Feb 2015
J$P Poll: Red Eye Host
02/28/15 00:34 Filed in: addenda
This is a weekend poll and will close Monday morning at 12:00 am ET.
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Weekend Links and Open Thread
02/28/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: CPAC vs press, White House vs press.
- Reliable Sources videos: Bill O’Reilly, more Bill O’Reilly.
- Bill Schulz speaks about Gutfeld and Red Eye. Sunday talk.
- Video: Greg Gutfeld reflects on his eight years at Red Eye.
- Scarborough: Expect ‘some changes in primetime’ at MSNBC.
- The Rev: I’m ‘solid’ in my time slot. Q&A: Sharpton plaintiff.
- Above the Law may have a valid case. Bill Weir on the road.
- Lowry: New CNN series ‘closer to entertainment than news’.
- Your Buzz videos: O’Reilly, Scott Walker, spokeswomen, Yahoo.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/27/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Shannon Bream 1-2-3.
- Judge denies request to seal records in Ed Schultz case.
- Video: Media coverage of CPAC, Holder snubs Fox News.
- Shillue, Sherrod, Norton possible choices for Red Eye gig.
- Audio: Jake Tapper, Laurie Dhue. Insider video: Bill O’Reilly.
- Is CNN Above the Law? Trademark holder seeks free lawyer.
- Varney & Co skunks CNBC. Forbes on Fox soars in February.
- Lemon’s llama. MacCallum’s Cape Cod crib. Kirsten at GWU.
- Q&A: Bill Weir and The Wonder List. The mysteries of Sydney.
- CNN tries a new tactic for Weir series: producing it themselves.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/26/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wemple: Eric Holder snubs FNC after targeting James Rosen.
- Greg Gutfeld leaving Red Eye for weekend primetime show.
- O’Reilly 8pm hits astonishing 705,000 viewers in news demo.
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Shepard Smith covers the Great Llama Chase of 2015.
- Pew wonders if MSNBC is scaling back opinion programming.
- Another day, another attack, another Bill O’Reilly response.
- It’s all hands on deck at Media Matters for the war on O’Reilly.
- Varney hits peak. CNNMoney’s online war room (via CNNC).
- A new Wall Street Week is coming—but wait, there’s more!
- Closing on Coop’s crib. Brooke will climb. Carney exits CNN.
- Q&A: Jamie Colby, Maria Bartiromo. Stacey Dash makes book.
- It’s Hewitt. No, it’s Tapper. Wait, it’s both! Maybe it’s neither?
- Shattuck: At MSNBC the system is rigged...for Elizabeth Warren.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/25/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-MacCallum-Baier 1-2-3.
- February program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- A simpler MSNBC. Ground-breaking show set for Sundays.
- NY Times: O’Reilly/Fox News symbiosis. Sherman: Backfire.
- Imus video: Bret Baier. Farhi: No-spin zone crisis control.
- Q&A: Maria Bartiromo on building a career; Mika Brzezinski.
- Rachael Ray video: Elisabeth Hasselbeck. A matter of time.
- Jamie Colby’s comics story (v/TVN). Insider video: Megyn Kelly.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/24/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3. More.
- Huge numbers for 2/23 Factor: triple MSNBCNN combined.
- February numbers: Fox News topped all cable channels.
- February numbers: CNN up; HLN up; MSNBC sinks further.
- Concha: MSNBC ‘denials’ offer little hope for Chris Hayes.
- Erica Garner et al suggest The Rev is ‘all about the money’.
- Q&A: Nancy Grace vs ‘haters’ (via CNNC); Maria Bartiromo.
- F&F video: Iwo Jima veterans reunite. Weekend numbers.
- Garber: Why is MSNBC changing course? Blame ‘unbundling’.
- Playing games: We may see more of the Coop Quiz (v/CNCC).
- Uberti: Why O’Reilly can play hardball with the Falklands flap.
- Tobin: The real target is Fox News. Wemple: In search of bodies.
- NYT: O’Reilly’s aggressive defense. Disgraced ex-CNNer piles on.
- Factor videos: Concha, Browne talk Falklands; Bernard Goldberg.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/23/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Rumorama: The Rev to weekends, Maddow 8pm (v/Surber).
- MSNBC, Sharpton rocked by $20 billion discrimination suit.
- Don Lemon is a fan of this Fox show. Pereira chides Lemon.
- Dish the big loser in showdown with FNC. Ham makes book.
- Thomas Roberts: from anchor to host...and back. Q&A: Mika B.
- MSNBC’s extreme makeover hits Morning Joe. Profile: Bill Weir.
- Byers: Why the charges leveled at Bill O’Reilly aren’t sticking.
- Wallenstein: What Brian Williams could learn from Bill O’Reilly.
- Wemple: Both sides in O’Reilly flap cite the same report; more.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
02/21/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Bill O’Reilly, James Rosen, Giuliani’s gaffe?
- Reliable Sources videos: O’Reilly part one, part two, part three.
- Concha: Hidden motives behind Corn/Engberg O’Reilly attacks.
- Flashback: 1982 New York Times story on rioting in Buenos Aires.
- Stelter: ‘Rampant uncertainty’ widespread at MSNBC.
- F&F video: Anna’s engagement story. Laurie Dhue resurfaces.
- Weekend special: The Democrats...Coronation or Confrontation?
- Engberg challenges O’Reilly; FNC replies. Who’s a far-left zealot?
- Factor video: O’Reilly, Goldberg, Rivera respond to Mother Jones.
- Fowler: MSNBC’s blunder. Today’s petition drive. Sunday talkers.
- Your Buzz videos: Walker, Chapel Hill, new media, Piers, contempt.
- Morning Joe at noon, for $75 a head. Spurlock ‘relatively accurate’.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/20/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Media make much ado over calling extremism ‘Islamic’.
- José Díaz-Balart will lead Obama town hall on...immigration!
- Concha: Axing Ronan won’t help—time to replace Phil Griffin.
- Grove: MSNBC moving away from leftist programming. Or is it?
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media coverage of the jihad.
- Judge Napolitano: Jon Stewart and me. Lemon: overly verbatim.
- Transcript: Tonight’s Talking Points Memo deals with Corn et al.
- Analysis: Corn trolls O’Reilly with hair-splitting to avenge BriWi.
- O’Reilly: David Corn is lying ‘and I can prove it’. Zurawik: More.
- Wemple: Editors protest ‘violent’ reference to ‘kill zone’. More.
- O’Reilly to Wemple: Corn’s article ‘is not a cheap shot. It’s a lie!’
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/19/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Ariens: Joy Reid, Ronan Farrow out; Thomas Roberts in.
- Kirell: Cancellation rumors swirl around MSNBC’s Joy Reid.
- Questions over O’Reilly combat exploits; O’Reilly responds.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Erin’s sub: Jim, Jake, Brooke, Brianna...? Zucker punched.
- Q&A: Elisabeth Hasselbeck; Liz Claman and Sandra Smith.
- Wemple: James Rosen’s ‘asinine’ question to Pentagon spox.
- MSNBC’s Mika deal is just the beginning. Q&A: Tom Colicchio.
- Kelly File video: Rep Luis Gutierrez. CNN gives Ukraine to Russia.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/18/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Ed Henry 1-2-3.
- O’Reilly’s Killing Jesus to be three-hour global event on NatGeo.
- Survey says...not exactly what CNN claims. Weekend numbers.
- Joanne Nosuchinsky moonlighting. MSNBC’s ‘food correspondent’.
- Video Q&A: Geraldo Rivera on Apprentice, FNC, etc. Today’s oops.
- Zucker play: CNN chief defends throwing dinner party for Obamas.
- Factor videos: The Holy War begins part one, part two, part three.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/17/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: ISIS, communication, and the war on Fox.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Kelly File video: Gen Jack Keane on ISIS and Libya.
- Zucker punch: ‘We be thrilled to have Fox’s numbers.’
- Abell: CNN quiz show ‘hardly the worst thing’ on cable news.
- Joyella: Erin Burnett expecting again. Q&A: Mika Brzezinski.
- Video: Rocsi Diaz w/ Meredith Viera. CNN Malcolm X special.
- Nolte: Reruns of Forensic Files crush a ‘literally dying’ MSNBC.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/16/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Does coverage of ISIS violence inspire supporters?
- A ‘fun and informative’ presidential Strange Inheritance.
- Abrams: Media self-infatuation. Greta: Media arrogance.
- HLN has a winning formula...and a not-so-winning one too.
- FNC’s $18-million man. The no-pup zone. Audio: Mr President.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
02/14/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Terror, Jon Stewart, bloodsport, Bob Simon.
- Reliable Sources: The week, NBC News, Jon Stewart, David Carr.
- A Healthy You no longer has a time slot? Sunday talkers.
- Weekend specials: Jon Stewart (CNN), Tara Grinstead (FNC).
- Kelly File video: Kurtz and Stirewalt on GOP, Jon Stewart, etc.
- Your Buzz videos: Brian Williams, ISIS, more BriWi, and Hillary.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/13/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- F&F video: Harris Faulkner on the legacy of Sammy Davis Jr.
- Does Brian Stelter lead a double life? Identity crisis at HLN.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg. 9/11 lawsuit survives challenge.
- Andrea Tantaros leaves The Five, goes full-time on Outnumbered.
- Zucker play: Coop Quiz a ‘one-time thing’? Q&A: Alisyn Camerota.
- Revamped CNNi Newsroom simulcasts on CNN; Harlow to weekends.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/12/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Throwback Thursday: Shep’s advice especially germane now.
- Zucker play: CNN exec talks BriWi, would love to hire Stewart.
- Nancy Grace unleashed? Shep talks Jon Stewart. Forget Fox!
- MSNBC not progressive enough?! Give Maddow The Daily Show?
- Jim Sciutto plays twitter games. Brian Stelter in a twitter spat.
- Imus video: Ed Henry. Factor video: Dwindling trust in the press.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/11/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: FNC rhetoric rises as Paris Council approves lawsuit.
- The Smoking Gun: So, when does The Rev’s suspension begin?
- Greta: NBC should try a debate format, anchored by Maddow.
- Chariton: TV newsers scramble to cover Brian Williams scandal.
- NBC refuses to appear on MSNBC. Will FNC be bugging out?
- Feldman: Brian Williams should accept that Megyn Kelly invite.
- Kelly File video: Brit Hume reacts to Brian Williams suspension.
- Ed Schultz tried to get a job at Fox News. Jim Murphy promoted.
- Wemple: Maddow segment exposes crisis PR. Social Life debut set.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/10/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Debate over ‘random folks’ killed in Paris.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- MSNBC takes further heat for ‘racist’ Chris Kyle accusation.
- Sunday FNC’s Media Buzz doubled CNN’s Reliable Sources.
- NBC Nightly News with...Willie Geist?! Weekend numbers.
- Video: This is CNN; details; set design. Coop has standards.
- Byers: Maybe BriWi should do an interview with Bill O’Reilly.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live videos: Bill O’Reilly part one, part two.
- Statistics; pushback. Today’s apology. CNN promotes Antonio.
- Separate but unequal. Mullen: CNN Digital plunders Politico.
- Q&A: Soledad O’Brien. Cenk Uygur resurfaces...on Facebook.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/09/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: ‘Huge conflicts of interest’ in MoJo discussions.
- Video: BriWi developments, the 9/11 report secret pages.
- Flattering Post profile of The Rev sparks online pushback.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC host asks AG to ‘quack like a duck’.
- Videos: F&F issues beast mode challenge, New Day accepts.
- Greenfield: Maybe BriWi should do a Q&A with Megyn Kelly.
- F&F video: Lea Gabrielle goes for a high jump. HLN’s oops.
- Much ado about: Geraldo, Brian Stelter, a chyron, and a jersey.
- Wemple: Paris mayor plans to proceed with ‘ridiculous’ lawsuit.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
02/07/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: BriWi in Iraq, reporting Katrina, vaccines.
- Reliable Sources: Iraq pilots, a trust problem, reporting Katrina.
- Obama family dines at home of CNN DC Deputy Bureau Chief.
- Gregg Jarrett: thanks for support. Kelly File video: Travis Tritten.
- Did Tucker spill the beans? Yup! Soledad at UMass. Sunday talk.
- Kinsley: Another look at the Fareed Zakaria plagiarism charges.
- Profiles: Kennedy, Janet Mock (v/TVN). TV newsers: red all over.
- Your Buzz videos: Palin, Romney, Trump, Brady, blizzards, Huck et al.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/06/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Joyella: Hey, CNN! That ‘exclusive’ interview? It wasn’t.
- Wemple: Pilot’s changing story ‘stains CNN’s reporting’.
- CNN walks back story: it ‘no longer appears to be true’.
- Controversy swirls around Jake Tapper helo pilot scoop.
- CNN news anchors argue differing positions on vaccines.
- As ratings hit bottom, Ronan launches a retweet regimen.
- Zucker play: HLN to air movies...co-hosted by GloZell Green!
- Factor videos: Howard Kurtz with Ashburn; Bernard Goldberg.
- Analysts see CNN revenue growth. Wonder List set for Sundays.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/05/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn 1-2-3.
- FNC website sees huge surge in traffic. Wemple: more.
- Morning Joe tinkers with closing block: ‘Mika’ segment.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC soft-pedals Brian Williams story.
- Q&A: Janice Dean; audio: Shepard Smith. Megyn listed.
- O’Connell: Is it too soon for a CNN victory lap? (via CNNC)
- MSNBC sets 10-year ratings record. Ronan Farrow craters.
- Video: Jordan Chariton, Eric Deggans on turmoil at MSNBC.
- Lindsay Lohan lawsuit a likely loser. Soledad at Bucknell U.
- Zurawik: News channels take different paths with ISIS video.
- Fareed Zakaria producer exits. F&F video: The rules of war.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/04/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Shepard Smith in Jordan for a possibly ‘pivotal’ moment.
- MSNBC shake-up imminent: ‘Everything is on the table’.
- FBN political coverage a no-Bush zone. Gretchen in Florida.
- Good Morning America blurs screen shot to hide CNN logo!
- ICN: Don Lemon stunts are turning him into a self-caricature.
- Concha: Posting ISIS video online shows lack of consistency.
- Wemple: Posting ISIS video online is the best way to cover it.
- Wemple: Fox airs flames photo, pulls off tactful balancing act.
- Video: Dierdre Imus/Lis Wiehl vaccine debate goes off the rails.
- Gore/Al Jazeera escrow dispute will go to trial (via Liberaland).
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/03/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Shep Smith’s ‘gripping’ ISIS chronicle; video.
- Concha: Ratings disaster Morning Joe has lost its mojo.
- Outnumbered video: Debate over vaccines turns rowdy.
- FNC statement on frivolous lawsuit. Weekend numbers.
- Controversy swirls around O’Reilly Al-Jazeera comments.
- OtR video: The cable news host who is a serial tax cheat.
- Grove: In defense of much-mocked Don Lemon (v/CNNC).
- Wemple: Jesse Watters zings students who criticized him.
- CNN’s full-page ad a break with their past. Joe: Mostly true.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/02/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Lean Forward: Every Al Sharpton business broke tax rules.
- Wemple: Again?! CNN drives in a ‘treacherous’ snowstorm.
- Gregg Jarrett returns to the anchor chair on Fox News.
- Today’s frivolous lawsuit: Lindsay Lohan vs FNC/Hannity.
- Video: Assessing Savannah Guthrie’s Super Bowl interview.
- Huck: Lighten up already about that Megyn Kelly interview.
- Jamie Colby Q&A: OC Register, Chronicle, Coin World, Trib.
- Q&A: Brooke Baldwin. Video: Another side of Gretchen Carlson.
'Like Propaganda Puppet Dogs'
02/01/15 16:45 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! David Zurawik sounds off about snow coverage and the Super Bowl:
From Media Buzz, February 1 2015