- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Kevin Spacey Fox 21 deal includes a co-production with Megyn Kelly.
- Q&A: Roger Ailes discusses Megyn Kelly. Campbell Brown resurfaces.
- Robert Jonathan: Will Fox News cancel The Greg Gutfeld Show?
- Fans react to revamped Red Eye debut. Video: returns.
- Wemple: Don Lemon’s stunt was actually ‘good tv and good journalism‘.
- That’s Lemon with an ‘n’. Shtick sparks ridicule. CNN alum slams stunt.
- Five things you didn’t know about Tom Shillue. Weekend numbers; SotU.
- Pierce: Williams move to MSNBC is an embarrassment. Staffers’ f-bomb.
- After the Buzz video: on the prospects for news on MSNBC.
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Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Chris Wallace 1-2-3.
- Variety: How Megyn Kelly became the new star of Fox News.
- Variety: Behind the scenes at Megyn Kelly’s Duggars interview.
- Fox News to launch series of Megyn Kelly primetime specials.
- Audio Q&A: Don Lemon opposes pandering, praises Megyn Kelly.
- F&F video: previews tonight’s Red Eye relaunch.
- Somerby: Has Rachel Maddow been ‘running the show‘ at MSNBC?
- CNNer ejected from Supreme Court for unauthorized recording.
- Impartial MSNBCNN journalists atttend Clinton staffer’s wedding.
- Brian Williams and the ‘Flip Wilson defense‘. Coop moonlighting.
- Lawyers prepare Prez debate lawsuits. Review: Josh Levs’s All In.
- Ainsley Earhardt infanticipating. Gretchen Carlson through the years.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: Jeb race
- Reliable Sources: Brian Williams, Lester Holt, perspectives on Charleston.
- The Persuaders: CNN to match pharmaceutical ads to program theme.
- Q&A: The Seventies‘s Mark Herzog. Erin Burnett looking forward to July.
- Wemple: MRC forsees ‘fun’ with Brian Williams. Sunday talkers: preview.
- NY Post: Brian Williams is the shame of MSNBC. Tyndall: ‘Sloppy seconds.’
- Bernard: Women who are ‘brilliantly well-educated professional journalists’.
- Your Buzz videos: party, boat, Michael
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Chris Wallace 1-2-3.
- Video: The who spotted Roof, trailed his car, tipped police.
- Somerby: The Rachel Maddow gong show turns to Donald Trump.
- Factor video: on media opportunists assigning blame.
- CNN signs Bill Carter as on-air contributor, promotes Sunlen Serfaty.
- TCG: Forget it, Jake…it’s Zuckertown. Arthur Aidala inducted, engaged.
- Video: What can Brian Williams … and vice versa?
- Greta to Brian Williams: Welcome to cable news. Joyella: You lost me.
- Video: Brian Williams starts the apology tour. Reactions largely skeptical.
- Wemple: So what exactly will Brian Williams be doing all day at MSNBC?
- Zurawik: Williams gets a second chance, and truth strikes out at (MS)NBC.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Kurtz: The media may hate Trump, but they love the ratings and clicks.
- Concha: As competition struggles, Fox News Sunday dominates in DC.
- Shafer: Williams will fit in at MSNBC, where standards are already low.
- MSNBC bets on Brian. The Hill: Behind the scenes at Fox News Sunday.
- Zurawik: You don’t fix a news channel by showcasing a serial liar on it.
- Wemple: MSNBC has enough problems…don’t foist Williams on them.
- NY Times: Brian Williams to become MSNBC’s Shep Smith? It’s official.
- Joyella: After a slow start, cable newsers scramble to cover SC shootings.
- Profile: FNC’s Kirsten Powers. Glenn Beck and Don Lemon, together again?
- Contessa Brewer resurfaces. Your World video: Tribute to
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Breaking: NBC keeps Brian Williams, may shunt him off to MSNBC.
- The Five video: Debate over Trump candidacy
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Inept coverage exposes the two faces of Rachel Maddow.
- THR: CNN creates mocking Donald Trump ‘remix video‘ (via CNNC).
- Coloring the news. ‘Indefensible bias‘ in CNN’s Middle East coverage?
- Zurawik: Jake Tapper should have said no to the Bill Clinton interview.
- Why doesn’t Cramer post his stock-picking record? Chain of command.
- Williams: (MS)NBC played softball with Dolezal. Q&A: Gretchen Carlson.
- Here comes the judge? Today’s ‘Scarborough may return to politics‘ story.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- The Five video: Robust debate over
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Tapper’s State of the Union debuts in 4th place at 9:00 am (25-54).
- Trump likely to make the cut for first debate. Weekend numbers.
- Today’s firing demand. Concha: Find yourself another scapegoat.
- Ashleigh Banfield disqualifies herself. When reruns trump news.
- Videos: Gretchen Carlson and returns to
- Ed Henry frozen out. Jake parties. Farah: It’s the end of everything!
- Kelly File video: on the dearth of due process at US colleges.
- Q&A: Thomas Roberts; Mika Brzezinski; Dana Perino; Josh Levs and All In.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Bret Baier-The Five-Bill O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Joyella: Controversy swirls around CNN harassment reporting.
- Whale trainer accuses FNC of lying…but emails prove otherwise.
- TCG: Who’s Sorry Now?…Do we really need another apology?
- Video: on Fredricka Whitfield’s feeble non-apology.
- Q&A: Gretchen Carlson, ‘bimbo trifecta’. Amanpour gets makeover.
- FTVLive: MSNBC ‘newscast’ fabricates fake coverage of House vote.
- ICN: The Daily Wrap…a roundtable show that’s ‘a breath of fresh air‘.
- Five ways Rupert Murdoch revolutionized media. Fireworks on FNC.
- Video Q&A: Kirsten Powers and Sharyl Attkisson discuss The Silencing.
- Audio Q&A: Tom Shillue talks comedy, the Red Eye relaunch, and more.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Concha: Fredricka Whitfield’s non-apology fails damage control 101.
- Media Buzz videos: Hillary’s NY Times Hill’s
- Reliable Sources videos: Debate over debates, Hillary, Rupert, and Jake.
- Video: The world’s largest free-flying American flag
- Hogue: NewsmaxTV’s Daily Wrap is ‘a great show for political junkies’.
- Fox News fights fire with fire. Q&A: Greg Gutfeld; Profile: Mike Tobin.
- Jake Tapper to moderate GOP debate. Fredricka and the hardest word.
- Sunday special to rebut Blackfish lies. CNN wins award…for marketing.
- Profile: Thomas Roberts, MSNBC’s pitchman. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Wemple: Enough with the shrouded, disguised Baltimore cop interviews.
- Your Buzz videos: the Fox
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Roger Ailes to Variety: I report to Rupert, and that will continue.
- Prins: The ‘Game of Murdoch‘. Video: The story.
- Sherman: 2015 is looking like a ‘pretty good year for Roger Ailes’.
- Scarry: NewsmaxTV broadens its focus with Concha’s Daily Wrap.
- Q&A: Jake Tapper (Breitbart); Jake Tapper (TV Newser).
- Perlberg: CNN’s Courageous is an idea that’s been bad for decades.
- The Alisyn Factor: New Day only cablenews morning show to grow.
- Factor video: on Brian Williams and Jerry Seinfeld.
- When nostalgia trumps news. Weigand: 70s ‘pleasant, unremarkable‘.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Lawsuit alleges anti-Semitism at Al-Jazeera America; Wemple.
- Faber: Rupert Murdoch to step down. Yarow: What about Roger?
- Throwback Thursday video: Do you remember
- Lowry: The 70s is ‘once-over-lightly‘ history; Gay: a good primer.
- Concha: Fox could triple its ratings by doubling down on debates.
- MSNBC truther wants to help the children. HLN re-revamps sked.
- FNC to air a runners-up forum for non-qualifying GOP candidates.
- TCG: MSNBC’s ‘lean forward’ news programs…are they news at all?
- Q&A: Jake Tapper; more. Wemple: A timeline to his Clinton exclusive.
‘It’s Almost Pointless to Respond to These Smears…’
J$P Video! Megyn Kelly and Howard Kurtz blast anti-Fox lies from Salon, Media Matters, et al…
From The Kelly File, June 10 2015
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- The Five video: McKinney, the police, video, and
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Shocker! Justice Dept denies Fox News request for Ferguson data.
- Fox Biz ratings up 30%, occasionally top MSNBC. Alisyn’s lucky day.
- Concha: Greg Gutfeld Sunday night show faces major hurdles. More.
- Zucker punch: CNN exec needles rivals (via CNNC). Joe S responds.
- Pacenti: Florida health care agency joins in hospital’s spat with CNN.
- McDonough: CNN’s Seventies pays too little attention to class struggle.
- ICN: MSNBC hasn’t really moved that far from opinion programming.
- Katinas: Arthur Aidala new President of the Brooklyn Bar Association.
- Kelly File video: swirl around Baltimore Prosecutor.
- Chris Hayes learns patience. Don Lemon interviews his new best friend.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Ronan Farrow out, Thomas Roberts in, ratings still a disaster.
- Cable newsers scramble as bomb threat clears WH press room.
- POTUS candidates flock to bottom-rated cable news program.
- Jenna Lee scales the GW Bridge to uncover the secrets of the flag.
- Somerby: ‘Increasingly ridiculous’ Maddow is ‘a clownish disgrace‘.
- Effron: Eight attributes of exceptional news anchors. Today’s oops.
- Lowman: CNN’s The Seventies premiere episode. Weekend numbers.
- FNC gains allies in battle with TV Eyes. Apple news app includes CNN.
- Enten: The admission criteria for Fox News GOP debate remain unclear.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- TCG: Critics say…Brian Stelter cheap-shotted Megyn Kelly? More.
- CNN to launch Courageous content; more. Boris Sanchez joins CNN.
- Second Greg Gutfeld Show ‘so much better‘ than premiere episode.
- Kimberly Guilfoyle and Making the Case: Mediaite; video: MyFoxNY.
- Calderone: Jake Tapper preps for a long-overdue Sunday morning role.
- Megyn Kelly approaches O’Reilly numbers while Coop spirals downward.