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Friday Links and Open Thread

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: New investigations look into
    FISA abuses.
  • Wednesday numbers: Maddow-Sean Hannity-Tucker 1-2-3.
  • Out# video: Is Dem 2018 strategy
    character assassination?
  • BuzzFeed scoop: Fox News exec on voluntary leave is back.
  • Despite his employers’ wishes, Geraldo still pals with O’Reilly.
  • Somerby: It’s not about sex, despite the body parts on screen.
  • Today’s boycott.  Laura Ingraham apologizes.  Bolling trolling.
  • Impartial CNN report touts David Hogg ‘schooling lawmakers’.
  • Mark Levin: Brian Stelter ‘fake and a fraud‘.  Q&A: Jamie Stelter.

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • Trump’s new National Security Advisor is a familiar face.
  • The Five video:  Greg considers the
    Biden/Trump rumble.
  • Wednesday’s numbers: Maddow-Sean Hannity-Tucker 1-2-3.
  • 2A advocate banned by Baldwin gets an invite from elsewhere.
  • Impartial CNN anchor mocks Trump for misspellings on twitter.
  • Megyn gets Emmy nom.  Who turned snarky Acosta into a softie?
  • Weather Channel sold to Byron Allen group…at a $1.2 billion loss.
  • Videos: Dershowitz on the
    Special Counsel;
    Laura
    on overspending.
  • Irony alert: Zucker calls Fox News a ‘complete propaganda machine‘.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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Updated 6:23 pm  Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: Is Kate Steinle’s killer
    a political prisoner?
  • Hannity dumps on Shep: ‘He is clueless…’; Laura piles on.
  • Thursday numbers: Maddow-Sean Hannity-Lawrence 1-2-3.
  • Science Marches On: See Wolf Blitzer in 360º virtual reality.
  • CNN downsizing Coop’s role to accommodate prime Cuomo.
  • Somerby: Decent people don’t discuss other people’s affairs.
  • A new edition of Wise Guys (sans Steve Wynn) set for Sunday.
  • The Story video: Jonathan Turley on McCabe’s
    legal jeopardy.
  • New talking point: A Trump/TV ‘pipeline’…but there’s a catch.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • Thursday’s numbers: Maddow-Sean Hannity-Tucker 1-2-3.
  • CNN hit piece on ‘pro-Trump media’ gets it wrong…twice.
  • It was a dark and Stormy night.  Sciutto’s fake news tweet.
  • The Late Show video:
    Chris Hayes talks
    to Stephen Colbert.
  • F&F video: Geraldo says the NoKo summit
    could be 'historic'.
  • Ingraham Angle video: Behind Trump’s
    North Korea strategy.
  • Fox News online better at gender parity than CNN or HuffPo!
  • ‘Everyone’ thinks Jake’s jake.  Cablenews’ favorite commercials.
  • Q&A: Don Lemon; ‘elegant’ Angela Rye.  Today’s lawsuit update.
  • Ad for Chappaquiddick film to air during CNN Kennedy miniseries.

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: Examination of the
    Trump/Sessions flap.
  • Tuesday’s numbers: Maddow-Sean Hannity-Tucker 1-2-3.
  • Arthel Neville honored.  (MS)NBC hires David Fahrenthold.
  • Feb program ranker: Hannity #1, Fox holds 15 of top 20 slots.
  • Zucker play: CNN demonstrates ‘full semi-automatic‘ rifle fire.
  • Borchers: FNC opinion hosts ‘style their shows‘ as ‘journalism’.
  • Tucker videos: Chicago
    illegals voting?
    Concha: Barb
    gets a pass.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

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  • MediaBuzz videos: The
    shooting;
    Playmate;
    Fleischer;
    Mueller.
  • Reliable Sources: Bad Fox News; leaks; the Playmate;
    'unhinged'.
  • MSNBC all but ignores Ronan Farrow report.  Sunday talkers.
  • Somerby: Lemon topped Maddow for Friday’s ‘worst of cable’.
  • Gretchen to receive First Amendment Award.  Shep
    apologizes.
  • CNN sets town hall on shooting titled Students ‘Demand Action‘.
  • Ingraham bashed for ‘shut up and dribble’; video: Laura
    responds.
  • CNN didn’t air Cruz Q&A while claiming he was ‘afraid’ to come on.
  • Applebee’s bartender makes good.  Video: Is
    democracy in danger?

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five clip: Greg says
    'dial back this relentless coverage'.
  • Wednesday numbers: Tucker-Bret Baier-Cooper 1-2-3.
  • CNN rips GOPers as ‘afraid’ of them, Cruz fires back.  More.
  • Internet stream ‘Twitch’ beating MSNBC and CNN.  Shep’s list.
  • Ingraham video: About the
    AR-15 rifle.
    Audio Q&A: Kat Timpf.
  • Video: Sharyl Attkisson
    connects the dots
    behind ‘fake news’.
  • CNN warns Trump:  Get enough apples and ‘you’ve got a case‘.
  • Hayes: Trump exploited shooting.  CNN viewership down 30%.
  • Sanjay Gupta moonlighting; Eboni Williams too…at Fox Sports.
  • Levine: Megyn’s ratings up by double digits…but there’s a catch.

Updated 6:42 pm  Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video:
    Robust debate
    over the Dems’ counter-memo.
  • Monday numbers: Sean Hannity-Tucker-Rachel Maddow 1-2-3.
  • Out# video: Judge Nap warns Trump…
    don't talk to Mueller!
  • Camerota: Protecting your kids from ‘fake news’.  Bret vs Jake.
  • Joe & Mika stage bizarre hand-holding bit.  Weekend numbers.
  • The mysterious case of CNN’s new FBI agent.  CNN hires Enten.
  • Ingraham Angle videos: Carter Page
    part one,
    part two,
    analysis.
  • Impartial MSNBC anchor slammed for ridiculing Ohio taxpayers.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five videos: SotU reactions/analysis
    part one,
    part two.
  • Tuesday numbers: SotU/Fox-Analysis/Fox-Dems/Fox 1-2-3.
  • Fox tops cable and broadcast for SotU.  Mr Bill gig ‘tanked‘.
  • Greta rips Nicolle Wallace for SotU slam.  Aly’s ‘fake news‘.
  • Trump needled Todd at luncheon with anchors (sans Shep?).
  • Ingraham videos: SotU reactions/analysis
    part one,
    part two.
  • Flood: That was then, this is now.  CNN’s massive blind spot.
  • January program ranker: FNC holds seven of the top ten slots.
  • Tucker video: Why is Dem Rep honoring
    deported illegal alien?
  • CNN analyst compares Trump to Nazis…then tweets resurface.
  • Bad MSNBC graphics.  Andy & Andy moonlighting.  Blame Apple.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Monday’s numbers: Pirro (for Sean)-Tucker-Maddow 1-2-3.
  • Impartial MSNBC anchor argues with GOP Rep over tax cuts.
  • Mika reiterates claim that Trump sexually assaulted Billy Bush.
  • The War on Fox: CNN joins Media Matters in anti-FNC crusade.
  • Who’s buzzier? Fox News is #4, CNN #17 on buzziest brands list.
  • FTV: Insiders knock Megyn for ‘cheap shot‘ Matt Lauer segment.
  • What viewers clamor for: more Chris Cuomo!  Weekend numbers.
  • Ingraham Angle video:
    Hyperbolic reactions
    to criticism of Mueller.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter, part two…

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video:
    Greg Gutfeld chastises
    NYC bomber’s family.
  • Monday’s numbers: Maddow-Hannity- Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • FNC tops all cable in 2017, ‘miles ahead’ of cable news rivals.
  • Out# video: Did POTUS tweet
    'sexual innuendo'
    to Gillibrand?
  • Disney/21CF deal appears to be imminent.   Weekend numbers.
  • Instead of selling CNN, AT&T could dump TBS, TNT, or DirecTV.
  • Hill: The look and sound of FNC’s ‘We Own Mornings’ campaign.
  • As Megyn milks MeToo wave, critics slam her wardrobe choices.
  • Ingraham videos:
    Laura
    and
    Glenn Greenwald
    on media screwups.
  • Somerby: You’re being conned by a weird, ‘oogy’ corporate clown.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Tuesday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow-Sean Hannity-Tucker 1-2-3.
  • Liberals have winked at misogyny by Matthews, Olbermann, etc.
  • Sam Seder’s ‘defense fund‘ raises over $10,000. Q&A: Sam Seder.
  • Videos: Joe Concha has
    career advice
    for Acosta; Socks
    on a train.
  • They knew: Jeff Zucker at Lauer roast with sexist, obscene jokes.
  • Tucker videos:
    Bongino
    and
    Hume
    on politicized DC prosecutions.
  • Fox deal could make Disney Hollywood’s most powerful company.
  • Why CNN is not on Russia’s list of foreign agents.  Ali Velshi at Yale.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: The panel takes on the
    Matt Lauer bombshell.
  • Wemple questions Tucker: a ‘tortuous’ ‘insult-laden’ encounter.
  • Megyn Kelly makes intense speech about Lauer, NBC, and Fox.
  • Fox & Friends video: Congratulations Abby Huntsman…
    it's a girl!
  • AT&T pledges CNN will never ‘go dark’ if merger deal approved.
  • Ingraham Angle video: A
    double standard
    in covering First Ladies?
  • November numbers: FNC tops cable;  MSNBC grows;  CNN third.
  • Monday’s numbers: Maddow-Tucker Carlson-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Trump’s free advice for MSNBC: Fire Andy Lack and Scarborough!
  • CNN map: Israel is an Arab state; flashback: CNN map omits Israel.
  • Fearless CNN to boycott White House Christmas Party over tweets.
  • HLN sets impeachment special; Monica Lewinsky suggests new title.
  • What’s next for Thomas Roberts?  Swells gather for Greta book bash.