watch cnn at 1:30 ET

[newsguyatl]

on the recall debacle :-)

that's all i'll say :-) :-) :-)

[HootieMcBoob]

1. Hmmmm

Why all the mystery, mister?

[ewagner]

2. short title

this is cruel and unusual punishment MR

[joanski01]

3. Yeah, what's the poop?

That's the time I was going to take a nap.

[Rose Siding]

4. That's a lot of smiles, newsguyatl

I better watch

[newsguyatl]

5. i can't say

too much for obvious reasons, but just pay close attention to how the story is told... wording, etc.

nothing big, but DUers will enjoy... ((that is barring any changes))

[gratuitous]

6. Ain't that about the time Crossfire is on?

Hmmmm.

[newsguyatl]

7. no

crossfire is on at 4:30 et

this is at 1:30 et

[Spazito]

8. Hmmmm, my guess is....

newsguyatl will be on! Go newsguyatl, if I am right!

[newsguyatl]

13. ha, nah

i won't be on... sorry to disappoint...lol

nothing big, just for those of you tired of media being too wimpy and pathetic to tell the real story of the recall debate, watch how it's told today... that's all... only DUers would notice the difference....

[wryter2000]

9. I'm at work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can I listen on the internet?

[dweller]

10. will someone be filling in the details

for us w/out cable?

hope so.

dp

[gWbush is Mabus]

11. .

I will be in a meeting from 1:30 to 4:00pm
Can I at least have a hint?

[Robin Hood]

12. Interesting name

Are you a news guy from Atlanta? That is so weord because CNN is from Atlanta, and it would be really weird if you worked for CNN in Atlanta..


lol.

[never cry wolf]

14. a kick

so those with access can keep the rest of us informed.

:kick:

[Cush]

15. 4 minutes

[newsguyatl]

16. things might

change now, b/c arnold scheduled a live event ... argh... stay tuned

[Spazito]

17. Ewwwwww! Ahhhhhnald :puke:

I am trying to hold down my breakfast, sure hope the good stuff isn't "delayed"!

[newsguyatl]

18. now bush tape is gonna

be released... further messing plans up... this is suspicious folks...

i think DU is watched more closely than we think

[realFedUp]

20. Scott McClellan.....

on.
Trying to avoid the announcement from the CA courts on
recall?

[TAH6988]

22. Oh, yeah,

Right. Just friggen tell us! What the heck's the big secret?

[realFedUp]

19. Arnold's Prop 49 added to the budget mess here...

$550 million mandated even though the resources
were never named to fund it.

Ok, announcement from courts...is that it?

[realFedUp]

21. Do you know the announcement from the courts?

is the recall going to March?

[newsguyatl]

24. argh,

white house releases this mccllelan tape just in time to FUCK everything up...

hmmm


make no mistake, we ARE the WHORE NEWS NETWORK

[gratuitous]

28. You're sure it's not Crossfire?

Sounds like whatever you might have had in mind got caught in a "crossfire" of competing news releases timed to coincide with whatever CNN was originally planning to air at that time.

[realFedUp]

25. I'm guessing this is the news...that the recall goes to March.

.

[realFedUp]

26. sniper investigation

zzzzzzz.

[Capn Sunshine]

23. So Far Arnold is tap dancing about jobs

half the jobs lost in the past 18 montsh were in CA..tell me something I don't know....that is on * plain and simple
Buffett speaks, states the obvious ...if WE hurt, the Nat'l economy hurts. This make ME wonder why the Bushites aren't doing MORE to assist the CA economy ( answer obvious)
Shultz, a classic pedant.
That wa IT.
ATL, what did they spike? anything I miss?
I'm on camera in 25 mins myself on the same topic...:)

[realFedUp]

27. Mike, we want details....where, when, what channel?

give us the meat.

[Capn Sunshine]

32. Local news crew

For possibel national feed; I don't know who picks it up where...it's one of those " a state bond expert said today California could face billions in additional bond expense if the recall passes" things.

So short answer: I dunno.

[realFedUp]

43. can you make a video you can show us?

.

[Catherine Vincent]

29. Talking about the WV sniper now....

[realFedUp]

30. Ok, spill.....tired of waiting for CNN.

:-)

[mpsteve]

No crap! C'mon, Newsguy!!!

[newsguyatl]

31. hang tight

coming after the break... but not near as good as was planned.... :grr:

[newsguyatl]

ok,

get ready to listen to this folks!

[mpsteve]

37. You hype more than the White House!

[AWD]

33. newsguy

...you were just trying to get us to watch the ditech.com commercial, weren't you???

Admit it.....

[realFedUp]

34. Bob Franken on

talking about Ueberroth's proposal...zzzzzzz.

[newsguyatl]

35. coming up

after franken... listen to kyra

[Catherine Vincent]

44. I didn't hear anything worthwhile from her.

They junked it, I guess. What was she supposed to say?

[Robin Hood]

36. So what's the news? Newsguy.

Fill us in.

[realFedUp]

38. ACLU lawsuit.....judge skeptical about delaying vote

no decision but should come within the next hour...
will be an appeal.

[TAH6988]

39. That's it??? N/T

[realFedUp]

40. Davis speech snippets on....

ok, waiting for da bomb.....

[newsguyatl]

42. no

things changed, everything changed due to the mcclellan tape, arnold live presser and the wv presser.... it was gonna be good, good stuff... at least we got that good soundbite on from davis...

oh well...

better luck next time... :grr:

[realFedUp]

45. spill.

or we will send Ahnold over to grab your woman's tits.

[Catherine Vincent]

46. I did like that soundbite from Davis though.

He should have called them sore LOSERS! But he's too classy for that!

[Spazito]

48. Keep trying!

I can't help but wonder tho if the lineup is sent to Rove so he can figure out when to interrupt any coverage that ain't pro-Bush.

Anyway, hope whatever it was will get on soon!

[realFedUp]

41. What?

newsguy....strip naked and run through the gauntlet...
nothing there there.

[onecitizen]

47. Isn't this pathetic that..........

we have to resort to this kind of escapade on just the CHANCE that we MIGHT hear something favorable to our side? And it will probably only get worse in the future.

[TAH6988]

49. We were played for fools

by one of our own...

[Dookus]

50. Yup....

this was silly. I tuned in expecting SOMETHING. I got a 30 second sound byte of a generic Gray Davis anti-recall statement.

[mpsteve]

52. From now on, Newsgutatl will be as popular as a Red Sox fan in Yankee

Stadium

[realFedUp]

53. nah....

newsguy is usually reliable and he doesn't want
his rep damaged by dangling the CNN hook.....

[TAH6988]

54. So he did not over-hype this then? N/T

[TahitiNut]

51. Like living in Nazi-occupied France ...

... listening to the short-wave for messages of hope and freedom. :shrug:

[Capn Sunshine]

80. Jaques has a long mustache

repitez-vous:Jaques has a long mustache
:nuke:

[leftchick]

55. rove, rove, rove!!

I firmly believe rove has a staff that moniters the tv news programs full time just to preempt anything unkind to aWol. This has happened on way too many occaisions to be coincidence. :grr:

[HootieMcBoob]

56. That's it Newguyatl

at least fes up to your horrible, cruel game.

[Catherine Vincent]

57. It could still happen.

Kyra is still on and they will talk about the recall again.

[newsguyatl]

58. no PEOPLE

we were gonna really nail the gov recall story today, with really good stuff, but LIKE I SAID, with the arnold live event we took, mclellan presser we took and the wv presser we took, all at 1:30, everything changed and fell apart last minute... in the news biz, things change FAST...

i was giving a heads up to you guys, because what we had planned, DUers would have enjoyed...

for those who doubt my reliability or sincerity, FUCK YOU, ok?

[HootieMcBoob]

59. So....

you mean you're not gonna nail the gov recall story today because of arnold, wv and all that? Isn't it still newsworthy? Or was it terminated ;)

[Robin Hood]

60. You tell em Newsdude.

Thanks for the info. Will it be aired at some other time?

[newsguyatl]

63. not exactly

what a writer and i had set up to air, probably not... it passed the hit time, and that's that... it sucks, but that's the way it goes...

moral of the story for me: never post on DU again about news coverage, because if and when plans change (which they always do in this biz) i will get flamed...

moral of the story for DUers: know that there ARE folks on YOUR side in the news biz working HARD for the truth to get out, though few we are...

we'll try again next time... there just won't be a heads up on DU :-)

[Richardo]

69. A lot of us appreciate it, newsguy - KUTGW...

:thumbsup:

After reading What Liberal Media and Big Lies in quick succession it's a real relief to know there are "newsguyatl's" behind the scenes.

Count me among your supporters.

Richardo

[Robin Hood]

71. Don't sweat it newsdude.

That's just how it is around here. It's hard to post anything without getting flamed. You need a thick skin around here. Keep posting the heads up, it is appreciated.

[TAH6988]

61. No

FU. Why don't you tell us now then?

[Emboldened Chimp]

62. Yeah. tell us now

They might not ever show it.

[leftchick]

64. I trust you and your reliability a hell of a lot more than the

annoying posters around here. Keep the good news alerts coming! :)

[newsguyatl]

65. thanks

for the kind words leftchick :-)

and with that, i'm going to go DRINK!

[MaineDem]

67. Ditto what leftchick said

Thanks for the effort! :)

[Emboldened Chimp]

72. It's really not fair

You led us on and now won't tell us what it was. It's a bit cruel to leave people hanging like that, especially if there isn't a chance for it to air later. You really owe it to the people who took the time to read this thread.

[Individualist]

66. So do I

[HootieMcBoob]

68. Not me

not as far as I could throw him. If there was something there and they wouldn't air it he'd tell us. And now he's gonna go drink. Why does he sound like a 17 year old now than someone who works for CNN?

[TAH6988]

70. He still hasn't

told us what it was? I thought I overlooked it or something.

[newsguyatl]

79. there wasn't

an "IT" for crying out loud! re-read reply 5 in this thread... it was the whole presentation we were gonna give that really told the gov recall story in true DU fashion... there was no "smoking gun" no "it" - just really, really, really good journalism that, like i said, DUers would have enjoyed... simple as that, no pulling a rabbit out of a hat, just telling the real story of the recall (which seems like magic nowadays with today's corporate media)...

i'm too tired to give you a lesson in television news producing, but know that if you miss your hittime, that's it, that's all she wrote, there are no second chances...


i'd choose being repeatedly stabbed slowly with a fork if i could erase this posting...

like i said, i learned my lesson of the day today...

i have a migraine now...

wish libertychick was here to go drinking with me :toast:

[Catherine Vincent]

81. Ah well, you tried.

I'll bet you won't do that again, eh. LOL!

[magnolia]

82. newsguy...

...don't beat yourself up. With the exception of the childish few, who demand instant gratification...we DO understand what you are saying. I for one, would rather you give an alert and have it not come to pass...then no alert at all.

I truly appreciate your effort.

[TAH6988]

85. I understand

Maybe next time don't lead with your chin and tone down all the happy faces (I count four in your original post) that served to get our hopes up.

[hang a left]

90. Hey now,

don't sweat it. EVERYONE makes mistakes, if your like me, you make them alot.

[leftchick]

73. if you don't trust him then why are you still posting in this thread?

six year old logic... love your handle, it seems to fit quite well
:eyes:

[TAH6988]

74. Perhaps

because we had so much time invested in it and we are hoping to shame him into telling us! :-)

[Emboldened Chimp]

76. Forget shame

He has a responsibility to tell us. It's only fair. And aren't we the true fairness party?

[HootieMcBoob]

75. If there's something there

I'll eat Tucker Carlson's shoe. How's that? I'm bored as shit at work and checking to see if there is anything there that's why. I'll be the first to praise the man if he's legit, otherwise...

[Melinda]

86. "If he's legit"? Could you be anymore ignorant?

newsguy's credibility is not at question for those of us that aren't DU "newbies". On the other hand, YOU have yet to establish your DU bonifides, Hootie. FWIW - and going by your posts on this thread it's safe to assume my opinion won't mean squat to you - you'd do well to kick back, observe and hopefully learn before you go off half cocked and uninformed again.

[DEMActivist]

77. Me too!!

Go newsguyatl! Don't let the assholes get you down. Many of us know how hard you work to get the truth out. Never give up.

[BurtWorm]

83. I don't doubt you at all.

Weird that Arnold of all people pre-empted whatever you had up your sleeve though. Really weird.

:tinfoilhat:

[Spazito]

78. My 2 cents worth...

I am not upset whatever it was to be wasn't on, I was glad to have some hope of "good" news but know that the news cycle is ever changing. A little hope of good news is a hell of a lot better than the certainty of bad, pro-Bush news even if it didn't pan out this time.

I, for one, hope newsguyatl will continue to give us a heads up on things, it sure as heck doesn't hurt anything, imo!

[Dookus]

84. Agreed!

I want him to keep posting, too.

And I never for a second doubted his sincerity or reliability.

But I *WOULD* like to know what was planned. I was all a-twitter with anticipation.

[HootieMcBoob]

87. Sheesh already

Ok Ok I'm sorry I made ya feel bad. But c'mon now. Don't you think he should at least let us in on how it was going to be spun or what the gist of the story was or in what way it might have been something we would have liked? All he told us was a vague bunch of generalities about something that might have been of interest to DU concerning the recall. Don't stop posting the headsups Newsdude but at the very least if they don't come to fruition give us a little something to chew on. You can't go dangle the meat (that sounds weird don't it?) and then just pull it away and say you gotta go drinkin' Trust but veryify.... :shrug:

[wellstone_democrat]

89. Ah, but he did tell us the substance

the "substance" in the case was not a suprise new fact but the fact that the presentation of a recall story was going to be---for a big friggin' change---one that questioned the usual presentation by the GOP-Whore media. You know: grassroots recall, exciting celebrity candidates! If you read all of his posts, he SAID he was alerting us to a REAL LIFE PIECE OF JOURNALISM! Just like they used to show when I was a kid!

The "drinking" remark was clearly one made out of frustration for not only th eDU reaction but the piece being pulled.

And, fwiw, some of you asking for details that might "out" him at his job. Get a fucking grip on yourselves. Many of us will literally lose not just a job but our livelihoods for being on DU. You can talk of the "BFEE: and the like, but some of us *do* have to directly and specifically fear association with "hard left" groups.

[Booberdawg]

88. Children, children!!

Sheesh! He was trying to do everyone a favor. Things changed at the last minute and it didn't work out. He gave you his explanation - either accept it or don't, and move on. There's NO reason to insult him.

Is this how you treat people you interact with face to face? Looks pretty immature from here .:eyes: