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Weekend Links and Open Threads

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  • MediaBuzz videos:
    Sean Spicer;
    Tucker Carlson;
    are
    media lying?
  • Reliable Sources: Megyn’s move; Trump’s threat; Glenn Greenwald.
  • Tamron Hall’s favorite places to chill.   Enquirer: Rachel got it wrong.
  • Gerri Willis: Surprised by joy on my last day of treatment for cancer.
  • Somerby: Maddow gushed, fawned, and told viewers ‘Greta is great!’
  • CNN: Monica Crowley plagiarized NR, WSJ, FNC sources.  Flashback.
  • Videos:  First trailer for Embeds;  Megyn’s
    last sign-off
    from Fox News.
  • Tucker Carlson video: Glenn Greenwald on Washington Post‘s
    fake news.
  • Hannity launches a twitter rant at Morning Joe.  Sunday talkers: preview.
  • Zurawik: Megyn is positioned to succeed away from Fox’s ‘grubby sexism’.

Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • Outnumbered video:
    Sparks fly
    in debate over who pays for border wall.
  • Cable Game: David Frum, Jonathan Chait spread fake news about Fox.
  • Chris Wallace named to distinguished list.  Campbell Brown resurfaces.
  • CNN’s 2017: More apps, more K-File, more Brian Stelter…plus Van Jones.
  • Factor video:  Bernard Goldberg examines
    Trump Derangement Syndrome.
  • Greta makes her MSNBC debut.   WWHL video: Maddow with Andy Cohen.
  • Will Megyn replace Savannah?  Bret Baier makes book. Melissa Francis too.
  • DeRiso: Chicago co-founder slams ‘revisionist informercial’ shown on CNN.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • Tuesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Flood: Tucker to 9pm, Martha Mac to 7pm, Shannon Bream to 9am.
  • Drudge: Tucker new cable king, gets Fox 9pm slot.  Weekly Watters.
  • de Moraes: Megyn Kelly eyed to erase the ‘Billy Bush era’ at Today.
  • Sternberg: MSNBC’s For the Record w/ Greta debuts Monday.  More.
  • Concha: Greta will bring sliver of diversity to MSNBC echo chamber.
  • Impartial CNN anchor: Violent attack on disabled man was ‘not evil’.
  • Fitzgerald: Is CNN anchor’s shameful behavior seen as cool, even chic?
  • Q&A: Andrew Morse on how CNN will cover the Trump administration.
  • Tucker Carlson video: Reporters exposed by Wikileaks
    now cover Trump.
  • CNN airs two-hour show about rock band produced by the band members!
  • CNN sets primetime town hall specials, eight-part stand-up comedy series.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • Wednesday’s numbers: Sandra Smith-Eric Bolling-Kim Guilfoyle 1-2-3.
  • Concha: Since when are diverse perspectives bad for a cable news net?
  • Rothstein: Greta in line for MSNBC’s 6:00 pm slot; Joe’s bland welcome.
  • The 2016 cable news program ranker: Fox News holds 14 of top 15 slots.
  • Gold: MSNBC rebrands Morning Joe as your source for the latest Trump news.
  • Q&A: Eric Bolling thinks this is the New Year’s Eve FNC will beat Coop.   More.
  • Kelly File video: Muslim author Asra Nomani
    under attack
    for supporting Trump.
  • Koblin: A banner year for cable news.  Wemple: Tucker Carlson, Fox’s ‘sexist pig‘.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter
    pt one,
    pt two,
    pt three,
    part four.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Monday’s numbers: Ed Henry-Bill O’Reilly-Doug McElway 1-2-3.
  • 2016 numbers: Fox News tops all cable; MSNBC, CNN improve.
  • Kim Guilfoyle ‘flattered and honored‘ to be considered for Press Secy.
  • Sunday Showdown: MediaBuzz tops Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
  • Is Greta about to resurface?   Hogue: Is F&F‘s sweet Abby a ‘mean girl‘?
  • CNN, ‘constantly not news‘, now loses to HGTV.  CNN’s news you can use.
  • Video: Journalist Eli Lake says he’s
    sorry he defended
    Obama’s Israel policy.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter
    part one,
    part two,
    part three.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Friday’s numbers: The Five-Tucker Carlson-Shannon Bream 1-2-3.
  • Don Lemon has a bright idea: let’s refuse to report any Trump tweets.
  • Kelly File video:  Megyn tells the real reasons Hillary wouldn’t talk to her.
  • Playbook: Speculation swirls around Greta and MSNBC’s vacant 6pm slot.
  • Snopes: No, CNN didn’t use shots of the same girl for three different crises.
  • Hasson: Claims by Brian Williams et al about ‘fake news’ may be hyperbolic.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter
    part one,
    part two.

Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • Rothstein: Clinton team tries to repair damage after Greta insulted.
  • Fox News 20-year videos:
    F&F cohosts;
    Mr
    Bill O'Reilly;
    a
    look back.
  • Treacher: Andrew Kaczynski’s first big scoop for CNN is a real doozy.
  • Lean Forward: MSNBC producer really eager to get Hillary aide on air.
  • Wemple: That’s not a ‘feud’…it was an unprovoked attack by Hannity.
  • Concha: In spite of media hype, Fox News ‘war’ is over before it began.
  • Latest Fox News ‘civil war’ turns out to be the shortest one yet.  Video.
  • Factor video:
    Bernard Golberg
    previews Sunday’s Clinton/Trump rematch.
  • Audio Q&A: Jake Tapper on media bias etc; Chris Stirewalt on the debates.
  • CNN re-shoots focus group poll, changes third-party backers to ‘undecided’.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Monday numbers: Debate/FNC, PostDebate/FNC, Debate/CNN 1-2-3.
  • Q3 numbers: Fox #1, viewership sets records; CNN, MSNBC improve.
  • Out# videos: Bret Baier et al size up the debate
    pt one,
    pt two,
    pt three.
  • Megyn Kelly salutes Don Lemon, as Judge Judy pays tribute to Megyn.
  • Klein: Fox, the ‘Never-Trump Network‘.  ICN: Fox, the Trump Network.
  • Ariens: FNC, CNN share honors for debate night.  Q&A: Chris Stirewalt.
  • Concha: Holt emerges from debate ‘bruised and partisan‘; record ratings.
  • HuffPo: See, moderators can fact-check.  Politico: Holt kept out of the way.
  • Kelly File videos: Kurtz says
    Holt helped Hillary;
    pundit panel
    picks winners.
  • Greta honored for ‘fairness and honesty‘.  Martin Bashir resurfaces. Flashback.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • MediaBuzz videos: Probing
    Hillary's health;
    media
    miffed;
    Donald Trump.
  • Reliable Sources: Manipulator Trump plays the media, requires more scrutiny.
  • Concha: CNN edits Hillary statement, removes reference to ‘bombing’.
  • Cable news nets priorities.  Video:
    Maria Molina
    is back on Fox…sort of.
  • Q&A: Soledad O’Brien on mentoring.  Video: So you think
    you can dance?
  • Stelter: Greta may be only exit using ‘Ailes clause’.  Sunday talkers: preview.
  • Gahr: Ed Schultz resurfaces, charges at female reporter ‘like a hippo on PCP‘.
  • Your Buzz videos:
    Matt Lauer;
    Trump
    on Iraq;
    birtherama;
    seeking
    the records.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: The panel erupts over issues of
    candidates' health.
  • Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Out# videos: Bill O’Reilly on
    Hillary's polling,
    and
    Colin Kaepernick.
  • Impartial MSNBC anchor: Hillary ‘faces a double standard every day’.
  • Chris Wallace snags Clooney for FNS; how Clooney and Kristol agree.
  • Cavuto details grueling recovery from heart surgery: ‘This was a bitch.’
  • No hard feelings: Greta says watch Fox News…’many great journalists‘.
  • Lachlan Murdoch disses MSNBCNN.  Swartz: Chris Hayes moonlighting.
  • Time-Warner honcho promises CNN will earn ‘record profits‘ next year.
  • Kelly File video:
    Perino and Stirewalt
    on the impact of Colin Powell’s emails.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Perino/Stirewalt podcast leads to a Sunday 5pm election-themed show.
  • Baier, Hume helped lead crushing FNC win; Cavuto sets records on FBN.
  • Concha: How a smartphone video changed cable news’ Clinton coverage.
  • Q&A: Greta talks about Hillary, the media, her future.  Weekend numbers.
  • Wemple calls O’Reilly historical book series ‘moribund’: #1
    in Amazon sales.
  • Videos: Bill O’Reilly talks politics, Ailes, and more on Today; 
    Mr Bill
    on F&F.
  • Echoing Brian Stelter, another CNN host paints Hillary as a victim of sexism.
  • Kelly File video: What impact will
    Hillary's health scare
    have on the campaign?
  • What WebMD learned from CNN.com.  HuffPo: There are no journalists on tv.
  • Wemple: University to de-Ailes its newsroom, but the scholarship he funds stays.

Monday Links and Open Thread

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  • Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Maddow-Lawrence O’Donnell 1-2-3.
  • Concha: Stelter’s reporting compromised by pro-Clinton partisanship.
  • Rothstein: Stelter not alone in towing Clinton camp’s line on coverage.
  • Video: Courtney Friel
    resurfaces
    … to reveal she is seven years sober.
  • A good week for Bill, Megyn, and Rachel.  Adams: O’Reilly tackles WWII.
  • Wemple: Mr Murdoch goes to Washington.  Will FNC swing to the center?
  • Olby resurfaces.  CNN hires Melissa Bell.  Bourdain awarded.  This is CNN.
  • CNN soft-sells Hillary medical incident, scolds channel that scooped them.
  • Profile: CNN exec Tony Maddox.  Sabin: Greta does first post-Fox ‘broadcast‘.

Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • Thursday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Bill O’Reilly-Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Griswold: Why Chris Wallace is right about fact-checking debaters.
  • Lean Lean: MSNBC cuts over a dozen producers in ‘restructuring’.
  • Outnumbered video:
    New revelations
    in email flap.  Q&A: Bret Baier.
  • Gray: Sean Hannity hasn’t changed, ridicules rumors of ‘Trump TV’.
  • Today’s firing demand: Drop Chris Wallace from third Prez debate.
  • Today’s CNN Lauer piece.  Video:
    Fareed Zakaria
    with Charlie Rose.
  • Today’s NY Times Matt Lauer piece.  Today’s bonus NYT Lauer piece.
  • Flood: CNN’s 9/11 remembers the day, the dust, and the ‘legacy kids’.
  • Turner wants to sell its channels directly to consumers via streaming.
  • Pamela Brown, Eugene Scott on distinguished list.  Q&A: Robin Meade.
  • Videos:
    Bernard Goldberg
    on nitpicking; did
    Megyn diss
    Brian Stelter?
  • Geraldo book deal axed because he defended Ailes.  Greta blames execs.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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