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Ashton, I Love Ya Man But This Twitter Thing is Gettin' Outta Hand

And dude, Ted Turner hasn't been a CNN principal for a very long time. So agrees TechCrunch.com.

I wouldn't want you to be driving all over Atlanta looking for him, either, since I don't think he's there.

And you know where Larry King is, he's more than likely living right by your house in LA.

Ashton, meet Richard Parsons, CEO of Time Warner. Betcha you can't get anywhere near his house.

If you haven't seen his clip, you might be the only one left on the planet who hasn't.

And it's at this link.

CNN's pumping this for everything it's worth. Check the clip after the jump.

There's not a chance this is all a setup, is there?

Like, either or both of them are seeing a little $omething from the Twitter guys?

More CNN Campbell Brown Maternity Leave Events -- McCarthy, Carrey Talk Autism on Larry King Live

Campbell Brown's maternity leave is almost more newsworthy than her poorly named CNN show No Bias, No Bull.

Really, Campbell? You can marry a neocon and still get away with the no bias, no bull thing? Not with me, sweetheart. Plus.

I don't know if you were watching last month (I think it was last month) when Campbell Brown was chastising parents across the nation by saying this:

What I am about to say, I know, is controversial. And I know that a lot of people are going to disagree with me. But as a mother, with a second child on the way, I believe this is vital to the safety of our children and must be said.

The verdict is in. There is no connection between vaccines and autism. And it is time that all of us get our children vaccinated.

You can imagine that those parents that believe there's a link between the two weren't too happy about that commentary of hers. I immediately thought of Jenny McCarthy.

And I also thought about all the studies that are funded by the groups who actually benefit from a ruling in them. I'm not sure this is one of them but if you read this CNN article about the findings I'll tell you this, if I were a parent with an autistic kid, this wouldn't placate me, either.

When I see mention of stuff like special courts and I see references to the 9/11 prompted Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, I get a queasy feeling.

Well, Jenny and Jim Carrey will be on Larry King tonight to argue their points of this issue, and I have a bit of the transcript of that for you to see below:

CARREY:  When I invited Jenny into my life, I invited Evan into my life.  When I first met Evan, it was like he was on another planet.  I wasn't in the room.  There was no eye contact, there was no response to dialogue, there was no response to affection.  And over time, I witnessed Jenny pull Evan through the window of unconsciousness and isolation into our world where he is now a fully functioning person who can communicate, who can connect and this is through biomedical treatments, GFCF diet, and the therapies that she's talking about.  So I believe that autism in my heart is preventable and treatable.

MCCARTHY:  And treatable.

KING:  Fully functional?

MCCARTHY:  Completely recovered, Larry, completely recovered, and he's not the only one.  There's thousands in this community that are getting better.

KING:  Why did you go so public?  You had an autistic child who got better so why are you here?

MCCARTHY:  I could have hid and not said anything, and Evan could have blended into society.  I made a deal with God, the day Evan was diagnosed with autism, I said if you show me the way, God, and show me how to heal my boy, I will continue to teach the world how I did it. 

And within one year of that kind of conversation with God, Evan was undiagnosed with autism.

CARREY:  But it's still shocking to see how many people are ignoring this information.

MCCARTHY:  The AAP by the way has still ...

KING:  What's that.

MCCARTHY:  The American Academy of Pediatrics I begged and I have sat down with them and said why are you not sat down with our doctors and our scientists who are treating and recovering children with autism and they refuse to this day to sit down.

CARREY:  You'd think there is any possibility that a child is being helped, that someone would live and someone would take a look.  And the fact is they're not even considering the information, they're not only not considering, they're discouraging it.

KING:  But you had a major effect, big story in the "L.A. Times" last week, the number of kids not being vaccinated in the public schools in Los Angeles .  However at the same time, doctor friend told me today--mumps are up and measles are up.

CARREY:  We are not saying don't vaccinate.  That's the thing we want to get really clear right now with ...

KING:  Let's make it clear.

MCCARTHY:  Yeah, we're not.

CARREY:  This is the thing. There's a lot of misdirection going on.  We hear the Campbell Browns and people like this that are saying, you can't not vaccinate.  No one has ever suggested not vaccinating.

MCCARTHY:  Go back to 1989 schedule when shots were only 10 and the MMR was on that list.  I don't know what happened in 1990, there was no plague that was killing children that we had to triple the amount of vaccines.

CARREY:  What happened back in 1989 that warranted 26 more vaccines?

MCCARTHY:  Greed.

Nice cliffhanger to leave on, huh?

I don't usually recommend anyone watch another other kind of news in the hour that my lovely Rachel Maddow is working, but I am allowing some of you to tune into this, but those of you with a DVR should do that and watch Maddow live.

This interview, obviously, is not live. But yes, the show is still Larry King Live.

If you didn't see that original Campbell Brown commentary, I have it in a clip after the jump.

And to even things out, a Maddow post with video coming up in a moment.

Maddow Still Beating Larry King Two Days After Premiere, Outgunning Countdown in Demo

I would have yesterday's numbers for you, but that candidate's forum the cable nets ran from Columbia University screwed up the sked.

According to our friends at TVByTheNumbers.com, Maddow was, as of Wednesday, still beating Larry King in the time period by a margin of 60,000 viewers and just destroying him in the news demos of 25-54 and 35-64.

More interesting, when you compare 25-54 numbers between Maddow and her lead-in Keith Olbermann, Maddow is outperforming him as well, by a decent margin. Click the link above for details.

And, btw, there was a Maddow show on last night, though it wasn't on the program grid and it came later in the evening. I only knew about it because Matthews had referenced it earlier in the day.

And isn't it nice to see Kent Jones get some airtime?

Because Air America made the boneheaded move of letting him go at the end of last year, despite his legions of devoted followers.

A particularly good ending to last night's show, too, which I have in a clip after the jump. It is must-watch time, folks.

Maddow Opening Day Beats Larry King!

Actually the name of his show is Larry King Live, but when you think of Larry King do you think live? Yeah, me neither.

TV By The Numbers:

In a noteworthy day, Rachel Maddow’s debut beat Larry King:

Larry King Live—1,381,000 viewers (383,000) (642,000)
Rachel Maddow Show–1,543,000 viewers (483,000) (723,000)

And sure, Hannity (and Colmes, worthless prig!) won the period, but most of their audience has fallen asleep in front of the set during Shepard Smith hours previously, so does that count?

McCain Campaign Angrily Cancels Larry King Appearance After Campbell Brown's Palin Query

AMERICAblog (John Aravosis):

Woah (sic)! Did you hear that? CNN asked a vice presidential nominee, a person who may very likely be asked to fill John McCain's shoes should he die or be incapacitated in office, someone who very may well become our next commander in chief during wartime - CNN asked a McCain spokesman what national security experience Sarah Palin has? How DARE they?

And what pray tell did Campbell Brown (married to neo-con Dan Senor) ask?

Denver Post:

While they imagined the scenario three nights hence, the delicate work of probing the story of Palin's daughter's pregnancy was expertly handled by Campbell Brown on CNN.

She questioned McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds in a persistent but respectful manner about Palin's qualifications.

"Foreign-policy experience has been a big issue because you guys made it a big issue," Brown said. "There's a feeling out there that you're not holding your VP pick to your same standard."

When Bounds responded by talking about McCain's experience, Brown stayed on point: "I'm asking you about her foreign-policy experience."

And, "give me one decision that she made as commander in chief of the Alaskan National Guard," Brown challenged.

Bounds bumbled.

Clip at this link

You know what? This is my last post for a while on the topic of McCain and Palin. It's just too easy. If you want to see how to vet a VP candidate, go to AMERICAblog, they are doing the job for McCain, and showing you why that campaign just didn't have the stomach for it.

And how 'bout that Campbell Brown, throwing the RNC talking points out the window and actually doing some reporting?

Betcha Dan watched in horror.

HORROR, I tell you.

Last Night on Kimmel, Behind the Scenes on Traitor With Don Cheadle and His Stunt Double

Don Cheadle and Guillermo, you know, Jimmy's  parking attendant, because, as you know, they just are the spitting image of each other.

You will not believe what a naked picture of Larry King does for the performances in this film. Imagine if, gasp, it wasn't just a picture.

Traitor opened yesterday. Watch the full trailer at this link. Don Cheadle is one of this nation's great actors, always fascinating to watch no matter what he's doing. And yet another film of substance, not just some joy ride through the park.

Don and Guillermo after the jump.

Larry King Will Remain America's Softball Interviewer Until 2011

Hollywood Reporter:

King, 74, and CNN extended their contract through at least 2011. His talk show, always one of CNN's top-rated shows, has run since 1985. King's deal was set to run out in summer 2009.

King's fate at CNN wasn't ever really in question even before word of the extension. But some doubt crept in two weeks ago with an article that claimed "CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric might replace King at some point.

I think it's safe to say that Larry called his agent and told him to make this conversation about Katie taking his job stop. And to that agent's credit, he did the job.

Who is Larry King's agent? When I think of who might be Larry's agent, all I can see is the face of Swifty Lazar. but I think that's only because of the ginormous "practically a car windshield" glasses.

And c'mon, if there's no Larry King, where is the next stripper turned Playboy centerfold turned oil magnate's wife turned widow turned corpse gonna see her life discussed?

What happens when Larry outlives his audience? Does he move the show underground?

Why Is Everyone Asking Elisabeth Hasselbeck About Britney?

Did you notice that on two of the showbiz shows in the last two days they're asking America's favorite baby machine with an RNC card what she thought about Britney?

What light is she gonna shed on this situation?

ExtraTV.com:

"I think really what everyone needs to be doing is say a good prayer, and hope they're okay, that everybody's okay," Elisabeth told "Extra" after her return to the show. "I don't think anyone wants a disastrous situation."

On Larry King, Hasselbeck said:

You know what's interesting, people have asked me, and they have kind of formatted it as though, hey, you are a mom of young kids. You are a new mom. What do you think she should do? And I don't think at all that the fact that I'm a young mom qualifies me to give advice to Britney or understand where she is.

I think that -- you know, I think as a country, we took a lot from Britney, and we loved her videos. We bought her music. We wanted to know what she was wearing, what she was doing, who she was dating. And now I think the best thing we can do is -- unless you are in her inner circle and can actually do something for her, I think the best thing people can do is just give her space to get better and to heal up.

I just have to ask, you know how it took you so many minutes and seconds to read that? Do you want that time back?

Me, too.

She's a reality show contestant who "won the lottery." She wouldn't be on that show unless she was the rare female conservative automaton.

I blame Barbara for foisting this chick on us.

Get This, Larry King Welcomes Kid Rock Tonight at 9ET?

What the hell are they thinking at CNN? And, why is Kid Rock wasting his time?

Isn't the average Larry King viewer a 57-year-old man with high triglycerides who needs to hit the doctors' office every three months for a mole check?

Is that guy waiting on line for Kid Rock concert tix? Buying Kid's latest from iTunes?

I sent this question in for Kid Rock for tonight's show:

Why are you on Larry King Live? Do you really think that the audience for your music is watching Larry King on Friday nights on CNN?

If you do, I have some Everglades-adjacent land to sell you.

I only do such things to crack up the intern who has to go through the viewer queries.

Michael Moore Claims Victory Over CNN

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