Month: December 2019

New Year’s Eve Links and Open Thread

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  • Dragnet:
    The Big New Year,
    11 November 1954.
  • Monday’s numbers: Steyn-Gregg Jarrett-Chaffetz 1-2-3.
  • Concha: Why ‘Bombshell’ is bombing at the box office.
  • After six-year fertility struggle CNN anchor gives birth.
  • Linda Rondstadt colludes with CNN.  Brian’s 1500 words.
  • Scarborough: Don’t ever compare Trump to Hitler.  But…
  • Joy Reid rips Pompeo for going on RT…but there’s a catch.
  • What are you doing New Year’s Eve?  
    Nancy Wilson
    …
    Katherine McPhee
    …
    Kay Kyser
    …
    Seth MacFarlane
    …
    Diana Krall
    …
    The Carpenters
    …
    Ella Fitzgerald
    …
    She & Him.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Primrose Matter, part five…

 

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Monday Links and Open Thread

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • MediaBuzz vids:
    Impeachment;
    Pelosi
    vs Trump;
    Warren;
    Imus.
  • Reliable Sources: Local news; Time mag; new tech; evil Trump.
  • Video: Joe Concha, Sean Spicer on
    'journalists' taking sides.
  • Andrew Yang capitulates to MSNBC.  Soledad scolds Stelter.
  • F&F video: Dean Cain on
    'fascist' Hallmark Christmas movies.
  • Hallmark Channel and its fascist Christmas movies beat CNN.
  • Rachel Maddow’s reckoning.  Sunday talkers.  R.I.P. Don Imus.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Primrose Matter, part three…

 

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Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • Thursday numbers: The Five-Steyn-Bret/Tammy (tie) 1-2-3.
  • Video:
    Christmas through the years
    with the Baier family.
  • Flashback: What CNN’s top legal eagle said 18 months ago.
  • Why isn’t Maddow treated like other crazy conspiracy nuts?
  • This is CNN…also spelled ‘CNN’.  2019 MSNBC
    lowlights reel.
  • 2019 viewership ranker: FNC tops cable. Wednesday numbers.
  • Shannon Bream: I try to be open to what the Lord may have next.
  • Colleague of Joy Reid, BriWi lectures others about disinformation.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Primrose Matter, part two…

 

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • Monday’s numbers; Tuesday’s numbers; weekend numbers.
  • Video: Julie’s 2019
    Christmas card.
     The
    Day After Christmas.
  • Wemple: Maddow showed ‘misleading, dishonest asymmetry‘.
  • Joyella: Brian Williams making 11pm cable news’ hottest hour.
  • F&F video: Joe Concha on how media
    treat Trump, Bloomberg.
  • Chuck Todd chided for confusing Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Primrose Matter, part one…

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Green Chri$tma$

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frebergEvery year on this day we present Stan Freberg’s enduring Christmas parable. Produced well over 50 years ago, its message remains relevant in the 21st Century:

  • Stan Freberg: Green Chri$tma$   
    listen
       album

Classic Christmas radio broadcasts:

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective: A Christmas Carol  
    listen
  • The Saint: 19 Santa Clauses  
    listen
  • Amos ‘n’ Andy: The Christmas Show  
    listen
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Carmen Kringle Matter  
    listen
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Red Mystery Matter   listen

Classic Christmas television episodes:

  • Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: Busy Christmas  
    watch
  • The Hollywood Palace: Bing Crosby Christmas Show  
    watch
  • The Andy Griffith Show: Christmas Story  
    watch
  • Newhart: No Room at the Inn  
    watch
  • Dragnet 1968: The Christmas Story 
    watch
  • Night Gallery: The Messiah on Mott Street   watch
  • Roswell: A Roswell Christmas Carol  
    watch

Classic Christmas movies:

  • Babes in Toyland (March of the Wooden Soldiers) 
    watch
  • A Christmas Story  amazon  iTunes
  • The Lemon Drop Kid  
    watch
  • Home Alone  amazon  iTunes
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1947)  amazon  iTunes
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1994)  amazon  iTunes

Sounds of the season:

  • David Ian and Acacia: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas   
    listen
      album
  • Linda Ronstadt: I’ll Be Home for Christmas  
    listen
     album
  • Vince Guaraldi: Christmastime Is Here   
    listen
      album
  • Boston Pops Orchestra and Chorus: Star of Bethlehem  
    watch
  • Crystal Lewis: O Holy Night   
    listen
      album

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from johnny dollar’s place.

Christmas Eve Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: The co-hosts exchange
    Secret Santa gifts.
  • Stelter’s top media stories omitted Robach/Epstein revelation.
  • Sling adds FNC and MSNBC to base tier.  
    Cannonball Christmas.
  • Dem 2020 hopeful catches CNN using an outdated poll.
    Yulenet.
  • Fourth Watch: The year’s five most memorable media moments.
  • F&F video: Joe Concha on
    2019's worst media failures.
    (corrected)
  • Man who covers tweet typos objects to papers reporting tweets.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter, part five…

 

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Monday Links and Open Thread

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  • Freaky Friday numbers: Tucker-The Five-Jason Chaffetz 1-2-3.
  • Baumann: CNN lies about the economy.  
    Winter Wonderland.
  • Fourth Watch: MSNBCNN rush to judgment at expense of facts.
  • Shocker: Fox News and FBN compete for guests.  
    Judy Garland.
  • Harris Faulkner: From an early age I was taught to keep reaching.
  • Despite excessive promotion, Bombshell bombs at the box office.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter, part four…

 

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • MediaBuzz vids:
    Impeachment;
    Tony Sayegh;
    Chris Hahn;
    Rudy.
  • Reliable Sources: Impeachment; evil Trump; evil Fox; evil GOP.
  • Samsung’s smart TVs get a little smarter.  FNC tops 2019.
  • Heritage Fndn responds to Tucker.  The
    Lost Christmas Gift.
  • Poynter 2019 review gushes over Todd, Maddow, BriWi etc.
  • 12 stories the media bollixed up in 2019. 
    Dean, Frank, et al.
  • Hogue: Dave’s ‘beautiful, classy‘ goodbye; Ed out, Carley in?
  • Columbia U clears Monica Crowley of CNN plagiarism charge.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter, part three…

 

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Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • Thursday’s numbers: Debate-Postgame-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • Cooke: CNN is many things…but it’s not a news network.
  • The Mirror: Brian, Oliver, Tucker, Abby, Kat, Ana, Guy et al.
  • Bitter, much? Gretchen snarks at Greta over her new show.
  • Krystal Ball is the ‘anti-Rachel Maddow‘. 
    Katherine McPhee.
  • Fox News promotes Jennifer Girdon to Chicago Bureau Chief.
  • F&F video:
    Lara Logan
    on ‘activist’ journalism.  Today’s lawsuit.
  • Fourth Watch: Stelter didn’t cover the story, only the reaction.
  • Babbling Brooke: Trump should listen to AOC’s climate advice.
  • Video: Dave Briggs
    signs off from CNN.
    Ali Velshi to weekends.
  • FTV: Stargazing; a not-so-exclusive; how the mighty have fallen.
  • Laura video:
    Lee Smith
    on Dunham probe.  Hannity makes book.
  • Blue vs blue: MSNBC assailed for its ‘establishment perspective’.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter, part two…

 

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: Greg Gutfeld’s take
    on the impeachment.
  • Wednesday’s numbers: CNN Special-Hannity-Tucker 1-2-3.
  • Ed Henry gets Hemmer slot on America’s Newsroom;
    video.
  • Doug Heye re-ups with CNN.  Bret Baier signs up with UTA.
  • FTV Live:  Cuomo becoming just like Trump;  it’s selfie time!
  • Greta’s Pet Tales guests: Katherine McPhee, Bill O’Reilly etc.
  • Impartial CNN anchor: ‘We’re about to hear a torrent of lies!’
  • Scoop: CNN employee lands an interview with CNN employee.
  • Dana’s Christmas gift guide.  Fox to Lionsgate: No ads for you!
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter, part one…

 

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Tuesday’s numbers: Hannity-Tucker Carlson-Laura 1-2-3.
  • A few words from Anna Kooiman.  Cenk and ‘the c-word‘.
  • Monday’s numbers: Hannity-Tucker Carlson-The Five 1-2-3.
  • Where CNN is paying money to make viewers watch them.
  • Impartial CNN anchor: Trump sounds just like Kim Jong Un!
  • Sexton: This is confirmation that Stelter is an utter partisan.
  • The Mirror: Tucker, Joe, Mika, Hannity, Darcy, Bongino et al.
  • Video: Tucker skewers Joe & Mika with
    a three-word phrase.
  • Impartial CNN reporter keeps fawning over Dems she covers.
  • Adams: Maybe it depends on what the meaning of ‘expert’ is.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Impartial CNN anchor urges use of hashtag #DirtyDonald.
  • Brian complains that Gorsuch went on Fox.  More.  More 2.
  • Marcus: CNN covered Trump’s ‘Thanos’ meme for five days.
  • Media swoon for Bombshell, but horrified by Richard Jewell.
  • Video: Brit Hume breaks down
    Comey's role in FISA scandal.
  • Color-blind Andrea.  Q&A: Accuracy in Media’s Adam Guillette.
  • So-called media influentials.  Crook’s crack.  Weekend numbers.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • First reactions to Chris Wallace
    James Comey interview.
  • MediaBuzz videos:
    Hearings;
    Reines;
    Spicer;
    media
    partisans.
  • Reliable Sources: Evil Fox; more evil Fox; Jim Lehrer; Gretchen.
  • Megyn talks Bombshell: I would have made some edits.
  • Frontline video: PBS in depth
    interview with Megyn Kelly.
  • Megyn mulling jobs in digital news arena.   Sunday talkers.
  • In Bombshell, FNC employees are naive, cynical, or just evil.
  • Alisyn relives the trauma of fifteen long years at Fox News.
  • Flashback: Stelter hits FNC for calling the dossier ‘made up’.
  • Parks and Recreation.  Who’s tv’s biggest dossier defender?
  • Fox Nation adds Christmas tv classics.  Today’s lawsuit update.
  • Somerby recalls Maddow calling Carter Page ‘a Russian agent‘.
  • CNN hires Blake Essig, MSNBC gets Lindsey Reiser. Trey’s back.

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