- 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.
Month: September 2016
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 resurfaces. Flashback.
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.
‘New Rules of Journalism Set Forth by Jorgé Ramos’
J$P Video! Joe Concha explains the media pressure on debate moderators:
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’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Branching out: Megyn Kelly to produce comedy about campaign embeds.
- Concha: CNN doctors Trump comments on vetting, falsely inserts ‘racial’.
- Gahr: Gabriel Sherman lack of disclosure taints his reporting on Fox News.
- Ariens: Neil Cavuto comments on FBN’s first ever weekly win over CNBC.
- Media Buzz tops Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers. CNN’s bomb bump.
- How badly is Fox News ‘imploding’? This badly. Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
- Byers: Scarborough, Trump explore deténte in secret summit; Joe: You lie!
- Trump cites Hannity as a witness but Wemple is dubious; Hannity
- Hannity/Trump town hall at black church; CNN gets Obama. Survey says: Coop!
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.