"I have a compulsive distrust of authority figures," explains the journalist. Jack Cafferty. Jack Cafferty (born December 14, 1942) is a former CNN commentator and occasional host of specials. Now Cafferty has written his first book, It's Getting Ugly Out There: The Frauds, Bunglers, Liars and Losers Who Are Hurting America (Wiley). Jack Cafferty (born 14 December 1942) is a CNN commentator and a host of the weekend financial show In The Money. tips@mediaite.com. It follows the same coding methodology as that of the NCI. He began smoking cigarettes at age 13, and it wasn't long before he, too, became an alcoholic. PEJ has launched the New Media Index as a companion to its weekly News Coverage Index. Email us. Crime syndicates and government organizations pose a much greater cyber threat than renegade hacker groups like Anonymous. The other thing that concerns me is all this money that's being printed in Washington and being thrown at these problems. Age, Height, Bio, Movies, Series, Net worth, Facts, Who is Chichi Morah? The main theme of the most-viewed news videos on YouTube last week was the use of surveillance video. "Confirmation now that Jacmel is mostly destroyed. 'Circling My Mother,' A Memoir of Love and Pain, Medication Shows Promise in Treating Alcoholism. Blitzer replied, "It was not her best answer. https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cafferty&oldid=2867454, Political commentators from the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Using this tracking process as a base, PEJ staff compiles the lists of links weekday each day. All rights reserved. Disclaimer. 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. I don't know. PEJ aims to find out what subjects in the national news the online sites focus on, and how that compared with the narrative in the traditional press. In addition to the fundraising efforts, a number of social media users linked to sources for additional, real-time information. I don't think so, but there's an unhealthy and unwholesome relationship between corporate America and the federal government. The online communication site Twitter played an especially large role as it quickly filled with Haiti-related information and ways to offer aid, according to this weeks analysis of social media by the Pew Research Centers Project for Excellence in Journalism. Without fanfare, CNN dumped Jack Cafferty, the curmudgeon who, like the network, portrayed himself as an independent but railed more often than not against Cafferty was the anchor of Strictly Business for WNBC-TV for eleven years, until 1989. Fortune spoke with Cafferty about what he sees is wrong with the country--and what needs to be done about it. *For the sake of authenticity, PEJ has a policy of not correcting misspellings or grammatical errors that appear in direct quotes from blog postings. And on blogs, where authors have more space to elaborate on their thoughts, many commented on the role social media was playing. Well, take a look around. Jeff Immelt says the U.S. is a cost competitive market for advanced manufacturing and that GE is bringing jobs back from Mexico. He used to appear on The Situation Room, which is now hosted by Wolf Most stock quote data provided by BATS. The Project also tracks the most popular news video on YouTube each week. Cafferty has earned a total of 44 million dollars, according to the data. And fifth (at 8%) was a video of a reporter who broke a phone at a Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that was marketed as being "unbreakable.". You can help Wikiquote by expanding it. Well, it doesn't seem to me like [Corporate America] is too concerned about it. But many news sites made use of information initially posted by social media. Blogs and Twitter have played critical roles in spreading information and awareness during other international events, such as the June 2009 protests in Iran, according to PEJs data. Because we'd done two hours on this peroxide never-was, passing apparently from some kind of drug overdose in some seedy hotel room in Florida. By attracting an audience. Celebrities were another element of the campaign as many passed along requests for donations to their Twitter followers. I think the old idea that our children's generation is going to have it better than we did, I think that's an idea that's no longer necessarily valid. That's the checks and balances. While discussing Al Franken and other celebrities running for public office, he said Baldwins credentials are questionable but Franken is no slouch. They treat women like furniture in those countries. Cable News Network. WebCNN's Jack Cafferty asks if Congress should give up trying to pass health care reform. That's why I asked [CNN anchor] Wolf Blitzer on the air, Is Anna Nicole Smith still dead? Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World, Twitter Responds to the Japanese Disaster, Twitter and YouTube Continue to Focus on Haiti while Blogs Move On, A Disaster and an Election Drive the News, What the data says about Americans views of climate change, Podcasts as a Source of News and Information, AI in Hiring and Evaluating Workers: What Americans Think, Americans confident in Zelenskyy, but have limited familiarity with some other world leaders, How Public Polling Has Changed in the 21st Century. CNN.com, for example, was monitoring tweets from those in Haiti and created a page where they listed some of the most notable comments. If John McCain wins, this woman will be one 72 year-old's heartbeat away from being president of the United States, and if that doesn't scare the Hell out of you, it shouldI'm 65 and have been covering politics as you have [addressing Blitzer] for a long time, and that is one of the most pathetic pieces of tape I have ever seen for someone aspiring to one of the highest offices in this country. I think virtually everything they say for public consumption is said with an agenda. On Brit Hume of Fox News Network interviewing Dick Cheney after he accidentally shooting Harry Whittington. How? For the moment, the economy is Job One, and I think it seems like every day that's kind of where most of his focus is, and he sort of put some of the other things on the back burner, but not entirely, and he's not a one-issue guy. None off us have any votes on what house we're born into. 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. The evidence is pretty clear. Read our research on: Congress | Economy | Trust in Media. Cafferty worked for San Diego Gas and Electric and was driving in his company truck near a Black Lives Matter protest in Poway, California, earlier this month, according to KNSD-TV. Cafferty has stayed sober since the death of his wife and has avoided extramarital affairs since then. Jack Cafferty is now unmarried and of straight sexual orientation. You pissed off the president of east coast television and microwave oven programming on NBC. I had to go on the air and say, "You know, I've stepped over the line." The financial worth and salary of Jack Cafferty are being investigated. I think, is the Do Obama & Co. have their priorities right? It's like, who cares? This page was last edited on 2 October 2020, at 12:00. Cafferty also contributed to CNNs weekday morning show. 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. WebJack Cafferty was born on December 14, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. You talk bluntly about a lot of things in your book. [1] [2] It is the first book to feature Siobhan Clarke and Morris Gerald Cafferty appears as a main character. Who else made the list? Well, look what you did this time, Jack Cafferty. Both former prisoners live in England. 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. That's what Congress does. Our guess (and hope): a stinging response today on The Situation Room. The immediacy and availability of social media was so strong that even a number of mainstream news organizations used it as a way to deliver first-person sourcing as events unraveled. It was what it was. He is best known for being a Journalist. 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For Thursday and Friday, 82% of the news links were on the subject. 5. (+1) 202-857-8562 | Fax Everything's shut down, there's no jobs, there's no nothing. Nobody cares. 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. It's not until you get a little farther into the alcoholism that it begins really to exact a toll on you. We've got a war going on in Iraq, we've got budget deficits, we've got yadda-yadda-yadda. No one has ever accused CNN commentator Jack Cafferty of being a shrinking violet. Absolutely. Impeachment was put into the Constitution for a reason. He routinely sounds off in his own tart, curmudgeon-like way on CNN's WebJack Cafferty was born on the 14th of December, 1942. Your reaction? It's a dilemma for commercial television, the key word being "commercial." I probably had developed some street smarts and some think-on-your-feet type skills by the time that I was a teenager that some people don't come across until much later in life, if at all. For the examination of the links from Twitter, PEJ staff monitored the tracking site Tweetmeme. In this week's Behind Closed Doors, Cafferty talks more about his struggle with alcoholism and his political observations, as chronicled in his new book, It's Getting Below are excerpts from that discussion: The title of your book says the American dream is in peril. 2021 All Rights Reserved.Terms I hear from people in the Rust Belt, who say the local economies in parts of the country are just shot. When Barack Obama ran for president against Hillary Clinton and John McCain in 2008, he was In this week's Behind Closed Doors, Cafferty talks more about his struggle with alcoholism and his political observations, as chronicled in his new book, It's Getting Ugly Out There: Frauds, Burglars, Liars and Losers who are Hurting America. Web material written and produced by Lee Hill. A prominent Web tracking site Icerocket, which monitors millions of blogs, uses the links to articles embedded on these sites as a proxy for determining what these subjects are. Even Web sites without the resources of a traditional news organization were able to find and assemble useful information from social media. Some desperation, lots of anger, frustration, but on the other hand, a lot of hope. They're holding hundreds of billions of dollars worth of our paper. 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. I called Donald Rumsfeld a war criminal the night before the midterm election. Cafferty currently resides in Chicago, Illinois, USA. WebBy CNN's Jack Cafferty: The Petraeus sex scandal raises questions about privacy that could affect every American who goes online. 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. Of course they overdid it. The early exposure to alcohol helped set the stage for an adulthood plagued with addiction. Jack Ma was about to become the richest man in China. It's the thing that Dwight Eisenhower warned about in the '50s: watch out for the military industrial complex. Five weeks ago, Larry "Wide-Stance" Craig announced his intention to resign at the end Well, I don't know if China is any different, but our relationship with China is certainly different. If I knew the answer to that, I'd be charging jillions of dollars as a consultant to the business community. 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. 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 Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. 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. He went to high school and university but information about his education has not been updated but will be updated soon. He was married to his girlfriend Carol Cafferty in 1973, and after thirty-five years of married life, his wife died of unknown causes in 2008. Before she died in 2008 they have four children and five grandchildren. Surveillance video of a Kansas City woman going on a rampage at McDonalds, 5. "If anyone ever doubted that blogging and tweeting could go beyond navel gazing, I guess today we have evidence of the contrary.". And that was so much more fulfilling than succeeding at television.". Has anything you've ever said on the air really gotten you in trouble? There were also 189,024 tweets that included "90999," the number that could be used to text message a donation to the Red Cross. The tragic January 13 earthquake that devastated the country of Haiti and killed an estimated 200,000 people inspired a wealth of online activity. Most Viewed News & Politics Videos on YouTube For the Week of January 9-15, 2010, 1. Blitzer responded in a light-hearted, seemingly forced defense of Palin, stating, "Yeah, but she's cramming a lot of information" Cafferty interrupted, "There's no excuse for that. Followed by. What stood out even more was that most of the tweets were calls for direct action-specifically to give money-rather than links to other sources of information or news. Well who the hell is she to take it off the table? Will increased regulation prevent the next financial crisis? According to CNN.com, the largest group-Earthquake Haiti-had nearly 170,000 members by Thursday. How do you explain that? Jack Cafferty (born 14 December 1942) is a CNN commentator and a host of the weekend financial show In The Money. Once. There'll always be somebody coming along to cause the next crisis. "Just experienced a MAJOR earthquake here in Port au Prince walls were falling down. TIME's publishing reporter Andrea Sachs spoke with Cafferty between shows: TIME: You're a brave man. Washington politics is a nasty game, and the guys that are out are always complaining about the guys that are in. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 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. 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. He reportedly raised $2 million. 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 Commentary: Prosecute sins of Bush-Cheney era updated May 19, 2009 It doesn't go How do you make money? 4.3M views 14 years ago. 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. "Even though most of us fans are a world away from the earthquake that took place in Haiti, thanks to technology via the internet, digital photography and other means, the imagery conveyed in the past two days makes what happened there much more real," wrote Maryland Orioles Fan. I don't believe most of what I'm told by the politicians. This group of companies is all about social networking to connect with their customers. He accumulated more debt on his watch than all the previous U.S. Presidents before him combined. On November 7, 2006, Cafferty called Donald Rumsfeld "an obnoxious jerk and war criminal". Other charities used similar methods to raise funds. Web60513003. "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. "I was actually taught to drink, without even realizing what was going on, by my dad," recalls Cafferty of frequent father-and-son visits throughout childhood to the neighborhood saloon in Reno, Nev. But most of the attention is going to the economy, and that's as it should be. My father used to take me into bars and saloons around Reno when I was a kid, 11, 12, 13 years old. So I don't know that this is ever going to be completely over. But Cafferty would go on to follow in the many of the same footsteps of those who let him down as a youngster. Well, look what you did this time, Jack Cafferty. News organizations also used their Web sites to provide real-time information and ways visitors could help. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. under which this service is provided to you. Even many of these links were about ways people could help. The problem, I think, is the deregulation that actually happened. 68.9K subscribers. A story about British researchers who claim that having extra weight around ones hips, backside, and thighs may protect against heart and metabolic problems finished second with 9% of the weeks links. 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.". Obama talked about it in the campaign, you got to be involved, you got to participate, that whole clich that freedom ain't free. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. But the fundraising element here is something new-giving people fast, direct access to action. I'm not the least bit surprised. No one has ever accused CNN commentator Jack Cafferty of being a shrinking violet. 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. Perhaps New York University should print on its undergraduate drama degrees Warning: the bestowing of this degree precludes you from seeking any public office per Jack Cafferty of CNN.'. 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. He's extraordinarily popular. Veteran journalist Jack Cafferty is known by many for his frank opinions as political commentator on CNN's The Situation Room. The fight over the cholesterol medication is keeping a generic version from hitting the market. Jack Cafferty is now unmarried and of straight sexual orientation. That being said, I will go to my grave as Jack Cafferty, Private Citizen, believing that these people committed war crimes. NEW YORK (Fortune) -- The American dream is in peril, and Jack Cafferty has something to say about it. The Arab World is where innocent people are kidnapped, blindfolded, tied up, tortured and beheaded, and then videotape of all of this is released to the world as though theyre somehow proud of their barbarism. According to the Twitter-tracking service Sysomos, 2.3 million Tweets included the word "Haiti" or "Red Cross" between January 12 and January 14. You can't assign blame to a person for the kind of cumulative gathering of storm clouds that we're dealing with right now, but mostly policies of not living within our means and in the case of Wall Street and the banks, a lack of proper supervision for these mortgage-backed securities and some of these other investment instruments that have led to the kind of horrific situation we've got in the financial sector. It is also the first book where Rebus is based at St Leonards police station . Your dad was married eight times. The retail giant tops the Fortune 500 for the second year in a row. It was a factor in the dissolution of my first marriage, and I was headed towards ruining the second marriage. Have a tip we should know? 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). On the subject of terrorist demands for the release of two female scientists from an Iraqi prison, September 23, 2004. When Jack Cafferty told Donald Rumsfeld that he was a war criminal and an unpleasant jerk, he caused a stir. Given the way these mutants treat women in their societies, the women are probably better off in U.S. custody. It's part of the Constitution. I don't know that we'll ever return to the days of unlimited prosperity that we've seen in the past. 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. 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. He is an actor, known for It Could Happen to You (1994), City Hall (1996) and Night Falls on Manhattan The priorities of the bloggers are measured in terms of percentage of links. For the entire week of January 11-15, 43% of the news links in blogs were about the tragedy in Haiti according to the New Media Index produced by PEJ. His blog says nothing except he won't be in and that was Oct 2nd. The Frauds, Bunglers, Liars, and Losers Who Are Hurting America. Don't make excuses for her - that's pathetic." 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CNNs Jack Cafferty criticizes President Obama for failing to live up to his campaign pledge of providing openness during the health care negotiations . In his new book, Now or Never: Getting Down to the Business of Saving Our Dream, CNN's irascible commentator takes on the economy, foreign policy, education, health care, immigration, energy, the Bush legacy and Obama's opportunity--nothing less than the future of the country. We've been running deficits and debt for years. I think I probably had the genetic tolerance for the chemical, and also the genetic predisposition for the addiction to the chemical, that my parents had. Share. "While most online consumers rely on traditional media for coverage of the quake, they are turning to Twitter and blogs to share information, react to the situation and rally support," Nielsen wrote in a blog post. WebHis brief marriage ended in divorce, after which he decided to stop drinking completely. All rights reserved. The report also included interviews with travelers expressing concern over the demonstration of poor security practices. Jack Cafferty began his television career in Reno, Nevada, in 1960. This process allows us to compare the New Media commentary, based on the Icerocket list of links, with the commentary in the traditional press. U.S. real estate might be a mess, but in other parts of the world, home prices are jumping. Next, following links to stories about Haiti, was a report that actor Michael C. Hall is undergoing treatment for Hodgkins lymphoma (10%). Other active celebrities included cyclist Lance Armstrong and actor Ben Stiller. If he was as tough to get along with for his wives as he was for his children, then it's pretty easy to understand. You pissed off the president of east coast television and microwave oven programming on NBC. I don't even drink wine at church when I take communion. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. (Laughs.) Yeah, good thing he didnt say that publicly. I just don't think that we have a very honest relationship with our government in this country, and it makes me angry. The expansion of online blogs and other social media sites has allowed news-consumers and others outside the mainstream press to have more of a role in agenda setting, dissemination and interpretation. One photo was of a devastated building that was soon featured on the home pages of CNN.com, NPR.org, and LATimes.com. Was there a quid pro quo? Cafferty: Well, I figured that if I was going to do it, I might as well try to get some meat on the bone. There's a case for taking a look at what the Administration may or may not have done that rises to level of high crimes and misdemeanors. Chris Dodd collected the second-biggest amount of money from AIG of anybody in Washington [for the 2008 election cycle]. People are very hopeful that this new President we have has got the Midas touch when it comes to being able to address and fix some of this stuff. 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." An Associated Press report about a man who snuck into a terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport after the guard had left his post. You write about the fact that both of your parents were alcoholics. JACK CAFFERTY: Idaho Senator Larry Craig is a disgrace on many levels. TPM TV. And if this prevents the next financial crisis, something else will cause [a crisis]. 3. Carol [his second wife] is an extraordinary woman. She's supposed to know a little bit of this, you know. 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. All times are ET. A lesson for all of us - what starts as a (+1) 202-419-4300 | Main and/or its affiliates. I agree with you on that," and the segment came to a close. 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. So I was able to consume quantities of alcohol without it affecting [me] I didn't slur my speech, I didn't fall down. Well, they came along and they finally got strong enough and they bit everybody right in the ass. How do you attract an audience? One new poll says that a majority of people favor impeachment for President Bush. And it might be helpful if the Republicans would try to be a little more cooperative and contribute a little more to the solution rather than just sitting on the sidelines and carping about what they see as the shortcomings of the administration. Of course, they think that a lot of this stuff is genetic. That's all I have to say." Preceded by. In recent months, though, this component of Technoratis site has been down with no indication of when it might resume. Red Bull Creation challenges hackers and engineers to invent new modes of transportation. He routinely sounds off in his own tart, curmudgeon-like way on CNN's popular news show The Situation Room. Social media became central to the fundraising effort that raised millions of dollars. Age, Bio, Wiki, Net worth, Height, Husband, Children, Facts, Sebastian Eubank Wife Salma Eubank Age, Bio, Height, Net worth, Child, Family, Facts, Ryan Wauters Net Worth, Height, Age, Tiktok, Girlfriend, Family, Facts. This article about a person or group of people is a stub. In 1977, Cafferty began anchoring Live at Five and the Scarborough-Cafferty Report, as well as Strictly Business in New York.
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