Thursday Links and Open Thread

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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

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Video: Abby Huntsman’s  Weekend numbers.
  • Poggi: Great Big Story CNN’s play for the Buzzfeed millennial crowd.
  • Factor video: to criticisms of Killing Reagan.
  • Kiran Chetry resurfaces.  Greg Krieg to CNN.  Misplaced poll found.
  • Q&A: Abby Huntsman, from CBS news intern to Fox News reporter.
  • TCG: Trump, ‘blaming Bush’, baseball, Olbermann, and coincidences.

Monday Links and Open Thread

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
  • GOP issues with CNBC debate grow: Trump threatens pull out.
  • Video: Does (MS)NBC have an
  • Ross: CNN treated Lemon and Lopez like ‘window-dressing‘.
  • CNN touted free streaming of debate, but it didn’t quite pan out.
  • Throwback Thursday: Greg Kelly
  • Former terrorism ‘expert’ Wayne Simmons charged with fraud.
  • Factor video: analyzes CNN’s debate questions.
  • Somerby: It’s ‘one of the strangest programs in cable news history’.
  • Maloney: Sanders supporters fuming over CNN comment deletions.
  • Riedl: Judge rules ‘filming’ can continue on MSNBC signature series.

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sandra Smith-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Concha: Why Noah Trevor is laughable lecturing Rupert Murdoch.
  • Somerby: Rachel’s comedy relief…she always [hearted] Boehner.
  • Daily Show video: talks politics with Trevor Noah.
  • Salzman: CNBC mum in GOP debate controversy.  Q&A: Kate Snow.
  • Kilmeade audio: looks at the Ben Carson controversies.
  • Factor video: on smearing Ben Carson, and more.
  • Lapointe: Who gains from Kevin McCarthy’s fall? Maybe Chuck Todd.
  • CNN reveals the ten Heroes contenders.  Russkies rip CNN reporting.
  • Wemple: Free Rachel Maddow (and the candidates).  Twitter trumps tv?
  • More synergy at NBC/MSNBC.  Leno means ratings at CNBC…or does he?

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Fox News at 19: A look back, with an O’Reilly clip from day one.
  • America’s Newsroom video: talks to Bill Hemmer.
  • Savan: Source says NBC and MSNBC share ‘one set of values’.
  • Gold: MSBNC’s Morning Joe ‘pressured’ to simulcast Hillary event.
  • MSNBC to air Democratic ‘forum’ moderated by…Rachel Maddow.
  • Roush: Stuart Varney on Fox Biz hits ratings high, tops rival CNBC.
  • Hannity video: Fox News contributor speaks out.
  • Key demo viewers (25-54) tuning out the ‘new’ MSNBC.  Blood Lions.
  • Bourdain’s food hall.   Look for the union label at Al-Jazeera America.
  • Byers: Given record low ratings, why is All In with Hayes still on MSNBC?
  • CNN’s Tom Foreman got lost running in the desert (a preview of his book).
  • Did CNN as payback for a ‘silent boycott‘ (via CNNC)?

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Kornacki loses Up, Alex Wagner gets his slot, unbranding spreads.
  • More Morning Joe?!? Further changes may be in store at MSNBC.
  • TCG: A channel where breaking news doesn’t change everything.
  • F&F video: A look at Fox News Headlines radio.
  • Sirius/XM Fox News Headlines debuts today.  Greta on Laura Ingle.
  • This Week video: on Reagan.  Familiar names on top again.
  • Coop examines the secret life of teens.  Profile: Nancy Grace (v/CNNC).
  • Conspiracy theory about CNN spreads proves to be hoax.

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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Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Wemple: Chuck Todd thinks MS/NBC can compete with CNN.
  • Video: O’Reilly talks to Kelly and Michael about Donald Trump.
  • Steinberg: Ailes and Trump will meet to iron out differences.
  • Concha: Rich Lowry should be suspended for poor taste, timing.
  • F&F video: CNN of sabotaging their live shot!
  • Wemple: Here’s the backstory of CNN Trumpologist Jeffrey Lord.
  • Rich Lowry references ‘balls’, triggering a twitter spat with Trump.
  • Erin Burnett returns today.  Coop’s moonlighting.  Big news for Isa.
  • Was Sanjay Gupta skeptical of vaccinations before he was for them?
  • Prominent CNN role in The Martian a by-product of The War on Fox?

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Special Report video: The to latest Trump ploy.
  • Concha: In love and war, who needs the other more…Fox or Trump?
  • FNC: Trump began ‘boycott’ when we cancelled his Factor interview.
  • Trumper tantrum: The Donald says no more Fox appearances?!  More.
  • CNN anchor suggests the Pope supports Bernie Sanders’s platform.
  • Wemple: Trump’s anti-Fox tirade a sure sign he’s feeling the heat.
  • Fillmore: John Walsh is now spokesman for The Justice Network.
  • Why Chris Wallace won’t let Trump phone it in.  Weekend numbers.
  • Steinberg: Cable newsers hope to find glory in coverage of Papal visit.
  • Farhi: Williams protected by a ‘cone of silence‘.  Steel: The ‘halo effect‘.
  • Milbank: CNN created Fiorina; Miringoff: FNCNN screwed Scott Walker.