Weekend Links and Open Thread

  • Media Buzz videos:CNBC for Jeb;
  • Reliable Sources videos: GOP’s debate reforms; Jim Gilmore; Dan Rather.
  • Q&A: Jake Tapper.  Juan Williams in Lancaster.  Sunday talkers: preview.
  • Zurawik: Is the goal of tv debates to inform viewers, or to make money?
  • FBN’s unique debate rules.  Video: moderator (v/TVN).
  • CNBC staffers divided on whether Harwood should’ve moderated debate.
  • Bourdain: Every restaurant in America will shut down if Trump is elected.
  • Your Buzz videos: Chris

Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Fallout continues: GOP ‘suspends’ upcoming NBC debate. Video:
  • After Joe trashed CNBC did execs issue a gag order to (MS)NBC talent?
  • Fang: Lobbyists for MSNBCNN are top fundraisers for Hillary Clinton.
  • Katherine Timpf at Hillsdale Homecoming.  Megyn Kelly moonlighting.
  • Video: The View’s plus CNBC’s utter incompetence.
  • Lean Forward: Rachel Maddow to moderate MSNBC Democratic forum.
  • The Herd video: Is FNC anti-Trump? talks to Colin Cowherd.
  • As Joe rips CNBC, Ed Henry taunts: Fox will ‘make debates great again!’
  • Kelly File video: GOP voters panel speaks out on
  • Hod: Inside CNBC’s debate debacle…how the network dropped the ball.
  • Warren: CNN wants an explanation for why Jeb didn’t come when called.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2/3 (tie).
  • October numbers: FNC tops; CNN, MSNBC, HLN, FBN make gains.
  • Trump’s boycott impacts Megyn Kelly ratings…they keep going up!
  • Video: Mary Katharine Ham honors her husband
  • Clarissa Ward’s CNN debut.  Lean Forward: Don’t say ‘hard worker‘!
  • Patten: Hasbro responds to Faulkner’s filing.   Weekend numbers.
  • Morning Joe goes on the road again.  Sean Hannity rated: Pants on fire!
  • Beckel makes book.  CNN tops Yahoo.  Lynne Russell lawsuit proceeds.

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Video: in the Washington Wizards (v/TVN).
  • Intrepid reporter finds Newshounds’ official Halloween costume.
  • TCG: Revisiting the Newshounds…still classy after all these years.
  • Bigger than the Kardashians: Fox News top Facebook social brand.
  • Video: why the FBI is listening to Hillary.
  • Sen Rubio ends CNN boycott.  Michaela Pereira raises a cool million.
  • Who needs John Walsh? CNBC’s American Greed helps nab fugitive.
  • There was one problem with that MSNBC live interview with Hillary.
  • Yurcaba: Too bad Megyn Kelly won’t be hosting the next GOP debate.
  • But who wrote it? CNN’s Fareed Zakaria special on Iraq to air tonight.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

  • Media Buzz videos: or bust; Joe
  • Reliable Sources videos: Benghazi; Rick Santorum; Phil Donahue.
  • Fox Report video: on the science behind the storm.
  • Kelly File video: on media’s Benghazi reactions.
  • Wemple looks at MSNBC’s shift to ‘hard news‘…if that’s what it is.
  • Coop complains about ‘queened up’ SNL bit.  Sunday talkers: preview.
  • Your Buzz videos: Anti-Trump Dem Dan
  • Swells gather for book bash.  CNN biggest loser in Benghazi competition.

‘It’s Funny, They Don’t Think They’re Predictable’

J$P Video! Dana Perino looks at Trump, Carson, Hillary, the mainstream media, and cattle drives:




From Fox & Friends, 24 October 2015

Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Benghazi bump: FNC holds nine of top 15 slots on all cable. More.
  • Video: hearing ‘a lost opportunity’ for the GOP.
  • Controversy swirls around another CNN Middle East headline.
  • Kelly File video: Hillary Clinton statements.
  • Joy-Ann Reid at Wake Forest U.  Kasich gets a Morning Joe town hall.
  • Factor video: on the impact of Clinton’s testimony.

‘A Lot of Evidence, A Lot of Clues, Were Left There’

J$P Video! Greg Palkot recalls his visit to the scene of the crime in Benghazi:




From Happening Now, 22 October 2015

Thursday Links and Open Thread

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Video: Abby Huntsman’s  Weekend numbers.
  • Poggi: Great Big Story CNN’s play for the Buzzfeed millennial crowd.
  • Factor video: to criticisms of Killing Reagan.
  • Kiran Chetry resurfaces.  Greg Krieg to CNN.  Misplaced poll found.
  • Q&A: Abby Huntsman, from CBS news intern to Fox News reporter.
  • TCG: Trump, ‘blaming Bush’, baseball, Olbermann, and coincidences.

Monday Links and Open Thread

‘It Wasn’t Heroic…It Was Bad Journalism!’

J$P Video!  David Zurawik reviews the Dan Rather Truth movie:




From Media Buzz, 18 October 2015