johnny dollar's archive: july-aug 2008

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Monday cable news links [updated through the day]: Tonight's special coverage. Shep is super (via TVN). HuffPo Q&A: Greta. Videos: Behind the scenes. MSNBC: conservatives need not apply! Tucker grumbles:... Read more

With J$P Video! Those fair and balanced folk over at Slate.com have helpfully put together a video montage. Its purpose: to compare how MSNBC and Fox... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Thursday's numbers. Obama is still snubbing Greta. Greta Pix: Denver. Farming the almanac. MSNBC loses it? Radar snarks. Keith blasts veteran AP reporter. Video:... Read more

With J$P Video! Updated: Ellen repeats racist slut smear! It started with Soup Cans, who found something to complain about in this interview with Megyn Kelly:Kelly... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: KO's version of "cut his mic". Result: Mike Murphy purged from MSNBC?! Audio: Green room blowup: Lanny Davis vs Pete... Read more

J$P Video! Howard Wolfson says he will oppose any attempt by Chris Matthews to become a US Senator: From The John Gibson Show, August 27 2008... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Tuesday's convention numbers. Chuck Todd resorts to insinuendo. Keith's blog demands Joe be fired. Is this a "civil war"? Video: Matthews snaps... Read more

J$P Video! Howard Wolfson doesn't like being called "Tokyo Rose" by Keith:

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Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Live chat with Greta van. Weekend numbers. Monday's numbers. Weekly ranker. Jon Stewart's double standard? FNC "the place to be". The... Read more

J$P Video! Griff Jenkins tells what really went down in Denver:

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Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Comedy Central host attacks fairness of Fox News! Strategy Room booking coup. Foxnews.com redesigns politics site: seven video streams! Friday's numbers. Cable... Read more

J$P Video! Ed Rendell's comments chewed over by the F&F gang:

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J$P Video! Warning: language!

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Sunday cable news links [6:48 pm]: Video: Bret Baier takes a spill; Griff Jenkins: "a little sporty". Profile: John King (via ICN). Sunday talkers. Sunday schedule changes. Veep coverage. Skycam sharing.... Read more

Your guide to this weekend's cable news programming. Sunday coverage (subject to change)... Fox News Channel [updated!]:10:00 am: Eric Shawn/Jamie Colby 12:00 pm: Bret Baier 2:00 pm: Eric Shawn/Jamie... Read more

J$P Video! Shep Smith and Bob Beckel on Biden:

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Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Is Dan Abrams leaving MSNBC? From Russia with Shep. Thursday's numbers. Rachel Maddow's Fox flirtation. First from the floor. Video: Inside FNC's Denver... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Rachel on Rachel: the column Huffington Post refused to print via (Inside Cable News). Wednesday's numbers. Greta to Obama: Get... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Son's health crisis inspired Bret Baier's philanthropy [pdf]. Tuesday's numbers. CNN "expansion" camouflaging cutbacks? Kinky Kiran? NY Times / MSNBC disclosure issue... Read more

With J$P Video! Everyone knows to give credit where credit is due. But sometimes that truism is more honored in the breach. (MS)NBC has been... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Inside Cable News: MSNBC, the place for partisanship. Maddow in, Abrams out! Jossip analyzes, Rachel speaks. Keith takes credit! Monday's... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Friday's numbers. Chickaboomer: DNC using MSNBC's upside-down flag? CNN grill returns. Georgia: reporting vs propaganda. Chuck Todd's take-back. Kurtz: Pew results: "striking". Alan Colmes:... Read more

Weekend cable news links [updated through the weekend]: Mal James: Scary silence. Greta: problematic promotions. Why Larry King? Profile: Steve Harrigan (via TV Newser). CNN tweet controversy. Media Matters behind bloody... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Convention coverage rundown. New Pew: which cable news channel has the most balanced audience? Thursday's numbers. Is there an Olympic effect? Biz... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Keith Q&A: real or spoof? Wednesday's numbers. Mal James: running for his life. Emmy tributes. More North Korea Gretapix. Will activists foil Matthews's... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Bill Kristol bombshell video: scoop or scam? Tuesday's numbers. David Gregory stiffs his own show? Video: Escape from Gori. Mal James:... Read more

This site was first to report on the curious case of MSNBC's "place for politics" logo, which displays an American flag flying upside-down. The reasons... Read more

Updated! Sometimes it's just too easy; you'd think that they'd know better by now. We're speaking of the newshounds (another fine product of the Outfoxed... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Weekend special: Russia: The Angry Giant. Monday's numbers. Weekend numbers. Weekly ranker. Video: Why Liz Claman made the jump. Larry King's... Read more

We shouldn't be surprised. The newshounds (another fine product of the Outfoxed gang) have long been purveyors of unsourced personal attacks and vicious hate speech.... Read more

With J$P Video! Think Progress defames Fox News? Not exactly a bulletin; in fact, no more surprising than "pig eats truffles". TP's track record speaks... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Friday's numbers. MSNBC's $10K "beauty shot". Jeff Goldblatt move to WFLD: now official. Today's oops. Harrigan in Gori: a bad feeling. Roger Friedman... Read more

J$P Video! Is the man who villified Fox News now in legal hot water?

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Latest cable news links [updated through the weekend]: Greta: more North Korea pix. Q&A: Dennis Miller. Janice Dean's vacation pix. Sunday talkers. HuffPo's recap. St Paul, MN: building the big... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Thursday's numbers: no wonder MSNBC's flag is upside-down! Video: Greta goes to the dogs. What gets priority: politics or ping-pong? Keith... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Wednesday's numbers: MSNBC tanks! Olbermann sinks sans Milbank. John Edwards hot potato: cablers' caution continues. A Fox News work week. Daddy... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Hi-Def complicates newsgathering. Tuesday's numbers. Weekly ranker. Rasmussen claims partisan segmentation. Video: Kelly's Court rules on Edwards vs Enquirer. Paris, meet... Read more

J$P Video! Jerome Corsi (Obama Nation) vs Bob Beckel:

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Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Obama selects surrogate to face Sean Hannity. (MS)NBC hires LittleLuke: is that favoritism? Monday's numbers. Weekend numbers. J$P hears: Jeff Goldblatt... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: MSNBC: the place for ping-pong. Keith kapitulates: dumps Dana, slams him after he's gone. Neil Cavuto's return: video. Friday's numbers. Novak prognosis:... Read more

Sunday cable news links [updated through the day]: Greta leaves North Korea. Pix: Pyongpang. CNN gets a cheer and a half. North to Afghanistan, Huckabee to Lake Ozark. Cablers... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Sunday morning talkers. Susan Estrich: Is Ex-Senator's Affair "News"? E.D. Hill FNC bio page updated. Grace, under fire. Thursday's numbers. Fox & Friends problem... Read more

Thursday's latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Today's firing demand. Wednesday's numbers. July program ranker. Profile: Anita Vogel. Tucker emcees political rally. Greg Gutfeld sub-hosts Fox & Friends Weekend... Read more

Wednesday's latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Tuesday's numbers. Susan Estrich: spare me the emails. Neil Cavuto returns Monday. Q&A: Molly Henneberg (via TV Newser). James Rosen on... Read more

J$P Audio! O'Reilly grills McClellan, Scott backpedals, fireworks ensue:

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Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Will Keith retract? Video: today's Hardball segment. Alan weighs in. Greta: I want an apology too! Cablers plan exhaustive... Read more

J$P Audio! Blue blogs express their sympathy for Bob Novak:

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J$P Audio! O'Reilly rebuts Scott McClellan. Dick Morris chimes in; callers challenge Bill:

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Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Friday's numbers. Profiled: Dan Abrams, Alisyn Camerota. Bob Novak diagnosed with brain tumor. Greta stops in China; some more pix. New ad. Howard... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the weekend]: Greta's 7-day overseas (?) mystery assignment. Hot off the presses rumor! Q&A: J.C. Watts. Video: Beltway Boys' 10th. CNN's iReport bites back. Megyn... Read more

Keith Olbermann's slander of Bill O'Reilly was first reported by Olbermann Watch and this site. It was further advanced by TV Newser, who pointed out... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Thursday's numbers. FBN: slow growth. Today's stupidest headline. The Beltway Boys at 10. What, there's a feud? Red Lasso capitulates. Video: Chris Wallace goes... Read more

Keith Olbermann is notorious for filching stories from the blue blogs, particularly ones that attack the eeevil Bill O'Reilly. But now his sloppy, unprofessional practices... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Profile: Fareed Zakaria. Wednesday's numbers. AJR: Cable news obsessions. TVNewser corrects Keith. Q&A: Chuck Todd (via fishbowl DC). CNN's non-debate. Today's oddest headline. Video: Joe... Read more

J$P Audio! Christine interviews today's Fox News protesters:

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J$P Audio! Is Fox News racist? Bill O'Reilly takes on Robert Wexler and discusses with Marc Lamont Hill: From The Radio Factor, July 23 2008 fox... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Video: Fox all-stars emerge early. Peeps protest pulls dozens! Tuesday's numbers. Weekly ranker. Fox and NBC file suit against Red Lasso. Cody's... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Factor focus: Florida flap. Bill Hemmer's nomadic itinerary. Q&A: Wendy Murphy. Live, from underwater! Monday's numbers. Weekend numbers. Erin Burnett / New York... Read more

It seems the newshounds (another fine product of the Outfoxed cabal) have stepped into some of their own excrement. We've documented how their deliberate lies... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Audio Q&A: Chuck Todd. America's most hated pundits? Friday's numbers. CNN's fuzzy math? Greta chortles. O'Reilly audio: "Maybe I was wrong." Today's outrage! Cable... Read more

Sunday cable news links [updated through the weekend]: Video: oops!! No-nonsense news? Paging PBS. O'Reilly's double standard? Kos: Huffington Post is "right wing"?!? Stelter: CNBC's star re-ups. Sunday talkers. Roundup. Dream forum premieres.... Read more

J$P Audio! Chris Wallace takes on Hannity, both Presidential campaigns, and makes public an awkward Kilmeade faux pas: From Brian and the Judge, July 18 2008... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: In depth: changes at Fox & Friends Weekend. Thursday's numbers. Sklar: Give Rachel Maddow weekends? Or not? Fox haters boo Harold... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Wednesday's numbers. Profile: Dagan McDowell. Wolf Blitzer parties on. Fox haters like labeling. Cablers review Dark Knight: CNN, MSNBC, Alexis Glick, Roger... Read more

J$P Video! Shepard Smith and Bill O'Reilly discuss the unreleased Jackson quote, confirmed today:

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Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: The most ridiculous post of the week. Video: Campaign embed behind the scenes. Tuesday's numbers. Big Beck bash. Phil Griffin promoted, Olbermann... Read more

J$P Video! Flashback: A classic Brit Hume moment:

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J$P Video! The Judge explains the Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae "bailout":

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Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Brit Hume leaving Special Report. (via TVN) ICN Analysis. Jossip's half-baked theory. Radar's flimsy exposé. Behind Greta's get. Obama stiffs Greta... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Audio: Chris Wallace slams MSNBC. Chris scolds tv critics. Friday's numbers. Contradictory conspiracies: yesterday's, today's. Is it tiime for full... Read more

Updated Friday 10:20 am: R.I.P. Tony Snow: Politico TV Decoder Time Radio Equalizer Real Clear Politics CNN ABC The Nation John Gizzi Townhall Washington Post Arnaud de Borchgrave New York TimesAaron BarnhartWall Street JournalHoward KurtzDetroit NewsTV WeekWilliam HamiltonRachel... Read more

J$P Video! Griff Jenkins breaks down over the death of his friend:

From Fox News Channel, July 12 2008
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Weekend cable news links: [updated through the weekend]: The cult of tv news personality? Video: Molly Henneberg's wedding. Janice Dean was there. Rachel Sklar: "Aw, nuts", part deux. Oh... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: SNL influenced CNN? Jackson's gaffe: Fox's fault! Partisan promo? Thursday's numbers. FNC's iPhone connection. CNN's "film" festival, convention plans. Critics challenge. Robin Meade's... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Obama stiffs Greta. Q&A: Chuck Todd. Coop's producer: a sexist?! Jackson video: unanswered questions. Insider scoop? How it went down: TVN,... Read more

J$P Audio! Col David Hunt on Iran, Iraq, and John McCain:

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The hiring of Howard Wolfson as a political contributor to Fox News has resulted in the ritual outrage from blue blogs and Fox haters. When... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: The Factor tonight: Jackson exposé. Greta teases. Tuesday's numbers. Fox & Friends Weekend reviewed. Alan Colmes explains FNC to liberals,... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Gawker's war on Fox: now it's getting personal. Q&A: Greta van Susteren. Walt Mossberg joins FBN, via a "loophole". CNN fudging... Read more

Monday cable news links [updated through the day]: Video: O'Reilly smacks NY Times. Cablers become judge and jury? Video: Bill Hemmer's hot spots. Alisyn Camerota manhandled: video. Gawker's Briganti blast... Read more

Sunday cable news links [updated through the day]: The New York Times strikes back. FNC goes commercial-free. NBCU wins Weather. Hello, Al Roker? Leave no one behind. Dirty laundry: video. Sunday... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Larry Elder gets a tryout. Wednesday's numbers. Steve Harrigan blogs from Colombia. America's Election HQ returns Monday. Outrage! Karl Rove uses notes! Friendly... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Coop commends Greta. Joe S returns soon. Greg [not Griff] Jenkins leaves FNC. Tuesday's numbers. How long is a moment? Fox & Friends... Read more

Latest cable news links [updated through the day]: Monday's numbers. Weekend numbers. Quarterly numbers. Spin: CNN, FNC, MSNBC. CJR: Did CNBC really snuff Bear Stearns (via ICN). Video:... Read more