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Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/10/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- This is CNN: ‘Zimmerman is a white Hispanic…’
- Somerby: Lazy, irresponsible Morgan gets facts wrong.
- Wemple: F&F will stay ‘the dumbest news show’ on tv.
- Gretchen Carlson excited to ‘advance’ her career: video.
- Thielman: Zucker moves bearing fruit for CNN (v/ICN)?
- Bennett: CNN isn’t even good at being bad (via Politico).
- Bedingfield: CNN turns tabloid with Trayvon trial (v/FTV).
- Imus video: ‘Blonde on Blonde’ talks Spitzer, Zimmerman.
- Richelle resurfaces. Today’s oops. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Krauthammer on the Obamacare bait-and-switch.
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Monday Links and Open Thread
01/07/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Fiscal cliff buyers’ remorse?
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Megyn Kelly shot on national tv. Profile: Bret Baier (v/TVN).
- VIdeo: Are the media giving a pass to Dems on spending issues?
- Spitzer splits. Grace and CNN settle. John King’s whereabouts.
- Profile: Megyn Kelly, Hitchcock blond who suffers no fools, gladly.
- Imus video: Jake Tapper talks cliffs. Q&A: Peter Barnes, Phil Griffin.
- Hot & Not: Current TV, CNBC, O’Reilly, CNN, etc. Larry moonlights.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
06/07/12 00:59 Filed in: links
- Audio: FNC contributors clash - Sally Kohn vs Michelle Malkin.
- VIdeo: Barney Frank gets snippy w/Melissa Francis pt one, pt two.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Rachel Maddow goes to Nam! Q&A: Client No. 9.
- Video: Lt Col Peters says leaks won’t stop until people go to jail.
- ICN: Is Ailes thinking long-term about whether FNC needs AP?
- Controversy swirls around Oliver North column on foxnews.com.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
03/31/12 00:02 Filed in: links
- MSNBC drops $100K on the NY Times to hype Maddow book.
- Reliable Sources videos: Geraldo’s hoodie, Olbermann ousted.
- Carr: Someone will hire Olbermann because he’s...such a star!?
- Kurtz: Leaked emails trace the bitter Olbermann/Current break-up.
- Keith’s hissy fits: rejected custom-built set, limo drivers spoke to him.
- Davis: Sharpton’s dual role strains credibility of MSNBC.
- Rainey: Trayvon coverage abounds, and so do perspectives.
- News Watch video: Media treatment of the Obamacare arguments.
- Gutfeld: I scrapped Thurs Red Eye, it didn’t meet expectations. More.
- Zurawik: Replacing Olby with Spitzer shows how low Current will go.
- Hagey: Current got all the drawbacks of Olby and none of the benefits.
- Reese Schonfeld: CNN, thirty years later. Sunday talkers: tip sheet.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/31/12 00:08 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Are the media making excuses for Occupiers?
- Fox News beats broadcast tv: O’Reilly tops Brian Williams.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Jan ’12 numbers: Fox holds top 13; CNN 2nd; MSNBC, HLN slip.
- Video: Bob Beckel doubles down, promises more to come.
- FNC’s tintinnabulation on Wall Street. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Neil Cavuto with Imus on the long road to a nominee.
- Q&A: Bret Baier, Bill Shine, Neil Cavuto, Jennifer Granholm.
- The Female Five? Plans for Jehmu Greene to host distaff version.
- Video: Lou Dobbs w/Jon Stewart. Florida primary: Fox News, CNN.
- MoJo airs from South Beach as guests and hosts ridicule the locals.
- Whoops! TV Newser said Spitzer to host Countdown, but it wasn’t true.
Friday Links and Open Thread
11/11/11 00:13 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Major cuts at CNN hit scores of employees nationwide.
- Big Ed deposed in lawsuit. MSNBC sued over Murray doc.
- Monday: MSNBC kills an hour of news for HuffPo’s Alex Wagner.
- Cancelled Greta Q&A with Mrs Herman Cain to tape this weekend.
- CNN.com goal: to dominate the web. Q&A: Gasparino, Soledad.
- CNBC’s twicker debate among the least-watched.
- Video: The Five on debate gaffes by Perry, Cain. Spitzer resurfaces.
- MSNBC accused of checkbook journalism, gives LaToya the brush-off.
- Specials: Bret Baier’s Fight for Iowa; Robin Meade’s Salute to Troops.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/07/11 00:17 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Dr Drew-Grace 1-2-3.
- Nancy Grace fires back at her critics.
- Bias Bash video: Cameras in court, Bachmann, etc.
- Six theories on why CNN sacked Spitzer.
- Greta: Should TVNewser sell ads to media it covers? More.
- Video: Martha MacCallum w/Don Imus part one, part two.
- Hagey: All the reasons FNC is wrong and Brock is right.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Grace-HLNSpecRpt 1-2-3.
- MSNBC nixes Matthews cameo in Sorkin pilot.
- Zurawik: Spitzer sign-off evokes shades of Richard Nixon.
- Found: person who will miss ‘intelligent, prescient’ Spitzer.
Tuesday Links and OpenThread
06/28/11 00:30 Filed in: links
- Report: CNN is about to pull Spitzer and In the Arena.
- Q2 numbers: FNC holds top 12. Q2 spin: HLN, CNN, MSNBC.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-HLNSR 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
- Impartial MSNBC journalist goes off on rabid anti-Palin tear.
- Reese’s piece: June numbers show triumph of tabloid. FBN up.
- Glenn Beck and family attacked in Bryant Park.
- Funding the war on Fox, complete with link to file IRS complaint!
- Video: Bias Bash on Greece, the US economy, and Bob Gates.
- Brock’s Beck-bashing blowout. Bolling’s blunder. Yellin to WH.
- Zurawik: Hannity is cable’s Baghdad Bob. MSNBC drops the f-bomb.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/18/11 00:36 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Shep 1-2-3.
- Video: Bias Bash on Newt, the IMF scandal, and more.
- Two MU journalism students win the College Challenge.
- Profile: Lou Dobbs. FNC webside: more video, targeting.
- Spitzer spikes Schwarzenegger story. Q&A: Joe Kernan.
- O’Donnell to Trump: I wish I knew how to quit you.
- Video: Stewart/O’Reilly pt three, pt four; full unedited interview.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/06/11 01:45 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Luntz focus group unimpressed with Trump.
- Video: Debbie Wasserman Schultz praises Fox News!
- Video: Bias Bash on the secrecy of the UBL operation.
- Erin Burnett signs off CNBC. Carlos Diaz to Morning Express.
- Video: Imus team salutes the departing Charles McCord.
- Profile: Eliot Spitzer. CNN preps Giffords special.
- No surprise: FNC officially ends Gingrich, Santorum contracts.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/18/11 00:19 Filed in: links
- Enter the CNN time machine.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- CNN to send crew of 400 overseas for royal wedding...or not?
- Cable newsers not evacuating Japan. Or are they?
- Kelly Wright in Gainesville. Q&A: Spitzer, Adam Shapiro [pdf].
- Why your cable system probably won’t carry Al-Jazeera.
- Video: Bias Bash asks if the press is giving Obama a pass.
- Now CNN botches a report on radiation dangers.
- Tragedy gives a boost to Coop 360. Today’s oops.
- Video: The Judge on diplomatic immunity and Sharia Law.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
03/09/11 00:12 Filed in: links
- Greta responds to ‘pathetic’ Keller and other Fox haters.
- Reese’s piece: CNN should’ve hired Clinton, not Spitzer.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- MSNBC airs fake news story it already debunked?
- Kurtz: Can the NY Times be fair to Fox News? More.
- Martin Savidge returns to CNN.
- Q&A: Tucker part tres, John Roberts, CNN’s Tony Maddox.
- Conflict of interest at Morning Joe?
- Put away the torches: Big Ed gets his very own promo.
- Westlake profile: FBN’s Lori Rothman [pdf].
- Video: Bias Bash on the NPR hidden camera video.
- Video: Juan Williams reacts to NPR video pt one, pt two.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/04/11 00:21 Filed in: links
- Video: The Judge previews his showdown w/Rumsfeld.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Loeb: Rumsfeld’s toughest interview was O’Reilly’s.
- Q&A: Lou Dobbs; Greg Gutfeld part one, part two.
- O’Reilly at Chaminade. Vanity Fair profile: Piers Morgan.
- CNN pre-empts Spitzer for Rodney King special.
- Keaton Fox: Why Anderson Cooper is wrong.
- Video: Freedom fighters on spending and regulations.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/03/11 01:07 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Obama helps O’Reilly raise $750,000.
- Will CNN have to suspend Spitzer?
- FBN to put Lou Dobbs at 7:00 pm, ANS at 9, FtM at 10.
- Michael Ware resurfaces (via ATCNN).
- Video: Chris Wallace with Don Imus.
- CNN’s Wedeman has close call in Libya.
- Peaceful WI protester goes after Fox News van.
- Profile: John Stossel’s battle with stuttering.
- Video: The Judge talks money and more with Ron Paul.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/01/11 00:08 Filed in: links
- February program ranker: FNC holds top 11 slots.
- Zurawik: Fox News dominates...again.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- February numbers summary; spin: MSNBC, CNN.
- CNBC numbers continue to plummet.
- In the Arena premiere: E.D. Hill waits 50 minutes.
- Page Six: Soledad O’Brien to replace John King?
- Weekend numbers.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on coverage of Fox haters.
- Politifact strikes again: this time they fact-check Mr Bill.
- Behind the scenes: how Piers snagged Sheen (via TVN).
- Fretts: Piers/Sheen suckup interview a blown opportunity.
- Zurawik: Piers promotion of Sheen Q&A empty-headed tv-think.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/25/11 00:48 Filed in: links
- Greta: Snakes were out to get Parker; does anyone believe CNN’s memo? TCG: CNN’s real problem is still there. Zurawik: Park & Spit was always DOA.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Park & Spit is over. Revamp features E.D. Hill, elevates Spitzer.
- Joe courageously speaks out against...Glenn Beck.
- Video: Red Eye rips Lawrence O’Donnell.
- Q&A: John Roberts on his move to FNC.
- Park & Spit to split? Luis Carlos Velez to CNN.
- ICN’s most thoughtful, perspicacious post ever.
- MSNBC gives positive PR to partner company.
- Juan Williams in Jacksonville discusses NPR and FNC.
- Video: Wolf Blitzer with Craig Ferguson.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/23/11 00:44 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Imus & Colmes discuss Fox haters pt one, pt two.
- Video: Judge Napolitano vs Charles Rangel.
- Will Phil Griffin be the next to go at MSNBC? Analysis.
- How to fix Park & Spit: dump Park, keep Spit?
- Videos: Coop w/Stewart; Maddow w/Leno pt one, pt two.
- Last comic standing? Larry King preps stand-up tour.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/11/11 00:55 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Leland Vittert in Tahrir Square.
- Even CNN doesn’t watch Park & Spit?
- Q&A: Piers wants to interview Palin.
- Video: Shep Smith w/Don Imus part one, part two.
- A night with Piers Morgan and The Donald.
- While FNC dominates, Egypt an opportunity for CNN.
- Video: Freedom Fighters on Egypt, wifi, and more.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/28/11 00:13 Filed in: links
- Beck bumped! Shep covers Egypt at 5:00 pm.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Hannity 1-2-3. Piers plummets!
- Salon: Al Jazeera embarrasses US cable news.
- Video: Greg Palkot in Egypt.
- MSNBC tells Big Ed: no more ‘Psycho Talk’.
- ‘Colorful’ Ed Schultz emails surface.
- Tobin: Beck vs the rabbis...they’re both wrong.
- The Wrap: Comcast can’t escape Olbermann blame.
- Friedman: Will Olby replace Park & Spit?
- New hires at CNN.com, CNN. Soledad at Emory U; Q&A.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/27/11 00:01 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Shep explains FNC employees’ snow options.
- Zurawik: Maddow’s uninformed SotU snark is not journalism.
- Deggans: CNN’s SotU highlights problems w/Piers & Spit.
- Dean: Getting ready for the baby. Claman: women in Davos.
- Video: Chris Wallace w/Don Imus part one, part two.
- CNN hackles raised when Spitzer goes off-script (via CB).
- Goldstein: Piers shows real potential (as viewers dwindle).
- Video: Anthony Weiner gets snippy with Judge Nap.
- Rainey slams FNC focus group; Frank Luntz explains.
- What are Comcast’s plans for (MS)NBC News?
- Video: Bill O’Reilly takes issue with Jon Stewart.
- Soros-backed group targets Beck, Ailes. FNC responds.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/22/11 07:34 Filed in: links
- Zurawik: We’re better off without Olbermann and his smears.
- Video: Reliable Sources on Olbermann etc.
- ICN: It’s time for CNN to deal with Park & Spit.
- Telegraph: Piers should drop the Brit shtick.
- Video: Fox News Watch on Tucson coverage.
- TMZ: Olby’s secret deal. NYT: Weeks of negotiations. More.
- ICN: What it means for MSNBC. Deadline H’wood: A right turn? Big Ed cut to four days; Larry O gets five. OlbyWatch: Keith is the winner.
- Salon: Goodnight and good riddance. Olby week in review.
- H’wood Reporter: KO’s ten options. EW: Next stop Hollywood? Forbes: Should CNN hire him? Poniewozik: Opportunities. Salon: A victim of his own success?
- Mediaite: Why Olby is out. TMZ: He was fired. Bercovici: Was it Comcast’s doing? NY Post: Olby was paid to leave. Video: AC360 on Olbermann’s exit.
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/17/11 00:51 Filed in: links
- Wolf to go in-depth on today’s most momentous news story.
- Park & Spit: last place, but a stronger last place.
- Biznets ignore breaking Apple news, except for one.
- Civility through ignorance? A Donny Deutsch embarrassment.
- Video: Piers Morgan on Good Morning America and The View.
- Will Piers continue Larry’s celebrity voyeurism? Inside PM Tonight.
- Morganmania: Piers is the anti-King; he’s peerless and fearless, cheeky, a brilliant interviewer and a boy wonder!
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/12/11 01:15 Filed in: links
- A new idea: keep Park, dump Spit!
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Greta: Posh Piers launch party not what Fox would do. Analysis.
- Cincinnati Mag: Bill Hemmer remembers Haiti [pdf].
- How FNC/NYT reported dubious shooter-supremacist tie.
- Piers plan to pick fights kicks off with O’Reilly jab.
- Coop gathers AIDS activists for special hour.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on threats to your rights.
- Larry King finds work, as ‘Morgan mania’ sweeps the planet!
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/10/11 00:47 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Shep 1-2-3.
- Profile: Eric Bolling is on a roll.
- John Roberts makes FNC debut on Studio-B.
- Janice Dean has pictures of Courtney’s baby.
- Happy, happy! Joy, joy! Rick Sanchez resurfaces.
- Howard Kurtz on media finger-pointing.
- FNC’s Dr Coomer has successful cancer surgery.
- CNN revamps graphics, adds CNNi, names Piers guests.
- Leading candidate to replace Parker: E.D. Hill?
- Olby to drop Worst Persons shtick again? Or not?
- Things for CNN to consider re Park & Spit. More.
- Q&A: Ailes & Simmons (via ICN), Eric Bolling, Gerri Willis.
- Hot & Not: Parker, John Roberts, O’Reilly, and more.

Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/08/11 00:45 Filed in: links
- CNN considers replacing Park, keeping Spit.
- Video: Megyn Kelly interviews Sheriff Dupnik.
- Video: Hero intern who saved Rep Giffords’s life.
- Video: Mother of Roxanna Green, 9-yr-old victim.
- Video: Reliable Sources on media finger-pointing.
- Video: Olby blames Beck, Palin, Bill etc. Kurtz responds.
- Cablers cover Giffords shooting. Special coverage skeds. FNC brings in weekday talent for Sunday coverage.
- Video: Bill Hemmer talks to Rep Giffords [Jan 7 2011].
- The Olbermann/Gabrielle Giffords connection.
- Fired CNNer escorted out of building. Greta comments.
- Cablers set to cover Haiti anniversary.
- Olby week in review: starting the new year right.
- Video: The most fascinating Park & Spit moment yet.
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet.
New Year's Eve Links and Open Thread
12/31/10 00:59 Filed in: links
- Video: Reliable Sources on 2010 media controversies.
- Video: Red Eye New Year’s Special .
- Video: Fox News Watch on top stories of 2010.
- Zurawik: praise for C-SPAN, but not ‘partisan psycho’ MSNBC.
- Sunday talkers: tip sheet: HuffPo recap.
- Courtney heads to the maternity ward: it’s a boy!
- 2011 predictions: Park & Spit, FNC’s Stirewalt, ICN.
- New Years skeds: FNC Sat; CNN; and MSNBC.
- FNCers make New Years resolutions.
- CNN’s New Years Eve: must-miss tv.
- Part five: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter .
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/13/10 09:40 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- Video: Neil Cavuto slams Chris Matthews.
- Morning Joe: a hotbed of sexism? (via ICN)
- Kelly and Hemmer together again on New Year’s.
- Nancy Grace helps find abducted girl.
- Piers Morgan in Brit twit snit.
- Video: Peter Johnson Jr on 9/11 health bill defeat.
- Branding D-Rat. Q&A: Spitzer, Adam Shapiro.
- Hot & Not: MSNBC primetime, John Roberts, and more.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/08/10 00:15 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- News Corp again seeks higher FNC sub fees.
- Video: Anthony Weiner gets feisty with Megyn Kelly.
- Will CNN dump Kathy Griffin from New Year’s Eve?
- Video: Juan WIlliams w/Don Imus part one, part two.
- Which cablenewser is the #1 charity giver?
- Fox News a hit...in Saudi Arabia!
- Tensions roil at floundering Park & Spit.
- Zurawik: Olbermann steps up to the plate.
- Video: Glenn Beck explains the Assange ‘rape’ case.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
12/02/10 00:09 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- MSNBC ignores extraterrestrial news event.
- Savannah Guthrie rebels at ‘dirty’ writing by MSNBC staff.
- Will HLN’s Morning Express find its way to CNN?
- Fed secret bail out of GE, unreported by MSNBCNBC.
- Video: Chris Wallace w/Imus re Wikileaks.
- Time is running out for Park & Spit.
- Q&A: Jenna Lee. Rachel Maddow at Harvard.
- Video: John Bolton vs The Judge re Wikileaks.
- November program ranker: FNC holds top 11 slots.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/01/10 00:10 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3. Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Beck 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
- Wikileaks to break new info on Freedom Watch?
- CNN hire looks to restructure programming.
- Preview: Bret Baier World Aids Day with Bono.
- November numbers: FNC, CNN, HLN, MSNBC. CNBC’s slide.
- Audio: Bill Hemmer previews John Lennon special.
- Parker incensed at Spitzer, threatens to bolt.
- Video: Follow the Money looks at the Volt.
- Larry King at Wendy Walker’s book party.
- Video: Judge Nap vs O’Reilly on entrapment.
- MSNBC’s Abrams goes on CNN and defends Fox.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
11/30/10 00:09 Filed in: links
- Scarborough teams with big-bucks anti-partisan group.
- November: FNC in a league of its own. Bret Baier beats Beck, Hannity. Park & Spit craters. MSNBC again tops CNN.
- Friday’s numbers. Thursday’s numbers.
- Impartial MSNBC anchor labels guest ‘radical right-winger’.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly with Don Imus.
- Alan’s hate mail keeps pouring in.
- Thomas Roberts talks suicide and more.
- Rampant conspiracy theory suddenly loses steam.
- Olby attacks Palin daughter over old story, recently rehashed.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
11/13/10 00:43 Filed in: links
- An MSNBC mystery: who said it?
- Swells swarm to Soledad’s soiree.
- Video: Fox News Watch on Bush’s book tour; more.
- Another Olbermann disclosure controversy?
- Bill O’Reilly in Palm Beach.
- Is Mario Cuomo boycotting CNN?
- Prolific pundit: 12 appearances in 14 hours.
- Sunday hosts gather. Sunday talkers: tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
11/04/10 00:45 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- FNC announces changes, promotions, assignments.
- Shocker: O’Reilly welcomes opposing views, Olby: an echo chamber.
- Zurawik: MSNBC’s outrageous misbehavior crosses the line.
- Videos: Chris Wallace w/Imus pt one, two; with Jon Stewart.
- Today’s bright idea: MSNBC should team Christine O’D and Cenk Uygur!
- Stop the presses: FNC not hiring Christine O’Donnell, as Laura re-ups.
- Romney ducks interview with Bret Baier.
- Q&A: Client Number Nine, D-Rat.
- Who will stay and who will run?
- Profile: Robin Meade’s country roads.
- Election eve behind the scenes at CNN.
- Olbermann a wee bit testy about FNC ratings?
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/18/10 00:33 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- Kelly’s Court video: the Nicky Haley mess.
- Q&A: Liz Claman on her Three Days in the Valley.
- Glenn Beck mocks CNN and ‘hooker guy’ Spitzer.
- Video: Mika gets WH email, reads it on air. Flashback.
- Video: Kilmeade’s contrition, on tv and radio.
- Tonight: Bill O’Reilly makes his Red Eye debut.
- Hot & Not: The View, Maddow AWOL, Kneale, more.
- Prince Walid not funding NY mosque (you read it here first).
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/13/10 00:09 Filed in: links
- Glenn Beck Video: the hatred must stop.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Chile (CNN/11pm)-O’Reilly (8pm)-Chile (FNC/11pm) 1-2-3. Zurawik: MSNBC viewership numbers ‘pathetic’.
- Kelly’s Court Video: can Karl Rove sue?
- People mag profiles Jennifer Griffin [pdf].
- Newsmakers don’t want to appear on Park & Spit?
- Soledad’s next Black special: Almighty Debt.
- Glenn Beck update on his medical issues.
- Tamron Hall and domestic violence (via HuffPo).
- NBC drama gives Joe & Mika consultant credit.
- Blitzer’s DE Senate debate important night for CNN.
- Cablers up late with Chile coverage. More. Tyndall: ‘wretched overkill’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/12/10 00:51 Filed in: links
- Video: The Judge subs for Beck, blasts both parties.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
- Park & Spit premiere week a ratings catastrophe. More.
- Cablers burn the midnight oil for miners in Chile.
- Fireworks: Did Larry O’Donnell sandbag Ron Paul?
- Rachel Maddow to helm Tiller doc.
- The Rick Sanchez apology tour continues.
- Megyn Kelly in Glamour [pdf], Piers Morgan in Vogue.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/11/10 00:55 Filed in: links
- Fox News Latino debuts Tuesday.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- Kelly’s Court Video: Brett Favre’s forward pass.
- Coop to feature Kanzi, the celebrity ape.
- Joe Scarborough: an influential who matters?
- MSNBC welcomes Richard Lui by misspelling his name! (via ICN)
- High concept: ‘Lean Forward’ uses pseudo-candid shots.
- Park & Spit: let the tweaking commence!
- Cable news and the political divide.
- Coop praised, Piers profiled.
- Hot & Not: O’Donnell, Park & Spit, Jansing, msnbc.com.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
10/09/10 00:15 Filed in: links
- MSNBC dayside tinkering: Jansing, Tamron, Novotny.
- Video: Karl Rove vs Joe Trippi on Fox News Sunday.
- Video: Reliable Sources on Sanchez and Dobbs.
- Video: News Watch on Rick Sanchez and Kurtz. More.
- Video: Red Eye on race and whores.
- Today’s conspiracy: Fox to fire Beck--he knows too much!
- Q&A: Steve Doocy.
- FBN giving Freedom Watch primetime nightly slot.
- ICN examines CNN’s Park & Spin. Show praised...for its set!
- National Center calls for MSNBC ‘shake-up’.
- Branding: Spirit Airlines borrows a tag-line.
- Sunday talkers: tip sheet, preview, HuffPo recap.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/08/10 00:26 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- When Coop speaks, Hollywood listens.
- Olby week in review: Keith the fundraiser.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly on Imus, part one, part two.
- Park & Spit does worse than Sanchez; words that didn’t work.
- Glenn Beck to undergo medical tests.
- Today’s rumor: Katie Couric to CNN (via ICN).
- Video: Maddow takes on Art Robinson; fireworks ensue.
- Sanchez begins rehabilitation tour on GMA: Video; analysis. Sanchez ends twitter silence, talks Stewart, Olbermann. Sanchez/CNN twitter account not closed.
- CNN teams with Cartoon Network over bullying.
'About as Exciting as Dyeing Easter Eggs White'
10/06/10 22:58 Filed in: videos
Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/07/10 00:03 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- Video: Glenn Beck unloads on Lawrence O’Donnell.
- Profile of the ‘worst person in the world’: Steve Doocy.
- Q&A: Greta van Susteren, Willie Geist.
- Videos: Greta vs Allred round two; ICE addresses Diaz.
- FNC: then and now.
- New feud? Breitbart vs Shepard Smith.
- Park & Spit: thin gruel. Changes coming soon?
- This Apprentice wasn’t fired (via ICN).
- Murdoch on contribution flaps. DGA withdraws complaint.
- O’Donnell apologizes for Michael Steele intro.
- Larry King: CNN was right to fire Sanchez. More. Was firing connected with Park & Spit (via ICN)?
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/06/10 00:12 Filed in: links
- Video: Cavuto talks to Time Warner CEO about CNN, Spitzer, Klein, Sanchez, Piers Morgan, ratings, and more [@5:01].
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Msnbc.com to change its name? A shockingly bad idea?
- Cablers, swells turn out for Arianna book.
- Jansing & Co: rigid, monotone, newsless.
- Skype Gripe: Is Park & Spit ready for primetime?
- PR expert to Sanchez: speak for yourself! And he does.
- Q&A: Phil Griffin on ‘Lean Forward’.
- MSNBC launches new political website.
- Piers Morgan hypes promise of ‘big changes’.
- O’Donnell impresses a skeptic, creates three-way race.
- Publicity seeker sets up shop outside News Corp.
- CNN’s rescue is not imminent.
- CNN Espanol gets an extreme makeover.
'Why Is CNN Doing This?'
10/05/10 01:55 Filed in: videos
J$P Video! Counter-programming! Opposite the CNN debut of Parker/Spitzer, Eric Bolling airs a Spitzer exposé:
From Follow the Money, October 4 2010
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
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- Monday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3. Park & Spit an instant ratings disaster. Weekend numbers.
- Olby hearts Thurber, thinks Spielberg did Star Wars (via ICN).
- CNN/WaPo Howard Kurtz joins The Daily Beast. More.
- Video: SE Cupp, Kirsten Powers pan O’Donnell ad.
- Park & Spit reax: obnoxious self-important noise; a colossal thud; hard to watch; surprising; not bad; a car crash; middling; a freak show; desperate; awkward; a nothingburger.
- Injury reports: Soledad’s knee, Jon Scott’s arm.
- Fox & Friends video: Trump considering run for Prez.
- Rick Sanchez apologizes...to Jon Stewart. Flashback.
- MSNBC slogan Lean Forward, has Olby leaning backward!
- Aaron Brown resurfaces...in Seattle.
- Shep Smith doesn’t like John Calipari.
Monday Links and Open Thread
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- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Hitchens wants CNN to re-hire Rick Sanchez!
- Fox live streaming CT Senate debate w/Bret Baier.
- CNBC follows FBN’s lead.
- Park & Spit pre-taped segment already online.
- CNN’s Cal Perry has left the building.
- Charlie Gasparino makes top biz commentators list.
- NY Daily News slams Spitzer: a ‘disgrace’ (via C-boomer). CNN’s Kurtz profiles Park & Spit. Q&A: Spitzer (Mediaite), Park & Spit (TVN), Park & Spit (HuffPo).
- Cable news bloodsport: Olby claims CNN tried to hire him; MSNBC’s twitter rule; Olby/Joe tensions; the Campbell Brown experiment; more.
- O’Reilly/Nolan/Comcast flap rehashed; Olby quoted.
- Hot & Not: Sanchez, Coop, O’Donnell, Allred, EEOC, Shultz.
- Profiles: Gerri Willis, Robin Meade. Q&A: Sanchez pt one, two, three.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
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- Revealed: More details of failed O’Keefe/CNN sting.
- Q&A: CNN’s Gergen w/CNN’s Spitzer.
- The Fox News baby boom.
- Sanchez canned! Zurawik deconstructs his lies. MSNBC exults. Rubin: CNN blew it! Levin: He can recover. Jamie McIntyre: Sanchez ‘delusional’ (via Chickaboomer). The fallout for Cuban-Americans. Video: Reliable Sources.
- Video: Greta cross-examines Gloria Allred; fireworks ensue.
- Fox spox on Obama/FNC spat: ‘We are so in his head.’
- Sunday talkers: tip sheet, preview.
Monday Links and Open Thread
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- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Greta-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Chris Jansing criticizes MSNBC graphic.
- Major Garrett resurfaces, talks w/Imus: part one, two.
- MSNBC to rerun Obama town hall.
- Q&A: Park & Spit; Robertson/Engel (via TVN); Asman.
- CNN plans better holograms for mid-terms: more.
- Kurtz: investment in MSNBC is paying off: more.
- Hot & Not: Brian Wilson story doesn’t add up? Wilson speaks.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
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- Monday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
- Videos: thanks for the mammaries; today’s oops.
- Alan still gets hate mail.
- Jenna Lee earns her spurs.
- Million dollar ad to air tonight.
- Video: O’Reilly on Good Morning America.
- Nixon target: Brit Hume.
- CNN Heroes set for Thanksgiving.
- FBN testimony in FOIA flap.
- FNC’s Clemente: frequent flier with the famous.
- Spitzer: dressed for success?
- Old CNN error becomes today’s campaign issue.
Monday Links and Open Thread
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- More Democrats watch FNC than CNN or MSNBC.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Timeline to Terror-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Spitzer replacement volunteers.
- Groovin’ with Shep [pdf].
- Richard Lui’s MSNBC debut, part of new lineup.
- Larry is still the king. Of sports?
- Pew: News consumers transitioning; MSNBCNN down.
- Morning anchor’s undergarments.
- Q&A: Rick Sanchez, Jamil Smith.
Friday Links and Open Thread
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- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Fox didn’t take the bait. Kurtz praises. Zurawik: FNC gets full credit.
- Rick Leventhal and panel reflect on 9/11.
- Bret Baier takes center stage.
- Olby week in review.
- New, bizarre MSNBC interview technique.
- MSNBC changes.
- 9/11 schedules: FNC, CNN.
- Surprise: Park & Spit agree!
- Q&A: Rick Sanchez.
- Grace’s Swift Justice imminent.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
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Q2 numbers: FNC holds top 13 slots. Olbermann demo drop: is D-Rat the answer? Coop crumbles. King collapses: CNN in a tough spot. Q2 spin: MSNBC, CNN. ...read more
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