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Monday Links and Open Thread

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  • Freaky Friday numbers: Maddow-Hannity-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • FTV Live: CNN has hurt journalism more than Hannity ever could.
  • Somerby: Maddow repeats, again and again, factually wrong claim.
  • CNN series is ‘Black Mirror meets Westworld‘.  HLN adds Cupp show.
  • The Norman Lear Center honors Tapper, Tur, and Reliable ‘Resources’.
  • Q&A:  Chris Hayes insists All In isn’t dead yet.   The anti-Trump bump.
  • Snubbed! Trump unfollows Joe & Mika.  Producers decline Megyn gig.
  • Key thesis of CNN series called ‘patronizing nonsense‘.  Cillizza to CNN.
  • Fox & Friends videos: Time to abolish Daylight Saving?
    Part one,
    part two.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • Out# videos: Co-hosts debate ‘day without women’
    part one,
    part two.
  • Video: Out# panel
    discusses Mika;
    Concha: Mika & Joe bash Out# ladies.
  • Gardner: Fox News appears to have the edge in lawsuit over clip-sharing.
  • Steinberg: CNN’s New Day gets ‘new mission‘ as Olby producer takes over.
  • After Maddow said she’s ignoring Trump’s tweets,  Coop has a brainstorm.
  • Paparazzi snap Megyn.  Five fast facts about Ainsley.  Andrea escorted out.
  • Not just Coop 360°: CNN launches virtual reality unit with Pamplano bulls.
  • Ruhle show is all female.  CNN hires Jason Miller.  Hogue: Unfaithful Bolling?
  • Erik Wemple’s strange new respect for Fox & Friends alum Gretchen Carlson.
  • Zucker: Our Israel coverage is not perfect.  Cannibalism controversy persists.
  • Tucker video:
    Brit Hume
    on the recent epidemic of fake news, and fake scandals.

Monday Links and Open Thread

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • MediaBuzz videos:
    'Wiretapping'
    claim;
    positive
    reviews;
    no apology.
  • Reliable Sources: Unprecedented; diversity; deception; nix on neutrality.
  • Fox & Friends video:
    Mark Levin details
    Trump wiretapping claims.
  • Zurawik: Trump’s ‘war on press’ is no match for Barack Obama’s.
  • Report: Heather Naurt hired as State Department Spokeswoman.
  • MSNBC signs Mark Halperin as analyst.  Tom Shillue makes book.
  • CNN hires another impartial reporter…Valerie Jarrett’s daughter!
  • Intelligence Report video: Joe Concha on the stories
    the media avoid.
  • Kaylee Hartung jumps from ESPN to CNN.   Sunday talkers: preview.
  • Flood: How Maddow doubled her ratings; has FBN dethroned CNBC?
  • Tucker video: Entrepreneur offers
    alternative to college.
     Q&A: Reza Aslan.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Tuesday’s numbers: speech/Fox – analysis/Fox – analysis/CNN  1-2-3.
  • February 2016 program ranker:  Fox News holds nine of top ten slots.
  • Fake news: NBC+MSNBC claims speech win, but fails to add Fox+FNC!
  • Somerby: Hour of Chris Matthews and comedians was a bad ‘gong show’.
  • News coverage of Trump Presidency ‘really, really negative‘, even on Fox.
  • Concha: Backlash hits CNN for all-male glam shot on Zucker cover story.
  • Zucker play: CNN exec’s bold plan to dominate digital and beat BuzzFeed.
  • Greg Gutfeld on life, books, and more.  FNC viewers tuned out the Oscars.
  • FTV Live: It’s time for CNN to cover Trump more fairly.   ICN: Not so fast.
  • David Gregory at SU.   Coop stiffed by Oscar.   Burnett: Is Trump a traitor?
  • Fox News signs David Bossie, CNN engages Jack Kingston, as contributors.
  • Wemple write-up of F&F Trump interview dumps the praise in an addendum.
  • Videos:
    Hume,
    Harf,
    Krauthammer,
    Wallace on the speech; media impressed.

Monday Links and Open Thread

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  • Freaky Friday numbers: Rachel Maddow-Chris Wallace-The Five 1-2-3.
  • Fox & Friends video:
    Tucker Carlson
    talks Oscars, and the DNC election.
  • Bill O’Reilly set to address the Mystery of Nils Bildt tonight: Factor
    video.
  • Martha MacCallum: Some reporters getting ‘far afield‘ from their mission.
  • MSNBC passes CNN in ‘consumer perception’.   Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
  • Concha: MSNBC source disputes Gretchen Carlson rumor, says it’s ‘bogus’.
  • Grynbaum: CNN, once ‘down the middle’, is now playing in national politics.
  • Pfeiffer: Conspiracy theorist, and MSNBC panelist, is a NewsCorp executive.
  • The Fox Report video:
    Political panel
    on leaks, Trump address, DNC, and more.

Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Tucker Carlson-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Concha: Slate reports Colmes death by calling him ‘patsy’, ‘buffoon’.
  • Lean Forward: Ari Melber gets weekly show for 100 days.  Flashback.
  • Spicer excludes CNN et al from press gaggle; CNN media critic reacts.
  • Video: Kimberly Guilfoyle and Sean Hannity
    remember Alan Colmes.
  • Survey says: Coop, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity top most-trusted list.
  • As cable news gets nasty, Zurawik implores pundits to stop the Hitler talk.
  • Cillizza: Trump election making cable news great again (i.e. more partisan).
  • Zucker play:  CNN may boycott the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
  • Pundit for sale: Ed Schultz, a progressive on MSNBC, now an RT Trump fan.
  • Lean Forward:  Maddow, Matthews, BriWi anchor Trump address coverage.
  • CNN anchor wants tolerance of men exposing privates in girls’ locker rooms.
  • Video: Anna Kooiman
    resurfaces
    on Aussie TV.  Tucker: an FNC moneymaker.
  • Video: Tucker grills DNC advisor calling Trump
    a monster
    for bathroom policy.
  • Megyn and the battle for NBC’s future.  Venezuela’s CNN ban spurs blowback.

Monday Links and Open Thread

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  • Video: Neil Cavuto remembers the
    life and career
    of Brenda Buttner.
  • Out# video:
    Chris Stirewalt
    on Trump’s ‘enemy’ remark.   Before and after.
  • Impartial MSNBC anchor doesn’t recall Obama promising Russia flexibility.
  • Citing Mother Jones, Wemple declares Fox News is ‘forging foreign policy‘.
  • Watters’ World video:
    James Rosen
    discusses the press vs the President.
  • Brian Stelter was for labeling things as ‘fake news’ before he was against it.
  • F&F video: Tucker Carlson rips
    'stupid' analysis
    of Trump Sweden comment.
  • Morning Joe is not enough; ban Kellyanne Conway from all television news!
  • Tucker Carlson, guest editor, assembles the Daily Brief.  Ask Harris anything!

Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • MediaBuzz videos: Trump’s
    media 'enemy';
    out
    like Flynn;
    Krauthammer.
  • Reliable Sources videos: Worse than Nixon; poisonous; illiterate electorate.
  • Laurie Dhue: I started my career at CNN; it’s very different there now.
  • ICN: As Trump calls CNN ‘fake news’, CNN makes that case for him.
  • Jim Gaffigan‘s jokes about cable news anchors.   Sunday talkers: preview.
  • David Frum condemns
    Factor segment,
    gets everything wrong!  Flashback.
  • Don’t let Ari Melber do your fact-checking.  Somerby: Abby plays the fool.
  • First 100 video: Howard Kurtz looks at new polling about
    trust in the media.
  • Finley: Here’s how Trump’s feud with CNN could keep cable cheaper.  More.

Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Ed Henry-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Big-league ratings for Trump’s presser; FNC tops totals and demo.
  • Gardner: Ruling in CNN case makes defamation suits much easier.
  • Concha: Media miss big story. Wemple laments Trump viewing habits.
  • CNN reporter compares Trump to Hitler as her boss buys Obama pics.
  • F&F‘s Heather Nauert in talks for State Department spokesperson role.
  • FTV: Unlike CNN, Shepard Smith wasn’t mean spirited…he was honest.
  • Borchers: Trump attacks on the press raise eyebrows ‘even’ at Fox News.
  • Zurawik: MSNBC is transitioning toward less ideology, more journalism.
  • Video: Ed Henry asks
    Kurtz and Concha
    to dissect Trump’s media critiques.
  • The Cable Game: No laughing matter.  Zucker: Trump attacks don’t hurt CNN.

‘That Was My Responsibility as an American’

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J$P Video! ‘Lone Survivor’ Marcus Luttrell gives Ainsley Earhardt a tour of his ranch…along with some shooting lessons:



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From Fox & Friends, 5 February 2017

Bonus video: Interview
with Marcus Luttrell.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • MediaBuzz videos: The
    L-word;
    the
    opposition;
    Sean Spicer
    part one,
    two.
  • Reliable Sources videos: Trump vs the media; neutrality; fact vs fiction; Fox.
  • Greer: Fear and loathing sweep Today staff amid Megyn Kelly shake-up.
  • Concha: Here’s why Team Trump sees the media as the opposition party.
  • Stelter posts anti-Trump poetry by cancer survivor; Joe Concha cries foul.
  • Darcy: CNN uses alternate math in laughable claim that they tied Fox News.
  • Rothstein:  Chris Hayes may soon end up being the ‘blackest face at MSNBC‘.
  • YourBuzz videos:
    Crybaby
    media;
    size;
    hostile
    press;
    geography;
    editorializing.
  • New and improved: Anna Kooiman website relaunch.  Sunday talkers: preview.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • MediaBuzz videos: Spicer
    vs the media;
    Bret Baier;
    Corey Lewandowski.
  • Reliable Sources videos: Trump declares war; Brian Fallon; 50 questions.
  • CNN refused to air Spicer briefing: press’s role ‘different under Trump‘.
  • Special Report videos: Reactions to
    Sean Spicer
    and Trump
    CIA remarks.
  • Mild mannered F&F host
    unloads on Trump:
    ‘Shut up and do some work.’
  • Clean sweep: FNC inauguration coverage #1, tops cable and broadcast.
  • Concha: CNNer likens rioters to Boston Tea Party; F-bombs fly at march.
  • Video:
    Kurtz and Stirewalt
    give their takes on Trump’s inaugural address.
  • Paskin: CNN couldn’t hide its ‘deep anxiety‘ over Trump’s dystopic vision.
  • Chu: CNN charges against Crowley a ‘heavily exaggerated, political hit-job‘.
  • Fox contributors no longer: Will, Dash, Ed Rollins, Cal Thomas, Marvin Kalb.
  • Your Buzz videos:
    journalists;
    Jim
    Acosta;
    finances;
    Trump;
    bringing
    the snark.
  • Zurawik: TV’s winning formula for the inauguration.  Sunday talkers: preview.