- Media Buzz videos: Cruz the
- Reliable Sources videos: DC dinner; writing Obama’s jokes; Julia Ioffe.
- It’s his world: Jesse Watters brawls with HuffPo ‘reporter’ at WHCD.
- Concha: Larry Wilmore began his routine by calling Fox News racist.
- Esteemed CNN anchor gives Larry Wilmore the finger on national tv.
- Somerby: Maddow’s dishonest Kasich smears. Cable Game: Gone girl.
- Wayne Simmons still insists he really was CIA. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Off the Record video: Greta about her town halls.
- Wemple: Howard Kurtz setting expectations for Kelly/Trump showdown.
Month: April 2016
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- April program ranker: Fox holds 14 of top 15 slots; Demo ranker.
- Lean Forward: Joy Reid gets weekend mornings slot on MSNBC.
- Greta: I ask about foreign policy, don’t scream…and am criticized!
- Video: Julie Banderas is tired of people
- F&F video: why he watches Fox News.
- Kurtz: The impending Kelly/Trump rematch…and what’s at stake.
- Michaela Pereira signs off CNN as she heads to HLN in Los Angeles.
- Coop: I’m happy at CNN, but working with Ripa would be a dream.
- CNN’s religion commentator says the media are not anti-Catholic.
- Q&A: W Kamau Bell; Samantha Barry. Michael Smerconish in Erie.
- CNN unveils app for political/election news. Coop film airs tonight.
- Kelly File video: Megyn’s powwow hits a bumpy patch.
- Chris Wallace is making life tough for all candidates…especially Trump.
- How Wallace ‘set a bear-trap‘ for Trump. Kilmeade audio: Chris Wallace.
- Weprin: Chris Wallace explains why the Sunday shows still matter. More.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Today’s conspiracy: Tantaros forced off the air by Rove and Perino!
- Ed Schultz and Larry King are still on the air, only working for Putin.
- TCG: CNN’s Company Man. FTV Live: Who is Jeff Zucker’s Mini-Me?
- Video: Outnumbered celebrates two years on the air
- F&F video: Four Marine vets reunite and
- Shuster reappears on MSNBC despite indefinite suspension. Flashback.
- Borchers: CNN’s ‘key race alerts’ are out of control. Q&A: Sara Eisen.
- Punchy, independent Chris Wallace; Q&A: Journalistic ‘moxie‘; more.
- Q&A: Chris Wallace talks 20 years of FNS etc. Video Q&A: Janice Dean.
- Brown: Blame TV for Trump. Shafer: No, the media didn’t ‘create’ Trump.
- Battle of Thieves: Edward Snowden and Fareed Zakaria debate encryption.
- Gold: The strange life of a campaign embed. Coop book event packs house.
- Bauder: Speculation over Kelly Ripa co-host again centers on CNN’s Cooper.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Fox News benching Andrea Tantaros over ‘contract issues’.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Election/cnn-Hannity-Election/fnc 1-2-3.
- O’Reilly’s Legends & Lies returns with focus on founding fathers.
- Scarborough boasts: ‘We were right…everybody else was stupid.’
- Thompson: Zucker is full of it…CNN led the pack in hyping Trump.
- Zuckered: CNN issues false report on Hastert, Tapper deletes tweet.
- Concha: Cable news pivoting to a Trump/Hillary three-step program.
- Video: Chris Wallace w/Stephen Colbert Shocking MSNBC omission.
- Audio Q&A: Bret Baier; Maddow. Q&A: Sandra Smith; Chris Wallace.
- CNN exec admits: ‘We are no longer a news network‘ (via CNNC).
- CNN claims huge audience using new metric from a partner company.
- Hinckley: Trump and Kelly have both already won. Megyn makes book.
- Wemple: Duplicity at Hillary Town Hall. Adam Housley: the Kupcake King.
- Coop’s mom flick set for Friday. CNN beats privacy lawsuit over phone app.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Melissa Harris-Perry (video); Andrea Tantaros; Eboni K Williams.
- April numbers: FNC on top, up double digits; CNN takes demo; MSNBC.
- Sunday showdown: MediaBuzz tops Reliable. Alex Wagner resurfaces.
- O’Connor: Fox interview could be a triumph for Trump as well as Megyn.
- Wemple: Smart money says Megyn Kelly will skillfully dismember Trump.
- Mohr: Wonder Woman clashed with the Sheriff in Fox News’s greenroom.
- Roger Ailes dines with the Six Million Dollar Man. Simmons to change plea.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Freaky Friday numbers: Jake Tapper-Bill O’Reilly-Don Lemon 1-2-3.
- Boycotters’ dilemma: Megyn Kelly lands Big Fox interview with Trump.
- Q&A: Greta discusses reporting from Ecuador using Facebook Live.
- Outnumbered video: on FBI leaks in Clinton probe.
- Somerby: Maddow spins trivial 2001 flub to make viewers hate Kasich.
- Umstead: With Al-Jazeera America gone, emerging nets fill the void.
- The Cable Game: He cried sexism, but let it skate when it struck Kate.
- Good: Andy Levy knows his Division nerfs from his super-geared Rogues.
- Hogue: Steve and Brian in, Clayton absent sans explanation. Sound fishy?
- ICN: Zucker’s in it for the ratings; Wemple: Repetition doesn’t equal depth.
- Jasper: Zucker insists he’s not dumbing CNN down, says Vice is ‘overrated’.
- Monday town halls: Dem candidates to be grilled…by Maddow and Hayes.
‘I Don’t Believe Any of This’
J$P Video! Dana Perino’s political week in review covers Hillary, Trump, running mates, plus a previously unreported story about W:
From Fox & Friends 23 April 2016
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz: Trump
- Reliable Sources videos: the Trump Show; Ripa snafu; Carl Bernstein.
- Somerby: Dishonest Rachel Maddow has ‘bought into Hannityism‘.
- Bauder: Bitter campaign competition centers around Sean Hannity.
- Factor video: Have really hurt America?
- Wemple: Ted Cruz suggestion to Fox not so simple. Sunday talkers.
- Lapointe: Megyn reported on Prince’s death while Maddow giggled.
- Sunday: FNC stages America’s Town Hall. Why is Greta in Ecuador?
- Huckabee back at FNC, but only as a contributor. Jedediah Bila at NYU.
- Your Buzz videos: Ted Jill nine
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity-Coop 1-2-2 (tie).
- Concha: What accounts for the impressive rise of Jesse Watters?
- Somerby: Was last week the dumbest week ‘cable news’ ever aired?
- Megyn named to People’s most beautiful list, explains her haircut.
- Koblin: Al Jazeera America hit with a racial discrimination lawsuit.
- Long & Long: Why we’re done with MSNBC. Q&A: Jonathan Alter.
- Ryan: W Kamau Bell’s United Shades is thoughtful and well-crafted.
- Coop gets weird. Q&A: W Kamau Bell. Live with Kelly…and Don?!?
- CNN’s not-so-extreme makeover. Summers to CNN. Touré resurfaces.
- Kilmeade video: Brian and Tucker on
- Factor video: sizes up two candidates’ high unfavorables.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Weprin: FNC shuffles execs, creates new longform specials unit.
- Video: about going to high school with Prince.
- Who is ‘the Carrot Top of cable news‘? More. Dr Drew quits radio.
- Beck advice to Megyn really a virtuoso skewering of Scarborough.
- Q&A: Anthony Bourdain talks travel, Viceland, bondage, and more.
- Audio Q&A: Ali Velshi on his career and what went wrong at AJAM.
- Weigand: CNN brings a comic point of view to conversation on race.
- Rothstein: Tamron Hall’s balloon string chic. Rena Ninan resurfaces.
- Kelly File video: on the search for a ‘white knight’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- John Stossel reveals he has lung cancer, rates care he’s received.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Election/cnn-Megyn Kelly-Coop 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered video: over repercussions of NY vote.
- Somerby: How Maddow teaches the tribe to loath The Others.
- Q&A: Jesse Watters on how he had to earn Bill O’Reilly’s trust.
- Jewish groups slam CNN for not calling bus bombing ‘terrorism’.
- CNN uses the Empire State Building to hype Trump New York win.
- How Bret Baier deals with Fox haters. Fox News reclaims top spot.
- Live with Kelly and Anderson? Coop: I don’t vote. Wemple: Why not?
- Q&A: Chris Hayes says Trump is dangerous; mixologist Rachel Maddow.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Nicosia: Megyn Kelly doesn’t need advice from Joe Scarborough.
- Q&A: Howard Kurtz talks Trump, Ailes, etc. Weekend numbers.
- Audio: Jesse Watters tells Joe Concha one of his biggest regrets.
- Somerby: Steve Kornacki made to read silly, inaccurate cablecrap.
- Factor video: Bill O’Reilly exposes of the 2016 campaign.
- Wemple: Scarborough comparison of Megyn and Beck rings hollow.
- Bizarro Planet: Joe Scarborough gives career advice to Megyn Kelly.
- Melissa Harris-Perry resurfaces. Q&A: Clarissa Ward. Bad hair day.
- Gerri Willis makes book. Audio Q&A: Juan Williams on We the People.
- Jacobus files libel suit against Lewandowski, cites his claims about FNC..
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Wemple: CNN pursued Ivanka Trump for an on-air pundit role.
- Agbese: Is CNN propaganda for Boko Haram? Brooke Baldwin afloat.
- Rothstein: Scarborough, O’Reilly, Russert named to distinguished list.
- Happening Now video: Why do only 6% of the public
- F&F video: says the US is too cozy with Saudi Arabia.
- Amar: Juan Williams book is ‘creative, thoughtful, nuanced, informative’.
- Hillary praises of MSNBC host. Coop film omits half brother: Q&A; more.
- Today’s lament over the future of tv news. Shep spotted at Miami wedding.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: elections; in New York;
- Reliable Sources videos: Fox and Megyn; Sunday Trump; Michelle Fields.
- Hillary camp says she’ll ‘do more on Fox News‘. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Video: The place for MSNBC’s ‘road warriors‘ in NY.
- Your Buzz videos: liking Jill just nine
- How Nima Elbagir obtained Chibok girls video; CNN’s motives questioned.
- The story behind CNN’s MH370 coverage. Building a debate press center.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: CNN Debate-PreDebate-PostDebate 1-2-3.
- AJAM staffers, denied alcohol at work, go out with boozy farewell bash.
- Rothstein: Greta rips Examiner reporter over dubious ‘friendship’ claim.
- Kelly File video: Trump speech from GOP voters.
- On CNN stakes are always high. Behind the scenes at the debate. More.
- Katz: Maddow, Coop, Lemon, Shep et al named to Out Magazine Power List.
- Neil Cavuto on Trump boycotting him and more. Chris Stirewalt in Wheeling.