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Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/29/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- What does the Fox say? The Daily Beast doesn’t have a clue.
- Q&A: Outnumbered ladies on ratings, breaking news, and more.
- Wemple: MSNBC...profits over people. Weprin: Alternatives.
- New Pew: Cable news viewership, by channel; revenues, profits.
- Fox News Sunday’s 19th anniversary. Imus video: Mike Baker.
- Kurtz: Ignore the finger-pointing; media did not fan riot flames.
- Stuever: Is CNN as bad as everyone thinks it is? Yes...and no.
- CNN riot coverage exaggerates seriousness of events (via CNNC).
- Video: Unruly Baltimore crowd gets rowdy during Geraldo report.
- Charges of unbalanced reporting disrupt Zakaria event (v/CNNC).
- Hogue: Kiran Chetry resurfaces, makes appeal on behalf of Nepal.
- Wemple: Lawsuit vs Al-Jazeera America claims anti-Semitism. More.
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Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/28/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- April numbers: FNC grows, CNN holds on, MSNBC sinks.
- Monday’s numbers: Shep-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered’s most provocative, unexpected moments.
- Weprin: Imus moves show to Texas, parts ways with FBN.
- NBC logo from 65 years ago reappears on Way Too Early.
- Kaplan: Dr Sanjay Gupta surgery saved life of Nepal girl.
- Video Q&A: Andy Levy. CNN’s Gnomist. Weekend numbers.
- Joyella: With few words, Shep Smith tells a powerful story.
- Nguyen: CNN isn’t helping. CNNC: Don Lemon ‘welcomed’.
- Wemple: Shep plus The Five made for compelling television.
- Concha: Shep plus The Five made an uncomfortable combo.
- Zurawik: Cable beefs-up Baltimore coverage on a long night.
- McQuivey: Comcast lucky that regulators nixed merger deal.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/27/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-O’Bolling 1-2-3.
- FTV: CNN’s riot coverage is awful...and likely to get worse.
- Wolff: What NBC News execs could learn from Roger Ailes.
- Comcast ridicules $20B discrimination suit, seeks dismissal.
- Joyella: 24-hr cable news? Stop kidding yourself... Fox faces.
- CNNC: Nepal coverage epitomizes the Zuckerification of news.
- FTV: Don Imus leaving FBN? Peter Hamby jumps to Snapchat.
- Atkinson: Rumblings of mutiny at Al-Jaz America (v/FTV Live).
- Devaney: Swells par-tay at CNN’s post-dinner Sunday brunch.
- TCG: Reliable Sources blackout? No coverage of ‘Clinton cash’.
- Q&A: Fareed Zakaria and Blindsided...postponed to next week.
- Wolf hearts Harf...and Jane. Coop in Phoenix. Lynn is Mrs Smith.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/25/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Clinton Cash, Bruce Jenner, Hillary silence.
- Reliable Sources: Brian Williams, Bruce Jenner, Brian Williams.
- Zurawik: CNN ignored news to air empty-headed narcissism.
- Videos: No dinner for Tucker Carlson; The Jamie Colby story.
- Celebrity chef to air backwards episode. Lemon: Me, Meee!
- SPJ honors cablers. Bartiromo goes to Milken. Sunday talkers.
- Your Buzz videos: Britt, Hillary, Gyro, burrito, Mika, Hillary, Marco.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/22/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: MSNBC stonewalls questions on deadbeat hosts.
- Rothman: Doesn’t anyone at MSNBC pay their taxes?
- Lean Forward: ‘Girlish, fun, upbeat, exuberant’...guess who?
- Only one cable newser named to NY Women’s Impact List.
- Lisa Ling in Ogden UT. CNN AppleWatch app is unusable.
- HLN to air Kim Kardashian documentary on mental illness.
- The View video: Dana Perino. Pot block redux not so high.
- Nolte: Viewers abandoning CNN’s shrill, divisive coverage.
- Zurawik: CNN (even Lemon) delivered strong Gray coverage.
- ICN: Zucker sticks with Lemon, but he’s not making Lemonade.
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.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/09/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- He calls Megyn Kelly ‘very fair’, watches every night.
- CNN doesn’t care about black people? Quest’s quiz.
- Swells gather to toast cablenewsers Megyn, Bill, et al.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Rothstein: Schultz will go to trial. Jake Tapper to CBS?!?
- Does Jeff Zucker deserve a salute for a third-place show?
- Kelly File video: Sen Rand Paul. Imus video: Bill Hemmer.
- Q&A: Mike Rowe. Lisa Ling at U of M Flint. The chef’s tour.
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.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/12/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Bin Laden shooter Rob O’Neill newest Fox News contributor.
- Pathetic: MSNBC has to turn to CNN to get footage of Kerry.
- Concha: The real reason Fox is the most trusted name in news.
- Maria Bartiromo on courage. Relax: Don Lemon is in Ferguson.
- Burn notice: The Rev’s records. Imus video: Bernard Goldberg.
- Why is CNBC boycotting SALT? Christine Romans makes book.
- Kelly File video: Hillary Clinton vs Form OF-109. Evan’s thumb.
- Q&A: Reza Aslan. Being Moody. Lombatti shreds CNN’s Shroud.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/27/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Shannon Bream 1-2-3.
- Judge denies request to seal records in Ed Schultz case.
- Video: Media coverage of CPAC, Holder snubs Fox News.
- Shillue, Sherrod, Norton possible choices for Red Eye gig.
- Audio: Jake Tapper, Laurie Dhue. Insider video: Bill O’Reilly.
- Is CNN Above the Law? Trademark holder seeks free lawyer.
- Varney & Co skunks CNBC. Forbes on Fox soars in February.
- Lemon’s llama. MacCallum’s Cape Cod crib. Kirsten at GWU.
- Q&A: Bill Weir and The Wonder List. The mysteries of Sydney.
- CNN tries a new tactic for Weir series: producing it themselves.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/23/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Rumorama: The Rev to weekends, Maddow 8pm (v/Surber).
- MSNBC, Sharpton rocked by $20 billion discrimination suit.
- Don Lemon is a fan of this Fox show. Pereira chides Lemon.
- Dish the big loser in showdown with FNC. Ham makes book.
- Thomas Roberts: from anchor to host...and back. Q&A: Mika B.
- MSNBC’s extreme makeover hits Morning Joe. Profile: Bill Weir.
- Byers: Why the charges leveled at Bill O’Reilly aren’t sticking.
- Wallenstein: What Brian Williams could learn from Bill O’Reilly.
- Wemple: Both sides in O’Reilly flap cite the same report; more.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/20/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Media make much ado over calling extremism ‘Islamic’.
- José Díaz-Balart will lead Obama town hall on...immigration!
- Concha: Axing Ronan won’t help—time to replace Phil Griffin.
- Grove: MSNBC moving away from leftist programming. Or is it?
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media coverage of the jihad.
- Judge Napolitano: Jon Stewart and me. Lemon: overly verbatim.
- Transcript: Tonight’s Talking Points Memo deals with Corn et al.
- Analysis: Corn trolls O’Reilly with hair-splitting to avenge BriWi.
- O’Reilly: David Corn is lying ‘and I can prove it’. Zurawik: More.
- Wemple: Editors protest ‘violent’ reference to ‘kill zone’. More.
- O’Reilly to Wemple: Corn’s article ‘is not a cheap shot. It’s a lie!’
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
02/03/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Shep Smith’s ‘gripping’ ISIS chronicle; video.
- Concha: Ratings disaster Morning Joe has lost its mojo.
- Outnumbered video: Debate over vaccines turns rowdy.
- FNC statement on frivolous lawsuit. Weekend numbers.
- Controversy swirls around O’Reilly Al-Jazeera comments.
- OtR video: The cable news host who is a serial tax cheat.
- Grove: In defense of much-mocked Don Lemon (v/CNNC).
- Wemple: Jesse Watters zings students who criticized him.
- CNN’s full-page ad a break with their past. Joe: Mostly true.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Childers: Why Janice Dean’s forecast for life with MS is sunny.
- CNN hires impartial media reporter...from Talking Points Memo!
- Video: Outnumbered debates release of CIA ‘torture report’.
- Charlton: Don Lemon claims to offer ‘therapy for the country’.
- Phillilp: Controversy swirls around CNN’s dinosaur documentary.
- Yeatman: Weather Channel goes off the rails? Weekend numbers.
- Kelly File video: Judge Napolitano defends release of ‘torture report’.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The Rolling Stone rape scoop collapses.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Zucker wants a young blonde to compete with Fox News.
- Candy Crowley leaving CNN; who will take over SotU?
- Mendte: Don Lemon, America’s reality news star (v/FTV).
- Megyn, FNC bury the competition. Gregg Jarrett reappears.
- Jim Angle is retiring. F&F video: Rick Reichmuth rappelling.
- Guest walks out on Al-Jazeera America in disgust over bias.
- McGurn: Why is The Rev treated differently than Bill Cosby?
- CNN skeds Bill Cosby special. Sham MSNBC site kills Axl Rose.
- Factor videos: Kurtz and Ashburn, Bernard Goldberg on media.
- Anchors recall CNN’s first day. It’s a boy! O’Reilly: Mostly false?
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.
'Should He Apologize for the Apology?'
11/20/14 22:30 Filed in: videos
Thursday Links and Open Thread
11/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- FNC to air Killing Kennedy + a special Factor Sunday Nov 30.
- Somerby: Rachel tells a story, gets it wrong. Brown to return.
- Cable ‘Nostalgia’ Network’s The 70s. Bill Weir’s Last Chance.
- Numb3rs: CNBC and Kensho team for ‘stat box’. Zucker play.
- ICN: Lemon’s apology was ‘bull---- and double bull----!’ More.
- F&F video: Harris and Hemmer co-host Ailes Apprentice gala.
- Alan Dershowitz: CNN is ‘more dangerous’ than The Guardian!
- Kelly File videos: Ted Cruz vs Jennice Fuentes on executive action.
- Rebound: F&F with Hasselbeck co-hosting up 33% vs previous week.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
11/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is NBC News Political Director ‘in the tank’?
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- A ‘solipsistic banshee scream from a hyperbaric chamber’.
- Lewis: If only cable news could be ‘smart’ like Jon Stewart.
- Solution to Coop’s ratings slump: put Erin Burnett in at 9 pm?
- Wemple: Lemon apology was ‘insufficient...factually spotty’.
- Imus video: Mike Baker. Lemon drops another classic; ‘sorry!’
- CNN massacre reports bring call to pull press privileges. More.
- Vranjican: Swells gather for Rita Cosby Wounded Warrior gala.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media’s Ferguson coverage.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Could this be the reason for MSNBC’s ratings ennui?
- Wemple: Greg Gutfeld should be the Fox Ablow Ombudsman.
- Concha: Stewart staff exemplifies ‘white privilege’ hypocrisy.
- Daily Show extended video: Mr Bill O’Reilly with Jon Stewart.
- Wallenstein: Does CNNGo represent the future of television?
- Borowitz: CNN defends its new slogan. TJ Holmes resurfaces.
- Owens: Don’t judge CNN solely by ratings. Who is best-known?
- CNN betting on a ‘hunger for politics’. Don Lemon’s other crib.
- Geraldo: Thanks but no thanks. Flashback: Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
- Q&A: Liz McDonald; Liz Clayman; Clayman on Ebola market impact.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Reese’s piece: Time-Warner and CNN are running scared.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- HealthBeautyLife video: Melissa Francis on her tv career.
- Zucker punch: Cuts at Turner may grow to 1,500. But why?
- Hudson: Don Lemon bemoans media spectacle he’s part of.
- Somerby: In Nerdland our elites are high-paid tribal clowns.
- Wemple: Video message service verifies time of CNN audio.
- Wemple: Attorney wants redress from CNN for ‘hoax’ claim.
- Hannity video: Train-wreck interview with Anjem Choudary.
- Video: The truthy database. Frost and Mody go ‘worldwide’.
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.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Kelly-Eric Bolling-The Five 1-2-3.
- Newsers to Ferguson. Healing: Don Lemon’s town hall.
- Outnumbered video: Robust debate over militarization.
- The Dirty Dozen: Fareed Zakaria’s history of plagiarism?
- Rothman: Are media in Ferguson being irresponsible?
- ICN: Inexcusable media overreach. Weekend numbers.
- Weprin: Turner CEO’s 20/20 vision sees layoffs at CNN.
- Q&A: CNN’s Don Lemon; AJAm President Kate O’Brian.
- Jake Tapper: ‘Nobody is threatening...there is no violence’.
- Steve Harrigan video: ‘This is amateur hour...this is not good.’
- Factor videos: Bill O’Reilly and Juan Williams on Ferguson etc.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: TheFive-TheFive-SpecReport 1-2-3.
- Video: Police confront Don Lemon. Q&A: Don Lemon.
- Zurawik: Al-Jazeera influences US Ferguson coverage.
- Video: Have social media affected Ferguson coverage?
- Pat Buchanan resurfaces (via TVN); Q&A: Lauren Sivan.
- MSNBCNN scramble to cover late-night Ferguson clashes.
- Imus video: Ed Henry on Obama, Ferguson, and The Five.
- Salon objects to unauthorized wondering. Props to Poppy.
- Hey CNN, who’s in charge anyway? Emmy hearts Parts Unknown.
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Debate over Ebola hysteria turns rowdy.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bream-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wilstein: Fox didn’t cover report...that it covered last week!
- Gold: Red-hot Megyn Kelly is not a female Bill O’Reilly.
- ICN: Why is CNN stuffing its anchors into a cube? More.
- Lauren Green is engaged (via TVN). Weekend numbers.
- Murdoch expected to make Time-Warner push...only it’s all off!
- Another CNN appearance for Jebreal. Whose show is it anyway?
- State Dept investigation led to apology from CNN’s Arwa Damon.
- Video: Judge Nap rips ‘un-American’ IRS plan to monitor speech.
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.
'It Is an Honor to Work With You'
07/18/14 22:27 Filed in: videos
Weekend Links and Open Thread
07/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz: Shoot-down, José Vargas, Murdoch’s bid.
- Reliable Sources: Ayman Mohyeldin, Murdoch’s bid.
- F&F vIdeo: ISIS commands Christians...convert or die.
- Zucker punch: CNN ‘crossed a new low in cable news’.
- First reactions to Alisyn Camerota’s CNN debut. More.
- Cablers’ cribs: Mika B, Sam Champion (via TVN); Coop.
- Let’s rehash the ‘Chinamen’ kerfuffle. Sunday talkers.
- Murdoch lining up one of the largest takeover loans ever.
- Video: Gaza firefight breaks out across from FNC location.
- Your Buzz videos: Immigrant children, judging Israel, Glenn Beck.
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.
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.
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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Interviews of Coop outlast his Sterling interview!
- CNN, don’t scrap Lemon & Friends. Ed O’Keefe to CNN.
- Video: Raw remarks trigger Rove rebuttal. Reaction.
- Cutter’s return. Q&A: Alex Wagner; CNN’s Katrina Cukaj.
- O’Reilly Factor video: Bernard Goldberg. Weekend numbers.
- Lean Forward: The ‘obvious choice’ to replace David Gregory?
Monday Links and Open Thread
05/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-O’Bolling 1-2-3.
- Zucker punch: CNN Tonight hits a four-year low; more.
- Howerton: An MSNBC mistake that could prove costly.
- Gregg Jarrett taking time off ‘for personal reasons’.
- Video: Controversy swirls around George Will #remarks.
- Outnumbered tops rivals in 25-54 and P2+ (per Nielsen).
- Leno and Lemon beget levity. Today’s oops. Will: false.
- Bill Schulz: ‘I have nothing but good thoughts about FNC.’
- Hogue: The bear necessities. Friday’s other numbers.
- Fox & Friends video: A surprise for Anna part one, part two.
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
05/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Laura-Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Zucker on MA370: the tribe has spoken (via TVN).
- Julie Banderas returns to The Fox Report (via RJ).
- Sanchez: Latinos don’t matter at MSNBC. Ultra sorry.
- Wemple wound-up: Wagner, MA370, Lewinsky, Hannity.
- Kelly File video: Boko Haram kept off the terrorist list.
- Lemon loses it? CNN iReport app supports Google Glass.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Salon hack puts words in Hannity’s mouth.
- Shaw: Axing Out Front could be great for Burnett.
- Coop’s stalker blows his plea, triggers adjournment.
- The hottest gift of 1994. Zoraida Sambolin resurfaces.
- Lemon didn’t get a shot; Ashleigh should get a co-host.
- Riley: Is he the ‘first black primetime cable news host’?
- Politifact: Mostly, pundits are mostly false on Obamacare.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Don Lemon: model citizen. MSNBC’s primetime plummet.
- Greta: WH Fox obsession is getting delusional. Q&A: Greta.
- Megyn loves Ellen & Jimmy, but who is it she doesn’t watch?
- Zara: Outnumbered targets female viewers. Wallace re-ups.
- Videos: Bundy analysis from Judge Napolitano and Bob Massi.
- Kogan: As its end nears, unanswered questions dog Chicagoland.
- CNN flight instructor fired by uFly. Get your own CNN news desk.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered: FNC noon program premieres April 28.
- Bill O’Reilly on The View. Don Lemon w/Laura Ingraham.
- Zucker play: It’s Breaking News! Bartiromo honored.
- Kohn: What I learned as a liberal on Fox News (via NB).
- Greta: Exerting influence. Cablers on distinguished list.
- Profile: Steve Kornacki. Zurawik: ‘Full-tilt boogie mode’.
- Col North moonlights. Hannity video: Bundy tactics argued.
- Felsenthal: Waiting for The Rev to keep his word to Chicago.
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.
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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
03/22/14 21:39 Filed in: links
- Is Don Lemon becoming the new face of CNN?
- Media Buzz videos: Plane, Michael Schmidt, Greg Gutfeld.
- Reliable Sources videos: The plane, more plane, Liz Wahl.
- Q&A: Bill O’Reilly on faith, sin, death, and more (via NB).
- CNN, AC 370, and the real value of news. Sunday talkers.
- Your Buzz videos: The plane-athon, Scott Brown, Bill Maher.
- Pot, meet kettle: RT questions journalistic standards of CNN!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Plane-athon fatigue setting in? FNC tops extended prime.
- A milestone for Tapper’s Lead. Miles O’Brien resurfaces.
- Kogan: Chicagoland III another Rahm Emanuel puff piece?
- Cablers burn the midnight oil covering flight 370. Piling on.
- A black hole? Bermuda Triangle? Don Lemon gets answers!
- De Moraes: Cable news plane-athon divides media mavens.
- Davidson: Endless coverage of missing plane is a good thing!
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.
'It Was Wrong and It Was Arrogant'
02/17/14 23:30 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! Gregg Jarrett explains the Dunn verdict and his spat with Don Lemon:
From The Kelly File, February 17 2014
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: What House of Cards gets wrong.
- Gregg Jarrett: Don Lemon is ‘the Al Sharpton of CNN’.
- Somerby: New Kornacki report ‘darn close’ to a lie.
- Harris-Perry family adopts baby girl. Q&A: Soledad.
- Video: Controversy swirls around Bode Miller interview.
- CNN’s Cuomo interviews Zimmerman; backlash ensues.
- Hot & Not: Jarrett, Lemon, Smerconish, CNN, HLN, etc.
- Don Lemon responds to Jarrett zings; Gregg returns fire.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
02/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Uh oh: Gregg Jarrett blasts Don Lemon over Dunn rant.
- Media Buzz videos: Hillary papers, Sochi, O’Care delays.
- Reliable Sources: Hillary, Christie, Comcast, Michael Sam.
- FBN’s Maria Bartiromo lining up some ‘big interviews’.
- Frivolous lawsuit over FNC suicide airing is dismissed.
- Claim: CNN ‘likely’ to suspend Piers Morgan? Or not?
- Juliet Huddy explains: ‘I scared him’. Sunday talkers.
- F&F video: Joanne Nosuchinsky on the Barbie brouhaha.
- Hogue: Fox & Friends goes where New Day fears to tread.
- Your Buzz videos: Media ADD, Bill O’Reilly, and Jay Leno.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on ginned-up controversies.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: NewYears/CNN-NY/FNC-The5 1-2-3.
- The 2013 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Report: Impartial MSNBC journalist to anchor Too Early.
- Video: Is a twitter apology from Harris-Perry sufficient?
- Don Lemon and Bob Beckel named to distinguished list.
- 2013 numbers: Fox News beats CNN, MSNBC combined.
- Christopher: CNN targeting Harris-Perry to get her fired!?
- Zain Verjee’s heartbreak of psoriasis. Q&A: Cavuto (v/TVN).
- NBC teams with Revere. Hogue: A ‘blondelicious’ a.m. jolt.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/11/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Your World video: Cheap shots over snap shots.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Lean Ageist? Cameraman sues NBC for discrimination.
- Is Weather on the move (via ICN)? Maddow moonlights.
- Video: O’Reilly rips dishonest Sharpton/MSNBC editing.
- How Juan Williams ended up as Mandela’s letter writer.
- Imus video: Juan Williams on handshake hype and more.
- Zucker punched: Don Lemon struggling; Upwave is down.
- YTJD: The Duke Red Matter part one, part two, part three.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/09/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Zucker Punched: Piers plummets, Coop hits new low.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker Play: Natasha Curry, Carlos Diazare out at HLN.
- Cooke: The bizarro alternate universe of MSNBC. More.
- Trotter: Brian Lewis gets millions in FNC severance deal.
- Imus video: FBN’s Kennedy previews The Independents.
- Lean Forward: Cycle host calls Don Lemon a ‘white leader’.
- Video: Ten years of Fox News Sunday. Spurlock awarded.
- Q&A: Brian Kilmeade. YTJD: The Duke Red Matter part one.
- Grinberg: MSNBC flouts journalistic standards...and Fox bad.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
11/20/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Scarborough: Ghostwriter helped draft Bashir apology.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Kurtz: Palin cancels Lauer interview to protest Bashir.
- Bauder: MSNBC stonewalling questions about Bashir.
- Video: Ralph Peters on the Afghanistan ‘Vanity Project’.
- Golub: Why MSNBC is failing...‘lack of professionalism’.
- Somerby: O’Reilly airs more diverse views than MSNBC.
- Surprise: CNN co-host gets Presidential appointment.
- Coop re-ups with CNN. Smith: MSNBC may dump Alec.
- Arceneaux: ‘Token’ Don Lemon is a lot like Sarah Palin!
- Wolcott: Going on MSNBC like talking with superheroes.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the ‘Knockout’ game.
- Journalism: Four cablenewsers fall for fake tweeter. More.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/18/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- CNN’s Don Lemon gets 11pm M-F slot. More.
- Friday’s numbers: Laura-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Maria Bartiromo leaving CNBC for FBN. More.
- Kurtz: MSNBC didn’t bat an eye at vile Palin attack.
- Bashir apologizes, claims he’s opposed to ‘vitriol’.
- Video: Are the media hyping Obamacare frenzy?
- Al Jazeera US averages 5,000 demo viewers a day.
- Concha: It’s time for new leadership at MSNBC.
- ICN: Don’t scapegoat Griffin for MSNBC’s mess.
- Rothman: Alec Baldwin and the Outrage Machine.
- Imus video: Laura Ingraham. Today’s firing demand.
- Profile: Charles Krauthammer. Matthews at USC.
- Impartial NPR reporter boasts he made Ailes angry.
- Korina criticized Coop, got a week’s suspension. More.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/22/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: When thrill kills meet media memes.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: New UN Ambassador skips emergency session.
- New set, new couch, new co-host: Hasselbeck on 9/16.
- Somerby: Alex Wagner’s fact-challenged racial rant.
- Q&A: Chris Wallace, Don Lemon. Today’s oops!
- Laurie Dhue resurfaces. Richard Lui on MLK’s legacy.
- Al-Jazeera reviews a mixed bag. Show me the Huddy!
- Harper: AJAm Soviet-style anti-Americanism (v/Mediaite).
- Zurawik: We need more Al Jazeera and less Erin Burnett.
- F&F video: Regis Philbin is back...part one, part two.
- Cassidy: Brian Lewis is like Kissinger. MSNBC road trip.
- Kissell: CNN makes gains while MSNBC slump deepens.
- Factor video: O’Reilly debates Kirsten Powers over guns.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/01/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Putin and Obama argue over Snowden.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-Laura 1-2-3.
- New Lean Forward ad: We want to write the laws!?!
- Slideshow: See Martha MacCallum’s Cape Cod retreat.
- Soledad named as Al-Jazeera ‘special correspondent’.
- Report: Greta met with Zucker looking to rejoin CNN?
- Zucker Play: Don Lemon N-Word special airs tonight.
- Zucker Play: CNN competing with sister channel HLN.
- Hogue: Is CNN’s New Day a new dawn…or a new dud?
- Video: Judge Napolitano vs John Stossel on NSA spying.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
12/27/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Jamie Colby-O’Reilly-O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Monday’s numbers: The Five-McElway-F&F Christmas 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Why Greta covered the case of a jailed US marine.
- Politico: Don Lemon’s Newtown reports ‘not journalism’.
- Lean Forward: Cable news host promotes his own anti-NRA rally.
- Spend New Year’s Eve with Megyn…or Kathy Griffin? Flashback.
- Griffin: Chris Matthews is ‘a statesman’! Weekend numbers.
- Zurawik: Exploitative media hot-doggers debase coverage.
- Video: Greg Gutfeld reviews the real scandals of 2012.
- YTJD: The Lorcoe Diamonds Matter part one, part two.
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
11/09/12 00:25 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Election emotions still running high.
- Thursday’s numbers: Laura-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Two in a row: MSNBC tops cablenews 25-54 Thursday.
- Chris Wallace defends Rove rant, but his boss may not agree.
- Sour Lemon: CNN anchor gets snippy over snub by Jonah Hill.
- Videos: Judge Pirro on Benghazi; Rachel Maddow with Colbert.
- Malone: Megyn Kelly, the ‘star’ anchor who can ‘save’ Fox News.
- Trump strikes again, wants petition drive to fire Chris Matthews!
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/19/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is The America’s Cup for the birds?
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- Bill O’Reilly receiving hate mail over his immigration stance.
- Dobbs tops CNBC. CNN’s Silver promoted. Weekend numbers.
- Rothman: Mitchell ‘response’ another nail in the credibility coffin.
- Video: Andrea Mitchell gives no apology, explanation, or defense.
- ICN: Latest deceptive MSNBC clip worse than Zimmerman edit.
- Scammers create fake foxnews.com to hawk dangerous diet plan.
- Scott Brown: I won’t be part of a debate sponsored by MSNBC.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg takes issue with Donaldson and Lemon.
- Video: The Five with some behind-the-scenes from Fox Fan Night.
Monday Links and Open Thread
06/18/12 00:29 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The legacy of criminal/victim Rodney King.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- MSNBC viewers outraged over the thought of MSNBCupp.
- Video: The droning about drones results in a correction.
- Adam Housley’s night in the ER. MSNBC’s Meghan: pot-head.
- CNN rebranding its noon report as Newsroom: International.
- MSNBC 3pm will have rotating co-hosts, just like...what again?
- Video: Harvey Weinstein talks politics and feel-good movies.
- Q&A: Melissa Francis; Joe and Mika; Don Lemon; Alex Wagner.
- Alisyn Camerota reveals: ‘I’m Bi’ Politifact rates Matthews’s latest.
- ICN: Touré choice no surprise from today’s news-phobic MSNBC.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/06/12 00:18 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Can Americans understand a law professor?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- (MS)NBC probe blames a ‘seasoned’ producer. Update: Fired!
- Video: Megyn Kelly on the line between news and entertainment.
- Video: Obama gives a shout-out to Mika Brzezinski. Flashback.
- Videos: Bill O’Reilly with Jon Stewart, Piers with Carson Daly.
- Current’s countersuit quotes Keith: ‘Assassinate him, please’.
- Hinckley: Olby’s best bet...radio or the ‘net. Maddow tops list.
- Olby lawsuit disses Cenk. Courtney: It’s a girl. Q&A: Don Lemon.
- From the Dept of Headline Incongruity. MSNBC online ad strategy.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/30/12 00:20 Filed in: links
- Current fires Olbermann! Olby responds. Current preps for battle.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- Again?! Bill O’Reilly on cable beats Brian Williams on NBC.
- Cablenews swells gather for Lemon-cohosted NLGJA fundraiser.
- Why didn’t last night’s Red Eye air? Explanation may be coming.
- Where’s Margaret Hoover? J$P asked FNC; spox confirmed: contract ended 12/2011, parties unable to come to terms on a new agreement.
- Forbes: If anyone can take on ESPN and win, it’s Roger Ailes.
- Juan Williams to receive honor for excellence in journalism.
- CNN Trayvon Martin special tonight. Maddow Q&A, w/Stewart.
- Impartial MSNBC ‘news anchor’ rips ‘ugly, dirty’ marriage group. More.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/17/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- Joe & Mika back Pat, buck MSNBC brass: ‘We strongly disagree’.
- The Death Network skeds wall-to-wall Whitney weeping. More.
- Q&A: Don Lemon, Sarah Palin. Profile: Big Ed Schultz.
- Guthrie: Pat Buchanan’s ‘crazy politics’ led to his firing. Zurawik: Good riddance! Stelter: Pat didn’t change, MSNBC did. Kurtz: Next stop, Fox News?
- Bartiromo: bored or burned-out? Today’s suspension demand.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/15/12 23:15 Filed in: links
- CNN and Larry King go their separate ways.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-MonicaCrowley 1-2-3.
- Cablers cover Syria, MSNBC not so much. Rodriguez upped.
- Jersey Man cover story: Neil Cavuto. Q&A: Nic Robertson.
- Profile: Cenk Uygur, Don Lemon. No coordination. It’s a girl!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
12/22/11 00:02 Filed in: links
- Video: What happened at The Five Christmas party.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Shep 1-2-3.
- Big Ed vs Drunk Ed? Profile: Don Lemon (via ICN).
- CNN to Piers Morgan: We want an explanation.
- Alvarez: What’s with CNN’s strange Ron Paul obsession?
- Drinkgate blowback: Big Ed responds, Bolling’s rejoinder.
- The Nick Shurn Matter, part four: listen
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/14/11 00:33 Filed in: links
- ICN: Now w/Alex Wagner shafts news for talk, is unlikely to survive.
- Friday’s numbers: JuanWilliams-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3.
- Mediaite tries to instigate an O’Reilly/Greta spat. TheFive tops demo.
- Goldberg: The dumbest question ever. Jenna Lee: What I read.
- Politicozy with MSNBC; more. Impartial journalist hired (via ICN).
- Pew: Fox News #1 in twitter engagement too (via The Cable Game).
- Kurtz: CBS ready to sign Joe and Mika but NBC put the kaibosh on it.
- Hot & Not: Murray, Penn State, CNN layoffs, etc. Lemon book review.
- MSNBC: The place for reruns. Hertzberg gushes over
five-vs-zeroUp.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/04/11 00:15 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3. Knox.
- VIdeo: Bill O’Reilly on GBTV. Weekend numbers.
- Audio: Brian Kilmeade on Hank Williams Jr.
- Scarborough: Turn off your television and read HuffPo!
- The rumor that refuses to die: Scarborough to CBS?
- Jansing at Otterbein. Q&A: Brennan (via ICN), Don Lemon.
- Erin Burnett premiere focuses on Wall St protesters. Q&A.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg relates his Andy Rooney experience.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
09/10/11 00:40 Filed in: links
- VIdeo: Peter Johnson Jr on honoring the legacy of 9/11 victims.
- VIdeo: Fox News Watch on media coverage of Obama’s speech.
Video: September 11 2001 as it happened.- CNN reporters attacked by Cairo mob.
- Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell now leaning.
- Don Lemon wants to be a baby daddy. Coop’s crib.
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet. The gaffe that won’t die.
- 9/11 reflections: Jennifer Griffin, Rick Folbaum, Wolf Blitzer, Shepard Smith, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Soledad O’Brien, The FIve.
- Saturday: Cavuto live at Ground Zero. Sunday: Weekday anchors on FNC. MSNBC simulcast with NBC. Coop, Crowley helm CNN global simulcast.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/29/11 00:08 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Juan Williams-Chris Wallace-Harris Faulker 1-2-3. Two of the top three programs: anchored by Fox News African-American journalists.
- Video: Jeff Flock takes a direct hit from Hurricane Irene.
- Nancy Grace trips the light fantastic. Maddow in Cummington.
- Salon: The worst hurricane Irene coverage was from...guess who?!
- Profile: The Rev Al. Q&A: The Root, Eric Deggans. NPR: Sharpton hire part of a larger trend. Washington: He’s cable catnip.
- Shep Smith remembers 9/11. Bauder: Irene attracts media big guns.
- Lemon’s iPhones. FBN live at 5:00 am; F&F Monday extra hour.
- Hot & Not: Sharpton, Childers, Irene, Herridge, Gawker, Contessa etc.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/17/11 00:27 Filed in: links
- Video: Christine O’Donnell walks out on Piers Morgan.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Bret 1-2-3.
- Video: Red Eye takes a jab at Morning Joe.
- Video: Bias Bash on media uproar over GOP words.
- Q&A: Megyn, Wolf. Profile: Lemon. Rothman on market drops.
- ICN: The decline of media journalism. To release a predator.
- Video: Big Ed admits to editing trickery. Today’s firing demand.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/16/11 00:59 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. FNC #2 in all cable.
- Schultz and MSNBC use special Ed-it to falsify Perry speech.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly with Imus on Elvis and Iowa, part one, part two.
- The Rise of Freedom e-book to feature exclusive WTC footage.
- Video: Bias Bash on theological campaigns, jobs in Texas, etc.
- The truth about Fox News. Lemon provokes second incident?
- Rick Sanchez resurfaces. Video: Ali Velshi with Jon Stewart.
- O’Donnell goes on leave. Biznet ad wars. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on uncomfortable questions for Bachmann.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
08/13/11 00:11 Filed in: links
- Q&A: Megyn Kelly (via TVN). Zurawik: Huckabee, the political pimp.
- Video: Reliable Sources on Newsweek vs Michele Bachmann.
- Video: Fox News Watch on media mania over market mayhem.
- Say what? Dyson as MSNBC host ‘regularly beats Fox’?!?
- The lessons of Newt vs Wallace. Did Sarah Palin diss FNC?
- Markets turn pundits hysterical. So much for CNBC’s integrity?
- MSNBC ed special. Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
- HLN prunes headline news. Lemon: He shoved me! Q&A: Auntie Sole.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/03/11 00:02 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Maddow hypes Sharpton: He’s wicked smart! He’s stupendous!
- CNBC drops World Business amid cash-for-coverage charges.
- Video: Bias Bash on overlooked Middle East developments.
- Don Lemon, riding publicity wave, to sub for Joy Behar.
- Why is MSNBC stalling its Sharpton decision? Q&A: E-Mac.
- Video: Alan Colmes w/Imus pt one, pt two. Weekend numbers.
- Zurawik: Olbermann a fawning pet poodle in Gore interview.
- Latest Buchanan zinger brings new calls to fire Pat. Update.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/02/11 00:22 Filed in: links
- 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.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
06/04/11 00:21 Filed in: links
- Why did MSNBC sideline Savannah Guthrie?
- Zurawik: Palin will be the downfall of Fox News.
- Video: Reliable Sources on Palin’s media strategies.
- Fareed special focuses on innovation.
- Video: News Watch on Sarah Palin’s media relations.
- Greg Gutfeld answers 21 questions. Mrs Piers pregnant.
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
- HLN: More Grace. Q&A: Don Lemon, Nancy Grace.
Monday Links and Open Thead
05/16/11 00:10 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Baier 1-2-3.
- Where was Juliet? She sez: laid up. Back to School, with Shep.
- Zurawik: Trump, Huck bought and sold for walking around money.
- New book recounts Olbermann’s stormy ESPN exit.
- VIdeo: Juan Williams with Don Imus part one, part two.
- Greta jabs at Abrams; Dan returns fire; Greta apologizes.
- Kurtz: Why Huck said no. Adam and Tamera tie the knot.
- Is Don Lemon’s book revelation a career risk?
- Hot & Not: Huck, Olby, Schultz, S-bombs, etc.
- Olby/Schultz flap fallout: KO gets HuffPo to delete tweet about him!
- Un-Common debate: Stewart accepts O’Reilly challenge tonight.
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.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
09/25/10 00:52 Filed in: links
- Steve Burke to be named NBCU CEO.
- News Watch on Woodward book, Colbert.
- Don Lemon’s on-air revelation.
- Greta: HuffPo is ‘delusional’, NYT’s Stelter is biased.
- Profiles: Lawrence O’Donnell.
- Joe and Mika at DePauw: more.
- Q&A: Major Garrett, Dick Morris, Joe.
- Sunday talkers: preview. HuffPo recap.
- Olby week in review.
- Studio audience member profiles Glenn Beck.
- CNN dumps Klein: an unusual move; odd timing; Ailes praises Jon; Jamie McIntyre doesn’t (via Chickaboomer).
Weekend Links and Open Thread
08/14/10 00:04 Filed in: links
Monday Links and Open Thread
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