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Friday Links and Open Thread

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 by johnny dollar

Feb 26 cable news chart, graphs/shares, top ten.
Bret Baier fires back at former NBCer Chuck Todd.
Fox & Friends audience grows, MoJo loses viewers.
MSNBCers furious at Mika’s silence over Joy’s firing.
Jake Tapper takes heat for ‘trying to rewrite history‘.
Video:
Megyn rips Maddow
for calling bosses racist.
Liz Claman and MSNBC’s Kepnes split after 24 years.
After Maddow criticized MSNBC her staff was gutted.
Somerby slams Variety’s cover story on Greg Gutfeld.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

February 4, 2025February 3, 2025 by johnny dollar

Bret Baier to interview Trump for SuperBowl LIX.
Mark Cuban would buy FNC…if he had the money.
That feisty GOP pundit CNN watchers love to hate.
CNN’s Jennings made a deal with the ratings devil.
This interview shows why we needed Fox Noticias.
Herridge: Why mainstream media loathe Kash Patel.
Video: Lawrence Jones tours border with Kristi Noem.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

February 4, 2025January 27, 2025 by johnny dollar

NewsNation’s Stirewalt named ‘The Hill’ editor.
Q&A: Will Cain on the magic of 4pm, and more.
MSNBC anchor scolds reporter who said ‘illegal’.
MSNBC contributor goes on unhinged eggs rant.
Collins: Media need a new plan to counter Trump.
Video: Maria Bartiromo celebrates 11 years at Fox.
Trump rose to the occasion; only Fox News aired it.

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 by johnny dollar

Fox News crushes Inauguration coverage: 11.4M.
75% of Dems/Independents chose FNC coverage.
CNN announces new weekday program schedule.
CNN in turmoil; Acosta may quit over move to 12a.
CNN carnage begins: hundreds on chopping block.
Extended Doocy Q&A: I’ll be just as tough on Trump.
Acosta ‘getting hosed’? CNN mulls move to midnight.
Cain is able: Will Cain Show doubles Cavuto numbers.
Bluey: Will Cain the right man at the right time for Fox.
MSNBC to air doc about 1/6 defendant Stewart Rhodes.
How can MSNBCNN win back viewers? Make ’em angry!
CNN told talent not to show outrage during inauguration.

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 by johnny dollar

CNN to lay-off hundreds as transformation begins.
Ratings Jan 13-19: top tv nets; demo nets; late-night.
Navy vet won’t forgive CNN reporter for ‘his hit piece’.
John King rewired his life and brain to manage his MS.
F&F hosts say Trump should not go back to that church.
MSNBC stars may testify in high-stakes defamation suit.
Coop’s NYE ‘jokes’ about drug use could be his undoing.
MSNBC youtube channel to co-host/stream DNC forum.
Will Cain bringing free-wheeling podcasts to cable news.
FNC Inauguration coverage most watched with 11M vwrs.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

January 21, 2025January 21, 2025 by johnny dollar

Will Cain previews his new show premiering at 4 pm.
Asking for a lawsuit, CNN smears Elon Musk as a Nazi.
CNN hires WaPo’s Philip Rucker as Senior VP for news.
Trump season two: MSNBC mourns, Fox makes merry.
TV Newsers react to the inauguration of Donald Trump.
FNC has been #1 for almost every month over 20 years.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

January 19, 2025January 18, 2025 by johnny dollar

Peter Doocy and the lunch that never happened.
NewsNation special: Air Force vet saw alien UFO.
Biden’s exit interview with O’Donnell: Softball City.
CNN rep took several hits during trial. Sunday talk.
How MSNBC will try to rebuild in the era of Trump.
Video: Will Cain
highlight reel and sign off
from F&F.
WaPo lib smears Hegseth, blames threats on Megyn.
MSNBC O’Donnell/Biden Q&A loses to comedy reruns.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by johnny dollar

Wolf zinged for ‘boomer’ set-up: plasma tv, vhs, etc.
Bill Melugin posts video of moment wildfire started.
Maddow back on Mon-Fri; Alex Wagner takes a trip.
FNC schedule shake-up: Will Cain takes 4pm; more.
Lemon unleashes profane rant against MoJo, Obama.
The embarrassing CNN messages. Alisyn resurfaces.
Herridge: Biden leaves Trump admin with ‘a hot mess‘.
F&F video: Ainsley Earhardt interviews Melania Trump.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 by johnny dollar

How to watch the State Funeral of Jimmy Carter.
Cable nets rankings: 12/30-1/5: total vwrs, 25-54.
Some jurors on $1B CNN trial disapprove of media.
The best moments from the CNN trial jury process.
Only two members of jury pool knew who Tapper is.
Ainsley gets candid about relationship with Hannity.
F&F video: Meta adopts sweeping free speech policy.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 by johnny dollar

MSNBC star to trash her Mom in upcoming memoir.
The state of CNN’s billion-dollar defamation lawsuit.
CNN New Year’s Eve ratings their lowest in five years.
Fox & Friends grill Gov Landry over response to attack.
Chris Hayes plugs new book in New York Times op-ed.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread II

December 30, 2024December 28, 2024 by johnny dollar

Video: Brit Hume reviews an ‘extraordinary life’.
New Year’s Eve news networks coverage guide.
Video: FBN’s Madison Alworth reveals big news.
MediaBuzz: Greenland etc; H-1B; smearing Blake.
Inside the chaotic birth of Abby Phillips’ first child.
News insiders pick 2024’s most historic moments.
At CNN lower ratings, heightened anxieties ahead.
Tapper astonished at Kamala’s stats: ‘Holy smokes!’
How Fox’s morning queen made Hannity hubby #3.
The year in Weather: Weather Channel, Fox Weather.
Mika begs women to do one thing ASAP. Sunday talk.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

December 15, 2024December 14, 2024 by johnny dollar

MediaBuzz: Pete Hegseth; Jason Miller; CEO killer.
Drama Queen Olby makes his grandiose exit from X.
NewsNation drones report: Sat 9pm ET. Sunday talk.
Laura Ingraham reveals age-defying beauty secrets.
The Ticker: Kobe Bryant; Gillian Turner; SpinCo; et al.
Cable ratings 12/7: chart, graphs; 12/8: chart, graphs.
MoJo’s faces, videos gone from MSNBC social media.
Megyn video: Was CNN prisoner rescue ‘made for tv‘?
Stelter denies laptop conspiracy theory, but there it is!

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 by johnny dollar

MSNBC collapses post-election as FNC surges.
Cable news ratings Dec 9th, 4p-11p: chart, graphs.
Ashleigh Banfield and her ‘strangest interview ever‘.
Clarissa Ward finds Syrian prisoner left behind to die.
Will WB-Discovery spin-off tv to a separate company?
Behind West Point’s false statements re Pete Hegseth.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

December 8, 2024December 7, 2024 by johnny dollar

MediaBuzz: Hegseth flap; pardon us; Lara Trump.
MSNBC disaster: Reid down 47%, Psaki down 61%.
Pavlich visits opulent hunting lodges. Sunday talk.
Podcast: Jessica Tarlov on the power of cable news.
Politico accuses Hegseth of ‘aggressive’ Christianity.
Navy vet earns positive rulings in his lawsuit vs CNN.
The Ticker: Emily Compagno, Isabel Rosales, Cooper.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 by johnny dollar

F&F video: Melania Trump on life after the election.
Coop/Cohen again host NYE on CNN…with drinking.
Jennifer Griffin honored at the Foreign Press Awards.
MSNBC President may quit after Trump inaugurated.
Scarborough’s long, defensive rant on the Trump visit.
Will Cain: Trump wins, GOP Senators hand him losses.
Kilmeade: Hegseth’s nomination is now ‘looking good’.
Stelter tweets ‘new’ Hegseth ‘incidents’ not in his book.
Greg Kelly (accused of rape): Hegseth is blackmailable.
Kilmeade and Cain laugh at The View’s latest correction.

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