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Monday Links and Open Thread
01/05/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- New Years Eve numbers: The5-NYE/CNN-Ed Henry 1-2-3.
- Does Greta’s husband confer a conflict of interest on her?
- CNNC: Stelter anchors again as more lines are blurred.
- Rorke: A novel idea for The Rev. Jenna Lee returns.
- Dianna Heitz to CNN. Q&A: Jim Scuitto. Yesterday’s oops!
- FTV Live: That Alisyn announcement is coming...honest!
- Byers: Ted Turner’s Doomsday video...for when it all ends.
- Congrats to Adam and Tamera. Q&A: CNBC’s Harry Smith.
- F&F video: Geraldo w/The Donald. Imus video: Mayor Bo?!
- Geraldo’s debut on NBC’s Apprentice. Flashback: Bygones.
- Hill: CNN’s extreme makeover is a bit disorganized. More. Oops.
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Friday Links and Open Thread
01/02/15 12:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Activists protest...even at News Corp HQ.
- Throngs converge on NewsCorp HQ to ‘shut down Fox News’.
- Outnumbered video: Presidential politics already heating up.
- Q&A: Kimberly Guilfoyle, Abby Huntsman (via TV Newser).
- Bill O’Reilly web staff: The Fox hunters are shooting blanks.
- Wilstein: Is the Dish blackout taking a toll on Fox News ratings?
- When CNBC turned 25 it was a very bad year. Cablers hoaxed.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Killing Lincoln 1-2-3.
- One way Katie Couric could end up at CNN after all (via CNCC).
- Concha: Predictions for Sherrod, The Rev, at al; CNNC disagrees.
- Meet the man who cried ‘Wolf’. NBCU and CableOne reach deal.
- Hogue: Peter Doocy makes Fox & Friends debut; after-show video.
New Year's Eve Links and Open Thread
12/31/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- JMan’s cable news predictions from 2014, and for 2015.
- Outnumbered video: Running for Prez...a family affair?
- Q&A: Anna Kooiman talks charity and Fox News. More.
- Nobody’s business: CNBC plummets to record lows.
- Nancy Wilson: What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
- When hashtags attack: CNN’s #AskACop, FNC’s #OverIt.
- Monday’s numbers; weekend numbers. Alan’s hate mail.
- Fox New Year’s Eve; this is CNN; a very MSNBC New Year’s.
- Juan Williams to deliver UA lecture. Q&A: Roland S Martin.
- Flashback: F&F kicks off 2014 with a few bumps in the road.
- Dish standoff update. Your Hit Parade: New Year’s Eve 1955.
- The McCormack Matter pt one, pt two, pt three, pt four, part five.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The 2014 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Chariton: MSNBC named to distinguished 2014 list.
- Fox News tops all cable news for the 13th straight year.
- CNN tops MSNBC; MSNBC tops CNN; HLN tops MSNBC.
- Somerby: Fanning tribal outrage has MSNBC floundering.
- Two cable news channels go live for discovery of debris.
- Outnumbered video: Do we need an embassy...in Iran?
- Susan Candiotti exits CNN as Jack Vale gets HLN series.
- Concha: Race-obsessed MSNBC needs a course correction.
- Special O’Reilly Factor precedes Killing Lincoln FNC debut.
- Bunch: At CNN, fear never takes a holiday. When it rains...
- Rothstein: Hey Mediaite, stop sucking up to CNN’s Brian Stelter.
- Q&A: Kimberly Guilfoyle and New Year’s; Gerri Willis and money.
- The McCormack Matter part one, part two, part three, part four.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The NYPD vs Mayor Bill de Blasio.
- Wednesday numbers: The Five-John Roberts-F&F 1-2-3.
- Ad Age Q&A: CNN’s celebrity chef, Anthony Bourdain.
- Bratton: Sit-down with The Rev was ‘a bad idea’ (via TVN).
- Self-congratulatory Griffin memo touts MSNBC’s ‘progress’.
- Bill O’Reilly named to distinguished list. The Senator debuts.
- FNC avoids overkill while ‘cockamamie’ CNN turns ridiculous.
- Media critic as news anchor: a ‘big mistake’ for Brian Stelter?
- Risk & Reward video: Joe Concha on the Fox/DishNet standoff.
- Concha: DishNet ‘extortion’ claim will leave them eating crow.
- Huge traffic at Keep Fox site. An auspicious augury for Bash?
- YT,JD: The McCormack Matter part one, part two, part three.
Christmas Eve Links and Open Thread
12/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Honeymooners: ’Twas the Night Before Christmas.
- Reynolds: Fox News tops rivals for 13th straight year!
- Farhi: Oh, those wacky cable news celebrity pundits.
- Mediaite readers pick the best and the worst of media.
- Concha: Al Sharpton, most powerful person in America?
- Have a very MSNBC Christmas! Stan Freberg: Yulenet.
- Cable newsers named to distinguished list (via FTV Live).
- FTV: CNN ‘caught flatfooted’ by Camerota New Day scoop?
- Fox & Friends video: 2014 highlight reel. Q&A: Brian Kilmeade.
- Criticism of The Rev intensifies in the wake of murdered officers.
- The Nick Shurn Matter: part one, pt two, pt three, pt four, part five.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: How the media create their own narrative.
- Monday’s numbers: The Five-O’Gutfeld-John Roberts 1-2-3.
- Phillips: This show is an insult to every police officer (vTVN).
- Report: Alisyn Camerota to replace Bolduan on New Day.
- Sherrod Small doing double FNC duty on New Year’s Eve.
- Rhetoric overdrive as Comcast deal comment period ends.
- Steve Doocy talks F&F Christmas. TJ Holmes resurfaces.
- Charles Payne FBN special on Dec 24. Weekend numbers.
- Meet MSNBC’s new trangender host...who’s now engaged.
- Greta says thanks to Roger Ailes and Fox News Channel.
- Kissell: More young viewers? Easy: air less news! (v/CNCC).
- Charlton: Dana Bash first rotating SotU anchor (via CNNC).
- GANT seals partnership with CNN. Ebert film debuts Jan 9.
- McMurry: The wondrous José Díaz-Balart, Obama’s ‘conduit’.
- Videos: O’Reilly on NYPD, DeBlasio etc; F&F: Mr Bill elaborates.
- The Nick Shurn Matter: part one, part two, part three, part four.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-Bill O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Cablenewers pick best/worst of MSNBC, CNN, Fox News.
- Zucker play: I am doing great! Cuomo disses his award.
- Chris Matthews: Working with Ailes was ‘the best tv ever’.
- F&F video: When social media become ‘anti-social media’.
- David Gregory didn’t get along with MSNBC’s Phil Griffin.
- Candy Crowley signs off CNN. Jill Daugherty resurfaces.
- Joyella: Fox fans make 32,000 calls re Dish...in one day!
- Dish vs Fox: Who will blink? A 2015 prescription for CNNi.
- YT,JD: The Nick Shurn Matter: part one, part two, part three.
- Fox & Friends video: Christmas with the Clayton Morris family.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Salon uses edited video to smear Bill O’Reilly.
- Zucker play: HLN considering a show based on...Facebook!
- Wemple: ‘Fox News’ rips questions asked at WH presser.
- New hire Patricia Stark makes debut on Fox & Friends First.
- Concha: Scarborough’s snark at Megyn ‘way out of bounds’.
- Weird Joe Scarborough putdown of Megyn Kelly. Flashback.
- Imus video: Mike Baker. Cablers named to distinguished list.
- Dillon: Shift set design aims to ‘connect with younger viewers’.
- Goldberg: CNN is a disgrace. Today’s oops (hat-tip: Marty Davis).
- After 234 days, Clayton Morris makes Outnumbered debut: video.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg names the top ten stories of 2014.
- Lean Forward: The Rev will have ‘a say’ in how Sony makes movies!
- The Rev angers activists: DC march was like an MSNBC production.
- Fox News Radio adds correspondents. Martha MacCallum honored.
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter part one.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
12/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Charlton: Megyn Kelly tops The Wrap’s list of 2014’s best.
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Strange Inheritance gets 9pm FBN slot; Independents to 10pm.
- Outnumbered video: Why did Hollywood cave to cyber threats?
- Charlton: HLN extreme makeover aims to ‘blow up cable news’.
- Joscelyn: Was Fareed Zakaria taken in by the ‘Gitmo snitch’?
- Concha: Robin Meade hits all the right notes in Vegas gig.
- Judge denies CNN request for Steve Jobs video testimony.
- CNN schedule chaos renders 9:00 pm a shambles. Whoops!
- Wemple: Ed Schultz’s apology covered almost all the bases.
- Q&A: Stacey Dash. Video: Cavuto’s tribute to Annie Goodman.
- Charles Molineaux resurfaces. Shift’s Code Forward launches.
- Godfrey: Retired CNN director looks back on 34 years of history.
- NY Post: Send Greta to Havana. YTJD: The Carmen Kringle Matter.
- Late Night videos: Bill O’Reilly with Seth Meyers part one, part two.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live videos: Megyn Kelly w/Jimmy part one, part two.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Concha: Greta’s plea is noble, refreshing...and unrealstic.
- Killing Lincoln to air on FNC with a Factor special edition.
- Marianne Rafferty and her family’s battle with Valley Fever.
- Lea Gabrielle’s first year at FNC. Lou Dobbs goes high tech.
- Q&A: José Díaz-Balart. MJ Lee exits Politico for CNN Digital.
- CNN’s outdated, silly acronymn exposé. Newsroom workflow.
- Yet another year-end ‘best’ list names multiple cablenewsers.
- Video: Judge Napolitano rules on so-called executive ‘actions’.
- What has CNN and FNC working together? Mattingly exits CNN.
- Wemple: How MSNBC and Ed Schultz slimed the GOP Chairman.
- Who wins ‘most-annoying’? Ed Schultz research team at work.
- To Andrea Mitchell: Matrix Award; Sanjay Gupta: DuPont Award.
- Carol Alt saves Christmas. Lawrence O’Donnell raises millions.
- Scarry: FNC’s ‘shrewd’ video move. The Missing Mouse Matter.
- A veteran war reporter comes home to wrestle with old wounds.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- F&F video: Laura Ingraham. FNC out-foxed Fox broadcast.
- Thomas Roberts moonlights...for Donald Trump! Overpriced.
- Grove: CNN’s overnight Sydney star credits ‘luck’ (via CNCC).
- Shift: Lets ‘open the aperture’ to go ‘even more niche’. More.
- Dave Navarro reveals his favorite newsman. Weekend numbers.
- Zucker play: Broaden CNN ‘news coverage’ with...game shows?!?
- FNC announces All-American New Year...but something’s missing.
- Video: The man who interrogated KSM part one, two, three, four.
- CNN Tuesday 9pm: Extraordinary People. Jana Winter resurfaces.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Mediate’s list ‘top nine cablenews rising stars’ isn’t horrible.
- Julie Banderas’s confrontation with neighbors. HLN bulletin.
- Zucker punched: Reliable Sources loses viewers in key demo.
- ‘Keep Fox News’ campaign launches, Dish Network responds.
- Zucker play: CNN twitter-zings MSNBC. The color of cable news.
- Lean Forward: Books, sports, celebs...MSNBC tests ‘Shift’ shows.
- F&F videos: Family Christmas with The Kooimans and The Carlsons.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Anderson Cooper learns about his family’s ‘dark past’.
- CNN’s Drew Griffin honored. Dominic Di-Natale remembered.
- Video: Feds get authority to seize your private communications.
- On MSNBC The Rev suggests Sony’s apology is not good enough.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on Obama, the press, and more.
- Concha: It’s time for Jesse to graduate from pointless ambushes.
- Security escorts Jesse Watters out of de Blasio press conference.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
12/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Fox News’s Dominic Di-Natale found dead, apparent suicide.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Wolff: MSNBC’s decline one of many challenges for NBC News.
- Lean Forward: Spouse of MSNBC host advisor to White House.
- Bourdain triggers reality-food craze. Brooke Baldwin’s idiocy.
- Factor video: Dolores Hart. Fox News bumps the Beeb in Brazil.
- Savan: The Rev’s rampant conflicts of interest? Hey, no problem!
- Wemple: Bill O’Reilly fights back Fox News’s ‘voices of darkness’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Heroes gala loses to FNC reruns. Video: Independents day.
- Q&A: Chris Wallace on timelines; Sarah Palin; Erin Burnett.
- Kelly File video: Brit Hume on UVA Prez. More Naked Justice.
- McMurry: Brian Stelter + Reliable Sources = the best show ever.
- Video: Peter Johnson Jr on implications of the ‘torture report’.
- Piers zings Coop: ’A pretty big diva.’ Corgan zings Coop: ‘Jerk!’
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Childers: Why Janice Dean’s forecast for life with MS is sunny.
- CNN hires impartial media reporter...from Talking Points Memo!
- Video: Outnumbered debates release of CIA ‘torture report’.
- Charlton: Don Lemon claims to offer ‘therapy for the country’.
- Phillilp: Controversy swirls around CNN’s dinosaur documentary.
- Yeatman: Weather Channel goes off the rails? Weekend numbers.
- Kelly File video: Judge Napolitano defends release of ‘torture report’.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/08/14 00:42 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Audio: Sherrod Small reveals his Dec 31 special assignment.
- Fox News hires former NBC WH correspondent Kevin Corke.
- Outnumbered video: Rolling Stone’s journalistic blunders.
- Charlton: Jake Tapper front-runner in SotU chase (v/CNNC).
- Clash: Laurie Dhue’s journey to sobriety. Ainsley’s happy day.
- Atkinson: CNBC threatening to ban guests who appear on FBN.
- Video: MSNBC host says looting and arson ‘not necessarily violent’!
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The Rolling Stone rape scoop collapses.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Zucker wants a young blonde to compete with Fox News.
- Candy Crowley leaving CNN; who will take over SotU?
- Mendte: Don Lemon, America’s reality news star (v/FTV).
- Megyn, FNC bury the competition. Gregg Jarrett reappears.
- Jim Angle is retiring. F&F video: Rick Reichmuth rappelling.
- Guest walks out on Al-Jazeera America in disgust over bias.
- McGurn: Why is The Rev treated differently than Bill Cosby?
- CNN skeds Bill Cosby special. Sham MSNBC site kills Axl Rose.
- Factor videos: Kurtz and Ashburn, Bernard Goldberg on media.
- Anchors recall CNN’s first day. It’s a boy! O’Reilly: Mostly false?
Thursday Links and Open Thread
12/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- November program ranker: Fox News holds the top 14 slots.
- Wemple: Do atheists benefit from ‘war on Christmas’ exposés?
- Gillian Turner new FNC contributor. Profile: Liz Claman (vTVN).
- Concha: Grand jury findings prompt rare cablenews consensus.
- Imus video: Bret Baier. F&F video: Peter Johnson Jr on justice.
- Complaints re Cramer getting ugly. Video: Cramergate heats up.
- Kelly File video: Is ‘hands up don’t shoot’ meme fact or fiction?
- Zucker: Nobody’s better in morning tv than Robin Meade. No sale.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five videos: Greta on grand jury; Gutfeld on media.
- November ratings: Megyn #1; CNN gains; MSNBC tanks.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Shep video: Wendell Goler retires. Ronan Farrow craters.
- Q&A: CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh. Profile: Fox’s Neil Cavuto.
- Weprin: Extreme makeover in the works for CNN online.
- Concha: CNN can fill a big void by hiring Charles Barkley.
- CNN challenged for airport eyeballs. Weekend numbers.
- Greta ‘obliterates’ The Rev, won’t watch MSNBC (via ICN).
- Unions, Glenn Beck part of ‘Stop Mega Comcast’ coalition.
- Balko: The great imposter? CNN to air Ebert documentary.
- Videos: Judge Napolitano with Jon Stewart part one, part two.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Bret Baier tops broadcast evening news in multiple markets!
- Anderson Cooper to return tonight after emergency surgery.
- World leaders follow Amanpour, Zakaria most. CNBC hacked.
- Video: Tom Shillue is Outnumbered in immigration discussion.
- Ferguson coverage: Nobody liked it; Where are the grown-ups?
- Video: Shep has a Wii problem (v/ICN). CNN ‘spokeswoman’?!?
- Thursday numbers. Friday’s numbers: Tantaros-O’Reilly-Bream 1-2-3.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/01/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The Prez just can’t quit The Rev.
- Wednesday numbers: The Five-Bream-O’Williams 1-2-3.
- Shock poll: people attack Fox News without watching it!
- Video: Have mainstream media been fair with Ferguson?
- Lean Forward: MoJo joins the ‘sustainability’ bandwagon.
- Imus video: Juan Williams. FTV: Has Larry King ‘lost it’?
- Wemple: Bill O’Reilly website post has a ‘peculiar byline’.
- The only winning move is not to play. Kiran Chetry resurfaces.
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
11/26/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Riots, destruction, looting prove to be good news for CNN.
- Kiss me (goodbye), Kate. CNN named to distinguished list.
- Kaplan: Don Lemon under fire for poor journalism and bias.
- Holley: Lemon is aggressively subjective. Valinsky: Stupid Don.
- Special Report video: On stand down orders and talking points.
- Calling Facebook authorities! HuffPoers hail Harrigan attackers.
- Q&A: Mike Tobin; Bill Weir; Chris Hayes. Totally gratuitous link.
- Video: O’Reilly w/Jimmy Fallon part one, part two, part three.
- Wemple: It’s time for Bill O’Reilly to fess up re Ebola comments.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the media’s role in Ferguson.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
11/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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...
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Catherine Herridge on Benghazi report disputes.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: CNN’s pre-decision coverage is ‘breathtaking’.
- Cablers get ducks in a row for a night of Ferguson coverage.
- Weir rewrite: Last Chance becomes Wonder List (v/Weprin).
- CNN, Sarah Palin named to distinguished list (via TVNewser).
- Ed Henry asks about The Rev. Rossie: Enough with the yelling!
- ANHQ video: Rev Johnnie Moore on Christians fleeing genocide.
- Wemple: Ego-driven anchors play games with your right to know.
- Videos: Melissa Francis, Hollywood to Harvard part one, part two.
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders pt one, pt two, pt three, pt four.
Friday Links and Open Thread
11/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday numbers: Obama/FNC-O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Nobody’s business: CNBC viewership falls to a 20-year low.
- F&F video: Geraldo vs Tucker immigration debate turns rowdy.
- White House exec quits, signs up with...MSNBC! Today’s oops.
- Video: Howard Kurtz on broadcast nets skipping Obama speech.
- Dish/Turner flap may escalate further...or not! It’s Live! (on tape).
Thursday Links and Open Thread
11/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- FNC to air Killing Kennedy + a special Factor Sunday Nov 30.
- Somerby: Rachel tells a story, gets it wrong. Brown to return.
- Cable ‘Nostalgia’ Network’s The 70s. Bill Weir’s Last Chance.
- Numb3rs: CNBC and Kensho team for ‘stat box’. Zucker play.
- ICN: Lemon’s apology was ‘bull---- and double bull----!’ More.
- F&F video: Harris and Hemmer co-host Ailes Apprentice gala.
- Alan Dershowitz: CNN is ‘more dangerous’ than The Guardian!
- Kelly File videos: Ted Cruz vs Jennice Fuentes on executive action.
- Rebound: F&F with Hasselbeck co-hosting up 33% vs previous week.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
11/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is NBC News Political Director ‘in the tank’?
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- A ‘solipsistic banshee scream from a hyperbaric chamber’.
- Lewis: If only cable news could be ‘smart’ like Jon Stewart.
- Solution to Coop’s ratings slump: put Erin Burnett in at 9 pm?
- Wemple: Lemon apology was ‘insufficient...factually spotty’.
- Imus video: Mike Baker. Lemon drops another classic; ‘sorry!’
- CNN massacre reports bring call to pull press privileges. More.
- Vranjican: Swells gather for Rita Cosby Wounded Warrior gala.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media’s Ferguson coverage.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
11/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- As ‘likes’ top one million, Kelly File to hold online Q&A.
- FBN sets live pipeline vote coverage. Q&A: Mike Rowe.
- Wemple: Sharpton’s role a jumble of conflicts of interest.
- Wemple: No wonder Gruber gave Ronan the exclusive!
- Latest MediaBuzz more than doubles MSNBCNN combined.
- Profile: Jo Nosuchinsky. Today’s oops. Weekend numbers.
- Bill O’Reilly hangs up on ESPN when interview turns nasty.
- Is Ty Pennington show DOA? Veronica de la Cruz resurfaces.
- Hasselbeck F&F homecoming lost viewers vs previous week.
- Black in America special: Black and Blue. Soledad in Texas.
- Kelly File video: Judge Napolitano warns of ‘constitutional fire’.
- Fox Report video: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/17/14 00:05 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Zurawik: Fox News dominance calls for analysis, not dismissal.
- Zucker punched: CNN’s Dirty Jobs loses 60% of its audience.
- Rothstein: Wolf is desperate to save sinking SitRoom (v/CNNC).
- Wemple: CNBC’s risible response to Melissa Francis. ‘Sickening’.
- Video: Melissa Francis ‘ashamed to say’ CNBC did silence her.
- Swells pitch in to help hype Heroes. Chris Wallace: Half true.
- Promos for MSNBC signature series promise fights and ‘vent sex’.
- The Conch Potato: Cenk Uygur’s desperate attack on Glenn Beck.
Friday Links and Open Thread
11/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: CNBC silenced Melissa Francis Obamacare exposés.
- Somerby: Rachel Maddow’s weirdly poisonous ‘faux news’.
- F&F video: Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s emotional homecoming.
- Erik Wemple appeals to FNC to investigate Gruber remarks.
- Swells gather for Ailes Apprentice Program graduation gala.
- Conan videos: Chuck Todd part one, part two (via Mediaite).
- Exodus from The Situation Room (v/CNNC). Anthem alarm!
- Full Factor video: Rob O’Neill. Bret Baier unwelcome here.
- Profile: CNN’s Meredith Artley. Today’s Zakaria update (v/ICN).
- Husain: CAIR wants time on FNC; response. Hume: Mostly false.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
11/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
11/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
11/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Zucker punched: Anderson Cooper 360 hits all-time low.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Shep video: Peter Doocy talks about the man who shot UBL.
- FNC tops all cable nets. Elisabeth Hasselbeck resurfaces.
- Grace under fire. Bernardini promoted. Weekend numbers.
- Koffler: Now I respect Brit Hume even more. Today’s oops.
- Weprin: The inside story on Fox’s UBL-shooter special. More.
- UBL-shooter Q&A is a big get for Peter Doocy. Five questions.
- Kelly File video: Judge Napolitano’s questions for the next AG.
- Bourdain moonlights. Kimberly’s crib. Scarborough hearts WaPo.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-O’Bolling 1-2-3.
- Peter Doocy on ‘Gatewood’, and who shot UBL. More.
- Ailes Apprenticeship Program grad describes its impact.
- Reporting on Fareed is punished, Fareed isn’t! (v/CNNC)
- Byers: High anxiety and low morale at CNN’s DC bureau.
- New Day ratings declined with Alisyn! Russkies dump CNN.
- Painted into a corner, MSNBC loses the election. Flashback.
- Remix video: Obama, Dr Dre, and...Megyn Kelly! (via DShaw)
- Full F&F video: Condoleeza Rice. Greg Palkot recalls The Wall.
- The Fox Report videos: The Political Insiders part one, part two.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
11/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- MediaBuzz: Midterms, Ed Henry, Attkisson pt one, pt two.
- Reliable Sources: Les Moonves, Dan Rather, Brent Bozell.
- Concha: MSNBC’s problems summed up in one question.
- DirecTV’s secret AJAm lawsuit. Today’s heinous outrage!
- Sommer: Markets nervous over Comcast/Time Warner deal.
- Swells gather for CNBC fete. Today’s oops. Sunday talkers.
- Today’s opus on the evils of cable news. Q&A: Zucker (v/ICN).
- Alisyn’s New Day stint not moving the needle. Money matters.
- Party time at Coop’s crib. This is CNN: Strippers and gay rodeos.
- Your Buzz videos: The economy, Hillary, Chris Christie, cover-up.
Friday Links and Open Thread
11/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Gasparino/Insana twitter spat spills over to tv: FBN video.
- Which MSNBC host is advising WH how to deal with the GOP?
- Keith Ablow: I stand by what I said. FNC drops Dr Ben Carson.
- Video: Are GOP complaints re midterms coverage ill-founded?
- Imus video: Chris Wallace on the midterms, Iran, and more.
- OtR videos: Sgt Tahmooressi’s story. Scarborough: Half-true.
- More ‘news’ from the ‘news leader’. Scarborough’s chagrin.
- CNN Heroes hype kicks off tonight. Zurawik Q&A: Mike Rowe.
- Website spills UBL shooter’s name; Megyn, Peter Doocy respond.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on crazy election night punditry.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
11/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Today Jesse Watters really got under Bob Beckel’s skin.
- On Big Wednesday a dozen Fox News programs set records.
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Sharyl Attkisson scorches ‘proven unreliable’ Media Matters.
- Bauder: Dr Keith Ablow’s political ‘diagnoses’ (via Stelter).
- Steinberg: Biznets pin hopes on revised ratings procedures.
- MSNBC goes to pot. Phil Griffin touts a year of msnbc.com.
- Fox & Friends video: Condoleeza Rice. Facebook favors FNC.
- Greta special tonight: Marine Freed: Sgt Tahmooressi’s Story.
- Turner/DishNet war of words escalates. Erin given token role?
- Collins: Do we really need cable news? Richard Quest honored.
- Video: A depressing night for MSNBC. Fancy digs, few holograms.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
11/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Cable beats broadcast: FNC election night coverage tops all.
- Tuesday numbers: Returns/FNC-TheFive-Returns/CNN 1-2-3.
- Zurawik: CNN coverage ‘debased’ while MSNBC struggled.
- Concha: The good, bad, and funny on cable election night.
- Kurtz: A night of punditry. Byers: Hubbub over exit polls.
- During a horrible, terrible week, CNBC abandons news.
- Wemple: Sally Kohn, cream of the lefty crop. Stormy Weather.
- Bourdain moonlights. Worth a thousand words. Spin cycle.
- Imus videos: Bernard Goldberg, Ed Henry, Juan Williams.
- O’Connell: A rough month for MSNBC, languishing in third.
- Sterne: Bloomberg tries to attract eyeballs. The war on Fox!
- Piers Morgan changes the channel. Q&A: CNN’s Andrew Morse.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
11/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-BretBaier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Maddow smears Fox with...another edited clip!
- Karen Finney finis at MSNBC; is she just the first of many?
- Charlton: Insiders spill the beans on MSNBC’s ‘evolution’.
- Imus video: Ed Henry. Colbert video: Chuck Todd (v/TVN).
- Dishnet’s Ergen: Losing CNN is no big deal. HLN makeover.
- Videos: Sharyl Attkisson on The Factor, F&F, Imus, Kilmeade.
- OtR video: Tahmooressi coverage recap. Weekend numbers.
- Election night rundown: Capitol NY; Variety. Strategy Room.
- Election Q&A: Bret Baier; Gerri Willis, Neil Cavuto, Rich Edson.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/03/14 00:10 Filed in: links
- 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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/31/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Megyn 1-2-3.
- Video: Stuart Varney exposes Maddow’s dishonesty.
- Somerby: Maddow rips Fox over nonexistent report!?
- Pentagon objects to Fox UBL special; Greta responds.
- Q&A: Chris Wallace (via FDC); FBN’s Jo Ling Kent.
- Joe Concha zings Alex Wagner, nails LZ Granderson.
- Audio: Howard Stern news tracks down Anna Kooiman.
- Audio: Jake Tapper w/Laura. Today’s oops; bonus oops.
- Video: Leaks, prosecutions, and the WH media strategy.
- Ailes advice given to Megyn Kelly. Flashback: Terry Keenan.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Somerby: ‘Maddow took Media Matters bullsh!t and ran.’
- MSNBC election hosts: journalists Maddow and Matthews.
- Two-hour Daily Rundown to be hosted by José Diaz-Balart.
- FTV: Brian Stelter says missing plane ‘a bigger story today’.
- Q&A: Neil Cavuto, tv trailblazer. Unappreciative Weather.
- Factor video: Truth Serum. Greta begins her new podcast.
- Marsh: Did MSNBC’s Deutsch perpetrate a real estate scam?
- Arwa Damon honored; Robin Meade in Vegas. New CNN app.
- CNNi: Doubts about disclosure (v/CNNC). Profile: Ari Melber.
- CNN’s extreme website makeover appears in beta (via CNCC).
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Rosen: Holder comments scarcely address AG’s conduct.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- FNC two-night special interviews SEAL who killed UBL.
- October program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Charlton: Al-Jaz America’s ratings...lower than Current!
- Q&A: Sean Hannity, matchmaker; Sally Kohn, part deux.
- CNN’s ‘angry black woman’. Anthony Bourdain moonlights.
- Kelly File video: Megyn zings McMurry, details Ebola memo.
- OtR video: Adam Housley. Factor video: Bernard Goldberg.
- Alisyn makes the team. Erin doesn’t. David won’t (v/CNNC).
- CNN special: The Iran Hostage Crisis. HLN Logo makeover.
- Melissa Harris-Perry speaks at KU; more. Brian Stelter at ASU.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Rachel Maddow airs doctored tape of Issa.
- October numbers: Fox tops. Also-rans: MSNBC, CNN.
- Video: Judge Nap on non-citizens voting in midterms.
- Tyler: Cast of ‘runaway hit’ Outnumbered speaks out.
- Wemple: Palin discusses lack of Costello on-air apology.
- Wolf and Anderson headline CNN’s election coverage.
- Rothstein: Doubts about diversity at Reliable Sources.
- Q&A: Lou Dobbs’s coffee; The Rev’s rations. Whoops!
- Only one cablenewser got CBS’s OK to talk to Attkisson.
- Video: Howard Kurtz on Sharyl Attkisson hacking claims.
- ICN: No apology? Carol Costello is just following orders.
- Rothstein: Kirstie Alley has a proposition for Jake Tapper.
- Q&A: Sally Kohn. Profile: CNN’s Peter Hamby (via CNCC).
- Ty’s extreme makeover: HLN edition. Weekend numbers.
- Zucker play: Broadening the definition of news (via CNNC).
- Standoff resolved, Jana Winter leaves FNC. Ailes honored.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/27/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Shep, Bill, Martha, Megyn, Bret: FNC election team. FBN.
- Q&A: Shepard Smith on Ebola, politics, and ‘the monster’.
- Weprin: Behind-the-scenes on the Fox News Deck with Shep.
- Concha: An on-air apology is Carol Costello’s only option.
- Profile: Lea Gabrielle, from Navy pilot to Fox journo (v/TVN).
- Are the suits at CNBC looking to broom some of their talent?
- CNN partners with Radius on college sex crimes documentary.
- Q&A: Stuart Varney. Cavuto remembers Terry Keenan (v/TVN).
- Greta: Media are flying at 1,000 feet. Meyer: Roots ‘outstanding’.
- Fox Report videos: Political insiders part one, part two, part three.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: NY hatchet attack deemed terrorism.
- Thursday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Baier 1-2-3. More.
- Q&A: Chris Wallace’s 50th year. R.I.P. Terry Keenan.
- Friday special: American Dream on the Ballot; preview.
- Q&A: Kate O’Brian, Michael Smerconish. Huck ponders.
- Wemple: Carol Costello should make an on-air apology.
- Yesterday’s firing demand escalates. Turbulent Weather.
- Somerby: Costello’s ‘astounding journalistic misconduct’.
- How an assault became a cable news joke...until it wasn’t.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg. Kelly File video: Dr Siegel.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- CNN Commentary: Fire ‘so-called news anchor’ Costello!
- Today’s apology: Carol Costello is sorry for a sorry display.
- Video: Look who’s back on Fox News...online. This is CNN.
- Rothstein: Who’s obsessed over whom? When it rains, it pours.
- Durden: Revenues are down because CNBC numbers are down.
- Wemple: Mr Bill ‘jumps the shark’ in his rebuttal to Jon Stewart.
- Today video: Bill O’Reilly and Matt Lauer. Imus video: Bret Baier.
- De Moraes: A look at Lisa Ling’s Life. Velez-Mitchell resurfaces.
- Indra out. Erin up. Zucker gloats. Choosy liberals choose CNN.
- Q&A: Chris Jansing (v/TV Newser); Liz Claman talks to Hadassah.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Concha: Why is Chuck Todd alienating half his audience?
- Chuck Todd rips Fox...in interview with Media Matters!
- With $100M losses yearly, Bloomberg adds Wiesenthal.
- Wemple: Why do so many Democrats watch Fox News?
- CNN goes Bing. HLN: Dead air. Bill O’Reilly: Mostly true.
- Q&A: Jake Tapper. Q&A: Megyn Kelly; video Q&A via TVN.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Scarry: Ed Schultz attempts to turn a lemon into lemonade.
- Dish Network drops Turner channels. Weekend numbers.
- Q&A: Elizabeth MacDonald. Somerby: MSNBC and the Times.
- ‘Reshaping’...then and now. Kate Bolduan introduces Cecelia.
- Wemple: CNN, the mostly-Ebola network, questions messaging?
- New Pew: Media polarization via Wemple. George Will part deux.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Diversity spat...did CNN call the NABJ head a liar?
- Happening Now video: The Roof of Africa part one, part two.
- Greta: That’s cold. Somerby: Where are our gatekeepers?
- ICN: CNN/Stelter cutbacks spin disingenuous and silly. More.
- CNN adds Hannah Bae; plus Chris Moody and Alexandra Jaffe.
- Sound bite. PunditFact: George Will...rated false. Or not? More.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Vindication for Andrea Tantaros...from CNN!
- Somerby: Chris Hayes’s pandering...dishonest and vile.
- Fox News special: American Payday: The Big Squeeze.
- Greta: In defense of Fox News...and MSNBCNN as well.
- Video: Czar stirs controversy. Wemple: Levittown truth?
- Fox News Latino readership grows. Sandra Smith news.
- Charlton: After deep cuts, will CNN have the last laugh?
- Maglio: Double-digit ratings drops spurred CNN layoffs.
- Unguarded to return...as occasional primetime specials?
- A proud member of the ‘10% club’: fired CNNer speaks out.
- As CNN targets online news, the head of digital gets the axe.
- Imus video: Mike Baker. F&F video: Kilmeade scolds Gohmert.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media skepticism and Ebola.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Could this be the reason for MSNBC’s ratings ennui?
- Wemple: Greg Gutfeld should be the Fox Ablow Ombudsman.
- Concha: Stewart staff exemplifies ‘white privilege’ hypocrisy.
- Daily Show extended video: Mr Bill O’Reilly with Jon Stewart.
- Wallenstein: Does CNNGo represent the future of television?
- Borowitz: CNN defends its new slogan. TJ Holmes resurfaces.
- Owens: Don’t judge CNN solely by ratings. Who is best-known?
- CNN betting on a ‘hunger for politics’. Don Lemon’s other crib.
- Geraldo: Thanks but no thanks. Flashback: Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
- Q&A: Liz McDonald; Liz Clayman; Clayman on Ebola market impact.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Concha: Is Ebola media overkill approaching O.J. levels?
- Q&A: Sean Hannity (v/TVN). Grace under fire? (v/CNNC)
- Richard Grenell re-ups at FNC. Hasselbeck out for surgery.
- Adams: Lisa Ling show focuses on ‘subculture’. This is CNN.
- Zucker punched: Unguarded; Sanjay Gupta, Money; Crossfire.
- Bloodbath: Deep, wide cuts deliver Zucker punch to CNN/HLN.
- Factor video: Drs Alvarez and Adalja react to O’Reilly comments.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Dr Manny Alvarez calls on CDC chief to resign.
- Amanpour staff cut (v/Wemple) + JVM and more (CNNC).
- Green: Is CNN even more Islamophobic than Fox News?!
- Somerby: On ratings, gaps, and age. Weekend numbers.
- Rothstein: CNBC graphics makeover looks oddly familiar.
- Jackson: MSNBC’s problem is not its diversity. A bargain!
- The heart of Mrs Payne. Factor video: Protecting America.
- The most trusted name in eats. 9News now CNNPhillipines.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Finger-pointing over Ebola proliferates.
- Friday’s numbers: Bret Baier-O’Reilly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Grove: The making of a Fox News hit...Outnumbered.
- Concha: Ronan may be first casualty in MSNBC shake-up.
- Wemple: MSNBC slides into irrelevance. Q&A: Robyn Curnow.
- Lean Downward: As ratings crater MSNBC loses ground to CNN.
- Political Ticker silenced. Housecall video: Ebola fear vs facts.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/10/14 01:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: First Media Buzz hangout with Joe Concha et al.
- Rothstein: Black journalists deliver Zucker punch to CNN.
- Eloy: Turner’s cutbacks a Zucker punch to Atlanta. More.
- Revamped FNC Insider has new pages for people and shows.
- New Pew: Even as audiences shrink, cable news profits soar.
- Wemple: Survey says Fox News scores well among Millennials.
- Rothstein: Is ‘the place for politics’ about to change its focus?
Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Trying to keep Secret Service scandal secret?
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Ed Schultz recording his MSNBC program from his home studio.
- New layoffs hit CNN/HLN. F&F video: X-Files star returns to sci-fi.
- Late Show videos: Anderson Cooper part one, part two, part three.
- Factor video: Eric Shawn, Molly Line on witch doctors and cartoons.
- Before CNN reality, there was CNBC. Zucker punch: CNN zings Piers.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Reaction to the O’Reilly/Panetta Q&A.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Belloni: CNBC in talks to launch a show with Jay Leno.
- Piers: CNN tried to get Megyn Kelly for primetime (v/aw).
- Fortune video: Sheryl Sandberg interviews Megyn Kelly.
- Weprin: One year later, FNC primetime revamp a success.
- Cavuto videos: The Amazing Kreskin part one, part two.
- MSNBC skeds post-award-show extras. Q&A: Mike Rowe.
- Factor video: Leon Panetta part one, part two, part three.
- Why is Coop silent? Comcast shareholders OK merger deal.
- Sherman: Why the CNN layoffs? Lisa Desjardins finds work.
- Leach: Rowe hour a ‘feel-good, positive human documentary’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Robust debate over impact of airstrikes.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- FNC celebrates as it turns 18. Flashback. Weekend numbers.
- CNN rocked by hundreds of TBS layoffs. Friday night blues.
- Bauder: CNN aims to dominate breaking news and reality tv.
- Scarry: How to save Crossfire. Concha: Can Piers find work?
- CNN sued for $5 million. CNN: The Cable Non-News Network?
- Q&A: Megyn Kelly; Mike Rowe; Maria Bartiromo, ratings smash.
- Goldberg: The media’s authoritarianism infects Ebola coverage.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg rips the FBI, defends Andrea Tantaros.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn 1-2-3.
- On CNN’s version of Roots, the stars are the news.
- Piers Morgan resurfaces. Larry King re-resurfaces.
- Tapper and Blitzer moonlighting. Megyn and Sheryl.
- Fox & Friends video: Ron Fournier. Maria’s big news.
- Jeff Zucker cutting costs, rebooting CNN. More. Layoffs.
- Wolff: Jeff Bewkes has to clean up CNN, as Murdoch waits.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Concha: When Obama zings Fox, guess who benefits?
- Another skirmish in The War on Fox: FNC returns fire.
- Video: Media Ebola coverage: chaotic or indispensable?
- Shep Q&As: HottyToddy; SBNation; audio: ESPN; JOX-FM.
- Scarry: Disclosure issues haunt Alex Wagner. More.
- Electrifying new CNN series to focus on...painters?!
- Steel: CNN at crossroads, reasserts itself (via CNNC).
- Weprin: CNN’s ‘reality’ strategy at a critical crossroads.
- Imus video: Bill Hemmer. Swells gather at The Rev’s rave.
- Factor video: Are airstrikes on ISIS part of a ‘phony war’?
- Top ten Heroes countdown begins. Rowe debut: ‘intriguing’.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- FBN skeds Friday 5:00 am live Hong Kong coverage.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Saperstein: CNN is carving out a niche for ‘reality news’.
- Kelly File video temporarily pulled over safety concerns.
- Q&A: Piers Morgan dishes CNN dirt. Profile: Mike Rowe.
- Charlton: POTUS, poll numbers, and cable news ratings.
- T.J. Holmes finds work. Rosa Flores goes back to school.
- Kelly File video: Inside the mosque attended by beheader.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly w/Letterman part one, part two, part three.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/01/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Dr Marc Siegel explains Ebola facts.
- Kurtz: Gender issues and media drove SS resignation.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- MSNBC’s resident 9/11 truther finds additional work.
- Turbulent Weather. Wemple: Sexism from...Mika B?!?
- Q3 2014 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Q&A: José Diaz-Balart; Anthony Bourdain. Today’s oops.
- Imus video: Martha MacCallum. Parts Unknown slippage.
- MSNBC daytime doldrums. MSNBCers in their own bubble?
- Kelly File video: Canon Andrew White warns of ISIS in Iraq.
- Wemple: In Q3 2014 Fox News dominated 25-54 demographic.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
09/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/29/14 00:09 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Newsweek adds plagiarism warning to Zakaria articles.
- CNN ‘comped’ $3600 hotel bill for Zimmerman brothers.
- MSNBC drops Goldie Taylor. Video Q&A: Jose Diaz-Balart.
- Jon Scott climbs Mount Kilimanjaro. Q&A: Dierdre Bolton.
- Emails to FNC and MSNBC pivotal in trial. Simon to CNN.
- Concha: Don’t pre-empt Meet the Press...air it on MSNBC.
- Q&A: Anthony Bourdain. Another CNN show not airing live.
- Video: Is NFL coverage ‘insane’? Imus video: Juan Williams.
- MSNBC loves Global Citizen Festival: it ‘aligns with our values’.
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders pt one, pt two, pt three, pt four.
Friday Links and Open Thread
09/26/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Videos: Eric Bolling, Greg Gutfeld explain. Greta reacts.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- How celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain could save CNN.
- Wemple: Officialdom has spoken...Sean Hannity was right.
- Extreme makeover at CNN International? Live battle mode.
- O’Reilly Factor video: Bernard Golberg on internet madness.
- Kelly File video: State Dept’s Marie Harf. Q&A: Janice Dean.
- Deirdre Bolton’s fashions for Frisco. Kate Boulduan’s new girl.
- Profile: Lisa Ling. CNN’s split personalities. Crane bumps Weir.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Megyn 1-2-3.
- Is MSNBC host working with WH in search for new AG?
- FTV Live: Send an email to Bill O’Reilly...and get fired!
- Factor video: Rosen & Cameron. Zucker punches back.
- Q&A: CNN’s Rachel Smolkin. Stephen Collinson to CNN.
- Byers: From his glass house, Chuck Todd zings Roger Ailes.
- Comcast cries ‘extortion’ as rivals ramp up opposition to deal.
- Maglio: Fox News insider claims shakedown by ‘copyright troll’.
- Cuomo’s pointless evening cameos. Greta zings two of The Five.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
09/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five- Megyn 1-2-3.
- Shepard Smith Reporting video: State Dept’s Jen Psaki.
- Video: Katie Couric meets Bill O’Reilly. Today’s lawsuit.
- Fox & Friends videos: Mr Bill O’Reilly part one, part two.
- Imus videos: Bill O’Reilly and Mike Baker. Q&A: Lisa Ling.
- Jimmy Kimmel videos: Anthony Bourdain part one, part two.
- Steinberg: ‘Original series’ to supplant news on CNN prime.
- The Zakaria Plagiarismapalooza: A few more logs on the fire.
- Zucker: We have ‘complete confidence’ in Zakaria (v/CNNC).
- Wemple: Panama City preps Hannity-inspired spring break regs.
- Wemple: it’s ‘insane’ to take O’Reilly’s mercenary army seriously.
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
09/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Ed Henry examines the question of timing.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Fox News airstrike coverage tops MSNBCNN combined.
- Fox News contributor placed on terrorism watch list. More.
- Zucker play: CNN chief explains move away from live news.
- Imus in the Morning videos: FNC’s Bret Baier, Ed Henry.
- Cablers scramble to cover bombing after FNC breaks story.
- Fox & Friends videos: Judge Andrew Napolitano, Tony Blair.
- Eric Bolling and Weiner in a twitter spat. Weekend numbers.
- CBS This Morning videos: Bill O’Reilly on killing ISIS and Patton.
- Somerby: If CNN valued journalism they’d fire Coop and Nichols.
- ICN: CNN’s water torture over Zakaria flap continues; it’s horrid.
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Harris Faulkner, Anthony Bourdain (via TVN).
- Hogue: Why Heather Nauert excels in her new milieu.
- Molly Henneberg takes a dive...with American heroes.
- Tapper’s hot DC spots. HLN teasing Share. Vasel to CNN.
- Political ad buyers eyeing cable news. George Will: True.
- Imus video: Judge Napolitano on ISIS, Rand Paul, and more.
- Byers: Esquire raises the temperature in the Zakaria debate.
- Stelter ‘trying to get an interview with Zakaria’. CNN snippets.
Friday Links and Open Thread
09/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Does Cooper have the brain cells to do his job?
- Reese’s piece: ‘Cratering News Network’; response (v/TVN).
- AJAm countersues Al Gore. Mika Brzezinski: Pants on fire!
- Video: Are drumbeats from media pushing POTUS into war?
- An Apprentice program with no boardroom or Trump: video.
- Bye-bye, Boulduan. Alibaba ballyhoo. Q&A: Gary Schreier.
- Hologram lawsuit thrown out of court. Today’s oops (via ICN).
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Shepard Smith grills Press Secretary Josh Earnest.
- Video: Tonight is throwback Thursday on Special Report.
- Video: Rupert Murdoch on Scotland, Time-Warner (v/TVN).
- Somerby: An Olbermann-style con targeting Mr Bill O’Reilly.
- Somerby: Could these cable stars get dumber and still live?
- Byers: The wrongs of Fareed Zakaria; ICN: Clear the air!
- OtR videos: Parents of Brendan Tevlin part one, part two.
- CNN buys another documentary. So what’s one more hour?
- MoJo hits Motown. Remember SkinnerVille? Lauren finds work.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
09/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: What are these boots made for, anyway?
- Bart: MSNBC’s boring line-up needs an extreme makeover.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- FBN pre-empting Imus to cover Scotland independence vote.
- The Kelly File breaks into the top five programs on all cable.
- Factor video: James Rosen and Sharyl Attkisson on Benghazi.
- Somerby: A Cable Outrage Spectacular turns amazingly dumb.
- Linda Vester resurfaces; flashback. Deborah Feyerick re-ups.
- Fareed Zakaria is still plagiarizing...on CNN! Q&A: Jay Carney.
- Hasselbeck thriving, as is Fox & Friends. Bartiromo’s road trip.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
09/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Benghazi has spinners working overtime.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: A critical look at Benghazi, Fox, and 13 Hours.
- Somerby: How O’Donnell and Hayes treat you like fools.
- Zucker punch: Crossfire on ‘extended hiatus’...for good?
- At 100 episodes, Outnumbered sees big ratings rise. More.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on NFL’s mounting troubles.
- Lauren Ashburn’s contract not renewed. Weekend numbers.
- NLRB ruling could cost CNN millions. Nischelle Turner exits CNN.
- Out: CNNx...in: CNNgo. Coop censored. Matthews: Mostly false.
- Q&A: Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s first F&F year; Bill O’Reilly and Killing Patton; Maria Bartiromo’s info stream; Jake Tapper’s meals (via FDC).
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Fox News hires Michelle Fields. CNN hires Ryan Nobles.
- Al-Jazeera’s new mobile-only news channel (via DShaw).
- Somerby: Burnett’s blunders and CNN’s awful transcripts.
- Somerby: Coop’s outrage spectacular was not journalism.
- What do Murdoch tweets tell us? Video: Goal surpassed.
- Palin donneybrook report semi-disputed. CNN snippets.
- Bolton’s Risk & Reward beats CNBC. Profile: Luke Russert.
- Imus video: Jennifer Griffin on ISIS etc. Brooke top banana.
- Video: Lauren Ashburn reveals abuse. Wemple knocks Kurtz.
Friday Links and Open Thread
09/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered video: Robust debate re jihadist murder of teen.
- Enough is enough? Five from Fox. RIP Andy Levy’s father.
- Imus video: Ex-CIA covert officer Mike Baker on defeating ISIS.
- Firm buys CNN advertising time in advance to resell in Oct/Nov.
- Wemple: CNN defends booking seemingly ubiquitous John McCain.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on Ray Rice and a ‘reign of terror’.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Fox dominated during speech, beat MSNBCNN combined.
- Wednesday numbers: Kelly/Obama-O’Reilly-Hannity 1-2-3.
Scarry: In defense of Fox’s Brian Kilmeade.
- Anna Kooiman running Marathon to aid heroes’ families.
- Griffith: Bill O’Reilly helps children of 9/11 victims.
- David Gregory, Dana Bash moderate ‘no labels’ session.
- Concha: A curious new skirmish in the NYT War on Fox.
- Greta: NY Times ‘dimwit’ smears Fox News. Wemple.
- Wemple: Does Fox News really ‘tend not to apologize’?
- Kelly File video: All-star panel reacts to POTUS ISIS plan.
- Video: Carney/McCain battle royale. CNN hearts Politico.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
09/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Judge Nap says Prez can’t go to war w/o Congress.
- America video: Full interview, Jorge Ramos and Bill O’Reilly.
- Liz Claman’s apps for traveling ‘workmoms’. More Bourdain.
- CNN hires Jay Carney; Concha: perfect fit; Wemple: we’ll see.
- Powers: Bill O’Reilly is not sexist. POTUS coverage rundown.
- Andrea Mitchell notes astonishing coincidence. Today’s oops.
- Factor video: NFL players’ ex-wives on the culture of violence.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
09/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: NFL responsibility in Ray Rice matter.
- Gold: TV Eyes wins first round in Fox News lawsuit.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Cashin’ In tops Saturday daytime. Weekend numbers.
- Zucker punched: Media Buzz tops Reliable’s Todd exclusive.
- Greta: I was pressured. Profile: Melissa Harris-Perry. More.
- Kelly File video: Terror pipeline exclusive part one, part two.
- Brian Stelter: Fox News ‘tends not to apologize’?!? Flashback!
- CNN wants Arwa Damon lawsuit dismissed. Kilmeade comments.
- Fox Report video: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-13 Hours/Benghazi 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Kilmeade quip a ‘new low’ for F&F? (Um, no.) More.
- Megyn Kelly to co-host B&C Hall of Fame with Costas (v/TVN).
- Bloomberg previews With All Due Respect. Case adjourned.
- CNN’s future may be brightest on the internet. CNN snippets.
- Video: Are media to blame for unsuitable Presidential ‘optics’?
- Official launch of FNC/FBN everywhere streaming. Twitter spat!
- ANHQ video: Greta van Susteren on the case of Sgt Tahmooressi.
Friday Links and Open Thread
09/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Has Obama made his ISIS strategy clear?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Cablers cover another plane: Jon Scott trumps MSNBCNN.
- Zero Hedge: CNBC viewership nosedives to 21-year lows.
- Greta: NBC’s war on women? What about Mika Brzezinski?
- ET video: A day w/Sandra Smith. NBC’s new senior analyst.
- Wemple: Benghazi revelations and Fox News’s reporting.
- Friday special: 13 Hours at Benghazi...video preview. More.
- Wemple: Bill O’Reilly scoffs at State Dept charges. Today’s oops.
- Factor videos: Bernard Goldberg on Obama coverage; ‘Sexist’ Bill.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Lively debate over homeland security.
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- August program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Shep Smith video: Larry King remembers Joan Rivers.
- CNBC’s summer of sinking ratings. The war on Fox!
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Laura-Kelly File-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker punch: New Day widens lead over Morning Joe.
- Richard Lui honored; Kate Rogers jumps to CNBC.
- Reliable Sources moves to the Big Apple (via CNNComm).
- Bobbie Battista resurfaces; more. Bloomberg resurfaces.
- Occasional Cycle panelist to be regular on Meet the Press.
- The Independents still airing new shows on FBN. Flashback.
- Factor videos: Taking on ISIS, Putin; taking on Jon Stewart. More.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
09/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Robust debate over dealing with ISIS.
- August numbers: Fox News tops CNN, HLN, MSNBC.
- ‘So this happened’ uses faked photo, silently corrects.
- Video: It’s a boy! Charles Payne has business tips.
- Adios, Piers. Hello, Alisyn. Quo vadis, Crossfire?
- Shaw: MSNBC cultural critic Twitter silent since gaffe.
- Twitter: We love you Alisyn, but... Weekend numbers.
- Zucker play: This Is Life with Lisa Ling comes to CNN.
- Wemple: Kurtz/Colbert ‘feud’ a form of media symbiosis.
- Twitter spats: Heather Childers; Jake Tapper. Exclusive!
- MSNBC producer Gifford movies to Bloomberg politics unit.
- How a Fox News lawsuit could impact the future of tv news.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five/5pm-Greta-The Five/11pm 1-2-3.
- Q&A Chris Wallace: Fox News Sunday is ‘the best job of my career’.
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Time-Warner/Vice negotiations re HLN have collapsed.
- Chuck Todd’s Daily Rundown signoff didn’t make it to air.
- Video: Is ‘no strategy’ hubbub ‘much ado about nothing’?
- CNN’s DC cuts strike Lisa Desjardins. Megyn Kelly: True.
- Kelly File video: Tunnels to Towers aids two wounded vets.
- Greta: Ex-CNNer Kim Segal had a front row seat to history.
- Obama jetting to Pocantico Hills for MSNBC host’s wedding.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the perils of partisanship.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Reese’s piece: Time-Warner and CNN are running scared.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- HealthBeautyLife video: Melissa Francis on her tv career.
- Zucker punch: Cuts at Turner may grow to 1,500. But why?
- Hudson: Don Lemon bemoans media spectacle he’s part of.
- Somerby: In Nerdland our elites are high-paid tribal clowns.
- Wemple: Video message service verifies time of CNN audio.
- Wemple: Attorney wants redress from CNN for ‘hoax’ claim.
- Hannity video: Train-wreck interview with Anjem Choudary.
- Video: The truthy database. Frost and Mody go ‘worldwide’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/27/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Red Eye mocks Joe Scarborough over BK boycott.
- Exclusive interviews clarify 13 Hours in Benghazi, Sept 5.
- Video: Rachel Maddow with Letterman part one, part two.
- Concha: CNN should have verified the audio before airing it.
- Unreliable sources? Wemple: CNN audio scoop may be fake.
- F&F video: Lea Gabrielle trains with Newark PD SWAT team.
- Concha: There is no upside to NBC’s employment of The Rev.
- Daryn Kagan’s advice to CNNers about to get Zucker punched.
- WeatherNation opposes Comcast/TW deal. Don Lemon: False.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/26/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Did MSNBC report on Ferguson from inside a gated lot?!
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: The story behind CNN’s Ferguson audio scoop.
- Scarry: Media parrot a pointless fact. Weekend numbers.
- Time-Warner cuts will hit CNN (v/CNNCommentary). More.
- Richard Quest at NLGJA convention. Q&A: Maria Bartiromo.
- Kurtz: Al Sharpton’s role at MSNBC is ‘wrong on many levels’.
- Factor video: Kurtz rips MSNBC...‘this is a travesty; it just reeks’.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: What happens if you dismiss the devil?
- Kissell: Busy news week propels Fox News, sinks MSNBC.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-O’Williams 1-2-3.
- S.E. Cupp named to distinguished list (via FishbowlDC).
- Outnumbered video: Richard Grenell skewers DC press.
- Robin to New York, but what of Chris, Kate...and Alisyn?
- Concha: Pundits of all stripes agree...and may be right.
- Cable coverage of Brown’s funeral and The Rev’s eulogy.
- Did Jesse Jackson refer to Juan Williams as ‘white’?!?
- CNN locks in its annual must-miss tv. Juan Williams: True.
- Zucker punch: CNN, HLN face imminent buyouts/layoffs.
- Zucker punch: CNN must ‘do what we do with less’ (via TVN).
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five videos: Are we at war with ISIS? Stay the course?
- Thursday’s numbers: Kelly-O’Gutfeld-Chris Wallace 1-2-3.
- Somerby: O’Donnell gets it right...and then horribly wrong.
- Reese’s piece: Concerns over the accountant running CNN.
- Despite past The Rev advises Obama as he hosts on MSNBC.
- Morgan: Why Al-Jazeera can’t spare the cash to pay Al Gore.
- Q&A: Ronan EP Kathy O’Hearn. Hendricks goes On the Case.
- Byers: Ferguson by the clock. Kurtz: Should we pull the plug?
- OtR video: It’s a phony gimmick. Factor video: Memo reactions.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Debate over ISIS and golfing turns rowdy.
- CNN demo streak over: Fox News tops MSNBCNN combined.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Al-Jazeera contributor leaves Ferguson ‘in disgust’ (via FTV).
- New Day’s new high; the overnight problem; Out Front of what?
- Kimberly’s crib: a cool two mill. Marvel-ous: the Cooper comics.
- Imus video: Bret Baier. F&F video: Foley friend Matthew VanDyke.
- Factor vids: Ferguson, the truth; The Rev’s role; Bernard Goldberg.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Only we can stop the savagery of ISIS.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Bolling-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Concha: Top prize for irresponsibility goes to...Chris Hayes!
- Are Jake Tapper, Don Lemon, et al becoming opinionators?
- Dierdre Bolton’s elevator pitch. This door swings both ways.
- Video: Richard Grenell on ISIS etc. Melvin losing anchor slot.
- Q&A: Steve Harrigan in Ferguson. Profile: Dr Michael Baden.
- Byers: Fareed Zakaria responds. Johnson: Al-Jazeera responds.
- Factor video: Howard Kurtz on media malfeasance re Ferguson.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Kelly-Eric Bolling-The Five 1-2-3.
- Newsers to Ferguson. Healing: Don Lemon’s town hall.
- Outnumbered video: Robust debate over militarization.
- The Dirty Dozen: Fareed Zakaria’s history of plagiarism?
- Rothman: Are media in Ferguson being irresponsible?
- ICN: Inexcusable media overreach. Weekend numbers.
- Weprin: Turner CEO’s 20/20 vision sees layoffs at CNN.
- Q&A: CNN’s Don Lemon; AJAm President Kate O’Brian.
- Jake Tapper: ‘Nobody is threatening...there is no violence’.
- Steve Harrigan video: ‘This is amateur hour...this is not good.’
- Factor videos: Bill O’Reilly and Juan Williams on Ferguson etc.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: TheFive-TheFive-SpecReport 1-2-3.
- Video: Police confront Don Lemon. Q&A: Don Lemon.
- Zurawik: Al-Jazeera influences US Ferguson coverage.
- Video: Have social media affected Ferguson coverage?
- Pat Buchanan resurfaces (via TVN); Q&A: Lauren Sivan.
- MSNBCNN scramble to cover late-night Ferguson clashes.
- Imus video: Ed Henry on Obama, Ferguson, and The Five.
- Salon objects to unauthorized wondering. Props to Poppy.
- Hey CNN, who’s in charge anyway? Emmy hearts Parts Unknown.
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-MacCallum 1-2-3.
- Video: Ferguson coverage getting ahead of the facts?
- CNN tests new show...with a familiar format. Update.
- Uh oh: Al Gore and Joel Hyatt sue Al Jazeera for fraud.
- New Day, new scuttlebutt. Jamjoom jettisons CNN.
- Imus video: Martha MacCallum on Iraq, Ferguson, etc.
- ICN: Secret survey stirs questions re CNBC’s On the Money.
- Steinberg: Two execs to take greater leadership role at FBN.
- Specials: FNC Christians Under Attack; CNN Flight from Terror.
- Concha: NBC’s David Gregory debacle. No Ann Curry moment.
- Chuck Todd’s extreme makeover. Comcast: Sorry, dinner’s off!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Debate over dangers of ISIS turns rowdy.
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-MacCallum-Bream 1-2-3.
- Nededog: New Day changes coming (via CNNCommentary)?
- MSNBC contributor: No African-American hosts on Fox! Really?
- Somerby: Joan Walsh lies about O’Reilly. NBC selling TheGrio.
- Stelter: Chuck Todd announcement; will leave Daily Rundown.
- AJAm crew: police fired in our direction. Ferguson by the clock.
- Michael Oren says he asked CNN to release him. Q&A: Soledad.
- Video: Dennis Miller remembers Robin. When Coop met Lauren.
- HuffPo: ‘Furious backlash’ fuels ‘viral’ anti-Fox ‘coward’ petition.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five/8p-Bret Baier-Bream 1-2-3.
- Greta: NBC throws David Gregory under the bus...it’s brutal!
- Bauder: A year after its launch AJAm struggles for viewers.
- Campbell Brown targeted. Imus video: Mike Baker on Iraq.
- Allen: Chuck Todd likely Meet the Press host. Flashback.
- Claudia Milne to Bloomberg; FNC’s Cherie Grzech promoted.
- CNN’s lower-third makeover: ‘I like them’; ‘hideously huge’.
- HLN taking its time with the rebranding. Kosinski’s coupling.
- Zucker play: If one celebrity chef is good, two are even better!
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
08/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Airstrikes, Chris Wallace, Frank Luntz.
- Reliable Sources videos: Gaza bias, Glenn Beck, Rupert.
- Zucker play: Catering to the cume? The Rev backs down.
- MSNBC still doing damage control over Cinco de Mayo flap.
- Your Buzz videos: MSNBC vs Fox, Syria, internet addiction.
- Atkinson: AJAm pats itself on the back. Sunday talk: preview.
- Video: Rick Reichmuth hospitalized after race mishap. Flashback.
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bream-The Five 1-2-3.
- Ariens: Hannity’s tunnel vision. Zurawik: Silly and shameless.
- Gates: O’Donnell disses Hasselbeck, vetoes S.E. Cupp?!?
- Hogue: ‘Saucier, more vivacious...’ Special: Live Free or Die.
- Q&A: Thomas Roberts (v/TVN); Maria Bartiromo; CNN’s Susie Xu.
- NYC mayor ‘furious’ with The Rev. Robyn Curnow to anchor desk.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media, Hamas, and Hollywood.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Bret Baier-Bream 1-2-3.
- Steve Centanni is retiring; video: Greta’s thoughts.
- CNN standing by Damon. Kiran Chetry unresurfaces.
- Q&A: Maria Bartiromo. Greta: This is life in Washington.
- Video: UNRWA defender tries to corner Shannon Bream.
- Thomson: Is Rupert Murdoch really walking away? More.
- Parts Unknown: ‘Visually and compositionally adventurous’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Debate over Ebola hysteria turns rowdy.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bream-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wilstein: Fox didn’t cover report...that it covered last week!
- Gold: Red-hot Megyn Kelly is not a female Bill O’Reilly.
- ICN: Why is CNN stuffing its anchors into a cube? More.
- Lauren Green is engaged (via TVN). Weekend numbers.
- Murdoch expected to make Time-Warner push...only it’s all off!
- Another CNN appearance for Jebreal. Whose show is it anyway?
- State Dept investigation led to apology from CNN’s Arwa Damon.
- Video: Judge Nap rips ‘un-American’ IRS plan to monitor speech.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Report: Fox Business is canceling The Independents.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered video: Gaza casualties debate turns personal.
- Zurawik: Gaza coverage lifts Aj-Jazeera America (via DShaw).
- Q&A: Charles Payne. Kiran Chetry resurfaces. CNN’s leg chair.
- Dateline: Israel...Jake Tapper, Sean Hannity, Anderson Cooper.
- Where will Zucker put David? CNN is #1...but there’s a catch.
- McMurry: Rula Jebreal ‘corners’ Fox (by using made-up ‘facts’).
- Stasi: Clueless cable news shows are agenda-driven propaganda.
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Friday Links and Open Thread
08/01/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/31/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Concha: How MSNBC could pull itself out of last place.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Byers: Ronan Farrow’s life so far. Q&A: Gretchen Carlson.
- Silver: MSNBC mentions impeachment every 22 minutes!
- July cable news program ranker: Fox holds top 14 slots.
- Imus video: Judge Napolitano on his hair, career, Putin, etc.
- Judge denies CNN request for Bergdahl doc. Today’s oops.
- Video: Kurtz & Ashburn talk pot. Campbell Brown resurfaces.
- Wemple: FNC contract gave Palin a carve-out for web venture.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Greg zings Sarah over impeachment talk.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- July numbers: Fox tops; CNN slips; HLN, MSNBC plunge.
- Somerby: Rachel Maddow, news for ‘the sick and stupid’.
- Bret Baier, SE Cupp named to distinguished list (via TVN).
- Q&A: Dierdre Bolton. Rachel Smoklin to join CNN digital.
- MSNBC outsourcing world news. Mika B’s Georgetown crib.
- Factor video: The ‘great marijuana ruse’. Weekend numbers.
- Weprin: CNN’s lynchpin...Erin Burnett. Imus video: Jenna Lee.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Walsh gets his man: Wanted child molester shot by police.
- Fareed Zakaria, Sarah Palin: moonlighting strangers. More.
- Screened questions at Zucker confab. Laura eyeing politics?
- Wolff: The worst option for CNN? If nobody buys Time-Warner.
- F&F videos: Fox Fan Day festivities; ‘Remember, lean forward!’
- Fox Report video: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Friday Links and Open Thread
07/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Are we disengaging from a chaotic world?
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Jebreal: Informed of cancellation via email from MSNBC.
- Cablers best bets for Meet the Press. The worst choice?
- CNN journo Anton Skiba abducted by Ukraine separatists.
- Wemple: Should O’Reilly blame social media for apathy?
- CNN turns against man’s best friend. Today’s conspiracy!
- Hogue: Alisyn on New Day...Chris Cuomo meets his match.
- Rosen: The Bret Baier I know; video. Q&A: Chris Cuomo, more.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Videos: Bloomberg in Israel...Wolf Blitzer, Neil Cavuto.
- That was quick: guess what Alisyn’s next assignment is?
- Somerby: (MS)NBC loves children of the rich and famous.
- Profile: Jo Ling Kent (via TVNewser). Scaramucci to FBN.
- Breaking news: FNC tops, CNN gains, MSNBC stagnant.
- Wemple: The Jebreal matter...can MSNBC take criticism?
- Zinged MSNBCer un-hired? Update. Spitzer resurfaces.
- Writers Guild on Murdoch offer: Be afraid, be very afraid.
- Gretchen Carlson: They have no idea what my politics are.
- Kelly File video: Jonathan Turley breaks down the ACA rulings.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: ISIS persecution and murder of Christians.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Greta to CJR: It’s Journalism 101...why didn’t you call me?
- Bordelon: Kerry aide didn’t tell the truth about Fox News?
- Book: Clintons pressured MSNBC to discipline David Shuster.
- Q&A: Bret Baier; Chris Cuomo, more. Weekend numbers.
- Lean Forward: Contributor zings MSNBC, MSNBC zings back.
- Out# OT video: Leadership, comedy, short skirts, and more.
- Time-Warner amends its by-laws in move to check Murdoch.
- Alisyn and Don, together (sort of) again. Today’s conspiracies.
- Fox Report video: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Debate over world events turns ultra-rowdy.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five/5pm-The Five/8pm-Baier 1-2-3.
- Patten: As FNCNN ratings spike, MSNBC viewership flatlines.
- Impartial MSNBC anchor to receive an award from La Raza.
- MSNBC contributor zings...MSNBC! More. Today’s outrage.
- Fox will take its time forging a ‘compelling offer’ for T-W.
- F&F video: Janice Dean hit with an ice-cream malfunction.
- Q&A: Rosa Flores. Rita Cosby resurfaces. Today’s conspiracy.
Friday Links and Open Thread
07/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Primetime viewers surge: record highs for Kelly, Hannity.
- Fox News most watched for breaking news on Thursday.
- Alisyn Camerota makes her CNN debut 10pm tonight.
- Q&A: Kimberly Guilfoyle; Maria Bartiromo at the NYSE.
- Imus video: Ed Henry on Putin, Ukraine, Gaza and more.
- CNN apologizes for ‘any offense that may have been taken’.
- MSNBC rewards commentator’s skillful work with a solo shot.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg scorches an MSNBC ‘moron’.
- Wemple: Incompetence at MSNBC; O’Reilly’s media criticism.
- Atkinson: Make it $100 per share and Murdoch seals the deal.
- CBS CEO: If Rupert purchases Time-Warner we’d look at CNN.
- Smith: Why Time-Warner will be bought by 21st Century Fox.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker punch: CNN reporter calls group of Israelis ‘scum’.
- Video: John Huddy live from Gaza as the invasion begins.
- Israel/Gaza flare-up rewrites cable news schedules.
- What happens when political hacks do breaking news.
- Video: Charlie Gasparino goes ballistic in Putin debate.
- Family feud: Greta rips Starnes over ‘bad taste’ tweets.
- Cable newsers scramble to cover airplane shoot-down.
- Ed Schultz gets into a twitter spat, and quickly hits ‘delete’.
- Zurawik: Reporters in Gaza paid less than Chelsea Clinton.
- Lewis: How to become a cablenews pundit. Newsource cuts.
- ‘Growing pressure’ to fire Bob Beckel? Today’s conspiracy.
- Maddow has not mentioned Gaza conflict since last month!
- Imus video: Bret Baier on Gaza, US border chaos, and more.
- What CNN’s pilot tells us about Chris Cuomo and New Day.
- CNN pilot: Alisyn with two guys...is there also a curvy couch?
- Fox prepping a new offer as T-W shareholders signal interest.
- Murdoch’s Time-Warner bid shines a spotlight on CNN. More.
- Factor video: Kurtz and Ashburn on Jon Stewart, Sean Bergin.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Now you see it, now you don’t: Alex Wagner hits bottom.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- O’Reilly Factor, All In earn top cable news diversity scores.
- Imus video: Bernard Goldberg on Jon Stewart, Gaza, etc.
- Dumenco: If Rupert wants Time-Warner, nothing can stop him.
- Murdoch makes first move to take over Time-Warner. Caught!
- MSNBC turns 17; so why can’t they be a liberal news channel?!
- Inside MSNBC’s Miami studio. The least surprising news...ever.
- Hogue: A real ‘new day’: Alisyn and Kiran, back together on CNN?
- She’s ‘the perfect anchor in many ways’. Q&A: Gretchen Carlson.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: WH claims credit for ‘global tranquility’.
- Media Buzz triples audience for fading Reliable Sources.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Another cable name surfaces for The View: Tammy Bruce.
- Greta scoops Katie. Is the end near for Al-Jazeera America?
- CNN’s illegal immigrant documentarian taken into custody.
- CNN snags eleven Emmy nominations. Weekend numbers.
- Factor video: Beck’s border benevolence baffles belittlers.
- Nobody’s business: CNBC expands reality reruns to weeknights.
- Wemple: CNN captivated by Palin; Touré takes leave of twitter.
- Imus video: Charlie Gasparino details the Sun Valley showdown.
- Fox Report video: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Kelly-The Five-Special Report 1-2-3.
- Today’s firing demand prompts an on-air response.
- The Hunt opens strong. MSNBC exec kicked upstairs.
- CNN snags Alisyn Camerota. Let the specularama begin.
- Charlie Gasparino ejected from Sun Valley soirée. More.
- Sorry, wrong Avenger. Why HLN is not a ‘news network’.
- Q&A: José Díaz-Balart on his MSNBC debut. Today’s oops.
- Gloomy weather gets gloomier. Heathers. United they stand.
Friday Links and Open Thread
07/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Favorite moments from three years of The Five.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- The perils of twitter: Megyn cleans up staff’s twitter gaffe.
- CNN gets Zucker punched? The View may hire S.E. Cupp.
- Imus video: Juan Williams weighs in on impeachment etc.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the press, scandals, etc.
- Wemple: FNC is improving peaches. Alan still gets hate mail.
- It’s a dirty job, but CNN has the guy to do it. Today’s outrage!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: A President not interested in photo-ops.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Bill Hemmer on sports etc (v/ErikW); now pitching!
- CNN isn’t the only news channel with a celebrity chef.
- Engulf and Devour: Dish asks FCC to block Comcast deal.
- ‘All blonde anchors’ rated: mostly false. Politics on Tap.
- CNNx app launches. CNN Emmy noms: Sixties, Bourdain.
- New CNN hire to carry on Piers Morgan anti-gun campaign.
- Video: Someone on Red Eye really wants to be on The Five.
- Factor video: Has President Obama lost the mainstream media?
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Red Eye video: Should Sirius have fired Anthony Cumia?
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Will a Rosie/Elisabeth cross-channel feud erupt?
- Factor video: Border debate turns rowdy. Weekend numbers.
- AJAm President predicts ratings will rise. Shafer: You think so?
- Comcast deal mantra: do it for the children! Yesterday’s oops.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Profile: Stacey Dash. Tapper segments target DC dysfunction.
- Weprin: John Walsh talked with FNC before signing with CNN.
- Lean Forward: José Díaz-Balart to premiere Monday 10:00 am.
- Friday’s numbers: Shannon Bream-Bill O’Reilly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Did CNN’s calamitous warnings scare people needlessly?
- Fox & Friends video: What is the Office of Refugee Resettlement?
- Zuckered: Did Sanjay Gupta fall for an overhyped marketing ploy?
- Kelly File video: Will one tough judge break open the IRS scandal?
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/07/14 19:48 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bream 1-2-3.
- Concha: A good Jay Carney show option for MSNBC.
- Q&A: Elisabeth Hasselbeck; Sarah Palin eyes The View.
- Outnumbered adds after-show (v/Weprin); debut video.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC to air immigration ‘documentary’.
- Joan Rivers slams CNN: ‘Every question was accusatory’.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/03/14 22:11 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Covering Arthur, from reason to stormy frothing.
- Somerby: Chris Matthews ‘one of us’? A remarkable ploy!
- Cable news truth: Mediaite 27-second claim proves false.
- Alums gather for America’s Talking reunion. Design dispute.
- Kelly File video: Bill Ayers and Dinesh D’Souza debate values.
- Wemple: O’Reilly and patriotism; Russell Brand’s Fox bashing.
- July 4 specials: Proud to Be American; Kelly File; CNN; MSNBC.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- CNNMoney recruits Bloomberg execs. Today’s oops.
- The Q2 2014 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Why is it MSNBC is hyping soccer? Oh...that’s why. More.
- Kelly File videos: Ayers part three, reax from law enforcement.
- Wemple: MacCallum calls out ‘apologist’...did she have a point?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/01/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- If you have to watch the World Cup, this is how to do it.
- Q2 numbers: FNC tops rivals. More Q2: CNN, HLN, MSNBC.
- Will Murdoch buy Time-Warner, CNN included? (via HuffPo)
- All In with Hayes gets a makeover. CNN tops scorecards.
- Lund: Nobody needs it... CNBC is dead. Weekend numbers.
- Starr: CNBC adds to reality reruns with a tasty reality original.
- Imus videos: Judge Napolitano; Bill O’Reilly part one, part two.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg. Kelly File: Bill Ayers pt one, two.
Monday Links and Open Thread
06/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Greta 1-2-3.
- Megyn spurs FNC to 50-quarter ratings streak. More.
- Outnumbered video: Beckel rips Hobby Lobby ruling.
- Case dismissed: Judge tosses Zimmerman lawsuit.
- A dream schedule for CNN? Chris Cuomo in Brazil.
- Controversy swirls around CNN tweet. The Hunt begins.
- Imus video: Ed Henry on the VA scandal, Iraq, and more.
- Q&A: Dierdre Bolton. Profile: Charles Payne dispenses hope.
- Fox Report video: Political Insiders part one, pt two, pt three.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
06/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: IRS coverage, Diane Sawyer, World Cup.
- Reliable Sources videos: Diane Sawyer, Cheney, Matt Lauer.
- New Day vs Morning Express: no contest. Sunday talkers.
- Bond: Megyn Kelly/Bill Ayers interview expedited by D’Souza.
- Your Buzz videos: Megyn vs Cheney, soccer, IRS, interruptions.
- Toobin: an ill-suited sub? Richard Quest’s disclosure. Flashback.
Friday Links and Open Thread
06/27/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Wallace 1-2-3.
- Zucker play: HLN to air more reality show reruns.
- Breaking: Mika Brzezinski not going to The View!1!
- Key CNN Atlanta studio being taken over by HLN?
- Friday special: Iraq and the Rise of a Terrorist State.
- Video: Why did Mexican copter fire at US border patrol?
- Video: WSJ’s Matt Bradley on why he decided to cover Iraq.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
06/26/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Rosenberg: The hidden agendas of Outnumbered.
- Zucker’s plan to save Crossfire: turn it into The Four?
- When 11pm is calling, why does Anderson fly the Coop?
- Vladimir Duthiers exits CNN. Today’s Comcast grumblings.
- Patterico: Did Mediate and Gawker lie about Gregg Jarrett?
- F&F video: The Amazing Kreskin amazes part one, part two.
- Videos: Bernard Goldberg, Howard Kurtz on bias, humor etc.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The media snooze as IRS stonewalls?
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Shannon Bream 1-2-3.
- CNBC collapse: Ratings at 17-year low as Cramer craters.
- ABC joins 24-hour news game...sans cable (via Dorsey).
- Reality show reruns boost CNN am. Weekend numbers.
- Recovery: Lawrence O’Donnell returns. Q&A: Ari Melber.
- Bret Baier: I don’t look at Maddow’s show as a ‘news product’.
- Kelly File video: State Dept’s Marie Harf. Jarrett arrest video.
Monday Links and Open Thread
06/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC helps stage White House event.
- Video: A Glenn Greenwald bombshell is ‘imminent’.
- Al-Jazeera journalists sentenced to jail. Flashback.
- Wemple: Benghazi is ‘essential’ in Hillary interviews.
- Video: Jonathan Karl treason question raises eyebrows.
- Droning news? Hammer time no longer. Vice eyes HLN.
- Coop cops costly Connecticut crib. Q&A: Charles Payne.
- F&F video: Dr Nina Radcliff on disease risks at the border.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
06/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Andrea’s connection with Special Olympics.
- Wednesday ratings: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Lean Forward: Controversy swirls around sex comment.
- O’Reilly zings fellow FNCers. MSNBC bars ex-producer.
- Glenn Greenwald asks a pertinent cable news question.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on The Interview and Special Heart.
- Maddow calls for a news blacklist; Megyn promptly disobeys.
- Media Buzz video: scoring Hillary Clinton’s Fox News interview.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
06/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Obama foreign policy approval craters.
- Wemple: Bill O’Reilly and Greta fight for jailed Marines.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker play: CNN lying about their celebrity chef’s ratings?
- Video: Joe Concha analyzes Hillary’s Fox News interview.
- Zucker punch: Advertisers unhappy with CNN programming.
- Video: Erin Burnett’s ‘first big break’ (v/TVN). MSNBC2 (via).
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media coverage of Iraq etc.
- CNN/Hillary: pt one, two; Fox/Hillary: pt one, two, three, four.
- Wemple: Bret Baier was ‘thoughtful, reasonable, well researched’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: To Gitmo...or not to Gitmo?
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on legal issues re Benghazi.
- Cable news found Khattala years ago. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Greg Palkot on his interview with Benghazi suspect.
- Hillarama: CNN Town Hall, then Baier/Greta: pre-analysis.
- Concha: OJ coverage set the table for cable news of today.
- Kelly File video: Controversy swirls around missing IRS emails.
Monday Links and Open Thread
06/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: The Five squabble over the best course in Iraq.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Chris Wallace on 50 years in news...and his Dad.
- Politan exits HLN (via); Juliana Goldman exits Bloomb.
- Cablenews third-degree: Dana Bash and Joe Kernan.
- Imus video: Ed Henry on Iraq. Luke remembers Dad.
- Charges of bias erupt at CNN’s shareholders meeting.
- F&F video: The War on Fox? Just ‘a misunderstanding’?!
- Coop in Baghdad. Peripatetic anchors play musical studios.
Friday Links and Open Thread
06/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Profile: Steve and Peter Doocy...like father, like son.
- Outnumbered video: Ed Henry on Obama’s Iraq plans.
- Today’s oops. CNN’s X Factor. Another CNN crash.
- Jansing & Co signs off. ’30 Rock’ out, ‘Comcast Bldg’ in?
- Salon: Why Ronan’s show is a bust. Today’s OJ special.
- Kelly File videos: Crisis at the border part one, part two.
- Zakaria: We’re not a public charity here! CNNi awarded.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
06/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five: Discussion turns hot over the chaos in Iraq.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- ‘Don’t bet against Bartiromo’: video. Greta zings CNN.
- Can HLN draw millennials fast enough to stave off Vice?
- Byers: Cable news is in trouble...especially MSNBC. More.
- Zurawik: CNN ethics compromised by airing of Bush profile.
- Moore: Can CNN specials substitute for news? Under fire.
- CNN defends OJ special on election night. ICN: They blew it.
- F&F video: Using children as political pawns? Q&A: Bret Baier.
- How Megyn Kelly balances a nightly show and raising a family.
- More crystal-ball gazing into the future of HLN. Today’s oops.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News surges during week of 6/2. Weekend numbers.
- Is ‘unbundling’ the end of HLN? ICN: Whither the talent?
- Survey sez...most trusted: Fox News; least trusted: MSNBC.
- Wemple: FNC on a limb as Rosen cites confirming sources.
- Video: Jake Tapper visits Seth Meyers part one, part two.
- Mirkinson: It’s a seismic shift! He’s in the fight of his life!!1!
- Q&A: Liz Claman, Bret Baier. Lawrence O’Donnell recovering.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media’s ulterior motives.
- EMac makes book. Veronica de la Cruz, Jim Moret resurface.
- Website tool exposes CNN experiments. CNN airs OJ special.
Monday Links and Open Thread
06/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Your get out of jail free card...yoga?!
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Megyn Kelly tops cable news (25-54) for the week.
- Carl Quintanilla moonlights. Rita Cosby resurfaces.
- Video: Are the media taking sides in Bergdahl flap?
- Today’s bright ideas to ‘save CNN’. Today’s oops.
- AJAm is keeping secrets. F&F video: Is he still here?
- James Rosen in a twitter spat (v/TVN). Breakfast with Jeff.
Friday Links and Open Thread
06/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
06/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: James Rosen scoop part one, part two.
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-TheFive 1-2-3.
- Finney finis: Disrupt with Karen Finney cancelled.
- Report: The axe is poised over CNN Newsource?
- Reese’s piece: The decline and fall of CNN (v/ICN).
- Kovacs: Fox News star explores ‘gay’ Christianity.
- Three open-heart surgeries and seven angioplasties.
- The ‘schmaltz factor’ was high at CNN’s Sixties shindig.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Repercussions of the Bergdahl swap.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: CNN doubling down on 2016 digital politics.
- Today video: Bret Baier and wife. Weekend numbers.
- CNN’s Amanpour chosen for ‘only’ Hillary tv town hall.
- Imus video: Ed Henry. Factor video: Bernard Goldberg.
- Adam Housley and Tamera win. Don Lemon moonlights.
- ‘Turner 2020’: an ambitious plan to future-proof CNN etc.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- CNN premiere down from previous Sixties outings.
- Zucker punch: CNN gloats after strong Sixties debut.
- Greta: ‘It’s in my DNA as a former defense lawyer’.
- Tenenbaum: America’s best cable news channel?
- Outnumbered video: Why didn’t Obama fire Shinseki?
- Where’s Weir? Clearly, he’s not hosting CNN Tonight.
- FNC College Challenge winner. TVN: Levy, Barbieri, Joe.
- Wemple: Can Bret+Greta trump Congress? Concha: Why Fox?
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Jon Hilsenrath joins FBN. Cristina Alesci to CNN.
- Engulf and Devour: TV Newser etc sold (via FTV).
- Bret Baier and Greta snag interview with Hillary.
- Red Eye video: Tom Shillue and his ‘coffee rules’.
- Zucker play: What is going on with CNN Tonight?
- Wemple: O’Reilly writes Killing Patton. Flashback.
- May 2014 program ranker: FNC holds top 14 slots.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Steinberg: At CNN they party like it’s The Sixties.
- Wemple: How did Greta end up on that Forbes list?
- Cable news declines in May. Alan still gets hate mail.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Foreign policy debate turns rowdy.
- Zucker punched: Reliable Sources hits near-bottom.
- Monday numbers: O’Reilly-Bream-The Five 1-2-3.
- May 2014 numbers: Fox tops; HLN, CNN, MSNBC.
- It’s official: Fox News gets some more Dash.
- Shield standoff finally resolved. He’s so sorry.
- Greg pays tribute to his Mom. Red Eye video.
- DC newsers in the news. Weekend numbers.
- Charlton: On this Coop and Megyn see eye to eye.
- CNN looking into Chicagoland-style Miami series?
- Lowry: The Sixties is nostalgic but not very insightful.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on blaming Hollywood.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Scrutinizing media coverage of the VA scandal.
- ICN: Putin exclusive raises questions. Changes at CNNi.
- Stanglin: Gabapentin implicated in Gregg Jarrett incident.
- Gold: Anatomy of a CNN scoop. Odom: Apparently he lied.
- Thailand coup muzzles CNN. Martin Savidge in Rocky River.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker punch: CNNer fired for ‘flamboyant’ track suit?
- Zucker play: CNN skeds special programming tonight.
- Real Story video: A proposed solution to VA chaos.
- Gregg Jarrett arrested at Minnesota airport. More.
- The Five video: The President addresses the VA scandal.
- Baldwin and Costello: movin’ on up. Big Ed: quitting radio.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- As cable newsers hit lows, Fox still leads the pack.
- Shep video: Controversy swirls around drone memos.
- HLN adds Nejad and Vossoughian, shuffles others.
- New Chris Matthews promo: ‘Liberalism always wins’.
- Al-Jazeera America plans to stay the course (via TVN).
- Bauder: A new, opinionated Don Lemon is breaking out.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on primaries, the VA scandal, etc.
- Maglio: CNN is really the #1 cable news network...sort of.
- Kissell: CNN debuts its new primetime...and loses viewers.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The FIve-Baier 1-2-3.
- Somerby: We’d say Karl Rove is getting results.
- Charles Payne gets 6pm FBN, Diaz-Balart MSNBC 10am.
- Zucker punch: You can’t shame us into covering Benghazi!
- Celebrity chef rustles up a Peabody. Weekend numbers.
- Imus video: Bernard Goldberg on bias part one, part two.
- Rothman: Another MSNBC editing controversy brewing?
- Miles O’Brien slams CNN as ‘the Wal-Mart of journalism’.
- Kelly File video: Judge Napolitano on IRS scandal legalities.
Monday Links and Open Thread
05/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-MacCallum 1-2-3.
- TVN’s ticker: Rita Cosby, Adam Housley, and Soledad.
- Video: Is Karl Rove ‘programming Sunday morning tv’?
- Way too early? Zoraida Sambolin resurfaces (v/TVN).
- New cable obsession? Howe: The dog that didn’t bark?
- Outnumbered about to get some extra Dash? Brit: false.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Red Eye video: What constitutes ‘the perfect tweet’?
- CNN fires editor for plagiarism (via Brian Stelter).
- Arwa Damon honored. Gay: A CNN tradition dies.
- Scalia: Gravity in the face of MSNBC condescension.
- Lowry: The System is powerful advocacy journalism.
- NowThis preps for MSNBC shorts. Going All In on Kansas.
- Wemple: Outnumbered rocks NY Times debate; the video.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The Pentagon acts quickly...sometimes.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-MacCallum-Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox about to add some Dash? CNBC skeds new Squawk.
- Somerby: Hannity and Hayes posit a standard deception?
- Willie Geist makes book. Lawrence O’Donnell recovering.
- Imus video: Rick Leventhal inside the new 9/11 museum.
- Ratigan resurfaces...unfortunately, so does Jesse Ventura.
- Byers: ‘Irresponsible’ MSNBC in ‘very dangerous territory’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Rove remarks ignite controversy.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bream 1-2-3.
- Somerby: The dumbest possible pseudo-discussions.
- Jamie Colby to host FBN series Strange Inheritance.
- Video: Maria Bartiromo (via TVN). Neil Cavuto’s tech.
- Far out: Amber Lyon resurfaces. Farrow: mostly false.
- The CNN surge is over. An old dog learning new tricks.
- O’Reilly Factor video: Obamacare debate turns rowdy.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Interviews of Coop outlast his Sterling interview!
- CNN, don’t scrap Lemon & Friends. Ed O’Keefe to CNN.
- Video: Raw remarks trigger Rove rebuttal. Reaction.
- Cutter’s return. Q&A: Alex Wagner; CNN’s Katrina Cukaj.
- O’Reilly Factor video: Bernard Goldberg. Weekend numbers.
- Lean Forward: The ‘obvious choice’ to replace David Gregory?
Monday Links and Open Thread
05/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-O’Bolling 1-2-3.
- Zucker punch: CNN Tonight hits a four-year low; more.
- Howerton: An MSNBC mistake that could prove costly.
- Gregg Jarrett taking time off ‘for personal reasons’.
- Video: Controversy swirls around George Will #remarks.
- Outnumbered tops rivals in 25-54 and P2+ (per Nielsen).
- Leno and Lemon beget levity. Today’s oops. Will: false.
- Bill Schulz: ‘I have nothing but good thoughts about FNC.’
- Hogue: The bear necessities. Friday’s other numbers.
- Fox & Friends video: A surprise for Anna part one, part two.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Laura-Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Zucker on MA370: the tribe has spoken (via TVN).
- Julie Banderas returns to The Fox Report (via RJ).
- Sanchez: Latinos don’t matter at MSNBC. Ultra sorry.
- Wemple wound-up: Wagner, MA370, Lewinsky, Hannity.
- Kelly File video: Boko Haram kept off the terrorist list.
- Lemon loses it? CNN iReport app supports Google Glass.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: International outrage over kidnappings.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Laura-Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- What accounts for Red Eye’s April ratings slump?
- Larry King resurfaces so Piers Morgan starts a twitter spat.
- Hannity reports spur new Panama City Beach regulations.
- Cable Association head: Comcast deal threatens consumers.
- Poniewozik: CNN, sometimes polls are pointless. Today’s oops.
- Imus video: Megapanel on Lewinsky, public prayer, and MA370.
- Greta: Does this email fit within ‘deliberative process’ privilege?
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Shep and Judge Napolitano rail about drone policies.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Laura-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Thomas Roberts says he’s sorry. More. Clockwork.
- Audio: A Fox surprise...‘It’s fun to be back in the building.’
- Q&A: Harris Faulkner; Megyn Kelly on success, sexism, Shep.
- Video: Howard Kurtz discusses Red Eye rules of debate.
- Zurawik: MSNBC sneers, but Fox is right to pursue Benghazi.
- Michael Smerconish makes book...and the parallels are clear.
- Imus video: Juan Williams talks Benghazi, Lewinsky, and more.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Benghazi developments in the media.
- Monday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-O’Laura 1-2-3.
- Zucker punch: CNN ratings drop 45% as plane story fades.
- Concha: Gawker doubles down like Dan...Rather, that is.
- Crossfire hosts explain their hiatus. Weekend numbers.
- Q&A: Sandra Smith (via TVN). Dana Perino makes book.
- Larry King zings CNN. Choosy WHCD viewers choose CNN.
- News coverage makes viewers more receptive to ads.
- Emails about Fox News withheld by State Dept; video.
- Report: MSNBC will apologize, people will be disciplined.
- Cinco de Mayo, Lean Forward style. Gawker, part deux.
Monday Links and Open Thread
05/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Laura-WH CoverUp-Baier 1-2-3.
- Whom will CNN find to replace Kate? Flashback.
- Can a celebrity chef save CNN? Chris Matthews at OSU.
- On eve of Comcast merger, MSNBC throws blowout party.
- Video: Sharyl Attkisson part one, part two. Today’s oops.
- Hot & Not: Gawker, Jansing, Outnumbered, Benghazi etc.
- Heilemannn and Halperin jump to Bloomberg. Teasing Ed.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Jansing named WH correspondent, loses MSNBC show.
- Q&A: Bret Baier on cable news etc; Vladimir Duthiers.
- Somerby: Walsh’s Hannity piece leaves something out.
- Somerby: You’ll never see this O’Reilly clip on MSNBC.
- Ellen Ratner blasts ‘disgusting’ Gawker charges. More.
- Cherlin: Is Jake Tapper CNN’s future...or its past?
- Meet Liz Claman. Ross: CNN turns to sensationalism.
- Zucker punched: CNN eliminates at least 50 positions.
- Video: Can we talk? De Moraes: Why Crossfire resurfaced.
- April 2014 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Friday Benghazi special: White House Coverup Revealed?
- Special Report video: Tommy Vietor. Perino: mostly false.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/01/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Ed Henry on Carney, Benghazi, etc.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: (MS)NBC seeks dismissal of Zimmerman suit.
- Somerby: How to hold a pseudo-discussion about race.
- Salon: Shep Smith story is a case of fact-check failure.
- Pazienza: Gawker writer obsessed; Shep: it’s ‘horsesh!t!’
- Wemple: Bill & Benghazi...overheated yet on to something.
- Is Ronan Farrow ‘uncool’? Ask Laverne. The eyes have it.
- Video: Sharyl Attkisson and Bret Baier on Benghazi emails.
- Courtney Friel resurfaces. Today’s lawsuit threat. They’re back!
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Carney ensnared in Benghazi web.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-Bream 1-2-3.
- Politico: Gawker report ‘full of holes’; Shep: ‘100% false’.
- ICN: Ailes, Shep, and a multi-million-dollar elephant.
- Wemple: Scarborough zings CNN. Q&A: Deirdre Bolton.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on Sterling’s legal issues.
- CNN Tonight on hiatus...or is it? Spurlock cuts a deal.
- Video: Tall Fall. It’s the war on Fox! Yesterday’s oops.
- Moving day: Gorani to London, John Huddy to Jerusalem.
- April numbers: Fox holds top 14 slots; CNN trumps MSNBC.
- Colmes: Some liberals wary of me because of my employers.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Morning Joe hit by MSNBC ratings slump. Today’s oops.
- Outnumbered video: Does cheerleading qualify as a sport?
- Somerby: Everyone gets to kill the pig! Weekend numbers.
- Imus video: Mike Baker on Ukraine, Bundy, the Clippers, etc.
- Profiles: Harris Faulkner, Sandra Smith. Q&A: Maria Bartiromo.
- Green: CNN is its own disaster. Ariens: TV Newser turns ten.
- Videos: Bill O’Reilly Talking Points memo; Greta zings The Rev.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Who will wear the pants on Outnumbered?
- Rosenberg: Outnumbered’s well-calibrated juicy debut.
- Wemple: Howard Kurtz proves the naysayers wrong.
- Rothman: Stelter’s claim about Fox News is ‘absurd’.
- Joe Klein: The only 6:00 pm newscast is on Fox News.
- Video: Tucker is Outnumbered in the debut broadcast.
- Outnumbered is ‘news first and foremost’...plus sparks.
- F&F vIdeo: Anna’s excuses. Alisyn Camerota resurfaces.
- CNN changes spur fan site closing. Cablers cover canonization.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Jenna Lee’s big announcement.
- Zucker punched: Morale plummets at CNN Atlanta.
- Wemple: Hannitty must accept or reject Bundy in toto?
- Rick Sanchez: It’s the news network that cried ‘wolf’.
- Chicagoland finale sets a record: lowest rated episode.
- CNN denies Rahm Emanuel had ‘editorial control’. More.
- Chicagoland emails: Let’s portray Rahm in a positive light.
- Late Night video: Anthony Bourdain. Profile: Smerconish.
- Factor video: Bernard Golberg on Media Matters, Bundy etc.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Salon hack puts words in Hannity’s mouth.
- Shaw: Axing Out Front could be great for Burnett.
- Coop’s stalker blows his plea, triggers adjournment.
- The hottest gift of 1994. Zoraida Sambolin resurfaces.
- Lemon didn’t get a shot; Ashleigh should get a co-host.
- Riley: Is he the ‘first black primetime cable news host’?
- Politifact: Mostly, pundits are mostly false on Obamacare.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: CNN releases its hostage. Reliable edges Buzz.
- Audio: Brit Hume on David Gregory (v/Gibson). Flashback.
- New Comcast opponent surfaces. It’s MSNBC’s ‘big fail’.
- Bennett: AJAm’s stumbling blocks may be insurmountable.
- Video: After Anna’s run. Bad weather. Weekend numbers.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Again? This deceptive MSNBC edit misrepresents Megyn.
- Wemple: Freed from CBS Attkisson makes PR hay on cable.
- Q&A: Bill O’Reilly reflects on the Boston Marathon (v/TVN).
- Anna’s run; video: one year later. Profile: Morgan Spurlock.
- Zucker play: CNN offers ways the KKK can improve its image.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/18/14 22:29 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Rosenberg: Outnumbered is a stroke of genius...evil genius.
- Rothstein: Bill Weir’s weird joke. Daring, edgy must-miss tv.
- Friday special: Where is Jennifer Kesse? Dyson: Mostly false.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Don Lemon: model citizen. MSNBC’s primetime plummet.
- Greta: WH Fox obsession is getting delusional. Q&A: Greta.
- Megyn loves Ellen & Jimmy, but who is it she doesn’t watch?
- Zara: Outnumbered targets female viewers. Wallace re-ups.
- Videos: Bundy analysis from Judge Napolitano and Bob Massi.
- Kogan: As its end nears, unanswered questions dog Chicagoland.
- CNN flight instructor fired by uFly. Get your own CNN news desk.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered: FNC noon program premieres April 28.
- Bill O’Reilly on The View. Don Lemon w/Laura Ingraham.
- Zucker play: It’s Breaking News! Bartiromo honored.
- Kohn: What I learned as a liberal on Fox News (via NB).
- Greta: Exerting influence. Cablers on distinguished list.
- Profile: Steve Kornacki. Zurawik: ‘Full-tilt boogie mode’.
- Col North moonlights. Hannity video: Bundy tactics argued.
- Felsenthal: Waiting for The Rev to keep his word to Chicago.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- It’s short-attention-span news. Weekend numbers.
- Somerby: Harris-Perry’s olde-fashioned witch trial.
- Today’s outrage; the obligatory apology. Today’s oops!
- Imus video: Ed Henry talks Bundy, Major Garrett, etc.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on stoking resentment.
- CNN Tonight fails to impress. Greg Gutfeld in Pensacola.
- Tapper didn’t take the lead. Hershberger: Ideas for CNN.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/14/14 00:27 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The Bundy brouhaha cools off.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Laura-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker play: CNN Sunday doc block clocks rivals.
- Wagner et al in for O’Donnell post car accident.
- Concha: Where Sharyl Attkisson could find work.
- Bret Baier ball raises over $10 million for children.
- Gregg Jarrett deportment raises viewer concerns.
- The Rev cozies up to the mayor. Melissa moonlights.
- Imus video: Martha MacCallum on Boston, Bundy, etc.
- Don Lemon on The View. Liz Claman’s seven tax tips.
- Zucker punch: CNN’s huge HuffPo, Mediaite etc ad buys.
- Pitts: OK CNN, enough is enough. Cairns: What Pitts said.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: An apology to Heather Childers and Fox News.
- They pounce when it’s Heather but with Ronan...never?
- Somerby: Matthews caught in typical scam. Isikoff exits.
- Hayden: Restructuring, cancellations, layoffs at AJAm.
- Eidelson: MSNBC stars reticent about union showdown.
- Q&A: ‘Inside man’ Morgan Spurlock; Jesse Watters.
- Verne Gay: Will Mike Rowe be CNN’s Bill O’Reilly?
- CNN: questions abound about branding, hosts, and more.
- ICN: CNN sked more ‘testing the waters’. Expectant Kate.
- CNNx: It’s ‘future-proof!’ Chicagoland a wet kiss for Rahm?
- On the Record video: Meet a foot soldier in The War on Fox.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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!
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Weather Channel agrees to demands, returns to DirecTV.
- Continetti: Comcast deal creates a political powerhouse.
- Survivor Diaries revisits Boston bombing. Brand news.
- The Rev: I’m no snitch. Paula Zahn feet first. Joe ’16.
- Today’s outrage! Flashback. Wemple. Video flashback.
- FBN sponsors golfer Jason Dufner. Somerby: Which Chris?
- Video profile: John Siegenthaler. Q&A: Morgan Spurlock.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the Mozilla megillah.
- Greta: I still support CNN’s coverage. Weekend numbers.
- Chavez: The Ft Hood shooting, Megyn Kelly, and ethnicity.
- Wemple: On CNN Crossfire still M.I.A. Amanpour honored.
- Smerconish struggles for viewers, is unlikely to get 9:00 pm.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/04/14 09:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Goldberg: Don Lemon is an embarrassment. More.
- Somerby: Fact-challenged Maddow jumps the snark.
- Video: Larry King talks CNN, Piers etc. Berg honored.
- Google+ Hangout: Bret Baier. Who is Elena Moussa?
- WH Correspondents surveyed. Media vie for Latinos.
- DirecTV adds FNC and FBN to ‘Everywhere’ streaming.
- Greta: You’ll look at the screen and poof! I’ll be gone.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: More details emerge in Ft Hood shooting.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Shep/8pm-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Politico notes Megyn Kelly’s stand. Q&A: Deirdre Bolton.
- Red Eye fans debate JoNo: great addition or blank page?
- It seems DirecTV has had enough of The Weather Channel.
- Tyndall: What CNN forfeited for ratings. Ft Hood coverage.
- Tiring of plane-athon, Wemple pines for return of Crossfire.
- Kogan: Chicagoland’s tiresome Rahm hype. CNN’s Newstron.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- The Q1 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Hannity segments raising hackles in Panama City.
- The Centsables: it’s for the children. CNN awarded.
- Hemmer re-ups. Imus video: Bret Baier on Obamacare.
- Kelly File video: Honor Diaries repercussions mushroom.
- Bret Baier turns to tech for viewer feedback. What if...?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/01/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Q1: MSNBC down, CNN craters, Fox tops again.
- Somerby: CNN’s ‘breaking news’...a dead jellyfish!
- Blodget: Why Jeff Zucker is just what CNN needed.
- Bartiromo shows up on CNBC, plugs her FBN show!
- Bartiromo wins Urbino award as debut drubs rivals.
- Video: ‘That was our mistake’. Weekend numbers.
- Zucker play: CNN plans to create a ‘Disaster Deck’!
- Imus video: Juan Williams on Pollard, Marvin Gaye etc.
- Chapman: CNN just a ghoulish exploitation channel.
- Is Crossfire on hiatus? Audio Q&A: Stern grills Coop.
- CNN ‘internal review’ probes attempted WTC trespass.
- Video: Controversy swirls around ‘honor violence’ doc.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/31/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Special Report 1-2-3.
- CNN signs new contributor: Politico’s Maggie Haberman.
- Wemple: MSNBC’s daytime malaise, typified in one video.
- The drums say Alisyn’s going to CNN. More. Still more.
- Ronan about to be cancelled...or not? More. Today’s oops.
- Greta: One reason why there is so much MA370 coverage.
- Imus video: Bill O’Reilly on Ukraine etc. Topping the charts.
- Deirdre Bolton: Profile, Q&A. Futures debut ‘well-paced’.
- The other search CNN is conducting. Fund: Blurry lines.
- CNN touts record digital views. What’s next, a game show?
- F&F videos: Batter’s box battle; Tucker can sleep anywhere.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Human rights and Saudi Arabia.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Tom Shillue in what used to be Gutfeld’s Factor slot.
- Bartiromo Q&A: CNBC no longer in tune with the times.
- Bartiromo Q&A: Three secrets to success, Joey Ramone.
- Piers Morgan’s new CNN show: like Joe’s radio show?
- Fox News data strategy: ‘the antithesis’ of Turner’s.
- Friday special: Surrendering America; video preview.
- Greta: An example of why the White House hates Fox.
- Bauder: CNN tried to rent a plane, settled for simulator.
- Larry King: CNN plane conjecture ‘abysmal’ (via Shaw).
- Revealed: Secret memo detailing CNN ratings strategy.
- Sanjay Gupta at UB. Soledad at MTSU. Profile: Joy Reid.
- Factor video: Laura Ingraham on children and internet perils.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/27/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Geraldo wins Morris suit. Mike Emanuel moonlights.
- Zucker punch: Layoffs at CNN. Q&A: Dan Springer.
- Willow Bay resurfaces. Kyra confused? Huck hints.
- Amara Walker to CNNi. Meg Tirell jumps to CNBC.
- Imus video: Laura Ingraham on Putin etc. Hayes Jr.
- Puzzler: Who spends the most on cable news? More.
- The seven stages of breaking news on CNN. Not cool.
- De Moraes: Critics carp but CNN happy to get eyeballs.
- Kogan: Chicagoland continues its adulation of Emanuel.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
03/26/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Shep and The Judge on college football unions.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- FNC Sundays: Bartiromo 10am; Housecall 12:30 pm.
- Troubling signs Erin Burnett may be on the way out.
- Moonlighting: CNN’s Ian Lee shows up on Al-Jazeera.
- Wemple: Bill O’Reilly ‘adores’ the term ‘race hustler’.
- New Pew: Cable news in decline, especially at MSNBC.
- Hayes: CNN and the crass commercialization of tragedy.
- Chemi: Why is CNN now the tragedy tv network? Money.
- Page: Plane-athon has turned MH370 into ‘news candy’.
- Chicagoland is a bust. Greta is sorry. What, this again?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Panel erupts over Hobby Lobby case.
- Fox to feature Megyn, Bartiromo in push for ad sales.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Busted! Two CNN employees trespassing at Ground Zero.
- Somerby: Maddow and Kornacki propagandize the tribe.
- Q&A: Don Lemon (via FTVLive). Video Q&A: Chris Hayes.
- Weekend numbers: CNN and Fox News share the honors.
- Red Eye video: Tribute to Oderus Urungus (Dave Brockie).
- Jones: Shame on sellouts Stelter and Kurtz. Delia returns.
- Piling on: The Malaysian press joins in the criticism of CNN.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg rips media, including Fox; epilogue.
- Zuckered: CNN head of ad sales sick of ‘the infighting’, quits.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Rooney: Reporters risk their reputations for tv cameos.
- Sunday Morning Futures with Bartiromo debuts 3/30.
- Somerby: Wemple’s defense of CNN makes no sense.
- Wemple: Fact-checking Mr Bill; he sounds ‘desperate’.
- Weinman: A missing plane has saved CNN...for now.
- Kirell: Ronan Farrow ‘exploitative’ tweet catches heat.
- Smith: Three CNN anchors in ‘death match’ for Piers slot.
- Concha: Cable cannibals cruise down hypocrisy highway.
- Imposter CNN tweets claim MA370 found. Back in the day.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- World of Payne. How to save New Day: make it longer!
- Cable news swells assemble for NLGJA benefit gala.
- Video: Media facing criticism. Video Q&A: Bret Baier.
- Shulman: Meet the Comcast ‘whores’. Q&A: Chris Hayes.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on US ceding internet authority.
- Somerby: This was the week the (cable news) music died.
- MSNBC’s Todd shoots at CNN; CNN lands zinger on Chuck.
- Kurtz: Why plane-athon defenders are missing the point.
- Sick! HLN brings on ‘psychic’ to talk to dead passengers?!
- Robinson: Lacking in facts, obsessed media make stuff up.
- Carter: CNN ratings hinge on developments in plane story.
- CNN signs Miles O’Brien as aviation expert...for two weeks.
- Adams: There are a few problems with that black hole theory.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Plane-athon fatigue setting in? FNC tops extended prime.
- A milestone for Tapper’s Lead. Miles O’Brien resurfaces.
- Kogan: Chicagoland III another Rahm Emanuel puff piece?
- Cablers burn the midnight oil covering flight 370. Piling on.
- A black hole? Bermuda Triangle? Don Lemon gets answers!
- De Moraes: Cable news plane-athon divides media mavens.
- Davidson: Endless coverage of missing plane is a good thing!
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
03/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Shaw: Plane-orama boosts CNN, FNC as MSNBC dips.
- CNN scraps regular programing for breaking non-news.
- Concha: What will cable do if the plane is never found?
- Video: Maria Molina throws up, passes out...and flies.
- White House conscripts mice to fight their War on Fox.
- O’Reilly movie project expands to four-hour miniseries.
- Imus video: Greg Gutfeld on media, Fox, Not Cool, etc.
- CNN’s Dana Bash named to list of ‘powerful’ DC women.
- Report: Anonymous CNN staffers question plane coverage.
- Disney shareholder: why are ABC anchors jumping to CNN?
- Kurtz: Media embroiled in perpetual plane hysteria. Ouch.
- Greta: Note to hand-wringing armchair critics...get over it!
- Zorn: Surprise! CNN’s media critic demands more speculation!
- Backlash to the backlash? Wemple: It’s explanatory journalism.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Tempers flare as The Five debate Crimea.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- FoxBiz sets Diedre Bolton premiere. CNN con Carney?
- Video: Say again? Grace under fire. Weekend numbers.
- Calderone: CNN strangely reluctant to go on the record.
- Guess why CNN has stories from last week still unaired?
- Fox News tops all cable for week. CNN weekend scores.
- Imus video: Bill Hemmer on Crimea, Flight 370, and more.
- Video: Anderson Cooper w/ Seth Meyers part one, part two.
- Byers: Scarborough appearances sidestep MSNBC policy?
- Should CNN revive ICYMI? Gretchen hosts Time for Lyme.
- Carter: Plane-orama buoys CNN. Shafer: Keep it coming!
- Somerby: O’Reilly and Golberg were ‘right on all counts’.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg slams plane-orama ‘infotainment’.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
03/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Palin ‘going Rogue’...for real. Geraldo’s ‘new show’.
- Video: Howard Kurtz on media’s Malaysia mistakes.
- CNN plans theatrical release of illegal immigrant doc.
- Bloggers foment controversy over one nlgja attendee.
- Sorkin writing drama pilot. Update boosts Chicagoland.
- Q&A: CNN’s Michelle Kosinski, Weather’s Sam Champion.
- Special Report video: Panel ponders separation of powers.
- O’Reilly to appear with Nassau Pops. Brown in, Brown out.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/13/14 22:53 Filed in: links
- CNN sets 9pm try-outs: four possibles start 3/28.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News tops rivals for Harlem explosion coverage.
- Wemple: Ed Schultz confused as time marches on.
- Mirkinson: Malaysia mania is Poop Ship redux. More.
- GOP Presidential poll includes two cable news hosts.
- CNN’s celebrity chef headed for Russia, Punjab, etc.
- O’Reilly and Chris Matthews inducted. Holt honored.
- Kogan: Chicagoland has questions, but few answers.
- Bury: Despite a silly title Chicagoland got my attention.
- Cable news swells named special guests at nlgja benefit.
- After the Buzz video: Palin slams the media. AJAm’s app.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
03/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Funny is as funny does.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Does Enroll America owe FNC an apology?
- Weekend numbers: Media Buzz and Cashin’ In score.
- Craig Melvin’s merger pays a welcome dividend.
- Fox has concerns about Comcast merger. Today’s oops.
- Somerby: Sonny Hostin thinks everyone should be in jail!
- Video: Behind the scenes with Shep Smith. Profile: Huck.
- Q&A: Neil Cavuto, Melissa Harris-Perry. Stay classy, Mika.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the media’s IRS avoidance.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: CPAC and media mockery.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Laura-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Simon: Ronan does not speak for my generation.
- Alisyn Camerota is leaving Fox News. Coincidence?
- John Kerry zings CNN (via Greta). Grace under fire.
- Cable news journalism ala Robert Redford (via FTV).
- Imus video: Juan Williams on Ukraine, missing flight, etc.
- Redford/Sarandon CNN series debut: solid. Today’s oops.
- Video Q&A: Clayton Morris. Michaela MIA? Sarah sought?
- Hot & Not: CPAC, Kudlow, Newsmax, courtroom capers, etc
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Steinberg: CNN’s future...Lawyers, Lemon, and real life?
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Piers Morgan Live ends in three weeks; Tapper, Weir sub.
- Shep in Ukraine: shoe-leather reporting plus social media.
- Zucker punched: Chicagoland flops...even in Chicago!
- Somerby: Maddow’s dissembling ‘almost pathological’.
- Imus video: Bret Baier. Google hangout with Bret Baier.
- Crimea hotel threatens to throw CNN out. Q&A: Coop.
- CNBC axes Kudlow Report. Piers slot goes to...Bill Weir?
- Larry King sez of his RT show: I don’t work for RT (v/TVN).
- Keene: Chicagoland debut plays like ode to Rahm Emanuel.
- Moore: Chicagoland a disturbing but hopeful saga of the city.
- Melissa Harris-Perry shows her new baby and her natural hair.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Ex-RT anchor Liz Wahl ducks job offer questions.
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-MacCallum-The Five 1-2-3.
- Cavuto: It might sound crazy to say I’m grateful for MS...
- Red Eye video: Debate over Ed Snowden heats up fast.
- Rothman: Ronan segment ‘nothing short of embarrassing’.
- Kirrell: An analysis of Ukraine coverage on US cable news.
- Imus video: Ex-CIA op Mike Baker on the crisis in Ukraine.
- Get Ruddy to rumble: Newsmax plans cable news channel.
- Kate Bolduan headed for a demotion? Q&A: Robin Meade.
- Profile: S.E. Cupp. Elkin: The hazards of secondhand news.
- Factor video: Debate over ‘cheering for Putin’ turns rowdy.
- Enquirer: Is it true what they’re saying about Ronan Farrow?
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
03/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Shepard Smith reports from Ukraine.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- CNN’s 10pm hour will mainly be canned documentaries.
- Concha: What cable news really needs...more bubbles!
- Al-Jazeera America only pulls in 5,000 demo viewers.
- CNN unloads Zite app. Q&A: Jeff Zucker, Arwa Damon.
- Video: Hasselbeck feature debuts with Darrell Wallace Jr.
- Weather Channel morning show to feature Sam Champion.
- Special Report video: All-star panel on the crisis in Ukraine.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- CNN skeds legal show w/Geragos. Smerconish debut set.
- Shep, Coop, et al report from Ukraine. Reliable rebounds.
- Johnson: Ronan Farrow, the young man only old people like.
- Mika B going through a bad spell. CNN’s Ukraine dilemma.
- Factor video: Bill O’Reilly with Bob Costas part one, part two.
- CNN and Allstate team up for ‘native’ ads. Weekend numbers.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Russia tightens its grip on Crimea.
- Lean Backward: Week one Farrow and Reid lose ground.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- CJR: Fox News progressives...feisty and prominent (v/NB).
- Q&A: ‘True gentleman’ Bret Baier on career, politics, etc.
- Jake Tapper ‘adopts’ a US soldier via ‘Homefront Hugs’.
- Piers sticking with CNN. Coop’s off to Ukraine. Priorities.
- Hogue: Fox & Friends...weakened. Hannity’s ‘secret life’.
- Fox & Friends videos: Janice Dean steps up; hitting the ice.
- ICN: Ronan tries to be everything...and succeeds at nothing.
- Hot & Not: Bartiromo, Ukraine, Piers, Hannity, New Day, etc.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/27/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/26/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/25/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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?
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/21/14 22:18 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Greta 1-2-3.
- Video: Howard Kurtz on an ‘insidious’ FCC proposal.
- CNN’s next obsession? Hannity in fund-raising flap.
- Video: Ronan Farrow with Jon Stewart (via HuffPost).
- Lean Forward hosts leaned on to oppose merger deal.
- Harris Faulker: Black history on Wall Street; the video.
- Venezuela threatens to expel CNN...and then they do it.
- On the Record video: Is the FCC chilling press freedom?
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Kissell: In the end, will guns kill Piers Morgan Live?
- Zucker punched: CNN and Piers at near-record lows.
- Video Q&A: Kirsten Powers at Fox News (v/Mediaite).
- Zucker play: Can the Oscars save CNN? Blitzer: true.
- Grove: CNN the, straight news network? Not any more!
- Somerby: O’Donnell levels ugly, patently bogus charge.
- Judge Nap video: If the FCC shows up, throw them out!
- Dem candidate: Government should regulate Fox News!
- MSNBC’s signature series to focus on Bergen County, NJ.
- The cable news anchor who says: ‘I try not to lean’. Honors.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Meet Bill. Guess who’s coming to New Hampshire?
- Zucker play: HLN to sked game shows, viral videos!
- HLN’s Hecht wants a ‘Daily Show-esque’ program.
- CNN burned again by iReport. Ed Schultz: half-true.
- Ajam docs. Soledad from space. Weekend numbers.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on late-night tv politics.
- Greta: What I meant by that. Scott Brown exits FNC? Nope!
- Video: O’Reilly with Jimmy Kimmel pt one, pt two, pt three.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: A spill breaks up The Five in convo on ignorance.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-McKelway 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Greta ‘not sure’ she would’ve re-upped at 10pm.
- Geraldo finally reveals his ‘new show’. Morning weather.
- Moonlighting: Joe Kernan, Sean Hannity, Candy Crowley.
- Video: VW vote debate resorts to invoking Hitler and Nazis!
- Shareholder class action suit unlikely to derail Comcast deal.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Despite nasty eye condition, Shannon Bream carries on.
- Comcast hires attorneys in prep for antitrust actions.
- CNBC scoops Comcast merger story...or did they?
- Piers Morgan questioned and advised of his rights.
- Linkins: Don’t be fooled, Joe will not run for President.
- Video: Harris Faulkner profiles Olympian Claressa Shields.
- Friday special: A Bush Family Album. Stirewalt: half-true.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Somerby: Dishonest Maddow trumps pitiful Matthews.
- Live from the Fox News Deck, 10pm weather with Shep.
- Denial? What denial? Scarborough won’t rule out 2016 run.
- Zucker punch: Is CNN about to be bought out by CBS?
- Lori Rothman moving to Imus, will deliver biz updates.
- Imus video: Bret Baier talks Hillary, Rand, Christie etc.
- The doctor is in. Googling Soledad. What’s in a name?
- Kelly File video: Jonathan Turley on executive expansion.
- Comcast deal will face tough regulatory scrutiny. Or will it?
- Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable; oppo reax. King’s zings.
- Videos: Joe & Mika on The View; The Rev w/Wendy Williams.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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!
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Why the Obamacare delays?
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Sean Hannity: a big tipper. Weekend numbers.
- Imus video: Shepard Smith on Christie, Olympics, etc.
- NBC Insider: Joe Scarborough 2016 is not a joke. More.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on the limits to executive action.
- Carl Bernstein to CNN. Alino Cho resurfaces. Candy: true.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: What do The Hillary Papers reveal?
- With Megyn partly absent, Maddow, Matthews score.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Wallace-The Five 1-2-3.
- CNBC has a hit...reruns! ICN: Unhealthy Zucker play.
- Is Joe Scarborough harboring delusions of adequacy?
- Mika B runs into O’Reilly, Joe decrees Bill was ‘rude’.
- Sean Hannity’s crib on the market. Soledad speaks.
- Zucker punched: Another new low for New Day.
- Q&A: Al Sharpton [pdf]. Q&A: Jake Tapper (via TVN).
- Smerconish to CNN weekends. HLN makeover; more.
- Imus video: Laura Ingraham talks Olympics, O’Reilly etc.
- Hot & Not: Keilar, Kosinski, Kneale, Bartiromo, Melber, etc.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: The news value of O’Reilly’s Obama Q&A.
- Rosen’s leaker pleads; DoJ wiretapper unpunished.
- Berman & Pereira show’s twittery name: @ThisHour.
- Michelle Kosinski to CNN. AC360 Later Zuckered.
- Fox & Friends video: John Harbaugh in Afghanistan.
- Hollywood to film Tapper’s Outpost. FBN departures.
- Video: Media shift narrative on CBO Obamacare report.
- Russian media claim CNN insulted World War II veterans.
- Imus video: Mike Baker on Sochi security. Q&A: Joy Reid.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is Obamacare a disincentive to work?
- Profile: Greg Gutfeld on Red Eye, The Daily Show, etc
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Shannon Bream 1-2-3.
- Zucker punch: CNN Latino closing up shop.
- Video: Out...The Ronan Show. In...Ronan Farrow Daily.
- Opening Bell 2/24 alters FBN sked; Bartiromo on tonight.
- Jones: Can Zucker save New Day? Gretch: Mostly false.
- Q&A: Richard Grenell. CNN beats Fox...in poundage.
- MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart has something on his mind.
- Woolf rips Ronan Farrow. Brianna Keilar to cover Hillary.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Greta 1-2-3.
- O’Reilly Factor snags 4.2 million; MSNBC strong in demos.
- Somerby: MSNBC stages worst night ever. Andrea: Half-true.
- Video: Maria Bartiromo’s first FBN appearance (v/TVNewser).
- Fox News Channel #1 in all basic cable. Weekend numbers.
- Zucker play: CNN unveils its exciting new overnight line-up.
- A regular Jo: Nosuchinsky named Red Eye panelist: video.
- Simpson: Is Ronan Farrow hyping his own intellectualism?
- Fox & Friends video: Bill O’Reilly responds to attacks on Fox.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on Q&A coverage. Wemple: Aces!
- Rothstein: MSNBC and Joe still stonewalling ethics questions.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Catherine Herridge on a new Benghazi twist.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Ignorant MoJo team doesn’t know basic facts.
- Zucker punch: Showbiz Tonight cancelled; A.J. stays.
- Video: What did the O’Reilly/Obama Q&A accomplish?
- Tomasky: O&O clash a ‘super snore’. Hillary zings Fox.
- Video: O’Reilly on his Obama Q&A, previews Round Two.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly’s ten minutes with President Obama.
- Hot & Not: Reid, Costello, King, O’Reilly, Kurtz, Carlson, etc.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/31/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Bill O’Reilly, please interrupt Barack Obama, says...HuffPo!
- Who got nominated to CNBC influential business leaders list?
- ICN: Bad day at 30 Rock. Video: Ronan Farrow with Fallon.
- Factor video: Laura Ingraham; Hannity video: Reince Priebus.
- Wemple: Does nasty MSNBC tweet exemplify their prejudices?
- Video: Football for a cause...wounded warriors and NFL greats.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/28/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly File-The Five 1-2-3.
- January: Fox News outstripped MSNBCNN combined.
- Zucker punched: CNBC reruns beat entire CNN lineup!
- Somerby: On Maddow, Hayes, Scott, Kelly, and more.
- Rothman: On cable news channels, it’s ‘all about me’.
- How the SEA hacked CNN (v/FDC). Weekend numbers.
- Zucker play: Is Kate leaving New Day? Today’s oops.
- Imus video: Ed Henry on the SotU, Hillary, and more.
- It’s a best-seller...that actually sold only 3,000 copies?!
- It was a ratings winner...that actually lost its time slot!?
- Kelly File video: Is unilateral legal? SotU coverage. Bing!
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/27/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Your World video: Gone too soon.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly File-The Five 1-2-3.
- Uh oh...Fox News host hammers Fox News contributor.
- Q&A: Bill O’Reilly talks politics, media, and (MS)NBC.
- ICN: New MSNBC dayside sked is redundant monotony.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC sets Ronan, Reid daytime hours.
- Zucker is ‘incredibly comfortable’ with Bieberapalooza.
- Video: Steve Doocy is Kansan of the Year. Today’s oops.
- Hotless Not Hot: Weather, Bieber, tape, Andrea Mitchell.
- Kaplan: CNN’s ratings collapse. Rich: Fox News is dead!
- Mushnick: A media bridge too far. Lowry: Toothless Buzz?
- Imus video: Martha MacCallum on Christie, Grammies, etc.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Bridgegate vs Benghazi...bias or bogus?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Baier 1-2-3.
- Greta: Media’s dirty secrets about Bieber coverage.
- CNBC VP Susan Krakower being shown the door.
- Audio: Huck says left trying to ‘knock me out early’.
- Wemple: Here’s a question O’Reilly could ask Obama.
- Q&A: Megyn Kelly (via TVN). Imus video: Neil Cavuto.
- Ronan Farrow moving to a deluxe apartment in the sky.
- Stickings: This is CNNN...the Cable Not News Network.
- CNN ordered to turn over footage. Today’s twitter flap.
- Economist: Don’t blame cable news for dividing America.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Red Eye video: 12 Years a Slave stirs controversy.
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- CNN twitter account hacked. Will Ripley to CNNi.
- Superbowl Pre-Game: O’Reilly interviews Obama live.
- Zucker play: CNN primetime special...on Justin Bieber!
- Bill Schulz hints he didn’t leave Red Eye voluntarily.
- Wemple: Wagner guest reciprocates with Vogue profile.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on taking responsibility.
- Greta moonlights. Ratigan resurfaces. CNN’s web herring.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Documents reveal insurance bankruptcy risk.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zucker punched: Dismal ratings after one year at CNN.
- CNN’s primetime plummets; Zucker’s worst week ever.
- Newsers’ talent agency bought out. Sally then and now.
- Liz Claman files first Dispatch from Davos. CNBC at 25.
- Maria Bartiromo starts Feb 1, new shows set for March.
- Factor video: Mr Bill O’Reilly responds to Tom Brokaw.
- Q&A: Soledad. Video: Alarm bells in a crowded studio.
- ICN: Audacious Weather blitz a farce. Weekend numbers.
- ICN: Ailes bio skimps on Fox’s impact to retell known history.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/21/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Controversy over post-NFL-game rant.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Biznets frolic in Davos. Stuart Varney re-ups with FBN.
- Elle profile: Megyn Kelly...at the top and ‘there to stay’.
- Q&A: Harris Faulkner on the rise of ‘social network’ tv.
- Video: Judge Napolitano scoffs at alleged NSA ‘reforms’.
- Byers: There are actually three MSNBCs...or maybe four.
- Wemple: Christie rejoinders to MSNBC rated weak, lame.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Kelly 1-2-3.
- Changes in store for Geraldo at Large?
- CNN revamps dayside, buys dino doc, signs Sally.
- CNN Friday special: Michelle Obama Turns 50.
- Lean Forward: Ronan Farrow show gets clever title.
- Revealed: Faux News at work! Tantaros: Pants on fire.
- Kelly File video: Obamacare, Megyn’s got your number.
- How I Work: Greta van Susteren. Inside WeatherNation.
- Greta: How the administration obstructed Fox News reporting.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn 1-2-3.
- Maria Bartiromo’s not-so-cryptic clue (hat/tip ‘semby’).
- O’Donnell creates, airs Dem campaign ad. Flashback.
- Mandel: Aiming at Roger Ailes...and missing.
- Sherman: Any misinformation maybe planted by Ailes!?
- Jake Tapper is the cat’s meow. Cabreara exiting CNN?
- Wemple: Brotherly biographical briefing. ICN on TCG.
- What if Zucker throws a party...and nobody shows up?
- New Day isn’t very new. Zucker’s fish story: Oscar bait.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on Benghazi, Christie, and more.
- Lowry: MSNBC falling short of ‘basic evidentiary standards’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Bob Gates reveals WH mixed messages.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Guthrie: MSNBC’s Griffin claims ‘we took responsibility’.
- New Day plummets to a new low. Joe Johns promoted.
- Was blog a Fox News organ? Flashback: The Cable Game.
- Justin: The new CNN is sugar, spice, and a little less nice.
- Wolff: Sherman’s Ailes book is dour, grudging, and biased.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media papal hypocrisy.
- Wemple: The Mike Allen-Fox News-Politico synchronicity.
- Clocking Christie, Politifact style. Five Fox facts, Pew style.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/14/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Escalation: Geraldo fires back at ‘phony’ David Folkenflik.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly File-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Adam Housley reacts to ‘bigoted’ attacks on his marriage.
- Reliable Sources near four-year low. Weekend numbers.
- Super Bowl synergy at Fox News. New Kurtz kontroversy.
- Video: Bret Baier on Fox News’s relationship with the WH.
- Another reason O’Reilly refers to MSNBC as ‘NBC News’.
- Somerby: MSNBC hypes flawed, dishonest Maddow theory.
- Video: Howard Kurtz on editorial backlash to Lone Survivor.
- Today’s twitter spat: Geraldo vs Folkenflik. You don’t say!
- Launch date moved up for the new Accuweather Channel.
- TWC dropped by DTV (that loses signal in storms anyhow).
- Zucker play: ‘High’ standards at CNN. Q&A: Jeff Zucker.
- Rothstein: MSNBC, Joe stonewall ‘stunning’ ethics uproar.
- Kelly File video: Gitmo lawyers smuggle jihad propaganda?!
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- MSNBC to air instant 11pm special. Maddow milestone.
- Narrative negated. Gretchen and Doocy. Today’s oops.
- Bill Schulz resurfaces. Imus video: Bill Hemmer and Ford.
- Coop trumps Piers in sculpture bidding war (via MartyD).
- Wemple: Anti-Ailes author makes an unconvincing case.
- NY Times contributes two more articles to Ailes bio hype.
- Hot & Not: PR wars, CNN a.m., Ailes, Maddow, weather etc.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News tops for presser, MSNBC scores in prime demo.
- Real Story video: Andy Levy, Sherrod Small on man panel.
- Zucker punch part deux: CNN head blasts Fox, MSNBC.
- Zucker punch: CNN boss calls ‘all hands on deck’ meet.
- Maddow claim mostly false. Bad weather good for TWC.
- Videos: Juan Williams with Don Imus; Bret Baier’s pants.
- Freedlander: FNC pushback on bio (via ICN). Flashback.
- Steinberg: Media complicit in hype of Ailes tell-all tome.
- Johnson: Dear Abby doesn’t ruffle feathers or step on toes.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on bridgegate legal implications.
- Adalian: Has Jeff Zucker made CNN better? (Spoiler: a little)
- As CNN shakeup looms: who’s in, who’s out? Today’s oops.
- MSNBC’s bridgegate connection. Chris Knowles resurfaces.
- Red Eye time change? Celebrity chef to open food market.
- Newsy news directors choose CNN. Fox smear ‘mostly false’.
- Kelly File video: Christie staffers’ emails reveal revenge play.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/08/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- 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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/07/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Geraldo: It was painful seeing Rupert Murdoch assaulted.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- The latest from CNN’s premier journalist. Weekend numbers.
- FNC aired more of the hearing, MSNBC least. FNC tops poll.
- Video: Bias Bash on media treatment of GOP tactics.
- Assault interrupts testimony. Piers breaks his silence.
- Sharpton speculation continues to swirl. CNBC’s baby boom.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Bret Baier’s five years on Special Report.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Berry & Sobieraj: Why outrageous outrage fills cable.
- Coates: America’s ‘foremost public intellectual’ is...?
- Q&A: Bret Baier. Profile: Frank Luntz (v/Mediaite).
- De Moraes: Has the apology streak been broken?
- Johnson: Is Maddow now calling the shots? Or not?
- Treacher: Just who is minding the store at MSNBC?
- Ad wars escalate. CNN names morning anchors.
- Beth Fouhy to MSNBC.com. Maria Bartiromo to Davos.
- Hot & Not: Harris-Perry, Piers, Roberts, Griffin, etc.
- Ross: The new year brings new challenges for MSNBC.
- Pompeo: Combatants gird for battle over Ailes tell-all.
- Wolff: Unbeatable Ailes continues to crush competitors.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Kurtz: MSNBC’s ‘rude and crude’ attack culture (via TVN).
- Video: Arthel Neville unamused? Arthel: It was ‘all in fun.’
- It begins: NY Times endless, gushing Ronan Farrow profile.
- Bond: Despite twitter apology, Harris-Perry fallout continues.
- Shaw: Who will replace impartial MSNBC journalist at 11am?
- Impartial journalist joins Morning Joe. Brian Schactman exits.
- ICN: More dominoes to fall at MSNBC? Wednesday’s numbers.
- Factor video: Three-way debate on the NY Times and Benghazi.