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In reply to the discussion: Geraldo Rivera Saves Nastiest Barb For Rachel Maddow In Blasting NBC's McDaniel Firing [View all]maxrandb
(15,401 posts)10. Geraldo is just like hundreds of today's "journalists"
He's a D-List actor who didn't have the talent to be a Hollywood Movie Star, so he took a gig playing the role of "newsman" on cable TV.
There's a shit-ton of folks whose dream is to be the new Tom Cruise, but they have to settle for interviewing hayseeds at the Dew Drop Inn in some Dumbfuckistan, 'Murika shithole.
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Geraldo Rivera Saves Nastiest Barb For Rachel Maddow In Blasting NBC's McDaniel Firing [View all]
ProudMNDemocrat
Mar 27
OP
Rivera was never a good journalist. That should have been obvious during the OJ trial
JohnSJ
Mar 27
#3
In my view he was always a grifter whose trademark was sensationalism and tabloid journalism.
JohnSJ
Mar 27
#19
Rachel is highly educated, a terrific author, and has a PhD. in Political Science from Oxford.
ProudMNDemocrat
Mar 27
#12
like john kass who came after, got a lot of cred for takin about the mob. if he didnt have permission
mopinko
Mar 27
#47
This last thing I saw about Geraldo was an online picture of his abs after a shower,
Greybnk48
Mar 27
#23
Geraldo Rivera is to journalism what Bill Marr is to comedy. Confusedly, forget-ably entertaining,........
jaxexpat
Mar 27
#46
Jerry Rivers is an "aging cabal" all by himself, which in a matter of looong practice....
Hekate
Mar 27
#51
WTF happened to him: He's perfectly okay with a criminal-defendant-hitler2 wannabe
Justice matters.
Mar 27
#62
this guy lost all his journalistic relevance with his trash daytime schlock show
MistakenLamb
Mar 27
#61