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Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/23/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Report: Comcast will drop Time/Warner merger deal.
- Video: Bret Baier previews Friday’s Tangled Web special.
- Q&A: The many faces...and varied careers...of Andy Levy.
- Daily Show video: Dana Perino w/Jon Stewart. Glamour Q&A.
- Mike Rowe in Arcata; Anthony Bourdain in Barnegat Light.
- Pomerantz: Maybe Comcast doesn’t need Time/Warner anyhow.
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Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/21/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Maddow: ‘The host at Fox News who is called Bret Baier’.
- Ten nuggets from Dana Perino’s book. Weekend numbers.
- Rothstein: Despite Weiner stunt Reliable ratings plummet.
- Concha: Reliable Sources shouldn’t have booked Weiner.
- Survival expert turns down CNN’s offer to make fun of him.
- Thomas Roberts honored. Profile: Don Lemon (via CNNC).
- CNN’s ‘pot block’ gets high ratings as Legends & Lies grows.
- Joe S on Comcast deal: I’m no expert, I don’t know the issues.
- Zurawik: How cable news shaped perceptions of citizen’s death.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/20/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Dana Perino previews her new book.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- FNC gets exclusives from Clinton Cash; more; sets special.
- Q&A: Roger Ailes on Hillary, Cruz, Brian Williams, and more.
- TCG: Just how reliable are the sources on Reliable Sources?
- CNN pre-2016 hiring spree (via ICN). Cable news Peabodies.
- Imus video: FNC’s Juan Williams. Candy Crowley resurfaces.
- MSNBC insiders, alums assess its challenges. Cue the leg thrill.
- Coop talks career in Greensboro. Coy Wire does HLN weekends.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/14/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Politico list: Baier, Ed Henry, Kirsten Powers ‘on the right’!
- Lean Downward: MSNBC distant 4th for Clinton launch.
- CNN revisits the Gulf oil disaster. Video Q&A: Mika B.
- Dierdre Bolton: Elevator pitches. Brian Williams to CNN?
- New HLN game show set to air daily. Weekend numbers.
- Is Sean Hannity the unofficial first stop for GOP hopefuls?
- Joyella: Cable news ‘nothing burgers’. Q&A: Stacey Dash.
- Richard Quest moonlighting. Being out front helps Out Front.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/10/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Bolling-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News may move to the World Trade Center (v/TVN).
- Lean Forward: Scott family asks The Rev to stay away.
- Fox & Friends, Bret Baier beat NBC/CBS in major markets!
- Inside FNC’s Legends & Lies. Chris Wallace, Mr Sunday.
- Greta: My questions for Hillary Clinton, and a disclosure.
- Brooke Baldwin bounce leads to prime time opportunity?
- Imus video: Bret Baier. DC Journal video: Tucker Carlson.
- Gay: Ten reasons why Brian Williams should go to...MSNBC?!
- Q&A: Mika Brzezinski; Mike Rowe; Josh Lipton at CNBC’s SF digs.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/13/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Cramer’s recommendations...your cat could pick better?
- Lean Downward: Viewers desert Wagner for Jake Tapper.
- Special: Unholy War: The March of ISIS. Alan’s hate mail.
- This is CNN not going overboard. Another Don Lemon flap.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on coverage of email-gate.
- Lean Forward Facebook Theater. Orman, Carville resurface.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/25/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-MacCallum-Baier 1-2-3.
- February program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- A simpler MSNBC. Ground-breaking show set for Sundays.
- NY Times: O’Reilly/Fox News symbiosis. Sherman: Backfire.
- Imus video: Bret Baier. Farhi: No-spin zone crisis control.
- Q&A: Maria Bartiromo on building a career; Mika Brzezinski.
- Rachael Ray video: Elisabeth Hasselbeck. A matter of time.
- Jamie Colby’s comics story (v/TVN). Insider video: Megyn Kelly.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
02/21/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Bill O’Reilly, James Rosen, Giuliani’s gaffe?
- Reliable Sources videos: O’Reilly part one, part two, part three.
- Concha: Hidden motives behind Corn/Engberg O’Reilly attacks.
- Flashback: 1982 New York Times story on rioting in Buenos Aires.
- Stelter: ‘Rampant uncertainty’ widespread at MSNBC.
- F&F video: Anna’s engagement story. Laurie Dhue resurfaces.
- Weekend special: The Democrats...Coronation or Confrontation?
- Engberg challenges O’Reilly; FNC replies. Who’s a far-left zealot?
- Factor video: O’Reilly, Goldberg, Rivera respond to Mother Jones.
- Fowler: MSNBC’s blunder. Today’s petition drive. Sunday talkers.
- Your Buzz videos: Walker, Chapel Hill, new media, Piers, contempt.
- Morning Joe at noon, for $75 a head. Spurlock ‘relatively accurate’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/04/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Shepard Smith in Jordan for a possibly ‘pivotal’ moment.
- MSNBC shake-up imminent: ‘Everything is on the table’.
- FBN political coverage a no-Bush zone. Gretchen in Florida.
- Good Morning America blurs screen shot to hide CNN logo!
- ICN: Don Lemon stunts are turning him into a self-caricature.
- Concha: Posting ISIS video online shows lack of consistency.
- Wemple: Posting ISIS video online is the best way to cover it.
- Wemple: Fox airs flames photo, pulls off tactful balancing act.
- Video: Dierdre Imus/Lis Wiehl vaccine debate goes off the rails.
- Gore/Al Jazeera escrow dispute will go to trial (via Liberaland).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Weekend Links and Open Thread
12/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Sony caves, stolen goods, Cosby vs CNN.
- Reliable Sources: NK threats, The Interview, hacks, more hacks.
- Reynolds: Fox exec charges Dish is lying to its subscribers.
- Joyella: Thousands of Dish subscribers ask to cancel service.
- Steinberg: Dish dumps Fox News, Fox Biz in carriage spat.
- Vdeo: Peter Johnson Jr on free speech and the NYPD killings.
- Christmas flashback video: Julie Banderas and the ‘leg lamp’.
- FNC’s Christmas bash: Which person doesn’t belong and why?
- Today’s contract standoff: CableOne vs (MS)NBC/Universal.
- Charlton: Cable news reactions to White House presser vary.
- Oltsik: CNN fanning the cyberware hyperbole flames. Whoops!
- Your Buzz videos: Torture, Sony execs, Rolling Stone, Snowden.
- Martha MacCallum hosts gala. Soledad: What my mom left behind.
- Special Report video: The Bret Baier blooper reel. Sunday talkers.
- Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter part one, part two.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
12/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- November program ranker: Fox News holds the top 14 slots.
- Wemple: Do atheists benefit from ‘war on Christmas’ exposés?
- Gillian Turner new FNC contributor. Profile: Liz Claman (vTVN).
- Concha: Grand jury findings prompt rare cablenews consensus.
- Imus video: Bret Baier. F&F video: Peter Johnson Jr on justice.
- Complaints re Cramer getting ugly. Video: Cramergate heats up.
- Kelly File video: Is ‘hands up don’t shoot’ meme fact or fiction?
- Zucker: Nobody’s better in morning tv than Robin Meade. No sale.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Bret Baier tops broadcast evening news in multiple markets!
- Anderson Cooper to return tonight after emergency surgery.
- World leaders follow Amanpour, Zakaria most. CNBC hacked.
- Video: Tom Shillue is Outnumbered in immigration discussion.
- Ferguson coverage: Nobody liked it; Where are the grown-ups?
- Video: Shep has a Wii problem (v/ICN). CNN ‘spokeswoman’?!?
- Thursday numbers. Friday’s numbers: Tantaros-O’Reilly-Bream 1-2-3.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
11/26/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
11/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
11/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
11/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
09/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Ed Henry examines the question of timing.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Fox News airstrike coverage tops MSNBCNN combined.
- Fox News contributor placed on terrorism watch list. More.
- Zucker play: CNN chief explains move away from live news.
- Imus in the Morning videos: FNC’s Bret Baier, Ed Henry.
- Cablers scramble to cover bombing after FNC breaks story.
- Fox & Friends videos: Judge Andrew Napolitano, Tony Blair.
- Eric Bolling and Weiner in a twitter spat. Weekend numbers.
- CBS This Morning videos: Bill O’Reilly on killing ISIS and Patton.
- Somerby: If CNN valued journalism they’d fire Coop and Nichols.
- ICN: CNN’s water torture over Zakaria flap continues; it’s horrid.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Shepard Smith grills Press Secretary Josh Earnest.
- Video: Tonight is throwback Thursday on Special Report.
- Video: Rupert Murdoch on Scotland, Time-Warner (v/TVN).
- Somerby: An Olbermann-style con targeting Mr Bill O’Reilly.
- Somerby: Could these cable stars get dumber and still live?
- Byers: The wrongs of Fareed Zakaria; ICN: Clear the air!
- OtR videos: Parents of Brendan Tevlin part one, part two.
- CNN buys another documentary. So what’s one more hour?
- MoJo hits Motown. Remember SkinnerVille? Lauren finds work.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
09/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Benghazi has spinners working overtime.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: A critical look at Benghazi, Fox, and 13 Hours.
- Somerby: How O’Donnell and Hayes treat you like fools.
- Zucker punch: Crossfire on ‘extended hiatus’...for good?
- At 100 episodes, Outnumbered sees big ratings rise. More.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on NFL’s mounting troubles.
- Lauren Ashburn’s contract not renewed. Weekend numbers.
- NLRB ruling could cost CNN millions. Nischelle Turner exits CNN.
- Out: CNNx...in: CNNgo. Coop censored. Matthews: Mostly false.
- Q&A: Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s first F&F year; Bill O’Reilly and Killing Patton; Maria Bartiromo’s info stream; Jake Tapper’s meals (via FDC).
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Fox News hires Michelle Fields. CNN hires Ryan Nobles.
- Al-Jazeera’s new mobile-only news channel (via DShaw).
- Somerby: Burnett’s blunders and CNN’s awful transcripts.
- Somerby: Coop’s outrage spectacular was not journalism.
- What do Murdoch tweets tell us? Video: Goal surpassed.
- Palin donneybrook report semi-disputed. CNN snippets.
- Bolton’s Risk & Reward beats CNBC. Profile: Luke Russert.
- Imus video: Jennifer Griffin on ISIS etc. Brooke top banana.
- Video: Lauren Ashburn reveals abuse. Wemple knocks Kurtz.
Friday Links and Open Thread
09/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Has Obama made his ISIS strategy clear?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Cablers cover another plane: Jon Scott trumps MSNBCNN.
- Zero Hedge: CNBC viewership nosedives to 21-year lows.
- Greta: NBC’s war on women? What about Mika Brzezinski?
- ET video: A day w/Sandra Smith. NBC’s new senior analyst.
- Wemple: Benghazi revelations and Fox News’s reporting.
- Friday special: 13 Hours at Benghazi...video preview. More.
- Wemple: Bill O’Reilly scoffs at State Dept charges. Today’s oops.
- Factor videos: Bernard Goldberg on Obama coverage; ‘Sexist’ Bill.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/27/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Red Eye mocks Joe Scarborough over BK boycott.
- Exclusive interviews clarify 13 Hours in Benghazi, Sept 5.
- Video: Rachel Maddow with Letterman part one, part two.
- Concha: CNN should have verified the audio before airing it.
- Unreliable sources? Wemple: CNN audio scoop may be fake.
- F&F video: Lea Gabrielle trains with Newark PD SWAT team.
- Concha: There is no upside to NBC’s employment of The Rev.
- Daryn Kagan’s advice to CNNers about to get Zucker punched.
- WeatherNation opposes Comcast/TW deal. Don Lemon: False.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Debate over ISIS and golfing turns rowdy.
- CNN demo streak over: Fox News tops MSNBCNN combined.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Al-Jazeera contributor leaves Ferguson ‘in disgust’ (via FTV).
- New Day’s new high; the overnight problem; Out Front of what?
- Kimberly’s crib: a cool two mill. Marvel-ous: the Cooper comics.
- Imus video: Bret Baier. F&F video: Foley friend Matthew VanDyke.
- Factor vids: Ferguson, the truth; The Rev’s role; Bernard Goldberg.
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bream-The Five 1-2-3.
- Ariens: Hannity’s tunnel vision. Zurawik: Silly and shameless.
- Gates: O’Donnell disses Hasselbeck, vetoes S.E. Cupp?!?
- Hogue: ‘Saucier, more vivacious...’ Special: Live Free or Die.
- Q&A: Thomas Roberts (v/TVN); Maria Bartiromo; CNN’s Susie Xu.
- NYC mayor ‘furious’ with The Rev. Robyn Curnow to anchor desk.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media, Hamas, and Hollywood.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
06/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The incredible shrinking economy.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Rich Edson, from SNL to FBN; John D Sutter.
- Somerby: The heinous ‘journalism’ of Chris Hayes.
- CNN names social director. Campbell Brown resurfaces.
- Zucker play: CNN ‘documentary’ not so fair and balanced?
- Video: The all-star panel on implications of the IRS scandal.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The media snooze as IRS stonewalls?
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Shannon Bream 1-2-3.
- CNBC collapse: Ratings at 17-year low as Cramer craters.
- ABC joins 24-hour news game...sans cable (via Dorsey).
- Reality show reruns boost CNN am. Weekend numbers.
- Recovery: Lawrence O’Donnell returns. Q&A: Ari Melber.
- Bret Baier: I don’t look at Maddow’s show as a ‘news product’.
- Kelly File video: State Dept’s Marie Harf. Jarrett arrest video.
Monday Links and Open Thread
06/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC helps stage White House event.
- Video: A Glenn Greenwald bombshell is ‘imminent’.
- Al-Jazeera journalists sentenced to jail. Flashback.
- Wemple: Benghazi is ‘essential’ in Hillary interviews.
- Video: Jonathan Karl treason question raises eyebrows.
- Droning news? Hammer time no longer. Vice eyes HLN.
- Coop cops costly Connecticut crib. Q&A: Charles Payne.
- F&F video: Dr Nina Radcliff on disease risks at the border.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
06/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Hillary Q&As, Bret+Greta, Redskins.
- Reliable Sources: Islamophobia, soccer, LeVar Burton.
- Unguarded unscheduled: Begins a one-month hiatus.
- Golub: Cable news women named to distinguished list.
- Video: Obstacle course honors medal of honor recipients.
- Lean Forward: Chuck Todd crack stirs controversy.
- Charles Payne: He’d give you the shirt off his back.
- Your Buzz videos: Hillary, Chelsea, and Jon Stewart.
- CNNMoney on the move...again! Cupp’s boy. Sunday talk.
- Kurtz: Megyn Kelly’s Cheney interview was ‘accountability’.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
06/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Andrea’s connection with Special Olympics.
- Wednesday ratings: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Lean Forward: Controversy swirls around sex comment.
- O’Reilly zings fellow FNCers. MSNBC bars ex-producer.
- Glenn Greenwald asks a pertinent cable news question.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on The Interview and Special Heart.
- Maddow calls for a news blacklist; Megyn promptly disobeys.
- Media Buzz video: scoring Hillary Clinton’s Fox News interview.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
06/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Obama foreign policy approval craters.
- Wemple: Bill O’Reilly and Greta fight for jailed Marines.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker play: CNN lying about their celebrity chef’s ratings?
- Video: Joe Concha analyzes Hillary’s Fox News interview.
- Zucker punch: Advertisers unhappy with CNN programming.
- Video: Erin Burnett’s ‘first big break’ (v/TVN). MSNBC2 (via).
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media coverage of Iraq etc.
- CNN/Hillary: pt one, two; Fox/Hillary: pt one, two, three, four.
- Wemple: Bret Baier was ‘thoughtful, reasonable, well researched’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: To Gitmo...or not to Gitmo?
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on legal issues re Benghazi.
- Cable news found Khattala years ago. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Greg Palkot on his interview with Benghazi suspect.
- Hillarama: CNN Town Hall, then Baier/Greta: pre-analysis.
- Concha: OJ coverage set the table for cable news of today.
- Kelly File video: Controversy swirls around missing IRS emails.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
06/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five: Discussion turns hot over the chaos in Iraq.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- ‘Don’t bet against Bartiromo’: video. Greta zings CNN.
- Can HLN draw millennials fast enough to stave off Vice?
- Byers: Cable news is in trouble...especially MSNBC. More.
- Zurawik: CNN ethics compromised by airing of Bush profile.
- Moore: Can CNN specials substitute for news? Under fire.
- CNN defends OJ special on election night. ICN: They blew it.
- F&F video: Using children as political pawns? Q&A: Bret Baier.
- How Megyn Kelly balances a nightly show and raising a family.
- More crystal-ball gazing into the future of HLN. Today’s oops.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
06/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: FNC 8pm-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker punch: The night CNN/HLN still lead the field.
- Wemple: No promises/agreements for Brat interview?
- TVN: Bloomberg, Bartiromo, the Bell. Q&A: Bret Baier.
- Video: Ed Henry on Cantor’s loss, Bergdahl’s swap, etc.
- Ariens: First look at CNN GHW Bush documentary 41 on 41.
- Video: Sean Hannity interviews Dave Brat part one, part two.
- Cablers scramble to cover electoral shocker. Trotter twaddle.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News surges during week of 6/2. Weekend numbers.
- Is ‘unbundling’ the end of HLN? ICN: Whither the talent?
- Survey sez...most trusted: Fox News; least trusted: MSNBC.
- Wemple: FNC on a limb as Rosen cites confirming sources.
- Video: Jake Tapper visits Seth Meyers part one, part two.
- Mirkinson: It’s a seismic shift! He’s in the fight of his life!!1!
- Q&A: Liz Claman, Bret Baier. Lawrence O’Donnell recovering.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media’s ulterior motives.
- EMac makes book. Veronica de la Cruz, Jim Moret resurface.
- Website tool exposes CNN experiments. CNN airs OJ special.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
06/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Bergdahl; Bret Baier pt one, pt two.
- Reliable Sources videos: Bergdahl, Rolling Stone, Netflix.
- Factor videos: POWs vs war criminals; James Rosen.
- Your Buzz videos: Brian Williams, Scarborough, MSNBC.
- Q&A: Bret Baier. Give Mel Robbins a show? Sunday talk.
- F&F video: Daughtry nixes encore, walks off. Update: apology.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
06/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: James Rosen scoop part one, part two.
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-TheFive 1-2-3.
- Finney finis: Disrupt with Karen Finney cancelled.
- Report: The axe is poised over CNN Newsource?
- Reese’s piece: The decline and fall of CNN (v/ICN).
- Kovacs: Fox News star explores ‘gay’ Christianity.
- Three open-heart surgeries and seven angioplasties.
- The ‘schmaltz factor’ was high at CNN’s Sixties shindig.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
06/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on Bergdahl swap legalities.
- Video: Jim Cramer’s ‘first big break’ (v/FishbowlDC).
- Beatty: CNN’s iReport needs some adult supervision.
- Bauder: The Sixties a bright spot in weak CNN lineup.
- Price: Survey says...FNC most biased, but most honest.
- Q&A: Bret Baier; audio Q&A: Bret Baier. Today’s denial.
- Video: Ralph Peters says desertion is not a minor offense.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Repercussions of the Bergdahl swap.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: CNN doubling down on 2016 digital politics.
- Today video: Bret Baier and wife. Weekend numbers.
- CNN’s Amanpour chosen for ‘only’ Hillary tv town hall.
- Imus video: Ed Henry. Factor video: Bernard Goldberg.
- Adam Housley and Tamera win. Don Lemon moonlights.
- ‘Turner 2020’: an ambitious plan to future-proof CNN etc.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
05/31/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Shinseki, Snowden, food fight.
- Reliable Sources: Shinseki, reparations, Ellsberg.
- Special Heart tells Bret Baier’s courageous story.
- CNN’s The Sixties disrespects the footage it features.
- Greta: I’m disappointed in myself. Q&A: Drew Griffin.
- Video: Dana Perino reacts to Jay Carney resignation.
- Profile: Willie Geist (v/TVN). Turkey detains CNNer.
- Your World video: Montel Williams. Sunday talkers.
- ICN: Newsmax and One News fight over table scraps.
- Your Buzz videos: The kiss, VA, MA370, CNN vs Benghazi.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- CNN premiere down from previous Sixties outings.
- Zucker punch: CNN gloats after strong Sixties debut.
- Greta: ‘It’s in my DNA as a former defense lawyer’.
- Tenenbaum: America’s best cable news channel?
- Outnumbered video: Why didn’t Obama fire Shinseki?
- Where’s Weir? Clearly, he’s not hosting CNN Tonight.
- FNC College Challenge winner. TVN: Levy, Barbieri, Joe.
- Wemple: Can Bret+Greta trump Congress? Concha: Why Fox?
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Jon Hilsenrath joins FBN. Cristina Alesci to CNN.
- Engulf and Devour: TV Newser etc sold (via FTV).
- Bret Baier and Greta snag interview with Hillary.
- Red Eye video: Tom Shillue and his ‘coffee rules’.
- Zucker play: What is going on with CNN Tonight?
- Wemple: O’Reilly writes Killing Patton. Flashback.
- May 2014 program ranker: FNC holds top 14 slots.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Steinberg: At CNN they party like it’s The Sixties.
- Wemple: How did Greta end up on that Forbes list?
- Cable news declines in May. Alan still gets hate mail.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- As cable newsers hit lows, Fox still leads the pack.
- Shep video: Controversy swirls around drone memos.
- HLN adds Nejad and Vossoughian, shuffles others.
- New Chris Matthews promo: ‘Liberalism always wins’.
- Al-Jazeera America plans to stay the course (via TVN).
- Bauder: A new, opinionated Don Lemon is breaking out.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on primaries, the VA scandal, etc.
- Maglio: CNN is really the #1 cable news network...sort of.
- Kissell: CNN debuts its new primetime...and loses viewers.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
05/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Monica, Lara Logan, and Hillary.
- Reliable Sources videos: Monica, Benghazi, and climate.
- Lorenzo: CNN’s gain is Don Lemon’s loss. Mika’s dinner.
- Wilstein: What will happen to CNN in a post-MA370 era?
- Saturday special: The NSA’s Secret War. Sunday talkers.
- Your Buzz videos: Sterling, skewed news, and Fox women.
- Wemple: An FNC story, from the news to the Hanniterator.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Jansing named WH correspondent, loses MSNBC show.
- Q&A: Bret Baier on cable news etc; Vladimir Duthiers.
- Somerby: Walsh’s Hannity piece leaves something out.
- Somerby: You’ll never see this O’Reilly clip on MSNBC.
- Ellen Ratner blasts ‘disgusting’ Gawker charges. More.
- Cherlin: Is Jake Tapper CNN’s future...or its past?
- Meet Liz Claman. Ross: CNN turns to sensationalism.
- Zucker punched: CNN eliminates at least 50 positions.
- Video: Can we talk? De Moraes: Why Crossfire resurfaced.
- April 2014 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Friday Benghazi special: White House Coverup Revealed?
- Special Report video: Tommy Vietor. Perino: mostly false.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/01/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Ed Henry on Carney, Benghazi, etc.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: (MS)NBC seeks dismissal of Zimmerman suit.
- Somerby: How to hold a pseudo-discussion about race.
- Salon: Shep Smith story is a case of fact-check failure.
- Pazienza: Gawker writer obsessed; Shep: it’s ‘horsesh!t!’
- Wemple: Bill & Benghazi...overheated yet on to something.
- Is Ronan Farrow ‘uncool’? Ask Laverne. The eyes have it.
- Video: Sharyl Attkisson and Bret Baier on Benghazi emails.
- Courtney Friel resurfaces. Today’s lawsuit threat. They’re back!
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Who will wear the pants on Outnumbered?
- Rosenberg: Outnumbered’s well-calibrated juicy debut.
- Wemple: Howard Kurtz proves the naysayers wrong.
- Rothman: Stelter’s claim about Fox News is ‘absurd’.
- Joe Klein: The only 6:00 pm newscast is on Fox News.
- Video: Tucker is Outnumbered in the debut broadcast.
- Outnumbered is ‘news first and foremost’...plus sparks.
- F&F vIdeo: Anna’s excuses. Alisyn Camerota resurfaces.
- CNN changes spur fan site closing. Cablers cover canonization.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/14/14 00:27 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The Bundy brouhaha cools off.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Laura-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker play: CNN Sunday doc block clocks rivals.
- Wagner et al in for O’Donnell post car accident.
- Concha: Where Sharyl Attkisson could find work.
- Bret Baier ball raises over $10 million for children.
- Gregg Jarrett deportment raises viewer concerns.
- The Rev cozies up to the mayor. Melissa moonlights.
- Imus video: Martha MacCallum on Boston, Bundy, etc.
- Don Lemon on The View. Liz Claman’s seven tax tips.
- Zucker punch: CNN’s huge HuffPo, Mediaite etc ad buys.
- Pitts: OK CNN, enough is enough. Cairns: What Pitts said.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz: Sebelius, Attkisson part one, part two.
- Reliable Sources: Colbert, Cavett, China, MSNBC.
- They pick on Heather, but Ronan never: part deux.
- Q&A: Morgan Spurlock. Profile: Anthony Bourdain.
- Rosario: Drug trafficker contradicts Sharpton story.
- Your Buzz videos: Mika, Jeb, Dave. Sunday talkers.
- Ratigan and Bashir resurface. Zain Verjee exits CNN.
- Clayton’s family secrets: video. Remembering Boston.
- Bret Baier teams with UAE ambassador to save children.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/04/14 09:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Goldberg: Don Lemon is an embarrassment. More.
- Somerby: Fact-challenged Maddow jumps the snark.
- Video: Larry King talks CNN, Piers etc. Berg honored.
- Google+ Hangout: Bret Baier. Who is Elena Moussa?
- WH Correspondents surveyed. Media vie for Latinos.
- DirecTV adds FNC and FBN to ‘Everywhere’ streaming.
- Greta: You’ll look at the screen and poof! I’ll be gone.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- The Q1 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Hannity segments raising hackles in Panama City.
- The Centsables: it’s for the children. CNN awarded.
- Hemmer re-ups. Imus video: Bret Baier on Obamacare.
- Kelly File video: Honor Diaries repercussions mushroom.
- Bret Baier turns to tech for viewer feedback. What if...?
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Human rights and Saudi Arabia.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Tom Shillue in what used to be Gutfeld’s Factor slot.
- Bartiromo Q&A: CNBC no longer in tune with the times.
- Bartiromo Q&A: Three secrets to success, Joey Ramone.
- Piers Morgan’s new CNN show: like Joe’s radio show?
- Fox News data strategy: ‘the antithesis’ of Turner’s.
- Friday special: Surrendering America; video preview.
- Greta: An example of why the White House hates Fox.
- Bauder: CNN tried to rent a plane, settled for simulator.
- Larry King: CNN plane conjecture ‘abysmal’ (via Shaw).
- Revealed: Secret memo detailing CNN ratings strategy.
- Sanjay Gupta at UB. Soledad at MTSU. Profile: Joy Reid.
- Factor video: Laura Ingraham on children and internet perils.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- World of Payne. How to save New Day: make it longer!
- Cable news swells assemble for NLGJA benefit gala.
- Video: Media facing criticism. Video Q&A: Bret Baier.
- Shulman: Meet the Comcast ‘whores’. Q&A: Chris Hayes.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on US ceding internet authority.
- Somerby: This was the week the (cable news) music died.
- MSNBC’s Todd shoots at CNN; CNN lands zinger on Chuck.
- Kurtz: Why plane-athon defenders are missing the point.
- Sick! HLN brings on ‘psychic’ to talk to dead passengers?!
- Robinson: Lacking in facts, obsessed media make stuff up.
- Carter: CNN ratings hinge on developments in plane story.
- CNN signs Miles O’Brien as aviation expert...for two weeks.
- Adams: There are a few problems with that black hole theory.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Palin ‘going Rogue’...for real. Geraldo’s ‘new show’.
- Video: Howard Kurtz on media’s Malaysia mistakes.
- CNN plans theatrical release of illegal immigrant doc.
- Bloggers foment controversy over one nlgja attendee.
- Sorkin writing drama pilot. Update boosts Chicagoland.
- Q&A: CNN’s Michelle Kosinski, Weather’s Sam Champion.
- Special Report video: Panel ponders separation of powers.
- O’Reilly to appear with Nassau Pops. Brown in, Brown out.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Steinberg: CNN’s future...Lawyers, Lemon, and real life?
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Piers Morgan Live ends in three weeks; Tapper, Weir sub.
- Shep in Ukraine: shoe-leather reporting plus social media.
- Zucker punched: Chicagoland flops...even in Chicago!
- Somerby: Maddow’s dissembling ‘almost pathological’.
- Imus video: Bret Baier. Google hangout with Bret Baier.
- Crimea hotel threatens to throw CNN out. Q&A: Coop.
- CNBC axes Kudlow Report. Piers slot goes to...Bill Weir?
- Larry King sez of his RT show: I don’t work for RT (v/TVN).
- Keene: Chicagoland debut plays like ode to Rahm Emanuel.
- Moore: Chicagoland a disturbing but hopeful saga of the city.
- Melissa Harris-Perry shows her new baby and her natural hair.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
03/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Shepard Smith reports from Ukraine.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- CNN’s 10pm hour will mainly be canned documentaries.
- Concha: What cable news really needs...more bubbles!
- Al-Jazeera America only pulls in 5,000 demo viewers.
- CNN unloads Zite app. Q&A: Jeff Zucker, Arwa Damon.
- Video: Hasselbeck feature debuts with Darrell Wallace Jr.
- Weather Channel morning show to feature Sam Champion.
- Special Report video: All-star panel on the crisis in Ukraine.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Russia tightens its grip on Crimea.
- Lean Backward: Week one Farrow and Reid lose ground.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- CJR: Fox News progressives...feisty and prominent (v/NB).
- Q&A: ‘True gentleman’ Bret Baier on career, politics, etc.
- Jake Tapper ‘adopts’ a US soldier via ‘Homefront Hugs’.
- Piers sticking with CNN. Coop’s off to Ukraine. Priorities.
- Hogue: Fox & Friends...weakened. Hannity’s ‘secret life’.
- Fox & Friends videos: Janice Dean steps up; hitting the ice.
- ICN: Ronan tries to be everything...and succeeds at nothing.
- Hot & Not: Bartiromo, Ukraine, Piers, Hannity, New Day, etc.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Kissell: In the end, will guns kill Piers Morgan Live?
- Zucker punched: CNN and Piers at near-record lows.
- Video Q&A: Kirsten Powers at Fox News (v/Mediaite).
- Zucker play: Can the Oscars save CNN? Blitzer: true.
- Grove: CNN the, straight news network? Not any more!
- Somerby: O’Donnell levels ugly, patently bogus charge.
- Judge Nap video: If the FCC shows up, throw them out!
- Dem candidate: Government should regulate Fox News!
- MSNBC’s signature series to focus on Bergen County, NJ.
- The cable news anchor who says: ‘I try not to lean’. Honors.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Somerby: Dishonest Maddow trumps pitiful Matthews.
- Live from the Fox News Deck, 10pm weather with Shep.
- Denial? What denial? Scarborough won’t rule out 2016 run.
- Zucker punch: Is CNN about to be bought out by CBS?
- Lori Rothman moving to Imus, will deliver biz updates.
- Imus video: Bret Baier talks Hillary, Rand, Christie etc.
- The doctor is in. Googling Soledad. What’s in a name?
- Kelly File video: Jonathan Turley on executive expansion.
- Comcast deal will face tough regulatory scrutiny. Or will it?
- Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable; oppo reax. King’s zings.
- Videos: Joe & Mika on The View; The Rev w/Wendy Williams.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn 1-2-3.
- Maria Bartiromo’s not-so-cryptic clue (hat/tip ‘semby’).
- O’Donnell creates, airs Dem campaign ad. Flashback.
- Mandel: Aiming at Roger Ailes...and missing.
- Sherman: Any misinformation maybe planted by Ailes!?
- Jake Tapper is the cat’s meow. Cabreara exiting CNN?
- Wemple: Brotherly biographical briefing. ICN on TCG.
- What if Zucker throws a party...and nobody shows up?
- New Day isn’t very new. Zucker’s fish story: Oscar bait.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on Benghazi, Christie, and more.
- Lowry: MSNBC falling short of ‘basic evidentiary standards’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Escalation: Geraldo fires back at ‘phony’ David Folkenflik.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly File-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Adam Housley reacts to ‘bigoted’ attacks on his marriage.
- Reliable Sources near four-year low. Weekend numbers.
- Super Bowl synergy at Fox News. New Kurtz kontroversy.
- Video: Bret Baier on Fox News’s relationship with the WH.
- Another reason O’Reilly refers to MSNBC as ‘NBC News’.
- Somerby: MSNBC hypes flawed, dishonest Maddow theory.
- Video: Howard Kurtz on editorial backlash to Lone Survivor.
- Today’s twitter spat: Geraldo vs Folkenflik. You don’t say!
- Launch date moved up for the new Accuweather Channel.
- TWC dropped by DTV (that loses signal in storms anyhow).
- Zucker play: ‘High’ standards at CNN. Q&A: Jeff Zucker.
- Rothstein: MSNBC, Joe stonewall ‘stunning’ ethics uproar.
- Kelly File video: Gitmo lawyers smuggle jihad propaganda?!
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News tops for presser, MSNBC scores in prime demo.
- Real Story video: Andy Levy, Sherrod Small on man panel.
- Zucker punch part deux: CNN head blasts Fox, MSNBC.
- Zucker punch: CNN boss calls ‘all hands on deck’ meet.
- Maddow claim mostly false. Bad weather good for TWC.
- Videos: Juan Williams with Don Imus; Bret Baier’s pants.
- Freedlander: FNC pushback on bio (via ICN). Flashback.
- Steinberg: Media complicit in hype of Ailes tell-all tome.
- Johnson: Dear Abby doesn’t ruffle feathers or step on toes.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Geraldo: It was painful seeing Rupert Murdoch assaulted.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- The latest from CNN’s premier journalist. Weekend numbers.
- FNC aired more of the hearing, MSNBC least. FNC tops poll.
- Video: Bias Bash on media treatment of GOP tactics.
- Assault interrupts testimony. Piers breaks his silence.
- Sharpton speculation continues to swirl. CNBC’s baby boom.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Bret Baier’s five years on Special Report.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Berry & Sobieraj: Why outrageous outrage fills cable.
- Coates: America’s ‘foremost public intellectual’ is...?
- Q&A: Bret Baier. Profile: Frank Luntz (v/Mediaite).
- De Moraes: Has the apology streak been broken?
- Johnson: Is Maddow now calling the shots? Or not?
- Treacher: Just who is minding the store at MSNBC?
- Ad wars escalate. CNN names morning anchors.
- Beth Fouhy to MSNBC.com. Maria Bartiromo to Davos.
- Hot & Not: Harris-Perry, Piers, Roberts, Griffin, etc.
- Ross: The new year brings new challenges for MSNBC.
- Pompeo: Combatants gird for battle over Ailes tell-all.
- Wolff: Unbeatable Ailes continues to crush competitors.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/17/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn 1-2-3.
- Progressive blogger has praise for...Megyn Kelly!
- Every knock is a boost: Fox News dominated in 2013.
- Video: Maria Molina reveals her tat! Weekend numbers.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on NSA spying, the budget, etc.
- CNN moves further from news. CNBC bumper blunder.
- Factor video: Howard Kurtz on Ed Schultz’s union dollars.
- The Nick Shurn Matter: part one, part two. Murdoch to HoF.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/13/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- ‘Living Good’: Ed Schultz accuses critics of ‘class envy’.
- Video: Howard Kurtz on media fascination with Boehner.
- MSNBC claims first ever national show anchored by a vet?!
- Video: Emotions flow as Zoraida Sambolin signs off CNN.
- ICN: Chris Hayes’s shenanigans could cost him his job.
- Media Matters claims credit for Megyn’s primetime slot!
- 2013’s least substantive recap of cable news highlights.
- The Duke Red Matter part one, two, three, four, part five.
- Megyn update; more. Friday: Behind the Obama Breakdown.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
11/19/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Media Buzz tops million viewers, triples CNN audience.
- Twitter: MSNBC hosts silent after Bashir attack on Palin.
- Video: Howard Kurtz on MSNBC double standard. More.
- Zucker play: CNN buys illegal immigrant’s documentary.
- CNN giving Tapper a primetime trial. Weekend numbers.
- MSNBC host (for now) propositioned...for charity.
- Imus video: Bret Baier talks Rand Paul, the ACA, etc.
- ICN: Bartiromo a coup for FBN. Is Claman disgruntled?
- Red Eye video: Was Love Actually just a tissue of lies?
- ICN: MSNBC issues no real penalty for vilification of GOPers.
- Kelly File video: Judge Napolitano on a revealing DOJ brief.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
11/12/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Shield standoff: NY court leaning against Winter?
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Megyn 1-2-3.
- FNC prime hits peak, tops MSNBCNN combined.
- Zucker play: CNN web extreme makeover delayed.
- No MSNBCers on Latino list. Weekend numbers.
- Bret Baier’s Special Heart. Roger Ailes awarded.
- CNN hires Stelter for Reliable Sources...and more?
- Unguarded and Up Late crater as Hannity surges.
- Crossfire may have no viewers, but hey, it’s trending!
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg cautions against rigidity.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/23/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Zucker play: CNN’s New Day scratches.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Baier 1-2-3.
- Imus video: FNC’s Bret Baier part one, part two.
- Q&A: George Will, Soledad. Profile: Rachel Nichols.
- Sally Kohn leaves Fox News, turns up on MSNBC. More.
- Lean Forward: Ronan Farrow will target ‘average Joes’.
- Kelly File video: Massacres of Christians raise concern.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/15/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Rachel and Lawrence deliver the bait.
- How Hume handles haters. Weekend numbers.
- Fox & Friends video: Kilmeade skirts catastrophe.
- Investigating Megyn’s ratings: the results are in!
- Lean Forward: MSNBC launches website ‘preview’.
- Is Bolduan about to be booted? Video: Piers on CBS.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on ‘tailoring’ coverage.
- Bret Baier: I am not Hannity! (v/FDC) Q&A: Sally Kohn.
- Paskin: Up Late is great tv to fall asleep to. Lights out!
Weekend Links and Open Thread
10/12/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Political Insiders: Shutdownarama, dreams of a third party.
- Bonus live edition of Justice w/Judge Jeanine 9pm Sunday.
- MediaBuzz videos: Shutdown, Redskins, primetime Megyn.
- Reliable Sources videos: Shutdown, NY Times, and more.
- Hogue: Sans Aly F&FW flounders…and where’s Tucker?
- Today’s oops. Sunday talk: turn the table, HuffPo recap.
- Bret Baier and Liz Claman honored. Mika’s good turn.
- Grove: On Up Late the commercials come as a relief!
- Shister: Alec Baldwin tossed rose petals and softballs.
- Piers Morgan gun views based on a fictional tv drama!
- The Real Story video: A cable news first from Gretchen.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC hypes its first ‘true digital home’.
- The War on Fox: Frustrated Ed Henry walks out on Carney.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
10/05/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Political Insiders videos: The shutdown and the ceiling.
- Special Sunday edition of Justice with Judge Jeanine.
- MediaBuzz videos: Shutdown showdown, baseball.
- Reliable Sources videos: Shutdown, future journos.
- Profile: Megyn Kelly and the Kelly File difference.
- TRS: A first look at that other cable news channel.
- Sunday talkers: turn the table. Video: Paul Baier update.
- Hogue: Show me the Huddy…at least for the time being.
- CNN blackout on Fargo cable. CNBC hits 20-year low.
- Special Report video: George Will joins the All-Star panel.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/04/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Friday Facebook free-for all.
- Zurawik: Obamacare coverage fails, with MSNBC worst.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Byers: CNN still testing sub-hosts for Reliable Sources.
- Fox haters at Brown U turn the tables on Jesse Watters.
- Bulletin! It’s Breaking News on CNBC! (via Dorsey Shaw)
- Video: Has the shutdown affected Obamacare coverage?
- George Will debuts tonight on two-hour Special Report.
- Factor video: Megyn previews The Kelly File. Slideshow.
- NPR audio: Chris Matthews’s new book and new timeslot.
- MediaBuzz videos: Obamacare, Seymour Hersh, Ted Cruz.
Friday Links and Open Thread
09/27/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Madonna’s bizarre new video.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- O’Reilly at Faulkner U: Mitt didn’t want to win (v/ HP).
- MSNBC host makes a love connection with WH chef?
- Geraldo will miss the boat; Wm Morris lawsuit update.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on his son, Iran, Ted Cruz, etc.
- CNN says Crossfire co-host conflict not really a conflict.
- CNN host claims no liberals ever appear on Fox News!
- Livefyre’s Five-O-Meter tracks hottest topics on The Five.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
09/24/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Islamist terror is a global cancer.
- Video: Bret Baier updates Paul Baier’s recovery.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-TheFive-Roberts 1-2-3.
- William Morris sues Geraldo. Weekend numbers.
- Controversy over claimed Cutter conflict continues.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg zings Robert Reich.
- Red Eye video: Rich Little and Dino. Engel honored.
- New Day sinks to new low as Hasselbeck lifts Friends.
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/23/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Ed Henry on Obama’s busy week.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bream-The Five 1-2-3.
- Paul Baier update: heading home part one, part two.
- America Live video: Col Ralph Peters on Kenya attacks.
- Today’s petition: Chuck Todd (via HuffPo). Book wars.
- Uh-oh: Sarah Palin zings FNC colleague Chris Wallace.
- Lawson: Horrible Fox & Friends horribler with Hasselbeck.
Friday Links and Open Thread
09/20/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Pat Sajak, Ainsley Earhardt, and more!
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Wallace 1-2-3.
- Video: Greta shows off new On the Record studio.
- Video: Media malfeasance in Navy Yard coverage?
- Q&A: Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Paul Baier update; more.
- Hogue: New Day’s stupid integrated BP commercial.
- New O’Reilly book a bestseller before it’s released?
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg rebuts Howard Kurtz.
- CNN’s New Day is up…or is it struggling like Crossfire?
- Zayid: The best show on cable news is…a celebrity chef?!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/19/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Another DC showdown sparks debate.
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Alicia Acuna and Ailes Apprentice Hispanic heritage.
- New Day flounders. Handicapping MSNBC vs FNC.
- Bret Baier’s son has third open-heart surgery. Update.
- Factor video: O’Reilly vs Kurtz on shooting coverage.
- Zurawik: Confusion, partisan posturing debase Crossfire.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
09/18/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Media coverage of mass shootings.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Controversy over claimed Crossfire co-host conflict.
- Assad interview airs tonight on 2-hour Special Report.
- Did Fox contributor snare Bashar al-Assad interview?
- Fox & Friends video: Adam and Tamera Housley.
- ICN: What’s behind Starbucks dropping Morning Joe?
- CNN drops The Next List. Hecht to HLN. Today’s oops.
- Courtney Friel resurfaces. Bourdain’s numbers strong.
- Lowry: FNC changes are cosmetic; Ailes doubling-down.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
09/17/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five: Navy Yard shooter’s glowing evaluations.
- Fox tops shooting coverage; Friends gets bump.
- Monday’s numbers: The Five-Baier-Cavuto 1-2-3.
- New FNC prime: Greta 7pm-Bill-Megyn-Sean 10pm.
- FNC prime thru the years. Hasselbeck’s new view.
- Gotham Q&A: Liz Claman. Weekend numbers.
- CNN teams with Tom Hanks. Starbucks drops Joe.
- Raw Story makes up headline claim out of thin air!
- Carlos Watson resurfaces. Bret Baier boosts Bing.
- Zucker play: Bourdain, Crossfire bleed viewers; more.
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/16/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- FNC update: Hemmer 8pm, Greta 10p-midnight.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Lean Forward: Chuck Todd identifies the wrong man.
- Gerri Willis looks back at The Market Meldown.
- Special Report adopts Bing Pulse real-time polling.
- New Pew: Al-Jazeera US Syria coverage compared.
- F&F videos: New co-host debuts; building the set.
- Hogue: Did Gretch snub Elisabeth? CNN chef’s Emmy.
- Q&A: Guess who is ‘thrilled’ to be joining the Fox team.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/24/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: High status vs high standards.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Trayvon coverage ‘Soviet-style story-telling’.
- Cunningham: Look what they’ve done to my Fox song.
- Profile: Brooke Baldwin (v/TVN). Joie Chen resurfaces.
- Zucker play: The ‘poop ship’ was just the beginning.
- Wemple: Hall and Jansing lead MSNBC royal gushing.
- Imus video: Bret Baier wonders if Weiner can still win.
- Imus video: Bill O’Reilly discusses race and the President.
Friday Links and Open Thread
06/28/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: It’s the Friday Facebook free-for-all.
- Thursday’s numbers: Laura-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Are the media covering up the IRS scandal?
- Zara: New Day’s sluggish ratings prompt ridicule.
- James Rosen on tonight’s ‘explosive’ Benghazi special.
- Video: Does the President really want to find Snowden?
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
06/05/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Susan Rice receives her reward.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Lean Forward: Alter alters truth about Ailes? More.
- Al-Jazeera hires its WH correspondent from (MS)NBC.
- America Live video: Megyn grills Rep Jim McDermott.
- Zucker play flops: HuffPo calls CNN ‘pretty terrible’.
- Q&A: Bret Baier, minus 48 pounds. Today’s twitter tiff.
- Rosen warrants challenged as improperly obtained.
- Imus video: Blonde on blonde. He’s baaaaack (v/TVN).
- Arria: MSNBC in alignment with objectives of the state?
Weekend Links and Open Thread
06/01/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- VIdeo: Indict Holder? New live Justice: Sunday 9pm.
- Reliable Sources videos: Holder, Bachmann, and more.
- Blitzer to be benched: not hip or studly enough (v/ICN)?
- ICN: Chafets’s revealing Ailes book is no whitewash.
- While CNN teases New Day, Zoraida experiences one.
- News Watch video: Backlash over DoJ spying on press?
- Concha: MSNBC women loath to criticize MSNBC men.
- May program ranker: Fox News holds the top 13 slots.
- Of suspenders and ties. Sunday talk: preview, HP recap.
- ICN: Patience and time a prerequisite to fixing MSNBC.
- Christopher: An 11pm Red Eye ripoff might save MSNBC.
- Nuzzi: Inexperienced, boring anchors are sinking MSNBC.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/12/13 00:25 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Dana Perino attacked over her rap spoof.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Powers and Hemingway on the Gosnell media blackout.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on NKorea. Q&A: CNN’s celebrity chef.
- Lawrence O’Donnell’s secret wish: to meet with Glenn Beck!
- Video: Are media giving short shrift to mass murder trial? More.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/29/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Greg Gutfeld scorches Jim and Jason.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-TheFive-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Gabriel Sherman to Pat Caddell: ‘I know Ailes put you up to it…’
- Roland Martin: White CNN execs wouldn’t give me my own show.
- Video: Why did Chris Matthews drag Hitler into the gun debate?
- Q&A: Shepard Smith, the no-opinion oasis; Bret Baier (via TVN).
- Ending point: Soledad signs off CNN mornings for the last time.
- Lean Forward: Chris Hayes uses racial quotas when booking guests!
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/25/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Amazing response to The Amazing Race.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Movie deal already inked for upcoming O’Reilly book.
- Jeff Zucker’s boss on how to ‘fix’ CNN. The Lead didn’t.
- Fox & Friends video: Bob Beckel reacts to the apology.
- Fox News gets results: The Amazing Race apologizes.
- Profiles: Bret Baier; Eric Bolling; MSNBC’s Phil Griffin.
- Hot & Not: Jake Tapper, Steve Kornacki, Roland S Martin, etc.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/19/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Was the Iraq war worth it?
- The Lead: Promising but schizophrenic; more of the same.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-The Five 1-2-3. The Lead doesn’t.
- Kornacki to take over Up. Roland exits CNN. Q&A: Tapper.
- Somerby: David Corn, then and now. Weekend numbers.
- Protesting CNN rape comments is pointless? Paging Dr Baier.
- Zucker: Tapper is the ‘face of the new CNN’. MSNBC web plans.
- Imus video: Juan Williams on Satan, Obama, black history, etc.
- Ailes bio: NYT review says Fox hired ‘runway models’ as reporters.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media corruption re Jessica’s Law.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/04/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: First female footballer fails.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Roger Ailes embroiled in a battle of biographers? Or not?
- Video: FBN zings CNBC reality shows. Carville to MSNBC?
- Video: Chris Wallace Romney interview stirs controversy.
- Video: Labor of love. Zucker’s Plan B: Tamron Hall?
- Other shoe drops: Big Ed, Morning Joe in on it too? Update.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on Kerry, Dennis Rodman, and more.
- Don’t call us, we’ll call you: Olbermann wants a job at ESPN.
- Zurawik: Could coverage of the sequester possibly be any worse?
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/14/13 00:30 Filed in: links
- The Five video: School discipline going overboard?
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Greg Gutfeld sees cycles; Harris Faulkner, news junkie.
- Marine Jon Hammar on The Factor tonight. Tamron moonlights.
- Profiles: Charlie Gasparino; Neil Cavuto, from fish fryer to anchor.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on debt ceiling wars. Scoop spats (v ICN).
- Videos: Judge Jeanine on hypocrisy at the Journal News; more.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/07/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Fiscal cliff buyers’ remorse?
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Megyn Kelly shot on national tv. Profile: Bret Baier (v/TVN).
- VIdeo: Are the media giving a pass to Dems on spending issues?
- Spitzer splits. Grace and CNN settle. John King’s whereabouts.
- Profile: Megyn Kelly, Hitchcock blond who suffers no fools, gladly.
- Imus video: Jake Tapper talks cliffs. Q&A: Peter Barnes, Phil Griffin.
- Hot & Not: Current TV, CNBC, O’Reilly, CNN, etc. Larry moonlights.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/17/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: America’s mental health services.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Blitzer 1-2-3.
- Fox not allowing gun control talk…except when they do.
- CNBC loses ‘Wall Street Journal’. A week of cliff-hangers.
- Video: Fox Jr reporter learns a taxing lesson when car is hit.
- Worth the price: More free advice for Jeff Zucker and CNN.
- The Nick Shurn Matter: part one. CNN’s answer to Gutfeld?
Weekend Links and Open Thread
12/15/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- Reliable Sources video: The media and the massacre.
- Video: Huckabee responds to critics as Geraldo takes his side.
- Changing of the guard? Gretchen on Studio-B while Aly’s on F&F.
- Greta Home and Academy opens in Haiti; a great day.
- Sunday coverage: Baier anchors memorial at 6:00 pm.
- Today’s boycott. Hugged by Don Lemon. Crowley honored.
- Zurawik: What, you expected responsible journalism from MSNBC?
- Saturday special coverage. Sunday talkers: preview, HP recap.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/14/12 00:35 Filed in: links
- Video: Special Report panel reflects on the CT school shooting.
- Politico’s Byers posts string of false tweets then refuses to correct.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Cablenewsers scramble schedules to cover CT shooting. More.
- Lean Forward: ‘Straight news’ anchor demands more gun-control.
- Video: Andrea Mitchell ‘analysis’ parallels Dems’ talking points?
- CNN considering late-night comedy hour (via ICN)? No wonder.
- NBC News to Ann Curry: No Zucker for you! Lynn Berry to CNN?
- The View videos: Coop, Piers. Buffett vs CNBC. Alan’s hate mail.
- Factor video: Bill O’Reilly blasts secularists. Paul Baier home resting.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
11/27/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The amazing technicolor fiscal cliff roadshow.
- Three in a row: Lou Dobbs on FBN beats CNBC for the month.
- Video: TV’s Andy Levy ombudses drones, twitter, and more.
- Boyle: Evolution of female anchor fashions (via TVN). Analysis.
- Thursday’s numbers; Friday’s numbers. Q&A: Adam Housley.
- Video: Bret Baier with Imus on Susan Rice, the fiscal cliff, etc.
- Berr: Why MSNBC won’t ‘catch up’ to Fox. Ricks tricks; more.
- Greta: MSNBC should apologize to John McCain and his daughter.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/05/12 00:35 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The people must protect the future.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Video: Pinkerton and Colmes debate media partisanship.
- Wolff: Who would want to buy Current TV?
- Profile: Shannon Bream’s therapy through fly-fishing.
- VIdeo: Juan Williams with Don Imus part one, part two.
- Q&A: Bret Baier previews election. Five co-host in Playboy.
- No joke: MoJo to air from SNL studio; Joe & Mika pontificate.
- Neil Cavuto on his battle against MS and election-year parenting.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
11/03/12 00:08 Filed in: links
- Video: Negative campaign could impact second Obama term.
- Reliable Sources videos: MSNBC, campaign coverage, more.
- Behind the scenes at Fox News and FBN: Election night prep.
- WaPo: FNC breaks news but they’re scurrilous. Greta: Pathetic.
- News Watch video: The media storm over the monster storm.
- October program ranker: Fox News holds nine of top ten slots.
- Arthel Neville argues with Bill O’Reilly, then sticks up for him.
- Profile: Bret Baier, less than met the eye. Q&A: Neil Cavuto.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg says MSNBC is not a news channel.
- The Five video: Should Romney have skipped campaign fluff?
- Saturday: Weekday crew anchors Fox & Friends; Live Cost of Freedom; special Huckabee, Geraldo; MSNBC schedule; CNN schedule.
- Sunday: FNC special schedule; CNN schedule; MSNBC schedule. Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
- Election night coverage: Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, FBN, CNBC.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/19/12 00:22 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Ban talking politics in the workplace?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Video: Powers and Miller rate Crowley’s impact on next debate.
- Kurtz: Fox signs Roger Ailes to new 4-year contract. Flashback.
- Video: Mike Baker tells Don Imus what the CIA knew and when.
- Q&A: Brit Hume. Alex honored. Fox haters diversify, target Piers.
- Video: What do Columbus, Bill Clinton, and Elvis have in common?
- Preview, Special Report Investigates: Death and Deceit in Benghazi.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/27/12 00:40 Filed in: links
- The Five video: What the frack are they talking about?
- O’Donnell’s smear: He don’t do no stinkin’ retractions!
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- New Pew: The changing news landscape’s effect on tv.
- Q&A: Bret Baier on politics, journalism, family, and more.
- Candy Crowley at DePauw. Q&A: Alan Colmes. Ainsley’s shower.
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/17/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five videos: Abandoning free speech, 1 More Thing’.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- Lean Forward: Tamron Hall says Al Sharpton smells great!
- Video: The Judge doesn’t like the govt chilling free speech.
- FBN: The Judge likes the new graphics. Hamby’s excuse.
- Splitsville: News Corp separates movie and television depts.
- Video: Are the media playing cover-up for Mideast muddle?
- Photo flap: ‘dominant’ Joe next to ancillary ‘sex object’ Mika.
- Bret Baier in Newton. Shannon Bream: Liberty belle. Awkward.
- Rematch Tuesday, then on stage. Q&A: Lawrence O’Donnell.
- Hot & Not: FBN, Gretchen, Phil Griffin, Thomas Roberts, etc.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/30/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The issue of Mitt Romney’s faith.
- Wednesday’s numbers: RNC(FNC)-Hannity-O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Tampa night two: FNC crushes all comers; FBN tops CNBC.
- So-called FNC vs Palin spat really contract negotiations?
- Video: Bill O’Reilly on Today. VIdeo scraps at the RNC.
- Q&A: Bret Baier; camerawoman Patricia Carroll (via TVN).
- Pazienza: Today’s bright ideas to save CNN from ignominy.
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/24/12 00:07 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is the USA a bully?
- Thursday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Zurawik: FNC was right to reveal name of ex-SEAL author.
- Video: Geraldo’s producer a witness to Empire State shooting.
- Q&A: Bret Baier, Kyra Phillips. Video: Chris Matthews with Leno.
- Group to FNC: Stop featuring ‘radical homosexual’ Besen.
- Bashir gets makeover: new set and graphics...with more blue.
- Video: Sparks fly as Cooper cross-examines Wasserman-Schultz.
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/10/12 00:18 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is this election about freedom vs free stuff?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Kirsten Powers vs Judy Miller on the Lolo Jones flap.
- George Clooney pals around with Chris Wallace.
- Zakaria pulls a Barnicle: suspended by Time and CNN.
- Video: Red Eye Halftime Report erupts over street cams.
- Bret Baier special tonight: Cities Going Broke.
- Today’s Fox News pseudo-controversy. Richard Lui honored.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
06/21/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- Cable beats broadcast: Bill O’Reilly tops Justin Bieber!
- The Five: Wednesday’s most-watched 5pm hour on all cable.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- MSNBC’s 3pm show:
The FiveThe Cycle, featuring a truther. - Video: Impartial MSNBC journalist rules for WH on ExecPriv.
- Video: Ed Henry with Imus on the Fast and Furious flap.
- CNBC and Jim Cramer under fire for facebook fiasco. More.
- Videos: Bret Baier and Bill O’Reilly zing (MS)NBC.
- Peters: Fox & Friends reaps ratings as controversy swirls.
- Preview: Dr Marc Siegel interviews Ann Romney about MS.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/17/12 00:27 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- Cable beats broadcast: Fox & Friends tops CBS in 5 markets.
- Video: James Rosen’s unique interview of Bret Baier.
- Somerby: The Trayvon news MSNBC refuses to report.
- Biznets sked special coverage for Facebook IPO brouhaha.
- Two minutes of Red Eye leads O’Donnell to this. Flashback.
- Chris Wallace won on Jeopardy! Natal day wishes for Tucker.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/08/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Should we return Mt Rushmore to the Indians?
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Bret Baier re-ups at FNC through 2016. Weekend numbers.
- Novel by CNN’s Gupta headed to tv...on Time-Warner’s TNT.
- Tom Brokaw fairly fingers Fox’s Five. Jon Scott as MacGyver.
- Video: Beckel on politics, O’Reilly, etc w/Imus pt one, pt two.
- Profile: Jenna Lee. Q&A: Liz Claman. First CBS...now Kelly!
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on race, crime, and media paternalism.
- Jehmu Greene apologized by phone to Tucker (for this). More.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/13/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is Seinfeld’s ‘Elaine’ disagreeing with America?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- Cable beats broadcast: Bill O’Reilly tops NBC primetime.
- Friday special: Paying at the Pump with Sarah Palin, Eric Bolling.
- Judge may recuse herself so husband’s partner can go on CNN?!?
- New Fast Money contributor ripped panelists as ‘monkeys’.
- CNN’s unedited epithets raise ethics questions. Profile: Maddow.
- Yes they call it a ‘jaw-dropping’ comment. Kennedy won’t settle.
- Video: Bret Baier rebuts Gingrich charges of Fox News favoritism.
- George Mason U: No, FNC wasn’t shilling for Romney or for the GOP.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/03/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- Video: Bret Baier interview with Jay Carney turns contentious.
- After O’Reilly Factor airing, NBC admits error in doctored 911 audio.
- The Five video: Send in the clowns...on the taxpayers’ dime.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five (!)-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: S.E. Cupp offers best wishes to Keith Olbermann.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly fact-checks Brian Stelter. Heather hubbub resolved.
- MSNBC signature program announces landmark. Weekend numbers.
- Olbermann’s ‘silent treatment’: he wouldn’t even talk to his boss!
- Bercovici: What’s next for Olby...CNN? Lowry: Divorce—media-style.
- Simon: Olbermann is just one ironclad contract away from a new job.
- Q&A: Carl Cameron on the MD primary and staying fit; Rich Edson.
- Zurawik: Does anyone at Comcast care about journalistic standards?
- Video: Bernard Goldberg has a solution for Comcast’s (MS)NBC problem.
- Today’s deep (i.e. sick) thought. Tonight’s cablenews primary coverage.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/20/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is Fox News really to blame?
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Bret Baier, FBN’s Jeff Flock. Illinois primary coverage.
- The Dick Morris Tour is cancelled. Analysis. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Martha MacCallum joins the fight against malaria in Ghana.
- Video: MSNBC’s Ed Schultz problem. ICN analysis. The blame game.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/19/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: When are death threats not death threats?
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- Liar: Obama claims Fox News called him a Muslim 24/7!
- News Corp’s most valuable business: Fox News!
- CNBC to report live from Abu Dhabi UAE forum.
- New Pew State of the Media 2012: cable news.
- Q&A:
Avery JessupMelissa Francis. Melissa on F&F. - Profiles: Chris Jansing, Harris-Perry. Contessa resurfaces.
- Embarrassed CNN removes ‘idiotic’ financial video.
- Hot & Not: CNN, The Rev, Big Ed, Greta, MSNBC etc.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/05/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-TheFive 1-2-3.
- Video: Judge Napolitano rules on Holder’s assassination squad.
- Fox News Latino releases its first poll of Hispanic Americans.
- Video: Kirsten Powers w/Megyn analyzes the Limbaugh/Fluke flap.
- Cablenewsers Andrea Mitchell and Sara Sidner join Roseanne Barr and Lady Gaga on The Daily Beast 150 Fearless Women list.
- Q&A: Bret Baier prepares for Super Tuesday.
- Video: Sally Kohn with Imus part one, part two. Q&A: Big Ed.
- Current sets AM sked: liberal talk shows, including liar Bill Press.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/02/12 00:21 Filed in: links
- ICN: MSNBC breaking news coverage an embarrassing travesty.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- What momentous story has MSNBC covered every hour today?
- Video: Neil Cavuto spars with Don Imus, part one, part two.
- Profile: Bret Baier on covering the upcoming conventions.
- Q&A: Thomas Roberts, Joe Scarborough. Willie Geist in Augusta.
- Rotating anchors not new to F&F. What’s happening on Monday?
- Fox & Friends video: Alan Dershowitz blasts Media Matters.
- ICN: MSNBC’s conflict of interest destroys daytime/primetime firewell.
- Lean forward: The Rev to host MSNBC coverage of his own march!
- ICN: Breitbart and Weiner? Just what was CNN up to? CNN denies.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/10/12 00:35 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Video: Bret Baier on how social media are affecting the election.
- Reeves: Don’t write that obituary for FBN just yet. Measuring bias.
- CNBC to do reality shows? Piers to be ‘honored’. Today’s boycott.
- Politico: CNN tops for excessive coverage of non-binding caucuses.
- FNC more than double CNN+MSNBC combined. The Five on a roll.
- Claim: CNN Israel bureau fired all Jewish journalists, retained Arabs.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/06/12 00:35 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is Obama at war with the Catholic Church?
- Another news channel? ABC/Disney and Univision ponder.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Reynolds: Fox News riding high in ratings and revenues.
- Bauder: Presidential campaign raises Bret Baier’s profile.
- Fareed Zakaria given Justice award, Maddow gets Steinbeck.
- Nevada caucus numbers. Today’s firing demand.
- Dana: Erratic Olbermann the key to Current’s future.
- Q&A: Liz Claman. Orman controversy continues (via ICN).
- ‘Mayor of the Morning’ demoted, Acosta promoted, Marquez hired.
- Hot & Not: Fox News, Page Six, Amanpour, Backstory, Nevada etc.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/01/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is Romney making it easy for the media?
- Tuesday’s numbers: FloridaFNC-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- Fishbowl DC kvetches about Politico ‘buttering up’ Fox News.
- Fox News: a decade on top. Politico: How FNC pulled it off.
- January program rankers. CNBC’s Kelly girl. Reena Ninan to ABC.
- Harris-Perry debut pushed back two weeks. Changes at CNNi.
- Q&A: Neil Cavuto, Jenna Lee, Bret Baier. Liz Claman in Davos.
- MSNBC produces another promo attacking the GOP. Flashback.
- Hollywood Reporter interview with a semi-snarky Shepard Smith.
- After MSNBC tags him (D), Herman Cain gets into tiff on Now w/Wagner.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/31/12 00:08 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Are the media making excuses for Occupiers?
- Fox News beats broadcast tv: O’Reilly tops Brian Williams.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Jan ’12 numbers: Fox holds top 13; CNN 2nd; MSNBC, HLN slip.
- Video: Bob Beckel doubles down, promises more to come.
- FNC’s tintinnabulation on Wall Street. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Neil Cavuto with Imus on the long road to a nominee.
- Q&A: Bret Baier, Bill Shine, Neil Cavuto, Jennifer Granholm.
- The Female Five? Plans for Jehmu Greene to host distaff version.
- Video: Lou Dobbs w/Jon Stewart. Florida primary: Fox News, CNN.
- MoJo airs from South Beach as guests and hosts ridicule the locals.
- Whoops! TV Newser said Spitzer to host Countdown, but it wasn’t true.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/21/12 00:03 Filed in: links
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/17/12 00:55 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Juan Williams on his war of words with Newt.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- Kurtz: After debate, Juan Williams brushes off the boos.
- Peters: Behind the tough questions at FNC’s GOP debate.
- Video: Maria Molina caught off-guard by Imus. Today’s oops.
- Profile: Bret Baier. John Roberts’s doppleganger. Q&A: Big Ed.
- Lean forward: White House welcome mat out for Maddow.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg challenges the New York Times race card.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/16/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Why are Newsweek editors so dumb?
- Newest FNC contributor debuts: it’s more GOP propaganda from Fox!
- Report: Bloomberg insider laments losses, ‘editorial tailspin’.
- Media Matters and Olbermann push CNN to fire Dana Loesch.
- Piers Morgan: an eventful year one. Gerri Willis: Sneaky fees.
- Q&A: Bret Baier previews tonight’s debate: The Sun News, New York Daily News, The State, Raleigh News and Observer.
- Fox News and Twitter team up for debate dodging display.
- ICN: The elephant in MSNBC’s room is Al Sharpton. Aly flix nixed.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC host leads march on Governor’s private home.
- Hot & Not: Frontline, Early Start, Color of Change. Q&A: Suze Orman.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/14/11 00:10 Filed in: links
- Video: The Five take on word games at the NY Times.
- National Press Foundation honors Chris Wallace.
- MSNBC makes Matthews apologize for Thomas Roberts.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Bret Baier’s debate preview. Today’s oops.
- Q&A: CNNi’s Tony Maddox (via ICN).
- Video: Chuck Todd flips the bird on Morning Joe.
- VIdeo: Imus gang on Trump’s debate and Chelsea Clinton.
- Christiane Amanpour stays at ABC yet will return to CNN.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/09/11 00:45 Filed in: links
- MSNBC job opening: conservatives need not apply.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Geraldo Rivera to WABC radio? Flashback.
- Talking Biz News misrepresents FBN ratings.
- Alisyn Camerota: I fainted at the White House!
- Scarborough: Chris Wallace loathes Mitt Romney?!
- Profile: Martha MacCallum and her holiday look.
- Contentious Baier Q&A altered Mitt’s media strategy.
- Video: Donald Trump with Imus part one, part two.
- Bret Baier profile: A Boy Scout with a very sharp knife.
- Dr Isadore Rosenfeld retires. A tree grows in Jerusalem.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/07/11 00:05 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Greg defends Alec Baldwin, Beckel zings Mika.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Bret Baier’s son has fifth angioplasty, doing well: hospital pix.
- Video: Carl Carmeron talks w/Imus about the Trump debate.
- Guy Johnson leaves CNBC. MSNBC in Jerusalem. TJ to BET.
- Dr Gupta novel a TNT pilot. CNN’s Jaconi goes cross-platform.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/05/11 00:01 Filed in: links
- What do you get when you’ve been grilled by Bret Baier?
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-MonicaCrowley 1-2-3.
- Video: The Donald blasts Chuck Todd on MSNBC.
- Sherman: That crafty Ailes is up to something again.
- Hot & Not: Olbermann, Imus, Mr Herman Cain, Greta etc.
- Ron Christie: Chris Matthews’s ignorance of facts is shocking.
- Behind the scenes at Huck’s forum. Catherine Crier resurfaces.
- CNN’s Eason Jordan resurfaces...to produce the Trump debate!
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
11/16/11 00:33 Filed in: links
- Joy Behar’s HLN show to end by December.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- What topic makes the Morning Joe crew fall silent?
- Mika revisits her pay scale, again. Q&A: Chris Hayes.
- Bloomberg special: Berlusconi retrospective.
- Hangout with Bret Baier. Matthews book reviewed.
- Video: The Daily Caller snipes at Politico and MSNBC.
- Impartial journalist trolling twitter for Fox News gossip.
Friday Links and Open Thread
11/11/11 00:13 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Major cuts at CNN hit scores of employees nationwide.
- Big Ed deposed in lawsuit. MSNBC sued over Murray doc.
- Monday: MSNBC kills an hour of news for HuffPo’s Alex Wagner.
- Cancelled Greta Q&A with Mrs Herman Cain to tape this weekend.
- CNN.com goal: to dominate the web. Q&A: Gasparino, Soledad.
- CNBC’s twicker debate among the least-watched.
- Video: The Five on debate gaffes by Perry, Cain. Spitzer resurfaces.
- MSNBC accused of checkbook journalism, gives LaToya the brush-off.
- Specials: Bret Baier’s Fight for Iowa; Robin Meade’s Salute to Troops.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
11/08/11 00:23 Filed in: links
- The Five gets its highest ratings ever.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Shep 1-2-3.
- Chris Cotter leaving FBN for ESPN.
- MSNBC impartial journalism at 11:00 am: five-vs-zero.
- Is MSNBC blacklisting its own contributor? CNN/DC expansion.
- CNN’s Next List w/Gupta to premiere. Romans and Velshi party.
- Cablenewsers hook up with Google+. Weekend numbers.
- Debates proliferate as ratings rise. Bonus Baier. Mitt stiffs Bret.
- MSNBC skeds momentous special: Michael Jackson and the Doctor.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/31/11 00:56 Filed in: links
- Arrington: CNN called me racist! Soledad: Not so. (via TVN).
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Shep-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- O’Reilly keep writing. Fox’s Junior Reporters program.
- FNC DC bureau goes dark. Bret Baier’s reading list.
- Q&A: Sean Hannity, Chris Matthews, Sandra Smith, Tamron Hall.
- CNNi skeds biz show. CNBC docs: jobs, the lowdown on Pepsi.
- Hot & Not: Amanpour, Chernoff, CNN AM, Trump, CNBC etc.
'CBS News Is Very Nervous'
10/07/11 17:53 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! Insights on 15 years of Fox News from Bret Baier, Bill O’Reilly, Greta van Susteren, and Shepard Smith:
From Fox & Friends, October 7 2011
From Fox & Friends, October 7 2011
Friday Links and Open thread
10/07/11 00:12 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Fox 15th videos: Rupert and Roger; FNC through the years.
- Christopher: Lawrence O’Donnell unfair, offensive, despicable.
- Q&A: Bret Baier, Bret Baier, Big Ed, Big Ed. CNN’s Next List.
- Critics scorch international superstar Erin Burnett.
- Bill Hemmer hosts behind-the-scenes look at FNC: preview.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
10/01/11 00:09 Filed in: links
- VIdeo: Reliable Sources on media infatuation with Christie.
- Q&A: Bill O’Reilly, Bret Baier. Juliet apologizes.
- Video: News Watch on media infatuation with Chris Christie.
- No trace of the Ace of Cakes. The Fox formula.
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
- Yetta nother CNN debate. Today’s Erin Burnett profile.
- Specials: Hemmer: The American Terrorist; Johns: Anthrax Letters.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
09/24/11 00:08 Filed in: links
- Video: Journalist Shuster slams ‘inexperienced’ Baier, Kelly.
- Shaw: Up with Chris Hayes a strange morning brew.
- Jenks: MSNBC doubles down with Chris Hayes.
- News Watch video: Media coverage of Obama tax plan.
- Video: Don Imus gripes about his tv ratings.
- Jane Harman defends Megyn Kelly.
- Randy Meier resurfaces. Q&A: CNN’s Mark Whitaker.
- Charlie Gasparino gets death threats...sort of.
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
- Specials: Bret Baier (green jobs); Soledad (female boxing).
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/22/11 00:02 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Ailes & Company celebrate 15 years of Fox News. More.
- Megyn ready for debate, and ready to interrupt if necessary.
- FBN goes live 7-10pm tonight with Dobbs and Asman.
- Soledad’s newest exposé: female boxing.
- Cablenewsers focus on cop-killer’s execution.
- Shepard Smith is still holding a hot hand. Q&A: Bret Baier.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
09/21/11 00:12 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Video: Bret Baier behind the scenes of Thursday’s debate.
- Fox News/Google debate gains an additional 15 minutes.
- MSNBC prime still a Solyndra-free zone. Maddow on Today.
- Coop to host anti-bullying town hall. Kitty Pilgrim resurfaces.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/23/11 01:11 Filed in: links
- ICN: MSNBC redefines the meaning of ‘breaking news’.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- ICN: Making Sharpton MSNBC host worse than CNN hiring Spitzer!
- Cablers pivot to earthquake. Video: Special Rpt may air outdoors.
- It’s official: MSNBC hires Sharpton (!) to host show.
- Q&A: Megyn Kelly, Neil Cavuto. Kiran Chetry resurfaces.
- Videos: Steve Harrigan avoids gunfire in Tripoli, CNNer grazed.
- Coop gains while competitors off. Weekend numbers. Today’s oops.
- Desperate cablers turn to old PR standby: a feud! CNN eyes Zite.
- Pareene: MSNBC weekend worse than Fox! Another FNC outrage!
- Video: Bernard Goldberg critiques the Ingraham/Rangel shootout.
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/12/11 00:40 Filed in: links
- Video: Neil Cavuto on a revolution that started 15 years ago.
- Thursday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Debate snags over five million viewers. FNC a double winner.
- Coop’s first week at 8pm: fewer viewers than In the Arena!
- Video: Bias Bash critiques GOP debate coverage.
- Claim: CNN ‘insiders’ say Piers about to be fired?!
- Video: Geraldo caught in a time warp?
- Zurawik: Wallace, Baier set a high bar for debate moderators.
- Cilliza: Moderators were debate winners. Globe: Fox wins. More.
- Q&A: Dr Sanjay Gupta. Profile: Chris Hayes.
- FBN: Cavuto live special tonight 8pm; Lou Dobbs live 8pm Sunday.
Boehlony Is His Stock in Trade
04/29/11 15:49 Filed in: slanders
Media Matters attacks Fox for its silence on a big news story. But it’s Eric Boehlert, so you know there’s a catch. ...read more
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/29/11 00:05 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Shep 1-2-3.
- Bret bumps Beck: two-hour Special Report tonight.
- It’s official: Burnett to CNN. More. Q&A: Liz Claman on Buffett.
- CNN, MSNBC, CNBC reject advertising for Atlas Shrugged movie?
- MacNicol: Lawrence O’Donnell is the Donald Trump of cable news.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/19/11 00:44 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
- Olbermann: I don’t watch MSNBC.
- New algorithm makes Fox most search-visible cablenews site.
- MSNBC treatment of Trump raises questions.
- Video: What cablenewser reported this in 1991? The answer.
- Profile: Chris Wallace. Bret Baier’s top (and bottom) DC ten [pdf].
- MSNBC’s new studio. Contessa’s compost. Robin’s song.
- Larry King preps first CNN special, plans trip to Korea.
- Video: CNN staffer tries a little too hard to look busy.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/08/11 00:41 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- Baier bumps Beck for breaking budget battle (h/t cubachi).
- Greta: Media silliness re Beck, Palin. Show me the Huddy!
- Insider mini-video: Charles Gasparino.
- As news fades, so does CNN. Soledad in Greenwich.
- O’Donnell wants his bosses to tell Trump: you’re fired!
- Audio: Alan Colmes grills Donald Trump on birtherism.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/07/11 00:07 Filed in: links
- NPR’s Folkenflik profiles Bret Baier (via ICN).
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- Do PIers Morgan’s thousands of tweets help his ratings?
- Video: CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux clashes with The Donald.
- Video: Huck w/Jon Stewart part one, part two, part three.
- Bias Bash video: the media foreign/domestic divide.
- VIdeo: Don Imus asks Major Garrett about budget, and Beck.
- CNN/LA building locked down over threats; suspect in custody.
- NY Times: Gripes, grumbling foreshadowed Beck/FNC split.
- B&C: A Beck show unlikely to excite interest of syndicators.
- Video: Judge Nap on the virtues of a government shutdown.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/29/11 00:19 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Obama (FNC)-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Q1 program ranker: FNC holds top 12 slots.
- Q1 numbers: FNC #1 for 9 years, Beck down; MSNBC, CNN.
- Video: Bias Bash on media reaction to Libya speech.
- Profile: Stossel. Q&A: D-Rat pt deux. Robin Meade, chanteuse.
- MSNBC.com sharing content from National Journal.
- Rick Sanchez: Did cable news cause the war in Libya?
- Video: Major Garrett on whether Qaddafi should go.
- ICN: The top five stupid cable news gimmicks.
- Weekend numbers. March spin: CNN.
- Kurtz queries Sammon on latest Fox ‘controversy’. Shuster claim (fwiw): FNC reporters and Bret Baier turning on Sammon.
- Video: Judge Nap delivers ‘the plain truth’ on Libya.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/25/11 00:38 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- Swells gather for NLGJA fete.
- Video: Cavuto w/Imus on Beck, Libya etc, part one, part two.
- O’Donnell attacks on Mormonism stir controversy.
- Unedited video: Bret Baier w/Jon Stewart pt one, two, three.
- Zurawik: What is Michael Steele’s cable future?
- Video: Judge Nap on avoiding the constitution in wartime.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/07/11 00:38 Filed in: links
- Juliet Huddy news...or not?
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Kelly’s Court rules on Fred Grandy flap.
- Like Roberts, TJ Holmes irked by Kiran typing?
- Video: Leland Vittert caught in the crossfire.
- HLN emulates MSNBC, reruns crime shows.
- Pix: Bret Baier in Afghanistan.
- CNN’s Freedom Project. King to host Peabodies.
- MacNicol: NY Times Beck blast not believable?
- Q&A: Don Lemon (via TVN), Tucker Carlson, Lawrence O, Norah O. Profile: Andrea Mitchell (via ICN).
- Hot & Not: Dobbs, Sheen, Maddow, Schultz, King.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/17/11 00:19 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Bream-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Reports on new poll omit: FNC is most trusted.
- FBN’s Dennis Kneale toots his own horn.
- Big Ed to air live from union protests. Flashback.
- Video: Hemmer defuses video ‘controversy’.
- Video: Chris Wallace w/Imus part one, part two.
- DId CNN try to protect Lara Logan’s attackers?
- Piers numbers continue to sink.
- Q&A: Big Ed; Major Garrett; Bret Baier on son’s heart disease.
- CNN revives fashion coverage (via CNNO).
- Video: Glenn Beck vs Google part one, part two.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/24/11 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Bream 1-2-3. Piers slips.
- Audio: John Gibson sez Comcast fired Olby.
- Daily Finance: Comcast unlikely to overhaul MSNBC.
- Video: Glenn Beck on Olby’s departure.
- Q&A: Coop, John Stossel, Big Ed. Bret Baier: rapper.
- SotU coverage rundown.
- Haddad: Piers Morgan is the new King.
- MSNBC to hire Ed Rendell? Dan Abrams to ABC?
- NYT: Years of tension led to Olbermann/MSNBC split. WSJ: The end of a tumultuous affair. LAT: Unanswered questions. The Week: Five theories.
- Yahoo: Where will KO end up? How about Senator Olby? Or Sirius?
- Barnhart: NBC blew it. MacNicol: Will MSNBC regret dumping KO? Boedeker: How will Keith be remembered? Zucker reacts. Twitter explodes.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/03/11 00:01 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Wallace-Faulkner 1-2-3.
- As Griffeth returns to CNBC, Bartiromo plummets.
- So there are friends of Rick Sanchez?
- John Roberts joins FNC: more. ICN: another CNN failure.
- MSNBCNBC to air shows from 2011 CES.
- CNN shutters its San Fran bureau (via ICN).
- The Beck Effect is real.
- Soledad focuses on Ernest Withers.
- Audio: Brian Wilson talks to Bret Baier.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/14/10 00:27 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
- Zurawik: FNC signs Bret Baier to new multi-year contract.
- Juan Williams signs book deal with Random House.
- Olbermann tries to wriggle out of latest Nazi comparison.
- Video: Geraldo on sleeping nude etc part one, part two.
- Video: Greta and Sarah Palin in Haiti.
- American Morning makeover: more upbeat, fast-paced.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly w/Don Imus part one, part two.
- Larry’s sign-off has people talking.
- CNN on the iPad. Amid changes, CNBC launches Pro.
- Talkative Joe vs Ice Princess Mika.
- ‘No Labels’ rally attracts a host of MSNBC hosts.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
12/11/10 00:32 Filed in: links
- Video: Reliable Sources on tax deal coverage.
- Without Larry, who will personify CNN? More.
- Video: Fox News Watch on tax deal coverage.
- Zurawik: Bret Baier revisits Florida 2000.
- Video: Red Eye rips Olby’s Nazi comparison.
- Non-eye-contact Q&A: Chris Matthews.
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/01/10 00:10 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3. Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Beck 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
- Wikileaks to break new info on Freedom Watch?
- CNN hire looks to restructure programming.
- Preview: Bret Baier World Aids Day with Bono.
- November numbers: FNC, CNN, HLN, MSNBC. CNBC’s slide.
- Audio: Bill Hemmer previews John Lennon special.
- Parker incensed at Spitzer, threatens to bolt.
- Video: Follow the Money looks at the Volt.
- Larry King at Wendy Walker’s book party.
- Video: Judge Nap vs O’Reilly on entrapment.
- MSNBC’s Abrams goes on CNN and defends Fox.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
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- Scarborough teams with big-bucks anti-partisan group.
- November: FNC in a league of its own. Bret Baier beats Beck, Hannity. Park & Spit craters. MSNBC again tops CNN.
- Friday’s numbers. Thursday’s numbers.
- Impartial MSNBC anchor labels guest ‘radical right-winger’.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly with Don Imus.
- Alan’s hate mail keeps pouring in.
- Thomas Roberts talks suicide and more.
- Rampant conspiracy theory suddenly loses steam.
- Olby attacks Palin daughter over old story, recently rehashed.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
11/04/10 00:45 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- FNC announces changes, promotions, assignments.
- Shocker: O’Reilly welcomes opposing views, Olby: an echo chamber.
- Zurawik: MSNBC’s outrageous misbehavior crosses the line.
- Videos: Chris Wallace w/Imus pt one, two; with Jon Stewart.
- Today’s bright idea: MSNBC should team Christine O’D and Cenk Uygur!
- Stop the presses: FNC not hiring Christine O’Donnell, as Laura re-ups.
- Romney ducks interview with Bret Baier.
- Q&A: Client Number Nine, D-Rat.
- Who will stay and who will run?
- Profile: Robin Meade’s country roads.
- Election eve behind the scenes at CNN.
- Olbermann a wee bit testy about FNC ratings?
Friday Links and Open Thread
09/10/10 00:01 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Fox didn’t take the bait. Kurtz praises. Zurawik: FNC gets full credit.
- Rick Leventhal and panel reflect on 9/11.
- Bret Baier takes center stage.
- Olby week in review.
- New, bizarre MSNBC interview technique.
- MSNBC changes.
- 9/11 schedules: FNC, CNN.
- Surprise: Park & Spit agree!
- Q&A: Rick Sanchez.
- Grace’s Swift Justice imminent.
Friday Links and Open Thread
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Weekend Links and Open Thread
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Thursday Links and Open Thread
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Wednesday Links and Open Thread
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