Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Rachel Maddow-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Say What?! Brian Williams thinks he coined the phrase ‘runaway train’.
  • Wemple takes shot at James Rosen, gets a doozy of a rebuttal in return.
  • Megyn to Hillary: You keep using my name, it’s time to come on my show.
  • Sept numbers: Hannity-Megyn-Bill 1-2-3; Brit lifts On the Record; ranker.
  • More than mere media? Brian Stelter given title: ‘senior correspondent‘.
  • Factor video: Bernard Goldberg to smear Brit Hume.
  • Intramural battle royale: MSNBC analyst calls CNBC colleague a ‘jackass’.
  • Concha: Trump targets Lemon and Joe S; snarky CNN chyrons spare Hillary.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Video: Neil Cavuto for abandoning ‘fair and balanced’.
  • Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Obama Town Hall-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Q3 program ranker: Fox News holds top ten slots; Megyn tops demo.
  • Bret Baier makes book.  CNN makes books.  Coop gets another tryout.
  • Wemple: Lewandowski no longer on Trump payroll, given a lump sum.
  • Davis: CNN report on NC shooting riddled with errors, omits key facts.
  • Factor video: has issues with FBI email investigation.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Concha: Will MSNBC rebuke Dean for cocaine smear? ‘Of course not.’
  • Zucker play: CNN renders Lester Holt invisible.  The purloined graphic.
  • Factor videos: Debate analysis with and
  • Tied up in knots: FNC, Tantaros disagree about alleged settlement offer.
  • FNC veep cautions staff about online surveys.  Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
  • Andy Lack calls BriWi’s credibility issues ‘ancient history‘.  ICN disagrees.
  • Sunday showdown: Media Buzz beats Reliable Sources.  Weekend numbers.
  • Impartial CNN anchor: Maybe Trump broke the law.  Q&A: Richard Quest.
  • Fox Business hits new highs.  Steinberg: CNN greenlights Shades season two.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • Monday numbers: Debate/CNN  Debate/FNC  PostDebate/FNC 1-2-3.
  • Q3 numbers: Fox #1, viewership sets records; CNN, MSNBC improve.
  • Out# videos: Bret Baier et al size up the debate
  • Megyn Kelly salutes Don Lemon, as Judge Judy pays tribute to Megyn.
  • Klein: Fox, the ‘Never-Trump Network‘.  ICN: Fox, the Trump Network.
  • Ariens: FNC, CNN share honors for debate night.  Q&A: Chris Stirewalt.
  • Concha: Holt emerges from debate ‘bruised and partisan‘; record ratings.
  • HuffPo: See, moderators can fact-check.  Politico: Holt kept out of the way.
  • Kelly File videos: Kurtz says pundit panel
  • Greta honored for ‘fairness and honesty‘.  Martin Bashir resurfacesFlashback.

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Concha: MSNBC catches flak over on-screen graphics mishaps.
  • Friday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Videos: Bill O’Reilly talks with and
  • Maria Molina at CMU.  Coop at Stambaugh.  Carlos Watson resurfaces.
  • Gahr: Why does Dylan Byers think perjury by Phil Griffin is ‘not a story‘?
  • Steinberg: Ad on CNN looks like real newscast; Lester Holt’s difficult task.
  • Kelly File video: Panel explores how for the debate.

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From Media Buzz 25 September 2016

Weekend Links and Open Thread

  • Media Buzz videos: The the
  • Reliable Sources videos: Fact-checking; Trump the big liar; advice for Lester.
  • Special Sunday pre-debate programming: Fox News;
  • Impartial MSNBC anchor told Colin Powell Trump nomination was ‘awful’.
  • Factor video: on fair debate questions and fact-checking.
  • Concha: Anthony Bourdain’s behind-the-scenes story of dinner with Barack.
  • Q&A: Lisa Ling, Fredericka Whitfield. Wolf awarded.  Sunday talkers: preview.
  • Zurawik: ‘Serious clout‘ behind forces who want ‘new kind’ of Trump coverage.

Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Thursday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly-Don Lemon 1-2-3.
  • Video: on media that buried a key fact in Charlotte story.
  • Ariens: Meet the newest members of FNC’s Reporter Training Program.
  • Joyella: Joe Scarborough’s son hospitalized, stable after ‘horrible accident’.
  • Maria Molina at CMU.  Jon Ostrower to CNN. CNN digital adds Mabry, Cline.
  • Watch What Happens videos: Tamron Hall.   Hall to host a ‘people’s revolution‘.
  • Welzenbach: Chris Hayes, corporate sock-puppet.  Thomas Roberts awarded.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Wednesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Don Lemon-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Krinsky: Fox News on target to make 2016 the ‘biggest sales year ever’.
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live videos: Mr Bill O’Reilly
  • Discovery CEO: News channels are ‘eating cable tv‘.  Today’s conspiracy.
  • Battaglio: More reasons why ‘Trump TV’ is little more than a pipe dream.
  • Ellison: Roger Ailes final days, from the suit and the strategy to the lockout.
  • Kelly File video: Charlotte clash to the West Bank.
  • Warren: Is Brian Williams’s 11th Hour his path back to respectability?  More.
  • Dana Perino, a ‘thoughtful optimist‘ who eschews Sunday show talking points.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tuesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Bret Baier (6pm)-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • James Murdoch: Fox News ratings stronger than ever after Roger Ailes exit.
  • On the Record video: on media abandonment of objectivity.
  • Wemple: Hannity does his first, and last, appearance in a video for Trump.
  • Bacher: The Andrea Tantaros saga, unfortunately as told by Andrea Tantaros.
  • Concha: Amid reports of Corey Lewandowski suspension, CNN issues denials.
  • Zucker play: CNN exec again sticks up for Lewandowski.  New CNN podcasts.
  • Yahr: How a celebrity chef went from CNN’s biggest risk to an unexpected star.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Friday’s numbers: Maddow-Hannity-O’Reilly/O’Donnell (tie) 1-2-3.
  • Bloomberg reporter asks: Did Russians order NY attacks to help Trump?!
  • Concha: Pack media resort to bullying the refs ahead of first Prez debate.
  • To smooth Brian Williams’s acceptance MSNBC paired him with Maddow.
  • Meyer: Chris Hayes ridiculed for dumb tweet.  CNN hires Brekke Fletcher.
  • Zengerle: Joe Scarborough has big dreams…including Trump: The Musical?!
  • Lean Forward: Impartial MSNBC reporter agrees, Gore won Florida in 2000.
  • Perino & Stirewalt videos: Candidates what
  • F&F video: Hogue: Mornings get a jarring jolt.  RIP CNN’s Tom Mintier.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

  • MediaBuzz videos: Probing media
  • Reliable Sources: Manipulator Trump plays the media, requires more scrutiny.
  • Concha: CNN edits Hillary statement, removes reference to ‘bombing’.
  • Cable news nets priorities.  Video: is back on Fox…sort of.
  • Q&A: Soledad O’Brien on mentoring.  Video: So you think
  • Stelter: Greta may be only exit using ‘Ailes clause’.  Sunday talkers: preview.
  • Gahr: Ed Schultz resurfaces, charges at female reporter ‘like a hippo on PCP‘.
  • Your Buzz videos: Trump seeking

Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Adams: Ignore the lies, Fox News is not ‘imploding’…in fact, it’s surging.
  • Outnumbered video: over Trump ‘birther’ press conference.
  • Concha: Stelter should apologize, CNN should consider suspending him.
  • Concha: Brian Stelter claims Hannity may be rooting for Hillary’s death.
  • Trump unhappy with debate moderator from the ‘Clinton News Network’.
  • Katz: I’ll Tell You What aims to be ‘fair-minded, kind, respectful…and fun’.
  • Newsers gripe they got ‘played‘ by Trump again.  Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
  • Mohr: Lauer ‘hung out to dry’ but (MS)NBC exec Lack was calling the shots.
  • Nolte: CNN’s collapse typified by two screenshots.  Audio Q&A: Brian Stelter.
  • Factor video: Bernard Goldberg of the Presidential election.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • The Five video: The panel erupts over issues of
  • Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Out# videos: Bill O’Reilly on and
  • Impartial MSNBC anchor: Hillary ‘faces a double standard every day’.
  • Chris Wallace snags Clooney for FNS; how Clooney and Kristol agree.
  • Cavuto details grueling recovery from heart surgery: ‘This was a bitch.’
  • No hard feelings: Greta says watch Fox News…’many great journalists‘.
  • Lachlan Murdoch disses MSNBCNN.  Swartz: Chris Hayes moonlighting.
  • Time-Warner honcho promises CNN will earn ‘record profits‘ next year.
  • Kelly File video: on the impact of Colin Powell’s emails.