LEAKING WEST WING Thirty hours after the firing of FBI Director James Comey, the nations leading newspapers are filled with information leaking pouring from the White House. "The only person not leaking is Melania," ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Mrs. B appreciates this reminder from a Tampa anchor: Theres a difference between "suffer" and "sustain." A building cannot "suffer" damage. Only people ...
ALTERNATIVE REALITIES After news broke Tuesday afternoon that President Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey, cable news outlets followed form. The story first broke on Fox News at 5:45 p.m. with Eric Bolling ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Mrs. B heard from one of her grammar buddies after the lesson on its being ok to put a preposition at the end ...
RIGHT-WING GOLIATH The Sinclair Broadcast Group agreed Monday to buy Tribune Media for $3.9 billion plus absorbing $2.9 billion of Tribune debt. 21st Century Fox and Nexstar Media Group, which had both considered making ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." This email from one of Mrs. Bs readers at a Cleveland advertising agency inspired todays lesson: Didnt you mention in one of your ...
VERGE OF A MERGE The Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is thisclose to buying Tribune Media Co., a deal made possible by the FCCs move last month to ease the limit on TV-station ownership in ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Sometimes people get "conscience" and "conscious" mixed up. Just in case you have ever been one of those people, or might be one ...
GROSS SEXUAL ASSAULT Tom Johnston, the meteorologist at Tegnas WCSH-6-NBC and WLBZ-2-NBC in Portland, ME (Market #81) who was found dead in the Maine woods in early April from an apparent suicide, was about ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Today is Cinco de Mayo. That means "fifth of May" in Spanish and commemorates the victory of the Mexican army over the French ...
PERCEPTION IS REALITY Now, at a grocery aisle check-out line near you (photo credit: Mrs. B), the latest issue of "In Touch" magazine, with the "Matt Replaced By Megyn!" cover story. "His Today co-workers ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." When Mrs. B read this, she felt mildly nauseated: FBI director says he feels ?mildly nauseous? about possibility he affected election, but has ...
CHASING VLAD Megyn Kelly, who officially started work at NBC on Monday, will travel to Russia next month to moderate a forum with President Vladimir Putin at a key international conference. According to Page ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." One of Mrs. Bs anchor friends in Chicago writes: Is "persons" correct when used with a specific number? For example: More than two ...
DRAINING THE SWAMP Bill Shine, the co-president of Fox News Channel since August 2016, resigned yesterday morning and will leave the company after helping the transition over the next few weeks, Rupert Murdoch announced ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Before we get to todays lesson, a note about yesterdays lesson on saying numbers without an "and." The only time to insert an ...
FOX-TRIBUNE MERGER? Twenty-First Century Fox and the private equity firm Blackstone Group (which still controls 75% of The Weather Channel) are reportedly ready to make an offer to acquire Tribune Media Company, undercutting a ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Mrs. B shares an email from one of her readers, a retired newsie in Dallas : It seems every time I hear anchors, ...
TARGET ON HIS BACK Bill Shine, depending on who is spinning the story, is either (1) the most valuable player at Fox News or (2) the man who knows too much and now has ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Do you know the difference in soil, dirt, and earth? Mrs. B didnt until she learned it from one of her teacher friends. ...
BLOODBATH BEGINS ESPN began the process of shedding as many as 100 staffers this week, most of them on-air talent, as the network works to retrench in the wake of falling subscription revenue, increased ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Former and formal dont sound that much alike, but their -ly versions do. Mrs. B wants to be sure you know the difference. ...
PILING ON FOX Kelly Wright, an "Emmy? award-winning" reporter and anchor at Fox News since 2003, has joined a lawsuit against the network, accusing it of "abhorrent, intolerable, unlawful and hostile racial discrimination." Wright ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Mrs. B hopes you wont say or write center around. Its illogical. Think about it. Something cannot center "around" something else. It can ...
PAYWALL BILL-O "I am sad that I am not on television anymore." With those words, Bill OReilly broke his silence Monday evening, addressing listeners for the first time since he was ousted from Fox ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Lets talk about the difference between "premier" and "premiere." A premier (without the "e" on the end) is someone who leads a government. ...
HIGH-STAKES GAMBLE When the Murdoch family signed Bill OReilly to a recent contract extension, they took a calculated risk. They re-signed him "fully aware of his history, but in the apparent hope that they ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Mrs. B reminds you to choose the correct word when it comes to "flout" and "flaunt." Flout (rhymes with "pout") means to disregard ...
EXTENDED VACAY "After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and Bill OReilly have agreed that Bill OReilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel," 21st Century Fox said ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Mrs. B wants your grammar to make your high school English teacher proud. But more than that, she wants your viewers and your ...
BILL-OS FINAL DAYS Fox News is preparing to cut ties with star anchor Bill OReilly, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing sources inside the network. The Journal, of course, shares common ownership with ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Todays lesson is on capital, capitol, and Capitol. A capital is a place serving as the seat of government in a nation or ...
ASSAULT CONNECTION Tom Johnston, the meteorologist at Tegnas WCSH-6-NBC and WLBZ-2-NBC in Portland, ME (Market #81) who apparently committed suicide less than two weeks ago, was being sought for questioning in a sexual assault ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Mrs. B appreciates this headline for its correct use of "further": China Moves to Further Tighten Regulation of Digital Information, (wsj.com, 4-11-2017) "Further" ...
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has disqualified The Washington Post from 12 Emmy? categories because The Post has the "unfair advantage" of ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." You know how Mrs. B loves quotations. Well heres one she will have to edit the next time she references it: "Houston, we ...
SPECTRUM SURPRISES As the FCCs incentive auction of 600 MHz spectrum passed the finish line two weeks ago, wireless carriers began pushing hard to get their hands on those airwaves as quickly as possible. ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Good Friday is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary, a place near ...
RECKLESS REVELATION Jeff Varner, a three-time contestant on CBSs "Survivor" and the former "Emmy? nominated" primary news anchor at Media Generals WNCT-9-CBS in Greenville, NC (Market #99), was voted off the show Wednesday night. ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Lets take a look at some words that sometimes lead to trouble. "Collaborate" means to work together. ~Our investigative unit will collaborate with ...
SPRING BREAK Bill OReilly announced Tuesday that he will take a nearly two-week vacation. And while he insisted the family vacation was scheduled "last fall," his decision to go off the air in the ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Lets be sure you know the difference between imminent and eminent. "Imminent" has two "ms." It begins with a short-"i" sound, as in ...
FIT AND PROPER? Rupert Murdoch has long sought to add Sky, the British satellite and news giant, to his stable of global media outlets that includes movie studios, newspapers, and cable networks like Fox ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." An anchor in Colorado Springs begins todays lesson: We have had several occasions when our scripts are dealing w/ an organization that has ...
COMMON BOND Last week, we told you about the apparent suicide of Tom Johnston, 46, a Certified AMS Broadcast Meteorologist at Tegnas WCSH-6-NBC and WLBZ-2-NBC in Portland, ME (Market #81), whose body was found ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." The 2017 Pulitzer Prize winners and nominated finalists will be announced this afternoon at 3:00 eastern time. Its the centennial, the 100th awarding ...
WEATHERING THE STORM Just seven commercials ran on Thursdays "The OReilly Factor." The hour-long show typically runs as many as 40 spots from different advertisers, further evidence of OReillys rapidly eroding financial support at ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Lets look at the difference between convince and persuade. Its subtle, so please concentrate. You convince someone "of" something. For example: ~She convinced ...
ACCELERATED DEFECTION The defection of advertisers from "The OReilly Factor" on Fox News accelerated Wednesday with nearly 50 companies refusing to air commercials in his prime-time slot. Hyundai, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi Motors, T. Rowe ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Mrs. B wants to remind you that there is no such word as "kudo." The word is kudos. Even though it ends in ...
THE OREILLY FACTOR More than 20 companies withdrew their advertising from "The OReilly Factor" yesterday as pressure mounted on Fox News and its parent company, 21st Century Fox, to take action against its top-rated ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." When Mrs. B saw this headline, she got busy with a lesson: The Senate is on the brink of an historic mistake (washingtonpost.com, ...
SPIRALING CRISIS Fox News was hit with another sexual harassment claim Monday in what has become a spiraling crisis for the most-watched cable network on television. Julie Roginsky, who has been a paid contributor ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Heres a message Mrs. B received from a Cleveland reader: This question was raised recently: Which is the correct word? The victim was ...
CAN BILL-O SURVIVE? Can Fox News star Bill OReilly survive the fallout from Saturdays explosive New York Times story outlining allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior that have led to settlements of $13 ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." If youre not sure when to use "into" and "in to," then this lesson is for you. "Into" can indicate direction or motion. ...
PHOTOGS PUSH BACK The Seattle (Market #14) chapter of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the union that represents video editors and photographers at Sinclairs KOMO-4-ABC, will host a town hall style ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Mrs. B has a few little odds and ends for you to play with today. OK is an abbreviation for "ol korrect," a ...
DEADLY CHASE Three storm chasers pursuing the same tornado in North Texas, crashed into one another yesterday at a remote intersection when one of the cars, driven by two Weather Channel contractors, missed a ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." To cause the death of any human being by whatever means is a homicide, pronounced HAHM–ih-side. Manslaughter is homicide without malice or premeditation. ...
OBSCENE COMPENSATION Perry Sook, the founder, executive chairman, chief executive officer and president of the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, shook the piggy bank for $18,554,915 in personal compensation in 2015, just as his company was ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." When Mrs. B saw this Fresno story, she thought it was time for the cement and concrete lesson: A crane held a cement ...
BIG GAME, BLACK SCREEN In the final game of the NCAAs "Elite Eight" playoffs Sunday evening, North Carolina and Kentucky went right down to the wire in a thrilling South Region final. Kentuckys Malik Monk ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Mrs. B appreciated seeing this correct use of "comprises": ~The International Association of Chiefs of Police comprises 18,000 police chiefs from around the ...
NEWS IS WACK In a Time magazine cover story about his handling of truth and falsehood, President Trump repeated false narratives about wiretapping, voter fraud, Brexit, NATO, and refugee violence in Sweden. He justified ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." This AP headline had readers scratching their heads on Thursday: Police: Kentucky deputy fatally shot suspect with knife Of course, what the headline ...
CLEANUP ON AISLE FOX "Once again, Shepard Smith is doing cleanup on aisle Fox," reports The Washington Post. "Moments after President Trump suggested on Friday that Fox News commentator Andrew Napolitano had validated the ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." One of Mrs. Bs grammar sentinels noticed this headline for a crime story: Grizzly Discovery And, no, it wasnt a bear. The writer ...
FOX AU NATUREL With the departure of Megyn Kelly, Fox News has "returned to its natural state" of "leggy young women and angry old men," writes Sarah Ellison in Vanity Fair. "No one is ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." "Fewer" refers to the number of something and is used with plural nouns. In this CBS headline, the plural nouns are "immigrants" and ...
GONE MISSING Andrew Napolitano, the senior legal analyst for Fox News, has been temporarily sidelined (some might say suspended) following his unproved assertion last week that former President Barack Obama had asked for British ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Squash is a kind of vegetable (though from a botanical standpoint, its a fruit). And squash is a racket sport thats played with ...
FOX NEWS PRESIDENT President Trump watches Fox News, tweets about Fox stories, gives most of his interviews to Fox, has hired former Fox staffers, and is supported by Fox News stars like Sean Hannity ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." This is the first day of spring. It officially began at 6:29 this morning, EDT (Eastern Daylight Time). That?s the moment when the ...
EDUCATIONAL GUNPLAY Last October, after ending one of his many spirited on-air arguments with liberal contributor Juan Williams, Sean Hannity pulled a gun and pointed it directly at Williams, according to CNN. "He even ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. And today, St. Patricks Day, honors him. Mrs. B wants you to notice the apostrophe that ...
BIG SCOOP OF NOTHINGBURGER Executives at NBC News were caught off guard by Rachel Maddows "Trump tax return" scoop Tuesday, and the revelation has "caused friction" between MSNBC and NBC News, according to the ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." "Naval" has to do with a navy. Heres a Norfolk stations headline: Chief of Naval Operations addresses nude photo scandal, degrading websites (wtkr.com, ...
FIZZLED BOMBSHELL MSNBCs Rachel Maddow, teasing a big EXCLUSIVE for nearly an hour, finally revealed a summary of Donald Trumps 2005 tax return in which he paid $38 million in federal income taxes on ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." "Cache" and "cachet" are two words that are likely to be a part of your newswriting. A "cache," pronounced CASH, is a collection ...
INVASION OF THE FLOATERS The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, in the West Wing of the White House, has seven rows of seven seats. "The Associated Press, Reuters, and the biggest TV networks ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Lets talk about the difference between "historic" and "historical." "Historic" means important in history. This headline is an example of its correct use. ...
DOWNFIELD BLOCKING On Saturday, President Donald Trump oversaw the firing of Preet Bharara, the U.S attorney for the Southern District of Manhattan, whose office is in the middle of a high-profile federal investigation of ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Two verbs weve been seeing a lot lately are "refute" and "rebut." Theres a subtle difference in their meaning. "Rebut" means to try ...
VORACIOUS NEWS CONSUMER Before most people are out of bed, Donald Trump is watching cable news. With his Twitter app at the ready, the man who condemns the media as "the enemy of the ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Remember "spring forward"? Its that time again. DST, daylight saving time, returns Sunday, March 12, at 2 a.m. (The AP Stylebook says no ...
FOX SAUSAGE FEST Nearly eight months after the ugly departure of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, parent company 21st Century Fox is still dealing with its culture of sexual harassment. In late February, the ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Figuring out where to put the question mark and the exclamation point takes some analyzing. Sometimes they go inside the closing quotation marks ...
LOW-GRADE DEPRESSION Mike Jerrick, the veteran co-host of "Good Day Philadelphia" on Fox-owned WTXF-29 in Philadelphia (Market #4), who sat out a weeks suspension last month for saying White House counselor Kellyanne Conway was ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." We hear it all the time: "theres a lot of." But sometimes it should be "therere a lot of." How do you know ...
PAYROLL CUTS AHEAD ESPN, faced with the double whammy of a shrinking subscriber base and rising costs for broadcast rights, will soon begin a round of significant cost-cutting over the next four months on ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Mrs. B rarely uses this word in conversation, but she is fascinated by it. And if you ever decide to use it, she ...
BOMB-THROWER-IN-CHIEF In an apparent effort to divert attention from his dealings with Russia, President Trump unleashed a tweet storm Saturday morning accusing former President Obama of tapping his phone "during the very sacred election ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." Lets spend our time together today reviewing that and which. Use that when its essential to the meaning of the sentence. For example: ...
ABOVE THE CAP Reuters yesterday confirmed a spreading rumor that Sinclair Broadcast Group has approached Tribune Media to discuss a possible merger. But a combination of the two TV station groups would push them ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." One advantage of being a Florida transplant is that Mrs. B has learned the correct pronunciations of a couple of cities. She admits ...
SCHMOOZING THE LOCALS Stealing a page from the Obama playbook, President Trump invited reporters from 18 local Gray and Cox-owned TV stations to a private dinner at the White House Monday evening in a ...
MRS. Bs GRAMMAR YAMMER "A PBS mind in a Twitter world." The Surly Editor recently used a primordial form of communication to ask Mrs. B for help in word choice: "Yo, Mrs. B, whats ...
