• The Five video: The NYPD vs Mayor Bill de Blasio.
• Wednesday numbers: The Five-John Roberts-F&F 1-2-3.
• Ad Age Q&A: CNN’s celebrity chef, Anthony Bourdain.
• Bratton: Sit-down with The Rev was ‘a bad idea’ (via TVN).
• Self-congratulatory Griffin memo touts MSNBC’s ‘progress’.
• Bill O’Reilly named to distinguished list.  The Senator debuts.
• FNC avoids overkill while ‘cockamamie’ CNN turns ridiculous.
• Media critic as news anchor: a ‘big mistake’ for Brian Stelter?
• Risk & Reward video: Joe Concha on the Fox/DishNet standoff.
• Concha: DishNet ‘extortion’ claim will leave them eating crow.
• Huge traffic at Keep Fox site.   An auspicious augury for Bash?
• YT,JD: The McCormack Matter part one, part two, part three.

Updated 6:39 pm  Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

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