February 2023 – johnny dollar’s place

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 by johnny dollar

Monday numbers: Tucker #1. Dayside, prime.
Top cablenets: total vwrs, key demo. Latenight.
The Five video: Biden
snubs East Palestine, OH.
Baragona: Does FNC have a problem with CPAC?
C-SPAN border hearing blackout. Weather report.
Greenwald: MSNBCNN regularly lied about COVID.
CNN planning series of special reports for 9pm slot.
Compagno talks true crime. Today’s lawsuit update.
Hillyer: 1A should protect FNC in defamation lawsuit.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 by johnny dollar

Friday numbers: The Five #1. Dayside, prime.
Janice Dean will make you believe in miracles.
CNN on pace for worst month since June 2014.
FTV: Just what is this ‘formal training‘ anyhow?
Kurtz splits with Fox execs: ‘I strongly disagree.’
Insiders: CNN boss hasn’t won over rank and file.
Video: Howard Kurtz
with author Steve Krakauer.
Club Random video: Bill Maher
with Greg Gutfeld.
Greenwald: Media lie because the viewers want it.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

February 26, 2023February 25, 2023 by johnny dollar

MediaBuzz: Trump in OH, Biden, grand jury.
Trey Yingst: ‘What I witnessed still haunts me.’
Lemon drop: CNN show trounced by Fox News.
CNN’s Tapper townhall lowest rated since 2019.
Stelter and the laptop: then vs now. Sunday talk.
Media outlets suddenly demanding Jan 6 videos.
Today’s lawsuit update; Greenfield: The big issue.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 by johnny dollar

Thurs numbers: Tucker #1. Dayside, prime.
Fourth Watch podcast: Krakauer and Stelter.
Concha: How to turn CNN around in one step.
Q&A: Dana Perino. CNBC announces Last Call.
Janice Dean takes Joy Behar to the woodshed.
Sinking CNN ratings under inexperienced Licht.
WB CEO: Chris Licht has CNN ‘on the right path‘.
Barkley wants to help CNN: ‘It’s a sh!t show’ now.
Wednesday numbers: Tucker #1. Dayside, prime.
Tuesday numbers: Tucker #1. Dayside, primetime.
The DeSantis team rejects Mitchell’s non-apology.
CNN’s election conspiracies. Profile: Mehdi Hasan.
Lemon: Lip service; no sale; firing never considered.
Poynter: CNN’s Lemon problem. Faux conservatives.

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Ice Storm Links and Open Thread

February 24, 2023February 23, 2023 by johnny dollar

While we were waiting for the lights to come on, the savviest readers at any cable news site discussed:

Charles Barkley
Don LeMon
Walmart

…and more, in our world-renowned comment threads.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 by johnny dollar

Monday’s numbers: Tucker #1. Dayside, prime.
Barr: They risk it all to cover the war in Ukraine.
Greenwald: MSM outrage over Tucker and FNC.
Keith Olbermann finally comes out…as a fascist!?
DeSantis team boycotts NBC/U and all affiliates.
Weekend numbers. Latenight shows: Gutfeld! #2.
Weekly top cable channels: total vwrs, key demo.
Megyn: Don Lemon is CNN’s uncancellable male.
Final Warning: One more screw-up and he’s OUT!
FTV: Is Chris Licht ‘scared to fire a gay black man’?
Lemon back on CNN This Morning but can he last?
Bruce: Demanding Don Lemon’s firing goes too far.
CNN’s staffers taking sides. Today’s lawsuit update.
Is Fox News grooming Roseanne for career rebirth?

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 by johnny dollar

Friday’s numbers: The Five #1. Dayside, prime.
Lemon to return, will undergo ‘formal training’.
Megyn Kelly has helpful tips for Don’s ‘training’.
Lemon drops out of Black History Month event.
Insiders calling CNN a disaster, a ‘dumpster fire‘.
Krakauer: Media finally tell the truth…far too late.
Gutfeld! video: Biden says
his dumbest thing yet?
F&F video: Social media making bias even worse.
FTV: Andrea Mitchell not so woke; awful weather.
Technical difficulties: Melber off air for entire show.
NewsNation launches branded connected-tv apps.
Circling back: Psaki to host MSNBC/Peacock show.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

February 20, 2023February 18, 2023 by johnny dollar

McCarthy gives Tucker access to 1/6 riot video.
MediaBuzz: Lemon v Nikki, strange visitors, age.
Two morning hosts debate Ukraine: only on Fox.
FTV Live: What is Brian Stelter doing nowadays?
Don Lemon off again on Monday over Haley slur.
Patricia Heaton claps back at Lemon’s misogyny.
Licht rips Lemon’s jibe: ‘unacceptable and unfair‘.
Don Lemon, Nikki Haley, and lessons of a hoodie.
Chris Cuomo nailed trying to deny his own words.
Andrea Mitchell slammed for lying about DeSantis.
MSNBC host’s Haley smear called vile and bigoted.
CNN analyst hoisted on her own petard. Sunday talk.
Gutfeld! video: Lemon
good as gone?
Today’s lawsuit.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 by johnny dollar

Thursday numbers: The Five #1. Dayside, prime.
Fourth Watch: Balloons go bust, Fetterman, etc.
Don Lemon apologizes on Friday CNN staff call.
Megyn to probe Lemon’s harassment of women.
Pressure grows to fire Lemon, who has a ‘day off’.
Lemon is daring CNN to fire him. Q&A: Ali Velshi.
Nikki responds to Lemon. Today’s lawsuit updates.
Hall: Lemon’s behavior is making CNN must-see tv.
Gutfeld! crushes MSNBCNN…but wait, there’s more!
The Five video:
Just how dumb
is Don Lemon anyhow?

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 by johnny dollar

Weds numbers: Tucker #1. Dayside, prime.
Julie Banderas’ husband arrested for assault.
MSNBCNN upset Haley didn’t call USA ‘racist’.
Don Lemon’s apology hints at tensions on set.
‘Furious’ Poppy and Kaitlan storm off CNN set.
Lemon (56): Nikki Haley (50) is ‘past her prime‘.
Fox Nation got a boost from Roseanne special.
Q&A: Wolf Blitzer and producer Emily Atkinson.
Nicolle Wallace has overreaction to Gaetz news.
Fired Chris Cuomo: ‘I was gonna kill everybody…’
Jonathan Capehart gets a second MSNBC show.
CNN mum as Clapper throws Bertrand under bus.
The Five video: Biden response to
OH train disaster.

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 by johnny dollar

Tuesday numbers: Tucker #1. Dayside, prime.
Harris Faulkner and daughter at SuperBowl LVII.
Jake Tapper’s EP fired in latest CNN sex scandal.
Impartial Jake Tapper suggests the NFL is racist.
Will Ari Melber become the new face of MSNBC?
Behind the slugfest between Newsmax and DTV.
The name’s the same. Lambert charges dropped.
FNC Digital #1 in January. Today’s lawsuit update.
Out# video: Why wasn’t
Jimmy Kimmel cancelled?
NewsNation woos moderates, but viewers are few.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 by johnny dollar

Monday numbers: Tucker #1. Dayside, primetime.
Weekend numbers. Latenight shows: Gutfeld! #1.
Media Matters hack complains about Gutfeld! ad.
MSNBC writer rushes to deny AI chatbot is ‘woke’.
Newsmax tells employees not to talk to the Beast.
MSNBC wants Fox News viewers ‘deprogrammed‘.
FTV Live: I once had hope Licht would revive CNN.
Joe Rogan rips Brian Stelter: ‘basically a prostitute’.
Minus Maddow, Maddow’s time slot bleeds viewers.
CNN anchor omits key factor in description of killer.
Week’s top cable channels: total viewers, key demo.
Jansing aims to highlight MSNBC’s ‘hard news’ roots.
Fuzzy math, dubious facts cited in Newsmax/DTV flap.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 by johnny dollar

Friday numbers: The Five #1. Dayside, prime.
Poynter: The story behind Biden’s Super snub.
Why is Joe Biden afraid of Fox News Channel?
Greenfield: Joe Biden missed a big opportunity.
CNN gives cover to Biden over Super Bowl snub.
FTV: Lemon has no idea where the ethical line is.
New CNN NatSec hire hyped discredited dossier.
MSNBC scolded host for criticizing Hillary Clinton.
CNN report on Jerusalem attack forgot something.
Bill Maher already has dropped an f-bomb on CNN.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

February 12, 2023February 11, 2023 by johnny dollar

MediaBuzz: SuperBowl snub, SotU errors, GOP.
Biden bypasses Bret Baier for Booty Call actress.
MSNBC stars abstain from rank-and-file walkout.
CNN lifestyle advisor Marissa Miller makes book.
Daily Show creator: Sh!tty f—ing Gutfeld! viewers!
Jonathan Turley responds to Lawrence O’Donnell.
CNN an unreliable source on Big Tech censorship.
Trump to call Coop as witness in defamation case.
CNN anchors chair Howard U panels. Sunday talk.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 by johnny dollar

Thursday numbers: Tucker #1. Dayside, prime.
Bill Maher’s CNN bit gets crushed by Gutfeld!
MSNBC reveals assault victim’s home address.
Tulsi responds to Romney’s calling her a traitor.
POTUS Super Bowl convo increasingly unlikely.
It’s official: POTUS won’t do Q&A for Super Bowl.
MSNBC journalists walk out amid labor dispute.
CNN wants Charles Barkley for primetime show.
CNN morning show lowest rated in 10 years (sub).
Julie Banderas announces her divorce on Gutfeld!
FTV Live: CNN should stop claiming to be ‘neutral’.
Oliver Darcy lets his anti-free-speech freak flag fly.

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