- Report: Dr Drew refused CNN demand to retract Hillary comments.
- Videos: F&F Weekend‘s goodbye to Anna Kooiman
- Media Buzz videos: The media the
- Reliable Sources videos: Media soft on Trump; playing doctor; Glenn Beck.
- Chris Hayes tweet called anti-Semitic. What’s bothering Chuck Todd.
- Greta: This is unfair; why do these haters come out of the woodwork?
- Your Buzz videos: Hillary; the guests?
- New Jersey hero: How can HLN call it an error? Sunday talkers: preview.
- Borger and Brown discuss their CNN docs with Lindsey Ellefson, Joe Concha.
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Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: Hillary’s Trump’s Mike
- Reliable Sources videos: Hillary’s charity; white supremacists; evil FNC.
- Concha: Trump media feud moves from Megyn Kelly to Mika and Joe.
- Video: Former WNBC anchor makes his Fox News debut.
- Greta: Erik Wemple should apologize for ‘absurd’ column smearing me.
- Kelly File video: Kurtz, Colmes, and Chris on a for Hillary.
- Clayton Morris moonlighting. CNN’s F-bomb. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Flood: Decision to cancel Dr Drew made weeks ago. Q&A: John Stossel.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Shannon Bream (Baier)-Hannity 1-2-3.
- ‘It’s not over‘, says James Rosen re mysteriously edited video. More.
- F&F video: Janice Dean’s Greta: What’s in a name?
- CNN reporter on LA floods: ‘It’s got to be connected to climate change.’
- Kirsten jumps ship. Hannity takes FNC show to Baton Rouge tonight.
- NYT Scoop: Pro-Trump opinion host is helping Trump. Wemple piles on.
- Trump tease baits Joe & Mika into a twitter spat. CNN buys 9/11 movie.
- CNN thinks blacks are felons? Joe Concha shakes his head. Survey says…
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- MediaBuzz videos: Trump’s Hillary’s
- Reliable Sources: Trump supporters; balance; Trump’s claim is ‘unpatriotic’.
- Video: says her goodbyes to Red Eye and Fox News.
- Beeley: Was CNN’s Clarissa Ward embedded with Al Qaeda in Syria?
- Sean Hannity in a twitter spat. CNN overhauls its ‘native’ advertising.
- Greta: Get the potato out of your ear! Fox News weekend special: Zika.
- Marcus: Meet Fredericka Whitfield, triathlete. Sunday talkers: preview.
- YourBuzz videos: words; Trump
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: Hillary; Bill; Trump’s
- Reliable Sources videos: Conventions; Fox News ‘culture‘; Dan Rather.
- Concha: Fox News is stable; there is ‘no rush‘ to replace Roger Ailes.
- The Great Sean Hannity Wawa Encounter: part deux. DNC voice vote.
- Kilmeade & Friends audio: Julie Banderas demonstrates her breast pump.
- CNN: ‘Absurd’ to say Wolf Blitzer was ‘celebrating’ Hillary. The eyes have it.
- Greta: Why so much of today’s journalism is shallow. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Kelly File video: on the conventions’ effect on a close contest.
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Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: DNC/CNN – DNC/MSNBC – Coop 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Gretchen Carlson reacts to the ouster of Roger Ailes and more.
- Wemple: One thing you can be sure of…on CNN speeches are ‘powerful’.
- Out# video: Is Hillary best qualified ever? square off.
- Concha: Suspension lifted…Newt Gingrich returns to Fox News August 1.
- Factor video: Bill O’Reilly and guests address slavery and
- Q&A: Jake Tapper; Chris Matthews; Joe and Mika on politics, romance, etc.
- Greta: Let’s get this straight…what I said was true then, and is still true now.
- Report: A ‘stony silence‘ at FNC as staffers take sides. Peaceful co-existence.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: FNC/10pm-FNC/11pm-CNN/10pm 1-2-3.
- Fox News tops CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC both totals and demo.
- Factor video: on the media’s hysteria over Trump.
- Concha: Will Matthews rail against ‘exploitation’ in Philadelphia too?
- Matthews terrified of Trump delegates, wanted to relocate to a booth.
- Chris Cuomo: Hey, we are not anti-Trump. Wemple: Today’s O’Whine.
- As Ailes leaves Fox News, Rupert Murdoch steps in and staffers adjust.
- From high atop tv news Ailes stares into the abyss. Q&A: Chris Jansing.
- Ailes resignation reactions: Greta, Bret Baier, Brit Hume, Chris Wallace.
- Ailes changed politics, television. Wemple: Don’t hire a sexist paranoic.
- ICN: Ailes drama winners, losers; Murdoch made the best pick: himself.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Concha: Will Ailes exit trigger a Fox decline? Emphatically: no.
- Wednesday numbers: FNC/10pm-Megyn Kelly-CNN/10p 1-2-3.
- Ailes departing, but advertisers won’t. Fox News men shed tears.
- Ailes resigns as FNC CEO, Rupert is acting CEO. Letter from Ailes.
- Zurawik: The monstrous legacy of Ailes. Greta: Change can be hard.
- Collins: Megyn Kelly lambasted as a ‘flesh-baring escort‘. Flashback.
- O’Reilly tells Concha that Montel knew the topic ‘hours ahead of time’.
- Montel Williams walks off The O’Reilly Factor…before it even begins!
- Gold: At Fox News ‘the show must go on‘. Ailes leaving could help FNC.
- Wemple: Will the vaunted Fox News PR machine outlive Roger Ailes?
- Replacing Ailes is a tough task; four potential replacements identified.
- Ailes’s exit ‘unlikely to erode FNC citadel’; five possible repercussions.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: FNC/10pm-Megyn Kelly-CNN/10p 1-2-3.
- On night two Fox News tops all, beats broadcast nets at 10pm.
- Q&A: Greta on anchoring conventions, and what’s in her trunk.
- Concha: Carl Bernstein credits Drudge, not FNC, for Trump win.
- Concha: Day two RNC winners and losers include FNC, MSNBC.
- Impartial CNN reporter declares first two days of RNC ‘a disaster‘.
- F&F video: Brian Kilmeade goes of Special Report.
- Rutenberg: Will news nets be a truth squad or a Trump infomercial?
- Profile: Maria Bartiromo is getting into politics. Weekend numbers.
- CNN joins the Kik Bot Shop, is adding solicitations to Great Big Story.
- Drudge tweet triggers media scramble. Q&A: Greta. The 13-day war.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Shep Smith/11pm-Megyn Kelly/10pm-O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Video: Is rhetoric on social media
- Brian Williams ridiculed for repeated JFK references in Dallas coverage.
- Snoozing: CNN 30+ minutes behind FNC with coverage of Dallas shootings.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity-Bill O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Attorneys for Roger Ailes cite breaches of contract by Gretchen Carlson.
- FTV Live: Gretchen Carlson’s personal, handwritten letters to Roger Ailes.
- Kiran Chetry: Despite an ‘ugly’ parting, Ailes always treated me with respect.
- Concha: The five key questions in Gretchen Carlson’s sexual harassment suit.
- Greta: ‘I’ve been in Ailes’s office a million times…he just doesn’t do this stuff‘.
- Wemple: Gretchen Carlson ‘gets real‘. Rutenberg: FNC faces ‘changing mores‘.
- Judge Pirro scorches ‘absurd’ Carlson lawsuit: she ‘never filed a complaint to HR’.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Wemple: Ed Henry is officially off the Hillary beat, future role unclear.
- F&F video: against ‘major conflict of interest’.
- Kelly File video: another media double standard.
- Q&A: James Rosen, on being in the Obama administration’s crosshairs.
- Outrage over ‘biased’ CNN terror headline as Greta sticks up for Israel.
- Q&A: Scarborough says Trump calls Zucker ‘my personal booker’. More.
- Q&A: Jesse Watters previews his next special. FNC spiffs up its graphics.
- The hills are alive with the sound of election themes. Ali Velshi resurfaces.
- Back for ‘seconds’: Coop called back to Live to guest-host for two more days.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Bret Baier-The Five-O’Bolling Factor 1-2-3.
- MSNBC using lefty pundits to anchor ‘hard news’ hours. Today’s oops.
- Media Buzz video: Katie Couric, Muhammad Ali.
- The Cable Game: As CNN plays catch-up on one story, it spikes another.
- Happening Now video: Coverage of Trump debated.
- Somerby: Is anyone surprised that CNN has 100 pundits on its payroll?
- Erica Hill returns to CNN. Trump camp claims MSNBC reporter banned.
- CNN Newsroom LA gains an extra hour. Legends & Lies tops bestseller list.
- Suits at ABC, CNN throw cold water on Coop Live co-host gig (via CNNC).
- Only one journalist on ‘Most Powerful Women’ list. Q&A: Anthony Bourdain.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: theories; Trump press
- Reliable Sources videos: Conspiracy theories; racial anxiety; Rush Limbaugh.
- F&F video: run the CMC obstacle course;
- Brian Williams: America dropped atomic bombs on Japan ‘in anger’.
- Greta explains it again, this time for the Examiner. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Your Buzz videos: Hillary’s blame Bob
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Mike Huckabee 1-2-3.
- Joyella: It’s off! Donald Trump backs out of debate with Bernie Sanders.
- Outnumbered video: Robust debate to Hiroshima.
- Q&A Don Lemon: It ain’t easy being me (via CNNC). Tom Sater’s X-rays.
- Zucker play: CNN exec likes his mix of news coverage and reality shows.
- Geraldo Rivera wants Folkenflik and Marimow to retract their false attack.
- TCG: Why the sudden demand that candidates’ families be cross-examined?
- Factor video: debates transgender bathrooms with Mr Bill.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Video: on a ‘devastating’ Hillary emails report.
- CNN anchor denounces ‘shameful’ Trump comments. Today’s oops.
- Flood: Hines Ward joins CNN as contributor. Q&A: LZ Granderson.
- HLN spins addition of a reality show as a return to their ‘news roots‘.
- Today’s bright idea: Fox News should stage a Trump/Sanders debate.
- Greta totally unsurprised that Salon hack misrepresented her program.