Cavuto on the Day Martha Stewart was Sentenced
Reported by Melanie - July 16, 2004 -
Your World w/Neil Cavuto today (July 15, 2004) was essentially all Martha, all the time. (This isn't particular to Fox. They're all doing it.)
Some of my favorite comments are:
Cavuto opening the show at 4:00 p.m. ET: "Just call her Martha Stewart Schwarzenegger." (Reacting to Stewart speaking outside the courthouse after her sentencing.)
Banner at the bottom of the screen opening a segment at 4:07 p.m. ET: BIG HOUSE BO$$?
Cavuto at approximately 4:08 p.m. ET, trying to redirect a round table discussion about Stewart: But I want to concentrate this "down to what she wore, down to how she acted...."
Terry Keenan in the same round table discussion: "She showed no remorse."
Cavuto at 4:09 p.m. ET after showing a brief live shot of Bush making a campaign speech in Beckley, WV: "No doubt he [Bush] will be taking some pride in the fact that his administration has the appearance, at least, of cracking down on corporate crime." (Thanks for planting the thought Neil.)
Keenan, at 4:10 p.m. ET, commenting on Stewarts after-sentencing statement: "Peter [Bacanovic, Stewart's stock broker who was also sentenced today] didn't use this as a soap box for his ambitions."
Cavuto going to a break at 4:11 p.m. ET: "Does Wall Street like the fact that Martha may do time? Is that why her stock shot up so much today?"
4:23 p.m. returning from a break, full fledged FOX NEWS ALERT going to video with audio of Stewart speaking outside the courthouse after being sentenced.
Cavuto going to a break at 4:37 p.m. ET: "Coming up: How much money did Martha Stewart make on paper today? The answer may astound you."
4:40 p.m. ET Cavuto says Stewart made $93.5 million dollars on paper today (her company's stock went up roughly 30%).
4:40 p.m. ET Cavuto says something like, here's how Russia treats it's corporate criminals. Video airs of the former head of Yukos (a Russian oil company), in court, "in a cage" as Cavuto says.
4:58 p.m. ET In the "Common Sense" segment (the part reserved for Cavuto's comments, as if he doesn't give them throughout the show anyway), Cavuto urged Stewart to "go to jail, right now. Get it over with. Frankly I don't think you deserve it" but get it over with.
