• The Five airs live special edition on Labor Day.
• The Al-Jazeera-MSNBC connection: a 9/11 truther.
• F&F video: Tucker Carlson explains his on-air catnap.
• Reliable Sources videos: media on Syria, Cyrus, and more.
• It’s official: #mediabuzz with Howard Kurtz debuts Sept 8.
• News Watch videos: Syria coverage, the final sign-off.
• Sat: Baier at 6pm, Fox Report 7-9.  Crossfire moved up.
• Timeline of Terror to 10pm.  Q&A: Jake Tapper (via NB).
• Video: Tuckered out.  Bar graph, Lean Forward style.
• Sunday talk: HP recap.  Today’s conspiracy.  Early end?
• Video: Does Congress have to authorize Syria strikes?
• Impartial MSNBC journalist strikes again. More. Flashback.

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• Factor pre-empted for live Greta special on Syria.
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-TheFive 1-2-3.
• Rieder: A new Crossfire…just what we don’t need.
• F&F video: Kilmeade golfs for charity with Bush 43.
• Lisa Sylvester to WPXI.  CNN strong on ‘Dream’ day.
• Q&A: Tamron Hall on Deadline.  Today’s conspiracy.
• Hannity video: Debate on Voter I.D. laws turns rowdy.

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• The Five video: Dana Perino in The Congo.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Kurtz: Was the DC march an MSNBC production?
• This is not CNN.  Fox hater smears boomerang.
• It’s Awwwnnnn! Olby vs Piers.  Today’s outrage.
• Fox & Friends video: Anna Kooiman in ‘hog heaven’.
• Sanjay in the A.M.  New FNC contributor. Flashback.
• Factor video: Dennis Miller on Miley, Manning, and more.

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• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Barone: Do cable news ratings tell a larger story?
• August program ranker: Fox News holds top 13 slots.
• Dana Perino’s Mercy Ship voyage to the Congo (v/FDC).
• Q&A: Soledad.  Kinder, gentler Olby?  ‘Dream’ coverage.
• CNBC craters.  Maddow hits bottom.  CNN: Zuckered.
• Video: Tot Titus faces his fears in rematch with Kilmeade.
• ICN: Brian Lewis lawyer engaging in…a negotiating ploy!
• Thought experiment: What if Rev Al was Rick Santorum?
• Factor videos: Debating a Syrian adventure…pt one, pt two.

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• The Five video: Bob Beckel gets feisty in debate on race.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• August numbers: CNN gains, MSNBC sinks, Fox still tops.
• Pavlovian: Fox haters salivate over rash negotiating ploy.
• Ghitis: Things to keep in mind when watching Al-Jazeera.
• Red Eye video: Matt Damon is enamored with Ed Snowden.
• Finney’s hang-up.  Brian makes book.  Weekend numbers.
• ‘News’: MSNBC entertainment awards; HLN cooking shows.
• Videos: O’Reilly and Williams on corrupt civil rights leaders.

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• Friday’s numbers: TheFive-ScottBrown-Baier 1-2-3.
• Howard Kurtz MediaBuzz debuts Sept 8 11am.
• Even POTUS Q&A can’t lift stagnant New Day.
• Today’s oops.  Spell check.  Swells gather.
• Hayes hour is hardly a huge hit.  Dream on.
• Miller: Mr Olbermann is ready for his close-up.
• Q&A: Mika B (via TVN).  Video Q&A: Ali Velshi.
• Video: The Donald slams ‘hack’ AG over lawsuit.
• Hot & Not: Big Ed, Al-Jazeera, Kristol, Nichols, etc.

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• Reliable Sources videos: Al-Jazeera, race, and more.
• Varney: Fox’s diversity of thought tops repetitious MSNBC.
• News Watch video: How the media cover the NSA scandals.
• Sunday talkers: tip sheet, HuffPo recap.  Gupta’s ganja.
• Sat: Kelly Wright’s Beyond the Dream; DC march coverage.
• Audio: Bill O’Reilly on the demise of journalism etc (via TRS).

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• The Five video: Real life crueler than movie villains.
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Webb-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: Media confusion over gender identity, etc.
• Kissell: New Day + big interviews = low ratings.
• Goldberg: MSNBC’s deck of cards…race cards.
• Stverak: The big Fox News exposé that wasn’t?
• Profile: Newt; Q&A: Van Jones.  Today’s boycott.
• Fox & Friends video: Anna Kooiman takes the plunge.

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• The Five video: When thrill kills meet media memes.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: New UN Ambassador skips emergency session.
• New set, new couch, new co-host: Hasselbeck on 9/16.
• Somerby: Alex Wagner’s fact-challenged racial rant.
• Q&A: Chris Wallace, Don Lemon.  Today’s oops!
• Laurie Dhue resurfaces.  Richard Lui on MLK’s legacy.
• Al-Jazeera reviews a mixed bag.  Show me the Huddy!
• Harper: AJAm Soviet-style anti-Americanism (v/Mediaite).
• Zurawik: We need more Al Jazeera and less Erin Burnett.
• F&F video: Regis Philbin is back...part one, part two.
• Cassidy: Brian Lewis is like Kissinger.  MSNBC road trip.
• Kissell: CNN makes gains while MSNBC slump deepens.
• Factor video: O’Reilly debates Kirsten Powers over guns.

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• Brian Lewis no #2 man, hasn’t attended meetings for years.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: Judy Miller analyzes the media coverage of Egypt.
• Inside baseball: Fishbowl DC vs Fox News vs Politico.
• Al-Jazeera contributor Soledad prepping next CNN special.
• Lever: Al-Jazeera US goes live, but remains a tough sell.
• Zurawik: AJAm opens with solid reporting, fresh perspective.
• Video: Howard Kurtz on Al-Jazeera US…fair and balanced?
• Jake Tapper special: An Unlikely Hero.  CNN’s summer: up.
• The Man speaks…Lewis implies Sherman story is ‘ludicrous’.
• Sanchez: Brian Lewis story is ‘BS’…I never heard of the guy!
• Greta: This is silly…I couldn’t pick him out of a lineup! (v/TVN)
• Sherman: With Lewis gone, Ailes is…all alone!!1! It’s the book?

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• The Five video: NFL bag ban begets beefs.
• Zucker play: New Day nosedives to new lows.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• FNC VP Brian Lewis fired, escorted out of the building.
• Video: AJAm puffed-up sign-on zings cable competition.
• Chris Wallace, Ed Henry honored.  AJAm sloganeering.
• Weekend numbers. Jana Winter shield standoff setback.
• Imus video: Juan Williams on Egypt etc.  Bumper boner.
• ICN: MSNBC’s surprise shake-up and CNN’s odd move.
• Zurawik: NYT lets secret sources rip Al-Jazeera (v/ICN).

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• The Five video: Does stop and frisk reduce your risk?
• Friday’s numbers: Laura-John Roberts-The Five 1-2-3.
• CNN hire pours gas on Hillary doc flap.  Today’s oops!
• David Webb, Lauren Ashburn join FNC; Bill Kristol out.
• Viewers rip Reliable host: ‘disconcerting’, ‘unwatchable’.
• Lean Forward: Big Ed to weekdays, opposite The Five.
• Alison Stewart resurfaces.   Kiran Chetry resurfaces.
• Bad business: Kass rips CNBC’s ‘hyperbolic’ coverage.
• Zucker play: Rachel Nichols: Unguarded set for Fridays.
• Video: Brrrr…Anna Kooiman and Maria Molina are frigid.
• What Al Jazeera US doesn’t have.  Shield standoff update.
• Stelter: Al-Jazeera US aims to be ‘sober’, ‘transformative’.

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• Reliable Sources videos: Al-Jazeera, crowd-sourcing.
• News Watch video: Media coverage of Obamacare.
• Sunday talkers: tip sheet, turn the table.
• Red Eye video: An irate ‘Fox News fembot’ strikes back!
• Lean Forward: Closed-circuit television for the ruling class?

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• The Five video: When activism becomes mass murder.
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-John Roberts 1-2-3.
• Video: O’Reilly calls out The Rev, reveals $25K donation.
• VIdeo: Powers and Miller ponder if RNC move will backfire.
• No bluff: The RNC pulls the trigger, freezes out CNN et al.
• Lean Forward: MSNBC Republican lauded for ripping GOP.
• Lean Forward: MSNBC blankets airwaves with DC twitterati.

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• The Five video: Muslim 9/11 truthers assemble…on 9/11!
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Bream 1-2-3.
• Video: Col Ralph Peters on responding to Egypt violence.
• Lean Forward: MSNBC host to cover event he’s leading!
• Q&A: Chris Hayes.  Video: a one-sided Hayes hangout.
• Today’s oops.  Imus video: Mike Baker on Egypt unrest.
• Watch CNN for free without cable…but there’s a catch.
• Factor videos: Oprah and racism; Green and Neville reply.
• Fox News and Peter Johnson Jr help save a sick girl’s life.
• Lung recipient Sarah Murnaghan speaks to Peter Johnson.

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• The Five video: Dana is fired up over a fired clown.
• Video: Bob Beckel lets slip some verboten verbiage.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Hack Maddow tells a tabloidized Tsarnaev tale.
• Zucker play: CNN preps for an online extreme makeover.
• Profile: Olbermann unplugged, unleashed, and unhinged.
• Today’s oops (via ICN).  Video: On the set of Persecuted.
• Factor video: O’Reilly hammers, and nails, Nicholas Kristof.

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• The Five video: Sometimes Hollywood gets it right?
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
• Somerby: ‘Grandpa’ O’Donnell is ‘a piece of work’.
• Bias Bash video: Is Baldwin the right fit for MSNBC?
• Weekend numbers.  Viewers just don’t buy George.
• Imus video: Huckabee.  Hogue: Hannity and Kelly?!
• Lean Forward: Hayes documentary excludes dissent.
• Factor videos: Bernard Goldberg and Juan Williams.

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• The Five video: Save our cities, free drug dealers?
• Friday’s numbers: O’Gutfeld-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Chris Hayes jokes about riots and death.
• Video: Are the media ignoring Obamacare issues?
• Q&A: John Seigenthaler gushes over Al-Jazeera.
• Imus video: Ed Henry on Obama’s press conference.
• Hot & Not: CNN, Alec Baldwin, Megyn, Reince etc.
• FNS video: All-star panel on the RNC debate flap etc.

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• Reliable Sources videos: Amazon, NBC, sports wars.
• News Watch video: Is Leno the venue to break news?
• Charlton: MSNBC hiring Alec Baldwin is a genius move.
• Zucker Play: Is CNN showing dead bodies for ratings?
• Will Fox TV produce controversial Hillary miniseries?
• Red Eye video: Andy Levy ombudses Amb John Bolton.
• Breitbart vs Greta.  Sunday talk: turn the table, HP recap.

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• Thursday’s numbers: Laura-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• Zucker play: CNN hits near-bottom in primetime.
• Unbiased Reliable host Stelter lauds Zucker, poop ship.
• Preview: Friday special…The Great Food Stamp Binge.
• Somerby: Ezra Klein refuses to stop with the marketing.
• Ioffe: Hey O’Donnell, don’t mansplain Russia to me!
• Q&A: Candy Crowley on the Hillary documentary etc.
• Video: Fox & Friends says goodbye to the curvy couch.
• Wehner: The key to Ailes’s success is his eye for talent.
• ICN: FNC shifts exemplify Roger Ailes proactive thinking.
• Ailes: FBN ratings are rising as CNBC ratings are sinking.
• Lean Forward: MSNBC hires gay-basher as primetime host.

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• Video: Ailes on Megyn, O’Reilly, Hannity, and more.
• The Five video: Filner’s female fiasco.
• Wednesday’s numbers: Laura-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• Drudge: Megyn to 9:00 pm slot.  Piers, Hannity reax.
• Ailes says ‘stars will be back’, hints at Shep changes.
• Chuck Todd rips NBC on MSNBC! Non-Profit part deux.
• ICN: CNN’s broader definition of news? Imitating HLN.
• Zucker Jr is on, then off, prominent Dem’s committee.
• Video: Battered tot haunted by nightmares of Kilmeade.

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• The Five video: The case of the murderous professor.
• Tuesday’s numbers: Laura-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• FBN bags billionaires.  Rothman: MSNBC gets defensive.
• Nolte: ‘Cord-cutting’ an existential threat to cablenews.
• Bias Bash video: ‘Mission Accomplished’ vs ‘decimated’.
• Dancing without Geraldo.  Breakfast with a 9/11 truther.

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• The Five video: Nakoula Basseley Nakoula speaks.
• Monday’s numbers: Laura-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• CNN adds daily legal show, hires Bloomberg’s Morse.
• Zucker play: Crossfire to 6:30pm, Coop at 10:00pm.
• Weekend numbers.  Janice Dean, children’s author.
• Video: Is ‘testilying’ a common government practice?
• Erin Burnett previews The Truth about Benghazi.
• Rothman: CNN fears loss of access? Greta: Nonsense!
• Weigel: Dems’ boycott of Fox inspired RNC ultimatum.

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• The Five video: Al-Qaeda dead, decimated, or what?
• Friday’s numbers: O’Gutfeld-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• RNC’s high-stakes game of chicken with CNN, NBC.
• Video: Gretchen spills the deets on her movie debut.
• Zoraida returns to CNN.  Tamron Hall’s Princely meal.
• Fox & Friends video: It’s time to play the Family Feud!
• The NY Times swoons over…wait for it…Chris Hayes!
• Fox News Sunday video: Howard Kurtz joins the panel.

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• Reliable Sources videos: Rush, Hillary, and more.
• News Watch video: The media and ‘phony scandals’.
• Sunday talk: tip sheet, turn the table, HuffPo recap.
• Miller: I’m blown away by MSNBC’s great diversity.
• Today’s petition: another bright idea (via Mediaite).
• Factor video: Benghazi, embassies etc pt one, pt two.

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• The Five video: Facebook Friday free-for-all.
• Zurawik: Is a Qatar news channel good for America?
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Relly-Bret Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Video: Are the media soft-pedaling Benghazi bombshells?
• Zucker play: HLN premieres To Catch a Predator clone.
• Profiles: Little Luke (v/ ICN); hiker Jenna Lee (v/ TVN).
• Ben Stein: Our Nixon ‘extremely unbalanced, negative’.
• Factor video: Are the Chicago police murdering children?

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• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: Rick Folbaum says farewell to Fox.  Q&A: Greta.
• Somerby: Chris Matthews still treating viewers as fools.
• Wemple: Fact-checking Fox News/Ted Nugent charges.
• CT newspaper makes non-apology apology to O’Reilly.
• Short fuse: Writer snippy on Fox even snippier on twitter.
• Imus video: Mensa panel...Beckel, Lloyd-Webber, McGuirk.
• CNN’s ‘first rate’ Our Nixon. Preview: Al-Jazeera studios.
• Video: Did the media go along with ‘phony scandals’ line?
• Steinberg: No news is bad news as MSNBC ratings nosedive.

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