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.
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Friday Links and Open Thread
01/27/12 00:48 Filed in: links
- The Five video: What kind of idea is going to the moon?
- Thursday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-Coop-Baier 1-2-3-4.
- CNN’s latest debate no ratings buster. Intruder alert!
- ICN: Too little too late for CNN to trademark ‘magic wall’.
- Video: You’ve got Hemmer! Gorman, Gasparino finally meet.
- Q&A: Geraldo (via ICN), Dylan Ratigan, Dr Sanjay Gupta.
- Schumacher: Wolf Blitzer flunks the debate moderator test.
- Zurawik: Kudos to Wolf Blitzer for standing up to Newt Gingrich.
- Was CNN egging on the crowd? How does CNN verify its iReports?
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/26/12 00:16 Filed in: links
- Video: The Five share their yearbook photos.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Profile: The only ombudsman in cable news, Andy Levy.
- ICN: Big Ed advising Dems, plus Nancy Pelosi = quid pro quo?
- Video: Juan Williams with Imus on Newt, Jan Brewer, and more.
- UNF students prep for CNN debate. Dr Gupta previews football special.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/23/12 01:02 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Does Congress really need a ‘date night’?
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- Fox wins SC primary night, tops CNN+MSNBC combined.
- Charles Gasparino to cross swords with Jamie Dimon.
- Hot & Not: Primary, shipwreck, Newt. René Marsh to CNN Newsource.
- Lean forward: Andrea Mitchell says Romney ancestors were illegal aliens!
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/21/12 00:03 Filed in: links
- Profile: Bret Baier, ‘the face of Fox News’. ICN: Network narcissism.
- Reliable Sources video: Newt Gingrich goes nuclear on the media.
- SC primary: FNC calls it first at 6:59:44; CNN 34 minutes behind.
- Video: Gingrich talking to Cavuto as Fox calls race. CNN oops.
- Video: Newt Gingrich gripes about Fox & Friends questions.
- Geraldo adds second radio show. The Five sets record. Q&A: Cavuto.
- MSNBC online video revamp, could add commercial breaks.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on the ethics of ABC’s Gingrich ex-wife story.
- Primary coverage: FNC, CNN, FBN. Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet.
- Specials: Your Money Is Primary; Saga of the Tuskegee Airmen; Tragedy at Sea.
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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/10/12 00:05 Filed in: links
- Geraldo: Berkeley prof assigns students to dig up Fox News dirt.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- John Roberts and FNC team with Google for election coverage.
- Gretchen Carlson: The toughest interview I’ve ever done.
- VIdeo: Neil Cavuto trades barbs with Don Imus part one, part two.
- Pat Buchanan: What suspension? I’ve been sick. ICN analysis.
- Video: Melissa Harris-Perry with Colbert. Weekend numbers.
- Q&A: Carl Cameron, Cavuto, Trish Regan, Sandra Smith, Velshi.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on Michelle Obama vs Robert Gibbs.
- CNN edits Ron Paul interview, removes criticisms of the media.
- Finally a newsroom on CNN Newsroom. Another O’Donnell scoop.
- Details of Olbermann/Current deal murky. Today’s deep thought.
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!
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/07/12 00:03 Filed in: links
- Reliable Sources videos: NH debates, MSNBC’s left-wing caucus.
- Video: Sununu tells Chris Matthews ‘You guys have an agenda!’
- ICN: From Donahue to Buchanan, MSNBC comes full circle.
- MSNBC admits blacklisting Pat Buchanan, may fire him. More.
- News Watch video: Iowa caucuses manifest media highs and lows.
- Finke: Current caved to Olby, then took it back; standoff continues.
- Christopher: Olby’s claim he was threatened is another fabrication.
- Specials: Sunday Special Report w/Bret Baier; FNC New Hampshire Primary Preview; Frank Luntz NH Primary Preview.
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet. Q&A: Melissa Harris-Perry.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
01/03/12 00:02 Filed in: links
- Current confusion: Is Olby on tonight, or not on tonight? Not!
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Faulkner-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Videos: Megyn Kelly questions Perry, Romney, Gingrich.
- Murdoch says it’s ‘much more fun than Beck’. Analysis.
- ICN: Cable news resolutions for 2012. R.I.P. Jim Huber.
- Blue on blue: MSNBC slammed for coddling rape trivializers.
- Video: Alan Colmes apologized to Santorum. Q&A: Shep.
- Caucus coverage roundup: Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, FBN.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on MSNBC’s journalist-free caucus coverage.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/26/11 00:05 Filed in: links
- 2011 year in review: What’s hot, and what’s not.
- Stelter: In Glenn Beck’s shadow, The Five rises on Fox. More.
- The Hill: Did CNN deceptively edit Ron Paul interview video?
- VIdeo: Merry Christmas from the Fox News DC Bureau.
- The Cui Bono Matter, part one: listen
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/19/11 00:09 Filed in: links
- Video: The Five ask who is America’s fourth best President?
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Crowley-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- MSNBC’s in-house Rev reinvents himself for television.
- CNN to use digital acquisitions to gain on Fox News.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly talks Kim Jong Il and Bill Clinton on Today.
- Cablers cover Kim quietus. Trish Regan to Bloomberg.
- Hot & Not: Amanpour, Chris Wallace, BBC, MSNBC, Todd, etc.
- The Nick Shurn Matter, part one: listen
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/12/11 00:05 Filed in: links
- Video: Neil Cavuto’s battle royale with OWS port saboteur.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Mediaite responds to ‘insecure’ Greta’s smackdown.
- Ailes book rumors spur response. Housley is thankful.
- Tommy Christopher gushes over ‘diverse’ Up with Hayes.
- Video: Geraldo discusses his new radio show with Don Imus.
- Hot & Not: Trump, Todd, TJ, Muppets, etc. Christie zings MoJo.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/05/11 00:01 Filed in: links
- What do you get when you’ve been grilled by Bret Baier?
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-MonicaCrowley 1-2-3.
- Video: The Donald blasts Chuck Todd on MSNBC.
- Sherman: That crafty Ailes is up to something again.
- Hot & Not: Olbermann, Imus, Mr Herman Cain, Greta etc.
- Ron Christie: Chris Matthews’s ignorance of facts is shocking.
- Behind the scenes at Huck’s forum. Catherine Crier resurfaces.
- CNN’s Eason Jordan resurfaces...to produce the Trump debate!
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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/21/11 00:02 Filed in: links
- Claim: Roger Ailes came close to pulling Palin off the air.
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
- CNN, AEI, and Heritage prep for debate.
- Kurtz backs Bill. Meghan McCain: deja vu all over again.
- Hot & Not: Now, Romenesko, Shapiro, Behar, Politico etc.
- ‘Reporter’ brags he inserted anti-US agit-prop in Fox News segment.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/14/11 00:33 Filed in: links
- ICN: Now w/Alex Wagner shafts news for talk, is unlikely to survive.
- Friday’s numbers: JuanWilliams-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3.
- Mediaite tries to instigate an O’Reilly/Greta spat. TheFive tops demo.
- Goldberg: The dumbest question ever. Jenna Lee: What I read.
- Politicozy with MSNBC; more. Impartial journalist hired (via ICN).
- Pew: Fox News #1 in twitter engagement too (via The Cable Game).
- Kurtz: CBS ready to sign Joe and Mika but NBC put the kaibosh on it.
- Hot & Not: Murray, Penn State, CNN layoffs, etc. Lemon book review.
- MSNBC: The place for reruns. Hertzberg gushes over
five-vs-zeroUp.
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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/24/11 00:23 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-ChrisWallace 1-2-3.
- Video: Charlie Gasparino confronts Media Matters.
- Larry King returning to radio, and tv? (via CB)
- Profile: Lori Rothman. Zoraida Sambolin to CNN.
- Q&A: Chris Jansing, Liz Claman. Claman’s dining diary.
- VIdeo: Flawed EPA ratings inflate electric car mileage?
- Hot & Not: FBN, changes at MSNBC, Qadaffi killed, etc.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/17/11 00:02 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Jon Scott’s 15 years at Fox News.
- Murdock: The Roger Ailes you haven’t heard about.
- Surprise! MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan working with occupiers.
- Q&A: Lauren Green (via ICN). Geraldo takes a powder.
- Debates: a hot ticket on cablenews. CNN preps huge set.
- Hot & Not: Squawk, Granholm, Hank Williams Jr, King, etc.
- Melvin’s matrimony. Profile: Melissa Harris-Perry.
- Examiner: FNC, the future of tv news. CNN’s reality reruns.
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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/26/11 00:02 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- CNN’s 2011 top 10 heroes. Megyn brings Yardley to debate.
- Bauder: Erin Burnett hour promises essays, ‘fresh angles’.
- Hot & Not: Uygur, Jansing, Hansen, Holt, Holmes, HLN, etc.
- Kurtz: Roger Ailes ‘repositions’ Fox News, and ‘rankles the right’.
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/19/11 00:28 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Poll: Best news channel? FNC-CNN-MSNBC 1-2-3. Analysis.
- Point: Greta. Counterpoint: Tucker. Response: Greta. More.
- Newsweek profile: Bill O’Reilly. Olbermann ratings at all-time low.
- Video: Fox & Friends 15-year highlight reel. Q&A: Steve Doocy.
- MSNBC goes all out to promote ‘marriage equality’ presentation.
- FNC 15th celebration kicks off with Fox & Friends live in Orlando.
- Hot & Not: WSJ, CNBC, American Morning, Chris Hayes, Alex Witt.
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!
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/29/11 00:08 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Juan Williams-Chris Wallace-Harris Faulker 1-2-3. Two of the top three programs: anchored by Fox News African-American journalists.
- Video: Jeff Flock takes a direct hit from Hurricane Irene.
- Nancy Grace trips the light fantastic. Maddow in Cummington.
- Salon: The worst hurricane Irene coverage was from...guess who?!
- Profile: The Rev Al. Q&A: The Root, Eric Deggans. NPR: Sharpton hire part of a larger trend. Washington: He’s cable catnip.
- Shep Smith remembers 9/11. Bauder: Irene attracts media big guns.
- Lemon’s iPhones. FBN live at 5:00 am; F&F Monday extra hour.
- Hot & Not: Sharpton, Childers, Irene, Herridge, Gawker, Contessa etc.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
08/25/11 00:05 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Andy Levy vs Alec Baldwin part one, part two.
- Did impartial anchor Jansing get talking point from Think Progress?
- Contessa Brewer loses anchor spot. ICN: MSNBC blew it!
- Miller: No, Al, you’re not just like Huck. MSNBC an hour late.
- Video: Karl Rove to Sarah Palin, ‘Get a thicker skin!’
- Q&A: Steve Harrigan, Matthew Chance (via ICN).
- Doyle: Cable news channels obsessed with anti-Obama blood lust!
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
08/23/11 01:11 Filed in: links
- ICN: MSNBC redefines the meaning of ‘breaking news’.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- ICN: Making Sharpton MSNBC host worse than CNN hiring Spitzer!
- Cablers pivot to earthquake. Video: Special Rpt may air outdoors.
- It’s official: MSNBC hires Sharpton (!) to host show.
- Q&A: Megyn Kelly, Neil Cavuto. Kiran Chetry resurfaces.
- Videos: Steve Harrigan avoids gunfire in Tripoli, CNNer grazed.
- Coop gains while competitors off. Weekend numbers. Today’s oops.
- Desperate cablers turn to old PR standby: a feud! CNN eyes Zite.
- Pareene: MSNBC weekend worse than Fox! Another FNC outrage!
- Video: Bernard Goldberg critiques the Ingraham/Rangel shootout.
Monday Links and Open Thread
08/22/11 00:18 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: MonicaCrowley-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Heather Childers officially named to weekend anchor slot.
- Video: Leventhal and Miller on reporting from Libya.
- Q&A: John Roberts, Varney, Gupta. Rachel Maddow unplugged.
- Zurawik: Remarkable tv. CNN’s simulcast. MSNBC takes flak.
- Hot & Not: Christine O’Donnell, Libya, markets, Ed Schultz.
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?
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
08/17/11 00:27 Filed in: links
- Video: Christine O’Donnell walks out on Piers Morgan.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Bret 1-2-3.
- Video: Red Eye takes a jab at Morning Joe.
- Video: Bias Bash on media uproar over GOP words.
- Q&A: Megyn, Wolf. Profile: Lemon. Rothman on market drops.
- ICN: The decline of media journalism. To release a predator.
- Video: Big Ed admits to editing trickery. Today’s firing demand.
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.
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.
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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/25/11 00:45 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Harris-Laura-Wallace 1-2-3.
- Zurawik: Ed Henry solid in Fox News debut.
- Athena Jones to CNN. Another pointless list.
- Bias Bash video: Norway terror and debt ceilings.
- Stasi: Sharpton made to order for tv, Uygur not.
- Hot & Not: Uygur, News Corp, etc. Gasparino replies.
- Hampp: Will CNN’s new primetime attract viewers?
- Q&A: Phil Griffin, Larry King. Gawker’s selective curiosity.
- Juliet Huddy: Always a Fox, but is she still a Friend?
Friday Links and Open Thread
07/22/11 00:15 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- First guest on tonight’s O’Reilly Factor: Bill O’Reilly!
- Impartial MSNBC anchor: Bachmann would extinguish gays.
- ICN: MSNBC’s ‘insider’ problem. Tamron’s stalker.
- Greta: I’ve never seen anything at FNC like Uygur describes.
- Was Uygur his own worst enemy? Video: Cenk with Olby [ipad].
- Juan Williams’s story. New Piers problems? Q&A: Tony Maddox.
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 [ipad].
- 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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
07/11/11 01:02 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Bias Bash on Pakistan, Iraq, leaks, etc.
- Profile: Greg Gutfeld previews The Five. Q&A: Jenna Lee.
- Roger Ailes pulls a fast one on Juan Williams.
- Obama pollster to double as CNN contributor.
- Hot & Not: CNN, Quintanilla, Casey Anthony, etc.
- Greta: How to cover a criminal trial, and how to watch one.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
07/02/11 00:01 Filed in: links
- Symbiotic schoolyard reporting? Fox twitter hack resolved.
- Hot & Not: Bolling, Yellin, The Five, Halperin, etc.
- Video: Reliable Sources on DSK and Halperin/Bachmann.
- Schoen & Miller: (MS)NBC too easily intimidated by White House.
- CNN rejects ‘fair and balanced’. Q&A: Robin Meade.
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
- HLN can’t quit Casey. Cost of Freedom pre-empted for non-trial.
- Freedom Watch video: Things to ponder on the fourth of July.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
06/25/11 00:05 Filed in: links
- Video: Wallace questions Bachmann, apologizes for ‘flake’.
- Video: Reliable Sources on Olbermann and Stewart/Wallace.
- Chris Wallace: Hey Jon, the joke’s on you.
- Hot & Not: Ed Henry, Diaz-Balart, Olby’s war etc.
- Video: News Watch on Afghanistan coverage; more.
- R.I.P.: Nick Charles. Reena Ninan: Woman on the front line.
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap. CNN pychics.
- Slate: New Countdown juggles eloquence with strident bellowing.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
06/21/11 00:03 Filed in: links
- Current claims Countdown pulled 179K demo viewers.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Bias Bash videos: Africa/Afghanistan and NBC’s pledge edit.
- Bloomberg/Comcast channel spat marches on.
- Julie Banderas back in the anchor chair? Weekend numbers.
- Video: Juan Williams with Don Imus on Jon Stewart, Libya, etc.
- That was fast: Media Matters launches instant war against Ed Henry.
- Video: Bernard Goldberg on NBC’s pledge, CBS’s Norah O’Donnell.
- ICN: Why 63 minutes means Olby’s declared war on MSNBC; more.
- Countdown reax: Zurawik: ruined by Markos; EW: fawning; LA TImes: effective; Perpetual Post: glad he’s back; The Cable Game: yawn; WaPost: sleepy; Salon: welcome back; Daily Beast: marred by nastiness; The Wrap: boring, pompous.
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 [ipad].
- 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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
06/17/11 00:19 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Christopher: Olby hypes Countdown with sleazy rumor-mongering.
- VIdeo: Bolling on The Insider. Profile: Thomas Roberts, Grace.
- Lupe Fiasco will face off with O’Reilly. Friday Luntz special.
- Robin’s CMA debut. Cablers with clothes. Kurtz contradiction.
- Jenna Lee’s diet diary. Beck and Olbermann start over.
- Olby ‘contributors’ not exactly diverse; video: w/Jimmy Fallon.
- Video: Kirsten Powers on Weiner as predator; more.
- ICN: Why (MS)NBC’s loss of Norah O’Donnell is a very big deal.
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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
05/09/11 00:17 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Diane Macedo takes over newsreader slot on Imus.
- Q&A: Willis, Thomas Roberts (v/ICN), Maddow (v/Mediaite).
- Who wants to work for Olby? The obligatory denial.
- CNNMoney gets an extreme makeover.
- Licht move stirs MoJo speculation. Todd loses Savannah.
- Video: Trump bloviates on UBL, racism charges.
- Profiles: Jennifer Griffin, Mrs Bill Hemmer (via TVN).
- Hot & Not: UBL, The Donald, the debate, CNN being petty.
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 [ipad].
- CNBC cost cuts hit Media 3. NBC trims wedding plans?
- Beck failures to attribute stir controversy. Analysis.
- Hot & Not: Imus, Roberts, Soledad, John King etc.
- Yet another version of the Glenn Beck/Fox News split.
Monday Links and Open Thread
04/11/11 01:06 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
- Today’s Beck replacement specularama.
- Olby taking credit for ratings surge at CNN?!?
- Weekend in Vegas report gets Greta’s goat.
- As debates proliferate, FNC sets criteria for first showdown.
- Video: Bias Bash analyzes ‘thuggish’ NYT article.
- CNN skeds special on Waco. FNC wedding plans.
- VIdeo: No birther talk on Trump’s F&F segment.
- Hot & Not: Beck, Trump, The Judge, Roberts, CNN etc.
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.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
03/29/11 00:19 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Obama (FNC)-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Q1 program ranker: FNC holds top 12 slots.
- Q1 numbers: FNC #1 for 9 years, Beck down; MSNBC, CNN.
- Video: Bias Bash on media reaction to Libya speech.
- Profile: Stossel. Q&A: D-Rat pt deux. Robin Meade, chanteuse.
- MSNBC.com sharing content from National Journal.
- Rick Sanchez: Did cable news cause the war in Libya?
- Video: Major Garrett on whether Qaddafi should go.
- ICN: The top five stupid cable news gimmicks.
- Weekend numbers. March spin: CNN.
- Kurtz queries Sammon on latest Fox ‘controversy’. Shuster claim (fwiw): FNC reporters and Bret Baier turning on Sammon.
- Video: Judge Nap delivers ‘the plain truth’ on Libya.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/28/11 00:10 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Angle 1-2-3.
- Video: Trump on F&F continues birther crusade.
- (MS)NBC plans 20+ hours coverage of royal wedding.
- Video: Bill Hemmer on Libya and basketball.
- Uh oh. Did David Brock say too much?
- Profile: Jennifer Griffin. Video Q&A: D-Rat.
- Global events bust budgets of news orgs.
- Hot & Not: CNN vs FNC, Beck, FBN, Roberts, etc.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/21/11 00:25 Filed in: links
- CNN’s Nic Robertson compares Jennifer Griffin to Qaddafi!
- Friday’s numbers: Juan Wms (for O’Reilly)-Beck-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: News Watch panel on coverage of Japan.
- Will MSNBC ever give up on predators and prisons?
- Glenn Beck to hire FNC bigwig for his own company? FNC insider: Cheatwood’s contract was not going to be renewed anyhow; more.
- Jennifer Griffin: CNN, Reuters crews used as human shields.
- VIdeo: Trump tells F&F how he ‘screwed’ Qaddafi [ipad].
- Supreme Court sides w/FBN, Bloomberg on Fed disclosure.
- Profile: Adam Housley. Q&A: Bill Wolff.
- Barry Kaufman: Don’t cry for me, CNN.
- Hot & Not: Japan, Libya, going left, CNN, evacuations etc.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/14/11 00:15 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Blitzer-Shep 1-2-3. Analysis.
- Fox News signs former Senator as a contributor; more.
- Video: Shepard Smith first report from Japan [ipad].
- Sarah asked Roger for advice and didn’t take it. Mika chimes in.
- MSNBC centerpiece series renewed. Larry’s got a new tv gig.
- Lou Dobbs profiles: AP, Daily Mail, Daily News, Post-Gazette.
- New Pew: 2011 report on cable news part one, part two.
- Hot & Not: Japan, Keilar, Sheen, Morning Joe etc.
- FBN: 5:00 am McDowell/McShane market report on Monday.
Monday Links and Open Thread
03/07/11 00:38 Filed in: links
- Juliet Huddy news...or not?
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Kelly’s Court rules on Fred Grandy flap.
- Like Roberts, TJ Holmes irked by Kiran typing?
- Video: Leland Vittert caught in the crossfire.
- HLN emulates MSNBC, reruns crime shows.
- Pix: Bret Baier in Afghanistan.
- CNN’s Freedom Project. King to host Peabodies.
- MacNicol: NY Times Beck blast not believable?
- Q&A: Don Lemon (via TVN), Tucker Carlson, Lawrence O, Norah O. Profile: Andrea Mitchell (via ICN).
- Hot & Not: Dobbs, Sheen, Maddow, Schultz, King.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/28/11 00:22 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Shep 1-2-3.
- Dan Abrams exits MSNBC, signs with ABC.
- Zurawik: Fox haters turn to ugly, bully-boy, thug tactics.
- Profile: Rachel Maddow, Rupert Murdoch. Q&A: Piers.
- Hot & Not: Juliet Huddy, Roger Ailes, Rachel Maddow, and J$.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
02/26/11 00:15 Filed in: links
- Siskind: Did sexism fell Kathleen Parker?
- Video: Reliable Sources on WI converage, Maddow/Politifact.
- Video: News Watch on media coverage of Libya: more.
- Ziegler: Why Katherine Parker was doomed.
- Politifact to Maddow: we’re right, you’re wrong!
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
- MSNBC: five days, seven primetime Beck segments.
- Videos: Chris Jansing Q&A (via ICN), Bashir w/Fallon.
- ICN scrutinizes the Judith Regan letter.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/25/11 00:48 Filed in: links
- Greta: Snakes were out to get Parker; does anyone believe CNN’s memo? TCG: CNN’s real problem is still there. Zurawik: Park & Spit was always DOA.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Park & Spit is over. Revamp features E.D. Hill, elevates Spitzer.
- Joe courageously speaks out against...Glenn Beck.
- Video: Red Eye rips Lawrence O’Donnell [ipad].
- Q&A: John Roberts on his move to FNC.
- Park & Spit to split? Luis Carlos Velez to CNN.
- ICN’s most thoughtful, perspicacious post ever.
- MSNBC gives positive PR to partner company.
- Juan Williams in Jacksonville discusses NPR and FNC.
- Video: Wolf Blitzer with Craig Ferguson.
Monday Links and Open Thread
02/21/11 00:29 Filed in: links
- Surprise! ‘Juliete’ Huddy suddenly gets a bio page.
- Piers’s secret, ‘must-watch’ guest is...Larry King! ICN scoffs.
- Soros, Fox News, and Nazis: today’s question (via TCG).
- Shep ‘bear alerts’ continue to stir controversy.
- Video: Bias Bash on Al-Jazeera fomenting revolution.
- Profile: Lori Rothman. Q&A: Kiran Chetry.
- The ‘brains’ behind MSNBC’s brand.
- Piers: a cold dish of toad-in-the-hole? (via ICN)
- Greta tapped for Civility Institute board.
- Stuever: Matthews Clinton hour a superficial mash-note.
Friday Links and Open Thread
02/18/11 00:36 Filed in: links
- Zurawik: MSNBC Wisconsin coverage biased and clueless.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Fox hater screams over Jeff Flock live shot.
- Soledad previews Ernest Withers documentary.
- BBC to push ‘impartial’ World News Channel.
- MSNBC daytime adds Bashir. ICN: Nonsensical excuse.
- O’Donnell cartoon segment stirs controversy, threats.
- FNC and Cablevision seal multi-year deal.
- ICN: Risk vs reward in journalism judgment calls.
- Glick: Journalism, Lara Logan, and identity politics.
- Piers purchases pub. Larry disses CNN’s Morganmania.
- Big Ed in Madison. Q&A: Jennifer Griffin on Lara Logan.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
01/22/11 07:34 Filed in: links
- Zurawik: We’re better off without Olbermann and his smears.
- Video: Reliable Sources on Olbermann etc.
- ICN: It’s time for CNN to deal with Park & Spit.
- Telegraph: Piers should drop the Brit shtick.
- Video: Fox News Watch on Tucson coverage.
- TMZ: Olby’s secret deal. NYT: Weeks of negotiations. More.
- ICN: What it means for MSNBC. Deadline H’wood: A right turn? Big Ed cut to four days; Larry O gets five. OlbyWatch: Keith is the winner.
- Salon: Goodnight and good riddance. Olby week in review.
- H’wood Reporter: KO’s ten options. EW: Next stop Hollywood? Forbes: Should CNN hire him? Poniewozik: Opportunities. Salon: A victim of his own success?
- Mediaite: Why Olby is out. TMZ: He was fired. Bercovici: Was it Comcast’s doing? NY Post: Olby was paid to leave. Video: AC360 on Olbermann’s exit [ipad].
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
01/13/11 00:15 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Tucson/FNC-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
- Palin to do FNC interview Monday...with Hannity.
- Controversy swirls around Rick Sanchez fundraisers.
- Roger Ailes and Russell Simmons make a love connection?
- ICN: Piers snaps back at Greta with twitter overkill.
- Video: Chris Wallace w/Imus on Obama speech pt one, pt two.
- Grace takes on extra hour pending Dr Drew.
- Cablenewsers named to two influentials lists.
- Robyn Meredith to Bloomberg. Dubrow to helm Dr Drew.
- Video: Fox News panel reactions to Obama speech.
Monday Links and Open Thread
01/10/11 00:47 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Shep 1-2-3.
- Profile: Eric Bolling is on a roll.
- John Roberts makes FNC debut on Studio-B.
- Janice Dean has pictures of Courtney’s baby.
- Happy, happy! Joy, joy! Rick Sanchez resurfaces.
- Howard Kurtz on media finger-pointing.
- FNC’s Dr Coomer has successful cancer surgery.
- CNN revamps graphics, adds CNNi, names Piers guests.
- Leading candidate to replace Parker: E.D. Hill?
- Olby to drop Worst Persons shtick again? Or not?
- Things for CNN to consider re Park & Spit. More.
- Q&A: Ailes & Simmons (via ICN), Eric Bolling, Gerri Willis.
- Hot & Not: Parker, John Roberts, O’Reilly, and more.

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 [ipad].
New Year's Eve Links and Open Thread
12/31/10 00:59 Filed in: links
- Video: Reliable Sources on 2010 media controversies.
- Video: Red Eye New Year’s Special [ipad].
- Video: Fox News Watch on top stories of 2010.
- Zurawik: praise for C-SPAN, but not ‘partisan psycho’ MSNBC.
- Sunday talkers: tip sheet: HuffPo recap.
- Courtney heads to the maternity ward: it’s a boy!
- 2011 predictions: Park & Spit, FNC’s Stirewalt, ICN.
- New Years skeds: FNC Sat; CNN; and MSNBC.
- FNCers make New Years resolutions.
- CNN’s New Years Eve: must-miss tv.
- Part five: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter [ipad].
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/29/10 00:34 Filed in: links
- Ultimate Fox hater resorts to vulgarity.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bream-Bolling-Beck 1-2-3.
- Today’s firing demand.
- FNC adds extra hour, starts New Years special at 10pm.
- ICN’s New Years resolutions for cablenewsers.
- Fox News: #1 for nine years and counting.
- Despite losses, Olbermann’s job is safe...for now.
- Q&A: CNNI’s Ellana Lee. Engel on anchoring.
- Part three: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter [ipad].
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 [ipad].
- ICN 2010 wrap-up: what’s hot and what’s not.
- Part one: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter [ipad].
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 [ipad].
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/13/10 09:40 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- Video: Neil Cavuto slams Chris Matthews.
- Morning Joe: a hotbed of sexism? (via ICN)
- Kelly and Hemmer together again on New Year’s.
- Nancy Grace helps find abducted girl.
- Piers Morgan in Brit twit snit.
- Video: Peter Johnson Jr on 9/11 health bill defeat.
- Branding D-Rat. Q&A: Spitzer, Adam Shapiro.
- Hot & Not: MSNBC primetime, John Roberts, and more.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/06/10 00:45 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Larry lines up Snipes, Pacino, Jolie, Dion.
- Video: Glenn Beck pans media (FNC included).
- CNN viewer participation doesn’t facilitate corrections.
- Not & Not: Dr Drew, Park & Spit, Thomas Roberts, Robin Meade.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/29/10 00:50 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Shep 1-2-3.
- FNC laughs off Simpsons barbs.
- Beck on the big screen.
- Coop makes a deal with Fox.
- Joe Johns and Brooke Baldwin, together at last.
- 101 minutes with Larry King.
- Dr Drew gets a show on HLN.
- Google ogling makes Megyn number one.
- Hot & Not: Roberts, Piers, Junk, etc.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
11/23/10 00:04 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Beck 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
- Preview: Whoopi Goldberg in the No-Spin Zone.
- Zurawik: Despite ego, O’Reilly an absolutely masterful host.
- Battle: Phil Griffin should have suspended...himself!
- Swells swarm to CNN Heroes celebration.
- New ad flap over DADT claims.
- Extreme Makeover: C-SPAN edition.
- MSNBC sued in new photo flap.
- Video: Mike Huckabee on The View.
- ICN: Friday Doc Block shortchanging O’Donnell and MSNBC.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/22/10 00:05 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Juan-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
- Zurawik looking forward (sort of) to Hannity/Palin chat.
- Prez poll: Beck, O’Reilly strong but trail Obama.
- Whoopi Goldberg to do The Factor. Whoopi w/Huck pt one, two.
- VIdeo: Howard Kurtz with Imus part one, part two.
- Huffington Post pulls article critical of Olbermann.
- Bronstein: CNN becoming an irrelevant circus act?
- Hot & Not: Scarborough, Nazis, Kurtz, Megyn, and more.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/15/10 23:36 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Beck 1-2-3.
- The Krak leaves Mediaite for CNN’s Morgan.
- Skype Gripe video: Olbermann runs MSNBC. (h/t Mediaite)
- Kurtz: Civil war at MSNBC leaves Olby without allies; more. Olbermann response: a non-denial denial.
- Video: Are my testicles black? [iPad link]
- Friedman: What will Comcast do with Olbermann? More.
- KO to lecture Ted Koppel about journalism.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly with Imus part one, part two.
- Rachel Maddow in Cambridge.
- Hot & Not: Olby, Maddow, Dobbs, Tucker, missile mirage, etc.
- Today’s deep thought.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/08/10 00:08 Filed in: links
- Olbermann issues ‘apology’ while blasting MSNBC: analysis.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Beck 1-2-3. Irony: Countdown without Olbermann up 13% from 10/29 Countdown with Olbermann.
- Grace under fire no longer.
- CNN’s Abbie Boudreau has left the building.
- Report: MSNBC apologized to Keith?!? More. KO flashback: office election pool ‘conflict of interest’.
- Zurawik: Olby ‘suspension’ a joke. Should KO resign? The progressive wing of the MSNBC party. A genius ratings ploy? Will he say it? KO: most powerful man at MSNBC?
- Scarborough distanced himself from MSNBC’s election night.
- Mike Emanuel: Beck, Olby, political donations. Q&A: Richelle Carey.
- Hot & Not: Olbermann, Maddow, FNC, the matrix etc.
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 [iPad link]. 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’.
Monday Links and Open Thread
11/01/10 00:45 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- FNC dominated terror scare coverage.
- Kelly’s Court video: Alaska radio host suspended.
- Greta has some questions for Politico.
- Video: Bill Hemmer demonstrates the Bill Board.
- Pix: Swells gather to Lean Forward.
- Video: Major Garrett on the coming power shift.
- Wald to produce Piers Morgan Tonight; Q&A (via TVN), Q&A.
- Six questions with Neil Cavuto; seven more. Kneale’s back.
- American Morning staffers snipe as shake-up looms (via CB).
- MSNBC seeks to spread its tentacles worldwide.
- Today’s Fox controversy: proposition 24.
- Hot & Not: Shep, Brooke, Shuster, the matrix, the rally, etc.
- Video: Great moments in broadcast journalism, #735.
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.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
10/24/10 00:15 Filed in: links
- Zurawik: MSNBC fundraising crosses the line. ICN: Boomerang PR.
- Juan Williams/NPR video reax: Reliable Sources; Fox News Sunday; Fox News Watch part one, part two.
- Cable news; the mother’s milk of politics?
- Maria Molina makes her Fox News debut.
- Video: Red Eye rips Media Matters; more.
- Wikileaks guy walks out on CNN interview.
- Pow! Wham! It’s the Bill O’Reilly comic book!
- Video: Juan Williams Talking Points Memo.
- NPR board to examine firing. Schiller: public backlash an ‘overreaction’.
- Greta: Does NPR listen to NPR? LibTKO: Williams deserved to be fired.
- Video: Follow the Money follows Soros, Media Matters.
- Q&A: Jane Velez-Mitchell, Neil Cavuto.
- Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
10/19/10 00:10 Filed in: links
- NB: Maddow at her ‘most shameless’?
- Monday’s numbers: Bill-Sean-Bret 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
- Chris Jansing channels Howard Beale?
- Video: Bill O’Reilly on Red Eye.
- MSNBC election ‘anchors’: Olby, Maddow, Matthews etc.
- Deals wrapped for FNC election-night sponsors.
- Q&A: Soledad, FBN’s Lori Rothman, Liz Claman.
- MoJo plans ‘live studio audience’ edition.
- Sealing the deal: Comcast candidate contributions.
- ICN: Why is NewsNation called NewsNation?
- CNN steals interview with contracted FNC contributor.
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/18/10 00:33 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- Kelly’s Court video: the Nicky Haley mess.
- Q&A: Liz Claman on her Three Days in the Valley.
- Glenn Beck mocks CNN and ‘hooker guy’ Spitzer.
- Video: Mika gets WH email, reads it on air. Flashback.
- Video: Kilmeade’s contrition, on tv and radio.
- Tonight: Bill O’Reilly makes his Red Eye debut.
- Hot & Not: The View, Maddow AWOL, Kneale, more.
- Prince Walid not funding NY mosque (you read it here first).
Monday Links and Open Thread
10/11/10 00:55 Filed in: links
- Fox News Latino debuts Tuesday.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
- Kelly’s Court Video: Brett Favre’s forward pass.
- Coop to feature Kanzi, the celebrity ape.
- Joe Scarborough: an influential who matters?
- MSNBC welcomes Richard Lui by misspelling his name! (via ICN)
- High concept: ‘Lean Forward’ uses pseudo-candid shots.
- Park & Spit: let the tweaking commence!
- Cable news and the political divide.
- Coop praised, Piers profiled.
- Hot & Not: O’Donnell, Park & Spit, Jansing, msnbc.com.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
10/09/10 00:15 Filed in: links
- MSNBC dayside tinkering: Jansing, Tamron, Novotny.
- Video: Karl Rove vs Joe Trippi on Fox News Sunday.
- Video: Reliable Sources on Sanchez and Dobbs.
- Video: News Watch on Rick Sanchez and Kurtz. More.
- Video: Red Eye on race and whores.
- Today’s conspiracy: Fox to fire Beck--he knows too much!
- Q&A: Steve Doocy.
- FBN giving Freedom Watch primetime nightly slot.
- ICN examines CNN’s Park & Spin. Show praised...for its set!
- National Center calls for MSNBC ‘shake-up’.
- Branding: Spirit Airlines borrows a tag-line.
- Sunday talkers: tip sheet, preview, HuffPo recap.
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/27/10 00:03 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Beck 1-2-3.
- MSNBC hires Shep’s producer.
- Q&A: Ken Jautz (via ICN), Lawrence O’Donnell, Klein.
- The Fox primary: contracts complicate coverage. Greta reax.
- Poll: FNCers influential, MSNBCers largely unknown.
- MSNBC Digital revolutionizes...ad placement.
- Hot & Not: Klein, Capus, Scarborough, etc.
- WND claims credit for FNC’s A-jad interview?!?
- Mike Jerrick reviews Fox & Friends Weekend history.
Friday Links and Open Thread
09/24/10 00:55 Filed in: links
- State Dept panic when MSNBC channel shows FNC.
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Bret 1-2-3. Site stats.
- Bob Woodward intervenes, Greta Q&A back on.
- Geraldo: Colbert ‘brilliant’. Wallace: not a shining moment.
- A-jad cancels on Shep, talks to Eric Shawn: video.
- Zucker leaves NBC. Biznets cover. Gasparino: it’s all-out war? ICN: Just the tip of the iceberg. Don’t cry for Jeff.
- CNN fires Jon Klein; Jautz takes over. Analysis: Zurawik, Friedman, Greta. ICN: Why now? Klein: I got shot! (via ICN). CNN seeks new editor.
- Larry King wants to appear on SNL.
- CNN announces Jiabao interview, ten Heroes finalists.
Monday Links and Open Thread
09/20/10 00:07 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill-Greta-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Chris Jansing criticizes MSNBC graphic.
- Major Garrett resurfaces, talks w/Imus: part one, two.
- MSNBC to rerun Obama town hall.
- Q&A: Park & Spit; Robertson/Engel (via TVN); Asman.
- CNN plans better holograms for mid-terms: more.
- Kurtz: investment in MSNBC is paying off: more.
- Hot & Not: Brian Wilson story doesn’t add up? Wilson speaks.
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