Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Video: in the Washington Wizards (v/TVN).
  • Intrepid reporter finds Newshounds’ official Halloween costume.
  • TCG: Revisiting the Newshounds…still classy after all these years.
  • Bigger than the Kardashians: Fox News top Facebook social brand.
  • Video: why the FBI is listening to Hillary.
  • Sen Rubio ends CNN boycott.  Michaela Pereira raises a cool million.
  • Who needs John Walsh? CNBC’s American Greed helps nab fugitive.
  • There was one problem with that MSNBC live interview with Hillary.
  • Yurcaba: Too bad Megyn Kelly won’t be hosting the next GOP debate.
  • But who wrote it? CNN’s Fareed Zakaria special on Iraq to air tonight.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

  • Media Buzz videos: or bust; Joe
  • Reliable Sources videos: Benghazi; Rick Santorum; Phil Donahue.
  • Fox Report video: on the science behind the storm.
  • Kelly File video: on media’s Benghazi reactions.
  • Wemple looks at MSNBC’s shift to ‘hard news‘…if that’s what it is.
  • Coop complains about ‘queened up’ SNL bit.  Sunday talkers: preview.
  • Your Buzz videos: Anti-Trump Dem Dan
  • Swells gather for book bash.  CNN biggest loser in Benghazi competition.

Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Benghazi bump: FNC holds nine of top 15 slots on all cable. More.
  • Video: hearing ‘a lost opportunity’ for the GOP.
  • Controversy swirls around another CNN Middle East headline.
  • Kelly File video: Hillary Clinton statements.
  • Joy-Ann Reid at Wake Forest U.  Kasich gets a Morning Joe town hall.
  • Factor video: on the impact of Clinton’s testimony.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

Monday Links and Open Thread

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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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.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Charlie Rose video: Full interview.  Megyn in Jeopardy!
  • Megyn Kelly to give Albany Law School Commencement address.
  • Tamron Hall to replace Bill Cosby.  CNN AppleWatch app upgraded.
  • Throwback Thursday: on the MSNBC ‘pimping’ scandal.
  • Former NABJ Prez claims FNC is ‘very difficult‘ for black employees.
  • TCG: Rehiring Olby would make MSNBC ‘the place for prevaricators‘.
  • Q&A: Lisa Ling.  The Circuit in Mexico; Open Court previews Davis Cup.
  • Dem debate trimmed.  CNN pounces when Murdoch tweets.  Update.
  • Coop: no ‘gotcha’ questions at debate.  CNN debate hype in overdrive.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Funny thing about that Fox News/Trump meeting…it didn’t happen.
  • Flood: Andrea Mitchell complains about use of her voice in Hillary ad.
  • Concha: Lack and Olbermann may meet re potential return to MSNBC.
  • Twitter and FNC team for “moments” feature.  Kilmeade makes book.
  • Kelly File videos: Prez Candidates and
  • Greenwald: CNN is obscuring who is responsible for hospital attack.
  • ICN: Another hour of Morning Joe opens MSNBC up to more problems.
  • E-Tourism rips Kenya’s ad buy on CNN.  Pundits’ first jobs (v/Fishbowl).
  • Wellen plans to expand CNNgo to prep ‘webolution’.  Weekend numbers.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

  • Your Buzz videos: Obama politicizing
  • Reliable Sources videos: Larry Lessig, late night politics, gun violence.
  • Abby Huntsman hired as a Fox News reporter based in New York.
  • Concha: Megyn and Coop correct to avoid sharing shooter’s name.
  • Kelly File video: on media treatment of Melania Trump.
  • Wallenstein: Viewer reactions to Brian Williams’s return are mixed.
  • Brian Williams-led shooting coverage lifted MSNBC to…third place.
  • Q&A: Morgan Spurlock and branded content.  Sunday talkers: preview.
  • Your Buzz videos: Media

Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Video: for obscure blogger’s screen grab.
  • Outnumbered video: on call to end Bengazi probe.
  • Newt Gingrich leaves CNN, goes back to Fox News.  Flashback.
  • Forget the blizzardmobile…CNN unveils the Campaign Camper.
  • Wemple: Media should ignore Sheriff’s plea to not mention name.
  • Joyella: Name the shooter on air? Megyn and Don Lemon disagree.
  • Hemmer, Shep to kick off radio channel.  Randi Kaye moonlighting.
  • Q&A: Bill O’Reilly.  Access Hollywood: Bill O’Reilly on Killing Reagan.
  • Kreskin reviews Killing Reagan: ‘Riveting…a revelation’. Tops NYT list.
  • Backstage pass at Fox & Friends offered to benefit Noreen Fraser Fnd.
  • Wemple: CNN mass-tweets witnesses; ‘excess is their unofficial motto’.
  • Peters: How cable news covered the shooting before knowing anything.
  • Fillmore: Media Buzz begins its third year as #1, growing 14% over 2014.

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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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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Bill O’Reilly talks Trump and more with Katie Couric: 
  • HLN anchor can’t tell Snowden from Scissorhands.  Flashback.
  • Survey says: FNC most trusted cablenews source, MSNBC least.
  • CNBC debate will have fewer participants but more questioners.
  • Wolff: MSNBC’s ‘straight news’ is likely to be an embarrassment.
  • Amster: Many deserve that MSNBC job more than Brian Williams.
  • Battaglio: Trump bump lifts cable news, with Megyn sitting on top.
  • Changing of the guard? A new ‘number one’ takes over cable news.
  • Q3 2015 cablenews program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
  • Fox SiriusXM headline service launches next week. Q&A: Lisa Ling.
  • F&F video: with the Breitling jet aerobatic team.
  • Nancy Grace live show moves to afternoons.  Chris Bath to CNN?
  • Factor video: Trump returns to the no-spin zone
  • Funt: The most skilled, compelling pundits tend to be from the right.

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • The Five video: for assaulting child rapist.
  • Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
  • Q3 numbers: FNC sets records; CNN up 36%; MSNBC, HLN +14%.
  • Lou Dobbs tops CNBC as FBN has best quarter.  Weekend numbers.
  • Gold: Chuck Todd promises ‘a lot of NBC talent‘ on his MSNBC hour.
  • ICN:  Tapper is out, while Coop and Don Lemon are in…but why not?
  • Concha: Tapper is out, while Coop and Don Lemon are in…but why?
  • TCG: Jake Tapper is out, while Coop and Don Lemon are in…but why?
  • No meeting but Trump ends ‘boycott’, enters the no-spin zone tonight.
  • John Walsh gets his man. Q&A: Chuck Todd; Mike Rowe; Bill O’Reilly.
  • News Emmies to MSNBCNN, Ted Turner.  Wemple responds to Megyn.
  • Kelly File video: on possible perjury in email scandal.
  • Gretchen Carlson at The Summit.  Mika Brzezinski at Know Your Value.
  • Modest Elisabeth Hasselbeck crib up for bids.  Greta to interview Kerry.

Monday Links and Open Thread