Apr 2015
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/30/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Joyella: Bob Beckel in treatment for prescription drug addiction.
- Video: MSNBC host protects mayor from Fox News questions.
- TCG: MSNBC uses truther Touré as a breaking news reporter?!
- Fox ad chief: We already beat CNN, now on to USA and ESPN.
- Janice Dean, Shannon Bream at MS Women on the Move event.
- Joyella: FNC dominates online. Wemple: CNN wants a recount.
- Amanpour to UNESCO. Lara Baldesarra, Erin McPike exit CNN.
- F&F video: Judge Napolitano on new report Gray injured himself.
- CNNC: Cuomo explains himself, smears blogger who broke story.
- Cuomo responds: ‘It’s out of context BS’, then deletes response.
- CNN anchor says of police: ‘Be careful; you know how they are’.
- Wemple: Brooke Baldwin apology shows how its done. Take two.
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Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/29/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- What does the Fox say? The Daily Beast doesn’t have a clue.
- Q&A: Outnumbered ladies on ratings, breaking news, and more.
- Wemple: MSNBC...profits over people. Weprin: Alternatives.
- New Pew: Cable news viewership, by channel; revenues, profits.
- Fox News Sunday’s 19th anniversary. Imus video: Mike Baker.
- Kurtz: Ignore the finger-pointing; media did not fan riot flames.
- Stuever: Is CNN as bad as everyone thinks it is? Yes...and no.
- CNN riot coverage exaggerates seriousness of events (via CNNC).
- Video: Unruly Baltimore crowd gets rowdy during Geraldo report.
- Charges of unbalanced reporting disrupt Zakaria event (v/CNNC).
- Hogue: Kiran Chetry resurfaces, makes appeal on behalf of Nepal.
- Wemple: Lawsuit vs Al-Jazeera America claims anti-Semitism. More.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/28/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- April numbers: FNC grows, CNN holds on, MSNBC sinks.
- Monday’s numbers: Shep-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered’s most provocative, unexpected moments.
- Weprin: Imus moves show to Texas, parts ways with FBN.
- NBC logo from 65 years ago reappears on Way Too Early.
- Kaplan: Dr Sanjay Gupta surgery saved life of Nepal girl.
- Video Q&A: Andy Levy. CNN’s Gnomist. Weekend numbers.
- Joyella: With few words, Shep Smith tells a powerful story.
- Nguyen: CNN isn’t helping. CNNC: Don Lemon ‘welcomed’.
- Wemple: Shep plus The Five made for compelling television.
- Concha: Shep plus The Five made an uncomfortable combo.
- Zurawik: Cable beefs-up Baltimore coverage on a long night.
- McQuivey: Comcast lucky that regulators nixed merger deal.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/27/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-O’Bolling 1-2-3.
- FTV: CNN’s riot coverage is awful...and likely to get worse.
- Wolff: What NBC News execs could learn from Roger Ailes.
- Comcast ridicules $20B discrimination suit, seeks dismissal.
- Joyella: 24-hr cable news? Stop kidding yourself... Fox faces.
- CNNC: Nepal coverage epitomizes the Zuckerification of news.
- FTV: Don Imus leaving FBN? Peter Hamby jumps to Snapchat.
- Atkinson: Rumblings of mutiny at Al-Jaz America (v/FTV Live).
- Devaney: Swells par-tay at CNN’s post-dinner Sunday brunch.
- TCG: Reliable Sources blackout? No coverage of ‘Clinton cash’.
- Q&A: Fareed Zakaria and Blindsided...postponed to next week.
- Wolf hearts Harf...and Jane. Coop in Phoenix. Lynn is Mrs Smith.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/25/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Clinton Cash, Bruce Jenner, Hillary silence.
- Reliable Sources: Brian Williams, Bruce Jenner, Brian Williams.
- Zurawik: CNN ignored news to air empty-headed narcissism.
- Videos: No dinner for Tucker Carlson; The Jamie Colby story.
- Celebrity chef to air backwards episode. Lemon: Me, Meee!
- SPJ honors cablers. Bartiromo goes to Milken. Sunday talkers.
- Your Buzz videos: Britt, Hillary, Gyro, burrito, Mika, Hillary, Marco.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/24/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Megyn Kelly teams up with Kevin Spacey on cable project.
- The Kelly File only news program on top 10 social media list.
- TCG: Choice of Tapper puts CNN back in the game for 2016.
- Byers: How Tapper’s SotU could dominate the Sunday shows.
- Jake Tapper gets State of the Union. Comcast deal: dead.
- CNN Politics gets extreme makeover. Tapper apologizes.
- Faw: CNN gaining GOP viewers. How to get a job at CNN.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on POTUS and Christians.
- Video Q&A: Mike Rowe’s first big break. Schultz: Half true.
- Scarry: Meet Evan Gahr, the reporter bedeviling Ed Schultz.
- Erik Wemple astonished (!) Fox News airs NY Times reporter.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/23/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Report: Comcast will drop Time/Warner merger deal.
- Video: Bret Baier previews Friday’s Tangled Web special.
- Q&A: The many faces...and varied careers...of Andy Levy.
- Daily Show video: Dana Perino w/Jon Stewart. Glamour Q&A.
- Mike Rowe in Arcata; Anthony Bourdain in Barnegat Light.
- Pomerantz: Maybe Comcast doesn’t need Time/Warner anyhow.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/22/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: MSNBC stonewalls questions on deadbeat hosts.
- Rothman: Doesn’t anyone at MSNBC pay their taxes?
- Lean Forward: ‘Girlish, fun, upbeat, exuberant’...guess who?
- Only one cable newser named to NY Women’s Impact List.
- Lisa Ling in Ogden UT. CNN AppleWatch app is unusable.
- HLN to air Kim Kardashian documentary on mental illness.
- The View video: Dana Perino. Pot block redux not so high.
- Nolte: Viewers abandoning CNN’s shrill, divisive coverage.
- Zurawik: CNN (even Lemon) delivered strong Gray coverage.
- ICN: Zucker sticks with Lemon, but he’s not making Lemonade.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/21/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Maddow: ‘The host at Fox News who is called Bret Baier’.
- Ten nuggets from Dana Perino’s book. Weekend numbers.
- Rothstein: Despite Weiner stunt Reliable ratings plummet.
- Concha: Reliable Sources shouldn’t have booked Weiner.
- Survival expert turns down CNN’s offer to make fun of him.
- Thomas Roberts honored. Profile: Don Lemon (via CNNC).
- CNN’s ‘pot block’ gets high ratings as Legends & Lies grows.
- Joe S on Comcast deal: I’m no expert, I don’t know the issues.
- Zurawik: How cable news shaped perceptions of citizen’s death.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/20/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Dana Perino previews her new book.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- FNC gets exclusives from Clinton Cash; more; sets special.
- Q&A: Roger Ailes on Hillary, Cruz, Brian Williams, and more.
- TCG: Just how reliable are the sources on Reliable Sources?
- CNN pre-2016 hiring spree (via ICN). Cable news Peabodies.
- Imus video: FNC’s Juan Williams. Candy Crowley resurfaces.
- MSNBC insiders, alums assess its challenges. Cue the leg thrill.
- Coop talks career in Greensboro. Coy Wire does HLN weekends.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/18/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Hillary, Britt McHenry, gyrocopter stunt.
- Reliable Sources: Hillary, Brian Williams, The ‘Fox Primary’.
- Comcast, Time/Warner try to save deal via meet with DoJ.
- Factor video: The Lauren Green story. Sunday talkers.
- Red Eye rumors...rejected. Swells gather for NLGJA gala.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- CNN’s pot block airs Sunday night; more. Changes at CNBC.
- Your Buzz videos: Savannah Guthrie, Fox vs Hillary, lectures.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/17/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Shepard Smith on the OKC bombing 20 years later.
- Flood: FNC report triggers Purple Heart benefits change.
- Greta special: Marine Held in Iran. Hogue: Awkward?
- Antitrust attorneys leaning against Comcast merger deal?
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Schreier jumps back to Fox Biz. CNN Game Night redux?
- CNN discovers an ‘illegal settlement’ that is 32 years old.
- Cablenewsers named to distinguished list. O’Donnell: False.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media coverage of Hillary.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/16/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Legends & Lies searches for truth in Old West folklore.
- Battaglio: Bill O’Reilly and his burgeoning media empire.
- Gahr: The Rev ducks questions about Ed Schultz lawsuit.
- Lien Forward: Another MSNBC host in trouble over taxes.
- Melchior: The Rev gets a pass from the New York taxman?
- ICN: MSNBC is ‘rearranging deck chairs’ as the ship sinks.
- Lean Forward: Harry Reid hints he wants a job...at MSNBC!
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/15/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Forget NatGeo, Killing Patton may be headed to theaters.
- Kissell: Legends & Lies gives FNC a Sunday night bump.
- Hogue: Elizabeth Prann is back...but still ‘unlisted’.
- Kelly File video: DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.
- Fox & Friends video: Road Trip...Anna goes to Clown College.
- Concha: Is there nothing Joe S & Mika B can’t get away with?
- Concha: MSNBC makes smart move in promoting Ari Melber.
- Another Dem opinionizer becomes an MSNBC ‘correspondent’.
- TCG: The lowdown on The Rundown. CNN goes to pot...again.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/14/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Politico list: Baier, Ed Henry, Kirsten Powers ‘on the right’!
- Lean Downward: MSNBC distant 4th for Clinton launch.
- CNN revisits the Gulf oil disaster. Video Q&A: Mika B.
- Dierdre Bolton: Elevator pitches. Brian Williams to CNN?
- New HLN game show set to air daily. Weekend numbers.
- Is Sean Hannity the unofficial first stop for GOP hopefuls?
- Joyella: Cable news ‘nothing burgers’. Q&A: Stacey Dash.
- Richard Quest moonlighting. Being out front helps Out Front.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/13/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-O’Bolling 1-2-3.
- Profiles: Steve and Peter Doocy’s roots in Bergen County.
- Video: Derangement syndrome in media coverage of Hillary?
- TCG: Roger rolls the dice; more. CNNC: Zucker takes his time.
- MSNBCNN reporters attend Hillary camp’s off-the-record dinner.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/11/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Hillary’s launch, Rand’s style, shots fired.
- Reliable Sources: Hillary vs media, more Hillary, and Hill’s Bill.
- Legends & Lies dispels myths, hyperbole about the Old West.
- Your Buzz videos: Stephanopoulos, Noah, Warren, Menendez.
- Q1 2015 ratings via the theory of relativity: MSNBC, CNN, FNC.
- Mr Independent. The world leader in...emojis? Sunday talkers.
- Pope Francis, the Church, and Carol Costello. Hillary and The Rev.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/10/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Bolling-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News may move to the World Trade Center (v/TVN).
- Lean Forward: Scott family asks The Rev to stay away.
- Fox & Friends, Bret Baier beat NBC/CBS in major markets!
- Inside FNC’s Legends & Lies. Chris Wallace, Mr Sunday.
- Greta: My questions for Hillary Clinton, and a disclosure.
- Brooke Baldwin bounce leads to prime time opportunity?
- Imus video: Bret Baier. DC Journal video: Tucker Carlson.
- Gay: Ten reasons why Brian Williams should go to...MSNBC?!
- Q&A: Mika Brzezinski; Mike Rowe; Josh Lipton at CNBC’s SF digs.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/09/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- He calls Megyn Kelly ‘very fair’, watches every night.
- CNN doesn’t care about black people? Quest’s quiz.
- Swells gather to toast cablenewsers Megyn, Bill, et al.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Rothstein: Schultz will go to trial. Jake Tapper to CBS?!?
- Does Jeff Zucker deserve a salute for a third-place show?
- Kelly File video: Sen Rand Paul. Imus video: Bill Hemmer.
- Q&A: Mike Rowe. Lisa Ling at U of M Flint. The chef’s tour.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/08/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Kirell: It’s time to credit Jeff Zucker for resuscitating CNN.
- Audio Q&A: Chris Stirewalt. Wemple: Judith Miller vs Kurtz.
- O’Reilly, Megyn, Coop et al on most powerful NYC media list.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on failures by Rolling Stone.
- Byers: Cruz and Paul interviews exemplify Hannity influence.
- Griswold: Chris Hayes gets a ratings bump...by not showing up!
- Mike Rowe in Humboldt. Upped at CNN. Rachel Crane nominated.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/07/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- If CNN hires Brian Williams, will they institute a gag rule?
- Chariton: HBO/Vice alliance grows, but what about CNN?
- Eggerton: Cable news imposters hit with $16 million fine.
- Imus video: Bernard Goldberg on journalistic malpractice.
- Burrough: (MS)NBC a series of debacles. Weekend numbers.
- Comcast lobbies for merger (v/TVN). Karen Finney resurfaces.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/06/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Killing Jesus-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- New Day gets a new look. Will DishNet dump Weather?
- Video: Is Rolling Stone UVa retraction too little, too late?
- MSNBC facing huge overhaul, with exec Griffin vulnerable.
- Q&A: Gerri Willis. Video: Anna gets dunked on opening day.
- Timely: CNN puff piece about Iran. Jim Boulden out at CNN.
- Greta: Good for Chris Wallace! The Circuit does Formula One.
April 5 2015
04/05/15 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
04/03/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: RFRA, Weinstein’s war, Gutfeld on Noah.
- Reliable Sources: Rolling Stone, anti-Christian bias, NY Times.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Summer may be short at HLN. Chris Cuomo to primetime?
- Wemple: Deja vu from Joe S. Judith Miller: Myths and fallacies.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on misreporting. Today’s Tucker tirade.
- Judge Jeanine and Robert Durst. She’s the true hero of The Jinx.
- Concha to Wallace: Apologize. Video: Howard Kurtz. Sunday talk.
- FNS tops Meet the Press in DC. CNN reporter attacked by a ghost?
- Your Buzz videos: Cruz, Bergdahl, Juan Williams, Ferguson, attacks.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/02/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Tucker Carlson comments on Kaus flap (v/Mediaite).
- TCG: Impartial MSNBC journalist invokes ‘the name of God’.
- Video: Tammy Bruce on the rush to condemn people of faith.
- Video: The Maria Bartiromo story. GMA video: Neil Cavuto.
- Q&A: Alisyn Camerota on her move from FNC to CNN. More.
- Another skirmish in The War on Fox. Shaffer: The paper tiger.
- Q1 cable news program rankers: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Weekend numbers. Monday’s numbers. Tuesday’s numbers.
- Q1 numbers: Fox News increases its lead; CNN, MSNBC, HLN.
- Forbes: Fox News dominance will boost subscription revenues.
- Strange Inheritance is a hit. Reliable gets a Frank Sesno bump.