I don't think so, but there's an unhealthy and unwholesome relationship between corporate America and the federal government. Do Not Sell, Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader, By Lawrence Delevingne and J. Brandon Darin, reporters, First Published: March 20, 2009: 12:30 PM ET. How? Foreclosures, unemployment, debts and deficit, companies going out of business, bailouts. On Thursday's Situation Room, CNN's Jack Cafferty questioned the motives of the planners behind the proposed New York City mosque near Ground Zero: "The Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Strip Jack. They treat women like furniture in those countries. So what did Cafferty say? Ultimately, according to CNN, the use of social media helped raise $8 million by the end of the week. On November 7, 2006, Cafferty called Donald Rumsfeld "an obnoxious jerk and war criminal". News organizations also used their Web sites to provide real-time information and ways visitors could help. It's just paper. An Associated Press report about a man who snuck into a terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport after the guard had left his post. I called Donald Rumsfeld a war criminal the night before the midterm election. There were few original comments made as most simply re-tweeted (or copied exactly from anothers tweet) the message, ""RT @GWPStudio: LIST of Resources to #Help #Haiti - (Plz RT) RT.". Cafferty later served as a business reporter and anchor for WPIX-News TVs at 10 in New York in the 1990s. They're holding hundreds of billions of dollars worth of our paper. When Barack Obama ran for president against Hillary Clinton and John McCain in 2008, he was But most of the attention is going to the economy, and that's as it should be. JACK CAFFERTY: Idaho Senator Larry Craig is a disgrace on many levels. On the April 9, 2008 broadcast of CNN's "Situation Room", when asked to comment on the United States' relationship with China, Cafferty responded in reference to the Chinese Government and the Americans Government's political and business relationship. She was worth making some changes for, and it turns out, so was I. I haven't had a drink for 20 years, I'm very proud to report. In the summer of 2005, Cafferty joined The Situation Room, CNN's new weekday afternoon newscast. How do you attract an audience? If I was a woman, I think Id rather be in an American jail cell than I would be living with one of those-whatever they are over there. Bin Laden may be dead, but the terrorist group he led doesn't need his money. PEJ measures the topics that are of most interest to bloggers by compiling the quantitative information on links and analyzing the results. After Cafferty dared to question the merits of Alec Baldwins potential political run, Baldwin unleashed a sarcastic blog response on The Huffington Post. In addition to the fundraising efforts, a number of social media users linked to sources for additional, real-time information. Cafferty has earned a total of 44 million dollars, according to the data. NBA confirms L.A. 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I just hope that maybe, if nothing else, this economic tsunami will bring home to folks the importance of getting involved. Cafferty stated, prior to playing a particularly embarrassing segment of the interview in which Palin stumbles across a murky, confused, ambiguous answer to Couric's query regarding the pending economic bailout package, "There's a reason the McCain campaign keeps Sarah Palin away from the press." It's the thing that Dwight Eisenhower warned about in the '50s: watch out for the military industrial complex. Why is that? What role do you think Republicans can play in fixing these problems? Or to keep it anonymous, click here. He routinely sounds off in his own tart, curmudgeon-like way on CNN's According to CNN.com, the largest group-Earthquake Haiti-had nearly 170,000 members by Thursday. While discussing Al Franken and other celebrities running for public office, he said Baldwins credentials are questionable but Franken is no slouch. (Laughs.) Jack Cafferty Tells Us How He Really Feels About Sarah Palin. So we're adding to the debt, which will have to be addressed [at] some point. I learned to drink as a child. "Just experienced a MAJOR earthquake here in Port au Prince walls were falling down. I think it was perhaps one of the most arrogant things I've ever seen in my life for [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi, on the day after Democrats won control of the House, to make this announcement as though this was Moses coming down with the tablets, that impeachment's been taken off the table. 'Circling My Mother,' A Memoir of Love and Pain, Medication Shows Promise in Treating Alcoholism. And the Wall Street Journal offered slide shows of pictures of the devastation taken by individuals on the ground. Others linked to mainstream news stories that were of particular interest to them such as a CNN.com report about the town of Jacmel where residents burned tires in order to light up the town. That was really the impetus for me to quit. The user may or may not agree with the contents of the article, but they feel it is important enough to draw the readers attention to it. 4.3M views 14 years ago. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cafferty&oldid=2867454, Political commentators from the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. I hope he's right, but I don't think anybody knows the answer to the question yet. Jack Cafferty (born 14 December 1942) is a CNN commentator and a host of the weekend financial show In The Money. Cafferty, who likened his father to "hell on wheels" when drinking, admits that his sometimes outrageous on-air antics can be traced to a turbulent childhood. If I knew the answer to that, I'd be charging jillions of dollars as a consultant to the business community. I hear from people in the Rust Belt, who say the local economies in parts of the country are just shot. Jack Cafferty (born 14 December 1942) is a CNN commentator and a host of the weekend financial show In The Money. I get paid to ask questions I don't know the answers to and to complain about the things that bother me. Still no word from anyone there," tweeted Adam McGee. All Rights Reserved.Terms And on blogs, where authors have more space to elaborate on their thoughts, many commented on the role social media was playing. Fourth, again at 9%, was a profile of a former Guantanamo Bay prison guard who reunited with two of the men he held captive to express his regret about how the prisoners were abused. The Frauds, Bunglers, Liars, and Losers Who Are Hurting America. Mortal Causes. The public elects the morons that are supposed to watch over these things. All around Man of the People Jack Cafferty spit on me on his broadcast today, writes Baldwin. 4. The New Media Index is a weekly report that captures the leading commentary of blogs and social media sites focused on news and compares those subjects to that of the mainstream press. They dont seem to have very much. 2019 TIME USA, LLC. Social media also became a source of information, offering first-hand accounts or assembling details which some mainstream media outlets then posted on their own websites. Well, I don't know if China is any different, but our relationship with China is certainly different. He even manages to tie in his life story, complete with a hardscrabble youth, alcoholism, and redemption in marriage and fatherhood. U.S. real estate might be a mess, but in other parts of the world, home prices are jumping. This process allows us to compare the New Media commentary, based on the Icerocket list of links, with the commentary in the traditional press. She was the reason that I made all the changes She wasn't worth losing," he says of his second wife. Well, look what you did this time, Jack Cafferty. A win could reinvigorate her campaign and perhaps grab back some of the momentum that seems to be all Barack Obamas at this point. But I think certainly, the situation we're dealing with cries out for some better oversight, and I think if we can put some of that in place and gear the banking industry back to being the banking industry instead of the banking/investment/Wall Street/whatever, that might be a good thing. WebJack Cafferty was born on the 14th of December, 1942. The retail giant tops the Fortune 500 for the second year in a row. But I think we've got something that qualifies as a national emergency on our hands here with the economy, and when that kind of thing happens, you'd like to think that the parties could maybe pull together a little more. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. One new poll says that a majority of people favor impeachment for President Bush. It seems that Obama can multi-task and kind of address several things at a time. Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean asked his 1.4 million Twitter followers to donate to his foundation by texting the word "Yele" (the name of his foundation) to the number 501501. We're in hock to the Chinese up to our eyeballs because of the war in Iraq, for one thing. Two stories about Facebook, including an attempt to increase their e-commerce team and a partnership with McAfee to provide better security, finished fourth at 9%. He's working, he's got a lot of balls in the air, he's got a lot of ideas on what needs to be done. McCafferty retired from the band in 2013 due to health issues, leaving Agnew as the only founding member left in the band. In 2019, McCafferty released his final solo album Last Testament. On Twitter, two different levels of activity emerged. In fact, the majority of the 2.3 million tweets on the subject were not original posts, but were instead re-tweets of something another person had already posted. All rights reserved. And if this prevents the next financial crisis, something else will cause [a crisis]. WebCNN's Jack Cafferty asks if Congress should give up trying to pass health care reform. Absolutely. WebHis brief marriage ended in divorce, after which he decided to stop drinking completely. But many news sites made use of information initially posted by social media. He used to appear on The Situation Room, which is now hosted by Wolf WebJOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND An Introduction After a decade-long run on the Northeast music scene during which they became recognized as one of the best and most popular unsigned acts in the country, Beaver Brown finally broke through nationally with leader John Caffertys score to the motion picture, Eddie & The Cruisers. I think, is the I had to go on the air and say, "You know, I've stepped over the line." He was a mercurial, volatile man who could be very charming and indulgent, and quite bright [when] sober, and could be a bitch on wheels when he'd had too much to drink. Each time a news blog or social media Web page adds a link to its site directing its readers to a news story, it suggests that the author of the blog places at least some importance on the content of that article. Our guess (and hope): a stinging response today on The Situation Room. I would guess it didn't exactly represent a profile in courage for the vice president to wander over there to the F-word network for a sit down with Brit Hume. All rights reserved. No one has ever accused CNN commentator Jack Cafferty of being a shrinking violet. Some desperation, lots of anger, frustration, but on the other hand, a lot of hope. Jack Cafferty is now unmarried and of straight sexual orientation. Editor's note: Jack Cafferty is the author of a new book, "Now or Never: Getting Down to the Business of Saving Our American Dream," to be published in March. "Citizen media, including blogs, video reports and Twitter are becoming more influential as sources of information these days," summarized Kajsa Hallberg Adu at Rain in Africa. A controversy ensued later in the week as some watchdog groups questioned the relationship between Jeans private businesses and his charity, although the singer denied any wrongdoing. and/or its affiliates. After the clip's conclusion, he then went on to say, "Did you get that? I think virtually everything they say for public consumption is said with an agenda. Cafferty married his fiance Carol Cafferty in 1973, and his wife died in 2008 after thirty-five years of marriage. You pissed off the president of east coast television and microwave oven programming on NBC. On Brit Hume of Fox News Network interviewing Dick Cheney after he accidentally shooting Harry Whittington. I'm not the least bit surprised. Even Web sites without the resources of a traditional news organization were able to find and assemble useful information from social media. Obama talked about it in the campaign, you got to be involved, you got to participate, that whole clich that freedom ain't free. I'd like to think they're doing well, but I don't think any of us will know the answer to that question for a while. Age, Height, Bio, Movies, Series, Net worth, Facts, Who is Chichi Morah? According to the Twitter-tracking service Sysomos, 2.3 million Tweets included the word "Haiti" or "Red Cross" between January 12 and January 14. How do you make money? It's not until you get a little farther into the alcoholism that it begins really to exact a toll on you. Its going to come down to them or us. Besides calling it as he sees it politically, he tells the story of growing up in a turbulent family in Reno, Nevada, in the 1950s. The BBC offered live updates including statements from political leaders, tweets from those directly affected by the quake, and additional pictures. It follows the same coding methodology as that of the NCI. On Twitter, the most linked-to news story of the week (with 15% of the links) was a CNN report about Continental Airlines decision to match Delta Airlines increase for checked luggage. And that was so much more fulfilling than succeeding at television.". Will increased regulation prevent the next financial crisis? Well, they came along and they finally got strong enough and they bit everybody right in the ass. Other charities used similar methods to raise funds. I think there is reason to suspect that things have been done that may not be kosher, and I think the government's responsibility is to determine that. Anyone with a cell phone could text the word "Haiti" to 90999 and $10 would be added to their phone bill as a donation to the effort. "If anyone ever doubted that blogging and tweeting could go beyond navel gazing, I guess today we have evidence of the contrary.". The main theme of the most-viewed news videos on YouTube last week was the use of surveillance video. You talk bluntly about a lot of things in your book. How long will America take to get out of this trouble? Well, look what you did this time, Jack Cafferty. In terms of posts that linked to other reports, Haiti was the second largest topic, receiving 15% of the news links for the entire week (and 36% for the two days of Wednesday and Thursday). Cable News Ratings Friday April 28: Nicolle Wallace Beats Fox and CNN at 4 P.M. Cafferty: Well, I figured that if I was going to do it, I might as well try to get some meat on the bone. By the time I was mid-teens, I was having a beer in these joints or I was having a beer at home. [1] [2] It is the first book to feature Siobhan Clarke and Morris Gerald Cafferty appears as a main character. Many of those re-tweets involved the campaign to use text messaging to raise funds for the Red Cross. All times are ET. Three of the top five videos prominently featured such footage. Have a tip or story idea? None off us have any votes on what house we're born into. Cafferty: Obama is wrong to say he only wants to look forward, not back Cafferty: Damage will last until Bush-Cheney deeds are addressed Cafferty: A special It'll be $200 oil, it'll be Iran dropping a nuclear weapon. After leaving WNBC-TV, he became an anchor for WNYW-Newsline TVs New York. He is best known for being a Journalist. On Facebook, a number of Haiti-related groups materialized. It was a very natural outgrowth of the environment I was in. Libya's output is a fraction of global production, but it's crucial to the nation's economy. Have a tip we should know? Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. The top video was from last May of a drunken bus driver in New York state who got lost and put the students at risk.