Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • Wednesday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-O’Reilly-The Five 1-2-3.
  • Cable newsers scramble to cover shootings at Oregon campus.
  • Throwback Thursday: John Gibson talks about his
    time at MSNBC.
  • Video:
    Howard Kurtz
    critiques CNBC’s restrictive debate criteria.
  • Despite CNN’s best efforts, Joe Biden will not be in their debate.
  • CNNC: Jake Tapper talks about the debate he won’t be moderating.
  • Concha: Why Chuck Todd is having a good week.  The ticker is back.
  • Q&A: Richard Wolffe on the Global Citizen Festival; Lisa Ling‘s Life.
  • Q&A: Bill O’Reilly on Killing Reagan.  Gretchen Carlson at Liberty U.
  • CNNC: No, CNN didn’t ‘bench’ Jake Tapper; HLN extreme makeover.
  • Wemple: Sean Hannity demonstrates the power of ideological media.
  • Stelter: Megyn Kelly success justifies Ailes’s 2013 primetime shake-up.

Updated 6:28 pm  Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.