Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • Media Buzz videos: The
    great debate;
    the
    impact of Charlotte;
    fact-checking.
  • Reliable Sources videos: Fact-checking; Trump the big liar; advice for Lester.
  • Special Sunday pre-debate programming: Fox News;
    CNN.
  • Impartial MSNBC anchor told Colin Powell Trump nomination was ‘awful’.
  • Factor video:
    Bernard Goldberg
    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.