Friday Links and Open Thread
05/17/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Are the media showing signs of scandal fatigue?
- Coop special revisits Boston. Failing show seeks attention.
- Fast track: CNBC’s Kelly Evans gets anchor gig (via ICN).
- Factor video: Krauthammer unscrambles Obama’s words.
- Fox News to go West. Contract time: Maria’s new agent.
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Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/16/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Beckel calls out MSNBC race baiters.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Concha: Feckless Obama worship is sinking MSNBC.
- CNBC’s Crowd doesn’t rule. Elam returns to CNN.
- The Five dominates all cable networks in its timeslot.
- Imus video: Stuart Varney on the DoJ, AP, and Benghazi.
- Activist shareholders raise a stink over bias at MSNBC.
- Factor video: E.D. Hill on life after a double mastectomy.
- VIdeo: All-star panel digs into Benghazi emails pt one, pt two.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/24/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Your tax dollars at work…funding terrorism?!
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- MSNBC suggests Bill O’Reilly paints Obama as ‘secret Muslim’!
- Mika has an eating disorder. Soledad now a distinguished fellow.
- Even muppets can’t halt CNBC nosedive. F&F vIdeo: Kiss and tell.
- Audio: Chris Wallace says it’s ‘dangerous’ to use the term ‘Islam’.
- Poniewozik: Two cheers for CNN. Zucker buys Nixon documentary.
- Factor video: Bill O’Reilly grills CAIR rep. Kiran Chetry resurfaces.
- Zucker play: Filthy language on CNN? Their celebrity chef responds.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/22/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Video: Two hecklers try to smack Mike Tobin on live tv.
- The Five video: Terror apologists are avoiding the truth.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Coop-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3-4.
- Zurawik: Morning Joe is a smart, savvy way to start your tv day.
- Video: Hits, runs, and errors in media coverage of bombings.
- Fox #1 during bomber capture. Video: Behind the breaking news.
- Imus video: Juan Williams part one, part two. Ali Velshi resurfaces.
- Andy Levy ombudses Fox haters. Carr: CNN fumbles breaking news.
- Hot & Not: Bombs, Bashir, PR blowback, etc. CNBC ups web videos.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
04/10/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Imitation sincerest form of flattery: CNBC copycats Fox Business.
- America Live video: Legal implications of covert McConnell bug.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC hires Democratic Party exec as producer!
- Jana Winter: Judge’s order to disclose source could end my career.
- TNR: We want Hayes to improve because we really scorn O’Reilly.
- Video: Meet the Kilmeade clan. Swells gather for Joe’s birthday.
- Q&A: Harris Faulkner, Sandra Smith. Cablers on power list (v/TVN).
- Kurtz: MHP steps in it. ICN: MSNBC’s news credibility is in tatters.
- Hoaxes, criminals, and anti-Semites: Touré’s journalistic resumé.
- Farhi: Zucker’s first moves haven’t stemmed CNN’s ratings slide.
- HuffPo: CNN is ‘taking a stand on gun control’ with two-day special.
- Better late than never: the NY Times addresses the shield standoff.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
03/13/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: White House backing off tour shutdown threat?
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Bogus CNN chyron. Imus video: Mike Baker on Egypt, Korea, etc.
- Zucker’s Erin Burnett: Isn’t it worth it to support anti-Semitism?!
- Video: Shep’s comments on the Catholic Church stir controversy.
- Factor video: O’Reilly vs Colmes rematch over federal spending.
- Q&A: Shep (via ICN); Charlie Gasparino on ‘sticking it to CNBC’.
- Q&A: Soledad, Jake Tapper. Maddow in Houston. Olby settles.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/11/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Rice to receive reward?
- Friday’s numbers: Laura Ingraham-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- HuffPo’s ‘best and worst’ of MSNBC. Example of the latter?
- FBN’s Gasparino scoops Kaminsky exit from CNBC: video.
- ICN: History shows cable news feuds are good for business.
- Q&A: Nicole Petallides on being a working mom; Chris Jansing.
- Justice video: Amnesty for criminals? Hot & Not: Burnett, Bill, Ailes.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/05/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on gun legislation vs federal law.
- Is CNBC running scared? FBN jeers CNBC pseudo-biz block.
- F&FF at one. Weekend numbers. Profile: Big talker Big Ed.
- Latest Kurtz insight: Wouldn’t it be great if ESPN hired Olby!?
- Site trumpeted Burnett move as ‘dead’, now saying the opposite.
- Video: The Political Insiders on spending cuts etc. Today’s outrage.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/04/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: First female footballer fails.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Roger Ailes embroiled in a battle of biographers? Or not?
- Video: FBN zings CNBC reality shows. Carville to MSNBC?
- Video: Chris Wallace Romney interview stirs controversy.
- Video: Labor of love. Zucker’s Plan B: Tamron Hall?
- Other shoe drops: Big Ed, Morning Joe in on it too? Update.
- Imus video: Bret Baier on Kerry, Dennis Rodman, and more.
- Don’t call us, we’ll call you: Olbermann wants a job at ESPN.
- Zurawik: Could coverage of the sequester possibly be any worse?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
02/26/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Conservatives consider Christie conundrum.
- February: CNN under Zucker sinking. Fox holds top 13 slots.
- Biznet wars take to the air. February spin: MSNBC, CNN, HLN.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Judge Napolitano on drones…and lying about them.
- Profile: Bret Baier and Special Report. Carol Roth to CNBC.
- Red Eye video: Andy Levy ombudses The Five, Oscars, and more.
- CNN: too white? Iran confiscates CNN footage. Weekend numbers.
- MSNBC’s propaganda sundae. Fox reporter rebuffs half-Dollar.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on intentional deception at MSNBC.
- Lean Forward: Matthews already campaigning for 2016 Prez candidate!
Weekend Links and Open Thread
02/23/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Reliable Sources videos: Prez vs Press, MSNBC, and more.
- Lean Forward: Controversy swirls around another edited video.
- Video: Chris Wallace announces a first for Fox News Sunday .
- Fox News Watch video: Presidential problems with the press.
- Zucker’s CNN to re-hire Joy Behar? Video: Carlson capitulates.
- Reeves: Does CNBC think it can blackmail business leaders?
- Lean Forward: The Rev’s resumé…high salaries, unpaid taxes.
- ICN: Dump Soledad...now! Sunday talkers: preview, HP recap.
- Video: Remembering Iwo Jima. Today’s bright ideas to save CNN.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/22/13 00:10 Filed in: links
- The Five video: What is America’s most miserable city?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Sorry Tommy, Fox News is not hiring Mitt Romney.
- Video: How are the media dealing with restricted access?
- Imus video: Bob Beckel explains it all part one, part two.
- Soledad: At least I won’t have to get up early...it’s a win-win!
- Video: Beck interviews O’Reilly. Booking wars. Name change.
- Upstairs Downstairs, cable news style. Alexis Glick resurfaces.
- Factor video: Debate on indoctrination of government workers.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/21/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Paranoia over sequester festers, pesters Repubs.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- CNBC snipes Nightly Business Report from PBS.
- Soledad goes free-lance. Flashback: First moments of greatness.
- Video: Andy Levy on his spat with Chris Brown, sequester, etc.
- Audio: Fox to hire Romney? Chris Wallace ducks the question.
- Kurtz: Is MSNBC becoming an Obama administration in exile?
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Imus video: Megapanel debates drones, campaign finance, etc.
- Actual BS on MSNBC. Profile: Chris Jansing. Coop, CNNi honored.
- Willies: Soledad leaving CNN would be a blow to journalism? More.
- Concha: Don’t complain about lack of access…just lean forward!
- Video: Beckel vs Bill on pregnant mothers and drugs part one, pt two.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/14/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The media have found a new watergate.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Megyn Kelly’s big Valentine’s Day announcement.
- Harris Faulkner in Cleveland. Maddow’s 101 tops swig tally.
- Charlie Gasparino on CNBC. FBN launches Tax Flight series.
- ‘The World News Leader’ under Zucker. No Rivera groundswell.
- Imus video: Megapanel debates abortion etc part one, part two.
- Kurtz: It was a civil debate that shed some light on journalism.
- Videos: Howard Kurtz with Bill O’Reilly; O’Reilly with Letterman.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/29/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Jan numbers: Fox tops. Spin: MS, HLN, CNN. Weekend numbers.
- Lean Forward video: MSNBC obsession with FNC marches on.
- Mandel: Attempts to delegitimize Fox threaten press freedom.
- Goldberg: Liberals should be troubled by a WH War on Fox.
- Powers: How the WH wages its war on Fox News. Counterpoint.
- Daly: The media need more liberals like Kirsten Powers.
- Erickson: Things I learned during my three years at CNN.
- Weprin: Zucker has his hands full resuscitating CNN mornings.
- Red Eye vIdeos: Rowdy amnesty debate part one, part two.
- Carville, Matalin, Bennett leaving CNN; Erickson jumps to Fox.
- Imus video: Martha MacCallum on Rubio etc part one, part two.
- Chris Cuomo gets Zuckered; Curry contradiction; Whitaker out.
- Rick Kaplan resurfaces. CNBC snub analyzed. Dobbs tops CNBC.
- Factor video: 60 Minutes and Hillary Clinton part one, part two.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/28/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Shooting from the lip?
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Tucker Carlson on CNN, MSNBC, Olby, and more.
- Greta: What I will do in my 12 minutes with Hillary Clinton.
- Lean Forward: Obama fundraisers target (MS)NBC.
- Today’s Palin specularama: hired by Zucker? Or maybe not?
- Colin Powell enters the no-spin zone. NBC snubs CNBC?
- Video: 60 MInutes Q&A like ‘state-run media’? Foul weather.
- Imus videos: Bill Hemmer; Juan Williams part one, part two.
- Tougher than 60 Minutes? Zoraida ringed. Curry clamp-down.
- Videos: Obama attacks Fox, Trump and Peter Johnson respond.
- Hot & Not: Coop, Curry, Cashin’ In, contracts, CNBC, and more.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/25/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: In Colorado, pot problems proliferate.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Sarah’s out! (via ICN) Analysis. Profile: Charles Gasparino.
- Brawl on CNBC. Liz Claman in Davos. Today’s twitter spat.
- Video: Does the WH press corps fawn over Barack Obama?
- Steven Wright: Not good sports at CNN. Q&A: Jake Tapper.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/24/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Race and Bloomberg’s soda pop ban.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Old patterns die hard: CNN ratings crash repeats itself.
- Rachel Nichols joins CNN. Josh Lipton moves to CNBC.
- Eric Bolling to host Cashin’ In. Q&A: Rich Edson, SNL to FBN.
- Videos: Judge Nap on Hillary, major media coverage debated.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Mickey Kaus: Is it time for a new Fox? Greta vs The Daily Caller.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/21/13 00:30 Filed in: links
- Al-Jazeera: Too factional for US viewers? Tucker specularama.
- Inauguration morning: CNBC and Bloomberg in reruns; FBN live.
- Piers Morgan’s recipe for ratings: name-calling and 9/11 truthers.
- Today’s exposé: Anderson Cooper, CIA agent! Fox hater ‘humor’.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/17/13 00:10 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Will Barack Obama preserve the constitution?
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Jennifer Griffin gives Zero Dark Thirty: two thumbs way down.
- Cable newsers Megyn and Melissa on ‘power list’. Rove re-ups.
- Imus video: Alan Colmes vs Bernard McGuirk part one, part two.
- Biznet, MSNBC inaugurals. CNBC blows the lid off...Spider-Man!
- Video: Piers Morgan with Colbert. Today’s oops; oops part deux.
- Ann Curry can go to CNN…if she sits six months in the penalty box.
- With its cable news in decline, CNN looks to other opportunities.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/11/13 00:12 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Quentin Tarantino and movie violence.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Have media been fair in coverage of gun violence?
- FNC signs new nerd contributor. Today’s Fox hater meme.
- Larry disses Piers. CNBC targets clock-watchers. Tech wars.
- Factor video: Glenn Beck on his attempt to buy Current from Gore.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/08/13 00:08 Filed in: links
- Current staffers grumble at Al Jazeera confab. Flashback.
- Profile: David Asman on journalism, marriage, and cigars.
- FNC tops coveted Facebook comment metric. FBN exec exits.
- Imus video: Martha MacCallum. CNBC unveils revamped Prime.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on the press vs right to privacy.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/03/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Al Gore shirks paying his ‘fair share’.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-McElway-Folbaum 1-2-3.
- Monday’s numbers: CNN NewYears Eve-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- That was quick: Dave Briggs resurfaces. Another O’Reilly movie.
- Another bright idea to save CNN…on Bizarro Planet maybe.
- CNBC: Nothing to see here. Today’s oops. Weekend numbers.
- Imus video: Sally Kohn vs Bernard McGuirk part one, part two.
- ICN: Does Al-Jazeera buying CurrentTV spell trouble for CNN?
- HLN makeover: new ‘lifestyle’ series. Q&A: Christiane Amanpour.
- Has a quiet campaign against a CNN contributor proved successful?
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on public disinterest in economics.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/02/13 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Hollywood’s love-hate relationship with guns.
- Stelter: Current tv has finally found a buyer…it’s Al-Jazeera!
- Shock: Daily Beast attacks Fox, gets it wrong. More. Update.
- Apparently Ann Curry believes those Curry-to-CNN rumors.
- CNN’s embarrassing debasement tarnishes Cooper as well.
- Imus video: Mike Emanuel explains what happened at the cliff.
- Solin: CNBC, stop the madness! ICN: Wake up! This is rising above?
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/21/12 00:12 Filed in: links
- The Five video: From one extreme to another?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Three cablenewsers make ’Twelve to Watch’ list (via TVN).
- Pushback: Gabe Sherman blasted as ‘Jayson Blair on steroids’.
- Video: Why don’t media ask questions raised by Benghazi report?
- Like MSNBC, CNBC adds reality shows to schedule.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly reacts to the release of Cpl Hammar.
- Q&A: Shibani Joshi on trending tech gifts. Friday Fox Files.
- ICN: Tapper move a mistake…for ABC. Fake (?) ‘Roger Ailes’ snark.
- The Nick Shurn Matter: part one, pt two, pt three, pt four, part five.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
12/20/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Bill O’Reilly. Greta: Those are not my words!
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Jake Tapper joining CNN as Chief Washington Correspondent.
- Somerby: Rachel Maddow, national treasure or a bit dishonest?
- Man sentenced for death threat to O’Reilly. Today’s exposé.
- Video: Life as a junior reporter. Tomorrow’s exposé.
- XM may lose Fox News radio. Special Cavuto cliff coverage.
- Video: O’Reilly turns up the heat on behalf of jailed marine.
- Lou Dobbs lead over CNBC grows. Merry Christmas from FBN!
- Critics eagerly anticipate MSNBC’s latest journalistic triumph.
- The Nick Shurn Matter: part one, part two, part three, part four.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/19/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Time’s Person of the Year shocker.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Failed mental health system deems Asperger’s irrelevant.
- Imus video: Ed Henry on gun policy. New gig for Andrea Tantaros.
- Video: Tom Shillue ombudses Christmas songs, toys, and Time.
- 2012 numbers: FBN gaining on CNBC. Q&A: Melissa Harris-Perry.
- As FNCers push back, controversy swirls over ‘ban’ report.
- Groundbreaking MSNBC series on the way. Winners of 2012?
- YTJD: The Nick Shurn Matter: part one, part two, part three.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/17/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: America’s mental health services.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Blitzer 1-2-3.
- Fox not allowing gun control talk…except when they do.
- CNBC loses ‘Wall Street Journal’. A week of cliff-hangers.
- Video: Fox Jr reporter learns a taxing lesson when car is hit.
- Worth the price: More free advice for Jeff Zucker and CNN.
- The Nick Shurn Matter: part one. CNN’s answer to Gutfeld?
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/14/12 00:35 Filed in: links
- Video: Special Report panel reflects on the CT school shooting.
- Politico’s Byers posts string of false tweets then refuses to correct.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Cablenewsers scramble schedules to cover CT shooting. More.
- Lean Forward: ‘Straight news’ anchor demands more gun-control.
- Video: Andrea Mitchell ‘analysis’ parallels Dems’ talking points?
- CNN considering late-night comedy hour (via ICN)? No wonder.
- NBC News to Ann Curry: No Zucker for you! Lynn Berry to CNN?
- The View videos: Coop, Piers. Buffett vs CNBC. Alan’s hate mail.
- Factor video: Bill O’Reilly blasts secularists. Paul Baier home resting.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/12/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is Santa a Democrat or a Republican?
- Oy: Clueless HuffPo analysis of a Brian Kilmeade joke.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Kelly’s Court video: Hester’s Storage Wars fakery lawsuit.
- AP attack on Bill O’Reilly relies on Media Matters ‘research’.
- Ann Curry to CNN prime? Abad-Santos: It could make sense.
- Imus video: Juan Williams on Michigan’s historic labor battle.
- Not just stocks falling on CNBC. O’Donnell on Staten Island.
- Gerri Willis on fiscal cliff ramifications. The bloopers of 2012.
- Studio J gets high-tech upgrade. Video: A Christmas surprise.
- Hannity video: Steven Crowder details how he was assaulted.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/07/12 09:55 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Killer gets ten years…of church attendance!
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Baier 1-2-3.
- Four FNCers named as influential and stylish DC women.
- Video: Three NY Times journos discuss the future of CNN.
- Politico parrots MMfA distortion, outs Watters contribution.
- VIdeo: Bill O’Reilly with Jay Leno part one, part two.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Adam Carolla. Profile: CNBC’s Jane Wells (via ICN).
- Video: Honor flight takes WWII veterans back to Pearl Harbor.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
11/27/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The amazing technicolor fiscal cliff roadshow.
- Three in a row: Lou Dobbs on FBN beats CNBC for the month.
- Video: TV’s Andy Levy ombudses drones, twitter, and more.
- Boyle: Evolution of female anchor fashions (via TVN). Analysis.
- Thursday’s numbers; Friday’s numbers. Q&A: Adam Housley.
- Video: Bret Baier with Imus on Susan Rice, the fiscal cliff, etc.
- Berr: Why MSNBC won’t ‘catch up’ to Fox. Ricks tricks; more.
- Greta: MSNBC should apologize to John McCain and his daughter.
Friday Links and Open Thread
11/16/12 00:27 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is this the end of an American icon?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Report: CNN aired faked footage of Palestinian ‘injuries’.
- Greg Gutfeld hosting tonight’s Factor. Pink slips at CNBC.
- Ailes election-night key: transparency. Q&A: Ailes, Kernan.
- Video: Judge Nap w/Jon Stewart part one, part two, part three.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC hires impartial journalist from…HuffPo!
- Ex Dick Clark exec emerges as leading candidate to run CNN.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
11/15/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Obama defends Ambassador…but it’s not Stevens.
- Simpson-Bowles segment torpedoed, leaving empty chairs.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Swells gather for Ailes Apprentice commencement ceremony.
- Video: Leland Vittert takes cover as rocket strikes hit Israel.
- Video: Greg Gutfeld explains The Joy of Hate to Imus. Q&A: Greg.
- The Five’s seven-second delay saves the day. MSNBC promotions.
- Gullible Fox haters fall for hoax Rahm Emanuel/Sean Hannity story.
- Video: Facebook removes photo of Arab woman without head scarf.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
11/08/12 00:25 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Should the President issue a pardon?
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Bret-The5 1-2-3-4.
- Obama bump? MSNBC tops FNC in Wednesday 25-54.
- Election night numbers at biz nets: a split decision.
- Trippi makes it clear. Beauty secrets of the Fox News women.
- ICN: CNN was for excess punditry before it was against it.
- Imus video: Sally Kohn vs Bernard McGuirk on the election.
- Joe welches (sort of) on a bet. Inside the MSNBC bubble.
- Chris Matthews takes it back. Pollowitz: Get rid of this hack.
- Who is ‘bereft of decency, devoid of soul, a disgusting twit’?
- Video: Bill O’Reilly explains what happened on election day.
- Election night short on suspense. Profile: Lawrence O’Donnell.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/23/12 00:08 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Barack Obama’s four-year plan.
- Monday’s numbers: Debate/FNC-Greta-Debate/CNN 1-2-3.
- Video: What journalists do progressives trust the most?
- FNC tops all other cable nets, debate has highest ratings ever.
- Video: Luntz focus group part one, part two. Q&A: Cavuto.
- O’Reilly videos: This Morning; Fox&Friends; Imus pt one, pt two.
- Matthews: I could have been a star of the Democratic party!
- Video: Jenna Lee is ‘one tough mudder’. Weekend numbers.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/16/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Feds spent $325,000 on a robot squirrel.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- FNC veepbate #3 program on all cable. Weekend numbers.
- Q&A: Neil Cavuto, Stuart Varney, Chris Matthews, Crowley.
- CNBC can’t keep its story straight? Inclement weather.
- Word games turn catty? Cablenewsers upstage Stewart.
- MSNBC makeover not so extreme. Yesterday’s oops.
- Debate coverage: FNC, CNN. Profile: Crowley feels the heat.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on the key unanswered Benghazi question.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/20/12 00:09 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Celebrities wage write-on Obama campaign.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Don’t blame QE3: News Corp to raise carriage fees for FNC.
- Drool cup alert: part one of the Christopher/Maddow interview.
- When Fox Business reports...CNBC plays catch-up.
- Production begins on Sanjay Gupta drama. CNN’s heroes.
- Israeli cable cuts the cord and drops ‘world news leader’ CNN.
- Video: Joe S with Leno part one, part two. Kelsey stiffs Piers.
- Lean Forward: Morning Joe gives daily spot to...Huffington Post!
- Q&A: The ‘probing’ Neil Cavuto; Melissa Francis. Today’s oops.
- Video: Classy Hannity likens Dem guest to ‘brain-dead zombie’.
- Richard Lui on ‘the new Jews’: Asians. Q&A: Alex Wagner, Touré.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
09/16/12 01:30 Filed in: links
- News Watch video: Biased coverage of embassy attacks?
- Reliable Sources videos: Movie muddle, media blame game.
- The ‘best political team on tv’ soliciting Obama contributions!?
- Sunday talkers: preview, guest list, HuffPo recap.
- Greta a finalist in distinguished journalistic competition.
- FBN’s graphics overhaul and social media. Cnbc.com slippage.
- Saturday: Journal Editorial and News Watch air for one hour each.
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/10/12 00:06 Filed in: links
- CNBC anchor sued over non-payment of commissions.
- The Five video: Pictures that are worth a thousand words.
- Friday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Baier-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- Hogue: CNN could use some of FNC’s AM sex appeal.
- Is Gretchen kvetchin’? Coop reboot takes personal turn.
- Wolf unveils new CNN/DC digs. Q&A: Andrea, li’l Luke.
- Pemmaraju gets painted. Costello gets attention (via ICN).
- Hot & Not: DNC, MSNBC, Roger Ailes, CNN, Greenwald, etc.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/06/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- Report: Roger Ailes negotiating contract renewal with FNC?
- The Five video: Debbie Wasserman Schultz and The Big Lie.
- Wednesday’s numbers: DNC MSNBC-CNN-FNC 1-2-3.
- Video: Behind the scenes inside the Fox News DNC trailer.
- DNC II: MSNBC 3.3M tops cablenewsers, FNC grows 14%.
- Olby: ‘She’s going to hell!’. Lean Forward: ‘straight news’?!?
- Neil Cavuto: CNBC has peaked, FBN rising. Q&A: Lou Dobbs.
- Tuesday’s numbers: DNC(MS)-DNC(CNN)-O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Video: Anna Kooiman’s outdoor adventures. Profile: Ed Henry.
- Atlas Shrugged Part II: an all-star cast. Laurie Dhue resurfaces.
- Scoop: CNBC interviews distinguished economist. Q&A: Piers.
- Video: Tom Brokaw talks media and 2012 politics with Hannity.
- Lean Forward: Black Romney backer ejected from MSNBC pavilion.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/22/12 00:12 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Bias in academia?
- Tuesday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Shocker! Think Progress caught lying about Fox News.
- Your stimulus dollars at work: buying commercials on MSNBC!
- Q&A: Melissa Francis, Krystal Ball, Sandra Smith.
- Profile: Liz Claman. Paradiso: Biases abound in business media.
- FNC convention coverage schedule. Behind the scenes at Now.
- Monday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/13/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is Ryan getting a fair shake from the media?
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Rachel Maddow crops, cuts, and serves up the stupid.
- Detrich: CNBC ratings doldrums. Kanaval: Too much bratty Cramer.
- Video: Dana Perino and Imus re The Five etc. Hume snags Ryan.
- The cure for a floundering CNN? How about reality shows?! (via ICN)
- New FNC 2012 election iPad app. Hot & Not: CNN, FNC, Zakaria, etc.
- Byrnes: Zakaria stole from me too! Greta: DId someone steal from ICN?
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/08/12 00:25 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The difference between Sandra and Rachel.
- Tuesdays numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- Miller: CNBC ratings sink as they abandon core audience.
- David Zurawik: When you own the candy store...
- Video: Camerota responds to phony Olympics ‘controversy’.
- Pete Snyder to FNC. Today’s (frivolous) lawsuit.
- Video Q&A: Melissa Francis part one, two, three. Q&A: Wolf Blitzer.
- Gay rights thrive at FNC? Profile: Thomas Roberts. Coop honored.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
07/28/12 00:12 Filed in: links
- Reliable Sources videos: Massacre, mistakes, and more.
- Impartial MSNBC journalist castigates ‘chicken-eating Judas’.
- Fox News Watch video: Media cover the Colorado massacre.
- Sunday talk: tip sheet, HuffPo recap. Video: Bartiromo’s advice.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/24/12 00:31 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Are movies culpable for real-life violence?
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- FNC tops Colorado coverage; viewers flee MSNBC.
- Up is down. Weekend numbers. Dobbs over CNBC.
- Soledad’s ruminations. More King’s things. Today’s oops.
- ICN to Joe: Apologize and move on; Joe does the latter.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on Brian Ross’s blunder and more.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/23/12 00:07 Filed in: links
- The Five video: In hot water over hot coals.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- CNBC lays off staff, sets slate of primetime reality shows.
- Controversy swirls over Scarborough autism crack.
- Rothman: Hayes skews facts to demean Ailes and Fox.
- Video: Larry King with Don Imus part one, part two.
- Howard Kurtz Q&A: Chris Wallace. Profile: Jeanine Pirro.
- CNN coverage of Kazakhstan, brought to you by...Kazakhstan!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/19/12 00:18 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- 30 Rock restructure: MSNBCNBC both now part of NBC News.
- Another impartial MSNBC journalist proves to be...you guessed it.
- Video: Imogen Lloyd Webber with Don Imus part one, part two.
- Obama’s war on Fox. CNN brags we’re number one...in Kenya!?
- Video: Zimmerman interview stirs reactions, emotional and hateful.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/16/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Can Anthony Weiner make a comeback?
- Friday’s numbers: Hannity-Juan Williams-The Five 1-2-3.
- It’s not just Lou Dobbs: Melissa Francis also beats CNBC.
- Video: Don Imus gets a little snippy with Sally Kohn.
- Hot & Not: NewsCore, The Five, MSNBC, Krugman, etc.
- After 16 years, msnbc.com will disappear...but only temporarily.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/11/12 00:55 Filed in: links
- The Five videos: Year one celebration part one, part two.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- NBC divorcing Microsoft; msnbc.com to be nbcnews.com.
- Coop’s coming out was meticulously planned in advance.
- High Five: Q&As with tvnewser, mediaite, zap2it.
- High Five: One year in, ratings, spirits, and profits soar.
- Glenn who? The Five ratings up 45% over predecessor.
- Video: Juan Williams with Imus. Insider video: Lou Dobbs.
- Plaintiff suing Rachel Maddow wants Judge removed.
- Kernan and Faber: CNBC’s heart. Krugman zings CNBC.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/10/12 00:29 Filed in: links
- Video: Why Neil Cavuto says ‘I don’t have time...’
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- Even without Dobbs, Dobbs tops CNBC. Weekend numbers.
- Farmer: A CNN turnaround plan. Frightening flashback.
- CJR list cites Harris-Perry. Q&A: Chris Hayes, Sanjay Gupta.
- Video: Neil Cavuto talks to Les Gold of Hardcore Pawn.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on Obama’s treatment by the media.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
07/05/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Mayor Bloomberg’s hot-dog hypocrisy.
- Again!? Tuesday’s The Five #1 in all cable news w/25-54.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-OutOfWork-The Five 1-2-3.
- HBO scuttles Ailes flick, cites CNN as reason! Analysis.
- Dobbs/Kudlow rivalry revived? Why is Maddow so strange?
- HBO targets FNC’s Roger Ailes...with the help of Joe and Mika!
- Video: Megyn Kelly talks to wounded warriors part one, part two.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
06/28/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Hannity-JuanWilliams-Baier 1-2-3.
- Publius: CNBC ratings crash as FBN surges? Video Q&A: Shep.
- Video: Cavuto interviews Murdoch part one, part two, part three.
- Somerby: Dishonest Maddow could learn from Soledad O’Brien.
- Health care cable news confusion. FNC speaks. More. And more.
- Breaking The Cycle: ratings disaster, topped by 5:00 am F&F First.
- News Corp’s split decision. Gasparino another Pulitzer wannabe?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/26/12 00:31 Filed in: links
- Byers: What’s wrong at CNN?
- The Five video: Why all that hype over The Newsroom?
- Monday’s numbers: Laura-Baier-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- The worst cable news shows ever? How quickly we forget.
- Fox News secures its HQ for the RNC. Weekend numbers.
- Video: The Judge on why killings are far worse than leaks.
- Poor: NYT Hayes hype misrepresented his dismal ratings.
- High anxiety at Time-Warner: CNN craters at 21-year low.
- Q2: FNC holds top 13 slots; MSNBC down double digits.
- CNN and HLN play musical anchors; Kyung Lah to L.A.
- Somerby: Confusion and contradictions rampant on MSNBC.
- CNBC sinks to 7-year low. Bloomberg’s Pulitzer pretense.
- Greg Burke: the prequel. News Corp headed to Splitsville?
Thursday Links and Open Thread
06/21/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- Cable beats broadcast: Bill O’Reilly tops Justin Bieber!
- The Five: Wednesday’s most-watched 5pm hour on all cable.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- MSNBC’s 3pm show:
The FiveThe Cycle, featuring a truther. - Video: Impartial MSNBC journalist rules for WH on ExecPriv.
- Video: Ed Henry with Imus on the Fast and Furious flap.
- CNBC and Jim Cramer under fire for facebook fiasco. More.
- Videos: Bret Baier and Bill O’Reilly zing (MS)NBC.
- Peters: Fox & Friends reaps ratings as controversy swirls.
- Preview: Dr Marc Siegel interviews Ann Romney about MS.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/19/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is The America’s Cup for the birds?
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- Bill O’Reilly receiving hate mail over his immigration stance.
- Dobbs tops CNBC. CNN’s Silver promoted. Weekend numbers.
- Rothman: Mitchell ‘response’ another nail in the credibility coffin.
- Video: Andrea Mitchell gives no apology, explanation, or defense.
- ICN: Latest deceptive MSNBC clip worse than Zimmerman edit.
- Scammers create fake foxnews.com to hawk dangerous diet plan.
- Scott Brown: I won’t be part of a debate sponsored by MSNBC.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg takes issue with Donaldson and Lemon.
- Video: The Five with some behind-the-scenes from Fox Fan Night.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
06/13/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Q&A: Behar.
- Video: Shep ridicules CNN’s low-rated Casey Anthony ‘interview’.
- CNN cancels John King USA, replaces with...more Situation Room.
- Come see the softer side of Piers. CNBC and Yahoo team up.
- Somerby: FNC vs MSNBC face-off. Dana’s image-bending lingo.
- Flip, meet Flop: Big Ed condemns ‘Stop Rush’ campaign he promoted!
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
06/06/12 00:29 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Lessons of the Wisconsin recall.
- New roles for Michael Clemente, John Moody at FNC.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Zurawik: The biggest loser in the recall was cable news.
- Greta has some clarifications for David Zurawik.
- You won’t believe who wants to host a show on Fox News.
- CNBC duped. Q&A: Ed Schultz (via TVN), Roland Martin.
- Video: Juan Williams with Imus on politics, Newt, and more.
- Video: Chris Wallace on GMA. CNN’s Bourdain moonlights.
- Byers: The worst night ever on cable news. ICN: However...
- Schultz bummed over recall. Top Big Ed election-night tweets.
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Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/31/12 00:30 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Bloomberg’s genius soda pop scheme.
- ICN: Why CNN is really stuck this time.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Turner CEO whistles past the primetime graveyard (via TVN).
- Funny, no one complained about MSNBC’s anti-Romney video.
- Somerby: The ‘world’s dumbest person’ is on MSNBC.
- Fox & Friends First surges as its competitors collapse.
- Lou Dobbs is closing the gap with CNBC’s Kudlow.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Grade school bullying incident still haunts Juliet Huddy.
- Oliver North appears on tonight’s Auction Kings. More.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/30/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Does a college degree cost more than its worth?
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Bream (for Baier) 1-2-3.
- May 2012: MSNBC down double digits, FNC still on top.
- CNN cries Mayday! Worst primetime monthly ratings in 20+ years!
- The key to curing CNN’s ratings slump: fire the meteorologists!
- FBN extends live line-up, adds Melissa Francis, moves Cavuto.
- Did Fox & Friends cross the line? (Link updated with response from FNC VP Bill Shine.) Zurawik: Rotten to the core.
- Fareed Zakaria at Mackinac Island. Weekend numbers.
- Berman to CNN; analysis. Kelly Evans to Worldwide Exchange.
- Video: Callous comments from Up with Hayes debated on Hannity.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/23/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Who decides what’s on or off the table?
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Somerby: MSNBC’s sudden silence. More. Still more.
- Video: Kelly’s Court on Trayvon witnesses changing stories.
- CNN co-founder: I never believed the days would come...
- Liz Claman money tips. Q&A: Greg Burke, Lola Ogunnaike.
- Ratigan: Solyndra talk is forbidden here. Cablers convene.
- Casey Stegall to Dallas. Jim Cramer’s facebook flub.
- Video: Alan Colmes unimpressed by O’Reilly exposé of OWS.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/18/12 00:20 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Will Smith speaks out on taxes.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly with Rachel Ray part one, part two.
- Videos: Kilmeade and Doocy take the tough mudder challenge.
- CNN to probe junk science claims it previously promoted.
- Larry King Now debuts this summer. Q&A: Big Ed Schultz.
- CNBC revamping Maria Bartiromo’s WSJ Report? Todd triumphs.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
05/17/12 00:27 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- Cable beats broadcast: Fox & Friends tops CBS in 5 markets.
- Video: James Rosen’s unique interview of Bret Baier.
- Somerby: The Trayvon news MSNBC refuses to report.
- Biznets sked special coverage for Facebook IPO brouhaha.
- Two minutes of Red Eye leads O’Donnell to this. Flashback.
- Chris Wallace won on Jeopardy! Natal day wishes for Tucker.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/16/12 00:45 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is the WH revising history?
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- Piers plummets: lowest in 15 years. Weekend numbers.
- Cable newsers flock to Women in Media fete.
- How Beck bests Olbermann. Gasparino: Man of the Year.
- Faber didn’t lose on Jeopardy! The striking Erin Burnett.
- I’m ‘the conscience of Fox’, sez Geraldo to...Media Matters!?
- MSNBC: The Place for Badminton? Maddow lawsuit update.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/15/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: President Obama grilled on The View.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- CNBC says ‘we’re smart!’ He lost on Jeopardy! Flashback.
- Videos: Chris & Lorraine Wallace on F&F and with Don Imus.
- Janice’s inspiring race. Jansing’s week. Q&A: Sandra Smith.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on Newsweek’s Obama-as-saint cover.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/11/12 00:19 Filed in: links
- Video: Happy Mothers’ Day from The Five.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- Video: Tamron Hall chews out GOP guest. More. Analysis.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on the WaPo Romney bully story.
- Video: Washington Post Romney ‘bully’ exposé critiqued.
- Megyn Kelly and America Live leverage social media.
- Q&A: Stephanie Ruhle (v/ICN). Kelly Evans to London.
- Today’s oops...or a clever homage? Funny business?
- David Gregory watches MSNBC ‘during the day’.
- Video: O’Reilly zings Stelter; NY Times prints correction.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/04/12 00:45 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The Life of Julia. CNBC: today’s oops.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- CNN biz model a failure. Seven semi-bizarre ideas for CNN.
- News Corp inquiries: payback? Juan misses NPR. More.
- CNN vs MSNBC: Maddow’s mendacity, part quatre.
- Q&A: Liz Claman on travel and a Buffett/Gates exclusive.
- Fans erupt in frustration over CNN’s descent into irrelevancy.
- Shep’s bear-on-a-trampoline video: banned! Mole cashes in.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/02/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- Coincidence!? Three people fired for deceptive NBC edits.
- The Five video: Do the media romanticize Occupier violence?
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Bloomberg wins channel placement dispute with Comcast.
- April program ranker: FNC holds top 13, Megyn up over 30%.
- CNN has fewer viewers than some newspapers have readers.
- Zero Hedge: Is CNBC cheering for its own demise?
- Andrea Mitchell makes a ‘we’ mistake. Coop droop.
- Video: Kirsten Powers hijacks Hannity panel to confront co-panelist.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/28/12 00:02 Filed in: links
- Panic at CNBC: Biggest stars become biggest losers.
- Reliable Sources videos: Obama, Fallon, and more.
- Video: Alisyn Camerota at the Correspondents’ Dinner.
- News Watch video: Has Trayvon coverage been fair?
- Video Q&A: Wolf Blitzer. Rita Cosby resurfaces.
- Greta: Does Politico support ridiculing retarded children?
- White House Correspondents’ Dinner: FNC, MSNBC, CNN.
- News makes way for non-news? Sunday talk: tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/27/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Take me out to the bawl game.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3-4.
- Bloomberg’s Margaret Brennan signs off...to join CBS News?
- Greta explains hate speech to Kimmel and Meghan McCain.
- Fox & Friends giving CBS broadcast a run for its money.
- VIdeo: Cavuto spars with Don Imus part one, part two.
- Six cablenewsers named to ‘out’ list. Q&A: Suze Orman (via ICN).
- VIdeos: FNC College Challenge winners; Laura & Bill rip MSNBC.
- VIdeo: Buchanan on leaving MSNBC. Cavuto’s producer to CNBC.
- ICN: O’Reilly 2007 comments impeach his Mitchell critique. However...
Thursday Links and Open Thread
04/26/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- The Five video: An uproar over farm chores.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- There were two identically deceptive NBC Zimmerman edits?!?
- Martha and Bill on a cruise for charity. Maria Bartiromo honored.
- Video: O’Reilly and Imus talk Beck, politics, etc part one, part two.
- VIdeos: Bill O’Reilly on F&F and CBS This Morning; The Rev with Fallon.
- MSNBC Trayvon coverage: Inflammatory, false, irresponsible, disgraceful!
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/24/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Bill O’Reilly re-ups with FNC; new deal runs through 2016.
- Cablenewsers’ modest primary coverage. Weekend numbers.
- Profile: Peter Barnes. Duthiers to Nigeria. Molly’s maternity.
- Video: Martha MacCallum fights malaria. Q&A: Meade part deux.
- Doocy offers clarity. The women of CNBC. Swells gather for Time.
- VIdeo: Kilmeade drops the ball. Robert Reich vs Mr Bill O’Reilly.
- Did MSNBC fund-raising for Dems violate Senate rules? Flashback.
- VIdeo: Bernard Goldberg says Chris Matthews is obsessed with race.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/17/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- The Five video: A surprise guest rates Obama’s oil policy.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Fox ‘mole’ sinks Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
- CNBC counter-programs Lou Dobbs...with hockey games!
- Q: Who will hire Olbermann now? A: It won’t be tv news.
- Video: Is Roger Clemens being prosecuted or persecuted?
- Sandra Smith: tax tips. Gasparino: top twitter cable biznewser.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on mixing politicos and news on cable.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/13/12 00:01 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is Seinfeld’s ‘Elaine’ disagreeing with America?
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- Cable beats broadcast: Bill O’Reilly tops NBC primetime.
- Friday special: Paying at the Pump with Sarah Palin, Eric Bolling.
- Judge may recuse herself so husband’s partner can go on CNN?!?
- New Fast Money contributor ripped panelists as ‘monkeys’.
- CNN’s unedited epithets raise ethics questions. Profile: Maddow.
- Yes they call it a ‘jaw-dropping’ comment. Kennedy won’t settle.
- Video: Bret Baier rebuts Gingrich charges of Fox News favoritism.
- George Mason U: No, FNC wasn’t shilling for Romney or for the GOP.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
04/10/12 01:23 Filed in: links
- The Five video: What’s behind Santorum’s decision?
- Monday’s numbers: Ingraham-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Bloomberg: Comcast discriminating against non-NBC channels.
- Paging Anderson Cooper: Who is the mole? Weekend numbers.
- FNC dominance continues: O’Reilly again tops NBC primetime.
- FBN milestone: Dobbs tops CNBC. Lisa Murphy quits Bloomberg.
- Was (MS)NBC’s ‘mistake’ part of a pattern? More. Gupta awarded.
- Chris Wallace statement on father’s passing. Geraldo’s remembrance.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
03/21/12 00:08 Filed in: links
- Guess who apologized to Bill O’Reilly?
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep-TheFIve 1-2-3-4.
- Bad weather ahead? Trump gets CNBC gig. FBN NFL special.
- Look who’s coming to breakfast. CNN’s Chapin goes to NPR.
- Video: The Judge rules on the Trayvon Martin shooting.
- At 5am Fox & Friends First tops most of CNN evening! Q&A: Piers.
- Matthews and MSNBC primetimers to ‘anchor’ 2012 political events.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/19/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: When are death threats not death threats?
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- Liar: Obama claims Fox News called him a Muslim 24/7!
- News Corp’s most valuable business: Fox News!
- CNBC to report live from Abu Dhabi UAE forum.
- New Pew State of the Media 2012: cable news.
- Q&A:
Avery JessupMelissa Francis. Melissa on F&F. - Profiles: Chris Jansing, Harris-Perry. Contessa resurfaces.
- Embarrassed CNN removes ‘idiotic’ financial video.
- Hot & Not: CNN, The Rev, Big Ed, Greta, MSNBC etc.
Friday Links and Open Thread
03/16/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Should anti-porn laws be enforced?
- FBN shaking up daytime, making Kneale co-anchor.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- What is Al-Qaeda’s most unfavorite news network?
- Lou Dobbs Q&A: Naples News, My Desert.
- Bill O’Reilly serves up justice. Where’s Martha MacCallum?
- Target: Al Sharpton. Today’s oops. And this (v/ICN), this, this.
- Another CNBC ‘exclusive’ that wasn’t. Trish Turner joins Coop.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/01/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- CNN was considering a new show pairing Breitbart and Weiner.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- Politico: How MSNBC covered the passing of a newsmaker.
- ICN: Did MSNBC’s Buchanan ouster set them on a slippery slope?
- Fox & Friends gains extra hour; Huddy, Banderas among co-hosts.
- Breitbart reactions: Jonah Goldberg, Tucker Carlson, Greg Gutfeld, Sean Hannity, Jim Pinkerton & Alan Colmes.
- Cablers cover Breitbart passing...well, one of them does.
- April Vanity Fair features Rachel Maddow and The Rev.
- Revealed: Why Ron Paul won’t be part of the Huck Forum.
- FBN’s Imus tops CNN! Harry Reid and pals to boost Brock book.
- CNBC’s Wikileaks Secrets and Lies. Another Martin Bashir profile.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/27/12 00:59 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Hollywood hypocrisy at the Oscars?
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Stossel-Shep 1-2-3.
- CNN rejiggers dayside. MSNBC over a half-hour late.
- ICN: Early Start may be headed for an early end. React!
- Griffin: MSNBC represents the 21st century, not the 1940s.
- Soledad at UTA. Maddow’s words that work. CNBC media alert!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/23/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Who pays their ‘fair share’ of taxes?
- Wednesday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-Coop 1-2-3.
- Fox News received letter threatening terrorist attack.
- CNN debate draws 4.7 million viewers. Updated chart.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Jeffries: MSNBC is serious about intellectual debate?
- Q&A: Michael Steele. Juan Williams at Mercer. CNBC’s Filthy Rich.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/17/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- Joe & Mika back Pat, buck MSNBC brass: ‘We strongly disagree’.
- The Death Network skeds wall-to-wall Whitney weeping. More.
- Q&A: Don Lemon, Sarah Palin. Profile: Big Ed Schultz.
- Guthrie: Pat Buchanan’s ‘crazy politics’ led to his firing. Zurawik: Good riddance! Stelter: Pat didn’t change, MSNBC did. Kurtz: Next stop, Fox News?
- Bartiromo: bored or burned-out? Today’s suspension demand.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/10/12 00:35 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Video: Bret Baier on how social media are affecting the election.
- Reeves: Don’t write that obituary for FBN just yet. Measuring bias.
- CNBC to do reality shows? Piers to be ‘honored’. Today’s boycott.
- Politico: CNN tops for excessive coverage of non-binding caucuses.
- FNC more than double CNN+MSNBC combined. The Five on a roll.
- Claim: CNN Israel bureau fired all Jewish journalists, retained Arabs.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
02/09/12 00:45 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- FBN scraps entire primetime lineup. More. Analysis.
- Video: Megyn wonders if spanking made her more aggressive.
- Video: Juan Williams talks contraception and more with Imus.
- Q&A: Shepard Smith. First Geraldo, now Huck! (via Alan)
- The CNN/Martin backlash begins. Dating advice from CNBC?!
- Was CNN bullied by gay activists? Martin to grovel before GLAAD.
- VIdeo: Matthews boasts he has access to highest level WH briefings.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/01/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Is Romney making it easy for the media?
- Tuesday’s numbers: FloridaFNC-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- Fishbowl DC kvetches about Politico ‘buttering up’ Fox News.
- Fox News: a decade on top. Politico: How FNC pulled it off.
- January program rankers. CNBC’s Kelly girl. Reena Ninan to ABC.
- Harris-Perry debut pushed back two weeks. Changes at CNNi.
- Q&A: Neil Cavuto, Jenna Lee, Bret Baier. Liz Claman in Davos.
- MSNBC produces another promo attacking the GOP. Flashback.
- Hollywood Reporter interview with a semi-snarky Shepard Smith.
- After MSNBC tags him (D), Herman Cain gets into tiff on Now w/Wagner.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/30/12 00:18 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Bob Beckel’s heated debate over Col West.
- Q&A: Shep Smith on FNC’s milestone and his own weight loss.
- Report: WSJ ‘darling’ Kelly Evans jumping to CNBC?
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Kilmeade faces a Cuba missing crisis (h/t @MartyDavis).
- Q&A: Greg Gutfeld, Liz Claman, FNC’s Jeremy Steinberg.
- The incredible disappearing Shep Smith. Fox News rings the bell.
- An appropriate choice: subbing for Olbermann...Eliot Spitzer!
- Current wants to move next door to CNN and Fox News.
- Gore: There’ll be none of that ‘balance’ stuff on Current.
- Hot & Not: Suze Orman, Big Ed, CNN, MSNBC inciting violence, etc.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/24/12 00:10 Filed in: links
- Video: The Five ponder the role of audiences at debates.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- Cablers lunch with PotUS. SotU coverage schedules.
- Willis vs Orman: Suze refuses to talk to Gerri about debit card.
- Cigar Afficionado profile: Sean Hannity [pdf]. Q&A: Liz Claman.
- Newsers prep for prolonged primary tug-o’-war. Weekend numbers.
- Fox & Friends video: Newt says NBC was wrong to silence audience.
- Reeves: Why is CNBC ignoring the ties between money and politics?
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on the viability of Newt’s anti-media strategy.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
01/18/12 00:45 Filed in: links
- CMPA: Fox News most balanced in covering GOP race.
- Monday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- SOPA disclaimers vary w/venue. Q&A: Harris-Perry (via ICN).
- Video: Beckel w/Imus talks The Five and more pt one, pt two.
- Five cablenewsers make GQ power list. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Gretchen Carlson explains Fox News to Jerry Springer.
- Friedman to CNBC: Don’t get cocky! Juan Williams hit-piece.
- Freedom Watch video: Is SOPA a big government power grab?
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/16/12 00:15 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Why are Newsweek editors so dumb?
- Newest FNC contributor debuts: it’s more GOP propaganda from Fox!
- Report: Bloomberg insider laments losses, ‘editorial tailspin’.
- Media Matters and Olbermann push CNN to fire Dana Loesch.
- Piers Morgan: an eventful year one. Gerri Willis: Sneaky fees.
- Q&A: Bret Baier previews tonight’s debate: The Sun News, New York Daily News, The State, Raleigh News and Observer.
- Fox News and Twitter team up for debate dodging display.
- ICN: The elephant in MSNBC’s room is Al Sharpton. Aly flix nixed.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC host leads march on Governor’s private home.
- Hot & Not: Frontline, Early Start, Color of Change. Q&A: Suze Orman.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/14/12 00:25 Filed in: links
- Reliable Sources video: Romney’s firing line and New Hampshire win.
- News Watch video: Are elections affected by media expectations?
- Current slams MSNBC: no authenticity, they’re the prison channel.
- Video: CNN’s Dana Bash confronted by irate Ron Paul supporters.
- Wemple: CNN blindy pushes White House talking points? Walsh to CNN.
- Zurawik: So-called journalists of CNBC should grow up and get serious.
- Specials: Huckabee Forum II, South Carolina Undecided; Soundcheck.
- Sunday talk: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap. CNBC not The Great Satan.
Friday Links and Open Thread
01/13/12 00:20 Filed in: links
- Olbermann to CNN’s Loesch: You’re worse than the Taliban!
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News teams with Google, X-Box. CNBC screw-up.
- Candidates get more time to speak at next Fox News debate.
- Q&A: Piers; Eric Bolling on baseball, Beckel, Bill Maher, and more.
- Lean Forward: Matthews dubs new audio over bad blunder.
- Discovery series dramatized stalking case of Arthel Neville.
- VIdeo: Why is Dana Bash ‘worried’ Ron Paul will stay in the race?
- Video: O’Reilly smacks ABC News for Media Matters sourced smear.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/09/12 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Was Jesse Ventura puched out...or not?
- Rosen: Gregory and Burnett reveal their ignorance (via ICN).
- Orman debuts debit card. FBN video: It’s cream of the crap!
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Ex-employee unloads on Olbermann: ‘He needs to get help.’
- Profile: Trish Regan. VIdeo: Melissa Francis FBN debut.
- (MS)NBC teams with Newsweek/Beast. Q&A: Sandra Smith.
- FNC’s new digital look for 2012. Hannity goes live at midnight.
- Olby not trapped in his show, will run future election coverage.
- Fire Buchanan movement reinvigorated on the left and the right.
- Hot & Not: CNN am, Olbermann, MSNBC, Buchanan, etc. Oops!
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/21/11 00:03 Filed in: links
- Video: The Five take on Whoopi and get Jib-Jabbed.
- Video: Ron Paul walks out on Gloria Borger interview.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-MonicaCrowley-Baier 1-2-3.
- MSNBC’s Meghan, like, doubles down on dumb, for sure.
- Report: ‘Unlikely’ Piers Morgan was unaware of hacking.
- New Pew: Dissimilar channels have similar news agendas.
- Video: CNBC expert struck dumb when teleprompter fails.
- Two ways of looking at Erin Burnett ratings. Piers probed.
- Rein: Shame on CNN for its Christian Bale publicity stunt.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly with Bill Clinton full unedited interview.
- The Nick Shurn Matter, part three: listen
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/07/11 00:05 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Greg defends Alec Baldwin, Beckel zings Mika.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Bret Baier’s son has fifth angioplasty, doing well: hospital pix.
- Video: Carl Carmeron talks w/Imus about the Trump debate.
- Guy Johnson leaves CNBC. MSNBC in Jerusalem. TJ to BET.
- Dr Gupta novel a TNT pilot. CNN’s Jaconi goes cross-platform.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/06/11 00:21 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- TJ Holmes leaving CNN. Q&A: Erin Burnett.
- Huck forum numbers. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Ed Henry talks to Don Imus. Mitt Romney to FNS.
- CNBC Europe/Asia merge. Thomas Roberts with Cyndi Lauper.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/02/11 00:05 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Melissa Francis leaving CNBC to join FBN. JKUSA: new producer.
- Lean forward: MSNBC uses news ticker for agit-prop instead of news.
- FNC responds to Daily Beast NYPD article: A completely fabricated story refuted in other publications; we’re surprised Tina allows this garbage on her website.
- After taking a shot at FBN, Imus admits his info was ‘erroneous’. More.
- Chris Matthews in Springfield. Rachel Maddow at Ball State (via TVN).
- Meghan on MSNBC: Bachmann is, you know, ‘more smarter’ than Palin.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
11/30/11 00:11 Filed in: links
- Video: The Five on Happy (and Unhappy) Meals.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- November program ranker: FNC holds the top 13 slots.
- O’Reilly bumps Rizzoli ratings, tops BriWi’s Rock Center!
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-ChrisWallace 1-2-3.
- ICN: Who’s leaking Imus numbers, and why?
- November: HLN slumps, Imus demo down as totals rise, CNBC daytime growth, Piers down, The Five up.
- November spin: CNN, MSNBC. CNNi drops two shows.
- Video: HLN lets Ann Coulter say what MSNBC bleeped.
- Another Olby twitter boycott? Here’s what set him off this time.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
11/23/11 00:40 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-Bream 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Megyn Kelly on pepper spray, context. Turks add staff.
- Cash crunch causes CNBC cutbacks. Thursday Eurocoverage.
- CNN radio anchor killed in crash. CNN’s Going Green.
- Video: Ed Rollins on the GOP debate and Fallon’s drummer.
- How Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes changed the world.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on the media’s responsibility to correct liars.
Friday Links and Open Thread
11/11/11 00:13 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Major cuts at CNN hit scores of employees nationwide.
- Big Ed deposed in lawsuit. MSNBC sued over Murray doc.
- Monday: MSNBC kills an hour of news for HuffPo’s Alex Wagner.
- Cancelled Greta Q&A with Mrs Herman Cain to tape this weekend.
- CNN.com goal: to dominate the web. Q&A: Gasparino, Soledad.
- CNBC’s twicker debate among the least-watched.
- Video: The Five on debate gaffes by Perry, Cain. Spitzer resurfaces.
- MSNBC accused of checkbook journalism, gives LaToya the brush-off.
- Specials: Bret Baier’s Fight for Iowa; Robin Meade’s Salute to Troops.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
11/10/11 00:06 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Debate-Laura-Baier 1-2-3.
- Flashback: What anchor called Palin ‘Princess Sarah’? Answer.
- Bias Bash video: Judith Miller on Paterno, Cain, and more.
- Current sets premiere of Young Turks. Dana Bash’s mommy time.
- Q&A: Soledad. O’Brien in Bama. Bartiromo bettered Burnett?
- Jackson estate demands MSNBC scrap its Murray documentary.
- Occupy Wall Street bought ad time on O’Reilly? Err, not exactly.
- Ratings-challenged Piers leaving reality show. Kiran teases return.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
11/09/11 00:30 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-CainPresserFNC-TheFive 1-2-3.
- Controversy swirls over MSNBC Murray documentary.
- Mitt Romney’s unique media strategy: avoid Fox News!?
- O’Reilly nipping at BriWi’s heels. CNBC preps for debate.
- Q&A: Ashley Webster. No saving Grace. Sherling to CNN.
Friday Links and Open Thread
11/04/11 00:42 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- They call me Mr Herman Cain. Profile: Dana Perino.
- Video: MSNBC’s O’Donnell calls for assault on the NRA.
- Cablers gear up for Greece; Asman special. Hardball hijinks.
Tuesday Links and Open thread
11/01/11 00:36 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- October: Fox News Channel holds top 13 cablenews slots.
- Red Eye tops Piers, Hardball, etc. Gutfeld imposter helped?
- October spin: MSNBC, CNN, HLN. Weekend numbers.
- Robin Meade on CNN. Nicole Lapin resurfaces.
- Color of Change raises the ante against MSNBC’s Buchanan.
- Video: Andy Levy fact-checks Ann Coulter. Natali’s natal news.
- Q&A: Chris Matthews, Chris Matthews.
- MSNBC adds new, fake, window. Belcher brouhaha.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on media treatment of OWS protesters.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/31/11 00:56 Filed in: links
- Arrington: CNN called me racist! Soledad: Not so. (via TVN).
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Shep-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- O’Reilly keep writing. Fox’s Junior Reporters program.
- FNC DC bureau goes dark. Bret Baier’s reading list.
- Q&A: Sean Hannity, Chris Matthews, Sandra Smith, Tamron Hall.
- CNNi skeds biz show. CNBC docs: jobs, the lowdown on Pepsi.
- Hot & Not: Amanpour, Chernoff, CNN AM, Trump, CNBC etc.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/25/11 00:05 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Shep 1-2-3.
- Today’s deja vu firing demand. Awkward!
- Trump reignites feud with Lawrence O’Donnell.
- Thomas Roberts ejected. CNBC contest hacked.
- VIdeo: Bill O’Reilly on the Today show. Weekend numbers.
- Q&A: Soledad. CNN wants your questions for Alec Baldwin!
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on media bias and David Gregory.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
10/15/11 00:04 Filed in: links
- Video: Fox News Watch on coverage of Wall Street occupiers.
- MSNBC publishes Moore video telling police to join protest.
- Big Ed pledge: I’m putting Wall St occupiers on tv every night!
- MSNBC/Ratigan talking points become protester demands.
- Burnett boiling. CNBC.com gains. Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/10/11 00:02 Filed in: links
- Fox News Studio 12H gets extreme makeover.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Occupiers use doctored video to claim Geraldo chased off.
- Occupier wants to break Geraldo’s hands: the crowd cheers!
- Q&A: Bill O’Reilly, Chris Wallace, Lori Rothman. More Squawk.
- Hank Williams Jr: payback. Debates shape the race.
- Victory lap for Fox and Hannity. Greta: Loyalty matters.
- Piers Morgan isn’t sleeping well? CNN goes European?
- Hot & Not: Erin Burnett, Wall Street, Fox News, HLN, Steve Jobs.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
10/05/11 00:12 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-AmandaKnox(CNN)-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Palin opts out of 2012 race; does she re-up with Fox, or go rogue?
- Greta debunks another purported Fox News ‘controversy’.
- H’wood Reporter Q&A: Maddow. Caruso-Cabrera goes international.
- Lean Forward: Impartial MSNBC journalist anchors from protests!
- Ten cablers from MSNBCNN make Root 100; not on list: Juan Williams, Harris Faulkner, Lauren Green, Wendell Goler, Kelly Wright, anyone on FNC.
- CNN signs Maria Cardona, David Frum. Coop targets bullying.
- Video: Andy Levy fact-checks the Hank Williams Jr controversy.
- Roger Ailes and Shep Smith look back at 15 years of Fox News.
- Neil Cavuto talks FNC, MS, and more. Bloomberg’s economic debate.
Friday Links and Open Thread
09/16/11 00:57 Filed in: links
- Zurawik: Critics of CNN debate want to enforce a liberal othodoxy.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Bream 1-2-3.
- Greta: What some bloggers don’t understand about journalism.
- Biznet boom backslides (via ICN). McGinnis ducking Fox News.
- Bashir: Romney not a Christian; media mum. Flashback: Ainsley Earhardt.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
09/14/11 01:06 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Megyn grills Keith Ablow over Chaz Bono.
- FNC travels cross country to celebrate 15th year.
- ICN: Print journalism snobbery. Q&A: Big Ed. Hayes gets Up.
- Shep Smith pulling up stakes. CNBC: That’s entertainment!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/08/11 00:11 Filed in: links
- Post-speech O’Reilly, Dobbs do FNC/FBN live simulcast segment.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-PostDebate 1-2-3.
- Video: Chris Wallace with Don Imus on the debate and 9/11.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-HarrisFaulkner 1-2-3.
- CNBC’s brain drain? Profile: Big Ed (via ICN). Meserve to GWU.
- Scarborough fair? Joe emulates Simon and Garfunkle.
- Video: Ron Paul enters the no-spin zone...sort of. Juliet’s jibe.
- Goldberg: MSNBC is dumb (via TCG). Matthews joins the 21st century.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
08/27/11 00:46 Filed in: links
- Fox & Friends weekend stirs speculation yet again.
- Kurtz: Hurricane coverage hype and scaremongering.
- MSNBC, biznets bug out early; CNBC skips PotUS for informercial.
- Q&A: John Roberts, John Roberts.
- HuffPo’s oops. Sunday talkers: tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
- Irene: FNC 46 hours continuous live coverage; Shep anchors 13+ hrs. FBN simulcasts WNYW Sun 6am-8pm, then Casone. More skeds: CNN/MSNBC, CNBC.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/24/11 00:24 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Larry Kudlow’s CNBC show in jeopardy?
- Freed journos speak: Tadek Markowski (video), Matthew Chance.
- What cablenews host made 100 most powerful women list?
- Video: Penguins vs Kilmeade’s new shoes (h/t Carpe Diem).
- Q&A: Janice Dean. Video: Phantom hands pin Ben’s Stein’s mic.
- Controversy swirls over Sharpton hire. The Rev compares self to Huck. Did this op-ed seal the deal? Watkins: Al Sharpton opens doors for black journalists?!?
Weekend Links and Open Thread
08/20/11 00:10 Filed in: links
- Harris Faulkner and Geraldo expand: 4 more hrs live Libya coverage.
- CNN cancels Gupta for Libya. MSNBC: rerunning Caught on Tape.
- O’Reilly and Miller a hit in first Bolder, Fresher gig.
- Videos: Frank Luntz, Liz Claman on This Week.
- Zurawik: Media ripping Perry need to be accurate and fair.
- Video: News Watch on Ed Schultz’s Perry smear and more.
- Sunday talkers: tip sheet, HuffPo recap. Cramer leaving town again.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/18/11 00:01 Filed in: links
- Deggans: CNN making headlines but not for journalism.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Zurawik: Olbermann airs slanderous character assassination.
- Video: Bias Bash on coverage of candidates’ pastors etc.
- Varney gets 8pm hour next week; FBN simulcast on FNC Fri 5am.
- Video: Beckel w/Imus talks The Five and more pt one, pt two.
- ICN: Has Bill O’Reilly become yesterday’s news?
- Video: Andy Levy’s devastating ‘apology’ to Chris Brown.
- Controversy swirls around tweet from tv’s Andy Levy.
- ICN: Rules for cablenews tweeters. Bad call bites Cramer again.
- Zurawik: Insufferable Piers and pitiful Christine engage in mutual exploitation. O’Donnell: I was running late. Morgan: What, me rude?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/16/11 00:59 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. FNC #2 in all cable.
- Schultz and MSNBC use special Ed-it to falsify Perry speech.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly with Imus on Elvis and Iowa, part one, part two.
- The Rise of Freedom e-book to feature exclusive WTC footage.
- Video: Bias Bash on theological campaigns, jobs in Texas, etc.
- The truth about Fox News. Lemon provokes second incident?
- Rick Sanchez resurfaces. Video: Ali Velshi with Jon Stewart.
- O’Donnell goes on leave. Biznet ad wars. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on uncomfortable questions for Bachmann.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/15/11 00:21 Filed in: links
- Coop’s new timeslot runs into obstacle: Bill O’Reilly.
- Friday’s numbers: Baier-Juan Williams-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Bias Bash on Iowa, terrorism. Becky’s baby boy.
- Stelter: Biznets gain as markets roil. Meet Simon Hobbs.
- Video: The Amazing Kreskin made a Presidential prediction.
- Hot & Not: Markets, straw polls, etc. Obama talks with Wolf.
- CNN skeds 9/11 docs. Soledad special stirs controversy.
- Zurawik: Maybe Olbermann and Bohrman deserve each other.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
08/13/11 00:11 Filed in: links
- Q&A: Megyn Kelly (via TVN). Zurawik: Huckabee, the political pimp.
- Video: Reliable Sources on Newsweek vs Michele Bachmann.
- Video: Fox News Watch on media mania over market mayhem.
- Say what? Dyson as MSNBC host ‘regularly beats Fox’?!?
- The lessons of Newt vs Wallace. Did Sarah Palin diss FNC?
- Markets turn pundits hysterical. So much for CNBC’s integrity?
- MSNBC ed special. Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
- HLN prunes headline news. Lemon: He shoved me! Q&A: Auntie Sole.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/10/11 00:11 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
- Market woes bring big numbers to biz nets.
- Cavuto: Saturday coverage. F&F: extra hour. CNBC: tonight.
- Despite controversies, CNN stands by John Defterios.
- Q&A: Charlie Gasparino on market madness; Tony Maddox.
- Did MSNBC contributor give political advice to the White House?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/09/11 00:55 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. The Five hits highs.
- Cavuto Saturday coverage snags record ratings. Weekend numbers.
- Video: Bias Bash on coverage suggesting a ‘disengaged Presidency’.
- Surprise! ‘Next gen’ of cable news stars: mostly from MSNBC!
- Bauder: Rivals take advantage of CNBC slips. 16 years of Megyn.
- So-called ‘WNBC newser’ hyping Sharpton actually sells real estate.
- Zurawik: Schultz Wisconsin coverage is one-sided but skillful.
- Q&A: Ken Jautz, Bohrman. Video: CNN reporter attacked in riots.
- FBN scraps Imus all week, goes live daily to 11:00 pm. CNBC tonight.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on media finger pointing. FNC wins gym war.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/08/11 00:15 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Juan Williams-Chris Wallace-Greta 1-2-3.
- Video: Megyn shows pix of baby Yardley. Megyn’s new ‘do.
- Bohrman: Current was, is, and will stay a progressive network.
- Zurawik: Can Bohrman turn a sideshow tent act into journalism?
- Ex-CNNer David Borhman joins Olbermann, Gore at Current.
- CNN edits out SEAL widow’s reference to Christ?
- Video: Bias Bash on Afghanistan deaths and The Devil’s Double.
- Biznets go live! FBN: entire primetime schedule. CNBC: 8pm plus.
- Video: The Donald on the downgrade. More F&F for Juliet Huddy?
- Is ex-CNNer Bohrman headed to Current? Coop’s in Somalia.
- Hot & Not: CNBC, Sharpton, CNBC, Maddow, CNBC. Today’s oops.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
08/06/11 00:04 Filed in: links
- Video: Fox News Watch on the media vs the debt ceiling.
- Video: Reliable Sources uses Maddow’s market montage.
- Coy: The Five gets it right. FNC honor killing special.
- Q&A: Ed Henry. Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
- Video: Rachel Maddow apologizes for false attack on Limbaugh.
- Trader: CNBC sits it out. ICN: CNBC drops the ball. Special coverage: FNC: Cavuto, Fox & Friends; CNBC: Maria Bartiromo; FBN & FNC: Gerri Willis: Q&A/preview.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/03/11 00:02 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Maddow hypes Sharpton: He’s wicked smart! He’s stupendous!
- CNBC drops World Business amid cash-for-coverage charges.
- Video: Bias Bash on overlooked Middle East developments.
- Don Lemon, riding publicity wave, to sub for Joy Behar.
- Why is MSNBC stalling its Sharpton decision? Q&A: E-Mac.
- Video: Alan Colmes w/Imus pt one, pt two. Weekend numbers.
- Zurawik: Olbermann a fawning pet poodle in Gore interview.
- Latest Buchanan zinger brings new calls to fire Pat. Update.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/01/11 00:04 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Bret 1-2-3.
- MSNBC adds Chris Hayes to weekends. Mrs Hayes.
- Triathlete Liz Claman races to build homes for heroes.
- CNBC skeds Michigan GOP debate. Studio switch.
- Video: Bias Bash on media reaction to the debt deal.
- Debt Q&A: Ashley Webster, Adam Shapiro, Shibani Joshi.
- Video: Neil Cavuto w/Don Imus. Q&A: NBC’s Schiller (v/ICN).
- Revealed: CNN’s grilling of Piers Morgan. Spot the goofs!
- CNBC drops the ball? Hot & Not: Debt, Melvin, Sharpton etc.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/27/11 00:05 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Ed Henry suddenly the target of Jay Carney attacks.
- Breaking: Joe Scarborough now a ‘veteran journalist’! (via ICN)
- Video: Bias Bash on the debt ceiling. In praise of Greg.
- Goode news at CNBC. Craig Melvin to (MS)NBC.
- Q&A: Juan Williams. Video: Williams w/Imus part one, part two.
- Today’s slander suit, MSNBC response. Today’s firing demand.
- Does a BBC audio clip implicate Piers in hacking...or not?
- FNC: no countdown clock for you! The future of CNN speaks.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
07/23/11 00:23 Filed in: links
- Zurawik: The sad, lost children of MSNBC.
- Video: Cenk Uygur on Reliable Sources.
- McWhorter: MSNBC is about to make a big mistake.
- Video: Fox News Watch on headaches and hacking.
- Catherine Herridge and yoga. Kitty Pilgrim resurfaces.
- Rutten: Who’s a threat to the Republic? Nancy Grace!
- Uygur hints of ‘exciting news’ coming. Piers embroiled?
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet. CNBC’s green studio.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
07/19/11 01:05 Filed in: links
- Geraldo: It was painful seeing Rupert Murdoch assaulted.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- The latest from CNN’s premier journalist. Weekend numbers.
- FNC aired more of the hearing, MSNBC least. FNC tops poll.
- Video: Bias Bash on media treatment of GOP tactics.
- Assault interrupts testimony. Piers breaks his silence.
- Sharpton speculation continues to swirl. CNBC’s baby boom.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/18/11 00:35 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Laura-Luntz-Baier 1-2-3. Jenna’s back.
- Dershowitz denounces Cramer. Cablers sked testimony.
- Audio: White House aide apologizes to Bret Baier.
- CNN streams simulcast. Chris Wallace a ‘school marm’?
- Famous woman-beater responds to Factor ’hate’ segment.
- Hot & Not: Kiran, Bashir, Sorkin, Gutfeld, The Five, etc.
Friday Links and Open Thread
07/15/11 00:15 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Shuster: ready for his close-up. NYT’s Sorkin new CNBC anchor.
- CNN covers massive grassroots protest. Feist’s 2012 strategy.
- Zurawik: Emails about FNC show White House willingness to lie.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on WH emails, bias, and politicians’ lies.
- Q&A: Phil Griffin (v/ICN). FNC covers hack, but CNN mum on Morgan.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/13/11 00:35 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Reuters retracts story promoted by Fox haters. ‘Whopper’.
- VIdeo: Bias Bash on media non-coverage of Syria.
- Water breaks at CNBC. Piers vs Piers.
- Video Q&A: Shep in AZ. Another very Casey weekend.
- CNN cheap shots Fox, but what about Piers Morgan?
- Video: Laura Ingraham with Don Imus part one, part two.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
07/06/11 00:10 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: HLNSpecRpt-HLNNews-Grace 1-2-3.
- Zurawik: Revised CNN lineup impressive. ICN: A losing gamble?
- CNN dumps Spitzer, adds Burnett, moves Coop to 8:00 pm.
- Reese’s piece: HLN surge is the triumph of sleaze.
- VIdeo: A horrified Shep reacts to the tragedy of Caylee Anthony.
- Video: Bias Bash on media malpractice covering legal cases.
- Video: Peter Johnson Jr rips ‘vigilante host’ Nancy Grace.
- Grace snags 2.8M, HLN peaks at 5.2M viewers. CNBC’s scoop.
- Q&A: Velez-Mitchell, Nancy Grace, Ken Jautz. Weekend numbers.
- What took Twitter so long to deal with the Fox account hack?
- Friedman: Another portrait to hang on MSNBC’s Wall of Shame.
- Jamie Colby to go on jury duty...with Jackie Mason!
- Video: Bernard Goldberg excoriates the media’s Anthony frenzy.
Monday Links and Open Thread
06/27/11 00:59 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Juan Williams-Chris Wallace-Glenn Beck 1-2-3.
- Q&A: CNN’s Tony Maddox (via ICN). CNN ready in Yemen.
- Bachmann avoids accepting Wallace apology. Joe dings Chris.
- Kurtz challenges Media Matters. CNBC skeds Jack Welch profile.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
06/22/11 00:05 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Goetzi: Is Huntsman trouble for cable news? Bloomberg vs CNBC.
- Video: Bias Bash questions Media Matters’s tax-exempt status.
- Zurawik: Hey Olbermann, how about some ratings transparency?
- Videos: Janice Dean on Today, Mika on ABC. Ed Henry’s other role.
- A dozen cablers named to distinguished list. Cablers cover Casey.
- Least wanted: pre-Olby Current cable’s lowest Nielsen-rated channel.
Monday Links and Open Thread
06/20/11 23:02 Filed in: links
- Van Jones calling for prior restraint of Fox News speech.
- Friday’s numbers: Laura-Nancy-Bret 1-2-3.
- ICN: No Countdown coverage for us. O’Reilly/Fiasco preview.
- Ed Henry leaves CNN to be Fox News Chief WH correspondent!
- Hall: Why do top talents keep leaving MSNBCNBC?
- Audio: Bret Baier reacts to the Jon Stewart interview.
- Zurawik: Stewart flounders under Chris Wallace questioning.
- MSNBC, the Place for Progressives. Velshi’s early call.
- Q&A: Bret Baier (via TVN), Baier, Nicole Petalides, Petalides.
- Stelter: Olbermann boasts he’ll take MSNBC’s viewers.
- Hot & Not: O’Donnell, Olbermann, Weinergate, etc.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
06/15/11 00:45 Filed in: links
- They picked him to host Friday’s Glenn Beck!?!
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Mal James: What happens at ‘the handover’.
- Video: Bias Bash on Weinermania, ethanol, Libya, and more.
- Q&A: Sandra Smith, Money Honey. O’Donnell’s new studio.
- Christopher: Can Olbermann win a war with MSNBC?
- David Carr on Olbermann: bombast, narcisissm, and revenge.
- Zurawik: Is Olbermann misrepresenting one of his ‘contributors’?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/14/11 00:10 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-Coop 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
- Red Eye hits the 1,000 mark; flashback. CNBC’s makeover.
- Cablers parrot White House misinformation.
- Video: Bias Bash critiques the CNN GOP debate.
- Q&A: Robin Meade (via ICN). Profile: Erin Burnett.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on the Palin email frenzy.
- Green: CNN’s crazy, video-game debate. Zurawik: CNN’s presentation sets a high bar. John King: winner, loser, silly; Q&A.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
06/09/11 00:02 Filed in: links
- 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
05/25/11 00:58 Filed in: links
- 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
05/24/11 00:02 Filed in: links
- 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
05/23/11 00:04 Filed in: links
- 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.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
05/18/11 00:36 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Shep 1-2-3.
- Video: Bias Bash on Newt, the IMF scandal, and more.
- Two MU journalism students win the College Challenge.
- Profile: Lou Dobbs. FNC webside: more video, targeting.
- Spitzer spikes Schwarzenegger story. Q&A: Joe Kernan.
- O’Donnell to Trump: I wish I knew how to quit you.
- Video: Stewart/O’Reilly pt three, pt four; full unedited interview.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
05/17/11 00:24 Filed in: links
- 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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
05/06/11 01:45 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Luntz focus group unimpressed with Trump.
- Video: Debbie Wasserman Schultz praises Fox News!
- Video: Bias Bash on the secrecy of the UBL operation.
- Erin Burnett signs off CNBC. Carlos Diaz to Morning Express.
- Video: Imus team salutes the departing Charles McCord.
- Profile: Eliot Spitzer. CNN preps Giffords special.
- No surprise: FNC officially ends Gingrich, Santorum contracts.
Monday Links and Open Thread
05/02/11 00:46 Filed in: links
- 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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/29/11 00:05 Filed in: links
- 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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/18/11 00:07 Filed in: links
- 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.
- 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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/15/11 00:02 Filed in: links
- 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.
- Greta: Don’t worry about Cenk Uygur, he won’t be around long.
- Video: Geraldo enraged over pat down of 6-yr-old.
- 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.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
04/09/11 00:10 Filed in: links
- 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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/04/11 01:28 Filed in: links
- 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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
04/01/11 00:11 Filed in: links
- 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).
- 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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/15/11 00:54 Filed in: links
- 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.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
03/12/11 00:08 Filed in: links
- 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.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
03/10/11 00:03 Filed in: links
- 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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/01/11 00:08 Filed in: links
- February program ranker: FNC holds top 11 slots.
- Zurawik: Fox News dominates...again.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- February numbers summary; spin: MSNBC, CNN.
- CNBC numbers continue to plummet.
- In the Arena premiere: E.D. Hill waits 50 minutes.
- Page Six: Soledad O’Brien to replace John King?
- Weekend numbers.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on coverage of Fox haters.
- Politifact strikes again: this time they fact-check Mr Bill.
- Behind the scenes: how Piers snagged Sheen (via TVN).
- Fretts: Piers/Sheen suckup interview a blown opportunity.
- Zurawik: Piers promotion of Sheen Q&A empty-headed tv-think.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
02/16/11 00:35 Filed in: links
- 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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/14/11 00:29 Filed in: links
- 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.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/27/11 00:01 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Shep explains FNC employees’ snow options.
- Zurawik: Maddow’s uninformed SotU snark is not journalism.
- Deggans: CNN’s SotU highlights problems w/Piers & Spit.
- Dean: Getting ready for the baby. Claman: women in Davos.
- Video: Chris Wallace w/Don Imus part one, part two.
- CNN hackles raised when Spitzer goes off-script (via CB).
- Goldstein: Piers shows real potential (as viewers dwindle).
- Video: Anthony Weiner gets snippy with Judge Nap.
- Rainey slams FNC focus group; Frank Luntz explains.
- What are Comcast’s plans for (MS)NBC News?
- Video: Bill O’Reilly takes issue with Jon Stewart.
- Soros-backed group targets Beck, Ailes. FNC responds.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/03/11 00:01 Filed in: links
- 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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/27/10 01:25 Filed in: links
- 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.
- ICN 2010 wrap-up: what’s hot and what’s not.
- Part one: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/20/10 00:41 Filed in: links
- 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.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/15/10 01:05 Filed in: links
- 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
12/14/10 00:27 Filed in: links
- 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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/10/10 00:29 Filed in: links
- 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.
- 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’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/07/10 00:25 Filed in: links
- 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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
11/05/10 00:31 Filed in: links
- Kurtz: Olby should apologize. Tyndall: Olbermann self-destructive. ICN: rebuild that wall! Zurawik: MSNBC had little choice. Audio: John Gibson reacts. Insiders: KO won’t be back! Mediaite: Olbermann’s Waterloo; a stupid move. Jeff Jarvis: It was the coverup. Craig Crawford: it was inevitable. Krakauer: two underlying reasons. Bercovici: will KO quit? Twitter reactions. Kristol: Keep Keith! Richard Greener: Boycott MSNBC!
- Keith Olbermann suspended indefinitely! More: TVN, Calderone, Stelter. Olby flashback: ‘Phil Griffin thinks he’s my boss.’ Flashback: Ratigan to replace Olbermann?
- Ethics, shmethics! Olbermann contributed thousands to Democratic candidates, then anchored election coverage! Mediaite: any pretense of objectivity gone. ICN: three big questions. Video: Beck mocks Olby.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly (4M)-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- NY Times Q&A: Keith Olbermann (pre-suspension).
- After ducking, Christine O’Donnell on tonight’s Factor.
- Milestone? FBN tops CNBC on election night.
- Update: Fox/EEOC/Herridge lawsuit (via ICN).
- Video: Imus rips CNN election coverage.
- MSNBC business opportunity: double down on leftism.
- Olby week in review; DC review of ‘Pitchforks’.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
10/28/10 01:15 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Happy news for Kyra and John (via ATCNN).
- Video: CNBC guest plugs his appearance on FBN!
- O’Reilly holds live online town hall meeting Friday.
- Video: Juan Williams on government-run media.
- Imus video: Chris Wallace on Jon Stewart, the election.
- Cavuto prepares for Tuesday marathon.
- Sanchez’s Conventional Idiocy is just that.
- The Last Word: carving out its own niche.
- Saturday special: Zakaria and The American Dream.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/25/10 00:34 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Juan-Beck-Baier 1-2-3.
- Mediaite: Phil Griffin asked for examples, he got ‘em.
- CNN: Heroes update; into the matrix; missing Brooke.
- Inevitable: Jesse Watters ambushes NPR CEO. Preview.
- Major Garrett talks Juan Williams. TCG: Et tu?
- Gingrich disses Joe Scarborough.
- CNBC Remington documentary raises eyebrows.
- Surprise: Olbermann attack turned out to be false.
- NPR CEO apologizes...but not to Juan Williams. NPR affiliates voice discontent over firing. Blame Uranus!
- Hot & Not: Juan Williams, Phil Griffin, ad wars, Abrams, Maddow.
Friday Links and Open Thread
10/15/10 00:34 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly (4+ mill)-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Video: News alerts you may have missed.
- CNBC’s Dennis Kneale jumps to FBN.
- Today’s outrage: Brian Kilmeade and terrorism.
- Coop’s executive producer leaving AC360.
- Olby week in review: he’s not Superman.
- Zurawik: NBC’s news brand has been diminished by Olbermann.
- Video: Ventura claims Afghan war fought to benefit Big Lithium.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/04/10 00:07 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Hitchens wants CNN to re-hire Rick Sanchez!
- Fox live streaming CT Senate debate w/Bret Baier.
- CNBC follows FBN’s lead.
- Park & Spit pre-taped segment already online.
- CNN’s Cal Perry has left the building.
- Charlie Gasparino makes top biz commentators list.
- NY Daily News slams Spitzer: a ‘disgrace’ (via C-boomer). CNN’s Kurtz profiles Park & Spit. Q&A: Spitzer (Mediaite), Park & Spit (TVN), Park & Spit (HuffPo).
- Cable news bloodsport: Olby claims CNN tried to hire him; MSNBC’s twitter rule; Olby/Joe tensions; the Campbell Brown experiment; more.
- O’Reilly/Nolan/Comcast flap rehashed; Olby quoted.
- Hot & Not: Sanchez, Coop, O’Donnell, Allred, EEOC, Shultz.
- Profiles: Gerri Willis, Robin Meade. Q&A: Sanchez pt one, two, three.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/30/10 00:02 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- Catherine Herridge complaints fuel Fed lawsuit against FNC.
- CNN: The world leader in smarm?
- Reese: All cablenews channels decline, but still hope for CNN?
- Mudoch testimony stirs Congressional controversy.
- Q&A: Park and Spit, Chris Wallace previews KY debate.
- CNBC, Cramer sink to multi-year lows.
- Greta: Vanity Fair is ‘delusional’. Beck responds.
- Coop gets daytime talk show. Analysis: ICN, LA Times.
- EW: Lawrence O’Donnell is ‘a natural’.
- John King calls out Obama/WH FNC/MSNBC remarks.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
09/22/10 00:37 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- Shep interviews O’Reilly on his book, Jon Stewart, etc.
- Stossel special slated for Saturday.
- Even Rick Sanchez watches Fox News.
- Shape Magazine profile: Jennifer Griffin.
- Q&A: Liz MacDonald, Gerri Willis, Aaron Brown, Joe.
- Anti-O’Reilly gadfly loses suit, stays fired.
- Cablers cavort in Wall Street sequel.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
09/16/10 00:32 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Dennis Kneale is leaving CNBC.
- After dropping AP, CNN continues to use it?
- Tension between Kiran and John Roberts?
- Chris Wallace talks tea parties w/Don Imus.
- Bill Schulz: desperately seeking Hoda.
- Stuart Varney on The Early Show.
- Fox News sues Carnahan campaign.
- Money Honey moonlights at USAT.
- Q&A: Coop and Ripa; Jim Clancy.
- Australian tv profile: Michael Ware (via ATCNN).
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
09/15/10 00:43 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Bret 1-2-3. Primary numbers.
- Brian Wilson leaves FNC; behavior a cause? More. Much more?
- New Gasparino book gets a HuffPo going over.
- Has Maddow blacklisted Clarke Cooper?
- Jon Stewart to appear on The Factor.
- Obama to appear on CNBC town hall.
- Q&A: Geraldo disses Piers.
- Shuster: I’m not in cable news prison.
- Maddow snags interview with VP Biden.
- Rove comments on Hannity raise eyebrows.
- Media Matters didn’t raise enough money for anti-Fox ad.
- CNBCers appear in Oliver Stone film.
- Glenn Beck addresses the ‘sex tape’ stories.
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Q2 numbers: FNC holds top 13 slots. Olbermann demo drop: is D-Rat the answer? Coop crumbles. King collapses: CNN in a tough spot. Q2 spin: MSNBC, CNN. ...read more
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It’s official: Shuster suspended! Next stop: CNN?
Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Beck-Angle 1-2-3.
Weekend numbers. Weekly ranker.
Fireworks: Giuliani vs Arianna.
Profiles: Megyn Kelly, Liz Claman. Q&A: Maria Bartiromo (via ICN).
Jamie McIntyre resurfaces. Griffin surgery today. Hotline after dark.
Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Beck-Angle 1-2-3.
Weekend numbers. Weekly ranker.
Fireworks: Giuliani vs Arianna.
Profiles: Megyn Kelly, Liz Claman. Q&A: Maria Bartiromo (via ICN).
Jamie McIntyre resurfaces. Griffin surgery today. Hotline after dark.
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