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Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-06-11T00:18:39-04:00

Video: Reliable Sources talks Weiner w/Kirsten Powers.
Joe & Mika angling for CNN slot? Olbermann’s eloquence.
Video: News Watch on Weiner’s confession and ‘treatment’.
Video: CNN debate preview. Greta: journo or talker?
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
Tracton: How a one-hour CNN interview shrunk to five minutes.

Updated 1:26 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-06-10T00:14:31-04:00

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

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-06-09T00:02:09-04:00

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

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-06-08T00:21:08-04:00

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

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-06-07T00:02:44-04:00

New O’Reilly Bold-Fresh tour replaces Beck with Dennis Miller.
Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Olby unloads on split from MSNBC, is bringing Shuster to Current.
Another Beck pre-emption Friday. O’Donnell hosts skinhead special.
Q&A: Liz Claman. Kyra’s back. Comcast/Bloomberg channel spat.
Huck dings MSNBC’s Matthews, Scarborough et al.
Cablers tweet about Weiner. Video: Kirsten Powers defends him.
What will CNN do with Erin Burnett? Coop emcees fashion awards.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-06-06T00:05:21-04:00

Zurawik: Weiner show made for a great afternoon of cable news.
Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Ali Velshi gets 5:00 am CNN slot. Chuck Todd goes solo.
Lori Rothman on the fiscal crisis. Q&A: Stuart Varney.
Roger Ailes responds to media hit-pieces; more.
Will we see a new Ed? Demi Moore hosts CNN doc.
Fox flaunts faux Fey photo for Sarah Palin...Sorry! June 6 1944.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-06-04T00:21:18-04:00

Why did MSNBC sideline Savannah Guthrie?
Zurawik: Palin will be the downfall of Fox News.
Video: Reliable Sources on Palin’s media strategies.
Fareed special focuses on innovation.
Video: News Watch on Sarah Palin’s media relations.
Greg Gutfeld answers 21 questions. Mrs Piers pregnant.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
HLN: More Grace. Q&A: Don Lemon, Nancy Grace.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-06-03T00:18:50-04:00

Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Grace 1-2-3.
Liz Claman’s guide to L.A. Coop: I’m not the new Oprah.
Shep Smith responds to NY Times and Bill Keller.
Hardball in Philly. Guthrie sign-off simulcast on NBC.
Friday: Baier extra hour at 5:00 pm, special at 10:00 pm.
CNN debate line-up set: Huntsman a no-show.
The secret Fox conspiracy to sabotage Sarah Palin!

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-06-02T00:06:56-04:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
Schoen: The truth about Ailes, Democrats, and Fox News.
Big Ed’s ‘indefinite’ suspension ends Monday.
Video: Bias Bash wonders, is Weiner winning?
Beck’s last daily broadcast on FNC: June 30.
Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Vinnie’s open-mic oops. O’Donnell dumps CAA. Q&A: Mika.
Jenna Lee’s wedding tips; more. Laurie Dhue resurfaces.
Palin meets with FNC officials. Another debate: August 11.

'Newshounds: They Live in a Tree House!'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-06-01T13:30:10-04:00

J$P Video! Red Eye gets an email from the newshounds:

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From Red Eye, June 1 2011

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-06-01T00:08:26-04:00

Memorial Day numbers: O’Reilly-Bream-Gallagher (FoxRprt) 1-2-3.
Video: Bias Bash asks if war reporters are too invested in war.
May program rankers. Fox & Friends #1 for 115th consecutive month. HLN sinking. May spin: CNN, MSNBC.
Video: Trump talks about the Palin pizza powwow and more.
Q&A: Jeff Flock on FBN’s new Merc studio. CNN’s dark Tuesday.
Fox News debuts iPad app. Loopholes in Palin’s FNC contract?

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-31T00:39:23-04:00

Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
Gullible Fox haters duped by ticker hack hoax.
Steele: I won’t be MSNBC’s punching bag.
Video: Horsing around with Brian Kilmeade.
Q&A: Piers Morgan. Brian Wilson finds work.
Jenna: What not to say to a woman over 30. CNN DC dark.
Pareene: 11 options to replace Big Ed. FBN takes the floor.
TDC: Hit-piece on Ailes reeks of rage, paranoia, and resentment.

May 30 2011

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-30T00:00:46-04:00

Best wishes from J$P for a happy and meaningful Memorial Day.

Memorial Day video courtesy Richard Sullivan on Vimeo.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-28T00:12:41-04:00

Video: News Watch on Obama/Israel coverage; more.
Video: Reliable Sources on the end of Oprah’s run.
Greta rips Rolling Stone ‘slime’, dings NY Times FNC coverage.
The Ed Schultz ‘apology’ you didn’t see. Jansing honored.
Mika book review. Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet.
TV Week: ‘Horrid’ Media Matters campaign has crossed the line.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-27T00:12:43-04:00

Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Greta-Hannity 1-2-3.
Coop goes up close and personal...with Coop.
MSNBC a swamp of sexism? Can Big Ed change?
Q&A: Gerri Willis. Profile: Lawrence O’Donnell.
Palin still working for FNC, for now.
Video: Laura Ingraham reacts to Schultz attack/apology.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-26T00:02:24-04:00

Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Video: Debater is interrupted, but when given the floor walks out!
Video: Bias Bash on DSK, Paul Ryan, and more.
Imus videos: O’Reilly part one, part two; Chris Wallace.
Video: Ed’s sorry. One-week suspension more like three days. Zurawik: Why let Schultz set his own punishment? VIdeo: Dr Ablow offers counseling.
Prof Shep Smith. Burnett in, King out...or not? CNN/Nokia deal.
Lean Forward: Coming soon to a snooty art house near you.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-25T00:58:51-04:00

Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
Beck plans online channel: GBTV.
Big Ed calls Laura Ingraham a ‘right-wing slut’. She responds. MSNBC suspends Ed Schultz: one week without pay.
Video: Bias Bash on NY-26, Libya, and more.
R.I.P.: Mark Haines of CNBC; more. Today’s Ailes hit-piece.
Thousands read fake CNN site daily. Shep Smith at Overby Ctr.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-24T00:02:04-04:00

Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Bias Bash video: Pressuring Israel?
FNC fires back at Ed Rendell. Flashback.
Nancy Grace: swift exit. Weekend numbers.
Scott Matthews quits CNN for CNBC. Q&A: TJ Holmes.
Video: Howard Kurtz with Don Imus. Today’s oops.
Video: Bernard Goldberg on why FNC is most trusted.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-23T00:04:37-04:00

Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Blowback: Ailes backs Palin, slams anonymous GOPer.
Bias Bash video: Netanyahu, ABC spikes interview, etc.
Jon Scott: My son, the West Point graduate.
VIdeo: Trump sez he still hasn’t ruled out Prez run!?!
Janice Dean returns. Gasparino’s day. CNBC goes Hollywood.
Hot & Not: Feist, Licht, Spitzer, etc. Steele signs w/MSNBC.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-21T00:06:13-04:00

VIdeos: Reliable Sources on Arnold and the maid.
New Yorker: circusmaster Ailes struggles to win 2012.
Video: Rita Cosby resurfaces...on FNC! King’s catch.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-20T00:05:30-04:00

Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
Michael Steele to MSNBC?
FNC Friday special: The Secrets of 9/11.
Orbitz tells MMfA to buzz off, rips their ‘smear campaign’.
Video: Cavuto vs the food police. Who is most trusted?
CNN getting a little desperate for roundtable commentators?

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-19T00:49:23-04:00

Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Wallace 1-2-3.
Q&A w/slideshow: Rick Reichmuth and the MS flooding.
Video: Chris Wallace with Don Imus.
Chris Licht leaves MoJo for CBS.
Video: Bias Bash on covering Obama’s Mideast speech.
Video: Olby w/Letterman. Gore: Rupert stifling CurrenTV?
Joe & Mika call Trump. Juan Williams in Wheeling.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-18T00:36:51-04:00

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.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-17T00:24:24-04:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
Zurawik: Don’t trust CNN for politics.
CNN story on political sex scandals omits someone.
CNN goes on the job hunt...say what? Weekend numbers.
Is there room for three biz networks? CNBC on FNC.
Bias Bash videos: IMF scandal, monitoring the net and more.
CNN’s Feist-y move. MMfA commands boycott of all FNC.
Video: Jon Stewart vs Bill O’Reilly part one, part two.

Monday Links and Open Thead

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-16T00:10:14-04:00

Friday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Baier 1-2-3.
Where was Juliet? She sez: laid up. Back to School, with Shep.
Zurawik: Trump, Huck bought and sold for walking around money.
New book recounts Olbermann’s stormy ESPN exit.
VIdeo: Juan Williams with Don Imus part one, part two.
Greta jabs at Abrams; Dan returns fire; Greta apologizes.
Kurtz: Why Huck said no. Adam and Tamera tie the knot.
Is Don Lemon’s book revelation a career risk?
Hot & Not: Huck, Olby, Schultz, S-bombs, etc.
Olby/Schultz flap fallout: KO gets HuffPo to delete tweet about him!
Un-Common debate: Stewart accepts O’Reilly challenge tonight.

T.A.D. Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-12T00:24:55-04:00

While we were away, this post kept J$P readers informed with the most current links from our CableNewsWire feed.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-11T00:44:56-04:00

Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Markos, banned from MSNBC, to be Countdown contributor.
Video: Bias Bash critiques 60 Minutes Obama interview.
Elites gather for Mika soiree. Last names can help.
Audio: Around the world w/Bill Hemmer [ipad]. Q&A: D-Rat (v/TVN).
Adam’s big day: May 14. Big Ed sued. Meade hosts concert.

'Oh, That's Bull---t!'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-10T00:01:18-04:00

J$P Video! Did Bob Beckel say that on television? The topic was waterboarding:

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From Follow the Money, May 9 2011

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-10T00:38:07-04:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-JudgeNap 1-2-3.
Do CNN gains worry the competition? Weekend numbers.
Olby reveals the one and only purpose of government.
Bias Bash video: Top ten UBL themes and memes.
Today’s firing demand. Q&A: Liz Claman. Coop pranked.
Video: O’Reilly challenges NY Daily News over Trump slam.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-09T00:17:28-04:00

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

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-07T01:09:04-04:00

Video: Reliable Sources on coverage of the UBL raid.
Mika threatened to quit because Joe got 14x more money.
Video: News Watch on UBL coverage part one, part two.
MSNBCNN air UBL videos; FNC sticks to stills.
Bill O’Reilly: from JAG to Rizzoli and Isles.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet. Alan still gets hate mail.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-06T01:45:48-04:00

Thursday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-Hannity 1-2-3.
Video: Luntz focus group unimpressed with Trump [ipad].
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.

'A Breath of Fresh Air'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-05T22:53:49-04:00

J$P Video! Frank Luntz focus group picks the winner of the first GOP debate:

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From Hannity, May 5 2011

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-05T00:09:23-04:00

VIdeo: Behind-the-scenes of tonight’s debate [ipad].
Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
Video: How Luntz prepares for a focus group.
Latest Beyonce video to debut on...CNN!
Fox tells Huck: You’ve got one month. Or did they?
Associated Press boycotting FNC’s ‘loser’ debate.
When Mika met Rob. Video: Bolling’s sign.
Is Color of Change programming MSNBC?
Goodman: Cable news excels at repetition.
Video: Judge Nap on the rule of mobs vs the rule of law.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-04T00:12:42-04:00

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

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-03T00:10:20-04:00

Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Shep-Hannity 1-2-3.
Huck move prompts speculation. Weekend numbers.
CBS wants Joe and Mika for its morning show? More.
Should the media be skeptical about UBL’s death?
Martel: Breaking UBL news was Geraldo Rivera’s finest hour.
Video: Judge Nap on UBL, the US, and the rule of law. More.
Q&A: Shannon Bream. Mika: ‘My greatest enemy was myself.’

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-05-02T00:46:59-04:00

Video: Beck’s response to unseemly celebrations of UBL’s death.
Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Fox & Friends-American Morning 1-2-3.
FBN trying to make its mark in the marketplace.
Zucker: No ‘secret meeting’ to turn MSNBC left.
Mitt Romney to FNC: Count me out!
Newsers flock to broadcast from Ground Zero.
UBL numbers: CNN-FNC-MSNBC 1-2-3.
Behind-the-scenes Sunday night at CNN.
Video: Bias Bash on the ‘news of the decade’.
Geraldo: I quit CNBC because of Bin Laden.
Olbermann smears Fox, covers up his own gaffe.
VIdeo: WH crowd surrounds Geraldo; what didn’t air.
CNN brags they ‘pleased’ WH by not reporting UBL news.
FNC breaks UBL story on cable: video. Gaffes galore.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-30T00:28:36-04:00

Greta goes to MSNBC, preps trip to North Korea.
Video: Trump reacts to all those WHCD zingers.
Video: Reliable Sources on Trump and the media.
Wedding bells: CNN edges FNC, crushes MSNBC.
Video: News Watch on the birth certificate; more.
Swells gather at DC soirees. Gasparino’s ‘prom date’.
Finally! Unequivocal proof that Fox News sucks!
Huck denies Prez rumors. Beck’s bungalow bought.
Larry King’s first special focuses on Alzheimer’s.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Boehlony Is His Stock in Trade

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-29T15:49:03-04:00

Media Matters attacks Fox for its silence on a big news story. But it’s Eric Boehlert, so you know there’s a catch.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-29T00:05:46-04:00

Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Shep 1-2-3.
Bret bumps Beck: two-hour Special Report tonight.
It’s official: Burnett to CNN. More. Q&A: Liz Claman on Buffett.
CNN, MSNBC, CNBC reject advertising for Atlas Shrugged movie?
MacNicol: Lawrence O’Donnell is the Donald Trump of cable news.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-28T00:10:09-04:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
Cablers cover storms: John Roberts to anchor Saturday.
Gingrich not expected at FNC’s May 5 Prez debate.
HLN dumps Showbiz for Vinnie Politan court show.
Your Essential Viewers’ Guide for the monarchial nuptials.
Video: Chris Wallace w/Don Imus. Laurie Dhue resurfaces.
Video: Bias Bash on the birth certificate flap.
VIdeo: John King’s turn to grill Trump part one, part two.
Erin Burnett planning a jump to CNN? Party with Kiran.
Video: O’Donnell blasts NBC, demands they reveal Trump plans.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-27T00:10:18-04:00

Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Angle-Hannity 1-2-3.
Who’s hyping birther flap? MSNBC: 92%, CNN: 100%, FNC: 8%.
Profile: Harris Faulkner [jpg]. Q&A: Liz Claman, Spitzer.
Bias Bash video: The National Security shake-up.
Kurtz: FNC wants Huck to drive it or park it. Huck reacts?
Video: Birther control: Coop vs Trump part three, part four.

A Matter of Decree

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-26T23:20:11-04:00

The Hate Squad attacks Steve Doocy. But there’s a catch...or two.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-26T00:36:05-04:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
April: FNC tops; MSNBC, CNN up; HLN down. Program ranker.
Zurawik: Olbermann’s march to marginalization begins.
Video: Frank Luntz tells Don Imus: Trump’s bluffing.
Video: Bias Bash on Barbour bowing out and Gitmo.
April spin: MSNBC tops CNN; CNN tops MSNBC.
Will FNC’s Presidential debate air as scheduled?
Video: Coop grills The Donald, nicks Hannity.
Fareed Zakaria: It’s a post-American world. Q&A: Mika (via ICN).
Historic announcement expected today: the Big News!

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-25T09:09:53-04:00

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

April 24 2011

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-24T00:00:00-04:00

Best wishes from J$P for a joyous Passover season, and for a meaningful and happy Easter!

'He's Being a Total Dingus'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-23T13:10:41-04:00

J$P Video! Red Eye analyzes the Donald Trump/Jerry Seinfeld spat:

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From Red Eye, April 23 2011

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-22T00:49:11-04:00

Video: News Watch on the media’s Trump infatuation.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
Q&A: Soledad. Larry works the room. Elam exits.
Beck/Huck ‘feud’ over-analyzed. Today’s developments.
Video: Geraldo gets emotional in Libya discussion [ipad].

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-21T01:10:45-04:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Video: Charles Krauthammer’s phone call from Trump.
Trump flusters Kiran Chetry and Ali Velshi: video.
Red Eye video: Breitbart accuses MSNBC of collusion.
New feud? Huck vs Beck. Joe makes Time.
Video: Chris Wallace w/Don Imus. Excitement over incitement.
Bias Bash videos: Media coverage of Libya, the birth certificate.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-20T00:53:46-04:00

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Piers plunges.
Video: Breitbart and Bashir bicker on MSNBC.
Video flashback: Shep interviews journalist killed in Libya.
CNN sues Haiti Live Networks for calling themselves ‘HLN’.
Exposed! The CNN-UFO-CIA-Obama conspiracy!
Q&A: Andrea Mitchell, Lori Rothman (via TVN); Eric Bolling.
Profile: Juan Williams. Matthews at Daemen. Kiran caught.
Video: Sanjay Gupta with Conan. CNN releases android app.

Keith Olbermann Lies About J$P

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-19T21:38:33-04:00

And even as he does so, he confirms what we wrote.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-19T00:44:11-04:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Olbermann: I don’t watch MSNBC.
New algorithm makes Fox most search-visible cablenews site.
MSNBC treatment of Trump raises questions.
Video: What cablenewser reported this in 1991? The answer.
Profile: Chris Wallace. Bret Baier’s top (and bottom) DC ten [pdf].
MSNBC’s new studio. Contessa’s compost. Robin’s song.
Larry King preps first CNN special, plans trip to Korea.
Video: CNN staffer tries a little too hard to look busy [ipad].

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-18T00:07:50-04:00

Friday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
Video: S.E. Cupp delivers ‘special comment’ re Olbermann.
Videos: Shep dissects the debt, erupts over government ‘lies’.
Video: Trump swipes at Perino, Romney, Rove [ipad].
CNBC cost cuts hit Media 3. NBC trims wedding plans?
Beck failures to attribute stir controversy. Analysis.
Hot & Not: Imus, Roberts, Soledad, John King etc.
Yet another version of the Glenn Beck/Fox News split.

'The President Don't Really Run the Country'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-16T12:53:36-04:00

J$P Video! Eric Bolling faces off with 9/11 truther Jesse Ventura:

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From Follow the Money, April 15 2011

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-16T00:55:10-04:00

Video: Reliable Sources on the Trump media storm.
Video: FNS Panel Plus on Palin/Huck Prez possibilities.
Beck talks Trump, comedy, leaving New York etc.
Video: Fox News Watch on the budget battle.
Strangers on a plane end up on Fox News.
Q&A: Piers Morgan’s breakfast w/Financial Times.
Huddy returns to The Factor. Video: Juliet’s twitterpic.
Olbermann: I don’t watch Chris Matthews.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-15T00:02:52-04:00

Thursday’s numbers: Hannity-Laura (for BO’R)-Greta 1-2-3.
Turnabout: Brian Sullivan leaves FBN for CNBC.
Do Judge Nap’s numbers mean he won’t replace Beck?
Martin Bashir lets slip that Contessa Brewer is pregnant.
Video: Red Eye rips Olby’s gutter attack on S.E. Cupp [ipad].
Greta: Don’t worry about Cenk Uygur, he won’t be around long.
Video: Geraldo enraged over pat down of 6-yr-old [ipad].
Imus losing sidekick Charles McCord; McShane replaces. More.
Video: Brian Kilmeade in the dunk tank. Q&A: Lou Dobbs.
Beck stage show takes on emotions of a revival meeting.
Jennifer Griffin’s This Burning Land. Lori Rothman: tax tips.
Cooper’s syndie talk show to air from Lincoln Center room at CNN.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-14T00:44:49-04:00

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

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-13T00:01:03-04:00

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Schneider to FNC: Give Red Eye an earlier time slot.
NY Observer Beck specularama foresees hubris, humiliation.
Imus in the Morning sinks from #1 on FBN to #10. Analysis.
Bias Bash video: How do the media differentiate big stories?
CNN to replace John King w/Soledad? (via ICN) O’Brien’s pilot.
Prez hopeful to announce candidacy on Greta’s show tonight?
Show me the Huddy! Nancy Grace being sued for $15 million.
Video: Judge Napolitano on the budget cut shell game.
Video: Mike Emmanuel’s bad hair day?
Scandal: New York police actually protecting people in New York!

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-12T00:32:20-04:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Video: Bias Bash on media laziness re budget, CIA.
FNC debate rules separate contenders from pretenders.
Video: Deadliest Catch brings spicy language to F&F.
Q&A: Lou Dobbs. Tony Harris resurfaces, on Al-Jazeera.
Howard Kurtz: Toxic Beck and polarized media.
Video: Greta interviews...you guessed it...Donald Trump.
Fox haters deluge O’Reilly poll on Glenn Beck, post bot script to rig results. Update: Poll and manipulated results pulled.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-11T01:06:22-04:00

Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
Today’s Beck replacement specularama.
Olby taking credit for ratings surge at CNN?!?
Weekend in Vegas report gets Greta’s goat.
As debates proliferate, FNC sets criteria for first showdown.
Video: Bias Bash analyzes ‘thuggish’ NYT article.
CNN skeds special on Waco. FNC wedding plans.
VIdeo: No birther talk on Trump’s F&F segment.
Hot & Not: Beck, Trump, The Judge, Roberts, CNN etc.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-09T00:10:03-04:00

Video: Reliable Sources discusses Glenn Beck.
Zurawik: Beck and Olbermann two noxious tv toxins.
VIdeo: Sarah Palin talks Trump and budget.
The burden of being Erin Burnett (via TVN).
Video: Fox News Watch on budget battle coverage.
Black Agenda: Sharpton/Schultz special airs Sunday.
Tick tock, who had the best clock?
Sunday talkers: tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
Video: Beck talks to O’Reilly about his future plans.
Who should replace Glenn Beck? J$P Poll: final results.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-08T00:41:25-04:00

Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
Baier bumps Beck for breaking budget battle (h/t cubachi).
Greta: Media silliness re Beck, Palin. Show me the Huddy!
Insider mini-video: Charles Gasparino [ipad].
As news fades, so does CNN. Soledad in Greenwich.
O’Donnell wants his bosses to tell Trump: you’re fired!
Audio: Alan Colmes grills Donald Trump on birtherism.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-07T00:07:01-04:00

NPR’s Folkenflik profiles Bret Baier (via ICN).
Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
Do PIers Morgan’s thousands of tweets help his ratings?
Video: CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux clashes with The Donald.
Video: Huck w/Jon Stewart part one, part two, part three.
Bias Bash video: the media foreign/domestic divide.
VIdeo: Don Imus asks Major Garrett about budget, and Beck.
CNN/LA building locked down over threats; suspect in custody.
NY Times: Gripes, grumbling foreshadowed Beck/FNC split.
B&C: A Beck show unlikely to excite interest of syndicators.
Video: Judge Nap on the virtues of a government shutdown.

'I'm Saying: Look Out, Look Out'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-06T21:45:45-04:00

J$P Video! Glenn Beck says who should replace him on FNC:

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From Freedom Watch, April 6 2011

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-06T00:40:50-04:00

Video: Beck speaks.
Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
Glenn Beck to ‘transition off’ daily FNC program. More: NY Times, Mediaite. Kurtz: Split a ‘near-total divorce’. MacNicol: Why now? Ailes reacts.
Video: Howard Kurtz with Don Imus.
Insider mini-video: Behind the scenes at Red Eye [ipad].
Soledad at WU. Profile: Nick Charles (via ICN).
HLN: A good beat, and you can dance to it.
Bias Bash video: Eric Holder’s about-face.
MSNBC.com honcho at Murrow Symposium. Today’s oops.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-05T00:39:59-04:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Beck 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Video: Bill O’Reilly w/Don Imus part one, part two.
Why is Thomas Roberts doing a bit on 30 Rock?
Q&A: CNN’s Jim Walton (via TVN).
Juan Williams to receive Freedom of Speech award.
Video: Bernard Goldberg w/O’Reilly on Trump’s run.
Couric replacement specularama: John Roberts, Coop, Shep?

The Return of Civil Discourse

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-04T20:08:11-04:00

There’s a newfound interest in civil debate over at HuffPo, but it has its limits.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-04T01:28:15-04:00

Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Chris Wallace-Hannity 1-2-3.
New technologies changing the future of news.
Preview: Dr Drew Pinsky HLN premiere tonight.
Newman: O’Donnell Rand Paul attack a series of ‘lies’?
CNN ratings predictions run counter to history; more.
And the Cielo Latino 2011 award goes to...Coop!
Bias Bash video: Obama re-election announcement.
Q&A: Bob Pisani (via ICN). CNN hires Peter Bale.
Hot & Not: Libya, Morning Express, FBN.

'This Man Saved Our Lives'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-03T23:15:41-04:00

The man who saved Geraldo’s life:

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From Geraldo at Large, April 3 2011

'Tell Them Not to Shoot Us!'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-03T23:17:26-04:00

J$P Video! More compelling war footage from Libya:

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From Geraldo at Large, April 3 2011

'A Violent, Treacherous, Perilous, Dangerous Scene'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-03T09:35:39-04:00

J$P Video! Geraldo Rivera is caught in the Libyan crossfire:

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From Fox & Friends, April 3 2011

'It's Just Apologizing for the Administration'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-02T17:29:03-04:00

J$P Video! Michael Scheuer explains why he got a little snippy with CNN’s Christine Romans (h/t Carpe Diem):

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From Fox & Friends, April 2 2011

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-02T00:10:53-04:00

Video: Reliable Sources on Trump, Bachmann coverage.
Greta: Just what is it with Howard Dean?
Video: Due to factual error, Fox News Watch stops, then starts over segment on media coverage of GE; more.
Q&A: Larry King.
Video: Donald Trump on The Factor part five; Beck’s take.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-04-01T00:11:10-04:00

Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Chris Wallace-Hannity 1-2-3.
F&F video: Jennifer Griffin and Greg Myre part one, part two. Audio: Griffin and Myre with Geraldo (in Libya) [ipad].
Life under Comcast: tech glitches bedevil MSNBC, CNBC.
Another conflict of interest rap against CNBC.
Q&A: D-Rat at OSU. Video: Fareed Zakaria w/Leno.
HLN changes extend Morning Express to six hours!
Advice for CNN. CNN and Google trade accusations.
Video: Donald Trump on The Factor part three, part four.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-31T00:07:28-04:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Chris Wallace 1-2-3.
Bias Bash video: Libya, CIA, and the Obama doctrine.
Coop snags exclusive with freed journalists.
Michael Scheuer snaps at Christine Romans: video.
Geraldo in Libya; more pix. CNN’s Pleitgen under fire.
Feds finally fulfill Fox-filed FOIA. CNN snags Peabody.
Video: Donald Trump on The Factor part one, part two.

Updated 5:09 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-30T00:14:17-04:00

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
CNN deploys massive resources for huge overseas story.
Guess who’s headed to Libya? More.
Video: Susan Lucci smacks Brian Kilmeade.
FNC promotes Jay Wallace. MSNBC re-ups w/Starbucks.
Kurtz: Character assassination via sound bites?
Keith Olbermann resurfaces. Olby’s ‘baller whip’.
Desperately seeking ~~Megan~~ Megyn Kelly.
Video: Jennifer Griffin, Greg Myre. Q&A: D-Rat part tres.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-29T00:19:16-04:00

Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Obama (FNC)-Hannity 1-2-3.
Q1 program ranker: FNC holds top 12 slots.
Q1 numbers: FNC #1 for 9 years, Beck down; MSNBC, CNN.
Video: Bias Bash on media reaction to Libya speech.
Profile: Stossel. Q&A: D-Rat pt deux. Robin Meade, chanteuse.
MSNBC.com sharing content from National Journal.
Rick Sanchez: Did cable news cause the war in Libya?
Video: Major Garrett on whether Qaddafi should go.
ICN: The top five stupid cable news gimmicks.
Weekend numbers. March spin: CNN.
Kurtz queries Sammon on latest Fox ‘controversy’. Shuster claim (fwiw): FNC reporters and Bret Baier turning on Sammon.
Video: Judge Nap delivers ‘the plain truth’ on Libya.

Numbers Game

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-28T12:54:43-04:00

Our favorite Fox haters think Chris Wallace is a liar. But there’s a catch.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-28T00:10:02-04:00

Friday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Angle 1-2-3.
Video: Trump on F&F continues birther crusade.
(MS)NBC plans 20+ hours coverage of royal wedding.
Video: Bill Hemmer on Libya and basketball.
Uh oh. Did David Brock say too much?
Profile: Jennifer Griffin. Video Q&A: D-Rat.
Global events bust budgets of news orgs.
Hot & Not: CNN vs FNC, Beck, FBN, Roberts, etc.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-26T00:45:19-04:00

MSNBC under Comcast: don’t empty the stadium.
Chris Wallace gives an elbow to the White House.
Video: Ted Koppel longs for the days of MSM dominance.
Sunday specials: FNC Ferraro, CNN Muslims next door.
Video: News Watch on Libya coverage part one, pt two.
Q&A: Martin Bashir, news anchor and reggae master.
Rick Sanchez resurfaces, plays Latino card.
Ferraro remembered: Estrich, Palin, Beckel, Greta.
R.I.P.: FNC’s Geraldine Ferraro. Flashback.
Brock admits goal: sabotage Fox via all-out war.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-25T00:38:34-04:00

Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
Swells gather for NLGJA fete.
Video: Cavuto w/Imus on Beck, Libya etc, part one, part two.
O’Donnell attacks on Mormonism stir controversy.
Unedited video: Bret Baier w/Jon Stewart pt one, two, three.
Zurawik: What is Michael Steele’s cable future?
Video: Judge Nap on avoiding the constitution in wartime.

'No Friends, No Family, No Life'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-24T11:55:57-04:00

J$P Video! Robot video of the Media Matters ‘boot camp’:

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From Red Eye, March 24 2011

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-24T00:04:13-04:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
An early peek at FBN’s numbers.
Q&A: John McCann on FBN’s Nielsen move.
Aaron Brown resurfaces, slams Bill, Beck, Coop.
Zurawik: Sarah Palin, Bill Maher, and Greta.
Cablers gather for Roberts-hosted NLGJA soiree.
Olbermann web ‘worst persons’ smears Billy Graham.
Shumate: Cable news short shrifts Liz Taylor passing.
Video: Sean Hannity talks to Larry King part one, part two.

Marvin Kalb: Fox Hater?

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-23T13:59:40-04:00

So sez FishbowlDC. But there’s a catch.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-23T00:09:42-04:00

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
Greta: Scared kittens need training to defend their beliefs?
Video: Judge Nap on why they won’t call Libya a ‘war’ [ipad].
CNN comes to FNC: On Hannity tonight, Larry King!
Q&A: CNN’s Kyung Lah in Japan.
FBN signs on for full Neilsen ratings services.
Today’s NY Times specularama: The Beck Channel?
Juliet Huddy: I’ll be back very soon.
Impartial journalist David Shuster resurfaces.
David Bauder: CNN seeks to leverage its advantages.
Yes, Alan Colmes still gets hate mail.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-22T00:04:16-04:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
Steve Harrigan accuses Nic Robertson of not telling the truth, blasts CNNer as a dull, b-s reporter who has ‘a screw loose’.
Jennifer Griffin rips CNN’s ‘petulant, indefensible’ comments.
Video: John Roberts w/Imus, on joining the Fox News team.
Video: Juan and MK Ham react to Heldman attack [ipad].
Jennifer Griffin audio: CNN should stop personal attacks [ipad].
Video: Jennifer Griffin explains ‘human shields’ story. Daily Mail confirms. Did FNC cross the line? Was CNN outburst payback for Harrigan comments? Did Nic Robertson change his tune?
Greta remembers Susan Bunda.
Today’s Glenn Beck advertisers specularama.
Weekend numbers. Weekly ranker: FNC tops CNN, MSNBC.
Video: Judge Napolitano on wars of intervention.

Another Cover Story

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-21T19:50:17-04:00

Aha! Fox didn’t mention a huuuge news story. The mongrels present their proof, but there’s a catch.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-21T00:25:40-04:00

CNN’s Nic Robertson compares Jennifer Griffin to Qaddafi!
Friday’s numbers: Juan Wms (for O’Reilly)-Beck-Baier 1-2-3.
Video: News Watch panel on coverage of Japan.
Will MSNBC ever give up on predators and prisons?
Glenn Beck to hire FNC bigwig for his own company? FNC insider: Cheatwood’s contract was not going to be renewed anyhow; more.
Jennifer Griffin: CNN, Reuters crews used as human shields.
VIdeo: Trump tells F&F how he ‘screwed’ Qaddafi [ipad].
Supreme Court sides w/FBN, Bloomberg on Fed disclosure.
Profile: Adam Housley. Q&A: Bill Wolff.
Barry Kaufman: Don’t cry for me, CNN.
Hot & Not: Japan, Libya, going left, CNN, evacuations etc.

'Your Comments Were Bigoted'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-19T00:03:00-04:00

J$P Video! Caroline Heldman lectures Juan Williams about racism:

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From The O’Reilly Factor, March 18 2011

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-19T00:22:35-04:00

Sunday Fox & Friends line-up triggers speculation.
Video: Reliable Sources on shallow Libya coverage.
Alex Witt sued over failure to repay debt.
Zurawik: Blitzer and Sesak bring the intensity.
Video: Harrigan live as missiles hit Tripoli pt one, pt two.
Video: Steve Harrigan live in Libya interrupted by gunfire.
Daily Tech: MSNBC reporter lied, sensationalized nuke story.
Q&A: Lou Dobbs. Reliable Sources makeover.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Map Flap Gap

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-18T11:25:53-04:00

A tale of two gaffes.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-18T00:19:14-04:00

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.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-17T00:37:55-04:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3.
How The Factor got his name.
Video: Evan Bayh debuts as FNC contributor.
Profile: Adam Shapiro. Q&A: Sanjay Gupta, Soledad.
Video: Chris Wallace with Don Imus.
Video: Shep apologizes for Greg Palkot?!
MSNBC botches report on nuclear dangers.
Video: Reps Weiner and Bachmann slug it out.
FNC top cable source for political news; MSNBC, CNN drop.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-16T00:12:15-04:00

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Baier 1-2-3.
The ‘redemption’ of Rick Sanchez? Bahrain ejects Jamjoom.
Video: Juan Williams w/Imus on media coverage of Japan.
Cable coverage of Japan lacks planning, perspective (via ICN).
Video: Bias Bash on media double standards.
Newsers move quickly in fluid environment.
Q&A: Soledad in Japan. Should reporters rig reunions?
Firedog Lake: Hey, let’s suggest Joe Scarborough is a murderer!
Guardian: FNC’s well-educated audience makes it dangerous!

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-15T00:54:35-04:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Profile: Nicole Lapin. Trish Regan quits CNBC.
Q&A: Adam Shapiro, Soledad, Big Ed Schultz.
Twins span cable news divide. Today’s oops.
Chad Meyers, CNN’s all-purpose expert.
Video: Chris Matthews w/Leno pt one, pt two.
Judge Napolitano gets Beck-type numbers.
CNN to launch ’tv everywhere’ mobile service.
Larry King taping CNN special in Las Vegas.
Lou Dobbs’s new show makes a surprise move.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-14T00:15:15-04:00

Friday’s numbers: Bill-Blitzer-Shep 1-2-3. Analysis.
Fox News signs former Senator as a contributor; more.
Video: Shepard Smith first report from Japan [ipad].
Sarah asked Roger for advice and didn’t take it. Mika chimes in.
MSNBC centerpiece series renewed. Larry’s got a new tv gig.
Lou Dobbs profiles: AP, Daily Mail, Daily News, Post-Gazette.
New Pew: 2011 report on cable news part one, part two.
Hot & Not: Japan, Keilar, Sheen, Morning Joe etc.
FBN: 5:00 am McDowell/McShane market report on Monday.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-12T00:08:46-05:00

Greta: Is CNN being tasteless and crass?
Video: Reliable Sources w/O’Keefe, analyzes NPR sting.
Shep to Japan, FNC expanded Sunday programming.
VIdeo: Greg Palkot’s return to the air after Egypt attack.
Kudlow ‘grateful’ human toll worse than economic toll.
CNN gets bump, skeds Sunday Coop 360, sets web record.
Video: Saturday pre-empted News Watch covers NPR, NYT etc.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-11T00:44:31-05:00

Julie Banderas back in anchor chair (via ICN)...or not?
Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Overnite.
Hecklers disrupt MSNBC, thinking it’s FNC.
Where do netizens turn for breaking news?
Cablers cover quake, MSNBC not so much.
Video: CNN previews Unwelcome: Muslims Next Door.
CNN Español revamps for growing market.
TJ Holmes ends A.M. run. Swells gather at RTDNF.
Video: Keith Ellison on The O’Reilly Factor.
Big Ed gets the Spike treatment in Hampton Roads.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-10T00:03:13-05:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Larry King tweaks Coop...with a gay joke!
Greta on Couric, contracts, and bad journalism.
Bloomberg covers Silicon Valley, with a twist.
Video: Chris Wallace w/Don Imus part one, part two.
Blitzer, Leventhal et al honored at RTDNF dinner.
Cablers hustle to cover surprise Wisconsin vote.
Was CNBC Fast Money story on welfare misleading?
Ronald S Martin at SSU. Q&A: HLN’s Scot Safon.

Dog and Phony Show

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-09T12:32:46-05:00

Our favorite tail-wagger proves Americans are not generous and exonerates CAIR. But there’s a catch.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-09T00:12:29-05:00

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.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-08T00:19:49-05:00

MK Ham’s Factor appearance triggers obscene repsonse.
Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Greta defends her questioning of Newt.
Q&A: Tucker Carlson part deux.
Megyn Kelly only tv newser on 2011 people to watch list.
Video: Bernard Goldberg on NY Times attacking FNC.
Scarborough denies Page Six ’shopping show’ story.
CNN’s Keilar to WH beat. Kiran in Larchmont (via ICN).
FNC to be aggressive in seeking increased carriage fees.
Video: Judith Miller on the treatment of Bradley Manning.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-07T00:38:40-05:00

Juliet Huddy news...or not?
Friday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
Video: Kelly’s Court rules on Fred Grandy flap.
Like Roberts, TJ Holmes irked by Kiran typing?
Video: Leland Vittert caught in the crossfire.
HLN emulates MSNBC, reruns crime shows.
Pix: Bret Baier in Afghanistan.
CNN’s Freedom Project. King to host Peabodies.
MacNicol: NY Times Beck blast not believable?
Q&A: Don Lemon (via TVN), Tucker Carlson, Lawrence O, Norah O. Profile: Andrea Mitchell (via ICN).
Hot & Not: Dobbs, Sheen, Maddow, Schultz, King.

Don't Watch That

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-05T15:12:49-05:00

The mongrels’ latest scoop praises Alan Colmes for bashing Fox News. But there’s a catch.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-05T00:52:38-05:00

NY Times specularama over supposed Beck/FNC split.
Video: Chris Wallace vs Margie Phelps; more.
Video: Reliable Sources piles on Glenn Beck.
Again? CNN skeds Piers/Sheen for third night.
Video: Fox News Watch on media confusion; more.
VIdeo: Huck defends his Natalie Portman comments.
Piers rips Vanity Fair over unflattering profile.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
VIdeo: Judge Napolitano vs Donald Rumsfeld. More.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-04T00:21:51-05:00

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.

David Shuster, Boy Reporter

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-03T23:41:40-05:00

He’s not a reporter, but he plays one on twitter.

A Little Propaganda Is a Dangerous Think

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-03T18:54:09-05:00

Think Progress and the newshounds ‘expose’ Greta van Susteren’s bias. But there’s a catch.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-03T01:07:50-05:00

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.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-02T00:30:32-05:00

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Audio: David Shuster unleashed, calls Mike Tobin a liar, says FNC more dangerous than terrorism, blames FNC ‘lies’ for popularity of Sheen coverage! [ipad link]
Video rematch: Megyn Kelly and Anthony Weiner.
Whoops! Fox haters try to ‘Breitbart’ O’Reilly.
FNC suspends Santorum, Newt. Kurtz: how and why.
Video: Frank Luntz with Don Imus.
CNN cooking up new program ideas?
Joe & Mika shop show (unsuccessfully) to CBS?
MSNBC denies Lanny Davis right to respond.
The hidden meanings behind CNN’s logo.

Let's Hear It for Censorship, Eh!

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-01T10:15:05-05:00

RFK Jr praises Canada for banning Fox News. But there’s a catch.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-03-01T00:08:46-05:00

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.

'I'm Harrassed with Every Live Shot'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-28T13:55:39-05:00

J$P Audio! Mike Tobin talks to Scott Allen Miller about Fox haters in Wisconsin:

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From The John Gibson Show, February 28 2011

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-28T00:22:44-05:00

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

'That Guy Just Hit Me!'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-27T17:55:36-05:00

J$P Video! Mike Tobin reporting from a combat zone:

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From Fox News Channel, February 26-27 2011

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-26T00:15:19-05:00

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

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-25T00:48:48-05:00

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 [ipad].
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.

Rachel Maddow Weaves a Tangled Web

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-24T23:54:01-05:00

J$P makes an uncredited cameo appearance on MSNBC, while Rachel Maddow practices to deceive.

The Shep Smith-Rachel Maddow Connection

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-23T23:44:55-05:00

An interesting ‘coincidence’... Updated!

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-24T00:27:48-05:00

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

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-23T00:44:56-05:00

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.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-22T00:15:11-05:00

Friday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
Fox News top-valued non-sports channel.
Olbermann plans website, claims: ‘I’m in charge’.
Zurawik: Good, bad, and ugly of Wisconsin coverage.
Audio: John Gibson opens up about his skin cancer.
Bias Bash video: Comparing Wisconsin to Egypt.
Michael Ware has left CNN. MSNBC snags Gracie.
Video: Major Garrett w/Don Imus part one, part two.
Kirsten Powers fan sends her a tweet.
Video: Bernard Goldberg on George Soros vs Fox News.
CNN’s Wedeman first Western journo in Libya.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-21T00:29:19-05:00

Surprise! ‘Juliete’ Huddy suddenly gets a bio page.
Piers’s secret, ‘must-watch’ guest is...Larry King! ICN scoffs.
Soros, Fox News, and Nazis: today’s question (via TCG).
Shep ‘bear alerts’ continue to stir controversy.
Video: Bias Bash on Al-Jazeera fomenting revolution.
Profile: Lori Rothman. Q&A: Kiran Chetry.
The ‘brains’ behind MSNBC’s brand.
Piers: a cold dish of toad-in-the-hole? (via ICN)
Greta tapped for Civility Institute board.
Stuever: Matthews Clinton hour a superficial mash-note.

'Would You Come Back to Fox if Asked?'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-19T23:30:17-05:00

J$P Video! Laurie Dhue talks about alcoholism and her work at FNC:

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From Geraldo at Large, February 19 2011

'Fraud on the Streets of Madison Wisconsin'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-19T22:37:38-05:00

J$P Video! A Wisconsin doctor gives a fake ‘sick note’ to an FNC producer:

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From Geraldo at Large, February 19 2011

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-19T00:03:53-05:00

Video: Reliable Sources, are female journos more vulnerable?
Who is funding David Shuster’s ‘journalism venture’?
Politico focuses on Huck’s Israel trips.
Video: News Watch panel on budget coverage.
As speculation swirls, J$P hears Huddy status unchanged: still at FNC.
O’Donnell adopts Olby role at post-KO MSNBC.
Surprise! Soros attacks Beck, Murdoch, Fox News!
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-18T00:36:33-05:00

Zurawik: MSNBC Wisconsin coverage biased and clueless.
Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Video: Fox hater screams over Jeff Flock live shot.
Soledad previews Ernest Withers documentary.
BBC to push ‘impartial’ World News Channel.
MSNBC daytime adds Bashir. ICN: Nonsensical excuse.
O’Donnell cartoon segment stirs controversy, threats.
FNC and Cablevision seal multi-year deal.
ICN: Risk vs reward in journalism judgment calls.
Glick: Journalism, Lara Logan, and identity politics.
Piers purchases pub. Larry disses CNN’s Morganmania.
Big Ed in Madison. Q&A: Jennifer Griffin on Lara Logan.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-17T00:19:28-05:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Bream-Hannity 1-2-3.
Reports on new poll omit: FNC is most trusted.
FBN’s Dennis Kneale toots his own horn.
Big Ed to air live from union protests. Flashback.
Video: Hemmer defuses video ‘controversy’. [ipad]
Video: Chris Wallace w/Imus part one, part two.
DId CNN try to protect Lara Logan’s attackers?
Piers numbers continue to sink.
Q&A: Big Ed; Major Garrett; Bret Baier on son’s heart disease.
CNN revives fashion coverage (via CNNO).
Video: Glenn Beck vs Google part one, part two.

'Different Points of View? That's Dangerous!'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-16T11:29:24-05:00

J$P Video! Red Eye gets the scoop from a Media Matters ‘insider’:

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From Red Eye, February 16 2011

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-16T00:35:44-05:00

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Bret 1-2-3.
Q&A: Greg Palkot on surviving Cairo; Velez-Mitchell pt tres.
Video: Greg Gutfeld w/Don Imus part one, part two.
FTV Live: Phil Keating’s star not on the rise?
Who should compete in an all-media edition of Survivor?
Tkacik: Vacuous, insipid hack O’Donnell a primetime wacko.
Schneider: Larry channels Olby, rips O’Reilly with falsehoods.
Pundit used CNBC to promote $4 million Ponzi scheme.
Pitts: Cooper’s Egypt reportage getting a bum rap.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-15T00:31:57-05:00

Zurawik: Hot-dog poseur O’Donnell’s desperate ploy.
Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Bret 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Q&A: Major Garrett on Olby’s exit, Velez-Mitchell pt deux.
New Pew: Egypt coverage analyzed.
Video: Ashley Webster w/Imus part one, part two.
Morning Joe’s music mavens, CNN’s iReport awards.
O’Donnell adopts Olbermann’s shtick, rips O’Reilly.
Chris Jansing joins Jack Jacobs in VietNam.
Video: Greta’s unedited interview with Donald Trump.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-14T00:29:29-05:00

Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Beck 1-2-3.
Greg Palkot hears from doctor who treated him in Egypt.
FBN’s Ashley Webster survives Cairo scare (via TCG).
Cablenewsers to gather for NLGJA benefit.
Video: S.E. Cupp w/Don Imus part one, part two.
Coop in Naples. Q&A: Juan Williams, Velez-Mitchell.
Licht to Bloomberg? CNBC skeds currency show.
With ‘wild card’ Olby on board, Current widens its web.

'Hasn't the Man Any Modesty at All?'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-13T12:48:08-05:00

J$P Video! Liz Trotta unloads on Anderson Cooper:

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From America’s News Headquarters, February 13 2011

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-12T00:56:04-05:00

Video: Reliable Sources on AOL/HuffPo.
Video: Fox News Watch on AOL/HuffPo and Olbermann’s move to Current TV [ipad]; plus how Obama views Fox News.
Q&A: Joe & Mika in Chicago.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
Cablenewsers scramble to cover surprise resignation.

'Where's This Coming From? Who Does It Benefit?'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-11T11:24:42-05:00

J$P Video! Fox News VP Kevin Magee responds to rumors about the Imus program:

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From Imus in the Morning, February 11 2011

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-11T00:55:00-05:00

Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
Video: Leland Vittert in Tahrir Square. [ipad]
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.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-10T00:33:55-05:00

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

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-09T00:11:17-05:00

What’s behind those Don Imus rumors?
Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
MSNBC plans to target ‘two-screen viewers’.
Video: Red Eye analyzes Olbermann’s new gig [ipad].
Video: Glenn Beck/Bill Kristol feud heats up.
Why Olbermann went to Current TV. Olby alone won’t save CTV. Can KO stay relevant? Keith’s new neighbors. Let the sniping begin. Eating out.
Q&A: Cenk Uygur boasts that FNC will fear him.
Laurie Dhue resurfaces: Today show video. Juan Williams at WKU.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-02-08T00:45:13-05:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Olby gets nightly primetime hour, twitter explodes. Current’s eclectic lineup. Will KO help or hurt Current’s bottom line? Video: Pinkerton’s take.
Olbermann to join cablenews powerhouse. Why it makes sense for both parties? Non-compete clause may not apply.
John King complains about FNC’s contributors.
Coop leaves Egypt, heads for Letterman’s couch.
Nic Robertson’s wife Margaret on the Egypt experience.
Lawrence O’Donnell struggles to retain viewers.

T.A.D. Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-30T12:02:40-05:00

While we were off at an undisclosed location, this post kept J$P readers informed with the latest links from our CableNewsWire feed.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-29T00:53:25-05:00

Zurawik: Piers goes live, and it’s unimpressive.
(MS)NBC in a Comcast world.
Video: Reliable Sources on Bachmann coverage.
Video: Fox News Watch on Keith Olbermann [ipad].
Mushnick: The real reason Olby is out.
Watson: Olbermann firing poorly timed.
Tom Brokaw dodges the Olbermann question.
Larry O’Donnell and his $88 socks.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-28T00:13:04-05:00

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

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-27T00:01:01-05:00

Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Video: Shep explains FNC employees’ snow options [ipad].
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.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-26T00:22:59-05:00

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

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-25T00:44:15-05:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Rumor: MSNBC interested in hiring Alec Baldwin? Or not?
Arend: Olby’s exit will consume humanity in a new Dark Age!
Greta: Let’s stop the hand-wringing over Olbermann.
Intramural feud: Roger Ailes vs the junior Murdochs?
Video: Red Eye salutes Keith Olbermann [ipad].
Rick Sanchez resurfaces, comments on Olbermann.
Video: Bernard Goldberg on the MSNBC goings-on.
Who really fired Olbermann? The military-industrial complex!
Zurawik: Ed Rendell signs w/MSNBC; Q&A. AJ Hammer re-ups.
Q&A: Neil Cavuto on SotU coverage, Big Ed part two, Cenk.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-24T00:00:51-05:00

Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Bream 1-2-3. Piers slips.
Audio: John Gibson sez Comcast fired Olby.
Daily Finance: Comcast unlikely to overhaul MSNBC.
Video: Glenn Beck on Olby’s departure.
Q&A: Coop, John Stossel, Big Ed. Bret Baier: rapper.
SotU coverage rundown.
Haddad: Piers Morgan is the new King.
MSNBC to hire Ed Rendell? Dan Abrams to ABC?
NYT: Years of tension led to Olbermann/MSNBC split. WSJ: The end of a tumultuous affair. LAT: Unanswered questions. The Week: Five theories.
Yahoo: Where will KO end up? How about Senator Olby? Or Sirius?
Barnhart: NBC blew it. MacNicol: Will MSNBC regret dumping KO? Boedeker: How will Keith be remembered? Zucker reacts. Twitter explodes.

Fox Haters Week in Review!

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-23T20:39:44-05:00

It’s a lively stew of Nazis, lies of omission, evil banners, poison apples, and two little words. Read all about it in another pulse-pounding edition of Fox Haters Week in Review!

'He Seemed So Grateful'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-22T06:43:55-05:00

J$P Video! A bizarre interview with Richard Dreyfuss:

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From Fox & Friends, January 22 2011

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-22T07:34:30-05:00

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 [ipad].
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-21T00:24:51-05:00

Keith Olbermann out at MSNBC! New schedule. Is Comcast cleaning house? It was a stealth move. Kurtz: It was a long time coming. Video: Olby’s farewell. Flashback: Olby says firing ‘a groundless fear’.
Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Wallace 1-2-3.
Zurawik: Piers ratings could spell trouble for CNN.
Post-surgery update: Soledad is doing fine.
Video: Megyn Kelly w/Don Imus part one, part two.
Is Martin Bashir’s show finally about to debut?
J.R. Dunn: Why did MSNBC cancel me?
As Zucker moves out, Immelt moves up.
Videos: Matthews w/Colbert, Piers w/Letterman.
Juan Williams talks education in Charlotte.
Video: The Judge on how to bring freedom to China.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-20T00:23:12-05:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Wallace-Hannity 1-2-3.
Finally, Countdown hits #1...online.
Piers grills Condi: cooking, dating, and marriage! (via CB)
Video: Gretchen Carlson’s ear gets licked. More.
Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Wallace 1-2-3.
Michael Steele looking for cable gig.
Poll: FNC most trusted (and distrusted) cablenewser.
FEC complaint against Hannity dismissed.
Q&A: Eric Bolling, from baseball to business.
Video: Chris Wallace w/ Don Imus part one, part two.
Five ideas to improve Piers Morgan Tonight.
Paper drops Parker column until she’s off CNN.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-19T00:33:38-05:00

Night two: Hannity tops PMT, Piers wins demo. Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
New F&F flap: Joan, Melissa, and Sarah (via TVN). More.
Comcastic merger a boon for Bloomberg, FBN.
Suzanne Malveaux to anchor CNN Newsroom.
New Pew: PEJ analysis of Tucson coverage.
It’s come to this: CNN apologizes for saying ‘crosshairs’!
Video: Beck & Ablow on Today Show, w/Imus part one, part two.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-18T00:14:34-05:00

Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
FCC approves NBC’s Comcastic merger despite opposition,
After losing to Hannity Piers boasts that he’ll beat him.
Esquire profile: Roger Ailes ‘threatens US stability’ (via TVN).
Video: Wallace & Wallace w/Don Imus part one, part two.
The Mole...Regis...now Coop lands a part on Broadway!
Video: Bernard Goldberg on pundit political attacks.
Roland S Martin at W-SU. Gerri Willis on home values.
Zurawik: Piers/Oprah and Hannity/Palin, shilling and spinning.
Piers premiere: Globe: fawning; Guardian: chummy; EW: tenacious; TV Guide: toadying; Chickaboomer: suck-up; CBS: nothing special; Inquirer: mischievous; Deadline: unsurprising; Anglotopia: strong; AV Club: sedate; WaPo: droning; NY Post: surprisingly good; St Pete Times: obsequious; NY: sycophantic; IndieWire: fascinating; NYT: timid; H’Wood Reporter: flat; NYDN: cordial; The Wrap: softballs; Time: cheeky; Winnipeg FP: deferential.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-17T00:51:34-05:00

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!

Fox Haters Week in Review!

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-16T21:00:56-05:00

Incompetence and dishonesty run rampant as smear merchants again have FNC in their crosshairs. It’s a new (and not long-winded) installment of Fox Haters Week in Review!

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-15T00:35:38-05:00

Greta: Don’t charge Eric Fuller.
Video: Reliable Sources on the AZ media aftermath.
Paper publishes praise from Piers’s peers.
Video: Fox News Watch on the media blame game.
Julie Banderas loses weekend anchor slots; fans react.
CNN adds Isha Sesay to Coop 360.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-14T00:07:49-05:00

Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekly ranker.
Rick Sanchez rehab tour: insecurity and sadness.
Did Coop try to gin up opposition to BP? He sez no.
Q&A: Piers Morgan; Mike Emanuel part one, part two.
News Corp jumps to the defense of...NBC!
Olby week in review: bad oysters.
Will Mark Levin sue Chris Matthews? More.
Video: Judge Napolitano with Dr Marc Lamont Hill.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-13T00:15:44-05:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Tucson/FNC-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
Palin to do FNC interview Monday...with Hannity.
Controversy swirls around Rick Sanchez fundraisers.
Roger Ailes and Russell Simmons make a love connection?
ICN: Piers snaps back at Greta with twitter overkill.
Video: Chris Wallace w/Imus on Obama speech pt one, pt two.
Grace takes on extra hour pending Dr Drew.
Cablenewsers named to two influentials lists.
Robyn Meredith to Bloomberg. Dubrow to helm Dr Drew.
Video: Fox News panel reactions to Obama speech.

FHWiR Extra: Count the Lies

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-12T22:29:44-05:00

Did you know that this site is written by a stupid, lazy, pathetic, incoherent, lying, far-right wingnut? Read all about it in a special update edition of Fox Haters Week in Review!

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-12T01:15:39-05:00

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!

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-11T01:55:31-05:00

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

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-10T00:47:38-05:00

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.

Fox Haters Week in Review

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-09T20:22:54-05:00

There’s only one topic on our minds this weekend. We’ll address it in tonight’s Fox Haters Week in Review. With J$P Video!

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-08T00:45:36-05:00

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.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-07T00:41:49-05:00

Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity
Dr Drew pushes Behar back to 10:00 pm.
Video: Michio Kaku throws water on the ‘aflockalypse’.
Q&A: Shibani Joshi at CES 2011.
Video: Gretchen’s wild ride. More.
Video: Oops, did Mika say that?! [ipad]
Journos unimpressed by Piers’s Oprah ‘get’.
Piers is CNN’s capitulation to opinion news?
Piers plans: pick fights, be polarizing, and don’t do it live.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-06T00:59:49-05:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
O’Reilly snags exclusive pre-Super Bowl interview with Obama.
NPR/Juan Williams fallout: Weiss resigns. Video: Juan reacts.
MSNBC hires homeless man for voice-overs.
Hill reporter slams Olbermann’s ‘journalism’.
Audio: Brian Kilmeade talks with Major Garrett [ipad].
CNN explains ‘freedom project’. Piers snags Oprah.
Reena Ninan’s good news: it’s a boy!
Coop rolls eyes at mention of Kathy Griffin.
Big Ed walks back ‘bastard’ crack; Joe breaks House rules.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-05T00:34:57-05:00

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Hannity.
Chris Matthews snipes at Joe...or does he?
Nancy Grace re-ups with HLN.
Audio: Gibbs replacement convo w/surprising names [ipad].
Cablers cover Congressional commencement.
Why John Roberts went to FNC: loyalty.
Q&A: Piers Morgan, Soledad O’Brien.
Zurawik: three cheers for conflict!
Video: The Judge interviews Glenn Beck.
Audio: Orlando Salinas on diabetes and his reporting career.

'You're Listening to a Grade-A Fool!'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-04T00:06:26-05:00

J$P Video! Darrell Issa talks about corruption, and Bob Beckel goes ballistic:

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From Follow the Money, January 3 2011

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-04T00:51:31-05:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
What cable news show made top ten tv influentials list?
Judith Miller responds to her attackers.
Sanchez launches website with purloined pictures?
PR stunts worked: CNN edges FNC on New Years Eve. Friday’s numbers: Coop/Griffin-Hemmer/Kelly-Bream 1-2-3. Weekend numbers
Coop takes over King slot pending Piers premiere..
FBN reveals CES coverage plans.
New FBN promo jabs at MSNBC.
Red blogs unimpressed by new FNC hire.
Video: Tucker Carlson on the RNC debate and executing Vick.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-03T00:01:04-05:00

Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Wallace-Faulkner 1-2-3.
As Griffeth returns to CNBC, Bartiromo plummets.
So there are friends of Rick Sanchez?
John Roberts joins FNC: more. ICN: another CNN failure.
MSNBCNBC to air shows from 2011 CES.
CNN shutters its San Fran bureau (via ICN).
The Beck Effect is real.
Soledad focuses on Ernest Withers.
Audio: Brian Wilson talks to Bret Baier [ipad].

Fox Haters Year in Review!

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-02T20:07:37-05:00

As a new year begins, we look back at worst of 2010 and name The Lie of the Year. It’s a special edition of Fox Haters Year in Review! With J$P Video!

January 1 2011

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2011-01-01T00:10:03-05:00

Our best wishes to you for a healthy, rewarding 2011.

Happy New Year from johnny dollar’s place!

'CNN: They're Such Geniuses Over There!'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-31T18:40:23-05:00

J$P Audio! John Gibson talks about the cable news business, reacts to David Shuster’s latest comments, and does phone battle with Fox haters:

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From The John Gibson Show, December 31 2010

New Year's Eve Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-31T00:59:38-05:00

Video: Reliable Sources on 2010 media controversies.
Video: Red Eye New Year’s Special [ipad].
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 [ipad].

'The Punishment Fits the Size'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-30T17:02:16-05:00

J$P Video! Brett Favre and other hot topics on Megyn’s Power Panel with Ainsley Earhardt, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Greg Gutfeld:

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From America Live, December 30 2010

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-30T00:00:03-05:00

Schonfeld: A Happy New Year message for CNN.
Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Bream-Hannity 1-2-3.
Joe makes running-for-office noises again; the Q&A.
It’s a Maddow-Mediaite-Martel miff.
Audio: Shuster resurfaces, slams Fox and Beck [ipad].
Video: Fox & Friends Weekend 2010 highlight reel.
Piers Morgan has a thin twitter skin?
Q&A: Bill Hemmer talks Fox, fairness, and New Year’s.
Video: Hemmer and Kelly preview New Year’s Eve.
Part four: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter [ipad].

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-29T00:34:57-05:00

Ultimate Fox hater resorts to vulgarity.
Tuesday’s numbers: Bream-Bolling-Beck 1-2-3.
Today’s firing demand.
FNC adds extra hour, starts New Years special at 10pm.
ICN’s New Years resolutions for cablenewsers.
Fox News: #1 for nine years and counting.
Despite losses, Olbermann’s job is safe...for now.
Q&A: CNNI’s Ellana Lee. Engel on anchoring.
Part three: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter [ipad].

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-28T00:06:04-05:00

2010 program ranker. FNC dominates. Olby, Maddow, Coop all down double digits. One newser in top ten cable channels.
Monday’s numbers: Bolling-Bream-Beck 1-2-3. Friday’s numbers: F&F Christmas-Special Report-Fox Report 1-2-3.
Mickey Sherman (Mr Lis Wiehl) headed for the pokey.
Greta responds to TV Newser.
Chris Knowles (Mr Kiran Chetry) turns up on CNN.
Video: Fox & Friends 2010 highlight reel.
David Shuster resurfaces; Q&A.
Piers gets support from Jack Bauer.
Part two: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter [ipad].

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-27T01:25:52-05:00

Thursday’s numbers: Bret-Bill-Jon 1-2-3.
Greta questions Juan Williams Palin comments.
Yowzah! Courtney Friel Christmas pics resurface.
Video: Dr Marc Siegel on end-of-life regulations.
2010 a big bucks year for biz nets.
Tonight’s Factor sub-host: Eric Bolling.
Big Ed explains his booking policies.
Video: ‘Misinformed’ study itself misinformed [ipad].
ICN 2010 wrap-up: what’s hot and what’s not.
Part one: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter [ipad].

Green Chri$tma$

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-25T00:34:48-05:00

Stan Freberg's timeless Christmas masterpiece. If you don't have it on CD you can download it here. Or take this opportunity to listen now [link for ipad/iphone].

Classic Christmas radio broadcasts:

Amos 'n' Andy: Christmas show listen [ipad]
Dragnet: A .22 Rifle for Christmas listen [ipad]
Jack Benny: Last Moment Christmas Shopping listen [ipad]
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter listen [ipad]
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Missing Mouse Matter listen [ipad]
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Carmen Kringle Matter listen [ipad]
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Red Mystery Matter listen [ipad]

Classic Christmas television episodes:

Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: Busy Christmas [dvd] watch
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: Lost Christmas Gift [dvd]
Dragnet: A .22 Rifle for Christmas watch
The Honeymooners: 'Twas The Night Before Christmas [dvd] watch
The Jack Benny Program: Christmas Shopping watch [ipad]
The Twilight Zone: The Night of the Meek [dvd] watch
Dragnet 1968: The Christmas Story [dvd] watch
JAG: All Ye Faithful [dvd]
Lois & Clark: 'Twas the Night Before Myxmas [dvd] watch
Night Gallery: The Messiah on Mott Street [dvd] watch
Roswell: A Roswell Christmas Carol [dvd] watch [Hulu+ req]
Space: Above and Beyond: River of Stars [dvd]

Classic Christmas movies:

Babes in Toyland (March of the Wooden Soldiers) [dvd] watch
A Christmas Story [dvd] watch [sub req]
It’s a Wonderful Life [dvd]
The Lemon Drop Kid [dvd]
Home Alone [dvd]
Miracle on 34th Street [dvd]

Merry Christmas from johnny dollar's place.

Christmas Eve Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-24T00:01:18-05:00

Video: Christmas is about the journey.
Video: The Louie Zamperini story. More.
John Roberts signs off American Morning, TJ takes over.
Video: Inspirational Americans.
Sunday talkers: tip sheet.
A very MSNBC Christmas! Skeds: FNC Sat, Sun; CNN.
The year’s top ten Countdown moments.
Cenk Uygur attacks Fox, misses the target.
FNC videos: holiday reflections, Megyn’s most memorable Christmas, funniest Yuletide memories, Christmas songs, holiday gifts.
Part one: The Nick Shurn Matter listen [ipad].
Part two: The Nick Shurn Matter listen [ipad].
Part three: The Nick Shurn Matter listen [ipad].
Part four: The Nick Shurn Matter listen [ipad].
Part five: The Nick Shurn Matter listen [ipad].

'Don't Toy With Me!'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-23T12:53:55-05:00

J$P Video! Brian Kilmeade finally gets his Christmas wish: Colossus Rex!

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From Fox & Friends, December 23 2010

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-23T01:29:27-05:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Laura-Bret-Greta 1-2-3.
Greta’s Haiti special airs tonight.
Spend New Year’s Eve with Rick Sanchez!
Video: Leventhal in Afghanistan w/David Asman’s son.
Shep interview stirs Mediaite controversy.
Part four: The Nick Shurn Matter listen [ipad].

'I Don't Know Where He Was; I Was There'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-22T12:03:01-05:00

J$P Video! Peter Johnson Jr on 9/11 responders, and Jon Stewart:

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From Fox & Friends, December 22 2010

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-22T00:10:08-05:00

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
Again? Olbermann tweets false information.
Brian Wilson resurfaces.
Olbermann mocks hair of cancer survivor.
Maddow thinks Jewish center is a YMCA.
Breaking: chyron blooper at F&F.
Video: Maddow and Michael Moore.
Part three: The Nick Shurn Matter listen [ipad].

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-21T00:04:21-05:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
Mediaite reads Big Journalism but not J$P?
Video: Kelly’s Court on honor killings.
FNC adds weekend program w/Jeanine Pirro.
CNN/Tea Party debate stirs controversy.
Howard Kurtz profile: Big Ed Schultz.
Weekend numbers.
Video: Larry King w/Leno part one, two, three.
As Coop craters, CNN plans to get in your face.
Part two: The Nick Shurn Matter listen [ipad].

'It's Ridiculous, It's Silly'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-20T16:38:16-05:00

J$P Video! Here’s an idea: let’s pardon Billy the Kid!

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From Fox & Friends, December 20 2010

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-20T00:41:45-05:00

Friday’s numbers: Bill-Stossel-Baier 1-2-3.
Olbermann throws gasoline on twitter fire.
Benzinga Q&A: Charlie Gasparino.
Tennis mag profile: Sean Hannity.
CNBC goes off the tracks, defends insider trading?
The Presidential primary debates keep coming.
2010 spin: MSNBC tops CNN prime.
Media Afghanistan focus fades.
Hot & Not: Baier, John Roberts, Olbermann, more.
Olbermann’s twitter ‘suspension’ short-lived.
Part one: The Nick Shurn Matter listen [ipad].

Fox Haters Week in Review!

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-19T19:40:23-05:00

Deck the halls with trowels of folly: it’s a Yuletide edition of Fox Haters Week in Review!

Flashback: It's a Wonderful Life, FNC-Style

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-18T19:33:11-05:00

J$P Video!

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From Fox News Channel, December 2004

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-18T00:52:13-05:00

Video: Reliable Sources, liberal revolt, pundits out of touch.
Greta: Guess who’s #1 again?
Zurawik: So who defines ‘misinformed’?
Video: News Watch on Obama media narrative; more.
Video: Alisyn models the Hoodie-Footie.
Olby week in review: conspiracy time.
Financial Times profile: Rachel Maddow.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet., HuffPo recap.
The Missing Mouse Matter [ipad].

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-17T00:15:01-05:00

Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Larry-Bret 1-2-3.
Christopher: Olby faces his ‘Shoeless Joe’ moment?
Sady Doyle: Olbermann quit Twitter because of me.
FNC’s Nancy Harmeyer promoted to West Coast.
DGA/FNC complaint tossed out by unanimous vote.
Another debate set: CNN/Tea Party Express.
Q&A: Adam Shapiro on Madoff matters.
WPO study of ‘misinformed’ viewers fingers FNC, MSNBC.
When in doubt...blame Beck!
Larry King signs off: Buckman, de Moraes, Cromwell, Poniewozik, Bauder. After-party. Filling the gap.
The Carmen Kringle Matter [ipad].

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-16T01:12:51-05:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Video: At the Fox News DC holiday party.
Fox News announces more 2011 debates.
Feature and Q&A: Connell McShane in Ireland [pdf].
Olbermann/Moore rape comments stir outrage. Keith stonewalls, then suspends his Twitter account!
Video: The Insider behind the scenes at Fox & Friends.
Audio: Trump calls Ailes ‘a phenomenal guy’ [ipad].
Video: Chris Wallace with Imus part one, part two.
MSNBC sending D-Rat up the river.
CNN promises surprises for Larry King finale. More.
Who is Zach Wamp and who wants to hire him? Not Fox.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-15T01:05:44-05:00

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
CNN boasts of its reach as viewership sinks to record lows.
Already? GOP Prez primary debates set on CNN, FNC.
Cablers dominate biz news most powerful list.
Video: The Judge on wheat farming, health care, and freedom.
Who has the long knives out for Bill Sammon? Flashback.
As King’s career winds down, Piers Morgan flexes his ego.
Video: Sean Hannity vs Rep Anthony Weiner.
Feminists mad at Morning Joe don’t understand television?
Q&A: Bloomberg’s Manus Cranny, CNBC’s Geoff Cutmore.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-14T00:27:13-05:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Zurawik: FNC signs Bret Baier to new multi-year contract.
Juan Williams signs book deal with Random House.
Olbermann tries to wriggle out of latest Nazi comparison.
Video: Geraldo on sleeping nude etc part one, part two.
Video: Greta and Sarah Palin in Haiti.
American Morning makeover: more upbeat, fast-paced.
Video: Bill O’Reilly w/Don Imus part one, part two.
Larry’s sign-off has people talking.
CNN on the iPad. Amid changes, CNBC launches Pro.
Talkative Joe vs Ice Princess Mika.
‘No Labels’ rally attracts a host of MSNBC hosts.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-13T09:40:18-05:00

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.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-11T00:32:46-05:00

Video: Reliable Sources on tax deal coverage.
Without Larry, who will personify CNN? More.
Video: Fox News Watch on tax deal coverage.
Zurawik: Bret Baier revisits Florida 2000.
Video: Red Eye rips Olby’s Nazi comparison [ipad].
Non-eye-contact Q&A: Chris Matthews.
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

'This May Be the Worst Yet'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-10T00:13:16-05:00

J$P Video! Frank Luntz shocked by the incivility of his own focus group:

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From Hannity, December 9 2010

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-10T00:29:32-05:00

Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Potter: CNN has gone off the rails.
Why is CNBC dumping Matt Nesto?
Video: O’Reilly w/Letterman pt one, pt two [ipad1, ipad2].
Olby week in review: peaches and doorbell.
Maddow ‘verifies’ Fox rumor that isn’t true?
Kathy Griffin set for CNN New Year’s Eve again.
CNN: America’s Most Wanted? Coop faces the Taliban.
Video: Beck talks boycotts and ‘the revolution’ [ipad].

'You People Keep Deluding Yourselves'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-09T23:22:24-05:00

J$P Video! Pat Caddell issues a warning to the Republican Party:

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From Hannity, December 9 2010

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-09T00:47:28-05:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
Wendy Walker’s 30 years in cable news.
Q&A: ‘nonpartisan’ host Chris Matthews (via NB).
Blue blogs erupt at O’Donnell, want him off the air.
Olbermann’s top ten Nazi comparisons.
Fonzie hearts Maddow, Matthews, MSNBC.
Video: Chris Wallace w/Don Imus part one, part two.
Option lingo called ’spin’ in Fox flap. But is it really? More.
Diversity (of a sort) emerges at MSNBC.
CNN’s Dana Bash wins Dirksen Award.
Video: Luntz focus group on the tax deal.
Media buyers rate Fox & Friends over GMA, CBS Morning.

'Do Something an Adult Can Be Proud Of'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-08T07:54:26-05:00

J$P Video! Birthday wishes for Eric Boehlert, ’Senior Fellow’ at Media Matters:

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From Red Eye, December 8 2010

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-08T00:15:49-05:00

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.

'A Dead Man Can't Leak Stuff'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-07T00:12:56-05:00

J$P Video! Bob Beckel wants the ultimate solution for Julian Assange:

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From Follow the Money, December 6 2010

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-07T00:25:18-05:00

Olbermann promotes writings of Holocaust denier.
Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity.
MSNBC hires Jeff Johnson; CNBC adds two.
VIdeo: O’Reilly with Don Imus part one, part two.
John Roberts to leave AM, as Tony Harris exits CNN.
Weekend numbers.
Kurtz Q&A: Luke Russert.
Olbermann ‘called on the carpet’ over Bristol bashing?
Rachel Maddow to spend three days at the Y.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-06T00:45:10-05:00

Friday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
Larry lines up Snipes, Pacino, Jolie, Dion.
Video: Glenn Beck pans media (FNC included).
CNN viewer participation doesn’t facilitate corrections.
Not & Not: Dr Drew, Park & Spit, Thomas Roberts, Robin Meade.

Fox Haters Week in Review

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-05T19:31:05-05:00

An invisible man, the plot to poison us all, Lenin, the TSA, and Jay Leno. They all figure into an eclectic edition of Fox Haters Week in Review!

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-04T01:31:59-05:00

Video: Reliable Sources on Wikileaks.
Video: Fox News Sunday panel re Wikileaks.
Adam and Tamera: the official announcement.
Video: Fox News Watch re Wikileaks.
Video: Newt Gingrich vs The Judge re Wikileaks.
An offer Olbermann can (and will) refuse.
The biggest cable news Palin promoter: MSNBC!
Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Friday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-03T00:34:46-05:00

Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Rangel 1-2-3.
Lennon flashbacks: FNC Friday, CNN Saturday.
Media Matters mystery: why did they call Greta’s husband?
Men’s Journal profile: Bill Hemmer [pdf].
Needed: fewer race cards, more journalism.
Olby week in review: crusader for truth.
Video: Piers Morgan makes debut on CNN.
Beck fans line up in Pittsburgh.
So who’s a sexist now? Joe Scarborough!

Thursday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-02T00:09:14-05:00

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

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-12-01T00:10:05-05:00

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 [ipad].
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.

'Busted!'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-11-30T15:17:28-05:00

J$P Video! Megyn Kelly calls out Eric Bolling’s fuzzy math:

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From America Live, November 30 2010

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-11-30T00:09:51-05:00

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.

Monday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-11-29T00:50:43-05:00

Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Shep 1-2-3.
FNC laughs off Simpsons barbs.
Beck on the big screen.
Coop makes a deal with Fox.
Joe Johns and Brooke Baldwin, together at last.
101 minutes with Larry King.
Dr Drew gets a show on HLN.
Google ogling makes Megyn number one.
Hot & Not: Roberts, Piers, Junk, etc.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-11-26T11:21:57-05:00

Video: Reliable Sources on hyper-journalism.
Video: Fox News Watch on Twitter.
News Watch breaks off breaks?
Eric Boehlert still banging out boehloney.
Thomas Roberts: in or not?
Olby mini-week in review.
Murdoch’s Daily stirs interest.
Coop: drinking with Lady Gaga.
Sunday talkers: tip sheet.
Intramural spat: Bolling vs Geraldo and The Judge; more.

Happy Thanksgiving!

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-11-25T00:33:56-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving from johnny dollar’s place!

Stan Freberg: The Thanksgiving Story [ipad link]
Peter F Johnson Jr: A Thanksgiving Message

You Are There: The Sailing of the Pilgrims (via TS) [ipad]
Jack Benny: Turkey Dream [ipad]
Crime Photographer: After Turkey, the Bill [ipad]

'I Wouldn't Entrust My Freedom to Pam'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-11-24T09:55:07-05:00

J$P Video! Dr Keith Ablow and Pam Geller tangle over, yes, the mosque:

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From Follow the Money, November 23 2010

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-11-24T00:31:27-05:00

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Beck 1-2-3.
Q&A: Charles Gasparino (via TVN).
It’s a very MSNBC Thanksgiving.
Pix: Megyn Kelly’s natal day.
Poniewozik: Time to terminate the ticker?
Video: Whoopi on The Factor part one, part two.
CNN holiday weekend schedule. Heroes preview.

'Government Propaganda Works'

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-11-23T22:54:59-05:00

J$P Video! The Judge explains why opinion polls are irrelevant to your freedom:

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From Freedom Watch, November 23 2010

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

johnnydollar01@gmail.com — 2010-11-23T00:04:27-05:00

Monday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Beck 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Preview: Whoopi Goldberg in the No-Spin Zone.
Zurawik: Despite ego, O’Reilly an absolutely masterful host.
Battle: Phil Griffin should have suspended...himself!
Swells swarm to CNN Heroes celebration.
New ad flap over DADT claims.
Extreme Makeover: C-SPAN edition.
MSNBC sued in new photo flap.
Video: Mike Huckabee on The View.
ICN: Friday Doc Block shortchanging O’Donnell and MSNBC.