Jan 2015
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/31/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Romney, pundits pound Palin, Super Bowl.
- Reliable Sources videos: The I-word, ‘Fox primary’, Super Bowl.
- ‘Fox primary’ flashback: Fox News neutral among GOP field.
- Diversification is protection...but poses dangers for cable news.
- What do CNN and ESPN gain by partnering with SnapChat?
- Roger Goodell under fire for ‘belittling’ Rachel Nichols. More.
- Levinthal: MSNBCNN refuse comment on deadbeat show hosts.
- Cuomo admits unobjectivity as he adopts White House verbiage.
- Strange Inheritance gets Saturday 8pm FNC trial. Sunday talkers.
- Your Buzz videos: Deflation, the Patriots, Sarah Palin, Cosby, SNL.
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Friday Links and Open Thread
01/30/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Concha: Nameless CNN exec reveals motivation behind ad.
- CNN disses Kyra Phillips. Cablenets gear up for Superbowl.
- Nightly videos: Jake Tapper, Sherrod Small part one, pt two.
- Horsey: Cable television can get snowed by breaking news.
- Factor videos: Bernard Golberg on Mohyeldin; Lea Gabrielle.
- Jamie Colby inheritance tips. Greg Gutfeld in a twitter spat.
- The Rev pays himself six figures while owing millions in taxes.
- Imus video: Bill O’Reilly on Obama, Patton, etc. Q&A: Kennedy.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/29/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Concha: CNN shouldn’t crow over second place finish.
- CNN zings Morning Joe with Ailes-style full-page ad.
- Synergy: MSNBC all in on hype for NBC’s Super Bowl.
- Zara: As DishNet blackout ends, Fox News ratings roar.
- F&F video: How Sharia Law in Texas is like Judge Judy.
- Wemple: Palin zings O’Reilly; O’Reiilly zings Palin back.
- Kurtz: Al-Jazeera nets suffer a huge blow to credibility.
- Late Show video: Rachel Maddow with David Letterman.
- MSNBC: The place for corruption? Alisyn moonlighting.
- Imus video: Mike Baker. Match wits with the MSNBC stars!
- Samantha Schacher: demoted. James Carville: not renewed.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/28/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- NY Times profile: Janice Dean, meteorologist and mom.
- Wemple: Bergdahl story reveals two facets of Fox News.
- Huck rips Think Progress et al for ‘outright lie’ about FNC.
- F&F video: FNC’s John Roberts and CNN’s Kyra Phillips.
- Woodman: Comcast ghost-writing letters for politicians?
- Profile: Dana Bash (v/CNNC). CNN Digital: sex and drugs.
- The Camerota conundrum. When Christine met Bradley.
- Al-Jazeera banned words: ‘terrorist’, ‘islamist’, ‘militant’.
- CNN wants back on Russian television. Q&A: Wolf Blitzer.
- Factor video: What Kilmeade and Colmes have in common.
- January 2015 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
'I'd Trust My Gut and Say No Thanks'
01/27/15 22:41 Filed in: videos
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/27/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Strange Inheritance premiere sets Fox Biz records.
- Despite Dish blackout, Fox News still #1 in cable news.
- January numbers: CNN overtakes a sinking MSNBC; HLN.
- Wemple alert: School kids didn’t like a Jesse Watters bit.
- Oh, snap! CNN joins social network. Weekend numbers.
- Kirell: That Megyn/O’Reilly exchange was really dead serious.
- Concha: NYC-obsessed media render Boston an afterthought.
- CNN’s upside-down ‘embarrassment’? Don’s ‘Blizzard Mobile’.
- Krystal Ball and Obamacare. Voices of Auschwitz rescheduled.
- Q&A: Jamie Colby; more. Why Bret Baier cancelled Legatus speech.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/26/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Q&A: FBN’s Kennedy ‘refuses to step into a familiar box’.
- Greta: ‘Deflate-gate’ is an important story. Kate returns.
- Ex employee of local station shoots self at News Corp bldg.
- Jamie Colby Q&As: TV Newser, Lloyd Grove, BizPac Review.
- Wemple: First coverage notes on snowmaggedon. More.
- Cablenewsers gear up for snowpocalypse. CNN at Sundance.
- Concha: Weather Channel exhibits the worst possible timing.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/24/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: SotU reaction, deflation, youtubarama.
- Reliable Sources: 2016 preview, deflation, Sniper, notoriety.
- Bret Baier special on Cuba initiatives airs this weekend.
- Refusal to run anti-merger ads may spur complaint to FCC.
- Q&A: Albie Hecht on HLN’s makeover. CNN shrinks header.
- Factor video: How the internet can deceive you. Sunday talk.
- Wemple: What we really need is more coverage of DeflateGate!
- Your Buzz videos: Oscars, NY Times, cartoons, Romney, The Rev.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/23/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Jenna Lee talks to a football expert...her Dad!
- Concha: ISIS mimics a favorite cable news gimmick.
- Sellers: Here’s why Megyn Kelly really is a ‘big deal’.
- Wemple: Bill O’Reilly’s ‘climate change nonsense’.
- Video: So how well did those youtube ‘journalists’ do?
- Gretchen Carlson makes book. Campbell Brown resurfaces.
- Greta’s not-so-excellent Hanoi adventure. Alan’s hate mail.
- CNN partners with Reagan Foundation. The ‘money center’.
- Q&A: Jamie Colby. Lauren Sivan at work. Liz Claman in Davos.
- The Rev goes back to school, under his rules. ET’s Diaz to HLN.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/22/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: CNBC threatens Davos guests who go on Fox Biz.
- Fox News and French honor. Werber: The right to offend.
- Lean Forward: Despite small ratings, big plans for Ronan.
- Tuesday’s numbers: SotU/FNC-O’Reilly-SotU/CNN 1-2-3.
- Rothstein: Goldie Taylor resurfaces. Q&A: Ari Melber.
- Maddow doctors Chris Wallace quote...from 30 years ago!
- Inside Man season premiere: meet our future robot overlords.
- GLAAD honors cablenewsers. Map-maker’s wishful thinking?
- The latest apology. Wemple: There’s no shame in fessing up.
- New CNN set a ‘weak, low-budget’ rehash. Ryan Young to CNN.
- Turner consolidating cable upfronts. New New Day debut weak.
- Kelly File video: Focus group talking ‘radical Islam’ turns rowdy.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/21/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Glass house resident plagiarist denigrates Murdoch and FNC.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC’s tax deadbeat pushes Obama tax plan.
- Fox’s Megyn Kelly is appealing to a more diverse demographic.
- Concha: CNN should apologize for its ‘no-go zone’ reportage.
- Wemple: CNN displays hypocrisy ripping Fox; Mr Bill chimes in.
- Wemple: Will CNN apologize for Coop, Cuomo ‘no-go’ reports?
- Hookers, game shows, and celebrity chefs...this is CNN?!?
- Zucker play: CNN planning Coop-hosted game show. Flashback.
- Fox, CNN split SotU ratings honors as MSNBC slipped even more.
- Cost of Freedom block still packs a punch. Weekend numbers.
- The reality show award goes to CNN. Q&A: Yasmin Vossoughian.
- Greta: From here, this looks pretty stupid. More. A swell party.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the Beyoncé flap and more.
- The War on Fox: Shep zings the White House. Je Suis Fox News?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/20/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Power lunch. Today’s frivolous lawsuit; Wemple analyzes.
- RIP Stuart Loory. Ariene de Vogue to CNN. Off to the races.
- Precursor to ‘no-go zones’ seen on CNN?! Wemple analyzes.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on the SotU, ‘radical islam’, and more.
- SotU: 70 broadcasters, hours of blather. Dana Perino makes book.
- Factor video: Jesse locked out. Julie clarifies, says let’s move on.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/19/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Nobody’s business: CNBC airs reruns as Fox Biz stays live.
- Fox Business SotU coverage; MSNBCNN to use Bing Pulse.
- Video: Joe Concha scrutinizes Michael Moore and snipers.
- The value of tv news: maybe CNN should just run sitcoms?
- Book paints The Rev as ‘a villain of Dickensian proportions’.
- Wemple: Kurtz zings HuffPo et al in reporting on ‘no-go’ flap.
- Carnette: Did Dish Network ‘win’ the standoff with Fox News?
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/17/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Cartoon caution, Romney, all-white Oscar?
- Reliable Sources videos: Cartoon caution, no-go apologies.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Shannon Bream-The Five 1-2-3.
- Jim Acosta gets into a twitter spat. Audio Q&A: Jake Tapper.
- Wemple: A timeline of no-go zones and the apologies therefor.
- Q&A: Alex Wagner (via TVN); Dana Perino. Last week’s oops.
- Sue Herera loses her Lunch. Erin go international. Sunday talk.
- Your Buzz: Hebdo, cowards, hypocrites, cartoons, Romney, lazy.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/16/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- RNC: Primary debates set on FBNFNCNBCNN...not MSNBC.
- Jim Clancy leaves CNN in wake of contentious twitter spat.
- Concha: Why FNC is big winner over DishNet. More (v/ICN).
- Deal gives FNC a 50% fee increase. Gregg Jarrett resurfaces.
- Wemple: Highly unlikely FNC will book Emerson again. More.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- After dismal week, AJAm schedule gets an extreme makeover.
- In hot news period MSNBC loses viewers, AJAm ratings ‘dismal’.
- CNN SotU coverage: Wolf, Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper et al.
- FNC SotU coverage: Bret Baier, Juan Williams, Steve Hayes et al.
- News drones not imminent. Donny Deutsch resurfaces. Whoops!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/15/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- It’s over: Dish agrees to terms to bring back Fox News, FBN.
- Chariton: FBN axes Independents; Kennedy gets new show.
- Q&A: CNN newstech guru Michael Koetter. Alan’s hate mail.
- Outnumbered video: New Kirsten Powers book The Silencing.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Zucker consulted Muslim CNNers re cartoon ban.
- Byers: Amanpour challenged Jeff Zucker over cartoon ban.
- CNBC renews The Profit, adds new reality shows (v/FNCLR).
- CNN assigns Obama appointee to anchor this Sunday’s SotU.
- Q&A: Matt Dornic; Lucy Spiegel exits. Harris-Perry moonlights.
- Imus video: Mike Baker. The War on Fox comes to a rec center.
- Zara: As DishNet blackout persists, competitors tread carefully.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/14/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Concha: Millions buy Hebdo that MSNBCNN refuse to show.
- O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies is coming. Hendricks exits CNN.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Stuart Varney’s daughter Jill wins $25,000 Hotel Showcase.
- Comcast merger deal faces new campaign. Today’s oops!
- MSNBC’s SotU coverage: Maddow, Krystal Ball. Flashback.
- Lopez: Thank you, Mr Cooper (v/TVN). Weekend numbers.
- Late Show video: Anderson Cooper with David Letterman.
- Why is Jake Tapper an outlier? Melissa Harris-Perry at NCSU.
- The obligatory Ann Curry rumors already swirling (via CNCC).
- Factor video: Did broadcast nets give short shrift to Paris snub?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/13/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wemple: CNN bans cartoons, but airs Al-Qaeda propaganda.
- MSNBCNN won’t show Hebdo cover as FNC goes full-screen.
- Rogers: Fox News Sunday a ‘crucible’ for POTUS wannabes.
- Bret Baier cancels Legatus talk. Greta responds to Concha.
- Concha: Jake Tapper exhibits symptoms of ‘The Shep Effect’.
- Maria Bartiromo anchors from Frisco. Tapper tops Cavuto.
- Imus video: Geraldo Rivera on Paris snubs, Apprentice, etc.
- It’s a boy! Walsten: CNBC, back in the restaurant business.
- HLN’s not-so-extreme makeover debuts, now with new logos!
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media’s Muslim sympathies.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/12/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-O’Reilly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: CNN is neutral...except when they’re not.
- Zucker play: CNN to experiment with news drones.
- CNN homepage shock: Where Was Obama?
- Fo&F video: Dana Perino on Obama’s Paris brush-off.
- Concha: Paris coverage taints Al Jazeera’s credibility.
- Al-Jazeera America guts daily schedule, cuts staff.
- Dish standoff escalates as Fox News deploys the C-word.
- Eric Holder snubs Chris Wallace. Twitter pounces on FNC.
- Greta sticks up for Cuomo. Brian bumped. Bitcoin boom.
'That Silence They Seek Will Not Come'
01/11/15 20:59 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! The Political Insiders are fired up, and Harris Faulkner makes a statement...
From The Fox Report, January 11 2015
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/10/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Targeting the press; a cartoonist’s stand.
- Zucker Punch: Callous timing of Bolduan news stings (v/CNNC).
- Is Dish blackout affecting Fox News ratings? Molly and Megyn.
- Winners and losers in New Day shuffle, and will it save the show?
- MSNBC to sponsor Hope. Coop corrects Cuomo. Sunday talkers.
- Your Buzz videos: Economy, Scalise, the polls, journo protection.
Shep Cuts Off the New York Times!
01/09/15 13:33 Filed in: videos
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/09/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Concha: Aly’s ascension puts the pressure on Chris Cuomo.
- It’s official: Alisyn gets New Day (v/Stelter), Bolduan demoted.
- Mike Galanos boards the HLN Morning Express. Hogue: Finally!
- Video: Dr Qanta Ahmed on the dangers of cowardly language.
- The Rev and The Prof in Essence. Craig Melvin: Mostly false.
- Newsers scramble to cover attacks. FNC and CNN split ratings.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on coverage of Paris terrorism.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/08/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wemple: Fear of terrorism drives CNN editorial decisions.
- The Five video: Right on cue... cries of ‘Islamophobia’.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- ICN: Stelter role at CNN a ‘massive conflict of interest’.
- Fox News shows Charlie Hebdo cartoon on air and online.
- Ehlert: I’ll take CNN. Scandlen: I want my Fox News back.
- CNBC worried its new Squawk Box set shows FoxBiz signage.
- Today’s twitter spat: Jim Clancy. Concha: I told you so.
- Q&A: CNN’s Jim Sciutto (v/ TVNewser). Weekend numbers.
- O’Reilly’s Killing Jesus on NatGeo will star Kelsey Grammer.
- Mike Rogers new CNN contributor; more. Kimberly’s new crib.
- Video: Judge Napolitano says global media should be courageous.
- Imus video: Laura Ingraham. Seitel: MSNBC should dump the Rev.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/07/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Dish loses 90,000 subs over FNC blackout (v/Weprin).
- Wemple: CNN hides cartoons; Fox too. More. CNN spox.
- CNN memo: We aren’t showing Charlie Hebdo cartoons.
- Outnumbered video: How do we best protect America?
- Ariens: Roger Ailes memo thanks, rallies FNC troops.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Ed Henry-O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Cable newsers scramble to cover Paris terror attack.
- Gahr: The Rev claims the NY Post gives him money!
- Joy-ann Reid moonlighting. New Year’s Day numbers.
- Chariton: MoJo EP defends ‘chumminess’ with guests.
- Factor videos: Anarchy in the NYPD part one, part two.
- Ex-CNNers react to ‘doomsday video’. When Bill met John.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/06/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Concha: News execs need to control their talent on twitter.
- Imus video: Bret Baier. The wonders of One America News.
- Hussain: Chris Cuomo, man of integrity. CNNC: Flashback.
- CNBC looking for a bump from ‘Grindr’ app; will nix Nielsen.
- MSNBCNN stoke Selma controversy. Jennifer Agiesta to CNN.
- If CNN can just perfect an Ebert hologram... Under the big top.
- Out: coffee; In: burgers. So ‘President of Red Eye’ isn’t enough?
- Factor video: The progressives vs the police. AJAm goes to pot.
- Greta: Do husbands get these questions too? And another thing...
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/05/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- New Years Eve numbers: The5-NYE/CNN-Ed Henry 1-2-3.
- Does Greta’s husband confer a conflict of interest on her?
- CNNC: Stelter anchors again as more lines are blurred.
- Rorke: A novel idea for The Rev. Jenna Lee returns.
- Dianna Heitz to CNN. Q&A: Jim Scuitto. Yesterday’s oops!
- FTV Live: That Alisyn announcement is coming...honest!
- Byers: Ted Turner’s Doomsday video...for when it all ends.
- Congrats to Adam and Tamera. Q&A: CNBC’s Harry Smith.
- F&F video: Geraldo w/The Donald. Imus video: Mayor Bo?!
- Geraldo’s debut on NBC’s Apprentice. Flashback: Bygones.
- Hill: CNN’s extreme makeover is a bit disorganized. More. Oops.
'Stay Tuned...There's More to Come'
01/03/15 21:09 Filed in: videos
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/03/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Huckabee, Obama, Rep Scalise, punditry.
- Companies pay The Rev to not call them racist (v/Liberaland).
- Huckabee leaves Fox News show; CNNC: apt timing by FNC.
- Grimm resignation opens a door for The Rev? Sunday talkers.
- CNN layoffs hit Reza Sayah. Greta: Why management counts.
- CNN makeover (v/CNNC). Robin Meade promo gets zero stars.
- Jake Tapper backs special needs girl. It’s science! The fur flies.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/02/15 12:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Activists protest...even at News Corp HQ.
- Throngs converge on NewsCorp HQ to ‘shut down Fox News’.
- Outnumbered video: Presidential politics already heating up.
- Q&A: Kimberly Guilfoyle, Abby Huntsman (via TV Newser).
- Bill O’Reilly web staff: The Fox hunters are shooting blanks.
- Wilstein: Is the Dish blackout taking a toll on Fox News ratings?
- When CNBC turned 25 it was a very bad year. Cablers hoaxed.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Killing Lincoln 1-2-3.
- One way Katie Couric could end up at CNN after all (via CNCC).
- Concha: Predictions for Sherrod, The Rev, at al; CNNC disagrees.
- Meet the man who cried ‘Wolf’. NBCU and CableOne reach deal.
- Hogue: Peter Doocy makes Fox & Friends debut; after-show video.