her anyway. Perfect match
ReplyDeleteJulie cares about Julie. If you need for someone to have your back, it ain't her. Even if you're married to her.
DeleteIs Sara Donchey a party girl? I notice she has some hidden tattoo on air.
ReplyDeleteI don't think she is a "party" girl, she is of a newer generation. She also spent a lot of time in LA.
DeleteShe's always talking about her tats. Like Vern and the weather guy really give a f---.
Delete"Sara Donchey: you tell your PIX newsroom buds you want to be taken seriously, then 86 the short skirts and heels and look more like a lady and not some party chick."
DeleteI don't know about party girl. Often she wears things that quite cover her up. But she has the weirdest taste in clothes and she can't match a top and a bottom to save her life. She likes such ugly shades that I seriously wonder if she may be colorblind.
I hope someone at KPIX gets a handle on when Donchey is on the 6 & 7 with a promo story, and Jules asks her what time is the "show?" It's not a show, it's a newscast or program. KPIX, get a "professional" clue.
DeleteI take watching Sara VERY seriously!!
DeleteThe majority of this "different generation" tattooed all over will be keeping the tattoo removal companies in business for the next 30-40 years. I have a cousin who went through that phase, got a little older, had them removed. Same others I've seen. Total waste.
Delete"Hi, I'm Sara Donchey, and tonight on the Late News with Sara Donchey..." I doubt she's a party girl (doesn't she have a kid?) but she sure is dopey. She appears to be a mouthbreather too.
DeleteShe has a kid and is married yet I don’t understand why she is dressing provocatively for. When Darren fills in he really doesn’t give a f about her tattoos or antics on the air but they do have a good conversation and seem to get along when it comes to the weather. I really wonder what her husband would think.
DeleteSara reminds me of Debra Barone from Everybody loves raymond where in the PTA episode she dresses provocatively at her home in front of all the guests and her in-laws can’t handle it because it crossed the line.
Also her promos are way too much. KPIX needs to make some more serious changes and I hope some will come in Fall like moving Brian Hackney to the 11PM time slot on weeknights and/or pairing him up with Jules. Donchey can go back to field reporting or move to weekends.
Andrea Nakano is better, knows how to professionally dress & reads and delivers the news in a solid way. She can joke with Darren on the weather but she is very articulate and knows where to draw the line. My parents prefer Nakano to Donchey.
If you think Martha Stewart is attractive, please get your eyes examined. It is highly likely that the DMV will pull your license. Either that or you have “mommy” issues. A word to the wise, do not tell anyone about your fixation on Snoop’s side piece.
Delete"I hope some will come in Fall like moving Brian Hackney to the 11PM time slot on weeknights and/or pairing him up with Jules."
DeleteHa ha! For that you'd have to assume the powers that be at KPIX have a brain. Collectively among them they don't have one. Bay Area news has become almost an all-woman show, the way Bay Area politics has become an almost all-black show, and both have ruined their respective fields. FACTS. Jenny Selig, Amber Eikel, Stephanie Adourney, Lisa White, Trixie Watkowski—all horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE. Back when journalism was a serious undertaking they wouldn't have been able to get a job managing a high school newspaper.
I don't see how Sara D is "promiscuous." Wearing what look like track pants with silver loops on the legs, ugly green skirts and pants, and ill-fitting grungy jackets make her aesthetic more like "bag lady hipster" than promiscuous. And yes, Sara, you may like your tats and Bad Bunny, but the audience doesn't care. Trust me on this.
Delete@ 12:52 Ala Barbara Walters? She admitted late in life she had a black lover
DeleteNot sure why they don’t want to move Hackney to primetime. In a certain situation like last Saturday where Darren is off, who else will do the weather? Or when Darren has to show up on Monday morning and Sunday nights at 11PM? Could be the same thing asked if Hackney retires.
DeleteHe seems stuck on the weekends and looks like that won’t be changing anytime soon at least under the current leadership. Retirement? May or may not happen no one knows yet.
Martha is smoking HOT! Hubba Hubba!
ReplyDeleteI would love to "practice repopulating" with Martha every night!
DeleteIs shtupping Julie jew for banging her?
ReplyDeleteJon Miller is wearing the hat just to get under your skin, Rich. He's sadistic.
ReplyDeleteNot only does Eric Thomas has photos, he also has videos
ReplyDeleteIf Martha can be on the cover of the swimsuit issue so can Vicki Liviakis.
ReplyDeleteYour diatribes about jon miller’s baseball hat are just ridiculous. Times change! Let it go already
ReplyDelete@614: Times "may" have changed, but there's this thing called credibility. Good announcers let their work speak for itself. Vin Scully and Dick Enberg never wore their team's colors. Neither did Lon Simmons and Bill King. They never needed to be cheerleaders. Bravo to Lieberman for fighting the fight.
DeleteYowsa Lieberman! On a rant and rage today. Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteYes nothing like a positive blog!!
DeleteLove for a Santa Rosa drop!
ReplyDeleteGo Rich Go!! Let the snark out!! If only your rant made people change!!
ReplyDeleteLook up “phony as hell” in the dictionary and you’ll see a photo of Haener. That’s a fact. Jack.
ReplyDeleteI work at a local station (not ktvu) but one of my close colleagues used to work there for a number of years.
DeleteHe’s told me many stories about Julie Haener about how she treated people and expected the world to revolve around her yet didn’t give a moneky’s ass about anyone else.
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ReplyDeleteWho? They have a new reporter named Bailey. A young blond who doesn’t even remotely resemble a man.
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DeleteFor all the Nile and insults you throw at others you sure are pretty thin skinned Rich.
ReplyDeleteLove it when you go scorched earth Rich! Looks like a donation is in order. I don't know where you got the Chicago typewriter? All I know, is that its hot, smokin and empty!
ReplyDeleteWhat’s the deal with the new scrappy studio set at KTVU? Hopefully a temporary look.
ReplyDeleteSommerville made the 10 pm cast. Julie was just a ride along. Now with Frank gone, she is exposed.
ReplyDeleteRich, please stop pulling your punches, tell us how you REALLY feel - Dangnabbit !! That’s some damned tasty Vitriol Stew, and lots of it.
ReplyDeleteAs an old friend once taught me - “you catch more flies with sugar than you do with vinegar”. I think she was trying to encourage me to cool it with the bad-mouthing, and improve my game with gentle kindness. But, I am with you, every now and then one has to blow off some steam. Nicely Vented Rich !!
That new girl Bailey cannot even get through one sentence without stumbling. And the first time I saw her she was wearing jeans. Who hired her?!?
ReplyDeleteMop head Amber
Delete“That new girl Bailey cannot even get through one sentence without stumbling.”
DeleteSounds like she’s following in the footsteps of Dave Clark and Frank Mallicrap.
I don't care what you say, just leave Elizabeth Cook alone, she can do no wrong❤️🔥
ReplyDeleteElizabeth Cook is classy and sexy, unlike Sara Donkeybutt m and those lightweight pendejas they throw out there on weekday mornings.
Delete“Sara Donkeybutt”
DeleteAre you a 3-year-old or do you just play one when you’re in your mom’s basement in front of your keyboard?
You will see no one else in Bay Area media tell it like it is and hold no punches!
ReplyDeleteShe's still an airhead and a small boy's idea of a sexy woman.
ReplyDeleteRadio is on its way out. Several prominent auto companies have stated their new models will not feature AM radio. The industry gets probably 2/3rds of its audience from people listening in their cars. But the content on local AM radio in any part of the country is mostly minor league quality anyway. Companies such as Cumulus, I-heart and Audacy destroyed small and medium market radio in the mid 1990s following deregulation. They wiped out community radio, local news and personalities and replaced them with mostly noisy, annoying conservative
ReplyDeleteSyndicated radio assmats such as Limbaugh. Then their insidious programming ‘strategy’ spread to major market radio like a virulent virus. The result?
Amateur hour with vapid noise and nonsense and embarrassingly bad broadcasters who 15 years ago would be working in Redding or Modesto. 90 percent of AM radio isn’t worth listening to anyway so who will miss it? Certainly no one age 30 and under. That demographic spend hours each day staring into tiny screens, oblivious to the real world. Rich sometimes is a bit harsh, but his observations are mostly spot-on.
Yep, if Sarah Donchey wants to be taken seriously she needs not only to look the part but sound like a news pro, and drop the whiny "gee whiz I'm trying" delivery. As for KCBS radio, totally agree with the trainwreck it's become. You left out the TikTok-er who does evening traffic and commercials. I tune out as soon as I hear her crazed voice.
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