The Ticker: Williams/Simmons, Carlson…

By Brian 

> An e-mailer writes: “Did you see Brian Williams run onto the set at WNBC’s Live At Five and give Sue Simmons flowers today? She made a remark yesterday that she never got flowers but Vieira did. It was a cute local news moment…”

> Rachel Sklar says Tucker Carlson didn’t dance with the stars for long because he didn’t want it enough…

> FishBowlDC sees a sign of the apocalpyse in this CNN.com breaking news alert…

> NewsBusters: A source who has seen Dan Rather‘s first drafts of HDNet story treatments describe it as “Howard Beale on LSD reading Rolling Stone straight to camera, with a Texas accent…”

> “Has anyone else noticed this?,” an e-mailer asks: “Larry King Live has been every so gradually phasing out viewer calls…and every so slightly easing in occasional viewer e-mail questions…and now, gradually bringing in video questions from big CNN names, like Blitzer…”

> CNN has announced a new midterm election promotion: The “Election Express Yourself” trailer will cross the country “to encourage political participation with interactive activities…”

> FOXNews.com has partnered with RealClearPolitics.com to publish the Opinion BuzzTracker. TechWeb has more, and here’s the press release…

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