Aug 2014
Weekend Links and Open Thread
08/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Behind the scenes photos: Greta with veterans in Alaksa.
- CNN’s debuts its graphics makeover. Arwa Damon returns.
- Media Buzz videos: ‘No strategy’, Burger King, credibility.
- Reliable Sources: Hannity’s Imam, ISIS threat, Joan Rivers.
- Obama family at MSNBC hosts’s wedding. Today’s outrage!
- Cashin’ In video: Debate on hostage ransoms turns rowdy.
- Request: denied. Chris Matthews: False. Sunday talkers.
- Your Buzz videos: Redskins, press arrests, Ferguson overkill?
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Friday Links and Open Thread
08/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Time-Warner/Vice negotiations re HLN have collapsed.
- Chuck Todd’s Daily Rundown signoff didn’t make it to air.
- Video: Is ‘no strategy’ hubbub ‘much ado about nothing’?
- CNN’s DC cuts strike Lisa Desjardins. Megyn Kelly: True.
- Kelly File video: Tunnels to Towers aids two wounded vets.
- Greta: Ex-CNNer Kim Segal had a front row seat to history.
- Obama jetting to Pocantico Hills for MSNBC host’s wedding.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the perils of partisanship.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Reese’s piece: Time-Warner and CNN are running scared.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- HealthBeautyLife video: Melissa Francis on her tv career.
- Zucker punch: Cuts at Turner may grow to 1,500. But why?
- Hudson: Don Lemon bemoans media spectacle he’s part of.
- Somerby: In Nerdland our elites are high-paid tribal clowns.
- Wemple: Video message service verifies time of CNN audio.
- Wemple: Attorney wants redress from CNN for ‘hoax’ claim.
- Hannity video: Train-wreck interview with Anjem Choudary.
- Video: The truthy database. Frost and Mody go ‘worldwide’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/27/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Red Eye mocks Joe Scarborough over BK boycott.
- Exclusive interviews clarify 13 Hours in Benghazi, Sept 5.
- Video: Rachel Maddow with Letterman part one, part two.
- Concha: CNN should have verified the audio before airing it.
- Unreliable sources? Wemple: CNN audio scoop may be fake.
- F&F video: Lea Gabrielle trains with Newark PD SWAT team.
- Concha: There is no upside to NBC’s employment of The Rev.
- Daryn Kagan’s advice to CNNers about to get Zucker punched.
- WeatherNation opposes Comcast/TW deal. Don Lemon: False.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/26/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Did MSNBC report on Ferguson from inside a gated lot?!
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: The story behind CNN’s Ferguson audio scoop.
- Scarry: Media parrot a pointless fact. Weekend numbers.
- Time-Warner cuts will hit CNN (v/CNNCommentary). More.
- Richard Quest at NLGJA convention. Q&A: Maria Bartiromo.
- Kurtz: Al Sharpton’s role at MSNBC is ‘wrong on many levels’.
- Factor video: Kurtz rips MSNBC...‘this is a travesty; it just reeks’.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: What happens if you dismiss the devil?
- Kissell: Busy news week propels Fox News, sinks MSNBC.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-O’Williams 1-2-3.
- S.E. Cupp named to distinguished list (via FishbowlDC).
- Outnumbered video: Richard Grenell skewers DC press.
- Robin to New York, but what of Chris, Kate...and Alisyn?
- Concha: Pundits of all stripes agree...and may be right.
- Cable coverage of Brown’s funeral and The Rev’s eulogy.
- Did Jesse Jackson refer to Juan Williams as ‘white’?!?
- CNN locks in its annual must-miss tv. Juan Williams: True.
- Zucker punch: CNN, HLN face imminent buyouts/layoffs.
- Zucker punch: CNN must ‘do what we do with less’ (via TVN).
Weekend Links and Open Thead
08/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Concha: Cable news lasses are rockin’ the glasses.
- Media Buzz videos: Fanning flames, Foley, insane pundits.
- Reliable Sources: Media arrests, Dan Rather, a potent photo.
- Robin Meade moves to CNN, HLN may be sold off? More.
- HLN, once a newsy alternative, is now a mockery of itself.
- Beck Reliable spots taped during undisclosed negotiations.
- Might Beck have ended up back where he started...on HLN?
- Fareed the (alleged) plagiarist: part deux. Sunday talkers.
- Video: Juan Williams on Al Sharpton monetizing civil rights.
- ICN: MSNBC’s oft-repeated excuse for Sharpton is...bullsh!t.
- Your Buzz videos: Victims of color; The Rev; Michelle’s weight.
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five videos: Are we at war with ISIS? Stay the course?
- Thursday’s numbers: Kelly-O’Gutfeld-Chris Wallace 1-2-3.
- Somerby: O’Donnell gets it right...and then horribly wrong.
- Reese’s piece: Concerns over the accountant running CNN.
- Despite past The Rev advises Obama as he hosts on MSNBC.
- Morgan: Why Al-Jazeera can’t spare the cash to pay Al Gore.
- Q&A: Ronan EP Kathy O’Hearn. Hendricks goes On the Case.
- Byers: Ferguson by the clock. Kurtz: Should we pull the plug?
- OtR video: It’s a phony gimmick. Factor video: Memo reactions.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Debate over ISIS and golfing turns rowdy.
- CNN demo streak over: Fox News tops MSNBCNN combined.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Al-Jazeera contributor leaves Ferguson ‘in disgust’ (via FTV).
- New Day’s new high; the overnight problem; Out Front of what?
- Kimberly’s crib: a cool two mill. Marvel-ous: the Cooper comics.
- Imus video: Bret Baier. F&F video: Foley friend Matthew VanDyke.
- Factor vids: Ferguson, the truth; The Rev’s role; Bernard Goldberg.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Only we can stop the savagery of ISIS.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Bolling-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Concha: Top prize for irresponsibility goes to...Chris Hayes!
- Are Jake Tapper, Don Lemon, et al becoming opinionators?
- Dierdre Bolton’s elevator pitch. This door swings both ways.
- Video: Richard Grenell on ISIS etc. Melvin losing anchor slot.
- Q&A: Steve Harrigan in Ferguson. Profile: Dr Michael Baden.
- Byers: Fareed Zakaria responds. Johnson: Al-Jazeera responds.
- Factor video: Howard Kurtz on media malfeasance re Ferguson.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Kelly-Eric Bolling-The Five 1-2-3.
- Newsers to Ferguson. Healing: Don Lemon’s town hall.
- Outnumbered video: Robust debate over militarization.
- The Dirty Dozen: Fareed Zakaria’s history of plagiarism?
- Rothman: Are media in Ferguson being irresponsible?
- ICN: Inexcusable media overreach. Weekend numbers.
- Weprin: Turner CEO’s 20/20 vision sees layoffs at CNN.
- Q&A: CNN’s Don Lemon; AJAm President Kate O’Brian.
- Jake Tapper: ‘Nobody is threatening...there is no violence’.
- Steve Harrigan video: ‘This is amateur hour...this is not good.’
- Factor videos: Bill O’Reilly and Juan Williams on Ferguson etc.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: TheFive-TheFive-SpecReport 1-2-3.
- Video: Police confront Don Lemon. Q&A: Don Lemon.
- Zurawik: Al-Jazeera influences US Ferguson coverage.
- Video: Have social media affected Ferguson coverage?
- Pat Buchanan resurfaces (via TVN); Q&A: Lauren Sivan.
- MSNBCNN scramble to cover late-night Ferguson clashes.
- Imus video: Ed Henry on Obama, Ferguson, and The Five.
- Salon objects to unauthorized wondering. Props to Poppy.
- Hey CNN, who’s in charge anyway? Emmy hearts Parts Unknown.
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
08/16/14 08:39 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Ferguson, Robin Williams, Hillary’s hug.
- Reliable Sources: Ferguson, The Rev, Chuck Todd, Dr Ablow.
- Profile: Dierdre Bolton discusses making a career shift.
- The War on Fox: Coverage of executed Christians mocked.
- Video: Shepard Smith on ESPN. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Video: Peter Johnson Jr on the import of the robbery video.
- Your Buzz videos: Challenging Frank Luntz, Fox and the GOP.
'It Was Totally, Totally Out of Control'
08/16/14 08:35 Filed in: videos
'This Is Really Creepy'
08/16/14 08:35 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! Clayton Morris and Tucker Carlson react to the increasing militarization of local police:
From Fox & Friends, August 16 2014
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-MacCallum 1-2-3.
- Video: Ferguson coverage getting ahead of the facts?
- CNN tests new show...with a familiar format. Update.
- Uh oh: Al Gore and Joel Hyatt sue Al Jazeera for fraud.
- New Day, new scuttlebutt. Jamjoom jettisons CNN.
- Imus video: Martha MacCallum on Iraq, Ferguson, etc.
- ICN: Secret survey stirs questions re CNBC’s On the Money.
- Steinberg: Two execs to take greater leadership role at FBN.
- Specials: FNC Christians Under Attack; CNN Flight from Terror.
- Concha: NBC’s David Gregory debacle. No Ann Curry moment.
- Chuck Todd’s extreme makeover. Comcast: Sorry, dinner’s off!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Debate over dangers of ISIS turns rowdy.
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-MacCallum-Bream 1-2-3.
- Nededog: New Day changes coming (via CNNCommentary)?
- MSNBC contributor: No African-American hosts on Fox! Really?
- Somerby: Joan Walsh lies about O’Reilly. NBC selling TheGrio.
- Stelter: Chuck Todd announcement; will leave Daily Rundown.
- AJAm crew: police fired in our direction. Ferguson by the clock.
- Michael Oren says he asked CNN to release him. Q&A: Soledad.
- Video: Dennis Miller remembers Robin. When Coop met Lauren.
- HuffPo: ‘Furious backlash’ fuels ‘viral’ anti-Fox ‘coward’ petition.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is US action a match for the ISIS threat?
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-MacCallum-The Five 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Dr Keith Ablow; Dr Drew Pinsky. Tapper’s twitter.
- NAHJ co-founder blasts group’s award to...guess who?
- Fox & Friends video: Depression...questions and answers.
- Stelter: ‘Riot’ is an incendiary word CNN has avoided. More.
- Somerby: Hannity viewers got ‘fuller picture’ than Maddow’s.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on wall-to-wall Williams. Lone Wolf.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-MacCallum-Greta 1-2-3.
- Somerby: ‘One of the strangest segments ever seen on tv.’
- Jo Ling Kent on Alibaba. Dry heaves. Weekend numbers.
- Controversy swirls around Qatar-sponsored content on CNN.
- The New Day that never dawned. Mr Bill meets Mr Baldwin.
- CNN Special: The War Comes Home. Q&A: Soledad O’Brien.
- Concha: Hillary’s allies at MSNBC are busily rewriting history.
- Fox & Friends video: Kevin McCarthy remembers Robin Williams.
- Video: Shep talks to Larry King about Williams. Today’s apologies.
- Byers: Gregory’s flight to nowhere. Guthrie: The clock is ticking.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five/8p-Bret Baier-Bream 1-2-3.
- Greta: NBC throws David Gregory under the bus...it’s brutal!
- Bauder: A year after its launch AJAm struggles for viewers.
- Campbell Brown targeted. Imus video: Mike Baker on Iraq.
- Allen: Chuck Todd likely Meet the Press host. Flashback.
- Claudia Milne to Bloomberg; FNC’s Cherie Grzech promoted.
- CNN’s lower-third makeover: ‘I like them’; ‘hideously huge’.
- HLN taking its time with the rebranding. Kosinski’s coupling.
- Zucker play: If one celebrity chef is good, two are even better!
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
'The Point of That Was: Gun Owners Are Scary'
08/09/14 06:15 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! After Heather Nauert reports on gun safety, colleague Tucker Carlson blasts her piece as intended to portray gun owners as dangerous, scary people:
From Fox & Friends, August 9 2014
Weekend Links and Open Thread
08/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Airstrikes, Chris Wallace, Frank Luntz.
- Reliable Sources videos: Gaza bias, Glenn Beck, Rupert.
- Zucker play: Catering to the cume? The Rev backs down.
- MSNBC still doing damage control over Cinco de Mayo flap.
- Your Buzz videos: MSNBC vs Fox, Syria, internet addiction.
- Atkinson: AJAm pats itself on the back. Sunday talk: preview.
- Video: Rick Reichmuth hospitalized after race mishap. Flashback.
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bream-The Five 1-2-3.
- Ariens: Hannity’s tunnel vision. Zurawik: Silly and shameless.
- Gates: O’Donnell disses Hasselbeck, vetoes S.E. Cupp?!?
- Hogue: ‘Saucier, more vivacious...’ Special: Live Free or Die.
- Q&A: Thomas Roberts (v/TVN); Maria Bartiromo; CNN’s Susie Xu.
- NYC mayor ‘furious’ with The Rev. Robyn Curnow to anchor desk.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media, Hamas, and Hollywood.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Bream 1-2-3.
- CNN hires Alexandra Field, drops Oren, amidst more layoffs.
- Byers: Bloomberg cancels Politics Capitol, lays off staffers.
- Q&A: Sean Hannity, back from Israel; journalist Nina Terrero.
- Morrisey joins The War on Fox. Africonfusion: Niger, Kenya.
- Factor video: Truth Serum. Maddow exec to The View (v/ICN).
- F&F video: Lea Gabrielle flies cross-country part one, part two.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Bret Baier-Bream 1-2-3.
- Steve Centanni is retiring; video: Greta’s thoughts.
- CNN standing by Damon. Kiran Chetry unresurfaces.
- Q&A: Maria Bartiromo. Greta: This is life in Washington.
- Video: UNRWA defender tries to corner Shannon Bream.
- Thomson: Is Rupert Murdoch really walking away? More.
- Parts Unknown: ‘Visually and compositionally adventurous’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Debate over Ebola hysteria turns rowdy.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bream-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wilstein: Fox didn’t cover report...that it covered last week!
- Gold: Red-hot Megyn Kelly is not a female Bill O’Reilly.
- ICN: Why is CNN stuffing its anchors into a cube? More.
- Lauren Green is engaged (via TVN). Weekend numbers.
- Murdoch expected to make Time-Warner push...only it’s all off!
- Another CNN appearance for Jebreal. Whose show is it anyway?
- State Dept investigation led to apology from CNN’s Arwa Damon.
- Video: Judge Nap rips ‘un-American’ IRS plan to monitor speech.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Report: Fox Business is canceling The Independents.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered video: Gaza casualties debate turns personal.
- Zurawik: Gaza coverage lifts Aj-Jazeera America (via DShaw).
- Q&A: Charles Payne. Kiran Chetry resurfaces. CNN’s leg chair.
- Dateline: Israel...Jake Tapper, Sean Hannity, Anderson Cooper.
- Where will Zucker put David? CNN is #1...but there’s a catch.
- McMurry: Rula Jebreal ‘corners’ Fox (by using made-up ‘facts’).
- Stasi: Clueless cable news shows are agenda-driven propaganda.
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
08/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Zucker punch? David Gregory spied meeting with CNN.
- Sunday Housecall videos: Ebola in the USA part one, part two.
- Media Buzz videos: Impeachapalooza, Israel, Stephen A Smith.
- Reliable Sources videos: Glenn Beck, Israel, social media.
- Ex-Time Warner honcho pooh-poohs Murdoch overtures.
- Today’s apology. Twitter spat: Piers vs Larry. Sunday talkers.
- Clayton Morris comments on his exclusion from Outnumbered.
- Your Buzz videos: Gaza casualties, fairness at Fox, Bob Beckel.
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/01/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Fitzgerald: July winner: Megyn Kelly; losers: Maddow, AJAm.
- F&F video: Shouting match erupts over Clinton/UBL charges.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on Jesse Ventura, Rand Paul.
- Late Night video: Megyn with Seth Meyers part one, part two.
- Engulf and Devour: How far will he go to acquire Time-Warner?
- Scarry: CNN’s dog that didn’t bark. Tracey: MSNBC has one too.
- OtR video: Why Greta says ‘I smell a rat!’ ICN: Read the fine print.