September 2015 – johnny dollar’s place

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 by johnny dollar

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
Bill O’Reilly talks Trump and more with Katie Couric:
full video.
HLN anchor can’t tell Snowden from Scissorhands. Flashback.
Survey says: FNC most trusted cablenews source, MSNBC least.
CNBC debate will have fewer participants but more questioners.
Wolff: MSNBC’s ‘straight news’ is likely to be an embarrassment.
Amster: Many deserve that MSNBC job more than Brian Williams.
Battaglio: Trump bump lifts cable news, with Megyn sitting on top.
Changing of the guard? A new ‘number one’ takes over cable news.
Q3 2015 cablenews program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
Fox SiriusXM headline service launches next week. Q&A: Lisa Ling.
F&F video:
Lea Gabrielle flies
with the Breitling jet aerobatic team.
Nancy Grace live show moves to afternoons. Chris Bath to CNN?
Factor video: Trump returns to the no-spin zone
part one,

part two.
Funt: The most skilled, compelling pundits tend to be from the right.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

September 29, 2015September 29, 2015 by johnny dollar

The Five video:
Green Beret discharged
for assaulting child rapist.
Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
Q3 numbers: FNC sets records; CNN up 36%; MSNBC, HLN +14%.
Lou Dobbs tops CNBC as FBN has best quarter. Weekend numbers.
Gold: Chuck Todd promises ‘a lot of NBC talent‘ on his MSNBC hour.
ICN: Tapper is out, while Coop and Don Lemon are in…but why not?
Concha: Tapper is out, while Coop and Don Lemon are in…but why?
TCG: Jake Tapper is out, while Coop and Don Lemon are in…but why?
No meeting but Trump ends ‘boycott’, enters the no-spin zone tonight.
John Walsh gets his man. Q&A: Chuck Todd; Mike Rowe; Bill O’Reilly.
News Emmies to MSNBCNN, Ted Turner. Wemple responds to Megyn.
Kelly File video:
Judge Napolitano
on possible perjury in email scandal.
Gretchen Carlson at The Summit. Mika Brzezinski at Know Your Value.
Modest Elisabeth Hasselbeck crib up for bids. Greta to interview Kerry.

Monday Links and Open Thread

September 29, 2015September 28, 2015 by johnny dollar

Friday’s numbers: O’Bolling-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
CNN preps ‘edgy’ video series for millennials: Great Big Story.
Megyn Kelly opens up about colleagues at Fox, career, and more.
Redesigned CNN Newsroom debuts. No Tapper in Dems’ debate.
Does Ashleigh Banfield need new glasses? Q&A: David Axelrod.
Video: Are media
playing favorites
among the POTUS candidates?
Upset: Morning Express wins Thursday. Randi Kaye moonlighting.
Lauren Sivan resurfaces. Bob Franken: The Trump/media alliance.
Scarry: Carson team ended CNN grilling for ‘abusing our courtesy‘.
Wemple: Ben Carson blames media, gets into a tangle with Tapper.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

September 27, 2015September 26, 2015 by johnny dollar

Media Buzz videos:
Pope Francis,
papal
punditry,
Trump
vs the media.
A ‘great week‘ at MSNBC: Colbert, Brian Williams, and Beyoncé.
Public defenders seek court order banning MSNBC cameras.
Wemple: The grass roots side with Fox News, not with Trump.
Ziel: How Jake Tapper and CNN ‘blew it‘ with the GOP debate.
Warren: Cable nets juggle multiple stories on a ‘split-screen day’.
Guthrie: NBC’s Lack happy with the ‘solid start‘ for Brian Williams.
Megyn Kelly moonlighting. Fox News wins Facebook. Sunday talkers.
Your Buzz videos:
Muslim?,

religion,

Biden,
Jenna
vs Conan,

Trumpnado.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

September 27, 2015September 25, 2015 by johnny dollar

Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
Flood: Brian Williams snags a win in the 25-54 demo for one hour.
Video:
Howard Kurtz
on media’s role in the Boehner resignation.
Ariens: Fox News unhappy with Lowry crack, but not ‘furious’.
MSNBC ratings tick up thanks to BriWi…or was it Pope Francis?
Krinsky: Joe Scarborough happy with MSNBC, ‘thrilled’ with BriWi.
Chariton: What cablenewsers can learn from Pope Francis’s speech.
Friday special: Losing Faith in America? Video: Bill Hemmer
previews.
ICN somewhat unconvinced by Sherman’s latest ‘sources say‘ scoop.
Holograms? Old hat! CNN to offer the Dems’ debate in virtual reality!

Thursday Links and Open Thread

September 25, 2015September 24, 2015 by johnny dollar

Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
Wemple: Chuck Todd thinks MS/NBC can compete with CNN.
Video: O’Reilly talks to Kelly and Michael about Donald Trump.
Steinberg: Ailes and Trump will meet to iron out differences.
Concha: Rich Lowry should be suspended for poor taste, timing.
F&F video: CNN
accuses Judge Nap
of sabotaging their live shot!
Wemple: Here’s the backstory of CNN Trumpologist Jeffrey Lord.
Rich Lowry references ‘balls’, triggering a twitter spat with Trump.
Erin Burnett returns today. Coop’s moonlighting. Big news for Isa.
Was Sanjay Gupta skeptical of vaccinations before he was for them?
Prominent CNN role in The Martian a by-product of The War on Fox?

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

September 27, 2015September 23, 2015 by johnny dollar

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
Special Report video: The
All-Star Panel reacts
to latest Trump ploy.
Concha: In love and war, who needs the other more…Fox or Trump?
FNC: Trump began ‘boycott’ when we cancelled his Factor interview.
Trumper tantrum: The Donald says no more Fox appearances?! More.
CNN anchor suggests the Pope supports Bernie Sanders’s platform.
Wemple: Trump’s anti-Fox tirade a sure sign he’s feeling the heat.
Fillmore: John Walsh is now spokesman for The Justice Network.
Why Chris Wallace won’t let Trump phone it in. Weekend numbers.
Steinberg: Cable newsers hope to find glory in coverage of Papal visit.
Farhi: Williams protected by a ‘cone of silence‘. Steel: The ‘halo effect‘.
Milbank: CNN created Fiorina; Miringoff: FNCNN screwed Scott Walker.

‘Are You Thinking About Adding a Co-Host?’

September 22, 2015 by johnny dollar

J$P Video! Bill O’Reilly talks Trump, Carson, Reagan, Will Farrell, and more in a lively, entertaining appearance on Fox & Friends…

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From Fox & Friends, 22 September 2015

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

September 27, 2015September 22, 2015 by johnny dollar

Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
Today video: Bill O’Reilly with Matt Lauer part one, part two.
Jimmy Kimmel Live videos: Bill O’Reilly
part one,

part two,

part three.
Trump twitter tirade targets Fox News. Greta to Trump: knock it off.
CNN viewership drops 97% after debate. Errol Barnett gets citizenship.
Concha: BriWi’s return will be met with a mix of acceptance and apathy.
Farhi: Brian Williams is back. Malone: Is Williams an insult to MSNBC?
Steel: Williams return part of MSNBC’s focus on daytime ‘straight news’.
Q&A: MSNBC’s Ed Go on how Shift happens. Joy-Ann Reid makes book.
Dianne Gallagher to CNN Newsource. CNBC’s Kudlow close to running.
Kelly File video:
Judge Napolitano
on legal jeopardy for Ahmed and family.
Manning: CNN debate a mud wrestling match. Somerby: Wallace vs Carly.

Monday Links and Open Thread

September 27, 2015September 21, 2015 by johnny dollar

Friday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-O’Bolling-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
Madonna spanks Anderson Cooper. Greta replaces Brian Williams.
Profile: Journalist Harris Faulkner, in training for the Avon Walk.
Outnumbered video:
Judge Napolitano
talks Hillary and her emails.
Former CNN exec blasts debate: sacrificed substance for spectacle.
Bob Beckel resurfaces…to talk Trump. R.I.P. Jake Brewer. More.
Profile: Stuart Varney. Q&A: Trish Regan. Daytime CNN changes.
Zionist group demands Fox fire someone who doesn’t work for them.
Wallenstein: The Williams redemption script has already been written.
Brian Williams calling shots at MSNBC (v/FTV). Ofcom dings Fox guest.
Papal visit FNC: Shep, Hemmer; MSNBC: Brian Williams; CNN’s special.
Cohen: CNN gets access to Facebook scientific data. Clarissa Ward to CNN.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

September 27, 2015September 19, 2015 by johnny dollar

Media Buzz videos: The
debate,

Carly's bandwagon,
Trump
vs Muslims.
Reliable Sources videos: The debate, Brian Williams on MSNBC, Trump.
Cable news and post-partisan depression. Erin Burnett to return.
Vanity Fair
names Megyn Kelly
to the 2015 New Establishment list.
FNC signs Eboni K Williams as contributor; will be a Factor regular.
TCG: Again? CNN’s Dylan Byers doesn’t acknowledge Concha scoop.
Your Buzz videos:
Substance,
soft
on Biden,
Fox
vs Trump,
call her
Hillary.
Michaela Pereira and ‘President Muhammad’. Coop is snippy, then sorry.
Frivolous Lohan suit vs Fox News collapses; new reply filed in FBN matter.
Lean Forward: MSNBC skeds trophy hunting doc. Sunday talkers: preview.

‘Hillary Clinton Started It in 2008’

September 19, 2015September 19, 2015 by johnny dollar

J$P Video! Dana Perino talks Trump, Obama, Fiorina, Hillary, and more…

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From Fox & Friends, 19 September 2015

Friday Links and Open Thread

September 19, 2015September 18, 2015 by johnny dollar

Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
FTV: CNN goes to Iran…to talk about Trump! Video: This is CNN.
Red Eye videos: The saga of
clock boy;
Andy Levy’s
Halftime Report.
Bevan: Chris Wallace is the new dean of the Sunday shows; Q&A.
Upset: FBN tops MSNBC 11am for fifth time. Deirdre Bolton talks Fed.
Wemple: Did CNN compromise standards for access to the Clintons?
Wemple: CNN’s Trump apologist more dangerous than Trump himself.
Wemple: Masses overrule elites; Axelrod rejects MSNBC partisanship.
Kelly File video:
Debate over Trump reaction
to claim Obama’s a Muslim.
John Kasich, Wednesday’s forgotten man? Walker: CNN had an agenda.
Escalante: Will MSNBC cut Díaz-Balart as anti-Latino sentiment brews?

Thursday Links and Open Thread

January 25, 2017September 17, 2015 by johnny dollar

Special Report video:
The Beltway Boys
return to the All-Star panel.
Wednesday’s numbers: Debate II-debate I-postdebate 1-2-3.
Megyn Kelly signs with high-profile talent agency CAA (v/CNNC).
MSNBC sets skeds for Chuck Todd, Kate Snow. Is it “hard news?”
Q&A: Dana Perino; video: Bill Hemmer compares CNN with FNC.
Chicago Tribune: CNN moderators had us yearning for Megyn Kelly.
CNN GOP debate snags 22.9 million, falls short of FNC’s 24 million.
Joyella: Critics, campaigns pan debate. FTV: CNN did not top FNC.
Greta: It’s time we stop treating debates like Dancing with the Stars.
Questions: Awful (Griswold), solid (Nolte). CNN streaming strained.
Zucker play: CNN exec defends channel’s obsessive political coverage.
Zurawik: Jake Tapper didn’t have the authority Fox’s moderators had.
Peters: Weak questions compared to the ‘lively and great’ Fox debate.
Gold: The three-hour ‘debate from hell‘. Tucker: The fireworks fizzled.
Factor video:
Bernard Goldberg
rates the moderators and participants.
Scarry: Chris Christie foils CNN ploy. Wemple: Fun with split screens.
Journos blast Trump-centric questions. Hillary in Situation Room today.
McNamara: From surly to surreal. Shock headline:
Clown News Network.
Wemple: CNN’s red carpet exclusives. FTV: A case of mistaken identity.
McClay: Can CNN match Fox’s quality journalism…and colossal ratings?

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

September 27, 2015September 16, 2015 by johnny dollar

Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
Jenna Lee reacts to Conan bit. David Gregory remembers Tony Snow.
TCG: Controversy lingers as Dylan Byers joins Fareed Zakaria at CNN.
Somerby: Why All In with Hayes gave Donald Trump ‘oodles of time‘.
Megyn Kelly’s media moment: she’s ‘not contained to set expectations’.
Tapped out? Wemple says Coop, not Jake, set to moderate Dem debate.
Video:
Jake Tapper
with Jimmy Kimmel. Q&A: Dana Bash (via CNNC).
Seriously, CNN? Quiet, please. Concha: Numbers. FNC live post-game.
Flashback: CNN Political Director smears Mitt Romney as racist; more.
Latino group demands CNN ban ‘illegal’; CNN agrees to ‘new guidelines’.
CNN’s Trumpgasm: 2,159 reports, more than FNC or MSNBC (v/CNNC).
F&F video: Anna helps Surfers Healing to
change autistic children's lives.
Upset: Trump speech helps Lou Dobbs Tonight top all business news shows.

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