- Media Buzz videos: The terror
- Reliable Sources videos: Aaron Brown; questioning Matt Lauer; Ailes again.
- Hillary incident triggers Concha, Stelter crossfire:
- Why Bill O’Reilly is the go-to media figure for a tough Trump interview.
- FNC’s Sean Hannity in an epic twitter spat with FNC’s Rich Lowry et al.
- Q&A: Juan Williams discusses We the People. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Hogue: Thumbs up for ‘smart, sexy’ Nauert on F&FW. 9/11 coverage plans.
- Video: Brock for going after Chris Wallace. More. Request denied.
- Kilmeade audio: on her Out# Kaepernick comments.
- Stanley: The curious case of Susan Estrich, Roger’s liberal Democrat defender.
- Your Buzz videos: Trump Trump crazy
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Friday Links and Open Thread
- 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: 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: 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: on nitpicking; did Brian Stelter?
- Geraldo book deal axed because he defended Ailes. Greta blames execs.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: MSNBC forum-Megyn Kelly-Maddow 1-2-3.
- Brit boom: On the Record ratings jump, topping MSNBCNN combined.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered video: Kids on bikes elderly Chicago man.
- Concha: Matt Lauer bullied and shamed for not ‘taking down’ Trump.
- Grynbaum: Lauer performance panned by ‘critics of all political stripes’.
- Hannity tells Wemple: ‘The difference between me and you is, I’m honest.’
- Greta to FNC: Can I have my pictures back? Maryanne Rafferty resurfaces.
- Grove: The only person who needs Brian Williams’s show is Brian Williams.
- Flood: Without Ailes, FNC scores five weekly primetime cable wins in a row.
- Kelly File videos: Analysis of ‘Commander-in-Chief Forum’
- Guthrie: Gretchen Carlson settlement could launch ‘repositioning’ of Fox News.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Maddow-McKelway (Bret)-Tucker (Hannity) 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Bret Baier discusses Ailes, Special Report ‘on steroids’, and more.
- Bill O’Reilly and Hannity also have the ‘Ailes clause’ in their contracts.
- Stay Classy: Erik Wemple headlines Greta’s FNC exit with ‘Good News’.
- Greta invoked contract clause to renegotiate. Greta’s statement. More.
- Greta leaving Fox News; Brit Hume to anchor 7:00 pm. Announcement.
- Zurawik: Settlement, Greta exit have Fox making news for wrong reasons.
- No interviews? BriWi’s text statement on his MSNBC show. Neil is back.
- Fox News joins legal filings against gag orders over government searches.
- Video: Fox and Friends bids farewell to Maria Molina with
- ‘Ailes paying‘ report from Sherman ‘sources’ debunked in under four hours.
- Concha: For Gretchen, it was never about money; she still has a future in tv.
- Lean Forward: Fox nemesis Sherman is now officially on the MSNBC payroll.
- Ellison: Lawsuit settlement earns Gretchen Carlson $20 million plus apology.
- Ailes lawyer asks Sherman, mag to preserve documents for ‘defamation claim’.
- Steinberg: The attorney who took down Gawker is now working for Roger Ailes.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Bolling-The Five-Anderson Cooper 1-2-3.
- Univision exec to debate commission: Sorry, that’s not good enough.
- Video: to being chosen Prez debate moderator.
- Wemple: How long can Brian Williams continue to shelter himself?
- F&F zings Tim Kaine for doing every morning show but theirs; video.
- The Kelly File video: Is DHS formulating a
- Q&A: Don Lemon talks about The Donald. Post-speech Hannity: Yuge!
- Debate moderators include Cooper, Chris Wallace. Concha: Slam-dunk.
- Sherman’s Ailes rehash suggests some of Megyn Kelly’s reporting is ‘racist’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- FTV: Maria Molina leaving FNC, moving to Michigan to pursue PhD.
- Concha: Sanjay Gupta hints at Trump heart disease. So is he ‘reckless‘?
- Inside Fox News post-Ailes: changes may be coming after the election.
- Geraldo: Tantaros suit not a sincere legal filing. Brown: It’s totally false.
- POTUS losers star in CNN documentary. Flood: I never met Roger Ailes.
- Sunday showdown: Media Buzz tops Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
- Keith Olbermann resurfaces…on The Beeb! Wemple: Trump stiffs Megyn.
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…
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Adios Anna: Fox & Friends‘s Anna Kooiman moving to Australia.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-MacCallum (Megyn)-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered videos: and
- Click-bait: Breitbart’s deceptive headline, Mediaite’s lying headline.
- Concha: A tale of two Louisiana disasters, and the ensuing media bias.
- Factor video: analyzes coverage of the Soros hack.
- Perino: I will never lie to you. CNN, the most trusted name in drones.
- Video: Martha MacCallum and discuss paying ransom.
- MSNBC plans Hillary/Trump forum. MoJo touts its anti-Trump history.
- FTV makes public apology…for Hannity and Stelter. Two FNC execs exit.
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Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Rachel Maddow 1-2-3.
- Stelter: BriWi 30-min nightly election wrap starts after Labor Day.
- Wemple lambastes O’Reilly for delivering this Talking Points Memo.
- Concha: Newsers brace for decision on POTUS debate moderators.
- Editing magic: CNN creates a ‘call for peace’ out of a call for violence.
- Report: Ailes advising Trump campaign. Trump campaign: No he’s not.
- Pascual: Sanjay Gupta presses for pot. Now you see it, now you don’t.
- F&F video: Hannity zings ‘little pipsqueak’ Brian Stelter.
- Stelter: MSNBC eyeing 11pm slot for Brian Williams election wrap-up.
- The Spy Who Loved Me Not: No big deal, or ‘heartbreaking memories‘?
- Sunday Showdown: Reliable Sources tops Media Buzz. Weekend numbers.
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Weekend Links and Open Thread
- MediaBuzz videos: The predicting is
- Reliable Sources videos: Garbage reports; bias; blame game; horrible Hannity.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Bolling Factor-Bret Baier-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Lean Forward: (MS)NBC’s new ‘security analyst‘ was on Hillary’s VP list.
- Smith: Don’t write off The Rev. Audio Q&A: Touré. Sunday talkers: preview.
- YourBuzz videos: the Melania’s who’s
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Bret Baier-Trish Regan (Megyn)-O’Bolling (Factor) 1-2-3.
- Griswold: Don’t cheer when journalists abandon neutrality to attack Trump.
- CNN’s Stelter calls Sean Hannity ‘unpatriotic‘, sparking another twitter spat.
- Q&A: John Stossel‘s Town Hall; Richard Quest wants ‘shoe leather reporting’.
- Ariens: Tantaros filed harassment complaint that implicated others, not Ailes.
- Sherman: Was Tantaros sidelined over her book, or her claims of harassment?
- CNN host objects to ‘rich white guy’ carrying US flag. When Roger met Shelley.
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
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Ziegler: Hannity, Scarborough should pay the price for hyping Trump.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Libertarian Town Hall-O’Reilly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- This is CNN: ‘Bullsh!t artist‘…’loud-mouthed d!ck‘…then back for more!
- How Bret Baier sheds pounds…in an election year! Q&A: Jeffrey Toobin.
- Flood: Why betting against Fox News is risky business. Megyn zings Joe.
- Battaglio: Murdochs will not change Fox News’s ‘position in the market’.
- Factor video: offers the perfect ‘Trump should have said’.
- CNN’s boozy DNC afterparty; CNN’s Corey problem; CNN’s Green town hall.
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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Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: DNC/CNN – DNC/MSNBC – Coop 1-2-3.
- Concha: Trump’s acceptance speech outrated Hillary’s. Flashback.
- The War on Fox: Cameraman blocked, assaulted; reporter forced to leave.
- Hogue: Nothing beats a great pair of legs. Fournier: Hey, let’s ban Trump!
- Video: Were the media in covering the two conventions?
- Flood: Why Megyn visiting the CNN Grill is no big deal. Dancing with Wolf.
- Sherman: Ex-FNC booker with troubled history claims 20 years harassment.
- Factor video: discusses DNC hacking, emails, and slavery.
- Another photo copyright lawsuit. The Great Sean Hannity Wawa Encounter.