Wednesday Links and Open Thread

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • The Five video: Greg rips on Halloween costumes.
  • Monday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Tucker Carlson-Maddow 1-2-3.
  • Somerby: Anderson Cooper has become an ‘undisguised partisan‘.
  • Impartial CNN anchor breaks down reading ‘open letter’ to Trump.
  • Steinberg: Brian Williams discusses regaining trust after a scandal.
  • Audio Q&A: Jake Tapper talks cartoons.  Q&A: Katy Tur talks Phish.
  • The star power of Chris Cuomo is coming up short on Friday nights.
  • ‘Racism’ accusations leveled at…Joy Reid!   Today’s lawsuit update.
  • Tucker videos:  Russia, the Clintons, and uranium
  • Kathy Griffin zings Coop: ‘The spineless heiress‘.  Greta makes book.
  • Locals give thumbs down to galloping gourmet’s Pittsburgh exposé.
  • Sunday showdown: MediaBuzz tops CNN Reliable.  Weekend numbers.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tuesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Maddow-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • OT Video: NBC decision to ‘inexplicable’.
  • Somerby: Rachel Maddow, dissembling, and manic/depressive states.
  • Videos: on Harvey Weinstein; top Democrat
  • AC Squared: CNN taps Andy Cohen for New Year’s Eve fest with Coop.
  • Impartial MSNBC anchor calls Sen Graham tweet ‘Kim-Jong Un tactics‘.
  • CNN takes ‘fake news’ to new heights.  Tur’s Trump tactics.  Q&A: Hayes.
  • Your World video: Joe Concha tackles the fallout from the
  • Early to bed, early to rise, makes you Heather Childers.  Tamron’s revenge.

Friday Links and Open Thread

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • The Five video: Reaction to and analysis of
  • FNC changes: Sandra Smith 9am, Harris 1pm, Dana 2pm.
  • Q3 numbers: Fox News #1; CNN gains; MSNBC has Maddow.
  • FBN beats rival CNBC in Business Day for 4th straight quarter.
  • Monday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Maddow-Dana Perino 1-2-3.
  • Sean beats Rachel.  Coop, Maddow named to distinguished list.
  • Eboni K Williams can’t shake her stalker.  Mr Bill returns to Fox.
  • Megyn mania at NBC: insiders ‘confused‘, co-workers ‘outraged‘.
  • McKelvey: Behind the scenes at the most powerful show on US tv.
  • Tucker video: Joe Concha discusses of racism.
  • Athey: MSNBC fails to report church shooter a Sudanese immigrant.
  • Audio Q&A: Lauren Sivan discusses Fox, Ailes, Eric Bolling, and more.
  • MSNBCNN invite conspiracy monger to discuss NFL; CNN hires him!

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Friday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow-Coop-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Video: devastation in Texas.  Jim Acosta goes dark.
  • Q&A: Jeff Flock on how new technology has changed storm coverage.
  • Key facts to know about Trish Regan.   Anthony Bourdain moonlighting.
  • Kathy to Coop: Our friendship is over.  Betsy watches, because you don’t.
  • Video: effect Galveston rescues.  Family feud: Megyn vs Matt?

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Wednesday’s numbers: Maddow-Sean Hannity-Tucker 1-2-3.
  • Horsey: Sean Hannity hit the right note for a discordant time.
  • Somerby: Trump paints an accurate picture of what airs on CNN.
  • Carl Cameron is done with cable news.  Andrea Mitchell’s building.
  • The Cable Game: What Eric Wemple doesn’t say tells us a whole lot.
  • Q&A: Kat Timpf on libertarianism, getting water bombed, and more.
  • MSNBC blames Trump for ESPN/Lee bungle.  Geraldo scorches CNN.
  • Videos: and discuss ESPN and Robert (nmi) Lee.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tuesday’s numbers: Hannity/Trump-Baier(11p)-Maddow 1-2-3.
  • Fox News Specialists video: Trump rally ignites a
  • Joe & Mika ape Olby: Resign, Mr Trump!  Dick Morris resurfaces.
  • Katz: Coop top cable newser on the overpaid tv anchors/hosts list.
  • Lemon rant shows CNN a rancid echo chamber; Ana won’t back off.
  • Zurawik: After latest CNN town hall I hope I never see another one.
  • Videos: Tucker on an The Five on
  • CNN admits worst-kept secret ever: the press don’t like Trump.  More.

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Freaky Friday numbers: Maddow-Melber-Reid 1-2-3; a historic week.
  • Somerby: ‘Lousy work‘ by CNN’s Coop, and beyond that…’Good God!’
  • Somerby: Embarrassing Joe/Mika bio and its preoccupation with hair.
  • Today’s adulatory profile of Joe & Mika, and their storybook love affair.
  • Next Revolution video: Health insurance companies are
  • Count the errors in MSNBC attack on Trump’s wives.  Betsy likes to watch.
  • CNN’s Jim Acosta wouldn’t do a correction, now Chris Cillizza won’t either.
  • Flood: Fox News rips NY Times ‘hyperventilating to the media’ over apology.
  • NY Times asks Fox to apologize for reporting what Special Ops General said.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • Monday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow, O’Donnell, Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Somerby: Coop’s con…shady editing turns ‘true’ into ‘flat-out false’!
  • Somerby: Phony facts, fuzzy math…Maddow plays another ugly con.
  • Multiple cable newsers named to top 25 millennial broadcasters list.
  • New FNC sales chief brings new priorities.  FBNers go Triathlonning.
  • Hunter: How Tucker Carlson is opening up the foreign policy debate.
  • Today’s prediction that a competitor to Fox News is all but imminent.
  • Sunday showdown: MediaBuzz tops CNN Reliable. Weekend numbers.
  • The Five video: Greg Gutfeld on the media’s political

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Wednesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Tucker Carlson-The Five 1-2-3.
  • CNN reporter refuses to correct false report: ‘Not playing your game’.
  • Play ball: FNC has special coverage of Congressional Baseball Game.
  • Somerby: All these pundits said there’s no way it’s true…only, it was.
  • Better than man bites dog: Anderson Cooper bites Anderson Cooper.
  • Fired CNN host angling for an Emmy nom.  Kaitlan Collins joins CNN.
  • CNN’s Zucker complains POTUS hasn’t done an interview with them.
  • Fox News exclusive investigative report triggers action from US Senate.
  • A Connecticut anchor in Fox & Friends’ studio.  Hardball gets a makeover.
  • Home & Family video: Harris Faulkner on with your kids.

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Freaky Friday numbers: Maddow-O’Donnell-Tucker/Hayes 1-2-3.
  • Tani: Specialists hints at a new FNC formula for the post-Ailes era.
  • Concha: NYT cowed into rewriting headline of glowing Tur profile.
  • Ariens: Fox News promotes six execs to new roles in programming.
  • Impartial CNN host raves: Trump assassination play ‘a masterpiece‘.
  • Coop on Kathy Griffin: ‘I wish her well and I hope she bounces back’.
  • Goldberg: Donald Trump is good for business…Trump bashing business.
  • Q&A: Tom Shillue on meaner Dads. GQ: Shillue’s Trumpian book is ‘awful’.
  • Fox & Friends video:  by ‘viciousness’ of her father’s critics.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • Monday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Joy-Ann Reid-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • Outnumbered video: Contentious debate on
  • Video: Neil Cavuto and sites that parrot them.
  • Sunday showdown: MediaBuzz tops Reliable Sources.  Weekend numbers.
  • Concha: Where in the world is Rachel Maddow?  CNN’s ‘badass‘ women.
  • Eboni K Williams moonlighting.   Calling all specialists.   Q&A: Dana Bash.
  • Maddow, BriWi fuel MSNBC surge.  Megyn’s tepid debut.  Coop in Tenafly.

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