Apr 2012
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/30/12 00:14 Filed in: links
- Video: The Five at the Correspondents’ Dinner. Photos.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- HuffPo media list: CNN, MSNBC...here’s why no FNCers.
- Shep’s Bear Alerts spreading to CNN? Q&A: Sandra Smith.
- What’s in a slogan? Swells at WHCD. MSNBC throws a party.
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Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/28/12 00:02 Filed in: links
- Panic at CNBC: Biggest stars become biggest losers.
- Reliable Sources videos: Obama, Fallon, and more.
- Video: Alisyn Camerota at the Correspondents’ Dinner.
- News Watch video: Has Trayvon coverage been fair?
- Video Q&A: Wolf Blitzer. Rita Cosby resurfaces.
- Greta: Does Politico support ridiculing retarded children?
- White House Correspondents’ Dinner: FNC, MSNBC, CNN.
- News makes way for non-news? Sunday talk: tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/27/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Take me out to the bawl game.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- Bloomberg’s Margaret Brennan signs off...to join CBS News?
- Greta explains hate speech to Kimmel and Meghan McCain.
- Fox & Friends giving CBS broadcast a run for its money.
- VIdeo: Cavuto spars with Don Imus part one, part two.
- Six cablenewsers named to ‘out’ list. Q&A: Suze Orman (via ICN).
- VIdeos: FNC College Challenge winners; Laura & Bill rip MSNBC.
- VIdeo: Buchanan on leaving MSNBC. Cavuto’s producer to CNBC.
- ICN: O’Reilly 2007 comments impeach his Mitchell critique. However...
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/26/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- The Five video: An uproar over farm chores.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- There were two identically deceptive NBC Zimmerman edits?!?
- Martha and Bill on a cruise for charity. Maria Bartiromo honored.
- Video: O’Reilly and Imus talk Beck, politics, etc part one, part two.
- VIdeos: Bill O’Reilly on F&F and CBS This Morning; The Rev with Fallon.
- MSNBC Trayvon coverage: Inflammatory, false, irresponsible, disgraceful!
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/25/12 00:41 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- FNC keeping up with Kardashians at Correspondents’ Dinner.
- Margaret Brennan exits Bloomberg; morning sked shake-up.
- Proud Papa Adam Housley. Q&A: Robin Meade part tres.
- Video: Rachel Maddow with Wendy Williams. FNC vs MSNBC.
- Report: Deceptive Zimmerman edit started at NBC affiliate.
- Police execute search warrant on mole hole, seize evidence.
- Video: Juan Williams with Don Imus on the Romney campaign.
- Megyn Kelly zings Jon Stewart: video. CNN’s Kepnes promoted.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/24/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Bill O’Reilly re-ups with FNC; new deal runs through 2016.
- Cablenewsers’ modest primary coverage. Weekend numbers.
- Profile: Peter Barnes. Duthiers to Nigeria. Molly’s maternity.
- Video: Martha MacCallum fights malaria. Q&A: Meade part deux.
- Doocy offers clarity. The women of CNBC. Swells gather for Time.
- VIdeo: Kilmeade drops the ball. Robert Reich vs Mr Bill O’Reilly.
- Did MSNBC fund-raising for Dems violate Senate rules? Flashback.
- VIdeo: Bernard Goldberg says Chris Matthews is obsessed with race.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/23/12 00:55 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Professors praise US Occupy movement...in Iran.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- No correction aired for deceptive 911 edit. Gaines exits (MS)NBC.
- Hot & Not: O’Reilly, Hannity, Beckel. Q&A: Sanjay Gupta, Robin Meade.
- MSNBC’s Touré a racial profiler? Lawrence O’Donnell has charisma?
- Doocy’s conversational paraphrase becomes a ‘quote’. Update: surrender?
The Anger of the Weak
04/22/12 19:45 Filed in: slanders
That’s how Alphonse Daudet defined hate, and we’ve seen that with Fox haters. But once again, it’s not just Fox for whom they have contempt; this examination of that phenomenon is guest-blogged by Janet Hawkins. ...read more
Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/21/12 00:02 Filed in: links
- Reliable Sources videos: Dog days of campaigning and more.
- Fox News Watch video: How do the media cover scandals?
- Video: Kelly Wright honored for Beyond the Dream series.
- Video: O’Reilly scorches MSNBC’s Trayvon coverage.
- Impartial MSNBC journalist joins political lobbying effort.
- Weekend Special: Fox News Reporting: Stealing Your Vote.
- Sunday talk: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap. Stossel in Frisco.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/20/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- MSNBC Journo-lister bewails ‘breaking news’ alerts (via ICN).
- Fox Business shakes up daytime sked; changes start Monday.
- Cable beats broadcast: Fox & Friends doubles CBS in key markets.
- Olbermann seen wandering aimlessly through Central Park.
- Profile: Melissa Harris-Perry. Shep and Eli return to Ole Miss.
- The $50 million defamation lawsuit that Maddow wants dismissed.
- Sherman: Is CNN’s news strategy obsolete? Speed kills (credibility).
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/19/12 00:55 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Silver spoons and class warfare.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Bream jumps for Special Olympics. Salinas jumps to WDBJ.
- Jordan Sparks, CNN, and Jennifer Griffin’s children. More.
- Shocking Salon exposé: Sean Hannity is conservative!
- Liz Claman talks 1000 episodes, gives financial advice.
- HLN moves further from ‘headline news’. Q&A: Maddow.
- Contract violations by the ‘mole’ expose him to civil liability.
- Video: A salute to Dick Clark from Larry King...on Fox News!
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/18/12 00:34 Filed in: links
- The Five video: You mean there is no vast left-wing conspiracy?
- Breaking: O’Reilly and Hannity closing new deals with Fox News.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Kelly’s Court video: Did Ted Nugent comments violate the law?
- (MS)NBC signs ex-official of Mexico as ‘foreign policy analyst’.
- Current skeds weekly show hosted by sitting Dem politico.
- John Stossel in Powder Springs. Liz Claman’s 1K milestone.
- Zakaria’s reward? Cafferty contradiction. CNNi’s News Center.
- Hannity top cablenewser on Talkers ‘heavy hundred’ list (via TVN).
Is Aunty Em Ericann Anti-American?
04/17/12 21:41 Filed in: slanders
To be a Fox hater, you first have to be a hater. But that raises another issue: if someone hates Fox News, what else do they hate? This particularly virulent case history is guest blogged by Grayhammy. Updated! ...read more
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/17/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- The Five video: A surprise guest rates Obama’s oil policy.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Fox ‘mole’ sinks Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
- CNBC counter-programs Lou Dobbs...with hockey games!
- Q: Who will hire Olbermann now? A: It won’t be tv news.
- Video: Is Roger Clemens being prosecuted or persecuted?
- Sandra Smith: tax tips. Gasparino: top twitter cable biznewser.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on mixing politicos and news on cable.
'You Should Run Your Show a Little Better'
04/16/12 22:25 Filed in: videos
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/16/12 00:35 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Mainstream media mockery of Mitt?
- A non-mole explains why he never wanted to be one.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Paying at the Pump-Baier 1-2-3.
- Hey Muto, you may be many things, but you’re not a mole.
- Auto website slams Eric Bolling...but there’s a catch.
- Melissa Francis: last minute tax tips . FBN breaks even.
- Media prepare for a self-hyped ‘trial of the decade’.
- Today’s apology. Rachel Maddow’s book reviewed.
- Hot & Not: Mika, MSNBC, moles, mockery, and mistakes.
- The mole was worried about being ‘blackballed’? Yeah, right.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/14/12 00:10 Filed in: links
- Video: Chris Wallace pays tribute to his father Mike Wallace.
- Reliable Sources videos: Hillary Rosen, the mole’s 15 minutes.
- Mushnick: Olby lawsuit puts Current in an untenable position.
- News Watch video: The media cover attacks on Ann Romney.
- Much ado about a lapel pin. Sunday talk: tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
- Your honor, the people call...Sean Hannity?! Well...hardly ever.
- Specials: Summer of Evil: The Manson Murders; The Numbers Game.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/13/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is Seinfeld’s ‘Elaine’ disagreeing with America?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- Cable beats broadcast: Bill O’Reilly tops NBC primetime.
- Friday special: Paying at the Pump with Sarah Palin, Eric Bolling.
- Judge may recuse herself so husband’s partner can go on CNN?!?
- New Fast Money contributor ripped panelists as ‘monkeys’.
- CNN’s unedited epithets raise ethics questions. Profile: Maddow.
- Yes they call it a ‘jaw-dropping’ comment. Kennedy won’t settle.
- Video: Bret Baier rebuts Gingrich charges of Fox News favoritism.
- George Mason U: No, FNC wasn’t shilling for Romney or for the GOP.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/12/12 00:02 Filed in: links
- Rothman: MSNBC’s year of apologies.
- The Five video: Are stay at home moms truly respected?
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- The going rate for committing career suicide: $5,000. More.
- Five weeks: Bill tops Brian. Swells gather for ‘power’ fete.
- VIdeo: Chris Wallace remembers his father. FNS sets tribute.
- Goldberg: It’s time to stop kissing up to MSNBC’s race-baiter.
- Q&A: Gerri Willis on the links; video Q&A: John Stossel.
- Today’s apology. Yesterday’s pseudo-apology.
- Hell hath no fury like a Newt scorned. More. T.J.: Just teasing!
- Fox spox: Joe Muto, ‘main culprit’, is fired. ‘Possibly others’ to follow.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/11/12 00:35 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Harvard’s Obama 101. ICN’s Moles for Morons.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Cablenewsers named to ‘most powerful’ list. Big Ed to grill Joe.
- The double-secret Fox mole: that didn’t last long. FNC spox speaks.
- T.J. Holmes leaves BET, plans return to CNN? Santorum to CNN?
- Q&A: Mika, Sandra Smith (v/ICN). Video: Maddow w/Leno pt one, two.
- Silver: Up with Hayes, the bst cable news show since...Maddow.
- Treacher: First report from double-secret mole is underwhelming. More.
Shameful
04/10/12 22:39 Filed in: slanders
Earlier today Megyn Kelly hosted a discussion with a criminal defense attorney; lawyer Kelly questioned the $10,000 bounty being offered for George Zimmerman ‘dead or live’, and suggested it constituted a soliciation to commit a crime: kidnapping or murder. Almost instantly Ellen Brodsky ran to her keyboard, fired up twitter, and vomited the following:- Oooh, I just knew Megyn "I love to hate people of color" Kelly would be standing up for George Zimmerman!
Rising to the defense of a racist hate group while approving threats of violence and criminal behavior, plus ugly race-baiting and a hateful personal smear...all in 140 characters or less. There’s a word for that.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/10/12 01:23 Filed in: links
- The Five video: What’s behind Santorum’s decision?
- Monday’s numbers: Ingraham-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Bloomberg: Comcast discriminating against non-NBC channels.
- Paging Anderson Cooper: Who is the mole? Weekend numbers.
- FNC dominance continues: O’Reilly again tops NBC primetime.
- FBN milestone: Dobbs tops CNBC. Lisa Murphy quits Bloomberg.
- Was (MS)NBC’s ‘mistake’ part of a pattern? More. Gupta awarded.
- Chris Wallace statement on father’s passing. Geraldo’s remembrance.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/09/12 01:19 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is the problem with fracking that it works?
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- Cable beats broadcast: Fox & Friends tops CBS mornings.
- Mika Brzezinski: another conflict of interest at MSNBC?
- MSNBC exhaustive investigation stuns the world this week.
- Status symbol: your own home studio. Harlow to CNN/NYC.
- CNN anchor quotes the f-word. Greta: Why shouldn’t she?
- Hot & Not: (MS)NBC, Olbermann, CNN, Heather, Taxmasters.
- Maddow exposé looks shady, but swells attend fete anyhow.
- Zurawik: even if Olbermann wins lawsuit vs Gore, he still loses.
April 8 2012
04/08/12 00:00 Filed in: addenda
From our place to yours, we offer you best wishes for a blessed, joyous Passover season, and for a meaningful and happy Easter!Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/07/12 00:17 Filed in: links
- Videos: Roger Ailes, Brit Hume remember Mike Wallace.
- Reliable Sources videos: Olby, Mike Wallace, and more.
- Mushnick: Even for Olbermann, this is pathetic.
- Under fire, (MS)NBC news chief Capus answers critics.
- News Watch video: Media coverage of the budget battles.
- Another Trayvon controversy. Sunday talk: preview, tip sheet.
- Video: Jim Pinkerton and Sally Kohn on NBC’s Zimmerman edit.
- Bill Hemmer in Greenwich. Politico’s four pages on Huck vs Rush.
New Dog, Old Trick
04/06/12 23:12 Filed in: slanders
Another embarrassment for Ellen Brodsky’s newshounds. And despite new blood, the trick is one they’ve been using for more than half a decade. ...read more
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/06/12 00:18 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Can Americans understand a law professor?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- (MS)NBC probe blames a ‘seasoned’ producer. Update: Fired!
- Video: Megyn Kelly on the line between news and entertainment.
- Video: Obama gives a shout-out to Mika Brzezinski. Flashback.
- Videos: Bill O’Reilly with Jon Stewart, Piers with Carson Daly.
- Current’s countersuit quotes Keith: ‘Assassinate him, please’.
- Hinckley: Olby’s best bet...radio or the ‘net. Maddow tops list.
- Olby lawsuit disses Cenk. Courtney: It’s a girl. Q&A: Don Lemon.
- From the Dept of Headline Incongruity. MSNBC online ad strategy.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/05/12 00:23 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Should the government monitor facebook pages?
- Emails: Olbermann temper tantrum smashed glass on set.
- Least surprising news of the day: Olbermann sues Current.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Greta-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Judge Nap rules on Eric Holder vs the 5th Circuit Court.
- Low ratings may get Current kicked off Time Warner...or not?
- ICN: MSNBC goes partisan, ensnares journalists. It began with Olbermann and Matthews. The first, unsuccessful attempt to turn dayside partisan.
- MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts airs HuffPost satire as real news!
- Video: Kilmeade and Doocy make a splash with Dara Torres.
- Profile: Neil Cavuto (pdf: scroll down). Q&A: Melissa Francis.
- Goodale: Media experts say Olbermann’s problems are self-made.
With Every Snip of the Shears
04/04/12 20:58 Filed in: slanders
The shears in this case are purely rhetorical. But they snip just as efficiently when the newshounds use them to doctor quotes. And there’s the catch that exposes another dishonest smear. UPDATED! ...read more
An Ill Wind That Blows No Truth
04/04/12 10:56 Filed in: slanders
Why attack Janice Dean? To smear Fox. Any questions? Yeah, what if you attack her for not airing misinformation? Then you just might be a newshound. And therein lies the catch. ...read more
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/04/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- The Five video: ‘Social Darwinism’ is the new talking point.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg says NBC’s apology is not enough.
- Fox News hires a new contributor: Santita Jackson. Flashback.
- Emails: Keith needed ‘Diva’ limos. TaxMasters stiffs cablenewsers.
- Profile: Robin Meade (v/ ICN). Q&A: Willie Geist. CNN’s Peabodies.
- Olbermann compares himself to $10 million dollar chandelier: video.
- Video: Debbie Wasserman Schultz w/Greta. NBC’s evasive apology.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/03/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- Video: Bret Baier interview with Jay Carney turns contentious.
- After O’Reilly Factor airing, NBC admits error in doctored 911 audio.
- The Five video: Send in the clowns...on the taxpayers’ dime.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five (!)-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: S.E. Cupp offers best wishes to Keith Olbermann.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly fact-checks Brian Stelter. Heather hubbub resolved.
- MSNBC signature program announces landmark. Weekend numbers.
- Olbermann’s ‘silent treatment’: he wouldn’t even talk to his boss!
- Bercovici: What’s next for Olby...CNN? Lowry: Divorce—media-style.
- Simon: Olbermann is just one ironclad contract away from a new job.
- Q&A: Carl Cameron on the MD primary and staying fit; Rich Edson.
- Zurawik: Does anyone at Comcast care about journalistic standards?
- Video: Bernard Goldberg has a solution for Comcast’s (MS)NBC problem.
- Today’s deep (i.e. sick) thought. Tonight’s cablenews primary coverage.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/02/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Juan Williams responds to Rush Limbaugh.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Audio: John Gibson reacts to the firing of Keith Olbermann.
- Burgeoning book battle begins (via ICN). Q&A: Rich Edson.
- Feldman: CNN’s Howard Kurtz tries too hard to knock Fox.
- Stelter: Critics of Keith fear retaliation. Maddow in Manchester.
- Hot & Not: The Rev, Olby, Thomas Roberts, MSNBC non-response.
- Video: Geraldo apologizes anew for hoodie heresy to Trayvon’s parents.