• Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Politico is taken aback: FNC pundits air diverse viewpoints!
• What’s in Maria’s B’s bag?  What’s Ahnold’s favorite tv show?
• Q&A: Bill O’Reilly talks about his charity work. Today’s oops.
• Outnumbered video: Andy Levy joins white privilege debate.
• Farhi: As cable news audiences decline, prime time is fading.
• Wemple and Cupp have words on twitter...and it’s not a spat!
• Imus videos: Juan Williams, Chris Wallace talk free speech etc.
• Hill: Did CNN’s approach to Michael Gray case incite Baltimore?
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg and O’Reilly agree...the fix is in.
• Nededog: The Feds partner with CNN to work on drones for news.

Tags: ratings 2015, oreilly, maddow, redeye

• Media Buzz videos: Baltimore, Clinton Cash, Leland Vittert.
• Reliable Sources: Baltimore, Brian Williams, ‘thug’ is racist.
• Somerby: Maddow never reported officer’s exoneration.
• Your Buzz: Hillary, Republicans, Clinton Cash, The Rev.
• Cablenewsers go back to school.  Joe Concha moonlights.
• Zurawik: The media didn’t light the fires.  Sunday talkers.
• CNNC: Chris Cuomo should fess up and take responsibility.
• Legends & Lies turns spotlight on Nevada.  Banned in Vegas.

Tags: maddow, oreilly

• The Five video: Why The Nightly Show edited Dana Perino.
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Rutz: MSNBC and Kremlin-funded RT have much in common.
• Q&A: Leland Vittert in Baltimore; Liz Claman and her playlist.
• Wemple: CNN asked Pew to revise numbers, Pew said ‘sure!’
• Gahr: As trial approaches, Ed Schultz witnesses are cowering.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media Baltimore coverage.
• But it’s an exclusive!  Who’s who?  Video: CNN’s NSFW whoops.

Tags: ratings 2015, maddow, schultz, oreilly

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2015, maddow, baier, lemon, mojo

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Lewis: Unscripted authenticity key to FNC ensemble shows.
• Video: Netanyahu coverage.  Profile: Katherine Julia Harlow.
• Dr David Samadi launches health site.   HLN gets new digs.
• Adams: Does Fox News have too much influence on the right?
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on Fox vs mainstream media.
• FTV: Maddow furious with Todd; Griffin wants to re-hire Olby!
• FTV: MSNBC stuck between rock and hard place with The Rev.
• The murder suspect who worked for CNN.  Today’s conspiracy.

Tags: ratings 2015, oreilly, maddow, olbermann, cooper, friends

• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Somerby: O’Donnell’s ‘hideous’, ‘awful’ Ferguson coverage.
• Roberts: If nuclear war comes, it will be Wolf Blitzer’s fault!
• Reliable Sources sinks to 2015 low.  Weekend numbers. More.
• Megyn is up for auction.  F&F video: Batter up!  Cramer craters.
• Rita Cosby resurfaces.  Cupp craves credit.  Maddow cratering.
• Kelly File video: Judge Napolitano.  Imus video: Juan Williams.

Tags: ratings 2015, o'donnell, megyn, friends, maddow, judgenap

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2015, maddow, lemon, mojo, oreilly

• Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Throwback Thursday: Shep’s advice especially germane now.
• Zucker play: CNN exec talks BriWi, would love to hire Stewart.
• Nancy Grace unleashed?  Shep talks Jon Stewart.  Forget Fox! 
• MSNBC not progressive enough?!  Give Maddow The Daily Show?
• Jim Sciutto plays twitter games.  Brian Stelter in a twitter spat.
• Imus video: Ed Henry.  Factor video: Dwindling trust in the press.

Tags: ratings 2015, shep, maddow, oreilly

• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Wemple: FNC rhetoric rises as Paris Council approves lawsuit.
• The Smoking Gun: So, when does The Rev’s suspension begin?
• Greta: NBC should try a debate format, anchored by Maddow.
• Chariton: TV newsers scramble to cover Brian Williams scandal.
• NBC refuses to appear on MSNBC.  Will FNC be bugging out?
• Feldman: Brian Williams should accept that Megyn Kelly invite.
• Kelly File video: Brit Hume reacts to Brian Williams suspension.
• Ed Schultz tried to get a job at Fox News.  Jim Murphy promoted.
• Wemple: Maddow segment exposes crisis PR.  Social Life debut set.

Tags: ratings 2015, greta, maddow, megyn, schultz

• Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
• Concha: CNN shouldn’t crow over second place finish.
• CNN zings Morning Joe with Ailes-style full-page ad.
• Synergy: MSNBC all in on hype for NBC’s Super Bowl.
• Zara: As DishNet blackout ends, Fox News ratings roar.
• F&F video: How Sharia Law in Texas is like Judge Judy.
• Wemple: Palin zings O’Reilly; O’Reiilly zings Palin back.
• Kurtz: Al-Jazeera nets suffer a huge blow to credibility.
• Late Show video: Rachel Maddow with David Letterman.
• MSNBC: The place for corruption?  Alisyn moonlighting.
• Imus video: Mike Baker.  Match wits with the MSNBC stars!
• Samantha Schacher: demoted.  James Carville: not renewed.

Tags: ratings 2015, mojo, friends, judgenap, palin, oreilly, maddow

• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: CNBC threatens Davos guests who go on Fox Biz.
• Fox News and French honor.  Werber: The right to offend.
• Lean Forward: Despite small ratings, big plans for Ronan.
• Tuesday’s numbers: SotU/FNC-O’Reilly-SotU/CNN 1-2-3.
• Rothstein: Goldie Taylor resurfaces.  Q&A: Ari Melber.
• Maddow doctors Chris Wallace quote...from 30 years ago!
• Inside Man season premiere: meet our future robot overlords.
• GLAAD honors cablenewsers.  Map-maker’s wishful thinking?
• The latest apology.  Wemple: There’s no shame in fessing up.
• New CNN set a ‘weak, low-budget’ rehash.  Ryan Young to CNN.
• Turner consolidating cable upfronts.  New New Day debut weak.
• Kelly File video: Focus group talking ‘radical Islam’ turns rowdy.

Tags: ratings 2015, maddow, cooper, megyn

• Concha: Millions buy Hebdo that MSNBCNN refuse to show.
• O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies is coming.  Hendricks exits CNN.
• Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Stuart Varney’s daughter Jill wins $25,000 Hotel Showcase.
• Comcast merger deal faces new campaign.  Today’s oops!
• MSNBC’s SotU coverage: Maddow, Krystal Ball.  Flashback.
• Lopez: Thank you, Mr Cooper (v/TVN).  Weekend numbers.
• Late Show video: Anderson Cooper with David Letterman.
• Why is Jake Tapper an outlier?  Melissa Harris-Perry at NCSU.
• The obligatory Ann Curry rumors already swirling (via CNCC).
• Factor video: Did broadcast nets give short shrift to Paris snub?

Tags: ratings 2015, oreilly, maddow, cooper

• MediaBuzz videos: Eric Garner, Rolling Stone, Allred v Cosby.
• Reliable Sources: Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, The Rev, Garner.
• Concha: Maddow needs to be honest about ‘news anchor’ role.
• Jake Tapper in a twitter spat.  Rachel Maddow, ‘news anchor’?!?
• Video: Charles Payne demolishes Cramer.  Sunday talk: preview.
• Five possibles for Candy Crowley’s crown.   Sunday: CNN Heroes.
• Your Buzz videos: Wilson’s home, shootings, Ferguson, Fox women.

Tags: maddow

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

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2014, oreilly, maddow, lemon, friends, megyn

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, cooper, lemon, oreilly

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

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, friends, oreilly, baier

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

Tags: ratings 2014, friends, maddow, oreilly

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

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, friends, olbermann

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

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, oreilly, friends, greta, baier

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

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, megyn

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Megyn 1-2-3.
• Video: Stuart Varney exposes Maddow’s dishonesty.
• Somerby: Maddow rips Fox over nonexistent report!?
• Pentagon objects to Fox UBL special; Greta responds.
• Q&A: Chris Wallace (via FDC); FBN’s Jo Ling Kent.
• Joe Concha zings Alex Wagner, nails LZ Granderson.
• Audio: Howard Stern news tracks down Anna Kooiman.
• Audio: Jake Tapper w/Laura.  Today’s oops; bonus oops.
• Video: Leaks, prosecutions, and the WH media strategy.
• Ailes advice given to Megyn Kelly.  Flashback: Terry Keenan.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, greta, friends

• Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• Somerby: ‘Maddow took Media Matters bullsh!t and ran.’
• MSNBC election hosts: journalists Maddow and Matthews.
• Two-hour Daily Rundown to be hosted by José Diaz-Balart.
• FTV: Brian Stelter says missing plane ‘a bigger story today’.
• Q&A: Neil Cavuto, tv trailblazer.  Unappreciative Weather.
• Factor video: Truth Serum.  Greta begins her new podcast.
• Marsh: Did MSNBC’s Deutsch perpetrate a real estate scam?
• Arwa Damon honored; Robin Meade in Vegas.  New CNN app.
• CNNi: Doubts about disclosure (v/CNNC).  Profile: Ari Melber.
• CNN’s extreme website makeover appears in beta (via CNCC).

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, matthews, oreilly, greta, megyn

• Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Rachel Maddow airs doctored tape of Issa.
• October numbers: Fox tops.  Also-rans: MSNBC, CNN.
• Video: Judge Nap on non-citizens voting in midterms.
• Tyler: Cast of ‘runaway hit’ Outnumbered speaks out.
• Wemple: Palin discusses lack of Costello on-air apology.
• Wolf and Anderson headline CNN’s election coverage.
• Rothstein: Doubts about diversity at Reliable Sources.
• Q&A: Lou Dobbs’s coffee; The Rev’s rations.   Whoops!
• Only one cablenewser got CBS’s OK to talk to Attkisson.
• Video: Howard Kurtz on Sharyl Attkisson hacking claims.
• ICN: No apology? Carol Costello is just following orders.
• Rothstein: Kirstie Alley has a proposition for Jake Tapper.
• Q&A: Sally Kohn.  Profile: CNN’s Peter Hamby (via CNCC).
• Ty’s extreme makeover: HLN edition.  Weekend numbers.
• Zucker play: Broadening the definition of news (via CNNC).
• Standoff resolved, Jana Winter leaves FNC.   Ailes honored.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, judgenap, palin, cooper, oreilly, icn

• Media Buzz videos: Ebolarama, MSNBCNN, knee-jerk pundits.
• Reliable Sources: Ebola politics and ratings, media shake-ups.
• Tucker: Five ways Phil Griffin can get MSNBC back on track.
• Sunday special: Ebola in America.  Sunday talkers: preview.
• Videos: Rachel Maddow with Seth Meyers part one, part two.
• Your Buzz videos: Gay marriage, Fox miniskirts, media hacks?
• Zucker punch: CNN cuts NABJ dollars; Ronald Martin responds.
• Factor video: Howard Kurtz on Ebolarama. No CNN Today today.

Tags: maddow, oreilly

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, lemon, friends

• The Five video: Debate on the threat of ISIS turns rowdy.
• Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• José Diaz-Balart marks MSNBC move toward ‘new voices’.
• Somerby: Maddow wipes Latinos off the face of the earth.
• Q&A: Gretchen Carlson on Real Story’s first year; video.
• Q3: FNC most watched cabler.  Q3 spin: CNN MSNBC HLN.
• Closing Bell rings sour sans Bartiromo. Weekend numbers.
• Surprise! Vets outraged at Bolling had hidden connections.
• Profile: Sonny Hostin (v/CNNC).   Piers Morgan finds work.
• Kaufman: Stelter’s strange defense of Zakaria (via CNNC).
• This Week video: Bill O’Reilly w/ George Stephanopoulos.
• Wemple: An ‘idiotic idea’ makes cable news waves. More.
• Q&A: James Rosen on coffee rituals; Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
• MSNBC’s best night over a dismal two weeks: Lockup marathon!
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on 60 Minutes Obama interview.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, piers, oreilly, friends

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2014, redeye, baier, maddow, friends, lemon

• The Five video: Is US action a match for the ISIS threat?
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-MacCallum-The Five 1-2-3.
• Q&A: Dr Keith Ablow; Dr Drew Pinsky. Tapper’s twitter.
• NAHJ co-founder blasts group’s award to...guess who?
• Fox & Friends video: Depression...questions and answers.
• Stelter: ‘Riot’ is an incendiary word CNN has avoided.  More.
• Somerby: Hannity viewers got ‘fuller picture’ than Maddow’s.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on wall-to-wall Williams.  Lone Wolf.

Tags: ratings 2014, friends, hannity, maddow, oreilly

• Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-MacCallum-Greta 1-2-3.
• Somerby: ‘One of the strangest segments ever seen on tv.’
• Jo Ling Kent on Alibaba.  Dry heaves.  Weekend numbers.
• Controversy swirls around Qatar-sponsored content on CNN.
• The New Day that never dawned.  Mr Bill meets Mr Baldwin.
• CNN Special: The War Comes Home.  Q&A: Soledad O’Brien.
• Concha: Hillary’s allies at MSNBC are busily rewriting history.
• Fox & Friends video: Kevin McCarthy remembers Robin Williams.
• Video: Shep talks to Larry King about Williams. Today’s apologies.
• Byers: Gregory’s flight to nowhere.  Guthrie: The clock is ticking.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, oreilly, friends, shep, king

• Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Bream 1-2-3.
• CNN hires Alexandra Field, drops Oren, amidst more layoffs.
• Byers: Bloomberg cancels Politics Capitol, lays off staffers.
• Q&A: Sean Hannity, back from Israel; journalist Nina Terrero.
• Morrisey joins The War on Fox.  Africonfusion: Niger, Kenya.
• Factor video: Truth Serum.  Maddow exec to The View (v/ICN).
• F&F video: Lea Gabrielle flies cross-country part one, part two.

Tags: ratings 2014, hannity, oreilly, maddow, friends

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Fitzgerald: July winner: Megyn Kelly; losers: Maddow, AJAm.
• F&F video: Shouting match erupts over Clinton/UBL charges.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on Jesse Ventura, Rand Paul.
• Late Night video: Megyn with Seth Meyers part one, part two.
• Engulf and Devour: How far will he go to acquire Time-Warner? 
• Scarry: CNN’s dog that didn’t bark.  Tracey: MSNBC has one too.
• OtR video: Why Greta says ‘I smell a rat!’  ICN: Read the fine print.

Tags: ratings 2014, megyn, maddow, friends, oreilly, greta, icn

• Concha: Maybe Bill Weir should think before tweeting.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Zucker play: CNN changes its policy to fit John Walsh.
• Morning Express enlists stars of NASCAR and the NBA.
• Kevin Magee (Fox Biz/Fox News Radio) stepping down.
• Liz Claman: triathlete helping to build homes for heroes.
• Surprise! Five Fox News programs make dirty dozen list.
• Cumulus seals deal for CNN content.  Soni Methu to CNN.
• Imus video: Bill Hemmer on Gaza etc.  Maddow is all wet.
• Wemple: Fox News graphic accurate but could be clearer.
• Marshall: Carol Costello...‘smug, biased, ethically jumbled’.
• Video: Survivor of horrific Boko Harum attack tells her story.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, greta

• The Five video: Greg zings Sarah over impeachment talk.
• Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• July numbers: Fox tops; CNN slips; HLN, MSNBC plunge.
• Somerby: Rachel Maddow, news for ‘the sick and stupid’.
• Bret Baier, SE Cupp named to distinguished list (via TVN).
• Q&A: Dierdre Bolton.  Rachel Smoklin to join CNN digital.
• MSNBC outsourcing world news.  Mika B’s Georgetown crib.
• Factor video: The ‘great marijuana ruse’.  Weekend numbers.
• Weprin: CNN’s lynchpin...Erin Burnett.  Imus video: Jenna Lee.

Tags: ratings 2014, palin, maddow, baier, mojo, oreilly

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
• Israeli ambassador slogs CNN; more. Cuomo’s twitter spat.
• Gregg Jarrett accepts plea agreement.  Where’s Weir? Here.
• Veronica de la Cruz resurfaces, as does Bonnie Schneider.
• Sky sales move Rupert one step closer.  The dandy dozen?
• Wemple: MSNBC’s Jebreal labeling ‘unprofessional’. Update.
• Video: Shep challenges ‘a great lady’ at MSNBC.  Flashback.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on WH blocking press access.

Tags: ratings 2014, shep, maddow, oreilly

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2014, shep, greta, schultz, maddow, baier, oreilly, lemon

• The Five video: The media snooze as IRS stonewalls?
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Shannon Bream 1-2-3.
• CNBC collapse: Ratings at 17-year low as Cramer craters.
• ABC joins 24-hour news game...sans cable (via Dorsey).
• Reality show reruns boost CNN am.  Weekend numbers.
• Recovery: Lawrence O’Donnell returns.  Q&A: Ari Melber.
• Bret Baier: I don’t look at Maddow’s show as a ‘news product’.
• Kelly File video: State Dept’s Marie Harf.  Jarrett arrest video.

Tags: ratings 2014, o'donnell, baier, maddow, megyn

• The Five video: Andrea’s connection with Special Olympics.
• Wednesday ratings: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Lean Forward: Controversy swirls around sex comment.
• O’Reilly zings fellow FNCers.  MSNBC bars ex-producer.
• Glenn Greenwald asks a pertinent cable news question.
• Imus video: Bret Baier on The Interview and Special Heart.
• Maddow calls for a news blacklist; Megyn promptly disobeys.
• Media Buzz video: scoring Hillary Clinton’s Fox News interview.

Tags: ratings 2014, oreilly, megyn, baier, maddow

• 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

• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• From the ‘nothing succeeds like failure’ department...
• More honors: Megyn, Maria, Maddow make ‘impact list’.
• Q&A: Maria Bartiromo, one of ’50 women who run NY’.
• Video: Megyn Kelly named to Time 100 influentials list.
• The Mole, part deux.  Wemple: What now, Mr Hannity?
• Coop’s crib is up for bids.  Keith Olbermann resurfaces.
• Video: Juan Williams questions Media Matters’ tax status.
• Roller: Scarborough takes a page from Trump’s playbook.
• Hannity video: Judge Napolitano on eminent domain abuse.

Tags: ratings 2014, megyn, maddow, olbermann, hannity, friends, judgenap, mojo

• The Five video: The Brandeis brouhaha.
• Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-TheFive-Kelly 1-2-3.
• Will Rachel Maddow devote a segment to this too?
• Zucker punch: Interview shows ‘no longer viable’.
• New CNN primetime to feature docs, rotating hosts.
• Fox Biz going commercial free for last hour of trading.
• Special: Terror Strikes Boston, Boston Strikes Back.
• O’Reilly videos: w/Matt Lauer; on F&F pt one, pt two.
• Lean Forward: The Smoking Gun calls Sharpton a liar.
• Joe gets to speak.  A rough start to Comcast hearings.
• Bishara: Fact-based fiction...the mystery of CNN 2014.
• Lizzie O’Leary resurfaces.   Ed Henry in a twitter spat.
• Kelly File: Brandeis debate turns rowdy part one, part two.

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

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
• CNN digital plans include a news show for twitter.
• Lean Forward: (MS)NBC accused of ‘union-busting’.
• Somerby: Maddow misrepresents O’Reilly and Kelly.
• Somerby: ‘Propaganda for gullible liberals’.  More.
• MSNBC stonewalls questions on Scarborough speech.
• Lean Forward: The Cycle plummets to an all-time low.
• Punjab, Vegas first stops for celebrity chef’s saison deux.
• CNBC stocks up on reality shows.  Echo chamber at work.
• Making the Case didn’t.  Crossfire watch: soon.  Get lost!

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, oreilly, megyn, o'donnell, matthews, friends, mojo

• The Five video: The Mozilla megillah.
• Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
• Somerby: How honest should Rachel Maddow be?
• What MSNBC host was a secret FBI informant (v/Alan)?
• Bloomberg’s Rachel Crane jumps to CNN.  Crashin’ In.
• Fox News anchor target of misogynist smear, gets apology.
• Carr: As Comcast merger approaches, questions proliferate.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, friends

• Media Buzz videos: Mozilla, Bob Beckel, Letterman.
• Reliable Sources videos: Letterman, Costello, O’Care.
• Somerby: For this Maddow should be pulled off the air.
• Sorry Red Eye fans, Mikey Kay now a CNN contributor.
• Video: Perino and Gutfeld at the Bush Presidential Ctr.
• FNC Saturday special: Enemies of the State; preview.
• CNN Sunday: Redford lobbies for convicted murderer.
• Video: Bill O’Reilly w/Jimmy Fallon part one, part two.
• Wemple: Ed Schultz court case proceeds; Kelly’s quotes.
• Lazare: Chicagoland finds its audience...Emanuel zealots.
• CNN slowly returning to what didn’t work.  Sunday talkers.
• ICN: Abysmal ‘news judgment’ makes CNN a laughing stock.
• Your Buzz videos: Obamacare, Chris Christie, General Motors.

Tags: maddow, redeye, oreilly, schultz, megyn, icn

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, king, piers, baier, redeye, greta, lemon

• 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

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Rothman: Da Plane brings out worst in media. More.
• Video: Media miss huge impact of internet giveaway?
• Fox News apps redesigned.  Rick Sanchez resurfaces.
• McMurry: Joe 2016 begins.  Somerby: Insult to the tribe.
• Lauren Ashburn: Why I’ve gone back to wearing a cross.
• Taibi: CNN takes plane coverage to the next level...toys!
• Zurawik: Upstart AJAm is more than the sum of its ratings.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, mojo

• Media Buzz vids: Da plane, Lena Dunham, Costas, panic.
• Reliable Sources: Da plane, da plane, da plane, Ukraine.
• FNC update: four hours of Harris and Pirro.  CNN update.
• Late Show video: Bill O’Reilly with David Letterman.
• Joe not closing the 2016 door.  Sunday talkers: tip sheet.
• Bordelon: The Cycle has become unfunny sketch comedy.
• Hogue: Aly’s bland send-off.  Somerby: Explaining Maddow?
• CNN signs Mel Robbins.  Salazar: Chicagoland’s stereotypes.
• Your Buzz videos: Bob Costas, avoiding Palin, and Rob Ford.

Tags: ratings 2014, oreilly, friends, maddow, palin, mojo

• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Wemple: Seer Schultz slips up. Bernie Shaw resurfaces.
• Wolff and Roberts at SxSW.  The Judge spills the beans.
• Will cable news reports help save a boy’s life?   Update.
• Wallenstein: He’s awesome on twitter...and awful on tv.
• Video: Ronan Farrow w/ Colbert.  Cablers cover explosion.
• Video: Judge Nap w/ Jon Stewart pt one, pt two, pt three.
• Video: Rachel Maddow with Seth Meyers part one, part two.

Tags: ratings 2014, schultz, judgenap, friends, maddow

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2014, piers, shep, maddow, lemon, baier, cooper, king

• Bigelow: Reliable Sources edits out criticism of its host.
• Media Buzz videos: Piers, the age issue, Ronan Farrow.
• Reliable Sources: Bridgegate, Justice Thomas, Fox News.
• Piers: CNN was just holding me back!  Growing pains.
• Geraldo’s Scandalous premieres Saturday...or does it?
• Somerby: The three faces of Nunziato.  Today’s apology.
• Your Buzz videos: Trial by media, Zimmerman, FCC bias?
• Thank you for being a friend.  Sunday talk: turn the table.
• Factor video: ‘Harmful entertainment’ debate gets personal.

Tags: piers, maddow, friends, oreilly

• Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bream-Baier 1-2-3.
• Real Story video: Andy Levy joins the manel debate.
• Kurtz: Colbert smeared me and I won’t stand for it!
• Somerby: Nothing in Maddow’s latest is exactly legit.
• HuffPo: Mika’s dad finally on Morning Joe!  Flashback.
• Insider video: Hannity at Del Frisco’s.  CNN’s fish story.
• New Hasselbeck feature debuts with Darrell Wallace Jr.
• Video: Harris Faulkner profiles Virginia Gov Doug Wilder.
• Epstein: How to fix Ronan Farrow Daily. Page Six: proof!
• Tso: Do ‘native’ models threaten integrity of journalism?
• Factor video: Bill questions Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, hannity, friends, oreilly, mojo

• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Things are looking Rosie at CNN...or are they?  And more.
• Video Q&A: Greta with Janice Dean on living with MS, etc.
• Somerby: More Maddow false facts, and some from Greta?
• Maria Bartiromo recalls Joey Ramone. Fareed reconsidered.
• Olby fesses up.  Brian Schweitzer joins MSNBC.  Flashback.
• I’ll take Fox News for $200, Alex. Serious is as serious does.
• Friedman: This is going to end in tears.  CNN app updates.
• Salon: Will you fall for his dreamy blue eyes?  Mr Humility.
• Zucker play: CNN’s Chicagoland, a ‘paean to Rahm Emanuel’.

Tags: ratings 2014, piers, greta, maddow, olbermann

• Uh-oh: Ronan ratings even lower than on day one.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Zucker play: CNN...going to pot, or going to seed?
• If reporters don’t sign, can’t cover Ronan event! More.
• February program ranker: Fox News holds top 13 slots.
• Profile: Joy-Ann Reid.  Mika Brzezinski in Washington.
• Q&A: Maria Bartiromo, Hannity, Hasselbeck, Joy Reid.
• Wemple: Could it be Maddow really is calling the shots?
• Could the next Zucker punch knock out Erin’s OutFront?
• Kelner: America was bound to tire of Morgan’s big mouth.
• Grove: Guess who’s willing to take Piers’s spot? Larry King!
• Video: Dem candidate wants government control of Fox News.

Tags: ratings 2014, hannity, friends, maddow, piers, king, mojo

• Ronan debut: MSNBC’s smallest audience of the day!
• The Reid Report down 63%; Varney topped Bartiromo.
• February numbers: FNC ratings grow, CNN collapses.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Janice Dean: I have MS...my life with multiple sclerosis.
• Miles O’Brien resurfaces. Soledad teams with Cover Girl.
• Zucker play: CNN skeds Sundance reality show in prime.
• Wemple: Bill persistent with Panetta, CNN with Nugent.
• Somerby: Rachel Maddoworama part deux...tv or not tv?
• Faux Bieber protest hoaxes cablers.  Weekend numbers.
• Red Eye video: Why did CNN cancel Piers Morgan Live?
• D’Addario: CNN, post-Piers.  Ed Henry in Springfield, MA.
• Zucker punches: Secret Kaplan meeting; purging dissent?
• Rothstein: 20 people to replace Piers. Swift: Eight people.
• Morabito: CNN scrambling to fill Piers-less 9:00 pm block.
• Kurtz: Piers Morgan’s failure caused by self-inflicted wounds.
• La Roche: Bartiromo debut broke news. Lopez: A slow start.
• Crugnale: Farrow wonked it up.  Starr: Low-key and generic.
• Franich: Baby’s First Talk Show debuts...all airbrush, no body.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on US disinterest in foreign news.

Tags: ratings 2014, oreilly, maddow, piers, redeye

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Rothman: CNN’s disastrous attempts to Lean Forward.
• Monday premiere videos: Maria Bartiromo, Ronan Farrow.
• Checkbook journalism: Al-Jazeera offered $$ for cables.
• Somerby: Dubious, conflicting claims blur Maddow’s bio.
• Alec Baldwin rips MSNBC, calls Rachel Maddow ‘a phony’.
• FBN’s new chapter: Bartiromo seeks to define her network.
• MSNBC teams with Vocativ; objective: internet data-mining.
• Video Q&A: Geraldo Rivera in depth; Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
• Wemple: Why Piers Morgan’s failure at CNN was inevitable.
• Greta: Why did CNN derail its #1 show?  Who gets 9:00 pm?
• Steinberg: Dumping Piers all part of the Grand Zucker Plan.
• Piers show cancelled; Morgan may stay with CNN.  Flashback.
• Zurawik: Will the Obama WH ever stop intimidating the press?

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, friends, piers, greta

• The Five video: When does ‘crazy’ get a pass?
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
• Fox Business gets on board the documentary bandwagon.
• Somerby: ‘Weird reporting’ says Maddow...about Maddow?!
• An elaborate Ronan PR stunt?!  Robin Meade: How I work. 
• As CNN Latino closes down, Fox News Latino grows.
• Video: Scarborough denies he wants to run for President.
• Makeover at MSNBC.  Melber: Half-true.  Zucker’s night out
• Kelly File video: Andrew McCarthy on executive wiggle room.
• Coop’s oops: F-bomb drops on taped marathon trial coverage!

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, megyn, cooper, mojo

• 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

• The Five video: Oblivious MSNBC’s imagined hatred.
• Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly File-The Five 1-2-3.
• Wemple: Phil Griffin furious, rips staff’s ‘stupid actions’.
• RNC 1, MSNBC 0: Griffin issues an apology, fires staffer.
• GOP chairman bans staff from MSNBC. Q&A: Phil Griffin.
• Official msnbc twitter: conservatives are racists! More.
• Shaw: Behind the scenes with CNN at the SotU address.
• PPP Poll: Fox News most (and least) trusted news source.
• CNN revives John King’s Inside Politics.  Burnett’s back.
• Fox & Friends video: The Clydesdales star in Puppy Love.
• Wemple: Maddow/Koch feud escalates.  Q&A: Peter Hamby.

Tags: ratings 2014, friends, maddow

• Tuesday’s numbers: SotU (FNC)-O’Reilly-Megyn 1-2-3.
• FNC most-watched SotU on cablenews, total and demo.
• January program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
• Your World video: Crew binges as Diedre Imus lectures.
• CNN, Al-Jazeera newsers bitten by bad Wikipedia ‘facts’.
• CNN, twitter team with Dataminr.  CNN SuperBowl setup.
• Please forgive Ana Marie Cox for slumming on Fox News.
• Video: Could college athletes form unions and get paid?
• Miller: Five reasons we can’t wait for The Ronan Show.
• Obama talks to Tapper two days ahead of O’Reilly Q&A.
• Somerby: Why it’s time for a morally sick Maddow to go.
• SotU tech glitz mostly restrained.  Q&A: Gabriel Sherman.

Tags: ratings 2014, judgenap, oreilly, maddow

• Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn 1-2-3.
• Maria Bartiromo’s not-so-cryptic clue (hat/tip ‘semby’).
• O’Donnell creates, airs Dem campaign ad. Flashback.
• Mandel: Aiming at Roger Ailes...and missing.
• Sherman: Any misinformation maybe planted by Ailes!?
• Jake Tapper is the cat’s meow.  Cabreara exiting CNN?
• Wemple: Brotherly biographical briefing.  ICN on TCG.
• What if Zucker throws a party...and nobody shows up?
• New Day isn’t very new.  Zucker’s fish story: Oscar bait.
• Imus video: Bret Baier on Benghazi, Christie, and more.
• Lowry: MSNBC falling short of ‘basic evidentiary standards’.

Tags: ratings 2014, o'donnell, maddow, baier

• Escalation: Geraldo fires back at ‘phony’ David Folkenflik.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly File-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Adam Housley reacts to ‘bigoted’ attacks on his marriage.
• Reliable Sources near four-year low.  Weekend numbers.
• Super Bowl synergy at Fox News.  New Kurtz kontroversy.
• Video: Bret Baier on Fox News’s relationship with the WH.
• Another reason O’Reilly refers to MSNBC as ‘NBC News’.
• Somerby: MSNBC hypes flawed, dishonest Maddow theory.
• Video: Howard Kurtz on editorial backlash to Lone Survivor.
• Today’s twitter spat: Geraldo vs Folkenflik.  You don’t say!
• Launch date moved up for the new Accuweather Channel.
• TWC dropped by DTV (that loses signal in storms anyhow).
• Zucker play: ‘High’ standards at CNN.  Q&A: Jeff Zucker.
• Rothstein: MSNBC, Joe stonewall ‘stunning’ ethics uproar.
• Kelly File video: Gitmo lawyers smuggle jihad propaganda?!

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

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Fox News tops for presser, MSNBC scores in prime demo.
• Real Story video: Andy Levy, Sherrod Small on man panel.
• Zucker punch part deux: CNN head blasts Fox, MSNBC.
• Zucker punch: CNN boss calls ‘all hands on deck’ meet.
• Maddow claim mostly false. Bad weather good for TWC.
• Videos: Juan Williams with Don Imus; Bret Baier’s pants.
• Freedlander: FNC pushback on bio (via ICN).  Flashback.
• Steinberg: Media complicit in hype of Ailes tell-all tome.
• Johnson: Dear Abby doesn’t ruffle feathers or step on toes.

Tags: ratings 2014, redeye, maddow, baier

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Wemple: MSNBC stonewalls as Maddow hunkers down.
• Video: Howard Kurtz on whether Gates book is a betrayal.
• Q&A: Roger Ailes talks Zucker, Megyn, Maddow, and more.
• Video: Lou Dobbs talks about CNN, MSNBC, and Upheaval.
• Prisons pump up MSNBC numbers.  Kirchick: A sorry apology.
• Burnett to return; Chris Lawrence exits. CNN doc nominated.
• Q&A: Cycle hosts. Noon rotation. Ailes tell-all hype escalates.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on vitriolic political discourse.

Tags: ratings 2014, maddow, oreilly

• Geraldo: It was painful seeing Rupert Murdoch assaulted.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• The latest from CNN’s premier journalist.  Weekend numbers.
• FNC aired more of the hearing, MSNBC least.  FNC tops poll.
• Video: Bias Bash on media treatment of GOP tactics.
• Assault interrupts testimony.  Piers breaks his silence.
• Sharpton speculation continues to swirl.  CNBC’s baby boom.

Tags: ratings 2014, baier, maddow, icn

• Video: Bret Baier’s five years on Special Report.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• Berry & Sobieraj: Why outrageous outrage fills cable.
• Coates: America’s ‘foremost public intellectual’ is...?
• Q&A: Bret Baier.  Profile: Frank Luntz (v/Mediaite).
• De Moraes: Has the apology streak been broken?
• Johnson: Is Maddow now calling the shots? Or not?
• Treacher: Just who is minding the store at MSNBC?
• Ad wars escalate.  CNN names morning anchors.
• Beth Fouhy to MSNBC.com.  Maria Bartiromo to Davos.
• Hot & Not: Harris-Perry, Piers, Roberts, Griffin, etc.
• Ross: The new year brings new challenges for MSNBC.
• Pompeo: Combatants gird for battle over Ailes tell-all.
• Wolff: Unbeatable Ailes continues to crush competitors.

Tags: ratings 2014, baier, maddow, icn

• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Long Live the King.
• Media Buzz videos: Ducks, Tom Friedman, Katie Couric.
• Reliable Sources videos: Ducks, 60 Minutes, twitterstorms.
• Eddie Higgins Trio: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town  album
• Did Rachel skewer Alec?  Zurawik: CNN has no standards.
• Sunday talkers: tip sheet: turn the table, HuffPo recap.
• The Great Gildersleeve: Why the Chimes Rang.
• Factor video: Definitive Duck debate part one, part two.
• Your Buzz videos: Handshakes, South Africa, and twitter.
• David Ian and Acacia: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing   album

Tags: maddow

• Only one cablenewser makes Variety influentials list.
• The Five video: Debating the Duck Dynasty dispute.
• Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Maddow and O’Donnell create a scandal.
• Video: Media repercussions of the Duck Dynasty flap.
• Union: MSNBCers afraid to address NBC ‘hypocrisy’.
• New Day sinking.  Crystal Lewis: The Christmas Song.
• Social media survey: fictional anchor bests real people.
• Video: Federal judge slaps down Obama’s ‘secret law’.
• Video: Bill O’Reilly on The View.  ICN: 2013 best/worst.
• The Nick Shurn Matter: pt one, pt two, pt three, part four.

Tags: ratings 2013, megyn, maddow, o'donnell, judgenap, oreilly, icn

• Somerby: Maddow is playing her viewers for fools.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Saving Grace: Zucker renews Nancy, cancels others.
• Broadening the definition: Zucker wants Leno at CNN?
• F&F video: Obscure blogger guy gets another shout-out.
• Media Buzz has twice the viewers of Reliable Sources.
• Cablers dominate list of promising tv newsers [pdf].
• Wendy Williams video: Rachel Maddow (v/dorseyshaw).
• A turbulent cable news year.  Reese’s piece: Fox fogies.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg unsure of the war on Christmas.
• Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: The Christmas Tree Lot.
• YTJD The Nick Shurn Matter: part one, part two, part three.

Tags: ratings 2013, maddow, friends, oreilly

• Fox News tops MSNBCNNHLN combined in 2013.
• The Five video: The biggest Pinocchios of 2013.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Bolling-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• CNBC hits 20-year low...and 2014 looks to be worse.
• Somerby: Rachel Maddow, the official party-line hack.
• Q&A: Jake Tapper. HLN new hires. Students’ snow job.
• What are you doing New Year’s Eve? Lis in, Megyn out.
• Video: Fox & Friends shout-out to some obscure blogger.
• Greta at Syrian refugee camp: part one, pt two, pt three.
• The Nick Shurn Matter: part one.  Stan Freberg: Yulenet.

Tags: ratings 2013, maddow, friends, greta

• Video: Neil Cavuto takes issue with The War on Fox.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn 1-2-3.
• Bashir is not a first offender, was suspended by ABC!
• Zurawik: Griffin responsible for MSNBC’s hateful talk.
• MSNBC’s Bashir ‘resigns’.  More.  Shuster wonders...
• Wemple: Networks pounced on Rush, ignored Bashir.
• Claim: FBN’s Maria Bartiromo hire is ruffling feathers.
• Extreme makeover HLN edition; Zoraida exits CNN.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
• Q&A: Sally Kohn on leaving FNC for free agentville.
• A 21st Century Wonder Woman?  Weekend numbers.
• Somerby: Rachel Maddow’s long, strange monologue.
• Atkinson: Ad buyers eager for Zucker to shake up CNN.
• Kelly File video: Feds to pay millions based on guesstimates.

Tags: ratings 2013, shuster, maddow, megyn

• The Five video: Obamacare and public/private standards.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• Byers: Is Martin Bashir’s ‘vacation’ really a ‘suspension’?
• Zucker play: Bold new CNN concept...a roundtable show!
• Video: Media coverage of healthcare.gov tech troubles.
• Chris Cuomo interviews brother Andrew!  Greta: no prob.
• Imus video: O’Reilly on O’care, Iran etc part one, part two.
• Will major booking for Megyn make Maddow miffed at NBC?
• Q&A: Sandra Smith (v/TVN), Lou Dobbs. Burnett’s baby boy.
• CNN’s ‘worst year ever’ brings a call for...hotter women?!
• Media Buzz videos: Media miscreants, Kirsten’s conversion.

Tags: ratings 2013, greta, oreilly, megyn, maddow

• MediaBuzz videos: Benghazi; Christie; Bob Woodward.
• Reliable Sources videos: Benghazi; bullies; buying news,
• Brian Kilmeade uncovers Long Island bar spy connection.
• Video: Press freedoms at stake in the Jana Winter case.
• Sunday talk: turn the table, HuffPo recap.  Cablers awarded.
• CNN’s Pandora a timeslot meltdown.  Bourdain in Motown.
• Claman: Bring it on!  First Juan Williams, now Mara Liasson?
• WaPo: Of 19 books by cablenewsers, the best is...Maddow’s!!
• Saturday specials: 50 Years of Questions; The Business of Pot.

Tags: friends, maddow

• The Five video: Does patriotism have a role in sports?
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Billy Graham 1-2-3.
• Shield standoff to top NY court; more.  Q&A: Liz Claman.
• Videos: Bill O’Reilly on CBS This Morning, Fox & Friends.
• Video: Rachel Maddow w/Jimmy Fallon.  Coop gets chatty.
• ICN: Will CNN changes weaken breaking news coverage?
• Q&A: CNN’s Amy Entelis on why more docs are on the way.
• Kelly File video: Is the President in damage control mode?
• The Rev is exempt from NBC News activism policies (v/ICN).
• Gasparino, Claman grouse about Twitter CEO: video (v/ICN).

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

• The Five video: The Obamacare enrollment blues.
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Baier 1-2-3.
• Cable newsers scramble to cover shootings at LAX.
• Video: Media coverage of Obama claims of ignorance.
• Laura Ingle honored. Kristol exit triggers controversy.
• Seigneur: Cooper is so deep he makes me feel shallow!
• Imus video: Melissa Francis cried while writing her book.
• Shepherd: I prayed with Elisabeth.  Maddow moonlights.
• Zurawik: CNN’s low-rent Crossfire is mindless and lame.
• Kelly File video: Covering your six.  CNN scrapes bottom.

Tags: ratings 2013, cooper, friends, maddow, megyn

• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Rachel and Lawrence deliver the bait.
• How Hume handles haters.  Weekend numbers.
• Fox & Friends video: Kilmeade skirts catastrophe.
• Investigating Megyn’s ratings: the results are in!
• Lean Forward: MSNBC launches website ‘preview’.
• Is Bolduan about to be booted?  Video: Piers on CBS.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on ‘tailoring’ coverage.
• Bret Baier: I am not Hannity! (v/FDC)  Q&A: Sally Kohn.
• Paskin: Up Late is great tv to fall asleep to.  Lights out!

Tags: ratings 2013, friends, megyn, piers, oreilly, baier, o'donnell, maddow

• The Five video: Twists and turns on road to Damascus.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• Greta: A website tip for cable news watchers.
• Controversy swirls around Maddow ethical conflict.
• Showdown: MediaBuzz vs Reliable a split decision.
• Twitter spat: truther vs birther.  Weekend numbers.
• Imus video: Mike Baker surveys the Syria situation.
• Q&A: Liz Claman; Cutter and Cupp; Dr Sanjay Gupta.
• Poniewozik: Crossfire redux a catfight with stuffed cats.
• Martin: Premiere stumbles.  Syria speech schedules.
• Lowry: Crossfire is more about showbiz than politics.
• Byers: Crossfire debut was uncomfortable and awkward.
• Pew: With Crossfire 2.0, opinion further displaces news.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the Obama interviews.

Tags: ratings 2013, greta, maddow, oreilly

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Barone: Do cable news ratings tell a larger story?
• August program ranker: Fox News holds top 13 slots.
• Dana Perino’s Mercy Ship voyage to the Congo (v/FDC).
• Q&A: Soledad.  Kinder, gentler Olby?  ‘Dream’ coverage.
• CNBC craters.  Maddow hits bottom.  CNN: Zuckered.
• Video: Tot Titus faces his fears in rematch with Kilmeade.
• ICN: Brian Lewis lawyer engaging in…a negotiating ploy!
• Thought experiment: What if Rev Al was Rick Santorum?
• Factor videos: Debating a Syrian adventure…pt one, pt two.

Tags: ratings 2013, olbermann, maddow, friends, icn, oreilly

• The Five video: Dana is fired up over a fired clown.
• Video: Bob Beckel lets slip some verboten verbiage.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Hack Maddow tells a tabloidized Tsarnaev tale.
• Zucker play: CNN preps for an online extreme makeover.
• Profile: Olbermann unplugged, unleashed, and unhinged.
• Today’s oops (via ICN).  Video: On the set of Persecuted.
• Factor video: O’Reilly hammers, and nails, Nicholas Kristof.

Tags: ratings 2013, maddow, olbermann, friends, oreilly

• Reliable Sources videos: Rush, Hillary, and more.
• News Watch video: The media and ‘phony scandals’.
• Sunday talk: tip sheet, turn the table, HuffPo recap.
• Miller: I’m blown away by MSNBC’s great diversity.
• Today’s petition: another bright idea (via Mediaite).
• Factor video: Benghazi, embassies etc pt one, pt two.

Tags: maddow, oreilly

• The Five video: Zimmerman’s gift to Barack Obama.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• Zucker play: CNN transitioning to ‘digital first’ future.
• Greta: Stelter has a conflict of interest. Stelter: I do?
• Bill Hemmer: Chic Sag Harbor anchor and gourmet.
• Chapman: Shallow CNN can’t top HBO’s Newsroom.
• Royal musing: Imogen Lloyd Webber, Peter Johnson.
• Dean v Maddow bogged down.  Weekend numbers.
• Factor videos: Straight talk on race part one, two, three.

Tags: ratings 2013, greta, friends, maddow, oreilly

• Reliable Sources: Deen, Snowden, and Kurtz.
• News Watch video: Media cover Obama overseas.
• Somerby: Dishonest Maddow report merits firing?
• Seven cablenews women named to prestigious list.
• Video: Bob Beckel does yoga in Times Square.
• Hale: Revamped CNN Sunday peddles old news.
• Sunday talk: preview, HuffPo recap.  Facebook or twitter?
• Anchors Away videos: Heather, Ainsley, Heather, Patti Ann, Maria.

Tags: ratings 2013, maddow, friends

• The Five video: Friday Facebook free-for-all.
• Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Lean Forward: MSNBC prompts 5-year-old to back gay marriage!
• Video: Constitutional repercussions from the shield standoff.
• Q&A: Cheryl Casone tax tips.  Zucker play: revive Crossfire?!?
• Videos: Powers and Miller on shield standoff and WH vs Drudge.
• Chris Wallace questions Martin Baron on Wash Post rescue plan.
• Shield standoff imperils press.  Video: Maddow with Letterman.
• Ashburn: O’Reilly dismissive and condescending with Ingraham?

Tags: ratings 2013, megyn, maddow, oreilly

• 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: The impact of Twitter.  Profile: Kornacki.
• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
• Video: Bob Beckel denounces ‘anti-American’ Amazing Race.
• Video: Look who’s getting a try-out on F&F Weekend.  More.
• Why was Maddow Q&A so evasive?  Critics play diversity card.
• Imus video: Mensa meeting.  CNN to hire Elisabeth Hasselbeck?
• CNN reporter outraged at being accused of saying what she said.

Tags: ratings 2013, friends, maddow

• The Five video: White House backing off tour shutdown threat?
• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
• Bogus CNN chyron.  Imus video: Mike Baker on Egypt, Korea, etc.
• Zucker’s Erin Burnett: Isn’t it worth it to support anti-Semitism?!
• Video: Shep’s comments on the Catholic Church stir controversy.
• Factor video: O’Reilly vs Colmes rematch over federal spending.
• Q&A: Shep (via ICN); Charlie Gasparino on ‘sticking it to CNBC’.
• Q&A: Soledad, Jake Tapper. Maddow in Houston.  Olby settles.

Tags: ratings 2013, shep, oreilly, maddow, olbermann

• The Five video: The tv season’s most devastating finale.
• Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: Van Hollen interview turns nasty.  Laurie Dhue resurfaces.
• Video: Maddow with Leno part one, part two.  Weekend numbers.
• Audio Q&A: Coop (via TVN).  New, improved Piers: now 80% live.
• CNN’s ratings fix: massage the numbers.  Cable conclave coverage.
• Imus video: Martha MacCallum on budgets, papal politics, and more.
• Video: Bernie Goldberg on a new Fox haters’ smear. Today’s outrage!

Tags: ratings 2013, maddow, cooper, piers, oreilly, audio

• The Five video: Is hating America still the new world sport?
• Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Studio-B video: Shep interview of John McCain turns tense.
• Rachel Maddow gushes over a Fox News anchor.  Flashback.
• Powers and Miller examine media fluster over drone filibuster.
• FTV: Burnett move to mornings dead…no, alive…no, still dead.
• Joy-less View revives Behar/CNN talk.  Today’s overhyped scandal.

Tags: ratings 2013, shep, maddow

• Reliable Sources videos: Woodward, Mitt, and Michelle.
• News Watch video: Bob Woodward and the sequester blues.
• Piers plunge: down 38%.  Today’s conspiracy: debunked?
• Swimsuit model to host Fox News show.  Ingle: it’s a boy!
• Sunday: Showdown on Debt Row.  Sunday talk: preview, HP recap.

Tags: piers, maddow

• Video: Why have the media turned on Bob Woodward?
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
• Chase unseen.  Q&A: Gerri Willis.  Olby resurfaces.
• CNN buys healthcare doc promoting ‘alternative medicine’.
• Burnett bargains for big bucks.  Soledad honored.  CNN sues.
• Video: Rachel Maddow with Jon Stewart part one, part two.
• Video: Hannity exclusive with Bob Woodward part one, part two.

Tags: ratings 2013, olbermann, maddow, hannity

• The Five video: The GOP secret weapon?  O’Reilly film sets record.
• Video: Whose side is David Gregory on?  Another Zucker innovation.
• James Rosen at NU.  Julie is back.  How CNN sells the news (via TVN).
• Huge exposé of Fox News scandal strangely deleted after publication.
• Marsh: CNN’s cruisarama not all bad news.  Tonight: Maddow’s Hubris.

Tags: oreilly, mediamatters, maddow

• The Five video: The media have found a new watergate.
• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
• Video: Megyn Kelly’s big Valentine’s Day announcement.
• Harris Faulkner in Cleveland.  Maddow’s 101 tops swig tally.
• Charlie Gasparino on CNBC.  FBN launches Tax Flight series.
• ‘The World News Leader’ under Zucker.  No Rivera groundswell.
• Imus video: Megapanel debates abortion etc part one, part two.
• Kurtz: It was a civil debate that shed some light on journalism.
• Videos: Howard Kurtz with Bill O’Reilly; O’Reilly with Letterman.

Tags: ratings 2013, megyn, maddow, oreilly

• The Five video: A new trend…the pre-emptive apology.
• Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• CNN to blow the lid off…SeaWorld!  CNN hires Erin McPike.
• Video: Was coverage of the inaugural fair and balanced?
• Lizzy O’Leary leaves CNN.  More GOP propaganda from Fox!
• Imus videos: Ed Henry on WH snubbing Fox, and Bob Beckel.
• Factor video: Bernard Goldberg looks at The Second Coming.
• Q&A: Liz Claman, Dennis Kucinich.   Maddow makes it up.
• Zucker takes over, Darth Vader returns.  CNN tops swearing in.
• Impartial journalists opine on award speech. Bashir battles tumor.

Tags: ratings 2013, oreilly, maddow

• The Five video: Bill O’Reilly.  Greta: Those are not my words!
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Jake Tapper joining CNN as Chief Washington Correspondent.
• Somerby: Rachel Maddow, national treasure or a bit dishonest?
• Man sentenced for death threat to O’Reilly.  Today’s exposé.
• Video: Life as a junior reporter.  Tomorrow’s exposé.
• XM may lose Fox News radio.  Special Cavuto cliff coverage.
• Video: O’Reilly turns up the heat on behalf of jailed marine.
• Lou Dobbs lead over CNBC grows.  Merry Christmas from FBN!
• Critics eagerly anticipate MSNBC’s latest journalistic triumph.
• The Nick Shurn Matter: part one, part two, part three, part four.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, oreilly

• The Five video: Why not eliminate homework?
• Lean Forward: MSNBC’s ‘straight news’ is anything but.
• Moonves scotches CBS/CNN merger meme.  Cafferty exits.
• ICN: Phil Griffin is asking for it.  Speaking of asking for it…
• AP profile: Ed Henry.  Video: Coop on CBS This Morning.
• Imus video: Bernard and Imogen on Christmas, Wintour, etc.
• Puzzler: What do these Grammy nominees have in common?
• Factor video: Bill O’Reilly goes mano-a-mano with Bob Costas.

Tags: ratings 2012, icn, cooper, oreilly, maddow

• The Five video: Fordham, Coulter, tolerance, and Greg’s book.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• MSNBC streak ends, loses to FNC prime & total day, all demos.
• Video: Is the FBI running amok?  Weekend numbers.
• Adam’s a new Dad!  Julie’s a new Mom!  Sara Ganim to CNN.
• Video: Mike Huckabee with Jon Stewart part one, part two.
• Imus video: Mike Baker on implications of the Petraeus scandal.
• Somerby: Maddow, master of biased BS and fabricated ‘facts’.
• VIdeos: Greg Gutfeld and Melissa Francis on their new books.
• Videos: Bernard Goldberg and Catherine Herridge on Petraeus.

Tags: ratings 2012, judgenap, maddow, friends, oreilly, greta

• 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!

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, megyn, matthews, lemon

• The Five video: Did the mainstream media help to elect Obama?
• Video: Sandy crack one of ‘a long list of foolish’ Matthews remarks.
• Lean Forward video: Chris Matthews is ‘so glad we had that storm’.
• Election coverage numbers: CNN edges FNC, FNC tops primetime.
• Q&A: Adam Shapiro, Melissa Harris-Perry.  Fox News tops all cable.
• Video: Martha MacCallum talks exit polls and more with Don Imus.
• Zurawik: Election night Maddow and MSNBC delivered propaganda.
• Video: Rove vs Decision Desk part one, part two, part three.  More.
• Wemple: Rove exemplifies a great Fox News strength…on-air dissent.

Tags: ratings 2012, matthews, maddow

• The Five video: Is Weinstein Obama’s Hollywood helper?
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Lean Forward: MSNBC’s Benghazi blackout continues.
• Video: Hillary’s Benghazi promise: we’ll arrest…video maker!
• DePaolo: How Joe Trippi found happiness at Fox News.
• Krystal is having a Ball.  CNN manning up in swing states.
• Halloween Resurrection? Ex-’journalist’ wants another show!
• Red Eye video: Andy ombudses Trump, NatGeo, and more.
• Videos: Bill O’Reilly vs David Letterman; Greta cross-examines Donald Trump; Rachel Maddow schmoozes with Wendy Williams.
• ITV’s Keir Simmons to (MS)NBC.  Big Ed does some GOTV.
• CNN gets cold feet over hormones, stays mum regarding Piers.

Tags: ratings 2012, olbermann, redeye, oreilly, greta, maddow, schultz, piers

• The Five video: Barack Obama for President of the World?
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Lean Forward: At MSNBC it’s ‘Benghazi emails? What emails?’
• Weprin: Donald Trump and the (pretend?) outrage at MSNBC.
• Video: Erin Burnett with Conan O’Brien part one, part two.
• Q&A: Gerri Willis.  Video: Maddow w/Letterman part one, part two.
• Melissa Francis: Live from Dana Point.  Wemple: Fox News vs AP.
• MoJo in Boca Raton: behind the scenes.  Piers problems proliferate.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, piers

• The Five video: Is the Prez race basically unchanged?
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Videos: Megyn’s Adventures in Air Travel pt one, pt two.
• MSNBCer named to utterly non-demeaning Esquire list.
• Video: Sarah Palin on how to debate Joe Biden.
• Dateline: Danville…the (media) circus is in town.
• Q&A: Cavuto, Dobbs.  HLN adds reruns to schedule.
• Rothman: MSNBC ‘straight news’ hours...aren’t.
• Somerby: MSNBC buffoons are ‘acting like Fox!’
• Way too much Joe and Mika?  Profile: Willie Geist.
• Debate: Fox News, FBN, CNN, CNBC.  Video: Maddow on Ellen.

Tags: ratings 2012, megyn, palin, maddow, mojo

• The Five video: New UBL movie airs just before election.
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Video: Megyn Kelly interviews author Douglas Brunt.
• Ellison: Vanity Fair profiles ‘Blood, Sweat, and Piers’.
• Video: Bill O’Reilly w/Jon Stewart.  Q&A: ‘mean girl’ Soledad.
• HuffPo targets Drudge, cites tweet from ‘Fox News fanatic’.
• Somerby: MSNBC chaos as Maddow et al get basic facts wrong.
• Julie B’s deluxe apartment in the sky.  Hispanic Heritage month.

Tags: ratings 2012, megyn, piers, oreilly, maddow

• The Five video: Was there a lie in the 2007 tape?
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
• Video: Newest FNC contributor makes on-air debut.  Flashback.
• Phil Griffin: I want to steal Shepard Smith from Fox News!
• Q&A: Neil Cavuto, Bill O’Reilly, John Avlon, Lou drubs CNBC.
• Reese’s piece: September cable news ratings predict election?
• Somerby: Maddow’s weasel words, Harris-Perry’s bafflegab.
• Video: Mike Baker and Don Imus looking for clarity in Libya.
• Q3 numbers: Fox tops; program ranker. Spin: MSNBC, CNN, HLN.

Tags: ratings 2012, shep, oreilly, maddow

Tags: redeye, maddow

• The Five video: Was public deliberately misled on Libya attack?
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.  Today’s oops.
• Weekly demo: Maddow over Hannity, FNC tops primetime.
• Kelly’s Court video: State Dept trying to pressure journalists?
• Video: CNN pilfers victim’s diary...exploitation or journalism?
• Kurtz, Greenwald et al defend CNN plundering Stevens journal.
• HLN launching Politan weekday hour.  The ‘problem’ with Joe?
• VIdeo: ABC’s Jake Tapper talks with Don Imus.  Geist to Today.
• Sigh: ‘Unbiased’ CNN remains ‘unloved’.  ‘Happy Birthday to Carl...’

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, megyn, mojo

• Reliable Sources videos: Hidden cameras, CNN, and more.
• News Watch video: Some leaked videos spur headlines.
• CNN oddly secretive about Amb Stevens journal. More.
• Sunday talkers: preview, guests, HuffPo recap.  Q&A: Maddow.
• Sunday: Putting America to Work; Education Nation.  Joe turns five.

Tags: maddow, mojo

• The Five video: Celebrities wage write-on Obama campaign.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Don’t blame QE3: News Corp to raise carriage fees for FNC.
• Drool cup alert: part one of the Christopher/Maddow interview.
• When Fox Business reports...CNBC plays catch-up.
• Production begins on Sanjay Gupta drama.  CNN’s heroes.
• Israeli cable cuts the cord and drops ‘world news leader’ CNN.
• Video: Joe S with Leno part one, part two.  Kelsey stiffs Piers.
• Lean Forward: Morning Joe gives daily spot to...Huffington Post!
• Q&A: The ‘probing’ Neil Cavuto; Melissa Francis.  Today’s oops.
• Video: Classy Hannity likens Dem guest to ‘brain-dead zombie’.
• Richard Lui on ‘the new Jews’: Asians.  Q&A: Alex Wagner, Touré.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, piers, hannity, mojo

• The Five video: Are the media abdicating their responsibilities?
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. MS demo strong.
• Lean Forward: MSNBC aired Obama clip before they didn’t!
• Red Eye video: Andy Levy ombudses the Romney video.
• Roeper: The real punk in the Fox & Friends prank.  Ainsley update.
• Video: Did Olbermann send this email to F&F?  Melissa in Houston.
• Q&A: Soledad, Tamron Hall, MSNBC ‘crack talent’.  Profile: The Rev.
• Paging Maddow: Another MSNBC contributor raising money for Dems.

Tags: ratings 2012, redeye, friends, olbermann, maddow

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• The Five video: The ‘war on women’ vs the economy.
• Wednesday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Cavuto: FBN convention coverage that will ‘drive O’Reilly crazy’.
• Shock FNC exposé: frumpy men, hyper-feminine women! (v/TVN)
• CNN’s newest reality show star: Morgan Spurlock.  Flashback.
• Frum: Bright ideas to save cable news.  CNN’s convention app.
• Video: Bryan and Bryan vs Brian.  Video: Maddow with Letterman.
• Friedersdorf: Media trip over skinny-dip.  Kaus: The MSNBC effect.

Tags: ratings 2012, friends, maddow

• Steve Harrigan exclusive video: Eyewitness to massacre.
• Soledad insists: ‘I don’t think I show bias in my tv show’.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Video: Megyn Kelly breaks down over graphic Syria footage.
• FNC’s Brit Hume praised...on MSNBC!  Ainsley’s big news.
• Somerby: Tuesday was a night of cable news stupidification.
• Video: S-bomb deployed on FNC.  New CNN Newsroom graphics.
• Rothman: CNN is getting a bum rap—they’re really non-partisan.
• Zurawik: Lame Zakaria defenses enable debasement of journalism.

Tags: ratings 2012, shep, megyn, friends, maddow, o'donnell

• The Five video: Is Ryan getting a fair shake from the media?
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Rachel Maddow crops, cuts, and serves up the stupid.
• Detrich: CNBC ratings doldrums.  Kanaval: Too much bratty Cramer.
• Video: Dana Perino and Imus re The Five etc.  Hume snags Ryan.
• The cure for a floundering CNN? How about reality shows?! (via ICN)
• New FNC 2012 election iPad app.  Hot & Not: CNN, FNC, Zakaria, etc.
• Byrnes: Zakaria stole from me too! Greta: DId someone steal from ICN?

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, greta

• The FIve video: Just how lame is Aaron Sorkin’s Newsroom?
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
• CNN hits bottom as primetime sinks to 20-year low.
• Time Warner pays hefty fees to renew Fox News affiliation.
• Somerby: Rachel Maddow doctors quotes to spread hate.
• The key to cable news success (via ICN).  Weekend numbers.
• Q&A: Melissa Francis.  AOL: You’ve got Kimberly Guilfoyle.
• CNN: odd man out?  Today’s apology; analysis.  The grills return.
• On The Five, Beckel tongue-tied over ‘free/pre-pussy’: video clip.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on media non-coverage of economic study.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, oreilly

• The Five videos: Year one celebration part one, part two.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• NBC divorcing Microsoft; msnbc.com to be nbcnews.com.
• Coop’s coming out was meticulously planned in advance.
• High Five: Q&As with tvnewser, mediaite, zap2it.
• High Five: One year in, ratings, spirits, and profits soar.
• Glenn who? The Five ratings up 45% over predecessor.
• Video: Juan Williams with Imus. Insider video: Lou Dobbs.
• Plaintiff suing Rachel Maddow wants Judge removed.
• Kernan and Faber: CNBC’s heart.  Krugman zings CNBC.

Tags: ratings 2012, cooper, maddow

• Friday’s numbers: The Five-Laura-John Roberts 1-2-3.
• Will The Cycle be unbroken? Plummets to all-time low.
• Video: Shep with Erin Andrews on her move to Fox Sports.
• Q&A: Cavuto, Chuck Todd.  Judgment for Maddow: legal fees.
• Little-viewed cable channel receives unwanted recognition.
• Kurtz crumbles. CNN teams w/facebook. Sambolin’s pricey crib.
• Hot & Not: HBO, Joe and Mika, Coop, Re-Cycle, etc.
• Video: The Five’s seven assemble part one, part two, part three.
• Anatomy of a blunder, and why it was smart to trust Megyn Kelly.

Tags: ratings 2012, shep, maddow, cooper, icn, megyn, mojo

• The Five video: Cool, fool, or tool?
• Will The Cycle be unbroken? Thursday ep scratched in demo.
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-MonicaCrowley-The Five 1-2-3.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-TheFive-JohnRoberts 1-2-3.
• Video: Bob Beckel zings ‘that show on MSNBC...ReCycle’.
• The Cycle stole more from The Five than its format.
• Somerby: Maddow’s mendacity marches on.
• Video: Are voters exhausted with campaign coverage?
• Molloy: What’s wrong with CNN...and what’s right.
• Kitty Pilgrim resurfaces.  Inside MSNBC’s signature series.
• In an Ohio bar, Barack Obama gets an idea for a new mandate.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow

• The Five video: Mayor Bloomberg’s hot-dog hypocrisy.
• Again!? Tuesday’s The Five #1 in all cable news w/25-54.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-OutOfWork-The Five 1-2-3.
• HBO scuttles Ailes flick, cites CNN as reason!  Analysis.
• Dobbs/Kudlow rivalry revived?  Why is Maddow so strange?
• HBO targets FNC’s Roger Ailes...with the help of Joe and Mika!
• Video: Megyn Kelly talks to wounded warriors part one, part two.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, megyn, mojo

• Video: Anti-Beckel protest demonstration at Fox News HQ.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
• MSNBC celebrates our national holiday.  Weekend numbers.
• Will The Cycle be unbroken? A distant third to Studio-B.
• Somerby: Why is ‘Saint Maddow’ so baldly dishonest?
• Gun-shy CNN reluctant to report Andy Griffith’s passing.
• Video: Jenna Lee with US hero Sgt Travis Mills (h/t Mediaite).
• Dobbs again tops CNBC; more; Out of Work special: 9:00 pm.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on Howard Kurtz, Media Matters, etc.
• Lauren Green in Orem.  Alan’s mailbox.  Coop spurs navel-gazing.

Tags: ratings 2012, shep, maddow, oreilly, cooper

• Wednesday’s numbers: Hannity-JuanWilliams-Baier 1-2-3.
• Publius: CNBC ratings crash as FBN surges?  Video Q&A: Shep.
• Video: Cavuto interviews Murdoch part one, part two, part three.
• Somerby: Dishonest Maddow could learn from Soledad O’Brien.
• Health care cable news confusion. FNC speaks. More. And more.
• Breaking The Cycle: ratings disaster, topped by 5:00 am F&F First.
• News Corp’s split decision.  Gasparino another Pulitzer wannabe?

Tags: ratings 2012, shep, maddow, friends

• The Five video: Previewing the Obamacare ruling.
• Tuesday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Cavuto to interview Murdoch live.  Profile: Melissa Francis.
• Q2 program ranker. The Cycle sagged on opening day.
• ICN: Opinionaters aren’t the magic bullet for CNN’s slump
• Rolling Stone rolls out the superlatives: yep, a Maddow profile.
• Q2: Piers Morgan’s ratings are the lowest ever for CNN at 9:00 pm.

Tags: ratings 2012, icn, maddow, piers

• 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

• Video: Neil Cavuto’s epic takedown of Lawrence O’Donnell.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-The Five 1-2-3-4.
• Somerby: Maddow’s latest con game is especially dishonest.
• Cable news swells gather for breast cancer charity fund-raiser.
• Video: The Judge on Exec Privilege: they can’t have it both ways.
• Video: Mike Baker talks with Imus about national security leaks.
• Another bright idea for CNN.  Hannity edit under scrutiny.
• MSNBC hires S.E. Cupp, leaves announcement to Comedy Central!
• ICN: Andrea Mitchell is well on her way to destroying her reputation.

Tags: ratings 2012, o'donnell, maddow, judgenap, hannity, icn

• Audio: FNC contributors clash - Sally Kohn vs Michelle Malkin.
• VIdeo: Barney Frank gets snippy w/Melissa Francis pt one, pt two.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Rachel Maddow goes to Nam!  Q&A: Client No. 9.
• Video: Lt Col Peters says leaks won’t stop until people go to jail.
• ICN: Is Ailes thinking long-term about whether FNC needs AP?
• Controversy swirls around Oliver North column on foxnews.com.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, spitzer, icn, audio

• News Watch video: Media coverage of the Obama ‘kill list’.
• Video: Hannity debriefs the Edwards jury part one, part two.
• Gerri Willis’s new set.  Q&A: Cenk Uygur.
• Diamond Jubilee coverage: Fox News, CNN.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
• Lean forward: MSNBC pulls partisan promo for Ed Schultz.
• Think tank challenges Maddow over ‘defamation’, hints at lawsuit.

Tags: hannity, turks, schultz, maddow

• The Five video: Why is abstinence an alternative lifestyle?
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Somerby: Where is CNN’s eye on the media?  Today’s oops.
• Videos: Fleet Week in New York City.  Newt to (MS)NBC?
• Daytime Emmys reduced to airing on HLN...or vice-versa.
• Frank Luntz Friday special.  Jon Stewart: Roger Ailes is correct.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, friends

• The Five video: Is the WH revising history?
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3-4.
• Piers plummets: lowest in 15 years.  Weekend numbers.
• Cable newsers flock to Women in Media fete.
• How Beck bests Olbermann.  Gasparino: Man of the Year.
• Faber didn’t lose on Jeopardy!  The striking Erin Burnett.
• I’m ‘the conscience of Fox’, sez Geraldo to...Media Matters!?
• MSNBC: The Place for Badminton?  Maddow lawsuit update.

Tags: ratings 2012, piers, olbermann, maddow

• The Five video: Politico takes a cheap shot at Fox News.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
• Were CNN’s email accounts hacked?  Today’s oops.
• CNN fact-checks MSNBC: the clip Rachel Maddow didn’t play.
• Video: Tamara Holder with Imus on politics, John Edwards, etc.
• Profile: Laurie Dhue and her journey from addiction to recovery.
• MSNBC lets Alec Baldwin try out the anchor chair.  Flashback.
• Furrowed brows at CNN Center as schedule changes don’t halt slide.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow

• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-The Five 1-2-3-4.
• April numbers: Fox News has top 13 cablenews programs.
• CNN sinks to decade-long lows.  April spin: MSNBC, HLN.
• FNC May Day threat report debunked.  Weekend numbers.
• Has MSNBC blackballed reporter who published exposés?
• Q&A: Stuart Varney.  Hacking flap’s key targets.
• CNN vs MSNBC: CNN sides with...MSNBC!?  However...
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on the re-emergence of Dan Rather.

Tags: maddow, oreilly, ratings 2012

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
• FNC keeping up with Kardashians at Correspondents’ Dinner.
• Margaret Brennan exits Bloomberg; morning sked shake-up.
• Proud Papa Adam Housley.  Q&A: Robin Meade part tres.
• Video: Rachel Maddow with Wendy Williams.  FNC vs MSNBC.
• Report: Deceptive Zimmerman edit started at NBC affiliate.
• Police execute search warrant on mole hole, seize evidence.
• Video: Juan Williams with Don Imus on the Romney campaign.
• Megyn Kelly zings Jon Stewart: video.  CNN’s Kepnes promoted.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, megyn

• The Five video: Silver spoons and class warfare.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Bream jumps for Special Olympics. Salinas jumps to WDBJ.
• Jordan Sparks, CNN, and Jennifer Griffin’s children. More.
• Shocking Salon exposé: Sean Hannity is conservative!
• Liz Claman talks 1000 episodes, gives financial advice.
• HLN moves further from ‘headline news’.  Q&A: Maddow.
• Contract violations by the ‘mole’ expose him to civil liability.
• Video: A salute to Dick Clark from Larry King...on Fox News!

Tags: ratings 2012, greta, hannity, maddow, king

• The Five video: Mainstream media mockery of Mitt?
• A non-mole explains why he never wanted to be one.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Paying at the Pump-Baier 1-2-3.
• Hey Muto, you may be many things, but you’re not a mole.
• Auto website slams Eric Bolling...but there’s a catch.
• Melissa Francis: last minute tax tips .  FBN breaks even.
• Media prepare for a self-hyped ‘trial of the decade’.
• Today’s apology.  Rachel Maddow’s book reviewed.
• Hot & Not: Mika, MSNBC, moles, mockery, and mistakes.
• The mole was worried about being ‘blackballed’? Yeah, right.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, mojo

• The Five video: Is Seinfeld’s ‘Elaine’ disagreeing with America?
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
• Cable beats broadcast: Bill O’Reilly tops NBC primetime.
• Friday special: Paying at the Pump with Sarah Palin, Eric Bolling.
• Judge may recuse herself so husband’s partner can go on CNN?!?
• New Fast Money contributor ripped panelists as ‘monkeys’.
• CNN’s unedited epithets raise ethics questions.  Profile: Maddow.
• Yes they call it a ‘jaw-dropping’ comment.  Kennedy won’t settle.
• Video: Bret Baier rebuts Gingrich charges of Fox News favoritism.
• George Mason U: No, FNC wasn’t shilling for Romney or for the GOP.

Tags: ratings 2012, oreilly, palin, maddow, baier

• 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: Is the problem with fracking that it works?
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• Cable beats broadcast: Fox & Friends tops CBS mornings.
• Mika Brzezinski: another conflict of interest at MSNBC?
• MSNBC exhaustive investigation stuns the world this week.
• Status symbol: your own home studio.  Harlow to CNN/NYC.
• CNN anchor quotes the f-word.  Greta: Why shouldn’t she?
• Hot & Not: (MS)NBC, Olbermann, CNN, Heather, Taxmasters.
• Maddow exposé looks shady, but swells attend fete anyhow.
• Zurawik: even if Olbermann wins lawsuit vs Gore, he still loses.

Tags: ratings 2012, friends, greta, icn, mojo, olbermann, maddow

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2012, megyn, oreilly, piers, mojo, olbermann, maddow, lemon

• The Five video: Juan Williams responds to Rush Limbaugh.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Audio: John Gibson reacts to the firing of Keith Olbermann.
• Burgeoning book battle begins (via ICN).  Q&A: Rich Edson.
• Feldman: CNN’s Howard Kurtz tries too hard to knock Fox.
• Stelter: Critics of Keith fear retaliation.  Maddow in Manchester.
• Hot & Not: The Rev, Olby, Thomas Roberts, MSNBC non-response.
• Video: Geraldo apologizes anew for hoodie heresy to Trayvon’s parents.

Tags: ratings 2012, audio, olbermann, maddow, icn

• MSNBC drops $100K on the NY Times to hype Maddow book.
• Reliable Sources videos: Geraldo’s hoodie, Olbermann ousted.
• Carr: Someone will hire Olbermann because he’s...such a star!?
• Kurtz: Leaked emails trace the bitter Olbermann/Current break-up.
• Keith’s hissy fits: rejected custom-built set, limo drivers spoke to him.
• Davis: Sharpton’s dual role strains credibility of MSNBC.
• Rainey: Trayvon coverage abounds, and so do perspectives.
• News Watch video: Media treatment of the Obamacare arguments.
• Gutfeld: I scrapped Thurs Red Eye, it didn’t meet expectations. More.
• Zurawik: Replacing Olby with Spitzer shows how low Current will go.
• Hagey: Current got all the drawbacks of Olby and none of the benefits.
• Reese Schonfeld: CNN, thirty years later.  Sunday talkers: tip sheet.

Tags: maddow, olbermann, redeye, spitzer

• 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.

Tags: olbermann, ratings 2012, oreilly, redeye, lemon, maddow

• The Five video: Salman Rushdie’s Cheney wisecrack.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Lou Dobbs: record highs. Piers Morgan: down by 40%.
• CNN’s Soledad slump: morning ratings lowest in over a decade.
• Q1 spin: MSNBC, CNN. FNC: top 11 slots. Weekend numbers.
• Today’s apology: Geraldo.  Coop to examine kids and race.
• New Suffolk poll: Fox News, Bill O’Reilly most trusted in tv news.
• CNN snags Shorties.  Q&A: Rachel Maddow; on Letterman, Today.
• Koch demands right of reply to MSNBC’s ex-DNC flack Finney.
• Bauder: MSNBC defends Sharpton role despite conflicts of interest.
• VIdeo: Bob Beckel talks with Don Imus about Obamacare, ghosts, etc.
• Jay Rosen blasts CNN’s Candy Crowley: unoriginal and empty-headed.
• Videos: Bill O’Reilly on the Trayvon shooting; Bernard Golberg analyzes.

Tags: ratings 2012, piers, cooper, oreilly, maddow

• The Five video: What’s in a whisper?
• ICN: MSNBC subjugates daytime news to opinion.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Q&A: Maddow; most fawning profile ever?  CNN reruns boxing.
• CNN’s Kurtz says MSNBC should reign in The Rev.  Analysis.
• Hot & Not: Trayvon Martin, Big Ed, Zakaria, Bashir, Morris, The Rev.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, icn

• The Five video: Game Change is not really about Palin.
• Friday: New CNN am shows dead last, even lose to CNBC!
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• Back from banishment: Roland returns.  Romans reappears.
• CNN to buy (and ruin) Mashable?  Buchanan zings MSNBC.
• Q&A: Rachel Maddow.  MSNBC contributor in therapy.
• Larry King finds work...with Carlos Slim!  Profile: Sanjay Gupta.
• Hot & Not: Stupid Tuesday, Sarah Palin, Coop, Mancow redux.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow, king, icn, cooper

• Video: Anna and Ainsley preview Fox & Friends First.
• Video: Reliable Sources targets Fox News and Rush Limbaugh.
• Hot & Not: Fox & Friends, Breitbart, MSNBC, Andrea Tantaros.
• News Watch video: Did media fan the Koran-burning flames?
• Mediaite speaks, Greta replies.  Ailes plugs Maddow (via TVN).
• Sunday talk: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.  De La Cruz charity fete.
• Specials: Washington caucuses; HuckForum 3; Super Tuesday Preview.

Tags: friends, icn, greta, maddow

• CNN was considering a new show pairing Breitbart and Weiner.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• Politico: How MSNBC covered the passing of a newsmaker.
• ICN: Did MSNBC’s Buchanan ouster set them on a slippery slope?
• Fox & Friends gains extra hour; Huddy, Banderas among co-hosts.
• Breitbart reactions: Jonah Goldberg, Tucker Carlson, Greg Gutfeld, Sean Hannity, Jim Pinkerton & Alan Colmes.
• Cablers cover Breitbart passing...well, one of them does.
• April Vanity Fair features Rachel Maddow and The Rev.
• Revealed: Why Ron Paul won’t be part of the Huck Forum.
• FBN’s Imus tops CNN!  Harry Reid and pals to boost Brock book.
• CNBC’s Wikileaks Secrets and Lies.  Another Martin Bashir profile.

Tags: ratings 2012, friends, maddow

• The Five video: Hollywood hypocrisy at the Oscars?
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Stossel-Shep 1-2-3.
• CNN rejiggers dayside.  MSNBC over a half-hour late.
• ICN: Early Start may be headed for an early end.  React!
• Griffin: MSNBC represents the 21st century, not the 1940s.
• Soledad at UTA.  Maddow’s words that work.  CNBC media alert!

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow

• MSNBC fires Pat! Buchanan: I’ve been blacklisted.  Analysis.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Suppose CNN holds a debate and nobody shows up?
• Schaeffer: Why Judge Nap’s Freedom Watch will be missed.
• Olbermann vs Breitbart: Fishbowl DC calls it for Breitbart.  Mediaite’s Christopher defends Olby, as Breitbart posse redoubles their Olbermann slams.
• Cal Thomas to Maddow: Let’s do lunch.  Q&A: Harris-Perry.
• VIdeos: Bill O’Reilly on Today and Fox & Friends.  CNN temp sets.
• Propagating propaganda: from Media Matters to MSNBC airwaves.

Tags: ratings 2012, judgenap, olbermann, maddow, oreilly, friends

• The Five video: Is Obama at war with the Catholic Church?
• Another news channel? ABC/Disney and Univision ponder.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Reynolds: Fox News riding high in ratings and revenues.
• Bauder: Presidential campaign raises Bret Baier’s profile.
• Fareed Zakaria given Justice award, Maddow gets Steinbeck.
• Nevada caucus numbers.  Today’s firing demand.
• Dana: Erratic Olbermann the key to Current’s future.
• Q&A: Liz Claman.  Orman controversy continues (via ICN).
• ‘Mayor of the Morning’ demoted, Acosta promoted, Marquez hired.
• Hot & Not: Fox News, Page Six, Amanpour, Backstory, Nevada etc.

Tags: ratings 2012, baier, maddow, olbermann, icn

• Q&A: ‘Campaign’ Carl Cameron.  Kiran Chetry resurfaces.
• Reliable Sources videos: CNN’s debate and Newt vs media.
• News Watch video: Politics and media getting personal.
• Revealed: How George Soros runs Fox News!
• Specials: Big Hits, Broken Dreams; Florida Primary Preview.
• Who’s that girl?  Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on Newt picking a fight with Wolf Blitzer.
• TV’s Wonder Women: Megyn Kelly.  Q&A: CNN.com’s Meredith Artley.

Tags: maddow, megyn

• The Five video: Are the media treating both sides fairly?
• Video: Neil Cavuto’s controversial commentary on CNN’s John King.
• Thursday’s numbers: Debate-Cooper-O’Reilly-Baier 1-2-3-4.
• Fox & Friends tops CBS This Morning in four major markets.
• CNN debate snags 5M viewers, less than FNC’s Monday faceoff.
• Alan’s hate mail.  Stossel’s reading list.  Writer Ratigan reviewed.
• Whoops! Romenesko mystery source: exposed...by her own words!
• Zurawik: CNN and Brian Ross have nothing to apologize for.
• Video: Chris Wallace would’ve done the same thing as John King.
• After Newt blasts CNN, John King defends his controversial question.
• Rachel Maddow in Chicago, Melissa Harris-Perry at Emory University.

Tags: ratings 2012, friends, maddow

• The Five video: Juan Williams on his war of words with Newt.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• Kurtz: After debate, Juan Williams brushes off the boos.
• Peters: Behind the tough questions at FNC’s GOP debate.
• Video: Maria Molina caught off-guard by Imus.  Today’s oops.
• Profile: Bret Baier.  John Roberts’s doppleganger.  Q&A: Big Ed.
• Lean forward: White House welcome mat out for Maddow.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg challenges the New York Times race card.

Tags: ratings 2012, schultz, baier, maddow, oreilly

• The Five video: Who is the media’s favorite Prez candidate?
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Anna Kooiman makes FNC debut.  Is Fox News too balanced?
• Melissa Francis to debut on FBN.  Get fit with Sandra Smith.
• MSNBC blacklists Buchanan, adds analyst Robert Traynam.
• Liz Cheney, FNC contributor.  Geraldo sticks up for Univision.
• Video: Rachel Maddow with Jimmy Fallon part one, part two.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on media injecting race into politics.
• Yet another rancorous Michael Wolff hit job on Roger Ailes.
• Watkins: Harris-Perry great for MSNBC cuz she’s an Obama cheerleader.

Tags: ratings 2012, maddow

• Olbermann blasts Current; internal memo reveals tensions.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Caucus numbers: FNC dominated.  Weekend numbers.
• New Years: Half-naked vulgarian edges Bill and Megyn.
• CNN morning shows are titanic--but not in a good way.
• O’Donnell and Maddow: MSNBC’s caucus misinformers.
• As tech toys overload wheels come off CNN bus. More.
• Cablers cover Iowa showdown.  More substantive critiques.
• When FNC’s Joe Trippi and Karl Rove speak, Santorum listens.
• Newest wrinkle: Olbermann refused to do Current caucus coverage!

Tags: olbermann, ratings 2012, o'donnell, maddow, palin

• Cable caucus coverage; MSNBC’s impartial anchor: Maddow!
• Monday’s numbers: O’Bolling-Bream-TheFive 1-2-3.
• TCG: Ridiculous MoJo romcom.  Weekend numbers.  Oops.
• The Gutfeld Factor: His sharp performance will be noticed.
• 2011 cable channel ranker: FNC-MSNBC-CNN 4-28-29.  2011 cablenews program rankers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.  CNN’s 2011: woeful.
• Jokesters taking precedence over Sunday talkers?
• Q&A: Cenk Uygur.  Maddow: I’m to the left of Chairman Mao.
• The Cui Bono Matter, part three: listen

Tags: ratings 2011, maddow, turks

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Melissa Francis leaving CNBC to join FBN.  JKUSA: new producer.
• Lean forward: MSNBC uses news ticker for agit-prop instead of news.
• FNC responds to Daily Beast NYPD article: A completely fabricated story refuted in other publications; we’re surprised Tina allows this garbage on her website.
• After taking a shot at FBN, Imus admits his info was ‘erroneous’. More.
• Chris Matthews in Springfield.  Rachel Maddow at Ball State (via TVN).
• Meghan on MSNBC: Bachmann is, you know, ‘more smarter’ than Palin.

Tags: ratings 2011, matthews, maddow

• 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

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-AmandaKnox(CNN)-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Palin opts out of 2012 race; does she re-up with Fox, or go rogue?
• Greta debunks another purported Fox News ‘controversy’.
• H’wood Reporter Q&A: Maddow.  Caruso-Cabrera goes international.
• Lean Forward: Impartial MSNBC journalist anchors from protests!
• Ten cablers from MSNBCNN make Root 100; not on list: Juan Williams, Harris Faulkner, Lauren Green, Wendell Goler, Kelly Wright, anyone on FNC.
• CNN signs Maria Cardona, David Frum.  Coop targets bullying.
• Video: Andy Levy fact-checks the Hank Williams Jr controversy.
• Roger Ailes and Shep Smith look back at 15 years of Fox News.
• Neil Cavuto talks FNC, MS, and more.  Bloomberg’s economic debate.

Tags: ratings 2011, palin, greta, maddow, cooper, redeye, shep

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Video: Bret Baier behind the scenes of Thursday’s debate.
• Fox News/Google debate gains an additional 15 minutes.
• MSNBC prime still a Solyndra-free zone.  Maddow on Today.
• Coop to host anti-bullying town hall.  Kitty Pilgrim resurfaces.

Tags: ratings 2011, baier, maddow, cooper

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Bream 1-2-3.
• EW: The Five is alive!  Molly Henneberg expecting.
• TCG: Why is Politico’s Martin on a jihad against Fox News?
• NY: How did Al Sharpton get a show?  Alan still gets hate mail.
• The 13 top cable news programs are on FNC.  Q&A: Maddow.

Tags: ratings 2011, maddow

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2011, maddow, icn, shep, lemon

• Friday’s numbers: MonicaCrowley-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Heather Childers officially named to weekend anchor slot.
• Video: Leventhal and Miller on reporting from Libya.
• Q&A: John Roberts, Varney, Gupta.  Rachel Maddow unplugged.
• Zurawik: Remarkable tv.  CNN’s simulcast.  MSNBC takes flak.
• Hot & Not: Christine O’Donnell, Libya, markets, Ed Schultz.

Tags: ratings 2011, maddow, schultz

• Video: Fox News Watch on the media vs the debt ceiling.
• Video: Reliable Sources uses Maddow’s market montage.
• Coy: The Five gets it right.  FNC honor killing special.
• Q&A: Ed Henry.  Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
• Video: Rachel Maddow apologizes for false attack on Limbaugh.
• Trader: CNBC sits it out.  ICN: CNBC drops the ball.  Special coverage: FNC: Cavuto, Fox & Friends; CNBC: Maria Bartiromo; FBN & FNC: Gerri Willis: Q&A/preview.

Tags: maddow, friends

• 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.

Tags: ratings 2011, maddow, olbermann, lemon

• 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

• Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Palin: front page news? Compare: CNN, FNC, MSNBC.
• Video: Bias Bash on searching for Palin email dirt.
• MSNBC anchor headlines LGBT event.  Kirsten vs Maddow.
• Fralic: Why Anderson Cooper should stay put.
• CNN preps for GOP debate.  Sunday Stossel special.
• MSNBC teams with Mother Jones to scour Palin emails.

Tags: ratings 2011, palin, maddow, cooper

• ICN: Is Rebecca Diamond out at FBN?
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Video: Bias Bash Weiner-free day covers Palin, Yemen, etc.
• Video: Larry King on tweeting, retirement, etc pt one, pt two.
• TheDC on Chris Matthews: misogyny and more.
• VIdeos: Chris Wallace w/Imus, Maddow w/Letterman.
• Updated video: Kirsten Powers changes her mind.
• Molly Line is spoken for.  CNN backs John King.
• ICN: CNBC has frittered away its hi-def advantage.

Tags: ratings 2011, king, matthews, maddow, friends

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Bercovici: What Beck and Olbermann have in common (via ICN).
• Video: Bias Bash on Weinergate and more important issues.
• Q&A: Gerri Willis.  CNN.com’s pilates tactics.  Joe: Back to school.
• Maddow tipped off to Weiner scandal?  F&F keeps you abreast.
• Another revelatory Larry King Q&A.  Video: Zakaria w/Jon Stewart.

Tags: ratings 2011, beck, olbermann, maddow, friends, king, mojo

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Diane Macedo takes over newsreader slot on Imus.
• Q&A: Willis, Thomas Roberts (v/ICN), Maddow (v/Mediaite).
• Who wants to work for Olby?  The obligatory denial.
• CNNMoney gets an extreme makeover.
• Licht move stirs MoJo speculation.  Todd loses Savannah.
• Video: Trump bloviates on UBL, racism charges.
• Profiles: Jennifer Griffin, Mrs Bill Hemmer (via TVN).
• Hot & Not: UBL, The Donald, the debate, CNN being petty.

Tags: ratings 2011, maddow, olbermann, friends, icn

• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Fox News Channel quarterly profits set new record.
• Videos: Release the UBL photo? Rove: No. Judge Nap: Yes.
• Cablers prepare Ground Zero coverage.
• Fox hater spinoff premieres: same writers, same cast.
• Videos: Bias Bash on UBL discrepancies and changing WH narrative.
• More MoJo gossip.  Kyra’s challenge.  Video: Maddow w/Jon Stewart.
• Video: Judge Nap and Glenn Beck on UBL and his photo.
• Rainey: Undue media (i.e. Geraldo) cheering of UBL death (v/ICN).

Tags: ratings 2011, judgenap, maddow, beck

• Friday’s numbers: Chris Wallace-Beck-Juan Williams 1-2-3.
• It’s official: Harris Faulkner gets weekend Fox Report.
• Video: Greg Gutfeld with Don Imus part one, part two.
• MSNBC debuts Lean Forward 2.0.  Profile: Maddow.
• Video: Trump tells F&F DeNiro ‘is not the brightest bulb’.
• Q&A: Hannity.  Bedbug suit booted.  New FNC contributor.
• Zurawik: GOP Prez field is weak because of...Fox News!

Tags: ratings 2011, maddow, friends, hannity

• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Natal news: Yardley Evans, seven pounds, 12 ounces.
• Bias Bash video: Media coverage of Obama budget plan.
• Juliet Huddy resurfaces, on Saturday’s Fox & Friends.
• Audio: When Wiehl met O’Reilly.
• CNN hires ‘special correspondent’ from Real Housewives.
• Video: Chris Wallace talks Trump, deficit w/Don Imus.
• MSNBCNBC, half-owned by GE, to promote ‘green week’.
• Maddow at Rutgers.  Bolduan to Congress.  Q&A: Hannity.

Tags: ratings 2011, megyn, friends, oreilly, audio, maddow, hannity

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Shep 1-2-3.
• Dan Abrams exits MSNBC, signs with ABC.
• Zurawik: Fox haters turn to ugly, bully-boy, thug tactics.
• Profile: Rachel Maddow, Rupert Murdoch.  Q&A: Piers.
• Hot & Not: Juliet Huddy, Roger Ailes, Rachel Maddow, and J$.

Tags: ratings 2011, maddow, piers, icn

• Siskind: Did sexism fell Kathleen Parker?
• Video: Reliable Sources on WI converage, Maddow/Politifact.
• Video: News Watch on media coverage of Libya: more.
• Ziegler: Why Katherine Parker was doomed.
• Politifact to Maddow: we’re right, you’re wrong!
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
• MSNBC: five days, seven primetime Beck segments.
• Videos: Chris Jansing Q&A (via ICN), Bashir w/Fallon.
• ICN scrutinizes the Judith Regan letter.

Tags: parker, maddow, beck, icn

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• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• John Stossel and The King’s Speech; more.
• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• FNC inaugurates ‘junior reporter’ program.
• CNN releases Android app.
• NY Times revives Roger Ailes/Judith Regan wrangle.
• Freedom Watch gets a (temporary?) slot on FNC.
• Wehner: Beck will self-destruct (via Bernard Goldberg).
• Video: Chris Wallace w/Don Imus part one, part two.
• Video: Alisyn Camerota and infertility on Today.
• Q&A: Greg Palkot. Profiles: Jenna Lee [pdf], Gasparino.
• Maddow hosts show from Kansas brewery.
• Video: Piers Morgan! Larry King! Clash of the Titans!

Tags: ratings 2011, judgenap, beck, maddow, piers, king

• Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
• Video: Imus & Colmes discuss Fox haters pt one, pt two.
• Video: Judge Napolitano vs Charles Rangel.
• Will Phil Griffin be the next to go at MSNBC? Analysis.
• How to fix Park & Spit: dump Park, keep Spit?
• Videos: Coop w/Stewart; Maddow w/Leno pt one, pt two.
• Last comic standing? Larry King preps stand-up tour.

Tags: ratings 2011, judgenap, parker, spitzer, cooper, maddow, king

• Zurawik: Cablenewsers jump the gun.
• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Beck 1-2-3.
• Reese’s piece: Egypt and the Olbermann effect.
• Cenk at six hemorrhaging Schultz’s audience.
• CNN signs contributors: Belcher, Loesch, Cain.
• New weather intern arrives: Theodore Patrick.
• Greta fisks Politico article on Palin/Santorum.
• Egypt triggers breaking news mode on cable.
• Audio: Cavuto to O’Reilly--move on already!
• PolitiFact dings Maddow over false Fox attack.
• Egyptian crisis continues as newsers depart.
• Coop tells Letterman about being pummeled.

Tags: ratings 2011, audio, olbermann, turks, schultz, greta, oreilly, maddow, cooper

• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: Shep explains FNC employees’ snow options.
• Zurawik: Maddow’s uninformed SotU snark is not journalism.
• Deggans: CNN’s SotU highlights problems w/Piers & Spit.
• Dean: Getting ready for the baby.  Claman: women in Davos.
• Video: Chris Wallace w/Don Imus part one, part two.
• CNN hackles raised when Spitzer goes off-script (via CB).
• Goldstein: Piers shows real potential (as viewers dwindle).
• Video: Anthony Weiner gets snippy with Judge Nap.
• Rainey slams FNC focus group; Frank Luntz explains.
• What are Comcast’s plans for (MS)NBC News?
• Video: Bill O’Reilly takes issue with Jon Stewart.
• Soros-backed group targets Beck, Ailes. FNC responds.

Tags: ratings 2011, shep, maddow, piers, spitzer, judgenap, oreilly, beck

• Tuesday’s numbers: Analysis/FNC, SotU/FNC, O’Reilly 1-2-3.
• SotU and analysis: FNC crushes CNN, MSNBC.
• Boedeker: Olbermann’s fall due to his arrogance.
• VIdeo: Imus calls Rachel Maddow a ‘gutless coward’.
• Will MSNBC get over its Palin sickness?
• Zurawik on SotU: CNN, FNC excellent; MSNBC not.
• Q&A: Jenna Lee, Claman in Davos, O’Donnell, Cavuto, Big Ed.
• CNN retracts false story about accused Wiki leaker.

Tags: ratings 2011, olbermann, maddow, schultz, o'donnell

• Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
• Weekend numbers. Saturday shooting: FNC-CNN-MSNBC 1-2-3.  Glenn Garvin: Why MSNBC got clobbered on Saturday.
• Reese Schonfeld: Who killed Gabrielle Giffords?
• Ad buyers skeptical of Piers Morgan buys.
• Video: News Watch Skype Gripe on media finger-pointing.
• New Pew overview of 2011 paints CNN as outlier (via TVN).
• Parker fighting for her job as dismissal looms.
• Howard Kurtz profile: Joe Scarborough (via ICN).
• MSNBC debuts iPad app featuring Rachel Maddow.
• Thank cable news for a climate of hate?
• Video: Jake Tapper talks to Don Imus, part one, part two.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on media irresponsibility.
• Video: Judge Napolitano on freedom and an American tragedy.
• Olbermann ‘reforms’ Worst Persons, by calling it something else.