ratings 2015
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/15/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Chris Wallace 1-2-3.
- The ‘long-lost stars’ of television news: where are they now?
- Greta posts photo, it connects parents of hero cop and victim.
- MSNBC has lowest day since 2005, while AJAm is even lower!
- Video: Ethical issues mushroom in Stephanopoulos controversy.
- Rothstein: Flap over juror at Schultz trial; the judge chills out.
- Q&A: Kirsten Powers. Today’s conspiracy. Question of the day.
- Tonight video: Bill O’Reilly with Jimmy Fallon part one, part two.
- Factor video: The President, Charles Blow, and Bernard Goldberg.
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Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/14/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Kelly-Chris Wallace 1-2-3.
- Kirell: The Greg Gutfeld Show dry to debut Sunday May 31.
- Gahr: Attorney trips up Ed Schultz. Imus video: Jenna Lee.
- Profile: Brooke Baldwin (v/CNNC). CNN’s Letterman special.
- Harris Faulkner at the Paley Center African-American Tribute.
- Fox News hires Kristin Fisher from ABC. Coop promotes CNN.
- Audio Q&A: Kirsten Powers. The View video: Mika Brzezinski.
- McCarthy: Quinnipiac identifies the most trusted name in news.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/13/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3. FNC growth.
- CNN schedules more reality shows. Stelter wants a new beat?
- FTV: Al-Jaz America fails the Amtrak test. Fox News...on CNN!
- F&F video: Amtrak passenger Jeremy Wladis tells survival story.
- Grenell: Kirsten Powers’s Silencing spurs ‘unhinged’ reactions.
- With strong Pew results, FNC online getting extreme makeover.
- Westhoven: Chris Hayes takes police training. Q&A: Jim Morelli.
- Rothstein: Trial Judge smacks down Ed Schultz. Seshadri to CNN.
- Wemple: Does the President watch Fox News ‘on a regular basis’?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/12/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Greta: O’Donnell pulled one of the oldest tricks in cable news.
- Video: Lea Gabrielle tests fighter pilot helmet with X-ray vision.
- CNN’s very bad week: falls behind MSNBC in primetime; more.
- Today’s ‘death of cable news’ polemic. The Silencing excerpts.
- HLN fiddling with their afternoon schedule. Geraldo’s new crib.
- Video: Tom Brokaw clarifies his BriWi stance. Weekend numbers.
- Examiner reporter becomes an issue in Ed Schultz trial. Day one.
Monday Links and Open Thread
05/11/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Laura-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- FBN changes: Bartiromo to mornings, Cavuto to noon, more.
- In wake of Fox News blackout DishNet loses 134K subs; more.
- Video: Three GOP hopefuls brave the Sunday morning shows.
- Kurtz: Salon waging war against Fox News...but there’s a catch.
- Q&A: Kirsten Powers discusses The Silencing, more. Q&A: Mika B.
- AJAm exec to ‘bring the team together’. Ainsley: keeping the faith.
- Today’s ‘death of cable news’ harangue. Thomas Roberts honored.
- Wallace zings The White House. There’s no getting rid of Ali Velshi.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/08/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- TCG: Why Megyn Kelly is America’s first amendment canary.
- Wemple: Cable news failed free speech, but Megyn Kelly didn’t.
- Ostrow: Dana Perino pitches optimism. CNN to push The Point.
- Screening questions for Ed Schultz jury. Profile: Andrea Mitchell.
- Chris Wallace flies. Piers Morgan resurfaces. Another CNN game.
- Profile: Maria B (via TVN). Dr Drew: More sex! Chris Cuomo: False.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/07/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Politico is taken aback: FNC pundits air diverse viewpoints!
- What’s in Maria’s B’s bag? What’s Ahnold’s favorite tv show?
- Q&A: Bill O’Reilly talks about his charity work. Today’s oops.
- Outnumbered video: Andy Levy joins white privilege debate.
- Farhi: As cable news audiences decline, prime time is fading.
- Wemple and Cupp have words on twitter...and it’s not a spat!
- Imus videos: Juan Williams, Chris Wallace talk free speech etc.
- Hill: Did CNN’s approach to Michael Gray case incite Baltimore?
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg and O’Reilly agree...the fix is in.
- Nededog: The Feds partner with CNN to work on drones for news.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/06/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Profile: Harris Faulkner, multi-talented rising star (via TVN).
- Gahr: Wrangle over Jonathan Alter testimony in Schultz case.
- Wemple: Greta to make clarification; Cupp guilty of advocacy?
- Chris Cuomo tweets spur outrage. Viewers ditch pot for news.
- Al-Jazeera America is in turmoil. Christine Romans and SMART.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/05/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Reliable Sources, without Brian Stelter, ties MediaBuzz.
- Q&A: Harris Faulkner on race, career, and more (v/TVN).
- Morrissey: Matthews, mousetraps, and muddled analysis.
- CNN blurs out Mohammad cartoon. Weekend numbers.
- Q&A: Mika Brzezinski. Dr Drew to get extreme makeover.
- Mike Rowe revisits Baltimore. FNC touts its tune-in length.
Monday Links and Open Thread
05/04/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Free speech is under attack in America.
- Friday’s numbers: Megyn K-Juan Williams-The Five 1-2-3.
- Zurawik: Fox News gets it dangerously wrong in Baltimore.
- Shep apologizes for erroneous report from correspondent.
- CNN anchor under twitter fire. Is CNN blaming the victim?
- Another exclusive report that MSNBC is planning changes.
- CNNC: Pot trumps news; Concha’s ‘insightful’ chat show.
- Q&A: Shep Smith talks tech, his dust-up with The Five, etc.
- Is this FNC rising star the real deal? Pay to play at MSNBC?
- O’Reilly/Miller Don’t Be a Pinhead Tour comes to Westbury.
- Cable newsers cross company lines: the guys and the gals.
- CNNC: Reliable Sources avoids reporting on CNN mistakes.
- CNN, NBC execs in ‘intense’ confab. CNN hires Robyn Kriel.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/01/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Why The Nightly Show edited Dana Perino.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Rutz: MSNBC and Kremlin-funded RT have much in common.
- Q&A: Leland Vittert in Baltimore; Liz Claman and her playlist.
- Wemple: CNN asked Pew to revise numbers, Pew said ‘sure!’
- Gahr: As trial approaches, Ed Schultz witnesses are cowering.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media Baltimore coverage.
- But it’s an exclusive! Who’s who? Video: CNN’s NSFW whoops.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/30/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Joyella: Bob Beckel in treatment for prescription drug addiction.
- Video: MSNBC host protects mayor from Fox News questions.
- TCG: MSNBC uses truther Touré as a breaking news reporter?!
- Fox ad chief: We already beat CNN, now on to USA and ESPN.
- Janice Dean, Shannon Bream at MS Women on the Move event.
- Joyella: FNC dominates online. Wemple: CNN wants a recount.
- Amanpour to UNESCO. Lara Baldesarra, Erin McPike exit CNN.
- F&F video: Judge Napolitano on new report Gray injured himself.
- CNNC: Cuomo explains himself, smears blogger who broke story.
- Cuomo responds: ‘It’s out of context BS’, then deletes response.
- CNN anchor says of police: ‘Be careful; you know how they are’.
- Wemple: Brooke Baldwin apology shows how its done. Take two.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/29/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- What does the Fox say? The Daily Beast doesn’t have a clue.
- Q&A: Outnumbered ladies on ratings, breaking news, and more.
- Wemple: MSNBC...profits over people. Weprin: Alternatives.
- New Pew: Cable news viewership, by channel; revenues, profits.
- Fox News Sunday’s 19th anniversary. Imus video: Mike Baker.
- Kurtz: Ignore the finger-pointing; media did not fan riot flames.
- Stuever: Is CNN as bad as everyone thinks it is? Yes...and no.
- CNN riot coverage exaggerates seriousness of events (via CNNC).
- Video: Unruly Baltimore crowd gets rowdy during Geraldo report.
- Charges of unbalanced reporting disrupt Zakaria event (v/CNNC).
- Hogue: Kiran Chetry resurfaces, makes appeal on behalf of Nepal.
- Wemple: Lawsuit vs Al-Jazeera America claims anti-Semitism. More.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/28/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- April numbers: FNC grows, CNN holds on, MSNBC sinks.
- Monday’s numbers: Shep-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered’s most provocative, unexpected moments.
- Weprin: Imus moves show to Texas, parts ways with FBN.
- NBC logo from 65 years ago reappears on Way Too Early.
- Kaplan: Dr Sanjay Gupta surgery saved life of Nepal girl.
- Video Q&A: Andy Levy. CNN’s Gnomist. Weekend numbers.
- Joyella: With few words, Shep Smith tells a powerful story.
- Nguyen: CNN isn’t helping. CNNC: Don Lemon ‘welcomed’.
- Wemple: Shep plus The Five made for compelling television.
- Concha: Shep plus The Five made an uncomfortable combo.
- Zurawik: Cable beefs-up Baltimore coverage on a long night.
- McQuivey: Comcast lucky that regulators nixed merger deal.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/27/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-O’Bolling 1-2-3.
- FTV: CNN’s riot coverage is awful...and likely to get worse.
- Wolff: What NBC News execs could learn from Roger Ailes.
- Comcast ridicules $20B discrimination suit, seeks dismissal.
- Joyella: 24-hr cable news? Stop kidding yourself... Fox faces.
- CNNC: Nepal coverage epitomizes the Zuckerification of news.
- FTV: Don Imus leaving FBN? Peter Hamby jumps to Snapchat.
- Atkinson: Rumblings of mutiny at Al-Jaz America (v/FTV Live).
- Devaney: Swells par-tay at CNN’s post-dinner Sunday brunch.
- TCG: Reliable Sources blackout? No coverage of ‘Clinton cash’.
- Q&A: Fareed Zakaria and Blindsided...postponed to next week.
- Wolf hearts Harf...and Jane. Coop in Phoenix. Lynn is Mrs Smith.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/24/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Megyn Kelly teams up with Kevin Spacey on cable project.
- The Kelly File only news program on top 10 social media list.
- TCG: Choice of Tapper puts CNN back in the game for 2016.
- Byers: How Tapper’s SotU could dominate the Sunday shows.
- Jake Tapper gets State of the Union. Comcast deal: dead.
- CNN Politics gets extreme makeover. Tapper apologizes.
- Faw: CNN gaining GOP viewers. How to get a job at CNN.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on POTUS and Christians.
- Video Q&A: Mike Rowe’s first big break. Schultz: Half true.
- Scarry: Meet Evan Gahr, the reporter bedeviling Ed Schultz.
- Erik Wemple astonished (!) Fox News airs NY Times reporter.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/23/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Report: Comcast will drop Time/Warner merger deal.
- Video: Bret Baier previews Friday’s Tangled Web special.
- Q&A: The many faces...and varied careers...of Andy Levy.
- Daily Show video: Dana Perino w/Jon Stewart. Glamour Q&A.
- Mike Rowe in Arcata; Anthony Bourdain in Barnegat Light.
- Pomerantz: Maybe Comcast doesn’t need Time/Warner anyhow.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/22/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: MSNBC stonewalls questions on deadbeat hosts.
- Rothman: Doesn’t anyone at MSNBC pay their taxes?
- Lean Forward: ‘Girlish, fun, upbeat, exuberant’...guess who?
- Only one cable newser named to NY Women’s Impact List.
- Lisa Ling in Ogden UT. CNN AppleWatch app is unusable.
- HLN to air Kim Kardashian documentary on mental illness.
- The View video: Dana Perino. Pot block redux not so high.
- Nolte: Viewers abandoning CNN’s shrill, divisive coverage.
- Zurawik: CNN (even Lemon) delivered strong Gray coverage.
- ICN: Zucker sticks with Lemon, but he’s not making Lemonade.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/21/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Maddow: ‘The host at Fox News who is called Bret Baier’.
- Ten nuggets from Dana Perino’s book. Weekend numbers.
- Rothstein: Despite Weiner stunt Reliable ratings plummet.
- Concha: Reliable Sources shouldn’t have booked Weiner.
- Survival expert turns down CNN’s offer to make fun of him.
- Thomas Roberts honored. Profile: Don Lemon (via CNNC).
- CNN’s ‘pot block’ gets high ratings as Legends & Lies grows.
- Joe S on Comcast deal: I’m no expert, I don’t know the issues.
- Zurawik: How cable news shaped perceptions of citizen’s death.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/20/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Dana Perino previews her new book.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- FNC gets exclusives from Clinton Cash; more; sets special.
- Q&A: Roger Ailes on Hillary, Cruz, Brian Williams, and more.
- TCG: Just how reliable are the sources on Reliable Sources?
- CNN pre-2016 hiring spree (via ICN). Cable news Peabodies.
- Imus video: FNC’s Juan Williams. Candy Crowley resurfaces.
- MSNBC insiders, alums assess its challenges. Cue the leg thrill.
- Coop talks career in Greensboro. Coy Wire does HLN weekends.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/18/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Hillary, Britt McHenry, gyrocopter stunt.
- Reliable Sources: Hillary, Brian Williams, The ‘Fox Primary’.
- Comcast, Time/Warner try to save deal via meet with DoJ.
- Factor video: The Lauren Green story. Sunday talkers.
- Red Eye rumors...rejected. Swells gather for NLGJA gala.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- CNN’s pot block airs Sunday night; more. Changes at CNBC.
- Your Buzz videos: Savannah Guthrie, Fox vs Hillary, lectures.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/17/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Shepard Smith on the OKC bombing 20 years later.
- Flood: FNC report triggers Purple Heart benefits change.
- Greta special: Marine Held in Iran. Hogue: Awkward?
- Antitrust attorneys leaning against Comcast merger deal?
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Schreier jumps back to Fox Biz. CNN Game Night redux?
- CNN discovers an ‘illegal settlement’ that is 32 years old.
- Cablenewsers named to distinguished list. O’Donnell: False.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media coverage of Hillary.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/15/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Forget NatGeo, Killing Patton may be headed to theaters.
- Kissell: Legends & Lies gives FNC a Sunday night bump.
- Hogue: Elizabeth Prann is back...but still ‘unlisted’.
- Kelly File video: DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.
- Fox & Friends video: Road Trip...Anna goes to Clown College.
- Concha: Is there nothing Joe S & Mika B can’t get away with?
- Concha: MSNBC makes smart move in promoting Ari Melber.
- Another Dem opinionizer becomes an MSNBC ‘correspondent’.
- TCG: The lowdown on The Rundown. CNN goes to pot...again.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/14/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Politico list: Baier, Ed Henry, Kirsten Powers ‘on the right’!
- Lean Downward: MSNBC distant 4th for Clinton launch.
- CNN revisits the Gulf oil disaster. Video Q&A: Mika B.
- Dierdre Bolton: Elevator pitches. Brian Williams to CNN?
- New HLN game show set to air daily. Weekend numbers.
- Is Sean Hannity the unofficial first stop for GOP hopefuls?
- Joyella: Cable news ‘nothing burgers’. Q&A: Stacey Dash.
- Richard Quest moonlighting. Being out front helps Out Front.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/13/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-O’Bolling 1-2-3.
- Profiles: Steve and Peter Doocy’s roots in Bergen County.
- Video: Derangement syndrome in media coverage of Hillary?
- TCG: Roger rolls the dice; more. CNNC: Zucker takes his time.
- MSNBCNN reporters attend Hillary camp’s off-the-record dinner.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/11/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Hillary’s launch, Rand’s style, shots fired.
- Reliable Sources: Hillary vs media, more Hillary, and Hill’s Bill.
- Legends & Lies dispels myths, hyperbole about the Old West.
- Your Buzz videos: Stephanopoulos, Noah, Warren, Menendez.
- Q1 2015 ratings via the theory of relativity: MSNBC, CNN, FNC.
- Mr Independent. The world leader in...emojis? Sunday talkers.
- Pope Francis, the Church, and Carol Costello. Hillary and The Rev.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/10/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Bolling-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News may move to the World Trade Center (v/TVN).
- Lean Forward: Scott family asks The Rev to stay away.
- Fox & Friends, Bret Baier beat NBC/CBS in major markets!
- Inside FNC’s Legends & Lies. Chris Wallace, Mr Sunday.
- Greta: My questions for Hillary Clinton, and a disclosure.
- Brooke Baldwin bounce leads to prime time opportunity?
- Imus video: Bret Baier. DC Journal video: Tucker Carlson.
- Gay: Ten reasons why Brian Williams should go to...MSNBC?!
- Q&A: Mika Brzezinski; Mike Rowe; Josh Lipton at CNBC’s SF digs.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/09/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- He calls Megyn Kelly ‘very fair’, watches every night.
- CNN doesn’t care about black people? Quest’s quiz.
- Swells gather to toast cablenewsers Megyn, Bill, et al.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Rothstein: Schultz will go to trial. Jake Tapper to CBS?!?
- Does Jeff Zucker deserve a salute for a third-place show?
- Kelly File video: Sen Rand Paul. Imus video: Bill Hemmer.
- Q&A: Mike Rowe. Lisa Ling at U of M Flint. The chef’s tour.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/07/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- If CNN hires Brian Williams, will they institute a gag rule?
- Chariton: HBO/Vice alliance grows, but what about CNN?
- Eggerton: Cable news imposters hit with $16 million fine.
- Imus video: Bernard Goldberg on journalistic malpractice.
- Burrough: (MS)NBC a series of debacles. Weekend numbers.
- Comcast lobbies for merger (v/TVN). Karen Finney resurfaces.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/06/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Killing Jesus-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- New Day gets a new look. Will DishNet dump Weather?
- Video: Is Rolling Stone UVa retraction too little, too late?
- MSNBC facing huge overhaul, with exec Griffin vulnerable.
- Q&A: Gerri Willis. Video: Anna gets dunked on opening day.
- Timely: CNN puff piece about Iran. Jim Boulden out at CNN.
- Greta: Good for Chris Wallace! The Circuit does Formula One.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/03/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: RFRA, Weinstein’s war, Gutfeld on Noah.
- Reliable Sources: Rolling Stone, anti-Christian bias, NY Times.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Summer may be short at HLN. Chris Cuomo to primetime?
- Wemple: Deja vu from Joe S. Judith Miller: Myths and fallacies.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on misreporting. Today’s Tucker tirade.
- Judge Jeanine and Robert Durst. She’s the true hero of The Jinx.
- Concha to Wallace: Apologize. Video: Howard Kurtz. Sunday talk.
- FNS tops Meet the Press in DC. CNN reporter attacked by a ghost?
- Your Buzz videos: Cruz, Bergdahl, Juan Williams, Ferguson, attacks.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/02/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Tucker Carlson comments on Kaus flap (v/Mediaite).
- TCG: Impartial MSNBC journalist invokes ‘the name of God’.
- Video: Tammy Bruce on the rush to condemn people of faith.
- Video: The Maria Bartiromo story. GMA video: Neil Cavuto.
- Q&A: Alisyn Camerota on her move from FNC to CNN. More.
- Another skirmish in The War on Fox. Shaffer: The paper tiger.
- Q1 cable news program rankers: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Weekend numbers. Monday’s numbers. Tuesday’s numbers.
- Q1 numbers: Fox News increases its lead; CNN, MSNBC, HLN.
- Forbes: Fox News dominance will boost subscription revenues.
- Strange Inheritance is a hit. Reliable gets a Frank Sesno bump.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/30/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-O’Bolling-Shannon Bream 1-2-3.
- Ellen Ratner: I would crawl through glass for Roger Ailes.
- New Day w/Alisyn gives CNN best mornings in years. More.
- Bulkeley: Fox News reporting is honest, bias-free journalism.
- O’Reilly’s Killing Jesus nets highest ratings in NatGeo history.
- O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies audiobook voiced by Luke Duke.
- Bauder: NBC boss faces huge challenge...fixing MSNBC. More.
- Today’s O’Reilly flap: will the real cameraman please stand up?
- Alan’s hate mail. Eric Bolling in a twitter spat. Fun and games.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/27/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Bolling-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- TCG: Nostradamus wannabe still wrong about Bill O’Reilly.
- Carl Bernstein cheap-shots FNC; Childers rebuttal cheered.
- Wemple: Tucker Carlson still refuses to lambaste his brother.
- Bill’s Muslim Jesus. Bob’s back surgery. CNN’s hiring spree.
- Albeanu: CNN Digital’s ‘brave new world’ of online video.
- Lowry: O’Reilly avoiding opposing views? Ariens: Don’t be silly.
- Kelly File video: Bergdahl’s platoon mates. Cause for concern.
- Fuller: CNN cartoon insults viewers’ intelligence. Joy in Detroit.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/26/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Gregg Jarrett: I might not have survived without Roger Ailes.
- AJAm increases live newscast hours. Drew Griffin awarded.
- Imus video: Bill O’Reilly. Video: Gen Jack Keane in re Yemen.
- Zucker punch: Jeff’s New Day still losing to HLN’s Robin Meade.
- Q&A: Soledad O’Brien discusses race. CNNGo a go for AppleTV.
- Wemple: Tucker sinks to a new low...he sticks up for his brother!
- Wemple: MSNBC walks back panelist’s ‘inappropriate’ comment.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media treatment of Ted Cruz.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
03/25/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Bergdahl charges vindication for Bill O’Reilly.
- Zumberge: Neil Cavuto to anchor MS awareness events.
- Somerby: Lawrence O’Donnell on UVa...an ‘awful display’.
- New Day copyright claim? CNN invites you to get wasted.
- TCG: Bill O’Reilly, Bernard Goldberg, and The Trust Factor.
- Concha: Cablenews talking heads scramble to lambaste Cruz.
- Wemple: Letterman rehabs Bill. Worst week ever: Chris Hayes.
- Bill O’Reilly videos: The Late Show w/Letterman; Fox & Friends part one, part two; Outnumbered part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/24/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- NLRB rejects CNN appeal, cites net’s anti-union animus.
- HLN goes to pot. CNN goes to pot. CNN goes to Putin.
- Rothstein: Brian Stelter and Joe Concha in a twitter spat.
- Howley: The failure of Chris Hayes, MSNBC’s ‘fancy lad’.
- Gutfeld: Correct, but mostly false. Joy Reid resurfaces.
- Imus video: Mike Baker. How straight is straight? Video.
- Strange bedfellows at NLGJA wingding. Coop goes to jail.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg part deux. Weekend numbers.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/23/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-MacCallum-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Nolte: FNC’s Outnumbered tops The View in multiple cities.
- Hogue: Dana’s new gig. Q&A: Sara Sidner; Mika Brzezinski.
- Smackdown: Mrs Larry King slams ‘nasty jerk’ Piers Morgan.
- Wemple: Another look at Fox, hard news, and diverse views.
- FTV: Is Stelter the new Olby? ICN: That’s an overreach. More.
- Campbell: Killing Jesus soiree will be Kludt-less (via CNNC).
- Killing Jesus meets A.D.: The Bible Continues. Today’s oops.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/20/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Lewis: Unscripted authenticity key to FNC ensemble shows.
- Video: Netanyahu coverage. Profile: Katherine Julia Harlow.
- Dr David Samadi launches health site. HLN gets new digs.
- Adams: Does Fox News have too much influence on the right?
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on Fox vs mainstream media.
- FTV: Maddow furious with Todd; Griffin wants to re-hire Olby!
- FTV: MSNBC stuck between rock and hard place with The Rev.
- The murder suspect who worked for CNN. Today’s conspiracy.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/19/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Steinberg: Harris Faulkner’s growing presence at FNC.
- Roberts ‘newscast’ inches up but still far behind FNCNN.
- Megyn Kelly auction nets $20,000. Larry King resurfaces.
- Wemple: Hannity to do a sequel a la Where the Boys Are.
- Byers: MSNBC shake-up to target Schultz, Hayes, The Rev.
- Imus video: Carl Cameron talks 2016. Sara Murray to CNN.
- GOPers to Hannity, Greta: I will follow you. Bibi briefings.
- Where are they now: The Boys of Baghdad. Quest for Cuba.
- Wemple: Tucker Carlson is in favor of ‘journalistic censorship’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
03/18/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Nia-Malika Henderson to CNN. The Rev’s producer bails.
- Somerby: Hayes muddies the Ferguson waters...on purpose.
- Imus video: Martha MacCallum. Gasparino twitter eruptions.
- Kaus quits Daily Caller over Tucker’s gag rule. Why it’s weird.
- Liz Claman at Harvard. CNN Philippines debut. CNN hoaxed?
- Roller: One America tops Fusion, Bloomberg, AJAm combined.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/17/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Somerby: O’Donnell’s ‘hideous’, ‘awful’ Ferguson coverage.
- Roberts: If nuclear war comes, it will be Wolf Blitzer’s fault!
- Reliable Sources sinks to 2015 low. Weekend numbers. More.
- Megyn is up for auction. F&F video: Batter up! Cramer craters.
- Rita Cosby resurfaces. Cupp craves credit. Maddow cratering.
- Kelly File video: Judge Napolitano. Imus video: Juan Williams.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/16/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Bolling-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Somerby: As usual, Lawrence O’Donnell was wrong.
- Colby: No ‘staged shenanigans’ on Strange Inheritance.
- Concha: Another bright idea to save MSNBC...imitate HBO!
- Wemple: Paris Mayor says lawsuit’s a go, but where is it?
- Nolte: As CNN moves left, boring, predictable Wagner sinks.
- F&F video: Robert Durst to face justice. Greta: water’s world.
- CNN cops Jobs doc. Bourdain on wine. CNN Philippines debuts.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/13/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Cramer’s recommendations...your cat could pick better?
- Lean Downward: Viewers desert Wagner for Jake Tapper.
- Special: Unholy War: The March of ISIS. Alan’s hate mail.
- This is CNN not going overboard. Another Don Lemon flap.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on coverage of email-gate.
- Lean Forward Facebook Theater. Orman, Carville resurface.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/12/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Bin Laden shooter Rob O’Neill newest Fox News contributor.
- Pathetic: MSNBC has to turn to CNN to get footage of Kerry.
- Concha: The real reason Fox is the most trusted name in news.
- Maria Bartiromo on courage. Relax: Don Lemon is in Ferguson.
- Burn notice: The Rev’s records. Imus video: Bernard Goldberg.
- Why is CNBC boycotting SALT? Christine Romans makes book.
- Kelly File video: Hillary Clinton vs Form OF-109. Evan’s thumb.
- Q&A: Reza Aslan. Being Moody. Lombatti shreds CNN’s Shroud.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
03/11/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- FNC nearly doubles MSNBCNN combined for Hillary presser.
- O’Connell: Behind the scenes at the filming of Killing Jesus.
- Bevan: Independents trust FNC more than any other network.
- Outnumbered video: Are we seeing House of Cards...or Veep?
- Blake Burman joins Fox Biz as Rich Edson goes to Fox News DC.
- Bond: Time Warner exec wants to ‘age down’ CNN’s audience.
- Kelly File video: Judge Napolitano on Hillary vs federal statues.
- FTV: The Cramer crash. Video Q&A: Anthony Bourdain. Whoops.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/10/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Fox News’s big week. Weekend numbers. Q&A: Kevin Corke.
- Zucker play: More non-news shows at CNN. Because it’s there.
- Watch for CNN for watch. Robin’s law. Jim Clancy resurfaces.
- Wemple: O’Reilly colleague responds with additional info. More.
- Factor video: Fox haters. Kelly File video: US law on govt emails.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/09/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Bolling-The Five-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Spacey to host/produce CNN documentaries. Flashback.
- Video: Media coverage of Hillary Clinton email brouhaha.
- Who is the most trusted name in news? Hint: it’s not CNN.
- Drug arrest disrupts libel suit. Jamie Colby in Wilmington.
- Dueling journalists: Epstein vs Sirkin on O’Reilly in Florida.
- Have screen caps—will tweet. ICN: Career destruction guide.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/06/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Zurawik: Can Andy Lack save NBC News...and MSNBC?
- Lea Gabrielle: A pilot’s beauty routine. Alveda King to FNC.
- Kathleen Matthews candidacy raises issues for hubby Chris.
- Clayton don’t know much about history. Ashleigh’s hat trick.
- Video: Media coverage of Iran etc. Imus video: Juan Williams.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the decline of lefty media.
- Profile: Miles O’Brien. Jane Velez-Mitchell resurfaces (v/CNNC).
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/05/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Trish Regan to FBN. CNN may embed ads in the ticker.
- Chris Cuomo’s Lenten mistake. Weir’s Wonder List.
- ‘Equal opportunity’ Ed. Obscene caller pranks MSNBC.
- Audio Q&A: Shannon Bream...‘I never want to go back’.
- Red Eye video: Hillary’s email server, the home version.
- Matthews’s wife has big plans. MSNBC Selma coverage.
- CNN reporter wins EEOC challenge over paternity leave.
- Kelly File video: Judge Nap on Hillary’s criminal liability.
- O’Reilly late night rerun beats all of MSNBCNN primetime.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
03/04/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Netanyahu/FNC-Megyn 1-2-3.
- Megyn Kelly set to interview Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg.
- Strange Inheritance renewed. Newsers honored (v/CNNC).
- Q&A: Laura Ingle. Profile: Thomas Roberts. Meme bender.
- Purefoy returns. Bob Beckel resurfaces. Newsers moonlight.
- O’Reilly in Portland: Colleagues say ‘pompous, not dishonest’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/03/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Cable newsers star (unwittingly) in anti-Hillary attack ad.
- Sanneh: Praise for Greg Gutfeld’s snarky, surreal Red Eye.
- Jeff Zeleny jumps to CNN. ICN: Bill O’Reilly’s job is safe.
- O’Reilly’s ‘gritty’ Falklands reports got him hired in Boston.
- Bill’s big week. Profile: Brian Stelter, Tamron Hall (v/TVN).
- Factor video: Kurtz and Ashburn on media wars and smears.
- Lauren Thierry, Campbell Brown resurface. Weekend numbers.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/02/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Gutfeld-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- CNN’s reality programming tops Sunday night reruns.
- Media Life credibility poll: CNN 36%, FNC 32%, MSNBC 0%.
- Meet Jamie Colby: child genius, lawyer, media heir apparent.
- $1.8 million for Greta’s crib (via FTV). Q&A: Thomas Roberts.
- Concha: Sharpton suer needs a better strategy. Today’s oops.
- Martin Bashir resurfaces. Ronan’s pedigree. Mika’s power tour.
- New questions over O’Reilly incident from 1977. Q&A: Bill Weir.
- F&F video: Jennifer Griffin on breast cancer and Annie Goodman.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/27/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Shannon Bream 1-2-3.
- Judge denies request to seal records in Ed Schultz case.
- Video: Media coverage of CPAC, Holder snubs Fox News.
- Shillue, Sherrod, Norton possible choices for Red Eye gig.
- Audio: Jake Tapper, Laurie Dhue. Insider video: Bill O’Reilly.
- Is CNN Above the Law? Trademark holder seeks free lawyer.
- Varney & Co skunks CNBC. Forbes on Fox soars in February.
- Lemon’s llama. MacCallum’s Cape Cod crib. Kirsten at GWU.
- Q&A: Bill Weir and The Wonder List. The mysteries of Sydney.
- CNN tries a new tactic for Weir series: producing it themselves.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/26/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wemple: Eric Holder snubs FNC after targeting James Rosen.
- Greg Gutfeld leaving Red Eye for weekend primetime show.
- O’Reilly 8pm hits astonishing 705,000 viewers in news demo.
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Shepard Smith covers the Great Llama Chase of 2015.
- Pew wonders if MSNBC is scaling back opinion programming.
- Another day, another attack, another Bill O’Reilly response.
- It’s all hands on deck at Media Matters for the war on O’Reilly.
- Varney hits peak. CNNMoney’s online war room (via CNNC).
- A new Wall Street Week is coming—but wait, there’s more!
- Closing on Coop’s crib. Brooke will climb. Carney exits CNN.
- Q&A: Jamie Colby, Maria Bartiromo. Stacey Dash makes book.
- It’s Hewitt. No, it’s Tapper. Wait, it’s both! Maybe it’s neither?
- Shattuck: At MSNBC the system is rigged...for Elizabeth Warren.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/25/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-MacCallum-Baier 1-2-3.
- February program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- A simpler MSNBC. Ground-breaking show set for Sundays.
- NY Times: O’Reilly/Fox News symbiosis. Sherman: Backfire.
- Imus video: Bret Baier. Farhi: No-spin zone crisis control.
- Q&A: Maria Bartiromo on building a career; Mika Brzezinski.
- Rachael Ray video: Elisabeth Hasselbeck. A matter of time.
- Jamie Colby’s comics story (v/TVN). Insider video: Megyn Kelly.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/24/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3. More.
- Huge numbers for 2/23 Factor: triple MSNBCNN combined.
- February numbers: Fox News topped all cable channels.
- February numbers: CNN up; HLN up; MSNBC sinks further.
- Concha: MSNBC ‘denials’ offer little hope for Chris Hayes.
- Erica Garner et al suggest The Rev is ‘all about the money’.
- Q&A: Nancy Grace vs ‘haters’ (via CNNC); Maria Bartiromo.
- F&F video: Iwo Jima veterans reunite. Weekend numbers.
- Garber: Why is MSNBC changing course? Blame ‘unbundling’.
- Playing games: We may see more of the Coop Quiz (v/CNCC).
- Uberti: Why O’Reilly can play hardball with the Falklands flap.
- Tobin: The real target is Fox News. Wemple: In search of bodies.
- NYT: O’Reilly’s aggressive defense. Disgraced ex-CNNer piles on.
- Factor videos: Concha, Browne talk Falklands; Bernard Goldberg.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/23/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Rumorama: The Rev to weekends, Maddow 8pm (v/Surber).
- MSNBC, Sharpton rocked by $20 billion discrimination suit.
- Don Lemon is a fan of this Fox show. Pereira chides Lemon.
- Dish the big loser in showdown with FNC. Ham makes book.
- Thomas Roberts: from anchor to host...and back. Q&A: Mika B.
- MSNBC’s extreme makeover hits Morning Joe. Profile: Bill Weir.
- Byers: Why the charges leveled at Bill O’Reilly aren’t sticking.
- Wallenstein: What Brian Williams could learn from Bill O’Reilly.
- Wemple: Both sides in O’Reilly flap cite the same report; more.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/20/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Media make much ado over calling extremism ‘Islamic’.
- José Díaz-Balart will lead Obama town hall on...immigration!
- Concha: Axing Ronan won’t help—time to replace Phil Griffin.
- Grove: MSNBC moving away from leftist programming. Or is it?
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on media coverage of the jihad.
- Judge Napolitano: Jon Stewart and me. Lemon: overly verbatim.
- Transcript: Tonight’s Talking Points Memo deals with Corn et al.
- Analysis: Corn trolls O’Reilly with hair-splitting to avenge BriWi.
- O’Reilly: David Corn is lying ‘and I can prove it’. Zurawik: More.
- Wemple: Editors protest ‘violent’ reference to ‘kill zone’. More.
- O’Reilly to Wemple: Corn’s article ‘is not a cheap shot. It’s a lie!’
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/19/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Ariens: Joy Reid, Ronan Farrow out; Thomas Roberts in.
- Kirell: Cancellation rumors swirl around MSNBC’s Joy Reid.
- Questions over O’Reilly combat exploits; O’Reilly responds.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Erin’s sub: Jim, Jake, Brooke, Brianna...? Zucker punched.
- Q&A: Elisabeth Hasselbeck; Liz Claman and Sandra Smith.
- Wemple: James Rosen’s ‘asinine’ question to Pentagon spox.
- MSNBC’s Mika deal is just the beginning. Q&A: Tom Colicchio.
- Kelly File video: Rep Luis Gutierrez. CNN gives Ukraine to Russia.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/18/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Ed Henry 1-2-3.
- O’Reilly’s Killing Jesus to be three-hour global event on NatGeo.
- Survey says...not exactly what CNN claims. Weekend numbers.
- Joanne Nosuchinsky moonlighting. MSNBC’s ‘food correspondent’.
- Video Q&A: Geraldo Rivera on Apprentice, FNC, etc. Today’s oops.
- Zucker play: CNN chief defends throwing dinner party for Obamas.
- Factor videos: The Holy War begins part one, part two, part three.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/17/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: ISIS, communication, and the war on Fox.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Kelly File video: Gen Jack Keane on ISIS and Libya.
- Zucker punch: ‘We be thrilled to have Fox’s numbers.’
- Abell: CNN quiz show ‘hardly the worst thing’ on cable news.
- Joyella: Erin Burnett expecting again. Q&A: Mika Brzezinski.
- Video: Rocsi Diaz w/ Meredith Viera. CNN Malcolm X special.
- Nolte: Reruns of Forensic Files crush a ‘literally dying’ MSNBC.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/13/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- F&F video: Harris Faulkner on the legacy of Sammy Davis Jr.
- Does Brian Stelter lead a double life? Identity crisis at HLN.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg. 9/11 lawsuit survives challenge.
- Andrea Tantaros leaves The Five, goes full-time on Outnumbered.
- Zucker play: Coop Quiz a ‘one-time thing’? Q&A: Alisyn Camerota.
- Revamped CNNi Newsroom simulcasts on CNN; Harlow to weekends.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/12/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Throwback Thursday: Shep’s advice especially germane now.
- Zucker play: CNN exec talks BriWi, would love to hire Stewart.
- Nancy Grace unleashed? Shep talks Jon Stewart. Forget Fox!
- MSNBC not progressive enough?! Give Maddow The Daily Show?
- Jim Sciutto plays twitter games. Brian Stelter in a twitter spat.
- Imus video: Ed Henry. Factor video: Dwindling trust in the press.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/11/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Wemple: FNC rhetoric rises as Paris Council approves lawsuit.
- The Smoking Gun: So, when does The Rev’s suspension begin?
- Greta: NBC should try a debate format, anchored by Maddow.
- Chariton: TV newsers scramble to cover Brian Williams scandal.
- NBC refuses to appear on MSNBC. Will FNC be bugging out?
- Feldman: Brian Williams should accept that Megyn Kelly invite.
- Kelly File video: Brit Hume reacts to Brian Williams suspension.
- Ed Schultz tried to get a job at Fox News. Jim Murphy promoted.
- Wemple: Maddow segment exposes crisis PR. Social Life debut set.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/10/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Debate over ‘random folks’ killed in Paris.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- MSNBC takes further heat for ‘racist’ Chris Kyle accusation.
- Sunday FNC’s Media Buzz doubled CNN’s Reliable Sources.
- NBC Nightly News with...Willie Geist?! Weekend numbers.
- Video: This is CNN; details; set design. Coop has standards.
- Byers: Maybe BriWi should do an interview with Bill O’Reilly.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live videos: Bill O’Reilly part one, part two.
- Statistics; pushback. Today’s apology. CNN promotes Antonio.
- Separate but unequal. Mullen: CNN Digital plunders Politico.
- Q&A: Soledad O’Brien. Cenk Uygur resurfaces...on Facebook.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/09/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: ‘Huge conflicts of interest’ in MoJo discussions.
- Video: BriWi developments, the 9/11 report secret pages.
- Flattering Post profile of The Rev sparks online pushback.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC host asks AG to ‘quack like a duck’.
- Videos: F&F issues beast mode challenge, New Day accepts.
- Greenfield: Maybe BriWi should do a Q&A with Megyn Kelly.
- F&F video: Lea Gabrielle goes for a high jump. HLN’s oops.
- Much ado about: Geraldo, Brian Stelter, a chyron, and a jersey.
- Wemple: Paris mayor plans to proceed with ‘ridiculous’ lawsuit.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/06/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Joyella: Hey, CNN! That ‘exclusive’ interview? It wasn’t.
- Wemple: Pilot’s changing story ‘stains CNN’s reporting’.
- CNN walks back story: it ‘no longer appears to be true’.
- Controversy swirls around Jake Tapper helo pilot scoop.
- CNN news anchors argue differing positions on vaccines.
- As ratings hit bottom, Ronan launches a retweet regimen.
- Zucker play: HLN to air movies...co-hosted by GloZell Green!
- Factor videos: Howard Kurtz with Ashburn; Bernard Goldberg.
- Analysts see CNN revenue growth. Wonder List set for Sundays.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/05/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn 1-2-3.
- FNC website sees huge surge in traffic. Wemple: more.
- Morning Joe tinkers with closing block: ‘Mika’ segment.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC soft-pedals Brian Williams story.
- Q&A: Janice Dean; audio: Shepard Smith. Megyn listed.
- O’Connell: Is it too soon for a CNN victory lap? (via CNNC)
- MSNBC sets 10-year ratings record. Ronan Farrow craters.
- Video: Jordan Chariton, Eric Deggans on turmoil at MSNBC.
- Lindsay Lohan lawsuit a likely loser. Soledad at Bucknell U.
- Zurawik: News channels take different paths with ISIS video.
- Fareed Zakaria producer exits. F&F video: The rules of war.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/04/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Shepard Smith in Jordan for a possibly ‘pivotal’ moment.
- MSNBC shake-up imminent: ‘Everything is on the table’.
- FBN political coverage a no-Bush zone. Gretchen in Florida.
- Good Morning America blurs screen shot to hide CNN logo!
- ICN: Don Lemon stunts are turning him into a self-caricature.
- Concha: Posting ISIS video online shows lack of consistency.
- Wemple: Posting ISIS video online is the best way to cover it.
- Wemple: Fox airs flames photo, pulls off tactful balancing act.
- Video: Dierdre Imus/Lis Wiehl vaccine debate goes off the rails.
- Gore/Al Jazeera escrow dispute will go to trial (via Liberaland).
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/03/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Shep Smith’s ‘gripping’ ISIS chronicle; video.
- Concha: Ratings disaster Morning Joe has lost its mojo.
- Outnumbered video: Debate over vaccines turns rowdy.
- FNC statement on frivolous lawsuit. Weekend numbers.
- Controversy swirls around O’Reilly Al-Jazeera comments.
- OtR video: The cable news host who is a serial tax cheat.
- Grove: In defense of much-mocked Don Lemon (v/CNNC).
- Wemple: Jesse Watters zings students who criticized him.
- CNN’s full-page ad a break with their past. Joe: Mostly true.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/02/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Lean Forward: Every Al Sharpton business broke tax rules.
- Wemple: Again?! CNN drives in a ‘treacherous’ snowstorm.
- Gregg Jarrett returns to the anchor chair on Fox News.
- Today’s frivolous lawsuit: Lindsay Lohan vs FNC/Hannity.
- Video: Assessing Savannah Guthrie’s Super Bowl interview.
- Huck: Lighten up already about that Megyn Kelly interview.
- Jamie Colby Q&A: OC Register, Chronicle, Coin World, Trib.
- Q&A: Brooke Baldwin. Video: Another side of Gretchen Carlson.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/30/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Concha: Nameless CNN exec reveals motivation behind ad.
- CNN disses Kyra Phillips. Cablenets gear up for Superbowl.
- Nightly videos: Jake Tapper, Sherrod Small part one, pt two.
- Horsey: Cable television can get snowed by breaking news.
- Factor videos: Bernard Golberg on Mohyeldin; Lea Gabrielle.
- Jamie Colby inheritance tips. Greg Gutfeld in a twitter spat.
- The Rev pays himself six figures while owing millions in taxes.
- Imus video: Bill O’Reilly on Obama, Patton, etc. Q&A: Kennedy.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/29/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-The Five 1-2-3.
- Concha: CNN shouldn’t crow over second place finish.
- CNN zings Morning Joe with Ailes-style full-page ad.
- Synergy: MSNBC all in on hype for NBC’s Super Bowl.
- Zara: As DishNet blackout ends, Fox News ratings roar.
- F&F video: How Sharia Law in Texas is like Judge Judy.
- Wemple: Palin zings O’Reilly; O’Reiilly zings Palin back.
- Kurtz: Al-Jazeera nets suffer a huge blow to credibility.
- Late Show video: Rachel Maddow with David Letterman.
- MSNBC: The place for corruption? Alisyn moonlighting.
- Imus video: Mike Baker. Match wits with the MSNBC stars!
- Samantha Schacher: demoted. James Carville: not renewed.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/28/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- NY Times profile: Janice Dean, meteorologist and mom.
- Wemple: Bergdahl story reveals two facets of Fox News.
- Huck rips Think Progress et al for ‘outright lie’ about FNC.
- F&F video: FNC’s John Roberts and CNN’s Kyra Phillips.
- Woodman: Comcast ghost-writing letters for politicians?
- Profile: Dana Bash (v/CNNC). CNN Digital: sex and drugs.
- The Camerota conundrum. When Christine met Bradley.
- Al-Jazeera banned words: ‘terrorist’, ‘islamist’, ‘militant’.
- CNN wants back on Russian television. Q&A: Wolf Blitzer.
- Factor video: What Kilmeade and Colmes have in common.
- January 2015 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/27/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Strange Inheritance premiere sets Fox Biz records.
- Despite Dish blackout, Fox News still #1 in cable news.
- January numbers: CNN overtakes a sinking MSNBC; HLN.
- Wemple alert: School kids didn’t like a Jesse Watters bit.
- Oh, snap! CNN joins social network. Weekend numbers.
- Kirell: That Megyn/O’Reilly exchange was really dead serious.
- Concha: NYC-obsessed media render Boston an afterthought.
- CNN’s upside-down ‘embarrassment’? Don’s ‘Blizzard Mobile’.
- Krystal Ball and Obamacare. Voices of Auschwitz rescheduled.
- Q&A: Jamie Colby; more. Why Bret Baier cancelled Legatus speech.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/26/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Q&A: FBN’s Kennedy ‘refuses to step into a familiar box’.
- Greta: ‘Deflate-gate’ is an important story. Kate returns.
- Ex employee of local station shoots self at News Corp bldg.
- Jamie Colby Q&As: TV Newser, Lloyd Grove, BizPac Review.
- Wemple: First coverage notes on snowmaggedon. More.
- Cablenewsers gear up for snowpocalypse. CNN at Sundance.
- Concha: Weather Channel exhibits the worst possible timing.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/23/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Jenna Lee talks to a football expert...her Dad!
- Concha: ISIS mimics a favorite cable news gimmick.
- Sellers: Here’s why Megyn Kelly really is a ‘big deal’.
- Wemple: Bill O’Reilly’s ‘climate change nonsense’.
- Video: So how well did those youtube ‘journalists’ do?
- Gretchen Carlson makes book. Campbell Brown resurfaces.
- Greta’s not-so-excellent Hanoi adventure. Alan’s hate mail.
- CNN partners with Reagan Foundation. The ‘money center’.
- Q&A: Jamie Colby. Lauren Sivan at work. Liz Claman in Davos.
- The Rev goes back to school, under his rules. ET’s Diaz to HLN.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/22/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: CNBC threatens Davos guests who go on Fox Biz.
- Fox News and French honor. Werber: The right to offend.
- Lean Forward: Despite small ratings, big plans for Ronan.
- Tuesday’s numbers: SotU/FNC-O’Reilly-SotU/CNN 1-2-3.
- Rothstein: Goldie Taylor resurfaces. Q&A: Ari Melber.
- Maddow doctors Chris Wallace quote...from 30 years ago!
- Inside Man season premiere: meet our future robot overlords.
- GLAAD honors cablenewsers. Map-maker’s wishful thinking?
- The latest apology. Wemple: There’s no shame in fessing up.
- New CNN set a ‘weak, low-budget’ rehash. Ryan Young to CNN.
- Turner consolidating cable upfronts. New New Day debut weak.
- Kelly File video: Focus group talking ‘radical Islam’ turns rowdy.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/21/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Glass house resident plagiarist denigrates Murdoch and FNC.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC’s tax deadbeat pushes Obama tax plan.
- Fox’s Megyn Kelly is appealing to a more diverse demographic.
- Concha: CNN should apologize for its ‘no-go zone’ reportage.
- Wemple: CNN displays hypocrisy ripping Fox; Mr Bill chimes in.
- Wemple: Will CNN apologize for Coop, Cuomo ‘no-go’ reports?
- Hookers, game shows, and celebrity chefs...this is CNN?!?
- Zucker play: CNN planning Coop-hosted game show. Flashback.
- Fox, CNN split SotU ratings honors as MSNBC slipped even more.
- Cost of Freedom block still packs a punch. Weekend numbers.
- The reality show award goes to CNN. Q&A: Yasmin Vossoughian.
- Greta: From here, this looks pretty stupid. More. A swell party.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the Beyoncé flap and more.
- The War on Fox: Shep zings the White House. Je Suis Fox News?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/20/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Power lunch. Today’s frivolous lawsuit; Wemple analyzes.
- RIP Stuart Loory. Ariene de Vogue to CNN. Off to the races.
- Precursor to ‘no-go zones’ seen on CNN?! Wemple analyzes.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on the SotU, ‘radical islam’, and more.
- SotU: 70 broadcasters, hours of blather. Dana Perino makes book.
- Factor video: Jesse locked out. Julie clarifies, says let’s move on.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/17/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Cartoon caution, Romney, all-white Oscar?
- Reliable Sources videos: Cartoon caution, no-go apologies.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Shannon Bream-The Five 1-2-3.
- Jim Acosta gets into a twitter spat. Audio Q&A: Jake Tapper.
- Wemple: A timeline of no-go zones and the apologies therefor.
- Q&A: Alex Wagner (via TVN); Dana Perino. Last week’s oops.
- Sue Herera loses her Lunch. Erin go international. Sunday talk.
- Your Buzz: Hebdo, cowards, hypocrites, cartoons, Romney, lazy.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/16/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- RNC: Primary debates set on FBNFNCNBCNN...not MSNBC.
- Jim Clancy leaves CNN in wake of contentious twitter spat.
- Concha: Why FNC is big winner over DishNet. More (v/ICN).
- Deal gives FNC a 50% fee increase. Gregg Jarrett resurfaces.
- Wemple: Highly unlikely FNC will book Emerson again. More.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- After dismal week, AJAm schedule gets an extreme makeover.
- In hot news period MSNBC loses viewers, AJAm ratings ‘dismal’.
- CNN SotU coverage: Wolf, Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper et al.
- FNC SotU coverage: Bret Baier, Juan Williams, Steve Hayes et al.
- News drones not imminent. Donny Deutsch resurfaces. Whoops!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/15/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- It’s over: Dish agrees to terms to bring back Fox News, FBN.
- Chariton: FBN axes Independents; Kennedy gets new show.
- Q&A: CNN newstech guru Michael Koetter. Alan’s hate mail.
- Outnumbered video: New Kirsten Powers book The Silencing.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Zucker consulted Muslim CNNers re cartoon ban.
- Byers: Amanpour challenged Jeff Zucker over cartoon ban.
- CNBC renews The Profit, adds new reality shows (v/FNCLR).
- CNN assigns Obama appointee to anchor this Sunday’s SotU.
- Q&A: Matt Dornic; Lucy Spiegel exits. Harris-Perry moonlights.
- Imus video: Mike Baker. The War on Fox comes to a rec center.
- Zara: As DishNet blackout persists, competitors tread carefully.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/14/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Concha: Millions buy Hebdo that MSNBCNN refuse to show.
- O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies is coming. Hendricks exits CNN.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Stuart Varney’s daughter Jill wins $25,000 Hotel Showcase.
- Comcast merger deal faces new campaign. Today’s oops!
- MSNBC’s SotU coverage: Maddow, Krystal Ball. Flashback.
- Lopez: Thank you, Mr Cooper (v/TVN). Weekend numbers.
- Late Show video: Anderson Cooper with David Letterman.
- Why is Jake Tapper an outlier? Melissa Harris-Perry at NCSU.
- The obligatory Ann Curry rumors already swirling (via CNCC).
- Factor video: Did broadcast nets give short shrift to Paris snub?
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/12/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-O’Reilly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: CNN is neutral...except when they’re not.
- Zucker play: CNN to experiment with news drones.
- CNN homepage shock: Where Was Obama?
- Fo&F video: Dana Perino on Obama’s Paris brush-off.
- Concha: Paris coverage taints Al Jazeera’s credibility.
- Al-Jazeera America guts daily schedule, cuts staff.
- Dish standoff escalates as Fox News deploys the C-word.
- Eric Holder snubs Chris Wallace. Twitter pounces on FNC.
- Greta sticks up for Cuomo. Brian bumped. Bitcoin boom.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/10/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Targeting the press; a cartoonist’s stand.
- Zucker Punch: Callous timing of Bolduan news stings (v/CNNC).
- Is Dish blackout affecting Fox News ratings? Molly and Megyn.
- Winners and losers in New Day shuffle, and will it save the show?
- MSNBC to sponsor Hope. Coop corrects Cuomo. Sunday talkers.
- Your Buzz videos: Economy, Scalise, the polls, journo protection.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/09/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Concha: Aly’s ascension puts the pressure on Chris Cuomo.
- It’s official: Alisyn gets New Day (v/Stelter), Bolduan demoted.
- Mike Galanos boards the HLN Morning Express. Hogue: Finally!
- Video: Dr Qanta Ahmed on the dangers of cowardly language.
- The Rev and The Prof in Essence. Craig Melvin: Mostly false.
- Newsers scramble to cover attacks. FNC and CNN split ratings.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on coverage of Paris terrorism.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/08/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wemple: Fear of terrorism drives CNN editorial decisions.
- The Five video: Right on cue... cries of ‘Islamophobia’.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- ICN: Stelter role at CNN a ‘massive conflict of interest’.
- Fox News shows Charlie Hebdo cartoon on air and online.
- Ehlert: I’ll take CNN. Scandlen: I want my Fox News back.
- CNBC worried its new Squawk Box set shows FoxBiz signage.
- Today’s twitter spat: Jim Clancy. Concha: I told you so.
- Q&A: CNN’s Jim Sciutto (v/ TVNewser). Weekend numbers.
- O’Reilly’s Killing Jesus on NatGeo will star Kelsey Grammer.
- Mike Rogers new CNN contributor; more. Kimberly’s new crib.
- Video: Judge Napolitano says global media should be courageous.
- Imus video: Laura Ingraham. Seitel: MSNBC should dump the Rev.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/07/15 00:00 Filed in: links
- Dish loses 90,000 subs over FNC blackout (v/Weprin).
- Wemple: CNN hides cartoons; Fox too. More. CNN spox.
- CNN memo: We aren’t showing Charlie Hebdo cartoons.
- Outnumbered video: How do we best protect America?
- Ariens: Roger Ailes memo thanks, rallies FNC troops.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Ed Henry-O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Cable newsers scramble to cover Paris terror attack.
- Gahr: The Rev claims the NY Post gives him money!
- Joy-ann Reid moonlighting. New Year’s Day numbers.
- Chariton: MoJo EP defends ‘chumminess’ with guests.
- Factor videos: Anarchy in the NYPD part one, part two.
- Ex-CNNers react to ‘doomsday video’. When Bill met John.