Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Thursday’s numbers: Maddow-Sean Hannity-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • Flood: How Specialists emerged as the potent youthful face of FNC.
  • CNN producer caught on camera: voters are ‘stupid’, Trump ‘crazy’.
  • McCall: Self-inflicted problems earned CNN its spot on the griddle.
  • Video: Bernard Goldberg says both sides need to
  • Videos: Tucker Carlson on The Five on
  • New Tantaros conspiracy theory claims Nomiki Konst is in on the plot.
  • Alex Pappas to FNC.  Tapper honored.  Will AT&T ‘neutralize‘ Zucker?
  • Smith: Joe & Mika may delay vacay to sling more ‘bad blood’ at Trump.
  • Stay classy MSNBC: Greta’s tweet that she’s fired is ‘liked’ by Joy Reid.
  • Erik Wemple kicks Greta while she’s down, calls her firing ‘good news’.
  • DePaolo: MSNBC’s silent dismissal of Greta van Susteren was insulting.
  • Spargo: Greta fired while prepping to go live on air.  Q&A: Bret Stephens.
  • Concha: Regardless of what lies ahead, Greta leaves an impressive legacy.
  • Flashback: Ari Melber, the opinionizer-anchor-opinionizer replacing Greta.