- Monday’s numbers: Maddow-Tucker Carlson-O’Donnell 1-2-3.
- Concha: NBC needs to pull Megyn’s interview with Alex Jones.
- Steinberg: The unprecedented cable news wars in the Trump era.
- Former FNC employee: Workplace harassment suit is ‘meritless’.
- Sunday showdown: Reliable beats MediaBuzz. Weekend numbers.
- Tucker Carlson video: Joe Concha sees a at CNN.
- Back to the 90s. CNN’s new ‘travel vertical‘. Tapper at Dartmouth.
- HuffPo: The problem with Greta is that she’s too fair and balanced.
- The Five video: Debate over terrorism and its enablers
- Hall: Stop the madness… before advertising boycotts destroy us all.
- You can leave Fox News, but the boycotts will follow you everywhere.
Month: June 2017
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Freaky Friday numbers: Maddow-O’Donnell-Tucker/Hayes 1-2-3.
- Tani: Specialists hints at a new FNC formula for the post-Ailes era.
- Concha: NYT cowed into rewriting headline of glowing Tur profile.
- Ariens: Fox News promotes six execs to new roles in programming.
- Impartial CNN host raves: Trump assassination play ‘a masterpiece‘.
- Coop on Kathy Griffin: ‘I wish her well and I hope she bounces back’.
- Goldberg: Donald Trump is good for business…Trump bashing business.
- Q&A: Tom Shillue on meaner Dads. GQ: Shillue’s Trumpian book is ‘awful’.
- Fox & Friends video: by ‘viciousness’ of her father’s critics.
‘Isn’t That What Comey Did? Isn’t That a Felony?’
J$P Video! Gregg Jarrett gives you the legal lowdown on Comey, Trump, and more, with fellow attorneys Misty Harris and Kisha Hebbon:
From America’s News HQ, 11 June 2017
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- MediaBuzz videos: Comey big
- Reliable Sources: WH in crisis; Trump under oath; Trump’s secrets.
- ‘Staging’ charge debunked? New footage reopens controversy.
- Somerby: Why should we focus on the ‘critical’ 25-54 demo?
- Somerby: Just how dumb can cable news’ Rhodes Scholar be?
- Q&A: Ed Henry. Profile: W Kamau Bell. CNN stuck in Siberia.
- Hannity Comey special scores big. Sean sticks up for Reza Aslan.
- Torregrosa: The swift and surprising rise of ‘tough, edgy’ Katy Tur.
- FoxNews.com to get extreme makeover. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Tucker video: Equality advocate promotes for Muslims.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: At This Hour-Inside Politics-Maddow 1-2-3.
- Concha: White House rips ‘lazy’ MSNBC report on Trump/Qatar.
- CNN drops Reza Aslan series after host’s vulgar anti-Trump tweets.
- Outnumbered video: Comey’s leaking shows
- O’Reilly: ‘Hannity fought back. I should have.’ Jake Tapper in Toronto.
- Matthews: MSNBCers are well informed; Mika: Is Trump mentally ill?”
- CNN schedules Champions for Change. DC’s ‘Badass women’ assemble.
- Tucker videos: on Comeyrama; serves up a scoop.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Out# video: Panel critiques to Comey.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow-O’Donnell-Tucker 1-2-3.
- CNN host’s tweets—vulgar, calling for rape—mysteriously disappear.
- CNN corrects false Comey story. Maddow mum on ‘mystery absence‘.
- Zurawik: Media overkill on Comey worthwhile for ‘energy and passion’.
- How Eric Bolling became FNC’s new star. Comeypalooza viewer’s guide.
- Tucker videos: and attorney talk Comey.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Maddow-Lawrence O’Donnell-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Fox execs thank staff for London coverage, re-sign Charles Payne.
- They’re back: The Hannity/Scarborough twitter spat heats up again.
- Tucker video: has a reality check on the Jared Kushner flap.
- Joyella: Rachel Maddow now the ‘most powerful person in cable news’.
- Dana Bash’s Badass Women ‘breaks barriers‘. Heather Nauert resurfaces.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Joy-Ann Reid-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered video: Contentious debate on
- Video: Neil Cavuto and sites that parrot them.
- Sunday showdown: MediaBuzz tops Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
- Concha: Where in the world is Rachel Maddow? CNN’s ‘badass‘ women.
- Eboni K Williams moonlighting. Calling all specialists. Q&A: Dana Bash.
- Maddow, BriWi fuel MSNBC surge. Megyn’s tepid debut. Coop in Tenafly.
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Monday Links and Open Thread
- Specialists video: over tactics to fight terrorism.
- Friday’s numbers: Tucker Carlson-The Five-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Eric Bolling re-ups, stays at 5pm, locks in NYE gig. Meet the Mrs.
- Reza Aslan says he’s sorry for using profanity…but there’s a catch.
- Fox & Friends relocates to expansive new high-tech Studio F:
- Q&A: Steve Hilton is focusing on ‘real people and their real needs‘.
- Martha MacCallum honored. Gretchen Carlson named a ‘disruptor‘.
- Video: Panel segment from debut. Tucker in Ashland.
‘An Anchor Has No Business Saying That’
J$P Video! Joe Concha talks to Jesse Watters about the weekend’s hot media controversies:
From Watters’ World, 4 June 2017
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Impartial MSNBC anchor: Is Trump trying to provoke a terror attack?
- MediaBuzz videos: coverage; heat;
- Reliable Sources videos: Terror coverage; Londoners react; Kathy Griffin.
- CNN host who ate human brain on camera calls POTUS a ‘piece of sh!t‘.
- Q&A: Steve Hilton on ‘positive populism’ and The Next Revolution. More.
- Maloney: Hannity’s post-holiday ratings bump. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Cablenews revenues surge. Q&A: Lawrence O’Donnell. Calling Kimberly.
- The Five video: Panelists give their take on
- Griffin feels ‘betrayed’ by Coop (who wants Andy Cohen to be new co-host).
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Tucker Carlson-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Fox shock: Jenna Lee leaving FNC…’It’s time for a change’;
- The San Francisco tech CEO who’s getting his own show on FNC.
- America’s Talking: How MSNBC created Fox News. CNN changes.
- Zurawik: The changes at FNC are all about the ‘death of patriarchy‘.
- The king of cable news is still on FNC, only now it’s not Bill O’Reilly.
- Bill O’Reilly resurfaces…at The Hill. NatGeo is killing ‘Patton’ movie.
- Larry King rips CNN…for firing Kathy Griffin! An inconvenient typo.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Maddow-O’Donnell 1-2-3.
- F&F video: Trish Regan and her family whip up a
- McCall: Despite their competitors’ glee, Fox News remains strong.
- May program ranker: Fox has seven of top ten; Maddow #1 in demo.
- Video: Joe Concha looks at the Kathy Griffin flap.
- MRC to target advertisers as Maloney plugs Media Equality Project.
- FNC’s new LA studio. Bill Weir’s special. Lawrence O’Donnell’s reprieve.
- Martha MacCallum re-ups; Chris Jansing: ‘senior national correspondent’.
- Megyn’s giving interviews: She doesn’t like politics, loves Oprah, decries ‘weird’ press scrutiny, works hard, says success is not about ratings, touts her track record at Fox.