The Truffle

From TBogg : Having exhausted all of the possibilities of television (due to excessive cancellations), Tucker Carlson has discovered that cool beans internet thingy that all of the kids are getting on their iComputers and stuff... Yup, Li'l Tucker is trying to launch a rightie HuffPo. Apparently, he found funding for this venture from someone who isn't a family member. (Daddy is a former ambassador and Corporation for Public Broadcasting head--and a big GOP donor to boot. Mommy is a frozen food heiress. If you ever wondered how Li'l Tucker got a foot in the door and where his family money comes from...now you know.) The funder for this [s]money loser[/s] internet venture is named Foster Friess. Yes, that's his name. Foster. Friess. Anyway, Li'l Tucker has ripped off HuffPo's headline format for the lamely titled Daily Caller . And alas, HuffPo is ragging on the president often enough, so there really isn't much need for this inane venture. From TBogg...

Beck owns incriminating pictures of CNN executives. That's the only logical explanation for a. his show and b. the continuation of his show despite lousy ratings. Since Li'l Tucker Carlson also tends to flounder whatever network or show he's on, let me suggest the following: CNN and MSNBC should cancel Carlson and Beck's shows. Then maybe they could have their own news show on that last refuge of GOP shills. I'm talking, of course, about Faux News, current home of other right-wing also-rans like Dennis Miller, Robert Novak, and Tom DeLay. The wingnut suckitude would be concentrated in one place so that the news networks could replace them with real TV journalists and news analysts. Anyone else think this would be a great idea?