- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- October cable news program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Video: Sean Hannity Politifact’s ‘pants on fire’ rating.
- ‘Fox primary’ meme takes another hit. Year one with Meredith Artley.
- Don Lemon comment stirs controversy, triggers today’s firing demand.
- Strange Inheritance to launch second season with four-episode marathon.
- CNBC preps for GOP face-off. Trump preemptively calls debate ‘unfair’.
- Bret Baier: bowling to benefit sick children. FNC sets live debate analysis.
- FBN taps Cavuto, Bartiromo for debate. Concha: CNBC’s debate ratings.
- Wemple: A look at Melissa Harris-Perry’s ‘hard work’ history at MSNBC.
- Wemple: Melissa Harris-Perry leans way forward, redefines ‘hard worker’.
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Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2/3 (tie).
- October numbers: FNC tops; CNN, MSNBC, HLN, FBN make gains.
- Trump’s boycott impacts Megyn Kelly ratings…they keep going up!
- Video: Mary Katharine Ham honors her husband
- Clarissa Ward’s CNN debut. Lean Forward: Don’t say ‘hard worker‘!
- Patten: Hasbro responds to Faulkner’s filing. Weekend numbers.
- Morning Joe goes on the road again. Sean Hannity rated: Pants on fire!
- Beckel makes book. CNN tops Yahoo. Lynne Russell lawsuit proceeds.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: in the Washington Wizards (v/TVN).
- Intrepid reporter finds Newshounds’ official Halloween costume.
- TCG: Revisiting the Newshounds…still classy after all these years.
- Bigger than the Kardashians: Fox News top Facebook social brand.
- Video: why the FBI is listening to Hillary.
- Sen Rubio ends CNN boycott. Michaela Pereira raises a cool million.
- Who needs John Walsh? CNBC’s American Greed helps nab fugitive.
- There was one problem with that MSNBC live interview with Hillary.
- Yurcaba: Too bad Megyn Kelly won’t be hosting the next GOP debate.
- But who wrote it? CNN’s Fareed Zakaria special on Iraq to air tonight.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: or bust; Joe
- Reliable Sources videos: Benghazi; Rick Santorum; Phil Donahue.
- Fox Report video: on the science behind the storm.
- Kelly File video: on media’s Benghazi reactions.
- Wemple looks at MSNBC’s shift to ‘hard news‘…if that’s what it is.
- Coop complains about ‘queened up’ SNL bit. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Your Buzz videos: Anti-Trump Dem Dan
- Swells gather for book bash. CNN biggest loser in Benghazi competition.
‘It’s Funny, They Don’t Think They’re Predictable’
J$P Video! Dana Perino looks at Trump, Carson, Hillary, the mainstream media, and cattle drives:
From Fox & Friends, 24 October 2015
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Benghazi bump: FNC holds nine of top 15 slots on all cable. More.
- Video: hearing ‘a lost opportunity’ for the GOP.
- Controversy swirls around another CNN Middle East headline.
- Kelly File video: Hillary Clinton statements.
- Joy-Ann Reid at Wake Forest U. Kasich gets a Morning Joe town hall.
- Factor video: on the impact of Clinton’s testimony.
‘A Lot of Evidence, A Lot of Clues, Were Left There’
J$P Video! Greg Palkot recalls his visit to the scene of the crime in Benghazi:
From Happening Now, 22 October 2015
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- TCG: Benghazi coverage shows MSNBC news still ‘Leans Forward’.
- De Moraes: Fox News Sunday snags largest audience in last six years.
- GOP candidate rips MSNBC’s ‘Morning Trump’. Video Q&A: Joy Reid.
- Biznet upsets: Varney sweeps CNBC as Neil Cavuto tops Power Lunch.
- Seven reasons CNN Planned Parenthood piece was ‘unbelievably awful’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Murdoch brothers stand behind Ailes, praise Megyn Kelly (v/TVN).
- 48 hours ago, MSNBC said Biden will announce in 48 hours. More.
- Wemple: Will CNN let ‘Islamophobe Beckel’ comment on terrorism?
- Back to the Future: CNN signs Bob Beckel as commentator…again.
- Yashar: Now two petitions calling for Ayman Mohyeldin to be fired.
- Greta: Thank you, Roger Ailes. James Rosen, a distinguished fellow.
- Wemple: Killing Reagan co-author trying to track down 1987 memo.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Abby Huntsman’s Weekend numbers.
- Poggi: Great Big Story CNN’s play for the Buzzfeed millennial crowd.
- Factor video: to criticisms of Killing Reagan.
- Kiran Chetry resurfaces. Greg Krieg to CNN. Misplaced poll found.
- Q&A: Abby Huntsman, from CBS news intern to Fox News reporter.
- TCG: Trump, ‘blaming Bush’, baseball, Olbermann, and coincidences.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- The ‘power’ of boycotts: Megyn Kelly ratings keep rising.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-O’Bolling-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly discusses ‘hot topics’ on The View.
- Today’s firing demand: petition targets NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin.
- MSNBC admits on air to using a ‘factually wrong‘ Middle East map.
- Somerby: Rachel Maddow should be consigned to cablenews Hell.
- Scarborough: Wayne Simmons claims he can prove his CIA service.
- Concha: Cavuto’s apology for Simmons admirable but unnecessary.
- Christopher: Cavuto’s Wayne Simmons apology puts onus on others.
‘It Wasn’t Heroic…It Was Bad Journalism!’
J$P Video! David Zurawik reviews the Dan Rather Truth movie:
From Media Buzz, 18 October 2015
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: Media Joe claims
- Reliable Sources videos: Carl Bernstein, equal time, Goosebumps.
- Janice Dean: A letter to myself, ten years ago. Prized pictures.
- Carlson on the couch: Tucker showing greater ease, confidence.
- Today’s frivolous lawsuit. Richard Grenell crosses party lines.
- TCG: A strange way for MSNBC to brand itself as ‘nonpartisan’.
- (MS)NBC mum as controversy swirls around Mohyeldin’s reporting.
- Coop returned speaker’s fee to UNLV Fndn. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Your Buzz videos: Ben more
‘We’ve Allowed It to Take Root’
J$P Video! The Five looks at fictional jihad (‘Homeland’) vs the real thing:
From The Five, 16 October 2015
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: the Wayne Simmons controversy.
- Grenell: The astonishing bias of (MS)NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin.
- Griswold: Botched hit-job by Dylan Byers should embarrass CNN.
- Report: CNBC agrees to Trump demands. Isenstadt: CNBC caves.
- Concha: Trump’s credibility on the line in showdown with CNBC.
- Wemple: Coop ‘knew’ Sanders’s reply would ‘shut down’ email talk.
- After big debut, Leno’s Garage stalls out. Worth a thousand words.
- Josh Levs at Stony Brooke U. Joy-Ann Reid in Winston-Salem, NC.
- Golgowski: Lynne Russell lawsuit claims motel ignored known dangers.
- Wemple: Donald Trump officially assumes full ownership of cable news.