No! Fox News takes over iconic Times Square screen!

[DeepModem Mom]

TV Newser: News Corp Takes Over Times Sq. Screen
Friday, Oct 13

"Today FOX News Channel and FOX & Friends co-host Steve Doocy commemorated News Corporation's takeover of the iconic Panasonic Astrovision screen at New York City's One Times Square by 'squashing' the NBC peacock," the network said in a press release today. "On Oct. 1, 2006, News Corporation (parent company of FOX News Channel) took over the Astrovision screen's content from NBC, who had long-held the rights to the screen's programming. This morning marked FOX News Channel's first live broadcast of FOX & Friends on the Times Square screen."

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/news_corp_takes_over_times_sq_screen_45565.asp


(Media Bistro)

[RobertSeattle]

1. Where's that MAC 1984 Hammer Woman when we need her?

[DeepModem Mom]

2. INDEED!

[TroglodyteScholar]

4. That was my first thought too...

It's about time for the Astrovision screen to meet its demise. It's a bit too conspicuous for my taste anyway.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. Or Elvis!

That's a pretty big target for him to shoot at!;)

[TroglodyteScholar]

3. (delete)

[C_U_L8R]

6. disgusting hubris

when is someone gonna drop a house on them ?

[Trekologer]

7. Bright idea

Who wants to take a collection to buy one of the billboards above or below and put up an ad that says "FAKE NEWS" and an arrow pointing to the screen?

[DeepModem Mom]

8. Oooooh -- that would be good! Maybe one of our deep-pocket Dems...

would do it.

[DeepModem Mom]

9. How about sending that idea to Olbermann -- maybe he would...

give it some publicity.

[WillyT]

10. And The Difference Will Be...

What... exactly, LOL!!!



:shrug:

[Berry Cool]

11. Hey, at least when NBC ran the board,

you saw the occasional plug for Countdown. They used it to plug their shows on MSNBC and CNBC as well as the NBC shows.

From now on, I will only walk through Times Square with my head down, like New Yorkers do--when they go there at all!