May 2013
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/31/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Tips for twitter users and more.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Megyn Kelly grills Lou Dobbs and Erik Erickson.
- Uh-oh: Was Hayes lead story a false smear? (via NR)
- Video: Are the media starting to turn on Eric Holder?
- Zucker memo: Hey, I’m doing great, if I’m any judge.
- Concha: Today’s free advice on how to save MSNBC.
- Charlton: Did one bad move cause MSNBC’s collapse?
- Secret meeting: Govt officials outnumbered journos 2-1.
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Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/30/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Journalists panel on the double-secret AG confab.
- Profile: Bill Hemmer. CNN closes up shop in Baghdad.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Kiernan’s Crowd canned. 15 minutes rapidly dwindling.
- Who will attend AG’s double-secret meeting? Update.
- ICN: Viewers desert MSNBC as others cover actual news.
- Zurawik: The All-for-Obama channel paying with bad ratings.
- Video: Kirsten Powers calls the WH war on Fox ‘despicable’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/29/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Greta: Why meet with AG Holder for a photo op?
- Zucker play: CNN head slams rivals, defends ‘poop ship’.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Lean Backwards: MSNBC sinks, Maddow hits lows.
- May numbers: FNC tops; HLN up; CNN tops MSNBC.
- Mourning Joe does damage control. Weekend numbers.
- Which news net does partisan race-baiting in its promos?
- Cutter and Madden join CNN. Larry King diversifies.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on Holder’s potential perjury.
- Kelly Evans anchor debut is nothing to Squawk about.
- O’Reilly film gets Lowe; Ali Velshi resurfaces (via TVN).
- Videos: Juan Williams and Bernard Goldberg on Rosen etc.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/28/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Liz Claman, with Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway.
- Greta: DoJ claims starting to sound like a ‘big fat lie’.
- The Ailes manifesto: America rallies but for how long?
- Controversy swirls around disputed subpoena notice.
- Video: Judge Nap on bloggers’ 1st amendment rights.
- Eric Bolling discussion with Geraldo turns contentious.
- Zucker play: CNN teams with BuzzFeed and youtube.
- Vanity Fair list conspicuously omits unfavored names.
- Video: Have media covered Obama controversies fairly?
May 27 2013
05/27/13 00:00 Filed in: addenda
Best wishes from J$P for a happy and meaningful Memorial Day.
Memorial Day video courtesy Richard Sullivan on Vimeo.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
05/25/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Pareene: The biggest problem with MSNBC…is Joe?
- NYT paints Al-Jazeera US as oh so American. More.
- FNS videos: Targeting Fox News part one, part two.
- Reliable Sources videos: Targeting Fox and more.
- News Watch video: White House press intimidation.
- McCullagh: Law makes it easy to seize Rosen emails.
- Ed Henry: Fair and balanced in DC can get lonely.
- Video: Memorial Day weekend Movietone flashback.
- Video: Panel lightning round. Sunday talkers: preview.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/24/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Exiting Mayor seeks fair and balanced job (via Twitchy).
- Video: The chilling effects of snooping on journalists.
- Zurawik: Roger Ailes righteous vs Nixonian White House.
- Factor video: Marc Lamont Hill. Dylan Ratigan resurfaces.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/23/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wemple: Ailes memo a ‘masterpiece’. ICN: analysis.
- The Five video: Latest skirmishes in The War on Fox.
- Weds numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier. FBN milestone.
- Video: Judge Nap on taking the 5th part one, part two.
- Broadening the definition: CNN’s Stroumboulopoulos.
- FNC unveils Raysat-equipped ‘quick response vehicle’.
- Rothman: All In w/Hayes is a bomb because it’s a bore.
- Video: AG’s James Rosen warrant based on ‘rubbish’.
- Q&A: Adam Shapiro. Music of the morning. Olby emails.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly with Jon Stewart part one, part two.
- Special Report videos: All-star panel part one, part two.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/22/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Panel of journalists on the Rosen inquisition.
- Editorials back Rosen. Video: It’s groundbreaking.
- Greta named to illustrious list. Piers pens new book.
- Video: Rosen’s only crime is reporting for Fox News.
- Zucker play: CNN dumps Oklahoma for Jodi. More.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on scandal coverage.
- Powers: First they came for Fox News. New Bee girl.
'They Treat Whistleblowers Like Criminals'
05/21/13 19:32 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! All-Star panel analyzes the Dept of Justice vs James Rosen:
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/21/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Shep/8pm-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Lizza: Holder DoJ snooped into 30 phone numbers.
- Committee to Protect Journalists backs Rosen (v/TVN).
- Q&A: Gasparino; Jake Tapper. Weekend numbers.
- FNC wins week; tornado coverage tops Weather Channel.
- Video: Judge Nap asks how does Carney sleep at night?
- DoJ backpedals on Rosen, claims no charges planned.
- Concha: Obama’s war on Fox…this time it’s personal.
- New Day, new weather. The Dave Briggs specularama.
- Cablers go wall-to-wall covering Oklahoma catastrophe.
- As Fox News rises, MSNBC plummets to a seven-year low.
'Absolutely Unprecedented in US History'
05/20/13 13:58 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! Jim Pinkerton and Ellen Ratner slam the DoJ snooping on James Rosen:
Monday Links and Open Thread
05/20/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Ex-MSNBCer blasts ‘the place for utter ignorance’.
- Profile: Charlie Gasparino. Essence of MSNBC.
- Video: ‘There was no crime’ says Judge Napolitano.
- Fox News will ‘unequivocally defend’ James Rosen.
- Harsanyi: But we were told Fox wasn’t ‘real news’?!
- Video: Brit Hume blasts DoJ spying on James Rosen.
- Greenwald: Attack on the press escalates (via Twitchy).
- Obama admin targets FNC’s James Rosen in leak probe.
- MSNBC’s fast fade among pressing issues for Turness.
- CNN dropped by VTV over licensing flap. The brick look.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
05/18/13 11:00 Filed in: links
- Reliable Sources videos: IRS, Bloomberg, and more.
- Fox News Watch video: The DoJ targets journalists.
- Iran: Guess who dictates what Fox News airs? Israel!
- Expanded News Watch. Sunday talk: preview, HP recap.
Hats Off
05/17/13 11:47 Filed in: addenda
Updated! Searching for cable news truth, they read johnny dollar’s place…but don’t want you to know about it. A not-very-shocking exposé. ...read more
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/17/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Are the media showing signs of scandal fatigue?
- Coop special revisits Boston. Failing show seeks attention.
- Fast track: CNBC’s Kelly Evans gets anchor gig (via ICN).
- Factor video: Krauthammer unscrambles Obama’s words.
- Fox News to go West. Contract time: Maria’s new agent.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/16/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Beckel calls out MSNBC race baiters.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Concha: Feckless Obama worship is sinking MSNBC.
- CNBC’s Crowd doesn’t rule. Elam returns to CNN.
- The Five dominates all cable networks in its timeslot.
- Imus video: Stuart Varney on the DoJ, AP, and Benghazi.
- Activist shareholders raise a stink over bias at MSNBC.
- Factor video: E.D. Hill on life after a double mastectomy.
- VIdeo: All-star panel digs into Benghazi emails pt one, pt two.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/15/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell on politics vs principles.
- Hannity Q&A: TVNewser, H’wood Reporter. Coop moonlights.
- Cablers fume over DoJ AP raid. Video: Constitutional issues.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg calls for honest journalism.
- Roger Ailes awarded Bradley Prize for outstanding achievement.
'The Government Has Gone Too Far'
05/14/13 13:44 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! Marvin Kalb and Judy Miller react to the sweeping DoJ seizure of reporters’ phone records:
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/14/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is it all Rush Limbaugh’s fault?
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- F&F video: Wounded vets compete in Warrior Games.
- Profile: Sean Hannity nears his 1000th episode; Q&A.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Bid for a chance to meet Chris Jansing. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Zoraida Sambolin to undergo double mastectomy.
- F&F video: O’Reilly and Laura argue over DoJ vs the AP.
- GMA video: O’Reilly and Stephanopoulos part one, part two.
- Special Report video: Significance of the Gosnell verdict.
- Q&A: Harris Faulkner in Army Times [pdf]; Chris Cuomo (v/ICN).
'There's a Lot of String to Unravel'
05/13/13 15:34 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! Jim Pinkerton and Alan Colmes assess the coverage of the IRS, Benghazi, and today’s news conference:
Monday Links and Open Thread
05/13/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- New vistas in tabloid news: HLN After Dark now permanent.
- Geraldo, Bolling, and Spitzer (!?) squabble over Benghazi.
- Attn Piers: New CNN am host an avid hunter. Burke to CNN.
- Cruise from hell worse than CNN’s poop ship. Kurtz coddled?
- Imus video: Juan Williams on the IRS scandal, Benghazi, etc.
- Justice video: They lied. Cheryl Casone says buy, don’t rent.
'This is Chicago Gangster Politics'
05/12/13 19:04 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! The Political Insiders on Jay Carney, Benghazi, and the man behind the curtain...Tom Donilon:
Stupid, Dishonest, or Both?
05/11/13 16:08 Filed in: slanders
Sometimes it’s hard to tell if Fox haters are lying through their canine teeth, or if they’re just a pack of idiots. Oh wait…it could be both. ...read more
Weekend Links and Open Thread
05/11/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Reliable Sources videos: Cleveland, Benghazi, and more.
- News Watch video: Media memes at Benghazi hearings.
- Greta: While competitors sneered at Fox we did our job.
- Howard Kurtz goes missing. Sunday talkers: HuffPo recap.
- Zurawik: Cable news channels show true colors on huge night.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/10/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Circling the wagons at the NY Times.
- Another MSNBC demo crash: Last place across the board.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- America Live video: Families blame WH for Seal tragedy.
- Zucker play: 3-year plan for CNN includes Kurtz’s Sources.
- CNN to air reality show reruns. New Day dawning at CNN.
- (MS)NBC News Prez from ITV. Q&A: Trish Regan (v/TVN).
- Video: Harris-Perry on FX. Today’s Mika Q&A: AM mayhem.
- Fox mole’s 15 minutes. Video: Hangout with Rick Leventhal.
- Factor videos: The import of Benghazi and the media reaction.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/09/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Maddow, Stewart etc laugh at dead Americans.
- Lean Backwards: MSNBC 25-54 demo craters in every slot.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Profile: Shannon Bream, reporter Supreme.
- Video: Big three networks shrug at Benghazi revelations?
- Genius Fox mole enters guilty plea. Greta at Georgetown.
- Yet another impartial MSNBC journalist. Lean Forward!
- Teaser: New Day. Q&A: Jake Tapper. Chris Cuomo, deviant?
- Special Report video: Online panel on Benghazi revelations.
- CNN anchors fake satellite interview. Moonlighter Piers praised.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/08/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Kirell: Megyn Kelly goes extra mile to be fair and balanced.
- A cablenews love connection. Benghazi coverage roundup.
- Chris Wallace receives RTDNA lifetime achievement award.
- Imus video: Lis and Dierdre do Blond on Blond pt one, pt two.
- Zucker play: CNN skeds Robert Redford produced reality show.
- Laurie Dhue resurfaces (via FTV). Shactman: too-early bird.
- Video: The Benghazi difference. Today’s dishonest headline.
- Lean Forward: Shareholders prep for protest at annual meeting.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/07/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: A scandal too simple for the media?
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Stelter: Megyn Kelly re-ups at FNC, could move to prime.
- Inside the Kurtz crucifixion. Zucker play: CNN VP ousted.
- Imus video: Shepard Smith on Syria, Benghazi, and more.
- Mika B is still Obsessed: ‘it’s like alcoholism’.
- Huck to quit talk radio? Coop swatted. Weekend numbers.
- Nededog: Zucker hopes New Day will be just that for CNN.
- CNN hires from GMA, FNC; MSNBC hires from Mother Jones.
- Geraldo: Cut my mic? Not one time, ever. ICN: Oh, yeah? More.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on Dan Rather and polarization.
Monday Links and Open Thread
05/06/13 00:38 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Bill Ayers compared to Boston bombers.
- Friday’s numbers: Laura-Gosnell Special-The Five 1-2-3.
- Concha: Lazy Stelter reporting enabled Fox hater smear.
- Kirell: Ailes didn’t cut Rivera’s mic. Geraldo: Didn’t happen.
- TJ Holmes resurfaces. Zucker play: tweak, tweak!
- Video: Media double standards? Those gullible French!
- Fox & Friends video: Turbo team workout on the FNC plaza.
- Grenell: Ten things we learned from the Howard Kurtz grilling.
- Greta: Enough is enough…time to stop slapping Howard Kurtz.
You Decide!
05/05/13 23:49 Filed in: slanders
Writer and MSNBC employee Jonathan Alter sent out a tweet at 9:57 pm, boasting that a New York Times article ‘uses story from my new book The Center Holds about Ailes cutting Geraldo’s mic’. And sure enough, it does:
But there’s a catch. Did it really happen? ...read more
Alter’s tweet was quickly retweeted (further circulated) by Times media writer Brian Stelter, author of the article in question, and Politico’s Dylan Byers, himself fresh off a grueling dress-down of Howard Kurtz over inaccuracies in reporting.As the three {Fox & Friends] hosts criticized the administration for failing to save the ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans who died in Benghazi, Mr. Rivera protested. He accused the co-host Eric Bolling of lying, calling him “a politician trying to make a political point.” “After the argument continued for several minutes, Ailes called the control room and told the producers to cut Rivera’s mic,” Mr. Alter writes.
But there’s a catch. Did it really happen? ...read more
'You Can't Lie This Much Without It Coming Out'
05/05/13 19:48 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! The Political Insiders on Benghazi, Boston, Obamacare, and more:
Weekend Links and Open Thread
05/04/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Calderone: Continued concern over Kurtz Download role.
- Reliable Sources video: Kurtz crucified, part one, part two.
- Justice video: Why the excuses for missing Boston red flags?
- Zucker play: Coop’s Five imitation hemorrhages viewers.
- News Watch video: Is media treatment of Obama evolving?
- MSNBC prime plummets to fourth place. Mika B is Obsessed.
- Video: Media Benghazi bungle. Sunday talk: preview, HP recap.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/03/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Lean Backwards: Now w/Alex nosedives to an all-time low.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Shep Smith 1-2-3.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC caught deceptively editing video again.
- Shuster: Schultz demoted because he’s not part of MSNBC clique.
- Wemple: CNN should have Jake Tapper interview Howard Kurtz.
- CNN puts Kurtz under review. Analysis. Update: Staying at CNN.
- Multiple cablenewsers named to yet another distinguished list.
- Video: Three Hofstra students win FNC 2013 College Challenge.
- Q&A: Liz Claman. Mugged: Carol Costello ‘Apple-picking’ victim.
- Video: Whistleblower’s lawyer demands apology from John Kerry.
- Special: See No Evil. Some unbridled Anna Kooiman speculation.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/02/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The FIve video: What if May Day rioters were tea partiers?
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Daily Beast fires Howard Kurtz; CNN about to do the same?
- Audio: Adam Housley on his exclusive Benghazi interview.
- Hannity guest revises and extends. Liz Claman: Milken recap.
- April cablenews program ranker: Fox holds top thirteen slots.
- CNN’s second helping. Cuomo snags Foxy Knoxy. Q&A: Touré.
- Lean Forward: Politico’s blue-dress interview with Joe and Mika.
- Imus videos: Bob Beckel on visas; Mensa meeting pt one, pt two.
- Fox hater hypocrisy: For the n-word before they were against it.
- Special Report videos: Benghazi bungle part three; panel analysis.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/01/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is the DoD making war on Christianity?
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Fox focus on Benghazi gets results. Video: Update.
- Time-Warner’s Q1 hurt by advertising declines at CNN. More.
- FNC dominated newsworthy April and retained the most viewers.
- Lean Backward: In a month of huge news, MSNBC lost viewers.
- Imus video: Lt Col Bill Cowan opposes precipitous action in Syra.
- CNN buys a pro-nuclear-power, pro-global-warming documentary.
- Video: Is ‘too gruesome’ justification for not covering a news story?