Jul 2014
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/31/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Concha: Maybe Bill Weir should think before tweeting.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker play: CNN changes its policy to fit John Walsh.
- Morning Express enlists stars of NASCAR and the NBA.
- Kevin Magee (Fox Biz/Fox News Radio) stepping down.
- Liz Claman: triathlete helping to build homes for heroes.
- Surprise! Five Fox News programs make dirty dozen list.
- Cumulus seals deal for CNN content. Soni Methu to CNN.
- Imus video: Bill Hemmer on Gaza etc. Maddow is all wet.
- Wemple: Fox News graphic accurate but could be clearer.
- Marshall: Carol Costello...‘smug, biased, ethically jumbled’.
- Video: Survivor of horrific Boko Harum attack tells her story.
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Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Concha: How MSNBC could pull itself out of last place.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Byers: Ronan Farrow’s life so far. Q&A: Gretchen Carlson.
- Silver: MSNBC mentions impeachment every 22 minutes!
- July cable news program ranker: Fox holds top 14 slots.
- Imus video: Judge Napolitano on his hair, career, Putin, etc.
- Judge denies CNN request for Bergdahl doc. Today’s oops.
- Video: Kurtz & Ashburn talk pot. Campbell Brown resurfaces.
- Wemple: FNC contract gave Palin a carve-out for web venture.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Greg zings Sarah over impeachment talk.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- July numbers: Fox tops; CNN slips; HLN, MSNBC plunge.
- Somerby: Rachel Maddow, news for ‘the sick and stupid’.
- Bret Baier, SE Cupp named to distinguished list (via TVN).
- Q&A: Dierdre Bolton. Rachel Smoklin to join CNN digital.
- MSNBC outsourcing world news. Mika B’s Georgetown crib.
- Factor video: The ‘great marijuana ruse’. Weekend numbers.
- Weprin: CNN’s lynchpin...Erin Burnett. Imus video: Jenna Lee.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Walsh gets his man: Wanted child molester shot by police.
- Fareed Zakaria, Sarah Palin: moonlighting strangers. More.
- Screened questions at Zucker confab. Laura eyeing politics?
- Wolff: The worst option for CNN? If nobody buys Time-Warner.
- F&F videos: Fox Fan Day festivities; ‘Remember, lean forward!’
- Fox Report video: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
07/26/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: The PR war, covering Gaza, Liz Warren.
- Reliable Sources: Rula Jebreal, the PR war, abusing Reagan.
- Anton Skiba set free. FNCers assemble at Yankee Stadium.
- 21stC Fox may offer board seats to Time-Warner investors.
- Wemple: O’Reilly vs the internet part deux. Sunday talkers.
- Fionnuala Sweeney parts ways with CNN. Profile: Bill Cowan.
- George Zimmerman is appealing. Special: Policing America.
- Your Buzz videos: John McCain, Jon Stewart, and media ADD.
- Video: Fareed Zakaria w/Jon Stewart pt one, pt two (via TVN).
Friday Links and Open Thread
07/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Israeli ambassador slogs CNN; more. Cuomo’s twitter spat.
- Gregg Jarrett accepts plea agreement. Where’s Weir? Here.
- Veronica de la Cruz resurfaces, as does Bonnie Schneider.
- Sky sales move Rupert one step closer. The dandy dozen?
- Wemple: MSNBC’s Jebreal labeling ‘unprofessional’. Update.
- Video: Shep challenges ‘a great lady’ at MSNBC. Flashback.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on WH blocking press access.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Are we disengaging from a chaotic world?
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Jebreal: Informed of cancellation via email from MSNBC.
- Cablers best bets for Meet the Press. The worst choice?
- CNN journo Anton Skiba abducted by Ukraine separatists.
- Wemple: Should O’Reilly blame social media for apathy?
- CNN turns against man’s best friend. Today’s conspiracy!
- Hogue: Alisyn on New Day...Chris Cuomo meets his match.
- Rosen: The Bret Baier I know; video. Q&A: Chris Cuomo, more.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Videos: Bloomberg in Israel...Wolf Blitzer, Neil Cavuto.
- That was quick: guess what Alisyn’s next assignment is?
- Somerby: (MS)NBC loves children of the rich and famous.
- Profile: Jo Ling Kent (via TVNewser). Scaramucci to FBN.
- Breaking news: FNC tops, CNN gains, MSNBC stagnant.
- Wemple: The Jebreal matter...can MSNBC take criticism?
- Zinged MSNBCer un-hired? Update. Spitzer resurfaces.
- Writers Guild on Murdoch offer: Be afraid, be very afraid.
- Gretchen Carlson: They have no idea what my politics are.
- Kelly File video: Jonathan Turley breaks down the ACA rulings.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: ISIS persecution and murder of Christians.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Greta to CJR: It’s Journalism 101...why didn’t you call me?
- Bordelon: Kerry aide didn’t tell the truth about Fox News?
- Book: Clintons pressured MSNBC to discipline David Shuster.
- Q&A: Bret Baier; Chris Cuomo, more. Weekend numbers.
- Lean Forward: Contributor zings MSNBC, MSNBC zings back.
- Out# OT video: Leadership, comedy, short skirts, and more.
- Time-Warner amends its by-laws in move to check Murdoch.
- Alisyn and Don, together (sort of) again. Today’s conspiracies.
- Fox Report video: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Debate over world events turns ultra-rowdy.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five/5pm-The Five/8pm-Baier 1-2-3.
- Patten: As FNCNN ratings spike, MSNBC viewership flatlines.
- Impartial MSNBC anchor to receive an award from La Raza.
- MSNBC contributor zings...MSNBC! More. Today’s outrage.
- Fox will take its time forging a ‘compelling offer’ for T-W.
- F&F video: Janice Dean hit with an ice-cream malfunction.
- Q&A: Rosa Flores. Rita Cosby resurfaces. Today’s conspiracy.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
07/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz: Shoot-down, José Vargas, Murdoch’s bid.
- Reliable Sources: Ayman Mohyeldin, Murdoch’s bid.
- F&F vIdeo: ISIS commands Christians...convert or die.
- Zucker punch: CNN ‘crossed a new low in cable news’.
- First reactions to Alisyn Camerota’s CNN debut. More.
- Cablers’ cribs: Mika B, Sam Champion (via TVN); Coop.
- Let’s rehash the ‘Chinamen’ kerfuffle. Sunday talkers.
- Murdoch lining up one of the largest takeover loans ever.
- Video: Gaza firefight breaks out across from FNC location.
- Your Buzz videos: Immigrant children, judging Israel, Glenn Beck.
'It Is an Honor to Work With You'
07/18/14 22:27 Filed in: videos
Friday Links and Open Thread
07/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Primetime viewers surge: record highs for Kelly, Hannity.
- Fox News most watched for breaking news on Thursday.
- Alisyn Camerota makes her CNN debut 10pm tonight.
- Q&A: Kimberly Guilfoyle; Maria Bartiromo at the NYSE.
- Imus video: Ed Henry on Putin, Ukraine, Gaza and more.
- CNN apologizes for ‘any offense that may have been taken’.
- MSNBC rewards commentator’s skillful work with a solo shot.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg scorches an MSNBC ‘moron’.
- Wemple: Incompetence at MSNBC; O’Reilly’s media criticism.
- Atkinson: Make it $100 per share and Murdoch seals the deal.
- CBS CEO: If Rupert purchases Time-Warner we’d look at CNN.
- Smith: Why Time-Warner will be bought by 21st Century Fox.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker punch: CNN reporter calls group of Israelis ‘scum’.
- Video: John Huddy live from Gaza as the invasion begins.
- Israel/Gaza flare-up rewrites cable news schedules.
- What happens when political hacks do breaking news.
- Video: Charlie Gasparino goes ballistic in Putin debate.
- Family feud: Greta rips Starnes over ‘bad taste’ tweets.
- Cable newsers scramble to cover airplane shoot-down.
- Ed Schultz gets into a twitter spat, and quickly hits ‘delete’.
- Zurawik: Reporters in Gaza paid less than Chelsea Clinton.
- Lewis: How to become a cablenews pundit. Newsource cuts.
- ‘Growing pressure’ to fire Bob Beckel? Today’s conspiracy.
- Maddow has not mentioned Gaza conflict since last month!
- Imus video: Bret Baier on Gaza, US border chaos, and more.
- What CNN’s pilot tells us about Chris Cuomo and New Day.
- CNN pilot: Alisyn with two guys...is there also a curvy couch?
- Fox prepping a new offer as T-W shareholders signal interest.
- Murdoch’s Time-Warner bid shines a spotlight on CNN. More.
- Factor video: Kurtz and Ashburn on Jon Stewart, Sean Bergin.
'Beat 'em, Buy 'em, Sell 'em!'
07/16/14 16:20 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! Shep and Maria Bartiromo have fun with Murdoch’s Time Warner bid:
From Shepard Smith Reporting, June 16 2014
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Now you see it, now you don’t: Alex Wagner hits bottom.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- O’Reilly Factor, All In earn top cable news diversity scores.
- Imus video: Bernard Goldberg on Jon Stewart, Gaza, etc.
- Dumenco: If Rupert wants Time-Warner, nothing can stop him.
- Murdoch makes first move to take over Time-Warner. Caught!
- MSNBC turns 17; so why can’t they be a liberal news channel?!
- Inside MSNBC’s Miami studio. The least surprising news...ever.
- Hogue: A real ‘new day’: Alisyn and Kiran, back together on CNN?
- She’s ‘the perfect anchor in many ways’. Q&A: Gretchen Carlson.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: WH claims credit for ‘global tranquility’.
- Media Buzz triples audience for fading Reliable Sources.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Another cable name surfaces for The View: Tammy Bruce.
- Greta scoops Katie. Is the end near for Al-Jazeera America?
- CNN’s illegal immigrant documentarian taken into custody.
- CNN snags eleven Emmy nominations. Weekend numbers.
- Factor video: Beck’s border benevolence baffles belittlers.
- Nobody’s business: CNBC expands reality reruns to weeknights.
- Wemple: CNN captivated by Palin; Touré takes leave of twitter.
- Imus video: Charlie Gasparino details the Sun Valley showdown.
- Fox Report video: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Kelly-The Five-Special Report 1-2-3.
- Today’s firing demand prompts an on-air response.
- The Hunt opens strong. MSNBC exec kicked upstairs.
- CNN snags Alisyn Camerota. Let the specularama begin.
- Charlie Gasparino ejected from Sun Valley soirée. More.
- Sorry, wrong Avenger. Why HLN is not a ‘news network’.
- Q&A: José Díaz-Balart on his MSNBC debut. Today’s oops.
- Gloomy weather gets gloomier. Heathers. United they stand.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
07/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz: Border bias, anti-Israel slant, sexism gets a pass?
- Reliable Sources: Josh Earnest, ladies’ day, anti-Hillary book.
- Flying high. Luke Russert’s very bad day. Sunday talkers.
- CNN developing series with ‘religious scholar’ Reza Aslan.
- Politifact sides with Megyn Kelly. Kiran Chetry resurfaces.
- Your Buzz videos: Border chaos, Matt Lauer, musical mayhem.
- F&F videos: Running the BattleFrog part one, pt two, pt three.
Friday Links and Open Thread
07/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Favorite moments from three years of The Five.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- The perils of twitter: Megyn cleans up staff’s twitter gaffe.
- CNN gets Zucker punched? The View may hire S.E. Cupp.
- Imus video: Juan Williams weighs in on impeachment etc.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the press, scandals, etc.
- Wemple: FNC is improving peaches. Alan still gets hate mail.
- It’s a dirty job, but CNN has the guy to do it. Today’s outrage!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: A President not interested in photo-ops.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Bill Hemmer on sports etc (v/ErikW); now pitching!
- CNN isn’t the only news channel with a celebrity chef.
- Engulf and Devour: Dish asks FCC to block Comcast deal.
- ‘All blonde anchors’ rated: mostly false. Politics on Tap.
- CNNx app launches. CNN Emmy noms: Sixties, Bourdain.
- New CNN hire to carry on Piers Morgan anti-gun campaign.
- Video: Someone on Red Eye really wants to be on The Five.
- Factor video: Has President Obama lost the mainstream media?
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Red Eye video: Should Sirius have fired Anthony Cumia?
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Will a Rosie/Elisabeth cross-channel feud erupt?
- Factor video: Border debate turns rowdy. Weekend numbers.
- AJAm President predicts ratings will rise. Shafer: You think so?
- Comcast deal mantra: do it for the children! Yesterday’s oops.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Profile: Stacey Dash. Tapper segments target DC dysfunction.
- Weprin: John Walsh talked with FNC before signing with CNN.
- Lean Forward: José Díaz-Balart to premiere Monday 10:00 am.
- Friday’s numbers: Shannon Bream-Bill O’Reilly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Did CNN’s calamitous warnings scare people needlessly?
- Fox & Friends video: What is the Office of Refugee Resettlement?
- Zuckered: Did Sanjay Gupta fall for an overhyped marketing ploy?
- Kelly File video: Will one tough judge break open the IRS scandal?
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/07/14 19:48 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bream 1-2-3.
- Concha: A good Jay Carney show option for MSNBC.
- Q&A: Elisabeth Hasselbeck; Sarah Palin eyes The View.
- Outnumbered adds after-show (v/Weprin); debut video.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC to air immigration ‘documentary’.
- Joan Rivers slams CNN: ‘Every question was accusatory’.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
07/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- MediaBuzz videos: Prez vs press, Perino, Facebook, Lauer.
- Reliable Sources: ABC, worst Prez, Facebook, crack reporter.
- Rothstein: Shocker! Jay Carney in talks with...MSNBC!
- Q&A: Chris Wallace (v/TVN), Charles Payne. The ticker.
- Fredricka Whitfield was too hard-hitting for Joan Rivers.
- Hogue: Nothing beats a great pair of legs? Sunday talkers.
July 4 2014
07/04/14 00:00 Filed in: addenda
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/03/14 22:11 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Covering Arthur, from reason to stormy frothing.
- Somerby: Chris Matthews ‘one of us’? A remarkable ploy!
- Cable news truth: Mediaite 27-second claim proves false.
- Alums gather for America’s Talking reunion. Design dispute.
- Kelly File video: Bill Ayers and Dinesh D’Souza debate values.
- Wemple: O’Reilly and patriotism; Russell Brand’s Fox bashing.
- July 4 specials: Proud to Be American; Kelly File; CNN; MSNBC.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- CNNMoney recruits Bloomberg execs. Today’s oops.
- The Q2 2014 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Why is it MSNBC is hyping soccer? Oh...that’s why. More.
- Kelly File videos: Ayers part three, reax from law enforcement.
- Wemple: MacCallum calls out ‘apologist’...did she have a point?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/01/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- If you have to watch the World Cup, this is how to do it.
- Q2 numbers: FNC tops rivals. More Q2: CNN, HLN, MSNBC.
- Will Murdoch buy Time-Warner, CNN included? (via HuffPo)
- All In with Hayes gets a makeover. CNN tops scorecards.
- Lund: Nobody needs it... CNBC is dead. Weekend numbers.
- Starr: CNBC adds to reality reruns with a tasty reality original.
- Imus videos: Judge Napolitano; Bill O’Reilly part one, part two.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg. Kelly File: Bill Ayers pt one, two.