• Media Buzz videos: Ferguson, Ferguson, Cosby’s enablers.
• Reliable Sources: Ferguson, Ferguson, Ferguson, Janay Rice.
• Sunday: Special edition of The Factor, plus Killing Kennedy.
• Controversy swirls around CNN reporting of Ferguson protests.
• Profile: Judge Andrew Napolitano, down on the farm.
• Is CNN tarnishing its Newsroom brand?  Sunday talkers.
• Special Report video: The ‘Mighty Moms of Walter Reed’.
• Your Buzz videos: Bill Cosby, Uber, The Rev, a clothes call.
• Friday special: Elvis at 80.  Q&A: Soledad O’Brien, Bill Weir.
• Connor: What (selected) cablenewers are thankful for (v/CNNC).

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• Stan Freberg: The Thanksgiving Story
• Universal Newsreel: Macy’s Parade
• The Bob Newhart Show: An American Family
• The Jack Benny Program: How Jack Spent Thanksgiving
• The Incredible Hulk: Homecoming
• Father Knows Best: Thanksgiving Day
• Winston Churchill: America’s Thanksgiving

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Riots, destruction, looting prove to be good news for CNN.
• Kiss me (goodbye), Kate.  CNN named to distinguished list.
• Kaplan: Don Lemon under fire for poor journalism and bias.
• Holley: Lemon is aggressively subjective.  Valinsky: Stupid Don. 
• Special Report video: On stand down orders and talking points.
• Calling Facebook authorities!  HuffPoers hail Harrigan attackers.
• Q&A: Mike Tobin; Bill Weir; Chris Hayes.  Totally gratuitous link.
• Video: O’Reilly w/Jimmy Fallon part one, part two, part three.
• Wemple: It’s time for Bill O’Reilly to fess up re Ebola comments.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the media’s role in Ferguson.

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• The Five video: It wasn’t the police who killed Ferguson.
• Monday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Cooper-O’Reilly 1-2-3.
• Steve Harrigan: ‘It was worse than the camera showed’.
• Video: Steve Harrigan takes cover as gunfire breaks out.
• Concha: Ferguson must-see tv...for all the wrong reasons.
• Video: Howard Kurtz says a false narrative trumped facts.
• Zurawik: Is there a shred of journalistic integrity at MSNBC?
• Orman out.  Finney to Media Matters.  Maddow: Mostly true.
• Mike Rowe reams anti-GOP commenter.  Weekend numbers.
• Hemingway: Benghazi report ‘debunks’ Fox ‘lies’? Not so fast...

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• Video: Catherine Herridge on Benghazi report disputes.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Wemple: CNN’s pre-decision coverage is ‘breathtaking’.
• Cablers get ducks in a row for a night of Ferguson coverage.
• Weir rewrite: Last Chance becomes Wonder List (v/Weprin).
• CNN, Sarah Palin named to distinguished list (via TVNewser).
• Ed Henry asks about The Rev.  Rossie: Enough with the yelling!
• ANHQ video: Rev Johnnie Moore on Christians fleeing genocide.
• Wemple: Ego-driven anchors play games with your right to know.
• Videos: Melissa Francis, Hollywood to Harvard part one, part two.
• Fox Report videos: Political Insiders pt one, pt two, pt three, pt four.

Tags: baier, ratings 2014, palin, cooper, lemon

• Media Buzz videos: Immigration etc, Uber, Cosby, Attkisson.
• Reliable Sources:  Darren Wilson, Benghazi, Uber, Bill Cosby.
• Attkisson: DoJ document dump shows attempt to ‘fix Fox’.
• Cable news goes to pot as copycats ape reality channels.
• Gloria Borger honored.  More Weir.  Sunday talk: preview.
• Ostrow: Are cable news nets inciting violence in Ferguson? 
• Williams: Are liberal news outlets begging for riots in Ferguson?
• Your Buzz videos: Gruber, CNBC, Krauthammer, Beck, Jenna Bush.

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• Thursday numbers: Obama/FNC-O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
• Nobody’s business: CNBC viewership falls to a 20-year low.
• F&F video: Geraldo vs Tucker immigration debate turns rowdy.
• White House exec quits, signs up with...MSNBC!   Today’s oops.
• Video: Howard Kurtz on broadcast nets skipping Obama speech.
• Dish/Turner flap may escalate further...or not!  It’s Live! (on tape).

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• Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• FNC to air Killing Kennedy + a special Factor Sunday Nov 30.
• Somerby: Rachel tells a story, gets it wrong.  Brown to return.
• Cable ‘Nostalgia’ Network’s The 70s.  Bill Weir’s Last Chance.
• Numb3rs: CNBC and Kensho team for ‘stat box’.  Zucker play.
• ICN: Lemon’s apology was ‘bull---- and double bull----!’  More.
• F&F video: Harris and Hemmer co-host Ailes Apprentice gala.
• Alan Dershowitz: CNN is ‘more dangerous’ than The Guardian!
• Kelly File videos: Ted Cruz vs Jennice Fuentes on executive action.
• Rebound: F&F with Hasselbeck co-hosting up 33% vs previous week.

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• The Five video: Is NBC News Political Director ‘in the tank’?
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• A ‘solipsistic banshee scream from a hyperbaric chamber’.
• Lewis: If only cable news could be ‘smart’ like Jon Stewart.
• Solution to Coop’s ratings slump: put Erin Burnett in at 9 pm?
• Wemple: Lemon apology was ‘insufficient...factually spotty’.
• Imus video: Mike Baker.  Lemon drops another classic; ‘sorry!’
• CNN massacre reports bring call to pull press privileges. More.
• Vranjican: Swells gather for Rita Cosby Wounded Warrior gala.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media’s Ferguson coverage.

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• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• As ‘likes’ top one million, Kelly File to hold online Q&A.
• FBN sets live pipeline vote coverage.   Q&A: Mike Rowe.
• Wemple: Sharpton’s role a jumble of conflicts of interest.
• Wemple: No wonder Gruber gave Ronan the exclusive!
• Latest MediaBuzz more than doubles MSNBCNN combined.
• Profile: Jo Nosuchinsky.  Today’s oops.  Weekend numbers.
• Bill O’Reilly hangs up on ESPN when interview turns nasty.
• Is Ty Pennington show DOA?  Veronica de la Cruz resurfaces.
• Hasselbeck F&F homecoming lost viewers vs previous week.
• Black in America special: Black and Blue.  Soledad in Texas.
• Kelly File video: Judge Napolitano warns of ‘constitutional fire’.
• Fox Report video: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.

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• Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Zurawik: Fox News dominance calls for analysis, not dismissal.
• Zucker punched: CNN’s Dirty Jobs loses 60% of its audience.
• Rothstein: Wolf is desperate to save sinking SitRoom (v/CNNC).
• Wemple: CNBC’s risible response to Melissa Francis. ‘Sickening’.
• Video: Melissa Francis ‘ashamed to say’ CNBC did silence her.
• Swells pitch in to help hype Heroes.  Chris Wallace: Half true.
• Promos for MSNBC signature series promise fights and ‘vent sex’.
• The Conch Potato: Cenk Uygur’s desperate attack on Glenn Beck.

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• Reliable Sources videos: Bill Cosby, Ferguson, pointing.
• Media Buzz videos: Grubergate, Melissa Francis, Brit Hume.
• Fareed and Cliff.  Q&A: Richard Engel.  Sunday talkers.
• Factor video: Jon Stewart with Mr Bill part un, part deux.
• Steinberg: HLN, where the product placement never stops.
• Your Buzz videos: CNN calls, polls, Attkisson, CBS ties, Fox bias.

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• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Video: CNBC silenced Melissa Francis Obamacare exposés.
• Somerby: Rachel Maddow’s weirdly poisonous ‘faux news’.
• F&F video: Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s emotional homecoming.
• Erik Wemple appeals to FNC to investigate Gruber remarks.
• Swells gather for Ailes Apprentice Program graduation gala.
• Conan videos: Chuck Todd part one, part two (via Mediaite).
• Exodus from The Situation Room (v/CNNC).  Anthem alarm!
• Full Factor video: Rob O’Neill.  Bret Baier unwelcome here.
• Profile: CNN’s Meredith Artley.  Today’s Zakaria update (v/ICN).
• Husain: CAIR wants time on FNC; response.  Hume: Mostly false.

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• Wednesday’s numbers: ShotUBL-O’Reilly-Kelly 1-2-3.
• Ailes Apprentice program marks ten years of success.
• Bartiromo in Palm Springs.  UBL special 2 sets records.
• Outnumbered video: Kirsten stunned at Gruber blackout.
• Hasselbeck returns Friday. Today’s Huckabee specularama.
• Somerby: Maddow’s propaganda treats viewers like fools.
• 70% of Fox stock value is from the cable channels.  More.
• CNNi simulcasts to continue?  Maeve Reston to CNN; Q&A.
• Dish/Turner dispute turns on the value of CNN.  This is CNN.
• ICN: Fareed Zakaria controversy escalates as Zucker dithers.
• CNN renews Bourdain, Rowe, Ling.  Rafael Romo teargassed.
• Mr Bill rescues student paper; The Conch Potato approves.
• Report: Griffin’s MSNBC job ‘precarious’.  Diaz-Balart: Half-true.
• Video: Howard Kurtz rips Gruber non-coverage, zings Ronan; more.

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• The Five video: Peter Doocy discusses UBL special.
• Fox News UBL special tops MSNBCNNHLN combined.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-ShotUBL-Megyn 1-2-3.
• Kurtz: FNC taking ‘serious look’ at Huckabee status.
• Somerby: Maddow ‘one of the most dishonest’ ever.
• Back to the Future: MSNBC to meld cable and online.
• He’s got a Kate Upton crush.  F&F video: Peter Doocy.
• Easley: MSNBC’s decline began when Olbermann left.
• Rothstein: CNNer embroiled in conflict of interest flap.
• Zucker play: Road trip!  Non-news, brought to you by VW.
• Q&A: Melissa Francis, Charles Payne.  CNN execs upped.

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• Zucker punched: Anderson Cooper 360 hits all-time low.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Shep video: Peter Doocy talks about the man who shot UBL.
• FNC tops all cable nets.  Elisabeth Hasselbeck resurfaces.
• Grace under fire.  Bernardini promoted.  Weekend numbers.
• Koffler: Now I respect Brit Hume even more.   Today’s oops.
• Weprin: The inside story on Fox’s UBL-shooter special.  More.
• UBL-shooter Q&A is a big get for Peter Doocy.  Five questions.
• Kelly File video: Judge Napolitano’s questions for the next AG.
• Bourdain moonlights.  Kimberly’s crib.  Scarborough hearts WaPo.

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• Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-O’Bolling 1-2-3.
• Peter Doocy on ‘Gatewood’, and who shot UBL.  More.
• Ailes Apprenticeship Program grad describes its impact.
• Reporting on Fareed is punished, Fareed isn’t! (v/CNNC)
• Byers: High anxiety and low morale at CNN’s DC bureau.
• New Day ratings declined with Alisyn!  Russkies dump CNN.
• Painted into a corner, MSNBC loses the election.  Flashback.
• Remix video: Obama, Dr Dre, and...Megyn Kelly! (via DShaw)
• Full F&F video: Condoleeza Rice.  Greg Palkot recalls The Wall.
• The Fox Report videos: The Political Insiders part one, part two.

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• MediaBuzz: Midterms, Ed Henry, Attkisson pt one, pt two.
• Reliable Sources: Les Moonves, Dan Rather, Brent Bozell.
• Concha: MSNBC’s problems summed up in one question.
• DirecTV’s secret AJAm lawsuit.  Today’s heinous outrage!
• Sommer: Markets nervous over Comcast/Time Warner deal.
• Swells gather for CNBC fete.  Today’s oops.  Sunday talkers.
• Today’s opus on the evils of cable news.  Q&A: Zucker (v/ICN).
• Alisyn’s New Day stint not moving the needle.  Money matters.
• Party time at Coop’s crib. This is CNN: Strippers and gay rodeos.
• Your Buzz videos: The economy, Hillary, Chris Christie, cover-up.

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• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Gasparino/Insana twitter spat spills over to tv: FBN video.
• Which MSNBC host is advising WH how to deal with the GOP?
• Keith Ablow: I stand by what I said.  FNC drops Dr Ben Carson.
• Video: Are GOP complaints re midterms coverage ill-founded?
• Imus video: Chris Wallace on the midterms, Iran, and more.
• OtR videos: Sgt Tahmooressi’s story.  Scarborough: Half-true.
• More ‘news’ from the ‘news leader’.  Scarborough’s chagrin.
• CNN Heroes hype kicks off tonight.  Zurawik Q&A: Mike Rowe.
• Website spills UBL shooter’s name; Megyn, Peter Doocy respond.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on crazy election night punditry.

Tags: ratings 2014, greta, mojo, cooper, megyn, oreilly

• Today Jesse Watters really got under Bob Beckel’s skin.
• On Big Wednesday a dozen Fox News programs set records.
• Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
• Sharyl Attkisson scorches ‘proven unreliable’ Media Matters.
• Bauder: Dr Keith Ablow’s political ‘diagnoses’ (via Stelter).
• Steinberg: Biznets pin hopes on revised ratings procedures.
• MSNBC goes to pot.  Phil Griffin touts a year of msnbc.com.
• Fox & Friends video: Condoleeza Rice.  Facebook favors FNC.
• Greta special tonight: Marine Freed: Sgt Tahmooressi’s Story.
• Turner/DishNet war of words escalates.  Erin given token role?
• Collins: Do we really need cable news?  Richard Quest honored.
• Video: A depressing night for MSNBC.  Fancy digs, few holograms.

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• Cable beats broadcast: FNC election night coverage tops all.
• Tuesday numbers: Returns/FNC-TheFive-Returns/CNN 1-2-3.
• Zurawik: CNN coverage ‘debased’ while MSNBC struggled.
• Concha: The good, bad, and funny on cable election night.
• Kurtz: A night of punditry.  Byers: Hubbub over exit polls.
• During a horrible, terrible week, CNBC abandons news.
• Wemple: Sally Kohn, cream of the lefty crop. Stormy Weather.
• Bourdain moonlights.  Worth a thousand words.   Spin cycle.
• Imus videos: Bernard Goldberg, Ed Henry, Juan Williams.
• O’Connell: A rough month for MSNBC, languishing in third.
• Sterne: Bloomberg tries to attract eyeballs.  The war on Fox!
• Piers Morgan changes the channel.  Q&A: CNN’s Andrew Morse.

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• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-BretBaier-The Five 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Maddow smears Fox with...another edited clip!
• Karen Finney finis at MSNBC; is she just the first of many?
• Charlton: Insiders spill the beans on MSNBC’s ‘evolution’.
• Imus video: Ed Henry.  Colbert video: Chuck Todd (v/TVN).
• Dishnet’s Ergen: Losing CNN is no big deal.  HLN makeover.
• Videos: Sharyl Attkisson on The Factor, F&F, Imus, Kilmeade.
• OtR video: Tahmooressi coverage recap.  Weekend numbers.
• Election night rundown: Capitol NY; Variety.  Strategy Room.
• Election Q&A: Bret Baier; Gerri Willis, Neil Cavuto, Rich Edson.

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• Friday’s numbers: Bret Baier-The Five-O’Gutfeld 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Maddow rebuttal to Varney ‘grossly deceptive’.
• Cosmo Q&A: Megyn Kelly’s secrets of success.  CNN crows.
• Q&A: Sandra Smith, Eric Shawn, Carl Cameron, Neil Cavuto.
• CNN’s Barbara Starr honored.   Imus video: Laura Ingraham.
• Coy to MSNBC: Stop ‘cooking the books’.  Q&A: Jo Ling Kent.
• Michelle Nunn gets John Roberts blackballed from key debate.
• Happening Now video: How fair is media’s midterms coverage?
• Dozier: Controversy swirls around SEAL team’s books, interviews.
• Fox Report videos: Political insiders pt one, pt two, pt three, pt four.

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• Media Buzz videos: Hillary, pundit predictions, Chris Christie.
• Reliable Sources: Global warming, Fox on Ebola, political ads.
• Sgt Tahmooressi’s only interview is with Greta van Susteren.
• F&F videos: Greta and Bill Richardson on marine’s release.
• MSNBC: We beat CNN!...but there’s a catch.  Dashing Dash.
• Facebook fans favor Fox first.  Andrea Tantaros in Newberry.
• When religious news breaks, cablers turn to priestly pundits.
• FNC will air UBL-killer interview despite Pentagon objections.
• Um, did Anthony Bourdain go somewhere...like, maybe, Iran?
• Your Buzz videos: Woodward, the Palins, Ferguson, midterms.
• Q&A: John Roberts in NOLA, Carl Cameron in KY.  Sunday talk.

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