• Tuesday numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.  FNC growth.
• CNN schedules more reality shows.  Stelter wants a new beat?
• FTV: Al-Jaz America fails the Amtrak test.  Fox News...on CNN!
• F&F video: Amtrak passenger Jeremy Wladis tells survival story.
• Grenell: Kirsten Powers’s Silencing spurs ‘unhinged’ reactions.
• With strong Pew results, FNC online getting extreme makeover.
• Westhoven: Chris Hayes takes police training.  Q&A: Jim Morelli.
• Rothstein: Trial Judge smacks down Ed Schultz.  Seshadri to CNN.
• Wemple: Does the President watch Fox News ‘on a regular basis’?

Tags: ratings 2015, friends, hayes, schultz

• Kirell: It’s time to credit Jeff Zucker for resuscitating CNN.
• Audio Q&A: Chris Stirewalt.  Wemple: Judith Miller vs Kurtz.
• O’Reilly, Megyn, Coop et al on most powerful NYC media list.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on failures by Rolling Stone.
• Byers: Cruz and Paul interviews exemplify Hannity influence.
• Griswold: Chris Hayes gets a ratings bump...by not showing up!
• Mike Rowe in Humboldt.  Upped at CNN.  Rachel Crane nominated.

Tags: oreilly, megyn, cooper, hannity, hayes

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Wemple: Bergdahl charges vindication for Bill O’Reilly.
• Zumberge: Neil Cavuto to anchor MS awareness events.
• Somerby: Lawrence O’Donnell on UVa...an ‘awful display’.
• New Day copyright claim?  CNN invites you to get wasted.
• TCG: Bill O’Reilly, Bernard Goldberg, and The Trust Factor.
• Concha: Cablenews talking heads scramble to lambaste Cruz.
• Wemple: Letterman rehabs Bill.  Worst week ever: Chris Hayes.
• Bill O’Reilly videos: The Late Show w/Letterman; Fox & Friends part one, part two; Outnumbered part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six.

Tags: ratings 2015, oreilly, o'donnell, hayes, friends

• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• NLRB rejects CNN appeal, cites net’s anti-union animus.
• HLN goes to pot.  CNN goes to pot.  CNN goes to Putin.
• Rothstein: Brian Stelter and Joe Concha in a twitter spat.
• Howley: The failure of Chris Hayes, MSNBC’s ‘fancy lad’.
• Gutfeld: Correct, but mostly false.  Joy Reid resurfaces.
• Imus video: Mike Baker.  How straight is straight?  Video.
• Strange bedfellows at NLGJA wingding.  Coop goes to jail.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg part deux.  Weekend numbers.

Tags: ratings 2015, hayes, megyn, cooper, oreilly

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Nia-Malika Henderson to CNN.  The Rev’s producer bails.
• Somerby: Hayes muddies the Ferguson waters...on purpose.
• Imus video: Martha MacCallum.  Gasparino twitter eruptions. 
• Kaus quits Daily Caller over Tucker’s gag rule. Why it’s weird.
• Liz Claman at Harvard.  CNN Philippines debut.  CNN hoaxed?
• Roller: One America tops Fusion, Bloomberg, AJAm combined.

Tags: ratings 2015, hayes

• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.  More.
• Huge numbers for 2/23 Factor: triple MSNBCNN combined.
• February numbers: Fox News topped all cable channels.
• February numbers: CNN up; HLN up; MSNBC sinks further.
• Concha: MSNBC ‘denials’ offer little hope for Chris Hayes.
• Erica Garner et al suggest The Rev is ‘all about the money’.
• Q&A: Nancy Grace vs ‘haters’ (via CNNC); Maria Bartiromo.
• F&F video: Iwo Jima veterans reunite.  Weekend numbers.
• Garber: Why is MSNBC changing course? Blame ‘unbundling’.
• Playing games: We may see more of the Coop Quiz (v/CNCC).
• Uberti: Why O’Reilly can play hardball with the Falklands flap.
• Tobin: The real target is Fox News.  Wemple: In search of bodies.
• NYT: O’Reilly’s aggressive defense.  Disgraced ex-CNNer piles on.
• Factor videos: Concha, Browne talk Falklands; Bernard Goldberg.

Tags: ratings 2015, oreilly, hayes, friends, cooper

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2014, lemon, baier, huffpo, hayes, oreilly

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

Tags: ratings 2014, hayes, cooper

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Wemple: Vindication for Andrea Tantaros...from CNN!
• Somerby: Chris Hayes’s pandering...dishonest and vile.
• Fox News special: American Payday: The Big Squeeze.
• Greta: In defense of Fox News...and MSNBCNN as well.
• Video: Czar stirs controversy.  Wemple: Levittown truth?
• Fox News Latino readership grows.  Sandra Smith news.
• Charlton: After deep cuts, will CNN have the last laugh?
• Maglio: Double-digit ratings drops spurred CNN layoffs.
• Unguarded to return...as occasional primetime specials?
• A proud member of the ‘10% club’: fired CNNer speaks out.
• As CNN targets online news, the head of digital gets the axe.
• Imus video: Mike Baker.  F&F video: Kilmeade scolds Gohmert.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media skepticism and Ebola.

Tags: ratings 2014, hayes, greta, oreilly, friends

• ICN: Reliable on Zakaria...a tortured, cherry-picked response.
• Media Buzz videos: War criticism, Pentagon video, Lois Lerner.
• Reliable Sources videos: Journalism in wartime, ESPN, Fareed.
• Today’s apology.  Today’s oops.  Somerby: It’s Hayes again.
• Reliable Sources to address Fareed Zakaria controversy.
• Behind the scenes at Fox News Sunday w/ Chris Wallace.
• Your Buzz videos: WH intruder, focus on NFL, MSM vs TMZ.
• The Blaze video: Beck interviews O’Reilly.  Express shrinks.
• ‘Fox anchor’ Gregg Jarrett resurfaces. More.  Sunday talkers.

Tags: icn, hayes, oreilly, beck

• The Five video: What are these boots made for, anyway?
• Bart: MSNBC’s boring line-up needs an extreme makeover.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• FBN pre-empting Imus to cover Scotland independence vote.
• The Kelly File breaks into the top five programs on all cable.
• Factor video: James Rosen and Sharyl Attkisson on Benghazi.
• Somerby: A Cable Outrage Spectacular turns amazingly dumb.
• Linda Vester resurfaces;  flashback.  Deborah Feyerick re-ups.
• Fareed Zakaria is still plagiarizing...on CNN!  Q&A: Jay Carney.
• Hasselbeck thriving, as is Fox & Friends.  Bartiromo’s road trip.

Tags: ratings 2014, megyn, oreilly, hayes, friends

• 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).

Tags: ratings 2014, oreilly, friends, baier, o'donnell, hayes, cooper, matthews

• Media Buzz videos: Supporting airstrikes, TMZ, Ray Rice.
• Reliable Sources: ISIS videos, NFL conflicts, cable pro-war?
• Audio: Julie Banderas is not a fan of Mike Tyson.
• Today’s twitter spat: Richard Grenell vs Brian Stelter.
• Somerby: A question the ‘cable giants’ have not asked.
• Video: Richard Grenell on US response to ISIS execution.
• Sakoui: Is Fox News bugging out?   Teapot, meet tempest.
• O'Donnell and Tapper honored.  A ‘different Jesus’? Totally!
• Your Buzz videos: Carney, optics, Juan Williams, nude celebs.
• It’s official: Luke Russert joins Meet the Press.  Sunday talkers.

Tags: o'donnell, hayes, oreilly

• The Five video: Only we can stop the savagery of ISIS.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Bolling-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Concha: Top prize for irresponsibility goes to...Chris Hayes!
• Are Jake Tapper, Don Lemon, et al becoming opinionators?
• Dierdre Bolton’s elevator pitch.  This door swings both ways.
• Video: Richard Grenell on ISIS etc.  Melvin losing anchor slot.
• Q&A: Steve Harrigan in Ferguson.  Profile: Dr Michael Baden.
• Byers: Fareed Zakaria responds. Johnson: Al-Jazeera responds.
• Factor video: Howard Kurtz on media malfeasance re Ferguson.

Tags: ratings 2014, lemon, hayes, oreilly

• Now you see it, now you don’t: Alex Wagner hits bottom.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• O’Reilly Factor, All In earn top cable news diversity scores.
• Imus video: Bernard Goldberg on Jon Stewart, Gaza, etc.
• Dumenco: If Rupert wants Time-Warner, nothing can stop him.
• Murdoch makes first move to take over Time-Warner. Caught!
• MSNBC turns 17; so why can’t they be a liberal news channel?!
• Inside MSNBC’s Miami studio.  The least surprising news...ever.
• Hogue: A real ‘new day’: Alisyn and Kiran, back together on CNN?
• She’s ‘the perfect anchor in many ways’.  Q&A: Gretchen Carlson.

Tags: ratings 2014, oreilly, hayes

• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• If you have to watch the World Cup, this is how to do it.
• Q2 numbers: FNC tops rivals.  More Q2: CNN, HLN, MSNBC.
• Will Murdoch buy Time-Warner, CNN included? (via HuffPo)
• All In with Hayes gets a makeover.  CNN tops scorecards.
• Lund: Nobody needs it... CNBC is dead.  Weekend numbers.
• Starr: CNBC adds to reality reruns with a tasty reality original.
• Imus videos: Judge Napolitano; Bill O’Reilly part one, part two.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg. Kelly File: Bill Ayers pt one, two.

Tags: ratings 2014, hayes, judgenap, oreilly, megyn

• 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.

Tags: hayes, baier

• Thursday’s numbers: Kelly File-O’Reilly-Baier 1-2-3.
• CNN names David Chalian Political Director.  More.
• Bill O’Reilly videos: Today on NBC, Fox & Friends.
• TJ Holmes to take Finney’s timeslot?  Maddow: False.
• O’Reilly zings Carol Costello; Chris Hayes zings O’Reilly.
• Today’s firing demand.  D-Day video: Operation Overlord.
• Kelly File video: Bergdahl platoon mates part one, part two.

Tags: ratings 2014, oreilly, friends, maddow, hayes, mojo, megyn

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• Red Eye video: What constitutes ‘the perfect tweet’?
• CNN fires editor for plagiarism (via Brian Stelter).
• Arwa Damon honored.  Gay: A CNN tradition dies.
• Scalia: Gravity in the face of MSNBC condescension.
• Lowry: The System is powerful advocacy journalism.
• NowThis preps for MSNBC shorts. Going All In on Kansas.
• Wemple: Outnumbered rocks NY Times debate; the video.

Tags: ratings 2014, redeye, hayes

• The Five video: The Pentagon acts quickly...sometimes.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-MacCallum-Baier 1-2-3.
• Fox about to add some Dash?  CNBC skeds new Squawk.
• Somerby: Hannity and Hayes posit a standard deception?
• Willie Geist makes book. Lawrence O’Donnell recovering.
• Imus video: Rick Leventhal inside the new 9/11 museum.
• Ratigan resurfaces...unfortunately, so does Jesse Ventura.
• Byers: ‘Irresponsible’ MSNBC in ‘very dangerous territory’.

Tags: ratings 2014, hannity, hayes, o'donnell

• Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
• Geraldo wins Morris suit.  Mike Emanuel moonlights.
• Zucker punch: Layoffs at CNN.  Q&A: Dan Springer.
• Willow Bay resurfaces.  Kyra confused?  Huck hints.
• Amara Walker to CNNi.   Meg Tirell jumps to CNBC.
• Imus video: Laura Ingraham on Putin etc.  Hayes Jr.
• Puzzler: Who spends the most on cable news?  More.
• The seven stages of breaking news on CNN.  Not cool.
• De Moraes: Critics carp but CNN happy to get eyeballs.
• Kogan: Chicagoland continues its adulation of Emanuel.

Tags: ratings 2014, greta, hayes

• The Five video: Panel erupts over Hobby Lobby case.
• Fox to feature Megyn, Bartiromo in push for ad sales.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Busted! Two CNN employees trespassing at Ground Zero.
• Somerby: Maddow and Kornacki propagandize the tribe.
• Q&A: Don Lemon (via FTVLive). Video Q&A: Chris Hayes.
• Weekend numbers: CNN and Fox News share the honors.
• Red Eye video: Tribute to Oderus Urungus (Dave Brockie).
• Jones: Shame on sellouts Stelter and Kurtz.  Delia returns.
• Piling on: The Malaysian press joins in the criticism of CNN.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg rips media, including Fox; epilogue.
• Zuckered: CNN head of ad sales sick of ‘the infighting’, quits.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, hayes, redeye, oreilly, lemon

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2014, baier, hayes, judgenap

• Video: Which Five co-host has keys to Hannity’s house?
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bream 1-2-3.
• James Carville joins Fox News.  Pelosi ducking O’Reilly.
• Hannity makes good on losing bet, will pay off in person.
• Somerby: Maddow’s disgrace.  Rothstein: Why I like Piers.
• Q&A: Joy Reid. CNN wins first round in caption court case. 
• Laurie Dhue resurfaces: How God and faith saved my life.
• Factor videos: O’Reilly responds to Jon Stewart, Chris Hayes.

Tags: ratings 2014, hannity, maddow, piers, oreilly, hayes

• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly File-The Five 1-2-3.
• January: Fox News outstripped MSNBCNN combined.
• Zucker punched: CNBC reruns beat entire CNN lineup!
• Somerby: On Maddow, Hayes, Scott, Kelly, and more.
• Rothman: On cable news channels, it’s ‘all about me’.
• How the SEA hacked CNN (v/FDC).  Weekend numbers.
• Zucker play: Is Kate leaving New Day?  Today’s oops.
• Imus video: Ed Henry on the SotU, Hillary, and more.
• It’s a best-seller...that actually sold only 3,000 copies?!
• It was a ratings winner...that actually lost its time slot!?
• Kelly File video: Is unilateral legal?  SotU coverage. Bing!

Tags: ratings 2014, megyn, hayes

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2013, schultz, hayes, megyn, baier

• Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: MSNBC’s ‘unhealthy obsession’ with FNC.
• Lea Gabrielle to FNC. Union turmoil engulfs MSNBC.
• Big money flows to Big Ed: Look for the union label.
• Video: O’Reilly exposes MSNBC part one, part two.
• WaPo profile: Megyn Kelly, ‘a good, decent person’.
• Red Eye video: Does Santa have to be a white man?
• Schwarz: Life was hell for Fox reporter Jana Winter.
• The Duke Red Matter pt one, pt two, pt three, part four.

Tags: ratings 2013, hayes, oreilly, megyn, redeye

• The Five video: Obamacare privacy concerns.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Baier 1-2-3.
• Thursday special: CNN films premieres Blackfish.
• Greta: Is Media Matters sloppy, inept, or vicious? More.
• Matt Flamm boasts: I was conned by Fox…I think.
• Tonight Show video: Piers Morgan with Jay Leno.
• Al Jazeera America and Time Warner seal the deal.
• Pollak: Controversy swirls around Chris Hayes graphic.
• Fox & Friends video: John McEnroe part one, part two.
• Q&A: Patricia Fili-Krushel; impartial MSNBC journalist (v/TVN).

Tags: ratings 2013, greta, mediamatters, piers, hayes, friends

• The Five video: Whose red line is it anyway?
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: Shepard Smith grills Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
• Kurtz: What to expect on premiere of Media Buzz.
• Shield standoff: Jana Winter wins two-month delay.
• Fox/SiriusXM seal expanded deal.  Weekend numbers.
• NBC News covers GOPers just for appearances’ sake?
• Factor video: Krauthammer has concerns about Syria.
• CNN’s The Flag ties post-9/11 flag-waving to ‘intolerance’?
• Matthews shift lifts Chris Hayes.  CNN’s Hamby goes digital.

Tags: ratings 2013, shep, oreilly, matthews, hayes

• Friday’s numbers: TheFive-ScottBrown-Baier 1-2-3.
• Howard Kurtz MediaBuzz debuts Sept 8 11am.
• Even POTUS Q&A can’t lift stagnant New Day.
• Today’s oops.  Spell check.  Swells gather.
• Hayes hour is hardly a huge hit.  Dream on.
• Miller: Mr Olbermann is ready for his close-up.
• Q&A: Mika B (via TVN).  Video Q&A: Ali Velshi.
• Video: The Donald slams ‘hack’ AG over lawsuit.
• Hot & Not: Big Ed, Al-Jazeera, Kristol, Nichols, etc.

Tags: ratings 2013, oreilly, friends, olbermann, mojo, hayes

• The Five video: Muslim 9/11 truthers assemble…on 9/11!
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Bream 1-2-3.
• Video: Col Ralph Peters on responding to Egypt violence.
• Lean Forward: MSNBC host to cover event he’s leading!
• Q&A: Chris Hayes.  Video: a one-sided Hayes hangout.
• Today’s oops.  Imus video: Mike Baker on Egypt unrest.
• Watch CNN for free without cable…but there’s a catch.
• Factor videos: Oprah and racism; Green and Neville reply.
• Fox News and Peter Johnson Jr help save a sick girl’s life.
• Lung recipient Sarah Murnaghan speaks to Peter Johnson.

Tags: ratings 2013, hannity, friends, hayes

• The Five video: Sometimes Hollywood gets it right?
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
• Somerby: ‘Grandpa’ O’Donnell is ‘a piece of work’.
• Bias Bash video: Is Baldwin the right fit for MSNBC?
• Weekend numbers.  Viewers just don’t buy George.
• Imus video: Huckabee.  Hogue: Hannity and Kelly?!
• Lean Forward: Hayes documentary excludes dissent.
• Factor videos: Bernard Goldberg and Juan Williams.

Tags: ratings 2013, o'donnell, hannity, megyn, hayes, oreilly

• The Five video: Save our cities, free drug dealers?
• Friday’s numbers: O’Gutfeld-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Chris Hayes jokes about riots and death.
• Video: Are the media ignoring Obamacare issues?
• Q&A: John Seigenthaler gushes over Al-Jazeera.
• Imus video: Ed Henry on Obama’s press conference.
• Hot & Not: CNN, Alec Baldwin, Megyn, Reince etc.
• FNS video: All-star panel on the RNC debate flap etc.

Tags: ratings 2013, hayes

• The Five video: Al-Qaeda dead, decimated, or what?
• Friday’s numbers: O’Gutfeld-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• RNC’s high-stakes game of chicken with CNN, NBC.
• Video: Gretchen spills the deets on her movie debut.
• Zoraida returns to CNN.  Tamron Hall’s Princely meal.
• Fox & Friends video: It’s time to play the Family Feud!
• The NY Times swoons over…wait for it…Chris Hayes!
• Fox News Sunday video: Howard Kurtz joins the panel.

Tags: ratings 2013, friends, hayes

• News Watch video: Glenn Greenwald and the NSA.
• Fox News first in scramble to cover SF plane crash.
• Chris Matthews in NOLA.  Olbermann’s twitter spat.
• John Avlon in Kurtz chair.  Sunday talk: HuffPo recap.
• Somerby: Ugly behavior by ratings-driven Chris Hayes?
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The FIve-Bream 1-2-3.
• Zucker play: CNN bans Nancy Grace from going on GMA.
• Lean Forward: Impartial MSNBC journalist strikes again.
• Video: Smart tech for wounded warriors part one, part two.

Tags: matthews, olbermann, hayes, ratings 2013, megyn

• The Five video: No punishment for extreme spending?
• Tuesday’s numbers: Laura-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• HuffPo: Fox News will object to White House Down.
• Fox News exclusive on-set video of White House Down.
• Supreme Court race: over-cautious CNN comes in last.
• Q&A: Shannon Bream, Chris Hayes.  Pink slips at CNN.
• Zucker play: CNN snags Cupp for 4-headed Crossfire.
• Soledad to Al-Jaz?  Campbell Brown resurfaces.  Oops.
• Somerby: Salon hit on Kurtz is ‘crap…terrible journalism’.

Tags: ratings 2013, friends, hayes

• Will The Cycle be unbroken? Hits an all-time low.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The5 1-2-3.
• Wemple piece on Palin hire uses ‘mole’ as source!
• It’s official: Sarah Palin again an FNC contributor!
• Wallace lands Cheney for live Q&A on NSA spying.
• Imus video: Ed Henry. Hayes says the hardest word.
• Zucker play: Frantic promotional push for New Day?
• Factor video: Powers and Obenshain on NSA spying.
• Ailes accepts Bradley Prize.  Shield standoff update.
• Harper: Alter attacks on FNC overblown and untrue.

Tags: ratings 2013, palin, hayes, oreilly

• The Five video: A summer fairground of scandals.
• Upset! The Five edges Bill O’Reilly in 25-54 demo.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• Today’s oops: But only Fox does this!  Apology.
• Video: The Judge on killing Snowden via drone.
• Shield standoff update. Today’s frivolous lawsuit.
• Imus video: Mike Baker is skeptical of data mining.
• CNN wins Murrows. TCA nominees: Coop, Maddow.
• CNN hires Rosa Flores.  Soledad O’Brien resurfaces.

Tags: ratings 2013, oreilly, hayes, judgenap, megyn, shep

• The Five video: Tips for twitter users and more.
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• Video: Megyn Kelly grills Lou Dobbs and Erik Erickson.
• Uh-oh: Was Hayes lead story a false smear? (via NR)
• Video: Are the media starting to turn on Eric Holder?
• Zucker memo: Hey, I’m doing great, if I’m any judge.
• Concha: Today’s free advice on how to save MSNBC.
• Charlton: Did one bad move cause MSNBC’s collapse?
• Secret meeting: Govt officials outnumbered journos 2-1.

Tags: ratings 2013, megyn, hayes, schultz

• 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.

Tags: icn, ratings 2013, judgenap, hayes, friends, olbermann, oreilly, baier

• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Imitation sincerest form of flattery: CNBC copycats Fox Business.
• America Live video: Legal implications of covert McConnell bug.
• Lean Forward: MSNBC hires Democratic Party exec as producer!
• Jana Winter: Judge’s order to disclose source could end my career. 
• TNR: We want Hayes to improve because we really scorn O’Reilly.
• Video: Meet the Kilmeade clan.  Swells gather for Joe’s birthday.
• Q&A: Harris Faulkner, Sandra Smith. Cablers on power list (v/TVN).
• Kurtz: MHP steps in it.  ICN: MSNBC’s news credibility is in tatters.
• Hoaxes, criminals, and anti-Semites: Touré’s journalistic resumé.
• Farhi: Zucker’s first moves haven’t stemmed CNN’s ratings slide.
• HuffPo: CNN is ‘taking a stand on gun control’ with two-day special.
• Better late than never: the NY Times addresses the shield standoff.

Tags: ratings 2013, megyn, hayes, friends, mojo

• The Five video: Only in America…tenure for terrorists.
• Collapse: Chris Hayes loses 54% of Monday demo audience!
• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Concha: Hayes vs O’Reilly…who really practices diversity?
• Imus video: Kirsten Powers.  Ari Melber joins The Cycle.
• Velshi vamooses.  ICN: Ominous portents for Burnett’s Out Front.
• Q&A: Maria Molina.  Profile: Ed Henry.  Bream achieves a first.
• F&F video: Lou Holtz erupts over Brian’s pay to play proposal.
• Factor video: Talking Points debate turns rowdy part one, part two.
• Variety’s daytime impact honorees: Bill Hemmer, Janelle Rodriguez.

Tags: ratings 2013, hayes, oreilly, icn, friends

• The Five video: Momentum shift in the gun control debate?
• Monday’s numbers: Scott Brown-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Q1 winner: Fox News again.  Q1 spinners: MSNBC, CNN, HLN.
• MSNBC gives weekend show to Democratic Party PR flack.
• Big Ed: What’s the rush? My weekend show is coming…sometime.
• Imus video: Bob Beckel talks about The Five.  Q&A: Shibani Joshi.
• Video: The Point looks ‘hashed together’; ‘pimps up, hoes down’.
• Christopher gushes over All In; familiar set with muted colors.
• Lean Forward: MSNBC preps new Sex Slaves.  Weekend numbers.
• First Amendment Center sides with Fox reporter in shield standoff.

Tags: ratings 2013, schultz, hayes

• Reliable Sources videos: Babs out? Coop in? Nuptual bias?
• Profile: Chris Jansing.  Video: Media bias in marriage debate?
• Saturday: Marriage Warriors.  Sunday talk: preview, HP recap.
• Zurawik: Nasty Ben Carson right at home on nasty cable news.
• Today’s Chris Hayes Q&A.  Nissenson gushes over The Cycle.
• ICN: I told you so.  Concha: O’Reilly don’t need no stinkin’ quotas.

Tags: hannity, hayes, oreilly

• 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!

Tags: ratings 2013, matthews, shep, baier, hayes

• The Five video: End military funeral honors for vets?
• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Tapper tanks. Video: Paper’s roadmap to unprotected schools.
• ICN: How damaged is Erin Burnett?  HLN reporter testifies.
• Video: Hang with Greg Palkot.  Greta: My stalker has died; more.
• New CNN mornings: Cuomo and Boiduan…no Burnett. More.
• Stelter: The Lauer-Cooper connection.  Fired CNNer honored.
• Q&A: Rich Edson; Chris Hayes, sans necktie.  Ratigan resurfaces.

Tags: ratings 2013, megyn, icn, greta, cooper, hayes

• The Five video: Are celebrities reluctant to speak out for life?
• ICN: Tucker’s role opens conflict of interest can o’ worms.
• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Wemple: Fox daytime is conservative…except when it’s not.
• Video: Hypocrisy and the race card from Salon’s Walsh?
• Tucker: new co-host of F&F Weekend.  Profile: Rick Leventhal.
• The rumor mill: Coop; CNN mornings; today’s silliest rumor.
• Concha: The worst cable news idea evah.  An idea for Hayes.
• Videos: Media marriage double standards; hang with Bob Beckel.

Tags: ratings 2013, friends, icn, megyn, cooper, hayes

• More Zucker brilliance: a Coop-Kathy Griffin talk show?!?
• The Five video: Does Hollywood hate middle America?
• Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Want to see propaganda? Check out Rachel Maddow.
• Q&A: Liz Claman; tax tips from Sandra Smith.  Profile: Gerri Willis.
• Zucker tried to snag O’Reilly book rights.  John King disses CNN.
• Concha: Fading MSNBC being overtaken by CNN.  ICN analysis.
• Fox & Friends video: Chaos over a belly button part one, part two.
• Hurst: Not crazy…complex.  Weekend numbers.  Hayes goes All-In.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on Leno and Lauer vs online snipers.

Tags: ratings 2013, cooper, maddow, oreilly, friends, hayes

• Reliable Sources videos: Ailes bio, New Pew, and more.
• Q&A: Shepard Smith, Rachel Maddow fan.  Flashback.
• Video: Chris Hayes exits Up.  Does three make a pattern?
• News Watch video: Media coverage of Middle East trip.
• GLAAD takes it all back, now welcomes Fox Newsers!
• ICN: Too much tinkering will make Jake a fish out of water.
• Zucker’s Folly? The Lead with Jake Tapper sinks like lead.
• On the Record video: Bob Beckel’s Amazing Race update.
• Fox Files: Operation Ghost Stories.  Sunday talkers: preview.

Tags: shep, maddow, icn, greta, hayes

• The Five video: Cyprus-style seizures unlikely in USA.
• Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• Kirell: Fox haters in action.  New hires at CNN, MSNBC.
• North: The 10-year anniversary of a mortifying blooper.
• Pew: Fox has much more factual reporting than MSNBC.
• New Pew: Cable news is evolving, but has it peaked?
• Sympathy for devils: CNN hearts rapists, petition ensues.
• The look of The Lead.  Imus videos: Jake Tapper, Gerri Willis.
• Hot & Not: Schultz, Hayes, CPAC, HLN etc.  Tucker’s dignity?
• Fox & Friends video: It’s Ainsley’s Sumo wrestling debut.
• Q&A: Jake Tapper promotes The Lead (that’s the first story).

Tags: ratings 2013, icn, friends, hayes

• The Five video: Eric Bolling gets a call from Jay Carney.
• None of the many channels Olby approached would hire him.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
• Byers: Contrary to Big Ed’s cover story, he was pushed out.
• What show is like watching parrots compete to mimic each other?
• Lean Forward: Schultz slot to dynamic Chris Hayes.  Analysis.
• Olby settlement: ten cents on the dollar.  Q&A: Tapper (via FTV).
• Imus video: Lively Mensa Meeting megapanel part one, part two.
• One America News Network: It’ll be like Fox, only not so liberal.
• Factor video: O’Reilly confronts the writer who called him bigoted.
• Lean Forward: Schultz leaves primetime for ‘prisoner’s row’; more.

Tags: ratings 2013, olbermann, schultz, hayes, oreilly

• The Five video: Who questioned America’s leadership?
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Ed Schultz’s wife battles ovarian cancer.  Q&A: Mark Lamont Hill.
• CNN hires Victor Blackwell.  Piers Tonight to air from London.
• Videos: Don Imus talks with Kirsten Powers and Bob Beckel.
• Somerby: MSNBC’s Hayes abides by the first rule of Fight Club.
• Video: Jason Chaffetz and O’Reilly clash over federal firearms laws.

Tags: ratings 2012, schultz, piers, oreilly, hayes

• The Five video: In hot water over hot coals.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-The Five 1-2-3-4.
• CNBC lays off staff, sets slate of primetime reality shows.
• Controversy swirls over Scarborough autism crack.
• Rothman: Hayes skews facts to demean Ailes and Fox.
• Video: Larry King with Don Imus part one, part two.
• Howard Kurtz Q&A: Chris Wallace.  Profile: Jeanine Pirro.
• CNN coverage of Kazakhstan, brought to you by...Kazakhstan!

Tags: ratings 2012, king, mojo, hayes

• Reliable Sources videos: Colorado, Zimmerman, and more.
• CNN contest offers convention trips, but not admission.
• News Watch video: The ‘you didn’t build that’ controversy.
• Colorado coverage updates: Fox News, CNN, MSNBC.
• Profile: Melissa Harris-Perry.  Q&A: Ed Lavandera, Hayes.
• Open for Business.  Sunday talk: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Tags: hayes

• The Five video: Barack Obama, one singular sensation.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Lean forward: Andrea Mitchell hits bottom, scratches.
• Outrage: ‘journalist’ vilifies Cavuto with obscene racial slur.
• The hidden key to The Five’s success: social media.
• Profile: Ed Henry. Q&A: Chris Hayes.  Bloomberg bundles.
• Videos: John Stossel and Martha MacCallum with Don Imus.
• The lessons of SCOTUSgate.  Today’s outrageous outrage!

Tags: ratings 2012, hayes

• Video: Why Neil Cavuto says ‘I don’t have time...’
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta-The Five 1-2-3-4.
• Even without Dobbs, Dobbs tops CNBC.  Weekend numbers.
• Farmer: A CNN turnaround plan.  Frightening flashback.
• CJR list cites Harris-Perry.  Q&A: Chris Hayes, Sanjay Gupta.
• Video: Neil Cavuto talks to Les Gold of Hardcore Pawn.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on Obama’s treatment by the media.

Tags: ratings 2012, olbermann, oreilly, hayes

• Byers: What’s wrong at CNN?
• The Five video: Why all that hype over The Newsroom?
• Monday’s numbers: Laura-Baier-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3-4.
• The worst cable news shows ever? How quickly we forget.
• Fox News secures its HQ for the RNC.  Weekend numbers.
• Video: The Judge on why killings are far worse than leaks.
• Poor: NYT Hayes hype misrepresented his dismal ratings.
• High anxiety at Time-Warner: CNN craters at 21-year low.
• Q2: FNC holds top 13 slots; MSNBC down double digits.
• CNN and HLN play musical anchors; Kyung Lah to L.A.
• Somerby: Confusion and contradictions rampant on MSNBC.
• CNBC sinks to 7-year low.  Bloomberg’s Pulitzer pretense.
• Greg Burke: the prequel.  News Corp headed to Splitsville?

Tags: ratings 2012, judgenap, shep, hayes

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Shep/10p-Hannity/Shep/9p 1-2-3.
• Sandusky verdict: Fox News tops MSNBCNNHLN combined.
• Video: Shannon Bream goes ‘over the edge’ for Spec Olympics.
• The Cycle: Dinner party conversation...without the conversation?
• Somerby: Who taught Hayes how to talk?  Today’s Hayes hype.
• Trefis: Time-Warner must take action to reverse CNN slump.
• VIdeo: Juan Williams with Don Imus part one, part two.
• Campbell Brown resurfaces (via TVN).  A day with The Rev.
• The Times gushes over Newsroom to make excuses for CNN.
• Hot & Not: Malveaux, The Cycle, Andrea Mitchell, Maddow, etc.

Tags: ratings 2012, icn, hayes

• Reliable Sources videos: Politico bias, Fast and Furious, more.
• Former CBS Newser gives up defending (MS)NBC (via ICN).
• FNC’s Greg Burke accepts post as Vatican media advisor.
• News Watch video: Are the media interested in Fast & Furious?
• Somerby: Maddow repeats untruth, tops it with a dishonest edit.
• Wemple: MSNBC finally makes a smart move... copying Fox!
• Get out the drool cup: NY Times profiles Up host Hayes.
• Bella: Was Fox intimidated by Jay Carney?  Huck: stuck?
• Sunday talk: preview, tip sheet HuffPo recap. Cablers up late.
• McCall: Tired, formulaic, yappy CNN needs a journalism doctor.

Tags: maddow, hayes

• The Five video: Howard Dean likens Romney to Ahmadinejad.
• Friday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Rothman: With D-Rat gone, MSNBC completes its hard left turn.
• Profile: Dana Perino—pundit, entrepreneur, and mentor.
• Video: Gretchen Carlson on The View part one, part two.
• Current hires another cast-off: Joy Behar. Video: Hayes on Today.
• Hot & Not: Newscore, D-Rat, CNN, North, etc. Geraldo goes national.
• Ratigan: I left MSNBC to crusade in new ways. Yeah, that’s the ticket!

Tags: ratings 2012, friends, hayes

• The Five video: Has Hollywood turned anti-dwarf?
• Thursday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Kiran Chetry remembers her first time.
• CNN mulling big changes; a sign of desperation?
• At the Up w/Hayes book party: Phil Griffin, Chris Hayes.
• Q&A: Jenna Lee, Melissa Francis.  Profile: Anna Kooiman.

Tags: ratings 2012, hayes

• The Five video: Sarah Jessica Parker is on the Obama train.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• Bashir browbeats Russert, and an ICN prediction comes true.
• Greta: If you can’t beat him, smear him. 
• Q&A: Janice Dean, Melissa Francis (more), Steve Krakauer.
• Profile: Chris Jansing.  Melissa Harris-Perry at Wellesley.
• Video: Imus with Melissa Francis about her new show and more.
• Times op-ed calls out O’Donnell for anti-Mormon bias.  More.
• MSNBC ‘clarifies’ Big Ed’s role at the WI Democratic convention.
• Behind the Juan Williams/Newt Gingrich debate confrontation.
• The Times is all atwitter over CNN’s celebrity chef weekend show.
• Hot & Not: Blitzer, Banfield, Berman, Bourdain, Hayes, Ailes, etc.

Tags: ratings 2012, icn, greta, o'donnell, hayes, schultz

• The Five video: Does a college degree cost more than its worth?
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Bream (for Baier) 1-2-3.
• May 2012: MSNBC down double digits, FNC still on top.
• CNN cries Mayday! Worst primetime monthly ratings in 20+ years!
• The key to curing CNN’s ratings slump: fire the meteorologists!
• FBN extends live line-up, adds Melissa Francis, moves Cavuto.
• Did Fox & Friends cross the line? (Link updated with response from FNC VP Bill Shine.)  Zurawik: Rotten to the core.
• Fareed Zakaria at Mackinac Island.  Weekend numbers.
• Berman to CNN; analysis.  Kelly Evans to Worldwide Exchange.
• Video: Callous comments from Up with Hayes debated on Hannity.

Tags: ratings 2012, friends, hannity, hayes

• The Five video: Entitlement nation? Today’s firing demand.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• More than half the cablenews coverage of Trump is on...MSNBC!
• Zurawik: It’s about time someone finally called out Trump! 
• Video: Impartial MSNBC news anchor goes ballistic on guest.
• Q&A: Tamron Hall, CNN’s Steve Krakauer.  Zakaria at Harvard.
• CNN hires celebrity chef, a harbinger of more ‘lifestyle shows’.
• Margaret Hoover: Why I left Fox. CNN contributor a swatting target.
• Hot & Not: Luke Russert, Roger Ailes, msnbc.com, HLN, and more.
• ICN: Why did NBC’s Today throw one of their own under the bus?
• Zurawik: Hayes comments ‘pseudo-intellectual vanity’ at its worst.
• Up and down w/Hayes? Defended callous comment, now apologizes.

Tags: ratings 2012, icn, hayes

• The Five video: Harvard’s Obama 101.  ICN’s Moles for Morons.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Cablenewsers named to ‘most powerful’ list. Big Ed to grill Joe.
• The double-secret Fox mole: that didn’t last long.  FNC spox speaks.
• T.J. Holmes leaves BET, plans return to CNN?  Santorum to CNN?
• Q&A: Mika, Sandra Smith (v/ICN). Video: Maddow w/Leno pt one, two.
• Silver: Up with Hayes, the bst cable news show since...Maddow.
• Treacher: First report from double-secret mole is underwhelming. More.

Tags: icn, ratings 2012, schultz, maddow, hayes, mojo

• The Five video: Controversy over Madonna and Molly.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• 2012 1Q program ranker: Fox News holds top 11 slots.
• MSNBC’s indefensible ellipses.  Matthews at Holy Cross.
• MSNBC ‘news anchor’ gets Lean Forward spot.  Analysis.
• Controversial interview: epic grilling or snarling mob?
• Behind the scenes of a Fox & Friends appearance.
• What kind of journalist writes a headline like this?
• MSNBCer defends GOP-Trayvon connection.  Q&A: Hayes.
• MSNBC’s plagiarist keynotes Philly Bar Association event.
• ICN: CNN’s sunrise slump is not just a problem, it’s a crisis.

Tags: ratings 2012, matthews, o'donnell, friends, icn, hayes

• Impartial MSNBC ‘news anchor’ praises Obamacare...in HuffPo!
• The Five video: Is Media Matters out to stifle free speech?
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Ad Age: How Fox News pitched Obama’s ad buyers.
• Dallas Observer columnist makes snark over Doocy’s daughter.
• With The Rev taking fire, allies and doubters close ranks (via ICN).
• Lean forward: Up w/Hayes skeds Sunday salute to atheism.
• TVNewser dismantles CNN’s Howard Kurtz. ICN piles on.
• A new pointless gimmick just in time for a slow Friday.
• Video: Geraldo with Imus on Trayvon’s hoodie, doing radio, etc.

Tags: ratings 2012, friends, mediamatters, icn, hayes

• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Greta-Hannity 1-2-3.
• 2011 numbers spin begins: CNN, HLN, MSNBC.
• Video: FNC debate team pre-analyzes tonight’s showdown.
• (MS)NBC publishes ‘guidelines’ for blogging and tweeting.
• Amanpour ABC deal pretty much keeps her off US CNN.
• Great news: CNN has rehired Kathy Griffin. Flashback.
• Piers to testify.  Q&A: Velez-Mitchell.  Reid leaves CNNi.
• Riveting in-depth review of Up with Hayes commercial breaks.
• Cavuto preps questions for tonight’s debate, answers 21 questions.

Tags: ratings 2011, piers, hayes

• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• What led MSNBC to praise Glenn Beck?
• Video: Gerri Willis on GMA.  Guy Johnson to Bloomberg.
• MSNBC: More political than Fox News.  Weekend numbers.
• Q&A: Velshi, Margaret Brennan (via ICN), Hayes.  CNN tinkers.
• Neil Cavuto previews Thursday’s debate.  FNC in Sioux City.
• MoJo radio: expanded, revamped, retooled...and quite dead.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on CNN’s David Frum attacking Fox News.

Tags: ratings 2011, hayes

• Video: Neil Cavuto’s battle royale with OWS port saboteur.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Mediaite responds to ‘insecure’ Greta’s smackdown.
• Ailes book rumors spur response.  Housley is thankful.
• Tommy Christopher gushes over ‘diverse’ Up with Hayes.
• Video: Geraldo discusses his new radio show with Don Imus.
• Hot & Not: Trump, Todd, TJ, Muppets, etc.  Christie zings MoJo.

Tags: ratings 2011, greta, icn, hayes

• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Greg Palkot thanks the man who saved his life.
• Q&A: Chuck Todd, Cenk, Erin Burnett.  Chris Hayes: it’s a girl!
• Knaub: NewsCorp ‘never a terrorist target’. Flashback. More.
• Greta’s husband suddenly an issue again. Flashback. More.
• Six candidates to participate in Huck’s Presidential forum.
• Big Ed attacks Coop over GQ article!  Three Eppies for CNN.
• Meghan attacks Bachmann, then interviews her on MSNBC. But why?

Tags: ratings 2011, turks, greta, schultz, cooper, hayes

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2011, baier, matthews, mojo, hayes

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-ChrisWallace 1-2-3.
• Qaddafi killed: FNC beat MSNBC and CNN combined.
• Q&A: Judge Napolitano.  Zakaria snags A-Jad.  Sanford to FNC.
• Video: On the Record 15-yr highlight reel.  CNN skeds Black IV.
• Surprise: Up w/Chris Hayes gets rave review from...HuffPo!
• Fox haters welcome book-burning, calling it funny, awesome.
• ICN: MSNBC continues to erode live news for talking head politics.

Tags: ratings 2011, judgenap, greta, hayes

• Tuesday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-Coop 1-2-3.
• CNN debate snags 5.5M viewers, short of FNC’s 6.1M debate.
• MSNBC shake-up: Big Ed to 8pm, O’Donnell to 10.  Analysis.
• Q&A: Judge Andrew Napolitano, Juan Williams, Robin Meade.
• Bias Bash video: Media coverage of CNN debate, occupiers, etc.
• Honored: Mark Haines, Maddow.  Profile: Chris Hayes (via ICN).
• Sargent: GOP debate loser was...Coop?!  Anderson’s Mini-Me.
• Zurawik: CNN debate OK, except for Burnett.  CNN, São Paolo.

Tags: ratings 2011, schultz, o'donnell, judgenap, maddow, cooper, hayes

• 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).

Tags: shuster, baier, hayes, megyn

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Poll: Best news channel? FNC-CNN-MSNBC 1-2-3. Analysis.
• Point: Greta. Counterpoint: Tucker. Response: Greta. More.
• Newsweek profile: Bill O’Reilly.  Olbermann ratings at all-time low.
• Video: Fox & Friends 15-year highlight reel. Q&A: Steve Doocy.
• MSNBC goes all out to promote ‘marriage equality’ presentation.
• FNC 15th celebration kicks off with Fox & Friends live in Orlando.
• Hot & Not: WSJ, CNBC, American Morning, Chris Hayes, Alex Witt.

Tags: ratings 2011, greta, oreilly, olbermann, friends, icn, hayes

• MSNBC will permit partisan politicking by Al Sharpton.
• Video: Reliable Sources on the new Palin biography.
• Video: News Watch on media coverage of Obama’s jobs plan.
• Martel: Up with Hayes full of liberals in lockstep but DVR-worthy.
• Specials: Stossel (schools), Hemmer (Iran nukes), Zakaria (jobs).
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, recap.  Profile: The Rev (via ICN).

Tags: palin, hayes

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: Megyn grills Keith Ablow over Chaz Bono.
• FNC travels cross country to celebrate 15th year.
• ICN: Print journalism snobbery.  Q&A: Big Ed.  Hayes gets Up.
• Shep Smith pulling up stakes.  CNBC: That’s entertainment!

Tags: ratings 2011, megyn, icn, schultz, shep, hayes

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2011, cooper, piers, friends, baier, hayes

• Video: Bias Bash on the new tea partiers are terrorists meme.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• MSNBC anchor panel shocker: unanimous electoral prediction.
• Don Lemon doesn’t watch CNN much.  FNC dominates July.
• Griffin: If you’re not on MSNBC you’re stupid (or at least not smart).
• Greta: How to do away with countdown clocks.  Q&A: Liz Claman.
• Mark Halperin suspension is over.  July spin: MSNBC, HLN, CNN.
• FNC programs get makeovers.  Janice Dean’s summer regalia.
• Videos: Ed Henry w/Don Imus, Lou Dobbs w/Jimmy Fallon.
• Q&A: Chris Hayes, new MSNBC star.  Maddow contract extended.
• ICN: MSNBC favors prisons, predators over news.  iReport at five.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg analyzes media coverage of debt debate.

Tags: ratings 2011, greta, maddow, hayes, lemon

• Friday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Bret 1-2-3.
• MSNBC adds Chris Hayes to weekends.  Mrs Hayes.
• Triathlete Liz Claman races to build homes for heroes.
• CNBC skeds Michigan GOP debate.  Studio switch.
• Video: Bias Bash on media reaction to the debt deal.
• Debt Q&A: Ashley Webster, Adam Shapiro, Shibani Joshi.
• Video: Neil Cavuto w/Don Imus.  Q&A: NBC’s Schiller (v/ICN).
• Revealed: CNN’s grilling of Piers Morgan.  Spot the goofs!
• CNBC drops the ball?  Hot & Not: Debt, Melvin, Sharpton etc.

Tags: ratings 2011, piers, hayes