August 2024 – johnny dollar’s place

Weekend Links and Open Thread

September 2, 2024August 31, 2024 by johnny dollar

MediaBuzz: Dana Bash; Trump jokes; Facebook.
Bill Maher mocks Dana Bash’s Kamala interview.
Halperin: A ‘disaster for journalism’. Sunday talk.
CNN ran a ‘LIVE’ banner over entire Kamala Q&A.
Alum Shannon Bream addresses Liberty students.
Megyn: Bash ‘didn’t have the stones‘ to grill Kamala.
How left and right media cover the pre-debate spin.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 by johnny dollar

Keilar insists CNN never said ‘border czar’…but they did.
Scarry: Media want to limit exposure to the candidates.
Harris/Walz interview draws 6 million viewers for CNN.
Bash interviews Kamala: ‘underwhelms‘; ‘it was fine; a ‘dumpster fire‘; ‘unchallenging‘; ‘few major revelations‘; ‘many questions unanswered‘; ‘somewhat satisfying‘, ‘utterly unremarkable‘.

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 by johnny dollar

25 questions Dana Bash should ask Kamala Harris.
Ari Melber flap escalates as he locks his ‘X’ account.
Twice in two months, Dana Bash plays a pivotal role.
Rogan rips MSNBC for deceptively editing his words.
The Ticker: Wolf Blitzer, Benjamin Hall, Lydia Hu et al.
Russia opens criminal case against another US reporter.

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 by johnny dollar

Megyn Kelly offers a ‘pro tip’ to Kaitlan Collins.
CNN pundit disses net’s exclusive: ‘weak sauce‘.
Dana Bash wins Kamala interview sweepstakes.
August 2024 ratings: Fox News is most watched.
Week of August 19 cable news ratings summary.
4p-11p cablenews: Aug 23, Aug 24, Aug 25, Aug 26.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 by johnny dollar

Bill Maher: Conservatives have a point about CNN.
FNC’s Steve Hilton eyes run for California governor.
Greta owns ‘master of disinformation‘ Scarborough.
Fox Business tops CNBC for the 5th month in a row.
Out# video: how media act as surrogates for Kamala.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

August 26, 2024August 26, 2024 by johnny dollar

Video: Fox News Sunday interview with RFK Jr.
Semafor: Inside Megyn Kelly’s YouTube success.
Final ratings for 2024 RNC and DNC conventions.
Tarantino praises Tarlov: no one like her on MSNBC.
Steve Doocy relays text from Mom to Peter on live tv.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

August 25, 2024August 24, 2024 by johnny dollar

MediaBuzz: Kamala; media gush; ducking press.
CNN climate journalist Peter Dykstra dead at 67.
Scarry: How the media are lying to you right now.
Liberal tv hosts complain Trump will silence them.
Kaitlin Collins lets Dem smear Trump. Sunday talk.
DNC 2024 night four: 26M viewers, peaked at 29.9M.
4p-11p ratings charts: Aug 19, Aug 20, Aug 21, Aug 22.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

August 25, 2024August 23, 2024 by johnny dollar

Fox & Friends catch a 100% DNC made-up hoax.
TV newsers share DNC behind-the-scenes fotos.
Fox News is happy to welcome Democrat guests.
Russia opens criminal case against CNN reporter.
DNC 2024 night three: a slight dip from night two.
DNC 2024 night two ratings: MSNBCNN split wins.
(Mostly lefty) tv newsers react to Kamala’s speech.
Maddow: MSNBC reporters cheered Walz speech.
Dems, journos thrilled with free food at CNN’s grill.
Psaki grilled over false info she spread as Press Secy.

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 by johnny dollar

(Lefty) TVnewsers rate Biden’s farewell address.
(Lefty) TVnewsers rate Walz acceptance speech.
Peter Doocy is already starting to miss Joe Biden.
Deep-dish conversations at the Politico/CNN grill.
ESPN alum Pablo Torre is moving on up at MSNBC.
DNC 2024: 20 million tuned in to day one coverage.
Ratings: Aug 9, 10, 11, Aug 12, Aug 13, Aug 14. Aug 19.
Cablenews week of Aug 12: FNC still #1 in primetime.

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T.A.D. Links and Open Thread

August 22, 2024August 20, 2024 by johnny dollar

While we were away for some temporary additional duty, auto-updated links kept you up-to-date on the latest media news while the savviest commenters on the worldwide internet voiced their opinions on our world-renown comment threads.

Monday Links and Open Thread

August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 by johnny dollar

Shannon Bream: a month of political whiplash.
Q&A: Bret and Martha on covering the DNC, etc.
CNN adds comedy voices to its Saturday nights.
WaPo: ‘Fact-checkers’ confuse opinion with fact.
Lemon shocked by reactions in Dem stronghold.
Video: Tulsi Gabbard helping Trump debate prep.
R.I.P. talk show host Phil Donahue, dead at age 88.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

August 18, 2024August 17, 2024 by johnny dollar

CNN loses motion: court orders Tapper to appear.
Oliver Darcy dishes on CNN after unexpected exit.
‘First look‘ at Stelter’s paperback cover. Sunday talk.
4p-11p cablenews charts: Aug 5, Aug 6, Aug 7, Aug 8.
Stelter defends Kamala ducking press; twitter replies.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 by johnny dollar

NewsNation unveils its 2024 DNC coverage plans.
Scarry: Here’s how the media are lying to you now.
Maddow taking her first documentary on the road.
CNN announces coverage plans for the 2024 DNC.
Katy Tur whines about Trump; MSNBC censors him.

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 by johnny dollar

F&F video: William Shatner seeks aliens among us.
NewsNation journalist killed in freak train accident.
NewsNation and CNN answer TVN’s questionnaire.
Media love Trump ideas…if they come from Kamala.
4p-11p cablenews ratings charts: Aug 2, Aug 3, Aug 4.

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

August 14, 2024August 14, 2024 by johnny dollar

Fox News answers TVN’s DNC questionnaire.
Fox News remained #1 in week of Aug 5, 2024.
Fox News shares coverage plans for DNC 2024.
MSNBC shares its coverage plans for DNC 2024.
Darcy used CNN mailing list without permission.
Brian Stelter stays silent on Joy Reid’s racist rant.
CNN: ‘Journalism’ in service of Hamas war crimes.
They laughed when Colbert called CNN ‘objective’.

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