• Lean Backwards: Now w/Alex nosedives to an all-time low.
• Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Shep Smith 1-2-3.
• Lean Forward: MSNBC caught deceptively editing video again.
• Shuster: Schultz demoted because he’s not part of MSNBC clique.
• Wemple: CNN should have Jake Tapper interview Howard Kurtz.
• CNN puts Kurtz under review. Analysis. Update: Staying at CNN.
• Multiple cablenewsers named to yet another distinguished list.
• Video: Three Hofstra students win FNC 2013 College Challenge.
• Q&A: Liz Claman. Mugged: Carol Costello ‘Apple-picking’ victim.
• Video: Whistleblower’s lawyer demands apology from John Kerry.
• Special: See No Evil.  Some unbridled Anna Kooiman speculation.

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