- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- April program ranker: Fox holds 14 of top 15 slots; Demo ranker.
- Lean Forward: Joy Reid gets weekend mornings slot on MSNBC.
- Greta: I ask about foreign policy, don’t scream…and am criticized!
- Video: Julie Banderas is tired of people
- F&F video: why he watches Fox News.
- Kurtz: The impending Kelly/Trump rematch…and what’s at stake.
- Michaela Pereira signs off CNN as she heads to HLN in Los Angeles.
- Coop: I’m happy at CNN, but working with Ripa would be a dream.
- CNN’s religion commentator says the media are not anti-Catholic.
- Q&A: W Kamau Bell; Samantha Barry. Michael Smerconish in Erie.
- CNN unveils app for political/election news. Coop film airs tonight.
- Kelly File video: Megyn’s powwow hits a bumpy patch.
- Chris Wallace is making life tough for all candidates…especially Trump.
- How Wallace ‘set a bear-trap‘ for Trump. Kilmeade audio: Chris Wallace.
- Weprin: Chris Wallace explains why the Sunday shows still matter. More.
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Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Fox News benching Andrea Tantaros over ‘contract issues’.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Election/cnn-Hannity-Election/fnc 1-2-3.
- O’Reilly’s Legends & Lies returns with focus on founding fathers.
- Scarborough boasts: ‘We were right…everybody else was stupid.’
- Thompson: Zucker is full of it…CNN led the pack in hyping Trump.
- Zuckered: CNN issues false report on Hastert, Tapper deletes tweet.
- Concha: Cable news pivoting to a Trump/Hillary three-step program.
- Video: Chris Wallace w/Stephen Colbert Shocking MSNBC omission.
- Audio Q&A: Bret Baier; Maddow. Q&A: Sandra Smith; Chris Wallace.
- CNN exec admits: ‘We are no longer a news network‘ (via CNNC).
- CNN claims huge audience using new metric from a partner company.
- Hinckley: Trump and Kelly have both already won. Megyn makes book.
- Wemple: Duplicity at Hillary Town Hall. Adam Housley: the Kupcake King.
- Coop’s mom flick set for Friday. CNN beats privacy lawsuit over phone app.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Melissa Harris-Perry (video); Andrea Tantaros; Eboni K Williams.
- April numbers: FNC on top, up double digits; CNN takes demo; MSNBC.
- Sunday showdown: MediaBuzz tops Reliable. Alex Wagner resurfaces.
- O’Connor: Fox interview could be a triumph for Trump as well as Megyn.
- Wemple: Smart money says Megyn Kelly will skillfully dismember Trump.
- Mohr: Wonder Woman clashed with the Sheriff in Fox News’s greenroom.
- Roger Ailes dines with the Six Million Dollar Man. Simmons to change plea.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Freaky Friday numbers: Jake Tapper-Bill O’Reilly-Don Lemon 1-2-3.
- Boycotters’ dilemma: Megyn Kelly lands Big Fox interview with Trump.
- Q&A: Greta discusses reporting from Ecuador using Facebook Live.
- Outnumbered video: on FBI leaks in Clinton probe.
- Somerby: Maddow spins trivial 2001 flub to make viewers hate Kasich.
- Umstead: With Al-Jazeera America gone, emerging nets fill the void.
- The Cable Game: He cried sexism, but let it skate when it struck Kate.
- Good: Andy Levy knows his Division nerfs from his super-geared Rogues.
- Hogue: Steve and Brian in, Clayton absent sans explanation. Sound fishy?
- ICN: Zucker’s in it for the ratings; Wemple: Repetition doesn’t equal depth.
- Jasper: Zucker insists he’s not dumbing CNN down, says Vice is ‘overrated’.
- Monday town halls: Dem candidates to be grilled…by Maddow and Hayes.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz: Trump
- Reliable Sources videos: the Trump Show; Ripa snafu; Carl Bernstein.
- Somerby: Dishonest Rachel Maddow has ‘bought into Hannityism‘.
- Bauder: Bitter campaign competition centers around Sean Hannity.
- Factor video: Have really hurt America?
- Wemple: Ted Cruz suggestion to Fox not so simple. Sunday talkers.
- Lapointe: Megyn reported on Prince’s death while Maddow giggled.
- Sunday: FNC stages America’s Town Hall. Why is Greta in Ecuador?
- Huckabee back at FNC, but only as a contributor. Jedediah Bila at NYU.
- Your Buzz videos: Ted Jill nine
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity-Coop 1-2-2 (tie).
- Concha: What accounts for the impressive rise of Jesse Watters?
- Somerby: Was last week the dumbest week ‘cable news’ ever aired?
- Megyn named to People’s most beautiful list, explains her haircut.
- Koblin: Al Jazeera America hit with a racial discrimination lawsuit.
- Long & Long: Why we’re done with MSNBC. Q&A: Jonathan Alter.
- Ryan: W Kamau Bell’s United Shades is thoughtful and well-crafted.
- Coop gets weird. Q&A: W Kamau Bell. Live with Kelly…and Don?!?
- CNN’s not-so-extreme makeover. Summers to CNN. Touré resurfaces.
- Kilmeade video: Brian and Tucker on
- Factor video: sizes up two candidates’ high unfavorables.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Weprin: FNC shuffles execs, creates new longform specials unit.
- Video: about going to high school with Prince.
- Who is ‘the Carrot Top of cable news‘? More. Dr Drew quits radio.
- Beck advice to Megyn really a virtuoso skewering of Scarborough.
- Q&A: Anthony Bourdain talks travel, Viceland, bondage, and more.
- Audio Q&A: Ali Velshi on his career and what went wrong at AJAM.
- Weigand: CNN brings a comic point of view to conversation on race.
- Rothstein: Tamron Hall’s balloon string chic. Rena Ninan resurfaces.
- Kelly File video: on the search for a ‘white knight’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Nicosia: Megyn Kelly doesn’t need advice from Joe Scarborough.
- Q&A: Howard Kurtz talks Trump, Ailes, etc. Weekend numbers.
- Audio: Jesse Watters tells Joe Concha one of his biggest regrets.
- Somerby: Steve Kornacki made to read silly, inaccurate cablecrap.
- Factor video: Bill O’Reilly exposes of the 2016 campaign.
- Wemple: Scarborough comparison of Megyn and Beck rings hollow.
- Bizarro Planet: Joe Scarborough gives career advice to Megyn Kelly.
- Melissa Harris-Perry resurfaces. Q&A: Clarissa Ward. Bad hair day.
- Gerri Willis makes book. Audio Q&A: Juan Williams on We the People.
- Jacobus files libel suit against Lewandowski, cites his claims about FNC..
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: elections; in New York;
- Reliable Sources videos: Fox and Megyn; Sunday Trump; Michelle Fields.
- Hillary camp says she’ll ‘do more on Fox News‘. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Video: The place for MSNBC’s ‘road warriors‘ in NY.
- Your Buzz videos: liking Jill just nine
- How Nima Elbagir obtained Chibok girls video; CNN’s motives questioned.
- The story behind CNN’s MH370 coverage. Building a debate press center.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: CNN Debate-PreDebate-PostDebate 1-2-3.
- AJAM staffers, denied alcohol at work, go out with boozy farewell bash.
- Rothstein: Greta rips Examiner reporter over dubious ‘friendship’ claim.
- Kelly File video: Trump speech from GOP voters.
- On CNN stakes are always high. Behind the scenes at the debate. More.
- Katz: Maddow, Coop, Lemon, Shep et al named to Out Magazine Power List.
- Neil Cavuto on Trump boycotting him and more. Chris Stirewalt in Wheeling.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday numbers: Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity-Bill O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Kiesewetter: Bill Hemmer opens up about Megyn, politics, and more.
- Think Progress hit piece misfires, and Hannity has the stats to prove it.
- Video: tackle the Fields lawsuit.
- Kelly File video: Merits of debated.
- Borchers: Michelle Fields is veering off the high road by attacking Greta.
- Greta: Fields should stop the name calling and learn from the experience.
- Greta: A civil suit would be unwise. Fields: Keep your advice, Trump shill!
- Can Viceland do better than Al Jazeera? AJAM gone but still owes millions.
- Audio Q&A: Dana Perino in-depth interview on premiere of Autonomous.
- CNN journalism innovation: the chat-bot. Joe Scarborough moonlighting.
- Fox moves to preclude Ailes testimony in reality suit. Court grants motion.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Video: Here’s what about meeting with Trump.
- Something you don’t see every day: Megyn talks to MSNBC host.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Trump/cnn-Bill O’Reilly-Don Lemon 1-2-3.
- Megyn at Trump Tower with Trump; topic: May 23 Big Fox special.
- Motel clerk in Lynne Russell case delayed 911 call to check in guest.
- Kelly File video: his law student, Ted Cruz.
- Concha: New Sirius/XM radio series hosts eminent cable newsers.
- Guitarist not happy with CNN tweet. Al Jazeera America‘s final day.
- Why airing a town hall with Trump does not an ‘endorsement’ make.
- TCG: New CNN media reporter ‘almost always negative to FNC’. More.
- Why Donald Trump is skipping MSNBC’s town hall. Q&A: Chris Hayes.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday numbers: Baier-The Five-O’Watters 1-2-3. FNS Obama bump.
- After the Buzz video: Rapper . Poppy says: it’s a girl!
- 5 things you didn’t know about Jenna Lee. Swells party at Four Seasons.
- Zucker play: CNN boss eyeing NYC mayoral bid? Q&A: Rachel Maddow.
- Meet Clarissa Ward, the ‘biggest badass in cable news’. More town halls!
- Judge Jeanine in disclosure flap. Fareed Zakaria explains ‘why they hate us’.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: in NY; the
- Reliable Sources videos: Trump silence; Bernie/Hillary; Megyn specularama.
- Wemple: Megyn’s media ‘pipe dream‘. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Weekend special: Donald Trump—The Disrupter. Bill Weir in Chicago.
- CNN’s gutsy programming move: a Trump town hall! Q&A: Coop; more.
- Your Buzz videos: The Michelle Trump’s John
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- ‘Courage, principle’: Megyn Kelly addresses Power of Women event.
- Somerby: Maddow ‘disgusted’ by salacious stories she keeps hyping.
- 15 million reasons Megyn Kelly likely to re-up with Fox News. More.
- Peyser: Fame-whoring Megyn Kelly is acting just like Kim Kardashian.
- Respect reruns mean tough choices for MSNBC. Jenna says it’s a girl!
- Roger Stone: CNN used a deceptively edited clip to justify banning me.
- Brent Bozell: MSNBCNN made the right move in banning Roger Stone.
- Video: Trump trying Q&A: Melissa Harris-Perry.
- Chariton: MSNBCNN show blatant bias for Hillary. Rob O’Neill arrested.
- Video: Jake Tapper on The Nightly Show, Juan Williams on The Daily Show.
- Factor video: on broadcast networks’ Trump coverage.
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