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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

April 23, 2025April 23, 2025 by johnny dollar

Cuomo demands Lemon apologize or no podcast.
Martha MacCallum fires back at Weingarten snipe.
April 14-20 cablenews ratings: FNC tops the charts.
The Ticker: Okla bombing; CNN digital; Voto Latino.
Psaki admits MSNBC Trump coverage is one-psided.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

April 8, 2025April 8, 2025 by johnny dollar

Podcast Wars: Megyn vs Swisher, Lemon. Todd.
Who’s in, and who’s out, as Spinco spin-off looms.
Apr 4 cable news ratings: The Five, Watters reign.
FNC’s billion+ youtube views biggest quarter ever.
MSNBC mum as Sharpton snags $500,000. More.
Chris Cuomo complains about his lawsuit vs CNN.
SpinCo names Senior Com execs at MSNBC, CNBC.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

April 1, 2025April 1, 2025 by johnny dollar

Fox News has highest quarter in cablenews history.
John Oliver sued for defamation over obscene rant.
Leland Vittert’s ‘Born Lucky’: from autism to anchor.
Mar 28 cable news ratings: The Five, Watters on top.
MSNBC ‘Republican’ tells Dem ‘bring that resistance!’
Scott Jennings signs up for three more years at CNN.
Steve Kornacki leaves MSNBC for new deal with NBC.
MSNBC adds Hylton, Jordan to ‘Weekend: Primetime’.
Acosta, Reid, Lemon et al make the move to Substack.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 by johnny dollar

Latenight ratings Feb 2025: Gutfeld gets 3.7M.
March 10-16: top cable nets, 25-54 cable nets.
Benjamin Hall on challenges, staying resolute.
NewsNation gets a turn in WH new media seat.
Mar 14 cable news chart, graphs/shares, top ten.
Lefty MSNBC host quits the Dem party on live tv.
Kat reveals her next steps after cancer diagnosis.
Now it can be told: Don Lemon harassed at CNN.
Kayleigh McEnany reveals she’s pregnant with #3.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 by johnny dollar

Upset: FNC’s Harris Faulkner tops ABC’s The View!
NYT: CNN plans ‘major overhaul’ for the Trump era.
Forbes: WBD likely to sell off CNN sooner than later.
Acosta threatens to quit if he gets moved to midnight.
MSNBC’s Alex Wagner to launch podcast: ‘Trumpland’.
Maddow: Who is Donald Trump just like? Fidel Castro!
Lemon: Bring back Matt Lauer…’Everybody loves Matt!’
CNN’s lawyer lied to judge, had to apologize to Navy vet.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by johnny dollar

Wolf zinged for ‘boomer’ set-up: plasma tv, vhs, etc.
Bill Melugin posts video of moment wildfire started.
Maddow back on Mon-Fri; Alex Wagner takes a trip.
FNC schedule shake-up: Will Cain takes 4pm; more.
Lemon unleashes profane rant against MoJo, Obama.
The embarrassing CNN messages. Alisyn resurfaces.
Herridge: Biden leaves Trump admin with ‘a hot mess‘.
F&F video: Ainsley Earhardt interviews Melania Trump.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

December 16, 2024December 16, 2024 by johnny dollar

- NewsNation re-ups Chris Cuomo in multi-year deal.
- Lemon has a TikTok tantrum over ‘Person of the Year’.
- Woman loses thousands in scam by a fake Ari Melber.
- Disturbing new twist in CNN/Tapper defamation case.
- MSNBCNN fight to dig out of post-election ratings hole.
- ‘Prisoner’ freed by Ward really Syrian Intelligence Officer.
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter part one:

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

November 13, 2024November 13, 2024 by johnny dollar

CNN’s Scott Jennings schools anti-Hegseth panel.
Joe Walsh ripping Hegseth sparks blowback on ‘X’.
How Fox & Friends reacted to Hegseth nomination.
FNC was right about a lot more than its competitors.
Will MSNBCNN return to anti-Trump Resistance 2.0?
Bill Sammon named NewsNation senior editorial VP.
Chaffetz: I dare any GOP Senator to vote against him.
What’s next for CNN after Chris Wallace’s departure?
Wallace quitting has people bringing up Don Lemon.
Megyn Kelly predicts MSNBC will fire ‘racist’ Joy Reid.
Chris Licht on his CNN years and what’s next for news.
Chris Cuomo reveals the person he voted for President.
Did a group of cable news exiles tip the scales for Trump?

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 by johnny dollar

A deeper dive into the 2024 election night ratings.
Cable ratings week of 10/28: FNC has 13 of top 15.
Court rules CNN must face Project Veritas lawsuit.
AP: Four years make a big difference for Fox News.
Julie Banderas new rotating anchor for Fox Noticias.
Former CNN host loses bid for a Congressional seat.
Stelter: Did media counter Trump’s ‘relentless lying’?
Mark Halperin criticizes MSNBC, blasts the NY Times.
MSNBCNN et al have meltdown over Trump triumph.
Morning cable news hosts chew over Trump’s victory.
Maddow proposes plan to convert Trump supporters.
TV newsers share morning-after-election observations.
Lemon’s coverage flops; Reid calls Florida ‘fascist state’.

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

October 16, 2024October 16, 2024 by johnny dollar

Anchors Away: Top news stars face pay cuts.
Cablenews ratings Oct 7-10: Fox #1 all nights.
Week of Oct 7: Fox News has 12 of the top 15.
Survey sez: Viewers distrust CNN and MSNBC.
Why Kamala Harris agreed to go on Fox News.
Lemon rips CBS for embarrassing their anchor.
Deja vu: Hunter Biden relaunches FNC lawsuit.
Bret Baier is rectifying critics ahead of interview.
Surprise! Olby makes incredibly crass comment.
Abby Phillip talks ‘NewsNight’, skeptics of media.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

October 15, 2024October 15, 2024 by johnny dollar

GOP candidate files defamation suit against CNN.
Don Lemon equates evangelicals to slave owners.
Hall: Kamala’s FNC interview is her riskiest play yet.
Fox News Digital crushes CNN. NYT et al during Q3.
Hurricane ratings: Fox News, Weather Channel lead.
CNN host blames Abraham Accords for Oct 7 attack.
Today’s Tapper soliloquy about ‘facist’ Donald Trump.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

September 16, 2024September 16, 2024 by johnny dollar

CNN shocker: they actually fact-check Kamala.
Why media will soon move on from attempt #2.
Fox Nation adds ‘Truths with Vivek Ramaswamy‘.
MSNBC blames Trump for assassination attempt.
Don Lemon returning to CNN…but there’s a catch.
Video: Dana Bash makes book, discusses debates.
Megyn falls for fake Trump tweet, backlash ensues.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

September 15, 2024September 14, 2024 by johnny dollar

MediaBuzz: The debate; Michael Tyler; Lara Trump.
Hannity shares what Trump told him after shots fired.
The Ticker: MSNBC two-hour special; CNN’s Saturday.
Gutfeld attracts more Dems than Kimmel or Fallon do.
CNN host credits FNC’s Gutfeld for the shift to comedy.
Murdoch family drama is headed to court. Sunday talk.
Kaitlan reeling from Megyn blast, suspects Don Lemon.
ABC denies giving Kamala questions as bias furor grows.

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 by johnny dollar

Trump targets FNC anchors MacCallum and Baier.
Debate draws 67M viewers, topping Biden’s debate.
Lemon’s book is circumspect about his leaving CNN.
Riley Gaines docuseries examines transing of minors.
Ratings wrap-up week of Sep 2: Fox News still on top.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

September 10, 2024September 9, 2024 by johnny dollar

Q&A: Kat Timpf on pregnancy, politics, and more.
Don Lemon’s memoir: a search for God in America.
Lemon’s ‘Once I Was Lost’ examines a crisis of faith.
F&F: Tulsi Gabbard, Nikki Haley preview the debate.
‘Reliable Sources’ newsletter returns, now mornings.
MSNBC Live: A comic-con for (ultra-left) news nerds.

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