- 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.
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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
- Friday’s numbers: Maddow-McKelway (Bret)-Tucker (Hannity) 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Bret Baier discusses Ailes, Special Report ‘on steroids’, and more.
- Bill O’Reilly and Hannity also have the ‘Ailes clause’ in their contracts.
- Stay Classy: Erik Wemple headlines Greta’s FNC exit with ‘Good News’.
- Greta invoked contract clause to renegotiate. Greta’s statement. More.
- Greta leaving Fox News; Brit Hume to anchor 7:00 pm. Announcement.
- Zurawik: Settlement, Greta exit have Fox making news for wrong reasons.
- No interviews? BriWi’s text statement on his MSNBC show. Neil is back.
- Fox News joins legal filings against gag orders over government searches.
- Video: Fox and Friends bids farewell to Maria Molina with
- ‘Ailes paying‘ report from Sherman ‘sources’ debunked in under four hours.
- Concha: For Gretchen, it was never about money; she still has a future in tv.
- Lean Forward: Fox nemesis Sherman is now officially on the MSNBC payroll.
- Ellison: Lawsuit settlement earns Gretchen Carlson $20 million plus apology.
- Ailes lawyer asks Sherman, mag to preserve documents for ‘defamation claim’.
- Steinberg: The attorney who took down Gawker is now working for Roger Ailes.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow-Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Santucci: CNN’s Lewandowski still involved with Trump campaign.
- Mariana Atencio leaves Fusion for MSNBC. Maddow gets new look.
- Fox News dominates August ratings; split decision for second place.
- Report: FBN up 56% in August; Stuart Varney, Lou Dobbs beat CNBC.
- Sunday Showdown: Reliable Sources tops Media Buzz. Weekend numbers.
- Concha: CNN doctors Trump tweet before airing it. Unleash the drones!
- twitter hacked. Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
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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Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Rachel Maddow 1-2-3.
- Stelter: BriWi 30-min nightly election wrap starts after Labor Day.
- Wemple lambastes O’Reilly for delivering this Talking Points Memo.
- Concha: Newsers brace for decision on POTUS debate moderators.
- Editing magic: CNN creates a ‘call for peace’ out of a call for violence.
- Report: Ailes advising Trump campaign. Trump campaign: No he’s not.
- Pascual: Sanjay Gupta presses for pot. Now you see it, now you don’t.
- F&F video: Hannity zings ‘little pipsqueak’ Brian Stelter.
- Stelter: MSNBC eyeing 11pm slot for Brian Williams election wrap-up.
- The Spy Who Loved Me Not: No big deal, or ‘heartbreaking memories‘?
- Sunday Showdown: Reliable Sources tops Media Buzz. Weekend numbers.
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Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Ziegler: Hannity, Scarborough should pay the price for hyping Trump.
- Wednesday’s numbers: Libertarian Town Hall-O’Reilly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- This is CNN: ‘Bullsh!t artist‘…’loud-mouthed d!ck‘…then back for more!
- How Bret Baier sheds pounds…in an election year! Q&A: Jeffrey Toobin.
- Flood: Why betting against Fox News is risky business. Megyn zings Joe.
- Battaglio: Murdochs will not change Fox News’s ‘position in the market’.
- Factor video: offers the perfect ‘Trump should have said’.
- CNN’s boozy DNC afterparty; CNN’s Corey problem; CNN’s Green town hall.