Jan 2014
'Haven't They Fired Everybody?'
01/31/14 13:20 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! The Red Eye gang tackles MSNBC’s notorious cereal tweet:
From Red Eye, January 31 2014
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Friday Links and Open Thread
01/31/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Bill O’Reilly, please interrupt Barack Obama, says...HuffPo!
- Who got nominated to CNBC influential business leaders list?
- ICN: Bad day at 30 Rock. Video: Ronan Farrow with Fallon.
- Factor video: Laura Ingraham; Hannity video: Reince Priebus.
- Wemple: Does nasty MSNBC tweet exemplify their prejudices?
- Video: Football for a cause...wounded warriors and NFL greats.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Oblivious MSNBC’s imagined hatred.
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly File-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Phil Griffin furious, rips staff’s ‘stupid actions’.
- RNC 1, MSNBC 0: Griffin issues an apology, fires staffer.
- GOP chairman bans staff from MSNBC. Q&A: Phil Griffin.
- Official msnbc twitter: conservatives are racists! More.
- Shaw: Behind the scenes with CNN at the SotU address.
- PPP Poll: Fox News most (and least) trusted news source.
- CNN revives John King’s Inside Politics. Burnett’s back.
- Fox & Friends video: The Clydesdales star in Puppy Love.
- Wemple: Maddow/Koch feud escalates. Q&A: Peter Hamby.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: SotU (FNC)-O’Reilly-Megyn 1-2-3.
- FNC most-watched SotU on cablenews, total and demo.
- January program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Your World video: Crew binges as Diedre Imus lectures.
- CNN, Al-Jazeera newsers bitten by bad Wikipedia ‘facts’.
- CNN, twitter team with Dataminr. CNN SuperBowl setup.
- Please forgive Ana Marie Cox for slumming on Fox News.
- Video: Could college athletes form unions and get paid?
- Miller: Five reasons we can’t wait for The Ronan Show.
- Obama talks to Tapper two days ahead of O’Reilly Q&A.
- Somerby: Why it’s time for a morally sick Maddow to go.
- SotU tech glitz mostly restrained. Q&A: Gabriel Sherman.
'I Didn't Mean to Tell That Story...'
01/28/14 16:30 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! Shep goes off-script with Janice Dean and Rick Leventhal to dish the dirt about the correspondents’ lunch with the President:
From Shepard Smith Reporting, January 28 2014
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly File-The Five 1-2-3.
- January: Fox News outstripped MSNBCNN combined.
- Zucker punched: CNBC reruns beat entire CNN lineup!
- Somerby: On Maddow, Hayes, Scott, Kelly, and more.
- Rothman: On cable news channels, it’s ‘all about me’.
- How the SEA hacked CNN (v/FDC). Weekend numbers.
- Zucker play: Is Kate leaving New Day? Today’s oops.
- Imus video: Ed Henry on the SotU, Hillary, and more.
- It’s a best-seller...that actually sold only 3,000 copies?!
- It was a ratings winner...that actually lost its time slot!?
- Kelly File video: Is unilateral legal? SotU coverage. Bing!
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/27/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Your World video: Gone too soon.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly File-The Five 1-2-3.
- Uh oh...Fox News host hammers Fox News contributor.
- Q&A: Bill O’Reilly talks politics, media, and (MS)NBC.
- ICN: New MSNBC dayside sked is redundant monotony.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC sets Ronan, Reid daytime hours.
- Zucker is ‘incredibly comfortable’ with Bieberapalooza.
- Video: Steve Doocy is Kansan of the Year. Today’s oops.
- Hotless Not Hot: Weather, Bieber, tape, Andrea Mitchell.
- Kaplan: CNN’s ratings collapse. Rich: Fox News is dead!
- Mushnick: A media bridge too far. Lowry: Toothless Buzz?
- Imus video: Martha MacCallum on Christie, Grammies, etc.
'We Are on the Precipice of a Cataclysm'
01/26/14 20:55 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! The Political Insiders on Putin, the State of the Union, and more:
From The Fox Report, January 26 2014
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Scandal selectivity, Beck, Bieber.
- Reliable Sources: Bieberapalooza, misogyny and more.
- Piers erupts over shooting. Checkout channels go dim.
- Profile: The New Republic hearts Brian Stelter (v/TVN).
- Factor video: Debate on Huck comment turns personal.
- Your Buzz videos: Christie, Benghazi, Michelle, the NSA.
- Shaw: MSNBC will do breaking news...if it’s Bieber news.
- Zurawik: Documentary surge. Sunday talk: turn the table.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Bridgegate vs Benghazi...bias or bogus?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Baier 1-2-3.
- Greta: Media’s dirty secrets about Bieber coverage.
- CNBC VP Susan Krakower being shown the door.
- Audio: Huck says left trying to ‘knock me out early’.
- Wemple: Here’s a question O’Reilly could ask Obama.
- Q&A: Megyn Kelly (via TVN). Imus video: Neil Cavuto.
- Ronan Farrow moving to a deluxe apartment in the sky.
- Stickings: This is CNNN...the Cable Not News Network.
- CNN ordered to turn over footage. Today’s twitter flap.
- Economist: Don’t blame cable news for dividing America.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Red Eye video: 12 Years a Slave stirs controversy.
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- CNN twitter account hacked. Will Ripley to CNNi.
- Superbowl Pre-Game: O’Reilly interviews Obama live.
- Zucker play: CNN primetime special...on Justin Bieber!
- Bill Schulz hints he didn’t leave Red Eye voluntarily.
- Wemple: Wagner guest reciprocates with Vogue profile.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on taking responsibility.
- Greta moonlights. Ratigan resurfaces. CNN’s web herring.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Documents reveal insurance bankruptcy risk.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker punched: Dismal ratings after one year at CNN.
- CNN’s primetime plummets; Zucker’s worst week ever.
- Newsers’ talent agency bought out. Sally then and now.
- Liz Claman files first Dispatch from Davos. CNBC at 25.
- Maria Bartiromo starts Feb 1, new shows set for March.
- Factor video: Mr Bill O’Reilly responds to Tom Brokaw.
- Q&A: Soledad. Video: Alarm bells in a crowded studio.
- ICN: Audacious Weather blitz a farce. Weekend numbers.
- ICN: Ailes bio skimps on Fox’s impact to retell known history.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Controversy over post-NFL-game rant.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Biznets frolic in Davos. Stuart Varney re-ups with FBN.
- Elle profile: Megyn Kelly...at the top and ‘there to stay’.
- Q&A: Harris Faulkner on the rise of ‘social network’ tv.
- Video: Judge Napolitano scoffs at alleged NSA ‘reforms’.
- Byers: There are actually three MSNBCs...or maybe four.
- Wemple: Christie rejoinders to MSNBC rated weak, lame.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Axelrod and Redford behind CNN series on Rahm Emanuel.
- How do you solve a problem like Fox News? Nationalize ‘em!
- Maslin: Sherman’s disingenuous tell-all a wasted opportunity.
- Hot & Not: Weather woes, Sherman, Ailes, Malveaux, MSNBC etc.
- Somerby: The NY Times MSNBC report is cherry-picked absurdity.
- Barbaro & Carter: The MSNBC/Christie love connection turns sour.
'Big Brother and Big Data Are Allies'
01/19/14 21:50 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! The Political Insiders on the NSA, side deals with Iran, and more:
From The Fox Report, January 19 2014
'Nine Dudes and Meryl Streep'
01/19/14 17:02 Filed in: videos
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Christie, snark, Michelle turns 50.
- Reliable Sources videos: Christie, docs, doc directors.
- HuffPo: ‘How Great Is Ronan Farrow?’ Geraldo teases.
- The Scarborough stonewall. Q&A: Soledad resurfaces.
- Video: Lauren Green’s command performance for the Pope.
- Zurawik: Ailes bio ruined by innuendo, lack of perspective.
- Your Buzz videos: Christie, obesity, tv tech, Hillary on Time.
- Kelly File video: Anthony Weiner. Sunday talk: turn the table.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Changes in store for Geraldo at Large?
- CNN revamps dayside, buys dino doc, signs Sally.
- CNN Friday special: Michelle Obama Turns 50.
- Lean Forward: Ronan Farrow show gets clever title.
- Revealed: Faux News at work! Tantaros: Pants on fire.
- Kelly File video: Obamacare, Megyn’s got your number.
- How I Work: Greta van Susteren. Inside WeatherNation.
- Greta: How the administration obstructed Fox News reporting.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn 1-2-3.
- Maria Bartiromo’s not-so-cryptic clue (hat/tip ‘semby’).
- O’Donnell creates, airs Dem campaign ad. Flashback.
- Mandel: Aiming at Roger Ailes...and missing.
- Sherman: Any misinformation maybe planted by Ailes!?
- Jake Tapper is the cat’s meow. Cabreara exiting CNN?
- Wemple: Brotherly biographical briefing. ICN on TCG.
- What if Zucker throws a party...and nobody shows up?
- New Day isn’t very new. Zucker’s fish story: Oscar bait.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on Benghazi, Christie, and more.
- Lowry: MSNBC falling short of ‘basic evidentiary standards’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Bob Gates reveals WH mixed messages.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Guthrie: MSNBC’s Griffin claims ‘we took responsibility’.
- New Day plummets to a new low. Joe Johns promoted.
- Was blog a Fox News organ? Flashback: The Cable Game.
- Justin: The new CNN is sugar, spice, and a little less nice.
- Wolff: Sherman’s Ailes book is dour, grudging, and biased.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media papal hypocrisy.
- Wemple: The Mike Allen-Fox News-Politico synchronicity.
- Clocking Christie, Politifact style. Five Fox facts, Pew style.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Escalation: Geraldo fires back at ‘phony’ David Folkenflik.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly File-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Adam Housley reacts to ‘bigoted’ attacks on his marriage.
- Reliable Sources near four-year low. Weekend numbers.
- Super Bowl synergy at Fox News. New Kurtz kontroversy.
- Video: Bret Baier on Fox News’s relationship with the WH.
- Another reason O’Reilly refers to MSNBC as ‘NBC News’.
- Somerby: MSNBC hypes flawed, dishonest Maddow theory.
- Video: Howard Kurtz on editorial backlash to Lone Survivor.
- Today’s twitter spat: Geraldo vs Folkenflik. You don’t say!
- Launch date moved up for the new Accuweather Channel.
- TWC dropped by DTV (that loses signal in storms anyhow).
- Zucker play: ‘High’ standards at CNN. Q&A: Jeff Zucker.
- Rothstein: MSNBC, Joe stonewall ‘stunning’ ethics uproar.
- Kelly File video: Gitmo lawyers smuggle jihad propaganda?!
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- MSNBC to air instant 11pm special. Maddow milestone.
- Narrative negated. Gretchen and Doocy. Today’s oops.
- Bill Schulz resurfaces. Imus video: Bill Hemmer and Ford.
- Coop trumps Piers in sculpture bidding war (via MartyD).
- Wemple: Anti-Ailes author makes an unconvincing case.
- NY Times contributes two more articles to Ailes bio hype.
- Hot & Not: PR wars, CNN a.m., Ailes, Maddow, weather etc.
'It Is Unbelievable How Political This Was'
01/12/14 20:30 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! The Political Insiders on Chris Christie, Bob Gates, and more:
From The Fox Report, January 12 2014
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/11/14 22:10 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Bridgegate, tech stagnation, Rodman.
- Reliable Sources: Ailes, Ailes, more Ailes. FNC responds.
- Friedman: MSNBC deluged in a ‘perfect storm’ of debacles.
- Sherman shocker shatters sham: The snake who never was!
- Full video: Coop w/ David Letterman. ICN: Stormy weather.
- Zucker play: CNN teams with Robert Redford. Tapper: true.
- CNN calling kettle black. Inside Man, now with more Morgan.
- Profile: Tamron Hall. Sunday talkers: tip sheet, turn the table.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media frenzy over bridgegate.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News tops for presser, MSNBC scores in prime demo.
- Real Story video: Andy Levy, Sherrod Small on man panel.
- Zucker punch part deux: CNN head blasts Fox, MSNBC.
- Zucker punch: CNN boss calls ‘all hands on deck’ meet.
- Maddow claim mostly false. Bad weather good for TWC.
- Videos: Juan Williams with Don Imus; Bret Baier’s pants.
- Freedlander: FNC pushback on bio (via ICN). Flashback.
- Steinberg: Media complicit in hype of Ailes tell-all tome.
- Johnson: Dear Abby doesn’t ruffle feathers or step on toes.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on bridgegate legal implications.
- Adalian: Has Jeff Zucker made CNN better? (Spoiler: a little)
- As CNN shakeup looms: who’s in, who’s out? Today’s oops.
- MSNBC’s bridgegate connection. Chris Knowles resurfaces.
- Red Eye time change? Celebrity chef to open food market.
- Newsy news directors choose CNN. Fox smear ‘mostly false’.
- Kelly File video: Christie staffers’ emails reveal revenge play.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: MSNBC stonewalls as Maddow hunkers down.
- Video: Howard Kurtz on whether Gates book is a betrayal.
- Q&A: Roger Ailes talks Zucker, Megyn, Maddow, and more.
- Video: Lou Dobbs talks about CNN, MSNBC, and Upheaval.
- Prisons pump up MSNBC numbers. Kirchick: A sorry apology.
- Burnett to return; Chris Lawrence exits. CNN doc nominated.
- Q&A: Cycle hosts. Noon rotation. Ailes tell-all hype escalates.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on vitriolic political discourse.
'She's Like the Trader Joe's of Racism'
01/07/14 19:20 Filed in: videos
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Geraldo: It was painful seeing Rupert Murdoch assaulted.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- The latest from CNN’s premier journalist. Weekend numbers.
- FNC aired more of the hearing, MSNBC least. FNC tops poll.
- Video: Bias Bash on media treatment of GOP tactics.
- Assault interrupts testimony. Piers breaks his silence.
- Sharpton speculation continues to swirl. CNBC’s baby boom.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Bret Baier’s five years on Special Report.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Berry & Sobieraj: Why outrageous outrage fills cable.
- Coates: America’s ‘foremost public intellectual’ is...?
- Q&A: Bret Baier. Profile: Frank Luntz (v/Mediaite).
- De Moraes: Has the apology streak been broken?
- Johnson: Is Maddow now calling the shots? Or not?
- Treacher: Just who is minding the store at MSNBC?
- Ad wars escalate. CNN names morning anchors.
- Beth Fouhy to MSNBC.com. Maria Bartiromo to Davos.
- Hot & Not: Harris-Perry, Piers, Roberts, Griffin, etc.
- Ross: The new year brings new challenges for MSNBC.
- Pompeo: Combatants gird for battle over Ailes tell-all.
- Wolff: Unbeatable Ailes continues to crush competitors.
'They're on Every Side of Everything'
01/05/14 20:51 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! The Political Insiders on Fallujah, Edward Snowden, and more:
From The Fox Report, January 5 2014
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: MSNBC, Robin Roberts, hating media.
- Reliable Sources videos: MSNBC, Benghazi, inside Hulu.
- ICN: New Year’s resolutions for cable news, 2013/14.
- Melissa Harris-Perry is sorry. Q&A: Thomas Roberts.
- Your Buzz videos: Politico’s impact, MSNBC, duckpocrisy.
- Zucker still eyeing Jay Leno? Sunday talk: turn the table.
- Kelly File video: Controversy swirls around release of felon.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Kurtz: MSNBC’s ‘rude and crude’ attack culture (via TVN).
- Video: Arthel Neville unamused? Arthel: It was ‘all in fun.’
- It begins: NY Times endless, gushing Ronan Farrow profile.
- Bond: Despite twitter apology, Harris-Perry fallout continues.
- Shaw: Who will replace impartial MSNBC journalist at 11am?
- Impartial journalist joins Morning Joe. Brian Schactman exits.
- ICN: More dominoes to fall at MSNBC? Wednesday’s numbers.
- Factor video: Three-way debate on the NY Times and Benghazi.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: NewYears/CNN-NY/FNC-The5 1-2-3.
- The 2013 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Report: Impartial MSNBC journalist to anchor Too Early.
- Video: Is a twitter apology from Harris-Perry sufficient?
- Don Lemon and Bob Beckel named to distinguished list.
- 2013 numbers: Fox News beats CNN, MSNBC combined.
- Christopher: CNN targeting Harris-Perry to get her fired!?
- Zain Verjee’s heartbreak of psoriasis. Q&A: Cavuto (v/TVN).
- NBC teams with Revere. Hogue: A ‘blondelicious’ a.m. jolt.
'Sometimes Alarms Don't Work'
01/01/14 16:20 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! Fox & Friends begins 2014 with a few bumps in the road...
From Fox & Friends, January 1 2014
January 1 2014
01/01/14 00:00 Filed in: addenda
Our best wishes to you for a healthy, rewarding 2014.
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