- Friday’s numbers: O’Bolling Factor-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Concha: Fox, CNN cover BLM kill-cops chant; others not so much.
- Zucker play: More games. CNBC’s Kudlow to make Senate run?
- FTV: CNN and MSNBC in a competition to out-Trump each other.
- Rowland: CNN debate criteria hurt Fiorina, may help John Kasich.
- F&F video: Marine to the Marine Corps Ball.
- Pro-Sanders rapper does segments on MSNBC up to ‘five times a week‘.
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Friday Links and Open Thread
- Megyn Kelly #1 in key cable news demo Tues-Weds-Thurs.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Turmoil at MSNBC: High-profile anchors oppose news pivot.
- Wemple: Hillary response shows distaste for accountability.
- Profile: Ed Henry, the tough, but fair, thorn in Hillary’s side.
- Sanchez: I was there; CNN’s Katrina coverage ‘sucked’. More.
- Don Lemon dings CNN for ‘homophobic’ coverage of shooter.
- MSNBC downplaying Katrina anniversary…because of BriWi!
- CNN ‘brands’ its ‘smothering’ coverage of the WDBJ shooting.
- Q&A: Charlie Gasparino. Video: Shep’s
- Wemple: The Rev gets moved to a time ‘when everybody’s sleeping‘.
- Go back to the island? Elisabeth Hasselbeck has ‘said no many times‘.
- Tameez: The real reason for Donald’s trumped-up ‘feud’ with Fox News?
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Report: The Rev is being shunted to 8am Sunday mornings.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Concha: In the Fox/Trump battle royale…who’s the winner?
- Rothman: Fox News ‘took the first step in a noble direction’.
- Wemple: Why does Roger Ailes keep sticking up for Megyn Kelly?
- Zurawik: Trump will get his comeuppance from Fox News and Ailes.
- TCG: Has Gabriel Sherman made common cause with Team Trump?
- CNN spends most time on Trump speech, bumps its Katrina special.
- Former Aussie PM and Labor Party leader gets anchoring gig on CNN.
- Fox & Friends video: with the New York Fire Dept.
- Chris Hayes on the challenge of holding an audience (via Brian Stelter).
- Hennessey: The ‘alternative universe’ focus group that stunned Frank Luntz.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Factor video: O’Reilly on Trump, and loyalty.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Market turmoil bumps Biznet viewership; FBN hits its peak.
- ‘Black Monday’ reactions from Trish Regan and Liz Claman.
- Trump to Megyn in 2011: ‘You’ve done a great job, and I mean it’.
- Kilmeade video: Graham slams ‘idiot’ Trump over Megyn attacks.
- Ailes blasts Trump: ‘Disturbing…crude…irresponsible…’
- ICN: How FNC should respond to Trump…go passive-aggressive.
- Support for Megyn Kelly follows Trump tirade. Weekend numbers.
- Ariens: Donald Trump welcomes Megyn back from vacation. More.
- Grove: Now that Megyn Kelly is back, why not invite Donald Trump on?
- Dr Drew spends two days on Transgender in America. Manu Raju to CNN.
- Melissa Harris-Perry at Wake Forest U. Rachel Maddow stat rated: False.
- The Rev chortles as he beats CNN: ‘They said I wouldn’t be on four weeks’.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Martha MacCallum-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Shaw: Is Trump becoming CNN’s new ‘missing plane’? Leverage.
- Greta: We took both town halls; our 7:00 pm competitors did not.
- Throwback Thursday video: Linda Vester More.
- TCG: Raw Story smears Hasselbeck, quietly does stealth correction.
- FTV: CNN ‘should be embarrassed‘ over its ‘whitest place’ mockery.
- Katrina specials: The Storm that Never Stopped, The Storm of a Lifetime.
- Kamisar: Carly Fiorina may not make the cut for CNN top-tier debate.
- To rebut scandal charges Clinton campaign cites report from…Fox News!
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: winning
- Reliable Sources: Trump vs Fox, the right vs Fox, how to question Trump.
- Sorry trip truthers, Megyn Kelly’s vacation went just as scheduled.
- Is this the stupidest Megyn Kelly hit-piece ever? TCG: Who said it?
- Sharon Stone Post cover too hot for morning tv? Q&A: Kate Bolduan.
- A little too much synergy in Red Eye, Kennedy, Gutfeld Show bookings?
- MSNBC graphics revamp: Q&A: JJ Ramberg.
- Zurawik: Victor Blackwell’s coverage of Baltimore does CNN proud.
- Greta apologizes to Chris Christie over ‘hug’. Sunday talkers: preview.
- F&F video: wonders if Google could ‘steal’ an election.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Stelter: Megyn Kelly doesn’t want to be seen as a victim.
- Friday’s numbers: Chris Wallace-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Goldberg: Some FNC viewers don’t want ‘fair and balanced’.
- Sherman: Is Megyn Kelly the next Oprah? (via Brian Stelter)
- Trump won’t be bidding on this. Call me and I’ll be around.
- Video: Outnumbered discusses PTSD, Megyn Kelly.
- Kurtz: Debates use provocative questions to get pols off-script.
- F&F video: take the Army’s physical fitness test.
- Battaglio: Bret Baier’s debate prep and Ailes’s non-involvement.
- McCarthy: Debate proves FNC is an arm of the Democratic party.
- CNN’s Great Weather Contest has begun. Bob Beckel makes book.
- Video: Totally believable Trump supporters rail against Megyn Kelly.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: Jon Huck’s
- Reliable Sources videos: Hillary vs NYT, Carl Bernstein, Trumparama.
- Concha: MSNBC needs a dose of…Cenk?!? Video
- Somerby: ‘Corporate-owned hustler‘ Maddow is dishonest too.
- Concha: Wagner’s classless sign-off shows what nepotism can buy.
- Best wishes to Anna Kooiman, now Mrs Tim Stuckey; F&F
- ‘ISIS flag’ lady resurfaces. Ted Turner’s regret. Sunday talkers.
- Greta exasperated over child slavery. Lynne Russell re-resurfaces.
- MSNBC flops sign off:
- TCG: What will Brian Williams make of MSNBC’s concept of ‘hard news’?
- Your Buzz videos: Jon vs Meghan
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Throwback Thursday Red Eye video: Is a genius?
- Griffin memo: Schultz, Ball, Huntsman, Touré have been fired.
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Somerby: What Maddow doesn’t report in her nightly Fox attacks.
- Chris Cuomo complains, CNN issues denial, Cuomo chimes in again.
- Off the Record video: for Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
- Television critic David Zurawik wins National Press Club award.
- MSNBC fails the trust test. Newsers named to distinguished list.
- Throwback Thursday video: and the fun begins.
- CNN host stung by fake autograph. CNN makeovers include a 3-D floor.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Flood: MSNBCNN snag Emmy nominations. Zucker defends n-word?!
- Claim: Murdoch told Ailes to cut back on alleged ‘pro-Trump’ coverage.
- F&F videos: on McCain; replies. More.
- Wemple: CNN bleeps a Donald Trump comment. Jim Sciutto’s new girl.
- Fox News, now with Quicklink Skype TX. Greta takes one for the team.
- Dem candidate trumpets his 100+ appearances on MSNBC. Flashback.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Fox moves runner-up forum to 5:00 pm, ahead of main event.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Shannon Bream-The Five 1-2-3.
- Kirell: Today’s Keith Olbermann returns to MSNBC specularama.
- HLN spot with Olby’s ex-girlfriend’s father spurs assault accusation.
- Video: Trump Q&A: Erin Burnett: family vs career.
- Video Q&A: weary of ‘ratings-driven’ CNN; more.
- Impartial MSNBC journalist scores a network ‘first’. Neck and neck.
- Raby: Cable news pundits think their viewers are technological idiots.
- Fox & Friends video: with stunt aviator Lt Col John Klatt.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: major Mike
- Reliable Sources videos: Trump, more Trump, Islamophobia, Bill O’Reilly.
- F&F video: to flap over McCain comments.
- Barney Frank dumped by MSNBC, blames it on ‘cost cutting’.
- Politinerds audio Q&A: Greg Gutfeld. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Your Buzz videos: the that
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Throwback Thursday video: does the weather.
- Meghan McCain newest FNC contributor. CNBC skeds debate.
- Police shut down CNN White House correspondent’s wild party.
- Wemple to Dana Bash: Stop nitpicking Major Garrett’s question.
- Concha: Major Garrett’s challenging question becomes the story.
- Pravda reviews news coverage on American cable news channels.
- Q&A: Gretchen Carlson gets Real. Video Q&A:
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Varney & Co video: on Kate’s Law, sanctuary cities, etc.
- Steinberg: Bret Baier signs new multi-year contract with Fox News.
- Impartial CNN journalist rips ‘disrespectful’ Major Garrett question.
- Red Eye video: Did Jesse Joyce past mute button guy?
- Sex workers’ advocates want MSNBC to cancel Sex Slaves in America.
- Actress Jada Pinkett Smith to anchor CNN report on human trafficking.
- CNN signs Bakari Sellers (D-SC) to contributor role. Gray’s astronomy.
- C-SPAN plans to upstage Fox News debate. Did O’Reilly zing Megyn?
- Q&A: Tucker Carlson talks Grateful Dead; Andrea Mitchell from Vienna.
- WaPo‘s Wemple startled at O’Reilly activism, doesn’t recall Jessica’s Law?
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Greta rips ‘dishonest’ Hillary ad featuring her, wants it taken down.
- Profile: Gretchen Carlson. Is Don Lemon seeking greener pastures?
- Throwback Thursday video: to Jane Skinner.
- Gibson: Attacks on Fox News are driven by bitterness and resentment.
- Wemple: Federal government ‘active shooter’ alert led to false reports.
- Wemple: Emails show Begala analysis strikingly similar to talking points.