- Tuesday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Eric O’Bolling-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Concha: Three reasons why Megyn Kelly will not jump to network tv.
- Kumar: The key to Megyn’s success. Jonathan: Was it just careerism?
- Fox News Sunday (the only no-Trump Sunday show) wins demo in DC.
- Dr Gupta: Yeah I’m pretty liberal, but not as much as the rest of CNN.
- Brian Williams’s suspension is over; no date set for his MSNBC debut.
- Ritz: A different take on Ailes’s call to Trump. Wolf given Klein award.
- Mahler: Trumpnado brings benefits—and complications— to Fox News.
- Breitbart: Megyn’s ‘arrogance of power‘. Parker: Megyn ‘smart and fair‘.
- Videos: Coop with Seth Meyers (v/CNNC).
- Kelly File video: Legal implications of on Hillary’s server.
- Thome: CNN blunder over NOTAMs (what?) causes cancellation of ad buy.
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Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-O’Bolling-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Dillon: CNN Newsroom gets a makeover. MSNBC honored by NABJ.
- TCG: Another hour of ‘hard news’ on MSNBC with no opposing views.
- Ariens: Gov Jim Gilmore likely to be excluded from both CNN debates.
- Broadcast nets scramble to lure ‘authoritative’ Megyn Kelly from FNC.
- Drezner: Ailes relented with Trump to prevent the destruction of FNC!
- Kass: Death blow from Megyn Kelly already having its effect on Trump.
- Dickerson: Time to get past the Trump/Kelly feud. Video:
- Sunday showdown: Media Buzz tops Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Stelter: Megyn Kelly doesn’t want to be seen as a victim.
- Friday’s numbers: Chris Wallace-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Goldberg: Some FNC viewers don’t want ‘fair and balanced’.
- Sherman: Is Megyn Kelly the next Oprah? (via Brian Stelter)
- Trump won’t be bidding on this. Call me and I’ll be around.
- Video: Outnumbered discusses PTSD, Megyn Kelly.
- Kurtz: Debates use provocative questions to get pols off-script.
- F&F video: take the Army’s physical fitness test.
- Battaglio: Bret Baier’s debate prep and Ailes’s non-involvement.
- McCarthy: Debate proves FNC is an arm of the Democratic party.
- CNN’s Great Weather Contest has begun. Bob Beckel makes book.
- Video: Totally believable Trump supporters rail against Megyn Kelly.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos:
- Reliable Sources videos: Rating the moderators, Jorge Ramos, Omarosa.
- TCG: This is CNN, where half a quote is better than one.
- Allen: Trump to appear on Fox News Monday prime time.
- Concha: Trump’s war on Fox is good news for MSNBCNN.
- Guardian: Forget Donald Trump…Megyn Kelly won the debate.
- Journalism organizations should demand Trump apologize to Kelly.
- Wemple: Did we just watch Megyn Kelly get too big for Fox News?
- Video: Megyn reveals just before the debate.
- Greg Gutfeld erupts on twitter defending Kelly. Megyn will respond.
- Bizarre: CNN hosts Trump tirade of personal attacks on Megyn Kelly!
- Politico: FNC won the debate. CNN signs Jeffrey Lord. Sunday talkers.
- Howard Kurtz videos: MSNBC Trump
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Debate-Megyn Kelly-O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Video: of the Fox News debates analyzed.
- Huge debate ratings lifted entire FNC Thursday night line-up.
- Debate sets ratings record: biggest cable news telecast ever!
- Joe Concha picks winners and losers in the Fox News debate.
- Kurtz: How the Fox team hashed out those thorny questions.
- More reactions: The Week, Slate, HuffPost, Mashable, IB Times.
- Phillips: One of the big stars of the debate wasn’t a candidate.
- NY Times raves for questioners: ‘Hooray for Fox News!’ More.
- Zurawik: The big winner of last night’s GOP debate…Fox News!
- Scarry: FNC moderators put forward fair but critical questions.
- Wemple: Megyn Kelly ‘killed’, produced a pivotal 2016 moment.
- Sherman’s debate conspiracy theory an ‘insulting smear‘. More.
- Kelly File video: Frank Luntz focus group
- CNN: ‘Tough’, ‘brilliant’…near-unanimous praise for questioners.
- Wemple: Fox News ‘undercard’ debate was ‘fair and substantive‘.
- Nicole Wallace set to join…MSNBC! Video Q&A: Chris Matthews.
- Lean Forward: Rachel Maddow and The Rev to salute…Jon Stewart!
- Martin: CNN didn’t defend Navarro. Candy resurfaces. Big news for Ana.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- The Five video: preview the debate.
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Profile: Bret Baier on his Southern roots…and his coffee.
- Fox app’s interactive debate features. Audio Q&A: Greg Gutfeld.
- Q&A: Christine Romans talks money. Jennifer Gray re-ups.
- Somerby: CNN’s Stelter abandoned his beat, focused on politics.
- Concha: Good guys can finish first, including those from MSNBC.
- TCG: MSNBC pivot to ‘hard news’ stumbles with Luke Russert.
- Friedman: MSNBC needs a name change—just remove two letters.
- Byers: Don’t underestimate the influence of the ‘undercard’ debate.
- Q&A: Baier, Kelly, Wallace talk debate. Q&A: Martha MacCallum.
- Shafer: No matter what liberals say, FNC doesn’t control the GOP.
- Bauder: GOP debate hubbub demonstrates the power of Fox News.
- Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow misrepresented debate criteria. More.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- who will be in the primetime debate. More.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Sunday showdown: Media Buzz beats Reliable Sources.
- Q&A: Bret Baier on Trump, complaints, and the big debate.
- Ariens: MSBNC will try to hitch a ride on the debate cavalcade.
- Chris Wallace promises some ‘doozies’ in his debate questioning.
- Megyn Kelly, fired up for the big debate, loves her job at Fox News.
- Bill Hemmer celebrates ten years at Fox News. Nick Valencia re-ups.
- Wemple: MSNBC, your programming potpourri. Weekend numbers.
- ICN: MSNBC just can’t quit PoV, uses opinion guy as a ‘news anchor’.
- MSNBC’s temp 3-6 pm news anchors: Russert, Mohyeldin, Capehart.
- ICN: Rose-colored glasses cloud recollections of MSNBC’s heyday.
- Surprise: All of a sudden people say FNC debate criteria are just fine!
- Another complaint about debate criteria? Nope, this one is a defense.
- Biznets scramble to cover Puerto Rico crisis. John Walsh gets results.
- Kelly File video: on Hillary ‘under penalty of perjury’.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Special Report 1-2-3.
- MSNBC’s impartial 3pm anchor: Luke Russert. Flashback.
- Bauder: Don’t expect to see BriWi on MSNBC for a while yet.
- Flood: Fox News’s expanded live schedule for debate night.
- Concha: Thursday promises to be a great night for political tv.
- Video: Was the NY Times accurate in their
- The Cuomo demo: New Day host claims nonexistent victory.
- Somerby: Latest Salon attack on FNC is ignorant, delusional.
- Another week of cable news ruled by Ms Megyn and Mr Bill.
- Q&A: Greg Gutfeld talks politics, Red Eye, and his Sunday show.
- CNN stars made up on borrowed time. Kiran Chetry resurfaces.
- Taylor: Megyn is a provocative interrogator who’s also good at hype.
- Chariton: MSNBC’s problem is that it doesn’t ‘lean forward’ enough!
- Jon Klein hypes Brian Williams’s MSNBC role as ‘tailor-made‘ for him.
- Adams: Carol Costello needs a new catchphrase. Is CNN eyeing Abbs?
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- This week Megyn Kelly twice topped Bill O’Reilly in 25-54 demo.
- Somerby: Maddow’s attacks on Fox are ‘turning liberal brains to dust‘.
- Surprise! Maddow misled viewers about Fox News debate positioning.
- Rothstein: Controversy erupts over crediting Concha’s MSNBC scoop.
- CNN’s ‘breaking news’ is a year old?!? Richard Quest makes book.
- Video Q&A: Megyn Kelly’s favorite interviews. Q&A: Bret Baier.
- Philen: Two stories that cure a news junkie’s summertime doldrums.
- Logan: Is MSNBC clearing the decks for the return of Brian Williams?
- Factor video: on media’s disparate coverage priorities.
- Video: Comcast to shut him up! Exposed: FNC mind-control!
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Fox News opens ‘runners-up’ debate to even more candidates.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Red Eye video: on quotes, some of them his own.
- July numbers: Fox News ‘far out in front‘; MSNBC, CNN edge up.
- Profile: Harris Faulkner. Impartial MSNBC anchor gets award.
- CNN’s new ‘severe weather‘ deck. Tapper’s twitter gets results.
- Sunday showdown: Media Buzz tops Reliable. Weekend numbers.
- Somerby: ‘The Mickey Maddow Show‘…silly, dumb, and insulting.
- CNN debate could feature as many as 17 candidates in two segments.
- Kelly File video: may deny benefits to TN victims.
- The Rev’s media criticism site preps piece praising The Rev’s daughter!
- Impartial CNN journalists rip Huckabee: ‘Ugly’, ‘dangerous’, ‘despicable’.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Cable news ratings and Presidential elections: a 2016 ‘love story’.
- Zurawik: Will Megyn succeed where Coop and O’Reilly have failed?
- Concha: Politico falsely claims ‘exclusive’ to a story they didn’t break.
- Bret Baier previews the first GOP debate: ‘We will enforce the rules.’
- MSNBC ‘not talking to‘ Olbermann; BriWi ‘doesn’t want’ his own show.
- Mashayekhi: Greg Gutfeld unloads his Tribeca crib for a cool $2 million.
- St John: CNN’s The Seventies redeems (almost) the cable news channel.
- Video: Have media to Hillary email controversy?
- Joyella: A strong Trump-driven week offers ratings hope for Morning Joe.
- Miniter: A CNN founder explains why the channel is one-sided about guns.
- Factor video: on networks’ Planned Parenthood coverage.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- TCG: Are ‘impartial journalists’ getting a green light to attack Trump?
- WaPo‘s Wemple finds immigration official who doesn’t like Kate’s Law.
- Atlanta honors CNN founder. Tonya Reiman resurfaces. Fox tops cable.
- New CNN/CVS sponsored Facebook posts ‘not exactly straightforward‘.
- Weekend numbers. Sunday showdown: MediaBuzz beats Reliable Sources.
- Gutfeld: I chose Shillue to host Red Eye. Tour: Hannity’s Manhattan office.
- More filings in the momentous Fox News/Lindsay Lohan legal donnybrook.
- Kelly File video: MS survivor Media Matters hate speech.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Varney & Co video: on Kate’s Law, sanctuary cities, etc.
- Steinberg: Bret Baier signs new multi-year contract with Fox News.
- Impartial CNN journalist rips ‘disrespectful’ Major Garrett question.
- Red Eye video: Did Jesse Joyce past mute button guy?
- Sex workers’ advocates want MSNBC to cancel Sex Slaves in America.
- Actress Jada Pinkett Smith to anchor CNN report on human trafficking.
- CNN signs Bakari Sellers (D-SC) to contributor role. Gray’s astronomy.
- C-SPAN plans to upstage Fox News debate. Did O’Reilly zing Megyn?
- Q&A: Tucker Carlson talks Grateful Dead; Andrea Mitchell from Vienna.
- WaPo‘s Wemple startled at O’Reilly activism, doesn’t recall Jessica’s Law?
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Gardner: Leftfield Pictures sues over aborted Fox Biz reality show.
- Red Eye videos: ‘Donald Trump’
- Lean Forward: MSNBC host circulates false Scott Walker report.
- CNN signs Tal Kopan. Hillary advisor Patti Solis Doyle joins CNN.
- Videos: Kate Steinle’s parents speak Kate’s
- Miller: How MSNBCNN are helping Donald Trump. Weekend numbers.
- Darcy: Julie Banderas returns fire at woman who tells her ‘speak English’.
- WaPo‘s Wemple wonders if Rupert Murdoch tells Fox pundits what to say.
- MSNBC signature series comes to Savannah. Campbell Brown resurfaces.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Shocker: Rachel Maddow lies about Fox News. Again.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- You can count on CNN. Trumpgasm: CNN can count to 239.
- Reliable Sources vs Media Buzz: (via Showbuzz).
- Q&A: Doubling down with John Walsh. The top five Olby exits.
- Is Sanjay Gupta the new Brian Williams? Kaplan: Eh, not really.
- Kelly File video: on the Sanjay Gupta controversy.
- The Property Man is coming. Zucker play: It’s Morton Downey Jr!
- Somerby: What happened when Maddow said “watch this space…”
- (MS)NBC stars to host the totally nonpartisan ‘Global Citizen Festival’.
- Market glitch nets record ratings at FBN. Wemple: Megyn channels Bill?
