Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Video: Neil Cavuto for abandoning ‘fair and balanced’.
  • Wednesday numbers: O’Reilly-Obama Town Hall-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Q3 program ranker: Fox News holds top ten slots; Megyn tops demo.
  • Bret Baier makes book.  CNN makes books.  Coop gets another tryout.
  • Wemple: Lewandowski no longer on Trump payroll, given a lump sum.
  • Davis: CNN report on NC shooting riddled with errors, omits key facts.
  • Factor video: has issues with FBI email investigation.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Concha: Will MSNBC rebuke Dean for cocaine smear? ‘Of course not.’
  • Zucker play: CNN renders Lester Holt invisible.  The purloined graphic.
  • Factor videos: Debate analysis with and
  • Tied up in knots: FNC, Tantaros disagree about alleged settlement offer.
  • FNC veep cautions staff about online surveys.  Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
  • Andy Lack calls BriWi’s credibility issues ‘ancient history‘.  ICN disagrees.
  • Sunday showdown: Media Buzz beats Reliable Sources.  Weekend numbers.
  • Impartial CNN anchor: Maybe Trump broke the law.  Q&A: Richard Quest.
  • Fox Business hits new highs.  Steinberg: CNN greenlights Shades season two.

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Concha: MSNBC catches flak over on-screen graphics mishaps.
  • Friday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Videos: Bill O’Reilly talks with and
  • Maria Molina at CMU.  Coop at Stambaugh.  Carlos Watson resurfaces.
  • Gahr: Why does Dylan Byers think perjury by Phil Griffin is ‘not a story‘?
  • Steinberg: Ad on CNN looks like real newscast; Lester Holt’s difficult task.
  • Kelly File video: Panel explores how for the debate.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

  • Media Buzz videos: The the
  • Reliable Sources videos: Fact-checking; Trump the big liar; advice for Lester.
  • Special Sunday pre-debate programming: Fox News;
  • Impartial MSNBC anchor told Colin Powell Trump nomination was ‘awful’.
  • Factor video: on fair debate questions and fact-checking.
  • Concha: Anthony Bourdain’s behind-the-scenes story of dinner with Barack.
  • Q&A: Lisa Ling, Fredericka Whitfield. Wolf awarded.  Sunday talkers: preview.
  • Zurawik: ‘Serious clout‘ behind forces who want ‘new kind’ of Trump coverage.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Wednesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Don Lemon-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Krinsky: Fox News on target to make 2016 the ‘biggest sales year ever’.
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live videos: Mr Bill O’Reilly
  • Discovery CEO: News channels are ‘eating cable tv‘.  Today’s conspiracy.
  • Battaglio: More reasons why ‘Trump TV’ is little more than a pipe dream.
  • Ellison: Roger Ailes final days, from the suit and the strategy to the lockout.
  • Kelly File video: Charlotte clash to the West Bank.
  • Warren: Is Brian Williams’s 11th Hour his path back to respectability?  More.
  • Dana Perino, a ‘thoughtful optimist‘ who eschews Sunday show talking points.

Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Adams: Ignore the lies, Fox News is not ‘imploding’…in fact, it’s surging.
  • Outnumbered video: over Trump ‘birther’ press conference.
  • Concha: Stelter should apologize, CNN should consider suspending him.
  • Concha: Brian Stelter claims Hannity may be rooting for Hillary’s death.
  • Trump unhappy with debate moderator from the ‘Clinton News Network’.
  • Katz: I’ll Tell You What aims to be ‘fair-minded, kind, respectful…and fun’.
  • Newsers gripe they got ‘played‘ by Trump again.  Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
  • Mohr: Lauer ‘hung out to dry’ but (MS)NBC exec Lack was calling the shots.
  • Nolte: CNN’s collapse typified by two screenshots.  Audio Q&A: Brian Stelter.
  • Factor video: Bernard Goldberg of the Presidential election.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • The Five video: The panel erupts over issues of
  • Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Out# videos: Bill O’Reilly on and
  • Impartial MSNBC anchor: Hillary ‘faces a double standard every day’.
  • Chris Wallace snags Clooney for FNS; how Clooney and Kristol agree.
  • Cavuto details grueling recovery from heart surgery: ‘This was a bitch.’
  • No hard feelings: Greta says watch Fox News…’many great journalists‘.
  • Lachlan Murdoch disses MSNBCNN.  Swartz: Chris Hayes moonlighting.
  • Time-Warner honcho promises CNN will earn ‘record profits‘ next year.
  • Kelly File video: on the impact of Colin Powell’s emails.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Perino/Stirewalt podcast leads to a Sunday 5pm election-themed show.
  • Baier, Hume helped lead crushing FNC win; Cavuto sets records on FBN.
  • Concha: How a smartphone video changed cable news’ Clinton coverage.
  • Q&A: Greta talks about Hillary, the media, her future.  Weekend numbers.
  • Wemple calls O’Reilly historical book series ‘moribund’: #1
  • Videos: Bill O’Reilly talks politics, Ailes, and more on Today;  on F&F.
  • Echoing Brian Stelter, another CNN host paints Hillary as a victim of sexism.
  • Kelly File video: What impact will have on the campaign?
  • What WebMD learned from CNN.com.  HuffPo: There are no journalists on tv.
  • Wemple: University to de-Ailes its newsroom, but the scholarship he funds stays.

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Maddow-Lawrence O’Donnell 1-2-3.
  • Concha: Stelter’s reporting compromised by pro-Clinton partisanship.
  • Rothstein: Stelter not alone in towing Clinton camp’s line on coverage.
  • Video: Courtney Friel … to reveal she is seven years sober.
  • A good week for Bill, Megyn, and Rachel.  Adams: O’Reilly tackles WWII.
  • Wemple: Mr Murdoch goes to Washington.  Will FNC swing to the center?
  • Olby resurfaces.  CNN hires Melissa Bell.  Bourdain awarded.  This is CNN.
  • CNN soft-sells Hillary medical incident, scolds channel that scooped them.
  • Profile: CNN exec Tony Maddox.  Sabin: Greta does first post-Fox ‘broadcast‘.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

  • Media Buzz videos: The terror
  • Reliable Sources videos: Aaron Brown; questioning Matt Lauer; Ailes again.
  • Hillary incident triggers Concha, Stelter crossfire:
  • Why Bill O’Reilly is the go-to media figure for a tough Trump interview.
  • FNC’s Sean Hannity in an epic twitter spat with FNC’s Rich Lowry et al.
  • Q&A: Juan Williams discusses We the People.  Sunday talkers: preview.
  • Hogue: Thumbs up for ‘smart, sexy’ Nauert on F&FW.  9/11 coverage plans.
  • Video: Brock for going after Chris Wallace. More. Request denied.
  • Kilmeade audio: on her Out# Kaepernick comments.
  • Stanley: The curious case of Susan Estrich, Roger’s liberal Democrat defender.
  • Your Buzz videos: Trump Trump crazy

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Adios Anna: Fox & Friends‘s Anna Kooiman moving to Australia.
  • Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-MacCallum (Megyn)-Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Outnumbered videos: and
  • Click-bait: Breitbart’s deceptive headline, Mediaite’s lying headline.
  • Concha: A tale of two Louisiana disasters, and the ensuing media bias.
  • Factor video: analyzes coverage of the Soros hack.
  • Perino: I will never lie to you.  CNN, the most trusted name in drones.
  • Video: Martha MacCallum and discuss paying ransom.
  • MSNBC plans Hillary/Trump forum.  MoJo touts its anti-Trump history.
  • FTV makes public apology…for Hannity and Stelter.  Two FNC execs exit.

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