Cable News Ratings for Friday, September 14, 2012

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1. Sicilian Papa

   Posted September 17, 2012 at 4:23 PM

   I don’t know if I heard any mention of the Susan Rice comments on CNN.

2. DB

   Posted September 17, 2012 at 4:24 PM

   Ralph, Jeffie is the quintessential internet coward. Uses the anonymity of the internet of say things to people he would never say in person.

3. DB

   Posted September 17, 2012 at 4:25 PM

   Supposedly Romney said at private fundraiser that many Obama voters are dependent on government. Wow, who knew??

4. Suikostinger

   Posted September 17, 2012 at 4:26 PM

   Uses the anonymity of the internet of say things to people he would never say in person.

   DB…you have said some vile things too. You have even admitted it to me and everyone else. So don’t even start.

5. Former CNN Fan

   Posted September 17, 2012 at 4:26 PM

   Three episodes of Hardball in the evening and MSNBC still kicked the poo outta CNN! That’s so sad that its funny. He DOUBLED CNN’s audience at 7pm. Hahahahahahahaha!!

6. Coffee Steve

   Posted September 17, 2012 at 4:27 PM

   @Sicilian Papa
   Susan Rice comments on CNN

   I have had my DirecTV news mix boxes up, CNN has a couple of times showed her comments. Problem is so far (That I have Seen) no one’s challenging her statements (But I’m not watching much either)

   I have to admit though, from what I have been reading and watching the MSM media to be totally ignoring the conflicting reports on the protest vs. Attack questions, and that is sad and disgusting, for all sides.

7. Sicilian Papa

   Posted September 17, 2012 at 4:32 PM

   @

   Suiko

   I was watching CNN this afternoon. I watch some of the opinion people on FOX. I also watch Shep and Brett. I think they do pretty good news reports. I also watch the big three at 6:30

8. Jeff

   Posted September 17, 2012 at 4:39 PM

   @Fertilizer Boy can’t appreciate 12-step programs because he’s not yet old enough, or bright enough, to climb 12 steps. lol

   LMAO!!

9. Coffee Steve

   Posted September 17, 2012 at 4:42 PM

   Have a good night everyone, wife and kid want to play some games

   Later Gators

   Peace

10. Jeff

    Posted September 17, 2012 at 4:42 PM

    Perfect!!!

    Fox & Friends prankster rips Fox News
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    Comments (20) By MACKENZIE WEINGER | 9/17/12 4:35 PM EDT
    Max Rice may have pulled a fast one on Fox News’ Gretchen Carlson Monday morning, but he says there was an ounce of truth in the now infamous awkward interview — he will be voting for Mitt Romney this fall.

    Rice appeared on Fox & Friends this morning and was introduced by Gretchen Carlson as a recent college graduate who had voted for Pres. Barack Obama, but was now supporting Romney. Rice — a 20-year old who couldn’t possibly have voted in 2008 — said he got booked on the show after he was approached via text message by a friend of a friend active in a Tea Party group.

    “It was 10 days ago, I get like a text from him. ‘Do you know any college graduates who are upset with Obama or whatever and do they want to be on national television?’ And I’m just like ‘F— yeah, that’s me!’ even though I’m not a college graduate and I’m not unemployed, but I saw the national television part,” Rice told POLITICO.

    Rice said he was particularly thrilled when he found out the network in question was Fox News — and even more so when he was told he’d appear on Fox & Friends, a program he said “I especially hate.”

    “I’ve always been very critical of Fox News, especially Rupert Murdoch,” he said. “I always find it fascinating that a guy from Australia makes money from xenophobia. It’s mindboggling and there’s absolutely no journalistic merit whatsoever. And this is like a clear example of that.”

    Rice, who added that he transferred from UT-Austin and now attends Columbia College Chicago, said he told Fox that he was exactly what they were looking for — a college graduate and former Obama voter who was now a hardcore Romney supporter.

    But the Fox & Friends producer he was in contact with never vetted him. Rice said he wasn’t asked for proof that he graduated college or for his driver’s license, which would have proved that he could not have cast a vote in 2008. 

    “I said I was a huge fan of your show, which was probably my biggest lie,” Rice said. “They never called to ask me how old I was, they never called the University of Texas, they never asked to see my driver’s license because I’m 20 years old – how could I have possibly voted?”

    There are several videos of Rice performing stand-up comedy on YouTube, but he claims this wasn’t a stunt to get his name out there.

    “I’m more an aspiring writer than comedian,” he said. “That was just more to build self-confidence and develop a style, but I still haven’t given up on stand-up comedy, but that’s definitely not going to be my main career. This is something that fell into my lap. I mean, honestly, I will take the publicity though, but it fell into my lap.”

    The chance to appear on Fox News and mock the network live was “too good of an opportunity” and a way for him to perform “a public service,” Rice told POLITICO.

    “I feel if they get paid money to do that, hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, millions of dollars a year, and they’re not held to the same journalistic standards that my sophomore brother is on a four-page paper — if my brother pulled the crap that Fox pulled, he’d be expelled,” Rice said.

    But it wasn’t all just a prank, he claimed. On the show, Rice told Carlson he would vote for Romney in November because he lost a basketball game to a friend, a statement that led Carlson to ask if he was taking the interview seriously. Apparently, that’s one thing that is true, Rice said.

    “The basketball story is a true story. I lost a game to a huge Romney supporter and he would have voted for Obama,” he said. “But I live in Illinois so it’s not really a tip for the election either way.”

11. Jeff

    Posted September 17, 2012 at 4:48 PM

    Fox News cuts off Romney’s speech

    http://www.politico.com/multimedia/video/2012/09/fox-news-cuts-off-romney-speech.html

12. Mark

    Posted September 17, 2012 at 5:07 PM

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/09/17/romney-my-job-is-not-to-worry-about-those-people/

    Mother Jones’s David Corn recently got hold of a leaked recording in which Romney, speaking behind closed doors at a fund-raiser, heaped a good dose of scorn on Obama’s supporters:

    There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that’s an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what …

    These are people who pay no income tax. 47 percent of Americans pay no income tax. So our message of low taxes doesn’t connect… my job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.

13. Mark

    Posted September 17, 2012 at 5:15 PM

    Pretty stupid saying that you aren’t going to worry about 47% of the population, that means you have to go after 51 percent of the remaining 53 percents(or 96.2% of the remaining voting public)

14. TheBoss1

    Posted September 17, 2012 at 5:22 PM

    UnFreakingBelievable. Mitt Romney should be disqualified to serve as president of the United States. He really believes that FORTY-SEVEN percent of the United States are FREELOADERS. 47%. Do you get that?

    Mitt Romney is a disgraceful human-being.

15. Bsotgnw

    Posted September 17, 2012 at 5:24 PM

    Mark. when you rob Peter to pay Paul you are prety much assured of Pauls vote. Since 40 something plus % pay no “FEDERAL” tax you can count on their vote. Do you disagree?

16. TheBoss1

    Posted September 17, 2012 at 5:25 PM

    Here’s the most despicable thing in Mitt Romney’s comments:

    “MY JOB IS NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE.”

    That’s FORTY-SEVEN PERCENT of the American people. Romney is saying his job is not to worry about almost ONE-HALF of the American people.

    I’ll repeat myself: UnFreakingBelievable.

17. TheBoss1

    Posted September 17, 2012 at 5:31 PM

    @Bsotgnw … you say “40 something plus %” pay no “FEDERAL” tax, you do realize how ignorant and idiotic that comment makes you appear, don’t you?

    What you are saying is this: 40% of the American people do not buy gasoline and 40% of the American people do not work and get a paycheck. Because people who buy gasoline pay “FEDERAL” taxes and people who earn a paycheck pay “payroll” taxes (which are “FEDERAL” taxes). Do do understand these basic points, do you not? Or are you really that stupid?

18. Bsotgnw

    Posted September 17, 2012 at 5:34 PM

    Boss you are misinterperting his statement. He does not care about spending time,effort or money in going after their vote as it has allready been bought with our tax dollars. Would you bother if you were running?

19. TheBoss1

    Posted September 17, 2012 at 5:36 PM

    Mitt Romney believes 130 million Americans are worthless and that his job is “NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THEM.”

    130 million Americans!

20. TheBoss1

    Posted September 17, 2012 at 5:39 PM

    Bsotgnw … he said clearly that 47% of the American people (130 million) are free-loaders who perceive themselves as “victims” who have no “personal responsiblity.” He was diparaging ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION Americans. If you cannot get that, I feel sorry for your ability to think and reason.

    But, don’t worry. Run to Fox News. They’ll tell you how to respond.