July 2016 – johnny dollar’s place

Weekend Links and Open Thread

July 31, 2016July 30, 2016 by johnny dollar

Media Buzz videos:
Hailing
Hillary;
lionizing
Bill; Trump’s
treason?
Reliable Sources videos: Conventions; Fox News ‘culture‘; Dan Rather.
Concha: Fox News is stable; there is ‘no rush‘ to replace Roger Ailes.
The Great Sean Hannity Wawa Encounter: part deux. DNC voice vote.
Kilmeade & Friends audio: Julie Banderas demonstrates her breast pump.
CNN: ‘Absurd’ to say Wolf Blitzer was ‘celebrating’ Hillary. The eyes have it.
Greta: Why so much of today’s journalism is shallow. Sunday talkers: preview.
Kelly File video:
Howard Kurtz et al
on the conventions’ effect on a close contest.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

March 20, 2020July 29, 2016 by johnny dollar

Thursday’s numbers: DNC/CNN – DNC/MSNBC – Coop 1-2-3.
Concha: Trump’s acceptance speech outrated Hillary’s. Flashback.
The War on Fox: Cameraman blocked, assaulted; reporter forced to leave.
Hogue: Nothing beats a great pair of legs. Fournier: Hey, let’s ban Trump!
Video: Were the media
fair and balanced
in covering the two conventions?
Flood: Why Megyn visiting the CNN Grill is no big deal. Dancing with Wolf.
Sherman: Ex-FNC booker with troubled history claims 20 years harassment.
Factor video:
Bernard Goldberg
discusses DNC hacking, emails, and slavery.
Another photo copyright lawsuit. The Great Sean Hannity Wawa Encounter.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

July 31, 2016July 28, 2016 by johnny dollar

Wednesday’s numbers: DNC/CNN – DNC/MSNBC – Coop 1-2-3.
Q&A: Gretchen Carlson reacts to the ouster of Roger Ailes and more.
Wemple: One thing you can be sure of…on CNN speeches are ‘powerful’.
Out# video: Is Hillary best qualified ever?
Lanny Davis, Kennedy
square off.
Concha: Suspension lifted…Newt Gingrich returns to Fox News August 1.
Factor video: Bill O’Reilly and guests address slavery and
The War on Fox.
Q&A: Jake Tapper; Chris Matthews; Joe and Mika on politics, romance, etc.
Greta: Let’s get this straight…what I said was true then, and is still true now.
Report: A ‘stony silence‘ at FNC as staffers take sides. Peaceful co-existence.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

July 31, 2016July 27, 2016 by johnny dollar

Tuesday’s numbers: DNC/CNN – Coop – DNC/MSNBC 1-2-3.
Chris Wallace meets Hillary. Orlando Salinas resurfaces…in handcuffs!
A liberal pundit reveals ‘the truth’ about his appearances on Fox News.
Interrupting MSNBC reporter bellyaches that Trump told her ‘be quiet’.
Hate facts: Bill O’Reilly’s WH history lesson sparks social media outrage!
Factor video: Kirsten Powers on Dems
ignoring ISIS.
Geraldo is all wet.
Zucker play: CNN reveals the true victims of the ISIS Catholic church raid.
Q&A: Dana Bash on politics, parenting (via TVN). Audio Q&A: Steve Kornacki.
Erik Wemple perturbed that Rupert Murdoch thanked his staff for ratings win.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

July 31, 2016July 26, 2016 by johnny dollar

Monday’s numbers: DNC/CNN – DNC/MSNBC – Coop 1-2-3.
Concha: Conventions serving up the best political drama in decades.
CNN tops rivals and broadcast on first night of DNC. Today’s oops.
Showdown: Media Buzz tops Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
Murdoch memo congratulates FNC staff on convention week victory.
F&F video:
Cory Booker discusses
his RNC speech, Dem unity, and more.
Concha: Michael Clemente leaving Fox News (unrelated to Ailes drama).
Schlichter: Don’t let liberals destroy Fox News. Profile: Jacob Soboroff.
Wolff: Roger Ailes’s next moves may determine the future of Fox News.
Ad at CNN ‘blurs lines‘ between ads, editorial. Q&A: CNN exec Otto Bell.

Monday Links and Open Thread

January 25, 2017July 25, 2016 by johnny dollar

Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
Concha: Kurtz deserves credit for honest coverage of Ailes exit.
Wemple: What’s wrong (and right) with media; + Tucker; Soledad.
Concha: Wikileaks warns MSNBC host about her ‘conspiracy theory’.
FTV Live: When did Meet the Press become Meet the Left?
Flood: Fox Business thrives with RNC convention coverage.
CNN suspends Brazile for going from Vice-Chair to interim Chair.
Garrahan: Big stories, election coverage have Jeff Zucker on a roll.
Margolin: Megyn Kelly’s silence ‘signaled the worst‘ for Roger Ailes.
Joyella: Today’s ‘Who will replace Ailes‘ specularama. Roger makes book.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

July 31, 2016July 23, 2016 by johnny dollar

Media Buzz videos:
DNC emails;
it’s
Hillary's turn;

Hillary's Veep.
Reliable Sources: Ailes bails part one, part two, part three, part four.
Fox & Friends video:
Fox News discussed
in leaked DNC emails.
Jake Tapper responds to criticism re DNC emails referencing him.
Q&A: Meghan McCain says ‘I no longer recognize my party’.
Harris Faulkner lawsuit clears first hurdle. Sunday talkers: preview.
The ‘Political Insiders’ one-hour special Saturday. Governor Gretch?
Wasserman-Schultz complained about Mika, Chuck Todd intervened.
Abrams: Running MSNBC I didn’t compete with Ailes, I emulated him.
NYT exposé on Fox News ‘culture’ cites
Rudi Bakhtiar,

Brian Wilson.
Concha: If timing is everything, Fox scored a bullseye with Ailes exit.
Guthrie: Behind the scenes on day one at Fox News sans Roger Ailes.
Bauder: Rupert Murdoch vows Fox News without Ailes is still Fox News.

Friday Links and Open Thread

July 31, 2016July 22, 2016 by johnny dollar

Thursday’s numbers: FNC/10pm-FNC/11pm-CNN/10pm 1-2-3.
Fox News tops CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC both totals and demo.
Factor video:
Bernard Goldberg
on the media’s hysteria over Trump.
Concha: Will Matthews rail against ‘exploitation’ in Philadelphia too?
Matthews terrified of Trump delegates, wanted to relocate to a booth.
Chris Cuomo: Hey, we are not anti-Trump. Wemple: Today’s O’Whine.
As Ailes leaves Fox News, Rupert Murdoch steps in and staffers adjust.
From high atop tv news Ailes stares into the abyss. Q&A: Chris Jansing.
Ailes resignation reactions: Greta, Bret Baier, Brit Hume, Chris Wallace.
Ailes changed politics, television. Wemple: Don’t hire a sexist paranoic.
ICN: Ailes drama winners, losers; Murdoch made the best pick: himself.

‘A Careerist and an Opportunist’

January 25, 2017July 21, 2016 by johnny dollar

J$P Video! Tucker Carlson, after bicycling onto the set, rips Ted Cruz’s speech:

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From Fox & Friends 21 July 2016

Thursday Links and Open Thread

July 31, 2016July 21, 2016 by johnny dollar

Concha: Will Ailes exit trigger a Fox decline? Emphatically: no.
Wednesday numbers: FNC/10pm-Megyn Kelly-CNN/10p 1-2-3.
Ailes departing, but advertisers won’t. Fox News men shed tears.
Ailes resigns as FNC CEO, Rupert is acting CEO. Letter from Ailes.
Zurawik: The monstrous legacy of Ailes. Greta: Change can be hard.
Collins: Megyn Kelly lambasted as a ‘flesh-baring escort‘. Flashback.
O’Reilly tells Concha that Montel knew the topic ‘hours ahead of time’.
Montel Williams walks off The O’Reilly Factor…before it even begins!
Gold: At Fox News ‘the show must go on‘. Ailes leaving could help FNC.
Wemple: Will the vaunted Fox News PR machine outlive Roger Ailes?
Replacing Ailes is a tough task; four potential replacements identified.
Ailes’s exit ‘unlikely to erode FNC citadel’; five possible repercussions.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

July 31, 2016July 20, 2016 by johnny dollar

Tuesday’s numbers: FNC/10pm-Megyn Kelly-CNN/10p 1-2-3.
On night two Fox News tops all, beats broadcast nets at 10pm.
Q&A: Greta on anchoring conventions, and what’s in her trunk.
Concha: Carl Bernstein credits Drudge, not FNC, for Trump win.
Concha: Day two RNC winners and losers include FNC, MSNBC.
Impartial CNN reporter declares first two days of RNC ‘a disaster‘.
F&F video: Brian Kilmeade goes
behind the scenes
of Special Report.
Rutenberg: Will news nets be a truth squad or a Trump infomercial?
Profile: Maria Bartiromo is getting into politics. Weekend numbers.
CNN joins the Kik Bot Shop, is adding solicitations to Great Big Story.
Drudge tweet triggers media scramble. Q&A: Greta. The 13-day war.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

July 31, 2016July 19, 2016 by johnny dollar

Monday’s numbers: FNC/10pm-CNN/10pm-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
Hogue: The Five’s road trip reveals a saltier Dana Perino;
video.
Sutton: Reporters for MSNBC, FNC ordered off the convention floor.
Wemple: Why Sean Hannity shouldn’t be doing convention coverage.
Howard Kurtz confirms Ailes departure negotiations are underway.
21C: Roger Ailes is at Fox News doing his job; the review is ongoing.
ICN: If Ailes exits don’t expect a talent exodus, with a few exceptions.
Concha: Sherman’s out on a limb. Sherman: Ailes harassed Megyn.
Wemple: Will Ailes face accountability at last? Fire at the CNN Grill.
Steinberg: A Fox News without Roger Ailes…who could replace him?
Concha: Matthews attacks mom of slain Benghazi hero. Q&A: Chuck Todd.

Monday Links and Open Thread

March 20, 2020July 18, 2016 by johnny dollar

Friday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Coop-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
Concha: Gabriel Sherman ‘sources’ say Ailes exit is imminent.
Stelter: Review not concluded, ex-employees may be quizzed.
Ariens: An inside look at the media swarming the FNC.
The Five video: A look at the gang’s
road trip activities.
Somerby: Maddow understands that what she said is just not true.
Concha: News nets prepped for convention, and maybe much more.
Q&A: Bret Baier talks conventions, coffee, Colbert, and Carlson.
Specularama: Why Megyn isn’t talking about Roger. Cupp’s pilot.
The Brothers Murdoch may make changes at FNC…unless they don’t.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

July 31, 2016July 16, 2016 by johnny dollar

Concha: O’Reilly pulls off a rare 2016 feat. Sunday talkers: preview.
Q&A: Joe Scarborough is making music. Audio Q&A: Meghan McCain.
Ratings for 20 Kelly Ripa co-hosts put Coop near the bottom of the pile.
Your Buzz videos:
Stereotyping;
playing
the blame game;
race
and misery.
Maddow: 25 things you don’t know about me. CNN is up for nine Emmys.
Abby Huntsman talks about Fox and Ailes. Litigants squabble over venue.
Q&A: Ainsley Earhardt, John Roberts. MSNBC’s somber 20th anniversary.

Friday Links and Open Thread

July 31, 2016July 15, 2016 by johnny dollar

CNNC: Much ado about an unplugged cable. This is CNN.
Steinberg: TV news placing its bets on splashy ‘town hall’ productions.
Ariens: Innuendo-drenched Gretchen Carlson clip from 2007 surfaces.
Grove: Fox News colleagues mad that Megyn hasn’t stuck up for Ailes yet?
Ellefson: As a VP at FNC, Neil Cavuto had no business sticking up for Ailes.
Wemple: Hannity’s plane ride makes FNC look like GOP; today’s O’Whine.
Moses: CNN’s digital emphasis aims to ‘find new readers‘ wherever they are.
Wemple: O’Reilly’s interview shows why Hillary should do more Fox News.
Concha: O’Reilly gets first live post-attack interviews with
Trump
and
Clinton.
.