Oct 2014
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/31/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Megyn 1-2-3.
- Video: Stuart Varney exposes Maddow’s dishonesty.
- Somerby: Maddow rips Fox over nonexistent report!?
- Pentagon objects to Fox UBL special; Greta responds.
- Q&A: Chris Wallace (via FDC); FBN’s Jo Ling Kent.
- Joe Concha zings Alex Wagner, nails LZ Granderson.
- Audio: Howard Stern news tracks down Anna Kooiman.
- Audio: Jake Tapper w/Laura. Today’s oops; bonus oops.
- Video: Leaks, prosecutions, and the WH media strategy.
- Ailes advice given to Megyn Kelly. Flashback: Terry Keenan.
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Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Somerby: ‘Maddow took Media Matters bullsh!t and ran.’
- MSNBC election hosts: journalists Maddow and Matthews.
- Two-hour Daily Rundown to be hosted by José Diaz-Balart.
- FTV: Brian Stelter says missing plane ‘a bigger story today’.
- Q&A: Neil Cavuto, tv trailblazer. Unappreciative Weather.
- Factor video: Truth Serum. Greta begins her new podcast.
- Marsh: Did MSNBC’s Deutsch perpetrate a real estate scam?
- Arwa Damon honored; Robin Meade in Vegas. New CNN app.
- CNNi: Doubts about disclosure (v/CNNC). Profile: Ari Melber.
- CNN’s extreme website makeover appears in beta (via CNCC).
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Rosen: Holder comments scarcely address AG’s conduct.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- FNC two-night special interviews SEAL who killed UBL.
- October program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Charlton: Al-Jaz America’s ratings...lower than Current!
- Q&A: Sean Hannity, matchmaker; Sally Kohn, part deux.
- CNN’s ‘angry black woman’. Anthony Bourdain moonlights.
- Kelly File video: Megyn zings McMurry, details Ebola memo.
- OtR video: Adam Housley. Factor video: Bernard Goldberg.
- Alisyn makes the team. Erin doesn’t. David won’t (v/CNNC).
- CNN special: The Iran Hostage Crisis. HLN Logo makeover.
- Melissa Harris-Perry speaks at KU; more. Brian Stelter at ASU.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Rachel Maddow airs doctored tape of Issa.
- October numbers: Fox tops. Also-rans: MSNBC, CNN.
- Video: Judge Nap on non-citizens voting in midterms.
- Tyler: Cast of ‘runaway hit’ Outnumbered speaks out.
- Wemple: Palin discusses lack of Costello on-air apology.
- Wolf and Anderson headline CNN’s election coverage.
- Rothstein: Doubts about diversity at Reliable Sources.
- Q&A: Lou Dobbs’s coffee; The Rev’s rations. Whoops!
- Only one cablenewser got CBS’s OK to talk to Attkisson.
- Video: Howard Kurtz on Sharyl Attkisson hacking claims.
- ICN: No apology? Carol Costello is just following orders.
- Rothstein: Kirstie Alley has a proposition for Jake Tapper.
- Q&A: Sally Kohn. Profile: CNN’s Peter Hamby (via CNCC).
- Ty’s extreme makeover: HLN edition. Weekend numbers.
- Zucker play: Broadening the definition of news (via CNNC).
- Standoff resolved, Jana Winter leaves FNC. Ailes honored.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/27/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Shep, Bill, Martha, Megyn, Bret: FNC election team. FBN.
- Q&A: Shepard Smith on Ebola, politics, and ‘the monster’.
- Weprin: Behind-the-scenes on the Fox News Deck with Shep.
- Concha: An on-air apology is Carol Costello’s only option.
- Profile: Lea Gabrielle, from Navy pilot to Fox journo (v/TVN).
- Are the suits at CNBC looking to broom some of their talent?
- CNN partners with Radius on college sex crimes documentary.
- Q&A: Stuart Varney. Cavuto remembers Terry Keenan (v/TVN).
- Greta: Media are flying at 1,000 feet. Meyer: Roots ‘outstanding’.
- Fox Report videos: Political insiders part one, part two, part three.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
10/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Midterms, Woodward part one, part two.
- Reliable Sources: Ebola fears; more Ebola fears, Jay Carney.
- Hogue: Alisyn’s New Day run ends in two weeks...or does it?
- Irvine: Repercussions of Dish/Turner deadlock. Sunday talk.
- Your Buzz videos: Arrogance, partisans, Crossfire, Jedediah.
- Leetaru: Don’t blame CNN et al for Ebola panic. Megyn: False.
- Wemple: Hannity segments get results. Harris-Perry at Harvard.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: NY hatchet attack deemed terrorism.
- Thursday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Baier 1-2-3. More.
- Q&A: Chris Wallace’s 50th year. R.I.P. Terry Keenan.
- Friday special: American Dream on the Ballot; preview.
- Q&A: Kate O’Brian, Michael Smerconish. Huck ponders.
- Wemple: Carol Costello should make an on-air apology.
- Yesterday’s firing demand escalates. Turbulent Weather.
- Somerby: Costello’s ‘astounding journalistic misconduct’.
- How an assault became a cable news joke...until it wasn’t.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg. Kelly File video: Dr Siegel.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- CNN Commentary: Fire ‘so-called news anchor’ Costello!
- Today’s apology: Carol Costello is sorry for a sorry display.
- Video: Look who’s back on Fox News...online. This is CNN.
- Rothstein: Who’s obsessed over whom? When it rains, it pours.
- Durden: Revenues are down because CNBC numbers are down.
- Wemple: Mr Bill ‘jumps the shark’ in his rebuttal to Jon Stewart.
- Today video: Bill O’Reilly and Matt Lauer. Imus video: Bret Baier.
- De Moraes: A look at Lisa Ling’s Life. Velez-Mitchell resurfaces.
- Indra out. Erin up. Zucker gloats. Choosy liberals choose CNN.
- Q&A: Chris Jansing (v/TV Newser); Liz Claman talks to Hadassah.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Concha: Why is Chuck Todd alienating half his audience?
- Chuck Todd rips Fox...in interview with Media Matters!
- With $100M losses yearly, Bloomberg adds Wiesenthal.
- Wemple: Why do so many Democrats watch Fox News?
- CNN goes Bing. HLN: Dead air. Bill O’Reilly: Mostly true.
- Q&A: Jake Tapper. Q&A: Megyn Kelly; video Q&A via TVN.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Scarry: Ed Schultz attempts to turn a lemon into lemonade.
- Dish Network drops Turner channels. Weekend numbers.
- Q&A: Elizabeth MacDonald. Somerby: MSNBC and the Times.
- ‘Reshaping’...then and now. Kate Bolduan introduces Cecelia.
- Wemple: CNN, the mostly-Ebola network, questions messaging?
- New Pew: Media polarization via Wemple. George Will part deux.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Diversity spat...did CNN call the NABJ head a liar?
- Happening Now video: The Roof of Africa part one, part two.
- Greta: That’s cold. Somerby: Where are our gatekeepers?
- ICN: CNN/Stelter cutbacks spin disingenuous and silly. More.
- CNN adds Hannah Bae; plus Chris Moody and Alexandra Jaffe.
- Sound bite. PunditFact: George Will...rated false. Or not? More.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
10/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Ebolarama, MSNBCNN, knee-jerk pundits.
- Reliable Sources: Ebola politics and ratings, media shake-ups.
- Tucker: Five ways Phil Griffin can get MSNBC back on track.
- Sunday special: Ebola in America. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Videos: Rachel Maddow with Seth Meyers part one, part two.
- Your Buzz videos: Gay marriage, Fox miniskirts, media hacks?
- Zucker punch: CNN cuts NABJ dollars; Ronald Martin responds.
- Factor video: Howard Kurtz on Ebolarama. No CNN Today today.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Vindication for Andrea Tantaros...from CNN!
- Somerby: Chris Hayes’s pandering...dishonest and vile.
- Fox News special: American Payday: The Big Squeeze.
- Greta: In defense of Fox News...and MSNBCNN as well.
- Video: Czar stirs controversy. Wemple: Levittown truth?
- Fox News Latino readership grows. Sandra Smith news.
- Charlton: After deep cuts, will CNN have the last laugh?
- Maglio: Double-digit ratings drops spurred CNN layoffs.
- Unguarded to return...as occasional primetime specials?
- A proud member of the ‘10% club’: fired CNNer speaks out.
- As CNN targets online news, the head of digital gets the axe.
- Imus video: Mike Baker. F&F video: Kilmeade scolds Gohmert.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media skepticism and Ebola.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Could this be the reason for MSNBC’s ratings ennui?
- Wemple: Greg Gutfeld should be the Fox Ablow Ombudsman.
- Concha: Stewart staff exemplifies ‘white privilege’ hypocrisy.
- Daily Show extended video: Mr Bill O’Reilly with Jon Stewart.
- Wallenstein: Does CNNGo represent the future of television?
- Borowitz: CNN defends its new slogan. TJ Holmes resurfaces.
- Owens: Don’t judge CNN solely by ratings. Who is best-known?
- CNN betting on a ‘hunger for politics’. Don Lemon’s other crib.
- Geraldo: Thanks but no thanks. Flashback: Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
- Q&A: Liz McDonald; Liz Clayman; Clayman on Ebola market impact.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Concha: Is Ebola media overkill approaching O.J. levels?
- Q&A: Sean Hannity (v/TVN). Grace under fire? (v/CNNC)
- Richard Grenell re-ups at FNC. Hasselbeck out for surgery.
- Adams: Lisa Ling show focuses on ‘subculture’. This is CNN.
- Zucker punched: Unguarded; Sanjay Gupta, Money; Crossfire.
- Bloodbath: Deep, wide cuts deliver Zucker punch to CNN/HLN.
- Factor video: Drs Alvarez and Adalja react to O’Reilly comments.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Dr Manny Alvarez calls on CDC chief to resign.
- Amanpour staff cut (v/Wemple) + JVM and more (CNNC).
- Green: Is CNN even more Islamophobic than Fox News?!
- Somerby: On ratings, gaps, and age. Weekend numbers.
- Rothstein: CNBC graphics makeover looks oddly familiar.
- Jackson: MSNBC’s problem is not its diversity. A bargain!
- The heart of Mrs Payne. Factor video: Protecting America.
- The most trusted name in eats. 9News now CNNPhillipines.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Finger-pointing over Ebola proliferates.
- Friday’s numbers: Bret Baier-O’Reilly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Grove: The making of a Fox News hit...Outnumbered.
- Concha: Ronan may be first casualty in MSNBC shake-up.
- Wemple: MSNBC slides into irrelevance. Q&A: Robyn Curnow.
- Lean Downward: As ratings crater MSNBC loses ground to CNN.
- Political Ticker silenced. Housecall video: Ebola fear vs facts.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
10/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Ebola, Bill O’Reilly, midterm apathy.
- Reliable Sources: ISIS rules, Islamophobia, Jeremy Renner.
- Patti Ann Browne: A bad spill ‘rocked my whole body’.
- Patton tops the charts at NY Times, Wall Street Journal.
- F&F video: The Caped Crusader turns 75. F&F reunion.
- Together: Roger Ailes and...Rosie O’Donnell?! Today’s oops.
- Your Buzz videos: Ebola, briefings, more Ebola, CBS, Obama.
- ICN: Is Jeff Zucker telling tales out of school? Sunday talkers.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/10/14 01:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: First Media Buzz hangout with Joe Concha et al.
- Rothstein: Black journalists deliver Zucker punch to CNN.
- Eloy: Turner’s cutbacks a Zucker punch to Atlanta. More.
- Revamped FNC Insider has new pages for people and shows.
- New Pew: Even as audiences shrink, cable news profits soar.
- Wemple: Survey says Fox News scores well among Millennials.
- Rothstein: Is ‘the place for politics’ about to change its focus?
Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Trying to keep Secret Service scandal secret?
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Ed Schultz recording his MSNBC program from his home studio.
- New layoffs hit CNN/HLN. F&F video: X-Files star returns to sci-fi.
- Late Show videos: Anderson Cooper part one, part two, part three.
- Factor video: Eric Shawn, Molly Line on witch doctors and cartoons.
- Before CNN reality, there was CNBC. Zucker punch: CNN zings Piers.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Reaction to the O’Reilly/Panetta Q&A.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Belloni: CNBC in talks to launch a show with Jay Leno.
- Piers: CNN tried to get Megyn Kelly for primetime (v/aw).
- Fortune video: Sheryl Sandberg interviews Megyn Kelly.
- Weprin: One year later, FNC primetime revamp a success.
- Cavuto videos: The Amazing Kreskin part one, part two.
- MSNBC skeds post-award-show extras. Q&A: Mike Rowe.
- Factor video: Leon Panetta part one, part two, part three.
- Why is Coop silent? Comcast shareholders OK merger deal.
- Sherman: Why the CNN layoffs? Lisa Desjardins finds work.
- Leach: Rowe hour a ‘feel-good, positive human documentary’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Robust debate over impact of airstrikes.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- FNC celebrates as it turns 18. Flashback. Weekend numbers.
- CNN rocked by hundreds of TBS layoffs. Friday night blues.
- Bauder: CNN aims to dominate breaking news and reality tv.
- Scarry: How to save Crossfire. Concha: Can Piers find work?
- CNN sued for $5 million. CNN: The Cable Non-News Network?
- Q&A: Megyn Kelly; Mike Rowe; Maria Bartiromo, ratings smash.
- Goldberg: The media’s authoritarianism infects Ebola coverage.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg rips the FBI, defends Andrea Tantaros.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn 1-2-3.
- On CNN’s version of Roots, the stars are the news.
- Piers Morgan resurfaces. Larry King re-resurfaces.
- Tapper and Blitzer moonlighting. Megyn and Sheryl.
- Fox & Friends video: Ron Fournier. Maria’s big news.
- Jeff Zucker cutting costs, rebooting CNN. More. Layoffs.
- Wolff: Jeff Bewkes has to clean up CNN, as Murdoch waits.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
10/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Secret Service, Ebola fears, sex police?
- Reliable Sources: Ebola fears, Secret Service, the sex police?
- Why is Chris Cuomo moonlighting? MSNBC tinkering with 3A.
- Bourdain in the Bronx. Ex-CNNer settles suit. Sunday talkers.
- Wemple: The news anchor’s dodge...‘just asking’. Today’s oops.
- Your Buzz videos: The ‘latte salute’, Jon Stewart, Chelsea’s baby.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Concha: When Obama zings Fox, guess who benefits?
- Another skirmish in The War on Fox: FNC returns fire.
- Video: Media Ebola coverage: chaotic or indispensable?
- Shep Q&As: HottyToddy; SBNation; audio: ESPN; JOX-FM.
- Scarry: Disclosure issues haunt Alex Wagner. More.
- Electrifying new CNN series to focus on...painters?!
- Steel: CNN at crossroads, reasserts itself (via CNNC).
- Weprin: CNN’s ‘reality’ strategy at a critical crossroads.
- Imus video: Bill Hemmer. Swells gather at The Rev’s rave.
- Factor video: Are airstrikes on ISIS part of a ‘phony war’?
- Top ten Heroes countdown begins. Rowe debut: ‘intriguing’.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- FBN skeds Friday 5:00 am live Hong Kong coverage.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Saperstein: CNN is carving out a niche for ‘reality news’.
- Kelly File video temporarily pulled over safety concerns.
- Q&A: Piers Morgan dishes CNN dirt. Profile: Mike Rowe.
- Charlton: POTUS, poll numbers, and cable news ratings.
- T.J. Holmes finds work. Rosa Flores goes back to school.
- Kelly File video: Inside the mosque attended by beheader.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly w/Letterman part one, part two, part three.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/01/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Dr Marc Siegel explains Ebola facts.
- Kurtz: Gender issues and media drove SS resignation.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- MSNBC’s resident 9/11 truther finds additional work.
- Turbulent Weather. Wemple: Sexism from...Mika B?!?
- Q3 2014 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Q&A: José Diaz-Balart; Anthony Bourdain. Today’s oops.
- Imus video: Martha MacCallum. Parts Unknown slippage.
- MSNBC daytime doldrums. MSNBCers in their own bubble?
- Kelly File video: Canon Andrew White warns of ISIS in Iraq.
- Wemple: In Q3 2014 Fox News dominated 25-54 demographic.