Talk:Geraldo Rivera/Archive 2

Cannibis Use Section
This section doesn't really explain that there was a controversy surrounding the incident, it more just insinuates in, or implies that him smoking pot should be controversial or condemned. Lots of people smoke pot, and it's not necessarily controversial. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.179.144.10 (talk) 05:12, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Header
This "Gentleman Claims" section is outrageous. It ought to be deleted. I have no particular opinion on Mr. Rivera or Ms. Malkin, but no one can think that it's even mildly close to unbiased.

The Satanist Quote
250 million Satanists in 1997? That's ridiculous. www.census.gov lists the current US population as just under 300 million. The population in 2000 was 280 million. So what this quote is saying is that >90% of the US population is Satanic. I'm removing this section until someone can cite it.

Why does it say that SBC hired him as a 'doctor.' I don't get it.

-Why is that section even in his page? It seems like a pretty minor issue that takes up decent space on a page about his whole life and career —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.161.177.134 (talk) 23:02, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Page Now Repaired
This page was vandalized, but now it's fixed. Thats why you were confused.

Mob Plog
I heard a possibly apocryphal story about Geraldo being targeted by The Mafia. Is this true? If so it should be put in the article (ABSOLUTLY WITHOUT ANY COMMENTS SUCH AS: 'possibly because they found him annoying').


 * This page is not a Q&A; if you have some relevant, reliably sourced, information, then add it to the article. -- 98.108.211.71 (talk) 01:42, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Republican?
I'm just wondering if anyone knows where Geraldo leans since i've always considered him a liberal but i'm not sure he would be on fox news and o'reilly show if he was at least without saying so? just curious.. (Curefreak)


 * This page is not a Q&A; if you have some relevant, reliably sourced, information, then add it to the article. -- 98.108.211.71 (talk) 01:42, 3 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Just because someone is a liberal or liberal-leaning does not mean he or she cannot be on Fox News. See Kirsten Powers, Juan Williams, Alan Colmes, Bill Schulz, etc. Sugar-Baby-Love (talk) 19:40, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Political Affiliation
Gerald has often stated that he is a liberal.


 * Yeah. A conservative liberal, with his helicopter requirements from NBC.Apple8800 (talk) 17:16, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

linkify Wayne Chiang
Please go through the article and linkify names like Wayne Chiang —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.146.98.142 (talk) 13:02, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi how do i send an article i think he would be interested in. Deborah —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deborah44 (talk • contribs) 00:22, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Moronic section

 * "The other aspect of the controversy, however, was due to the fact that he had often promoted civilian gun control prior to his time reporting in Afghanistan, such as when (after the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colorado) Rivera asked, "How much longer are we gonna take it? How much longer are we gonna be wrapping in the flag of patriotism to justify 250 million guns out there? How much longer?" As an NRA magazine article pointed out, "Rivera, who has made plenty of noise in the past by promoting various anti-gun proposals, revealed recently that while covering the war in Afghanistan, where he doesn't feel quite so safe, he's conveniently jumped to the other side of the fence."

^is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen on wiki. Regardless of what the NRA may or may not have said, that statement is moronic and irrelevant to any encyclopedic source. One guy may believe that the second amendment is applicable to carrying a weapon in a foreign warzone, but it's an entirely untrue and ridiculous claim. The fact that it links the Columbine Massacre with carrying a sidearm in Afghanistan makes the section all the more objectionably ignorant. I vote for its removal immediately. 76.123.241.114 (talk) 00:03, 15 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Due to no objections, I will remove this paragraph. 76.123.241.114 (talk) 01:09, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Should we add quotes from Geraldo's 1992 interview with openly lesbian reporter?
Gail Shister, openly lesbian newspaper reporter, did an interview with Geraldo Rivera in 1992 about his questionable relationship with Brandon Tartikoff. Knight Ridder Newspapers published it in several newspapers. Here's how The Washington Post TV columnist John Carmody ran it in the Post edition of November 13, 1992 on pg. C10.

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Not one to suffer silently, Geraldo Rivera yesterday lashed out at former NBC Entertainment chief Brandon Tartikoff, whose new autobiography was not kind to Rivera ...

"I'd like to shove that book up the part of Brandon's body where the sun doesn't shine," Rivera told Knight-Ridder's Gail Shister yesterday, adding that he hadn't read it but knew of the section mentioning him. "It's a cheap shot. He's a gross hypocrite and a lying Hollywood punk"...

In the book, Tartikoff calls his decision to air Rivera's 1988 special on Satanism, which drew a record audience but lousy reviews, the low point of his career ...

"I'm an easy target," Rivera said. "It's easy to say you fear and loathe Geraldo, especially after you've slept with him and have reaped the benefits" ...

Tartikoff could not be reached for comment ...

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Gail Shister's open lesbian status is sourced by the following website.

Gail Shister being lesbian

If you're wondering about the three dots at the end of each paragraph, that's how John Carmody always ended paragraphs in the Post for decades.Sourcingit (talk) 22:48, 31 October 2010 (UTC)