- Megyn Kelly to host voter summit with four GOP candidates.
- Friday’s numbers: Bret Baier-O’Bolling-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Somerby: In his Trump town hall, Coop showed no will to engage.
- Videos: The DoJ vs Apple… and
- MoJo uh-oh: Trump tells Joe you had me ‘as a legendary figure‘. More.
- Ariens: Hillary camp speaking to FNC re Chris Wallace interview.
- Wemple: It’s fair for Hillary to duck Chris Wallace cuz…Tantaros?!
- Some boycott: Fox News primary coverage again tops MSNBCNN.
- Durkin: 2016, the year the media fought back against the candidates.
- Abby Huntsman: How it feels the day your Dad drops out of the race.
- Greta: This happens to all of us in television. Richard Lui’s sideline gig.
- Kilmeade video: about her baby, her beliefs, and more.
- Ainsley Earhardt and FNC referenced in frivolous ‘spring break’ lawsuit.
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Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: GOP Town Hall-Don Lemon-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Judging of the debate over replacing Scalia.
- TCG: Wemple picked an odd time to take another shot at Fox & Friends.
- Announcement of Ainsley sends a message to moms. Q&A: Trish Regan.
- Video: Fox & Friends to the curvy couch.
- Mediaite dings F&F for erroneous b-roll, falsely fingers Ainsley as reader.
- Trump whine: Ailes won’t cave to demands, won’t ‘lift a finger to help me’.
- Joe & Mika: ‘It’s Trump derangement syndrome!’ Hannity sets Trump hour.
- Linkins: Little payoff for Trump infomercial. Garver: Trump gets a freebie.
- No, it’s not about vitamins: CNN launching Formula E show. CNNi awarded.
- Another CNN town hall, moderated by the sibling of a Democratic governor!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday‘s numbers: Bill O’Reilly 11pm-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Battaglio: Sean Hannity unplugged, on Trump, ties, and his ‘top five’.
- The Grio rips Don Lemon, says he’s doing Bill O’Reilly’s work for him.
- Blitzer’s blimp blunder. Ex-CNNer slams the ‘Clinton News Network‘.
- Poniewozik: After fumbled debate CNBC may not be offered another.
- FTV: CNBC, no longer a Nielsen subscriber, still spins debate numbers.
- Concha: CNBC’s John Harwood is now ‘the poster boy‘ for media bias.
- Maloney: Under fire, John Harwood plays victim. Wemple: But…Fox!
- Kelly File video: ‘snide, condescending’ questions.
- Factor video: on CNBC’s ‘snarky, smug’ moderators.
- Zurawik: CNBC’s debate moderators among the worst I have ever seen.
- Piers Morgan knocks CNN post-debate coverage, switches to Fox News.
- Gold: CNBC moderators lost control. Think Progress: A total trainwreck.
- Martosko: Debate runs off the rails. Maloney: Why did John Harwood lie?
- Griswold: Harwood attacked Rubio with a talking point he knew was false.
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Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- October cable news program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Video: Sean Hannity Politifact’s ‘pants on fire’ rating.
- ‘Fox primary’ meme takes another hit. Year one with Meredith Artley.
- Don Lemon comment stirs controversy, triggers today’s firing demand.
- Strange Inheritance to launch second season with four-episode marathon.
- CNBC preps for GOP face-off. Trump preemptively calls debate ‘unfair’.
- Bret Baier: bowling to benefit sick children. FNC sets live debate analysis.
- FBN taps Cavuto, Bartiromo for debate. Concha: CNBC’s debate ratings.
- Wemple: A look at Melissa Harris-Perry’s ‘hard work’ history at MSNBC.
- Wemple: Melissa Harris-Perry leans way forward, redefines ‘hard worker’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2/3 (tie).
- October numbers: FNC tops; CNN, MSNBC, HLN, FBN make gains.
- Trump’s boycott impacts Megyn Kelly ratings…they keep going up!
- Video: Mary Katharine Ham honors her husband
- Clarissa Ward’s CNN debut. Lean Forward: Don’t say ‘hard worker‘!
- Patten: Hasbro responds to Faulkner’s filing. Weekend numbers.
- Morning Joe goes on the road again. Sean Hannity rated: Pants on fire!
- Beckel makes book. CNN tops Yahoo. Lynne Russell lawsuit proceeds.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Shep goes on a and Donald Trump.
- Q&A: Ed Henry on Fox vs CNN, etc; Sean Hannity on McCarthy etc.
- Concha: Unfriendly fire complaints ding Fox News and MSNBC.
- Donny Deutsch resurfaces, brings Joe and Mika into his world.
- Chuck Todd hour hit by ‘big fall off‘ in ratings. Weekend numbers.
- York: CNN’s double standard for debates. CNN fact-check failure?
- Lyons: CNN should give more airtime to Dana Bash in the debate.
- Ads during CNN’s Dem debate going for half the price of GOP debate.
- Parker: CNN hopes smaller field, greater focus will lure debate viewers.
- McCall: Why the CNN Democratic debate will be as useless as the GOP’s.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News at 19: A look back, with an O’Reilly clip from day one.
- America’s Newsroom video: talks to Bill Hemmer.
- Savan: Source says NBC and MSNBC share ‘one set of values’.
- Gold: MSBNC’s Morning Joe ‘pressured’ to simulcast Hillary event.
- MSNBC to air Democratic ‘forum’ moderated by…Rachel Maddow.
- Roush: Stuart Varney on Fox Biz hits ratings high, tops rival CNBC.
- Hannity video: Fox News contributor speaks out.
- Key demo viewers (25-54) tuning out the ‘new’ MSNBC. Blood Lions.
- Bourdain’s food hall. Look for the union label at Al-Jazeera America.
- Byers: Given record low ratings, why is All In with Hayes still on MSNBC?
- CNN’s Tom Foreman got lost running in the desert (a preview of his book).
- Did CNN as payback for a ‘silent boycott‘ (via CNNC)?
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-O’Reilly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Cable newsers scramble to cover shootings at Oregon campus.
- Throwback Thursday: John Gibson talks about his
- Video: critiques CNBC’s restrictive debate criteria.
- Despite CNN’s best efforts, Joe Biden will not be in their debate.
- CNNC: Jake Tapper talks about the debate he won’t be moderating.
- Concha: Why Chuck Todd is having a good week. The ticker is back.
- Q&A: Richard Wolffe on the Global Citizen Festival; Lisa Ling‘s Life.
- Q&A: Bill O’Reilly on Killing Reagan. Gretchen Carlson at Liberty U.
- CNNC: No, CNN didn’t ‘bench’ Jake Tapper; HLN extreme makeover.
- Wemple: Sean Hannity demonstrates the power of ideological media.
- Stelter: Megyn Kelly success justifies Ailes’s 2013 primetime shake-up.
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Monday Links and Open Thread
- The Five video: Debate on Trump immigration plan
- Friday’s numbers: O’Bolling Factor-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Beck rips Trump, Hannity responds, both will argue it out tonight.
- Hallock: NBC execs allowing a looser standard of truth at MSNBC.
- Cannon: At the debate Trump faced ‘Nolan Ryan in a cocktail dress‘.
- Beer: Vice and CNN battle for the future of the news (via TV Newser).
- Video: Are the media about Hillary’s emails?
- Dana Bash: chief political correspondent. CNN ad deal still suspended.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- July 2015 program ranker: Fox News holds the top 14 slots.
- Chariton: Lack fights turmoil at MSNBC as morale tumbles (via ICN).
- Wemple: Sean Hannity takes issue with study of conservative media.
- Videos: Kelly’s and segments critiqued by Wemple.
- Somerby: Maddow’s Fox obsession one of the dumbest cable jihads ever.
- Upcoming O’Reilly tome adopts controversial take on Reagan Presidency.
- CNN’s Rachel Nichols named to top-ten list. HLN tweaks its line-up again.
- Kirell: Brian Williams news deck mirrors Eichmann war crimes trial booth.
- Atkins: What MSNBC needs is hosts like Bill Maher and Whoopi Goldberg.
- Premature burial. FNC hears Ben Carson echoes. A question of questions.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- TCG: Are ‘impartial journalists’ getting a green light to attack Trump?
- WaPo‘s Wemple finds immigration official who doesn’t like Kate’s Law.
- Atlanta honors CNN founder. Tonya Reiman resurfaces. Fox tops cable.
- New CNN/CVS sponsored Facebook posts ‘not exactly straightforward‘.
- Weekend numbers. Sunday showdown: MediaBuzz beats Reliable Sources.
- Gutfeld: I chose Shillue to host Red Eye. Tour: Hannity’s Manhattan office.
- More filings in the momentous Fox News/Lindsay Lohan legal donnybrook.
- Kelly File video: MS survivor Media Matters hate speech.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Ashleigh Banfield rips Outnumbered: they’re not smart like me!
- Wemple: Waco police spokesman calls out CNN misreporting.
- Rothstein: Jury rules in Ed Schultz’s favor. Weekend numbers.
- Joyella: Brian Williams could save MSNBC. Kornacki makes book.
- THR: Gavin McInnes responds to uproar over Hannity
- Imus video: on the Clintons, Stephanopoulos, and more.
- Coop expounds on not having a ‘Plan B’ (v/CNNC). Fooled by Clickhole.
- TCG: Concha’s Daily Wrap pundits willing to go outside ideological boxes.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Greta: O’Donnell pulled one of the oldest tricks in cable news.
- Video: fighter pilot helmet with X-ray vision.
- CNN’s very bad week: falls behind MSNBC in primetime; more.
- Today’s ‘death of cable news’ polemic. The Silencing excerpts.
- HLN fiddling with their afternoon schedule. Geraldo’s new crib.
- Video: Tom Brokaw clarifies his BriWi stance. Weekend numbers.
- Examiner reporter becomes an issue in Ed Schultz trial. Day one.