Month: July 2018

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Monday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Maddow-Tucker 1-2-3.
  • July numbers: FNC #1 again for 25th month; MSNBC; CNN.
  • Outnumbered video: Can Trump win a
    shutdown showdown?
  • Impartial MSNBC anchor doesn’t know that US armed Ukraine.
  • Survey says: Fox is most trusted cable news outlet, CNN is least.
  • Short: CNN typifies the ‘degradation of modern day journalism’.
  • Zeleny whines he wasn’t picked.  Acosta outshouted by WH aide.
  • Somerby: MSNBC protects its viewers from discussion or debate.
  • Andrea Mitchell compares Trump to Stalin:  full
    Daily Show video.
  • Ollie in another fine twitter mess.  Robert Costa on losing weight.
  • Tucker videos: Dems unmoored
    pt one,
    pt two.
    Weekend numbers.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: Greg Gutfeld on
    Trump anxiety disorder.
  • Friday’s numbers: Hannity-Maddow-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • Out# video: Rudy Giuliani calls in to
    set the record straight.
  • Ledeen: Why the WH CNN Reporter Ban doesn’t bother me.
  • Mike Rowe resurfaces, and takes heat for it.  CNN and Sikhs.
  • Christiane Amanpour: I believe in being truthful, not neutral.
  • Viewers trek to Yankee Stadium for Fox Fan Weekend;
    video.
  • O’Reilly: Two cablenews nets have no hosts who support Trump.
  • SwampWatch video:  The real threat is China
    part one,
    part two.
  • Impartial MSNBC reporter: Racism, xenophobia motivate Trump.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • MediaBuzz videos:
    Cohen;
    Trump
    tweets;
    Moonves;
    Facebook.
  • Reliable Sources: Cohen; Sinclair; Ronan Farrow; more Farrow.
  • Video:
    Gregg Jarrett analyzes
    the latest legal developments.
  • Somerby: Cable’s night of nonsensical nattering about Cohen.
  • Adalian: Meet Ari Melber, the hip-hop cable host.  Sunday talkers.
  • Was CNN’s empty Cohen ‘scoop’ based on a doctored audio tape?

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Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • Thursday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Maddow-Laura 1-2-3.
  • Julie Banderas schools Soledad.  Third time’s the charm?
  • Report: Kimberly Guilfoyle fired for abusive misconduct?
  • Fox News’ John Roberts feeling fine after heart procedure.
  • Bret Baier taking heat…from Fox viewers!  Piers vs Colbert.
  • Chris Wallace steps all over CNN’s Cohen ‘scoop’: ‘So what?!?”
  • Cablenews Emmy noms.  CNN question backfires.  It’s official.
  • Steinberg: CNN keeps breaking ‘damning stories‘ about Trump.
  • Nardi: Fox doesn’t have a gay problem; Mainwaring: Yes it does.
  • Hannity videos: Roseanne
    part one,
    part two,
    part three,
    part four.

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: Greg Gutfeld on
    gender-neutral sororities.
  • Wednesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Laura-Maddow 1-2-3.
  • Throwback Thursday video: The Five airs its
    premiere episode.
  • Camerota ‘relieved’ her report was false; Maddow recalcitrant.
  • Ari Melber gaining ground at 6pm. Jason Chaffetz makes book.
  • Hannity previews Roseanne interview: ‘Nothing is off the table.’
  • Laura video: Reps explain filing for
    impeachment of Rosenstein.
  • Hinderaker: CNN is ‘oppo research’ arm of the Democratic Party.
  • Another Michael Cohen convo taped, this one with Chris Cuomo!
  • Facebook taking heat for allowing Fox News on Facebook Watch.
  • Napolitano: Farewell to a man who gave me his values…and more.

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Monday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow-Hannity-Tucker 1-2-3.
  • Abby Huntsman, Ana Navarro being considered for The View.
  • Bauder: Meghan McCain is a feisty new presence on The View.
  • CNN ‘manipulates’ Gaza reporting to blame Israel.   It’s official.
  • The Story video: Sen Paul says it’s time to
    pull security clearances.
  • New ‘Capitol J’ ads tout MSNBC’s ‘hard news‘.  Weekend numbers.
  • Impartial NBC anchor has ruled: FNC personnel are not journalists.
  • Videos: MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff with Seth Meyers
    part one,
    pt two.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

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  • Report: Abby Huntsman is angling to join The View?!?
  • The Five video: Media freak out over an
    all-caps tweet.
  • Friday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow-Hannity-Tucker 1-2-3.
  • Impartial MSNBC journalists want Trump put in twitter jail!
  • After grilling Putin, Chris Wallace took a vacation…in Russia!
  • Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott named to AdWeek’s Power List.
  • New heights in interview hijacking.  CNN headline: fake news.
  • Out# video: Kurtz examines Trump’s
    resilient approval ratings.
  • Canada’s premiers to take their free trade battle to Fox News?
  • NextRev videos: The
    idiot elite;
    Dem fired for
    appearing on Fox?

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • MediaBuzz videos:
    Putin
    furor;
    Cohen;
    Trish
    Regan;
    Sean
    Spicer.
  • Reliable Sources: Russia!; ‘propaganda‘; Haberman; Chris Ruddy.
  • F&F video: Andrew McCarthy on ‘astonishing’
    FISA revelations.
  • Tamera and Adam Housley had to deal with a lot of ‘racial junk’.
  • Was Kimberly dismissed for ‘inappropriate workplace behavior‘?
  • Somerby: Maddow et al decry a ‘proposal’ they largely made up!
  • CNN photog has 40 years worth of memorabilia.  Sunday talkers.
  • Concha: Two years after Roger Ailes Fox News is bigger than ever.
  • How Fox digital delivers yearly viewer growth. Twitter withdrawal.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • Thursday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Maddow-Tucker 1-2-3.
  • Out# video: Trump talked about a payment
    he never made.
  • Video Q&A: Joe Concha examines the
    death of tv journalism.
  • Report: Kimberly Guilfoyle leaves Fox, joins Trump super-PAC.
  • Pinkerton: The media declare open season on family members.
  • A musical wunderkind and overall badass…it’s Mika Brzezinski!
  • CNN+MSNBC have more people than you think at WH briefings.
  • Mainwaring: Fox isn’t ‘fair and balanced’…because it’s too gay!?!
  • Videos: Judge Pirro on The View
    part one,
    part two,
    and
    on Hannity.

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • Video: Neil Cavuto’s wild and wooly
    viewer mail segment.
  • Wednesday’s numbers: Maddow-Sean Hannity-Tucker 1-2-3.
  • Whoopi and Judge Jeanine in explosive backstage argument.
  • Jeff Zucker taking leave: elective surgery for heart condition.
  • Impartial CNN anchor: How stupid does Trump think we are?
  • Mill: Six stupidest points in the Chris Cillizza litany of outrage.
  • Scarry: Trump wouldn’t give the media a show, so they’re mad.
  • Somerby: TV’s Rhodes Scholar was too dumb to raise this point.
  • Zucker play: CNN’s Toobin slams CBS interview before it’s aired.
  • Comcast drops bid for 21C Fox, will refocus on devouring Sky-TV.
  • The ‘Diamond & Silk‘ of MSNBC. Why Thomas Roberts is in Atlanta.
  • Video: Rand Paul asks if John Brennan should be
    getting a pension.
  • Late Show videos: Anderson Cooper with Colbert
    part one,
    part two.

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: Greg et al take on
    Dem contenders for 2000.
  • Tuesday’s numbers: Maddow-Hannity-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • CNN: Kavanaugh will overturn this law…that no longer exists!
  • Coop Facebook debut featured Jim Acosta, drew 4,000 viewers.
  • CNN uses somber graphics, ominous music for Summit coverage.
  • Tucker Carlson videos:  Why Trump is so hated
    part one,
    part two.
  • FNC’s Mark Levin scorches ‘pseudo-media’: ‘a lot of psychopaths’.
  • CNN attacks other journalists, expects special treatment in return.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: Greg wonders whether Trump
    is a plant.
  • Monday’s numbers: Hannity-Maddow-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • Trump Bump: How Sean Hannity earned $36 million this year.
  • Video Q&A: Alisyn Camerota talks news with Joe Concha et al.
  • Fake news? Erin Burnett falsifies reason for guest’s cancellation.
  • Baby boom: pregnancies and births at CNN.   Weekend numbers.
  • Anderson (‘Most Disgraceful‘) Cooper to receive Cronkite Award.
  • Hasson: Man behind the curtain pushing Laura boycott unmasked.
  • O’Connor: CNN insults Fox News, then demands Fox defend them!
  • Video: Kurtz, McCarthy, York survey
    media reaction to Trump/Putin.
  • MSNBC ignored Ocasio-Cortez as NBC contributed to her opponent.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: Fallout from the
    Trump-Putin face-to-face.
  • Friday numbers: Hannity-Emanuel (Bret)-Kilmeade (Tuck) 1-2-3.
  • Impartial CNN media critic calls on reporters to trash Trump.
  • New Eric Bolling show (like his old Happy Hour) airs from a bar.
  • Barr: CNN’s relationship with the White House gets even worse.
  • ‘Impartial’ journalists drop pretense, decry ‘disgraceful’ presser.
  • Video: Howard Kurtz on Shannon Bream
    harassed by protesters.
  • Next Revolution videos: Trump the disruptor
    part one,
    part two.
  • Hannity, Tucker snag Trump interviews; Chris Wallace gets Putin.
  • FNC live overnight.  Carl Cameron resurfaces…at Think Progress!
  • Bourdain ripped Bill Clinton, Weinstein, Kushner in frank interview.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • MediaBuzz videos:
    Trump trip;
    Kavanaugh;
    Strzok
    storm;
    the Sun.
  • Reliable Sources: InfoWars; Uygur; Trump lies; Trump’s meltdown.
  • The War on Fox: Twitter skirmishes with Brian, Ollie, Jake, J$.
  • CNN:  Americans are not bright enough to understand Strzok.
  • ‘Salute to Excellence‘ nominees include Van Jones and Joy Reid.
  • Shimkus, Shep, Abby et al will report for Fox News on Facebook.
  • Coop to anchor on Facebook.  Q&A: Chris Hayes.  Sunday talkers.

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