Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Treacher: Why CNN ratings stink…do you want to watch this 24/7?
  • MSNBC ‘news hour’ mocks Trump handshake with on-screen clock.
  • Thursday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow-O’Donnell-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Flood: Neo-Nazi ‘troll army‘ targets CNN’s Sara Sidner, Mallory Simon.
  • Zucker play: CNN airing nightly ‘White House in Crisis‘ special reports.
  • Ted Cruz rips CNN for applying pejorative ‘so called’ to his amendment.
  • CNN names 16 ‘coolest nationalities‘?! Bell, Bourdain snag Emmy noms.
  • Journalism expert suggests five techniques for use on Trump surrogates.
  • The Five video: How and why did that fishy Russian lawyer