- Wednesday’s numbers: The Five-Tucker Carlson-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Somerby: ‘Cable gong-show culture at its magnificent dumbest.’
- MSNBC analyst: Defending Trump like ‘hugging a suicide bomber‘.
- Rothstein: Chris Matthews asks Cory Booker for a dinner date.
- MSNBC expands weekend line-up, gives Hugh Hewitt a half hour.
- Pete Snyder says Tantaros ‘sock puppet’ claims are, put simply, ‘a lie’.
- Price: Cable news channels are making millions off President Trump.
- Joe Scarborough opens up about his music…and his muse (guess who?).
- Abramson: Megyn Kelly’s struggles at NBC News should be no surprise.
- Saraiya: She’s didactic but untrustworthy, patronizing but unimpressive.
- Melissa Francis credits Michael Landon. MSNBCNN skip Trump speech.
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Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Tucker Carlson-The Five 1-2-3.
- CNN reporter refuses to correct false report: ‘Not playing your game’.
- Play ball: FNC has special coverage of Congressional Baseball Game.
- Somerby: All these pundits said there’s no way it’s true…only, it was.
- Better than man bites dog: Anderson Cooper bites Anderson Cooper.
- Fired CNN host angling for an Emmy nom. Kaitlan Collins joins CNN.
- CNN’s Zucker complains POTUS hasn’t done an interview with them.
- Fox News exclusive investigative report triggers action from US Senate.
- A Connecticut anchor in Fox & Friends’ studio. Hardball gets a makeover.
- Home & Family video: Harris Faulkner on with your kids.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow-Coop-O’Donnell 1-2-3.
- Video: Shep Smith’s moving, personal
- Video: Fox & Friends remembers the of Roger Ailes.
- In death, Roger Ailes still a polarizing figure. Journalists celebrate.
- Concha: Roger Ailes dies; media react; Matthews brags about Maddow.
- Gregg Jarrett: The Roger I knew. Wemple: The Ailes scourge lives on.
- Video: Gregg Jarrett explains how Comey’s memo can
- Parsnow: It’s the ‘cable news blues’…I hate it but can’t stop watching it.
- Expiring contracts could bring changes to MSNBC. Soledad resurfaces.
- Seth Rich family demands FNC retraction. MSNBC’s new business show.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Rachel Maddow 1-2-3.
- Videos: Anna Kooiman revisits F&F, talks about new
- Concha: MSM tries to spike Rice story; MSNBC plays race, gender cards.
- Caruso: Why is an Obama political appointee reporting on Rice for CNN?
- Videos: Tucker sounds off debates on spying.
- Stelter’s Tuesday newsletter: 16 entries on O’Reilly/Fox; 1 on Susan Rice.
- We know O’Reilly salary why not others? Today’s firing demand, O’Whine.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: speech/Fox – analysis/Fox – analysis/CNN 1-2-3.
- February 2016 program ranker: Fox News holds nine of top ten slots.
- Fake news: NBC+MSNBC claims speech win, but fails to add Fox+FNC!
- Somerby: Hour of Chris Matthews and comedians was a bad ‘gong show’.
- News coverage of Trump Presidency ‘really, really negative‘, even on Fox.
- Concha: Backlash hits CNN for all-male glam shot on Zucker cover story.
- Zucker play: CNN exec’s bold plan to dominate digital and beat BuzzFeed.
- Greg Gutfeld on life, books, and more. FNC viewers tuned out the Oscars.
- FTV Live: It’s time for CNN to cover Trump more fairly. ICN: Not so fast.
- David Gregory at SU. Coop stiffed by Oscar. Burnett: Is Trump a traitor?
- Fox News signs David Bossie, CNN engages Jack Kingston, as contributors.
- Wemple write-up of F&F Trump interview dumps the praise in an addendum.
- Videos: Wallace on the speech; media impressed.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Tucker Carlson-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Concha: Slate reports Colmes death by calling him ‘patsy’, ‘buffoon’.
- Lean Forward: Ari Melber gets weekly show for 100 days. Flashback.
- Spicer excludes CNN et al from press gaggle; CNN media critic reacts.
- Video: Kimberly Guilfoyle and Sean Hannity
- Survey says: Coop, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity top most-trusted list.
- As cable news gets nasty, Zurawik implores pundits to stop the Hitler talk.
- Cillizza: Trump election making cable news great again (i.e. more partisan).
- Zucker play: CNN may boycott the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
- Pundit for sale: Ed Schultz, a progressive on MSNBC, now an RT Trump fan.
- Lean Forward: Maddow, Matthews, BriWi anchor Trump address coverage.
- CNN anchor wants tolerance of men exposing privates in girls’ locker rooms.
- Video: Anna Kooiman on Aussie TV. Tucker: an FNC moneymaker.
- Video: Tucker grills DNC advisor calling Trump for bathroom policy.
- Megyn and the battle for NBC’s future. Venezuela’s CNN ban spurs blowback.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Tucker Carlson-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Videos: remember Alan Colmes.
- R.I.P.: Alan Colmes. Friends and colleagues react. Video: Alan
- Somerby: Maddow rewrites history in another fake pseudo-confession.
- Veritas releases CNN audio bomb. Gold: falls flat; Borchers: overrated.
- Rothstein: Wimpy Wemple whines about Coppins’ Tucker Carlson piece.
- Coppins: Tucker’s hour is provocative, cringe-inducing, terrific television.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Tucker Carlson/Sean Hannity (tie) 1-2/2.
- Chris Matthews ‘blown away‘ that Hollywood isn’t about glamour or looks.
- Another CNN town hall: McCain/Graham. Hogue: Bob Beckel unrepentant.
- Cover/Line blends politics, pop culture. Rowley: CNN’s fake diabetes news.
- Tucker video: Ex-CIA operative fears a is ‘out of control’.
- Rothstein: CNN throws mud at James O’Keefe ahead of imminent ‘audio bomb’.
- Conservative ‘provocateur’ targets CNN with release of secretly recorded audio.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bret Baier-Tucker Carlson-Bill O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- MSNBC inauguration anchors: Trump’s speech ‘dark‘ and ‘Hitlerian‘.
- Nancy Sinatra: Why do you lie, CNN? Jake Tapper in a twitter spat.
- Guess who wasn’t invited to the DeploraBall? FNC signs Nigel Farage.
- Updated Inauguration coverage schedules. Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
- Zucker fires ‘warning shot‘ at Trump. CNN reminds staff not to march.
- Davich: Local YMCA stopped showing the ‘fake news’ channel on its tvs.
- Zurawik: Cable news dominance explains much about the 2016 election.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg says even icons must
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- MediaBuzz videos: John Martha
- Reliable Sources: Trump hostile to facts, sees press as opposition; BuzzFeed.
- Video: Jesse Watters visits scene of brutal
- Concha: Trump should make cable news town halls the new fireside chats.
- The Cable Game: After one week, Greta finds herself in unfamiliar territory.
- Martha MacCallum rises to primetime. Chris Wallace pushes back on Shep.
- Tucker Carlson video: Putin is far from our biggest threat.
- Fox News contributor running for DNC chair: Sunday talkers: preview.
- Lean Forward: Maddow, Matthews, Williams anchor inauguration on MSNBC.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- The Five video: Brian Stelter in hoax tweet discussion.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Jesse Watters-Tucker Carlson-Bolling 1-2-3.
- How Ainsley Earhardt hit her stride in 2016. Michaela loses an hour.
- Concha: Fox News has no conflict of interest with Kimberly Guilfoyle.
- Q&A: Anthony Bourdain on the ‘hatred’ and ‘racism’ engulfing America.
- Videos: Rachel Maddow with Seth Meyers
- That Girl video: Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid. Stan Freberg:
- Happening Now videos: Jon Scott and the story of Bubby
- Chris Matthews can’t get enough of Love, Actually. Gutfeld: Tucker’s secret.
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Maddow, Megyn question Brazile…only one tried to get answers.
- Who gave Brazile the debate questions? CNN producer a person of interest.
- Sacramento Bee: The burden’s now on the media to prove they are not rigged.
- Rutenberg: CNN is showing a ‘surprising lack of transparency‘ re leak scandal.
- Concha: Lessons the media should learn from the CNN question-leak scandal.
- October cablenews program ranker: Fox News holds eight of the top ten slots.
- Berg: Hulu’s streaming service will include channels from Fox, Time Warner.
- Adams: Chris Matthews misses the good old days. What next for news nets?
- Katz: Julie Roginsky is truly Outnumbered…and loves the challenge of debate.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- FNC/Nancy Grace ‘scoop’ a fabrication. Maria Bartiromo honored.
- Hogue: CNN’s mantra ‘p*ssy…p*ssy…p*ssy’ a startling wake-up call.
- Concha: Coop, Raddatz best moderators so far; Cillizza cries ‘sexism‘.
- Freaky Friday numbers: Don Lemon-Anderson Cooper-Maddow 1-2-3.
- Krinsky: Bret Baier on Ailes, Special Report, and the future of Fox News.
- Video: O’Reilly says some media orgs told employees
- Video: Luntz’s rates the debate. Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
- Fox News Sunday video: on media bias, Chinatown, and more.
- Multiple ‘friendly’ cable newsers identified by name in leaked Clinton docs.
- Somerby: Cable channel turns into The Kellyanne Show…and it wasn’t Fox.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday numbers: Debate/CNN-Debate/FNC-Post-Debate/FNC 1-2-3.
- Acrimonious squabbles erupt between CNN, ABC over Sunday debate.
- Concha: Quijano’s bias of omission conforms to Lester Holt’s playbook.
- CNBC icon loses the week to Fox Biz. How CNN beat MSNBC and Fox.
- Kelly File video: Panel and moderator Elaine Quijano.
- No Live with Kelly: Coop signs long-term CNN deal, allows for 60 Minutes.
- Wemple: CNN should hire Pence. Harris, Hasbro settle. Today’s outrage!
- Confessions of an MSNBC intern. Ass-iest Chris Matthews tv moment ever.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Hannity-O’Reilly-Trish Regan (Megyn) 1-2-3.
- Tom Foreman at Troy University. Lynne Russell suing Motel 6 et al.
- Ashley Banfield moves to HLN, Inside Politics takes over noon on CNN.
- Concha: FNC adds Sunday election report with Bret Baier. No mo Bo?
- Suebsaeng: Bo Dietl threatens lawsuit over Gabriel Sherman allegations.
- Trump/Ailes media conspiracy theory promoted by Stelter, Esquire, et al.
- Kennedy videos: Party panel debates Trump Ellen’s
- Lean Forward: Chris Matthews says get excited about Hillary ‘or don’t vote‘.
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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.