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Monday Links and Open Thread

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  • Concha: Reliable Sources coverage of NYT/Trump taxes omitted key facts.
  • Freaky Friday numbers: Rachel Maddow-Anderson Cooper-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • CNN hires Andrew Kaczynski, BuzzFeed team. Contessa Brewer resurfaces.
  • Fox Report video: A former
    Green Beret's concerns
    over the fight for Mosul.
  • Willens: Soundbites, salacious quotes…how Fox News surged on Instagram.
  • Sullivan: Who’s responsible for the rise of Donald Trump? CNN’s Jeff Zucker.
  • Geraldo sues over water damage to Upper East Side pad.   Q&A: Hala Gorani.
  • Darcy: Hannity’s ‘on an island’…because he disagrees with some others at Fox.

Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Rachel Maddow-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Say What?! Brian Williams thinks he coined the phrase ‘runaway train’.
  • Wemple takes shot at James Rosen, gets a doozy of a rebuttal in return.
  • Megyn to Hillary: You keep using my name, it’s time to come on my show.
  • Sept numbers: Hannity-Megyn-Bill 1-2-3; Brit lifts On the Record; ranker.
  • More than mere media? Brian Stelter given title: ‘senior correspondent‘.
  • Factor video: Bernard Goldberg
    lambastes attempts
    to smear Brit Hume.
  • Intramural battle royale: MSNBC analyst calls CNBC colleague a ‘jackass’.
  • Concha: Trump targets Lemon and Joe S; snarky CNN chyrons spare Hillary.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • Video: Neil Cavuto
    chides media
    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:
    Prof Jonathan Turley
    has issues with FBI email investigation.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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  • 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
    Bernard Goldberg
    and
    Frank Luntz.
  • 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.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Monday numbers: Debate/FNC, PostDebate/FNC, Debate/CNN 1-2-3.
  • Q3 numbers: Fox #1, viewership sets records; CNN, MSNBC improve.
  • Out# videos: Bret Baier et al size up the debate
    pt one,
    pt two,
    pt three.
  • Megyn Kelly salutes Don Lemon, as Judge Judy pays tribute to Megyn.
  • Klein: Fox, the ‘Never-Trump Network‘.  ICN: Fox, the Trump Network.
  • Ariens: FNC, CNN share honors for debate night.  Q&A: Chris Stirewalt.
  • Concha: Holt emerges from debate ‘bruised and partisan‘; record ratings.
  • HuffPo: See, moderators can fact-check.  Politico: Holt kept out of the way.
  • Kelly File videos: Kurtz says
    Holt helped Hillary;
    pundit panel
    picks winners.
  • Greta honored for ‘fairness and honesty‘.  Martin Bashir resurfaces. Flashback.

Monday Links and Open Thread

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  • 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
    Ellen de Generes,
    and
    Charlie Rose et al.
  • 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
    candidates are prepping
    for the debate.

Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • Thursday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly-Don Lemon 1-2-3.
  • Video:
    Howard Kurtz
    on media that buried a key fact in Charlotte story.
  • Ariens: Meet the newest members of FNC’s Reporter Training Program.
  • Joyella: Joe Scarborough’s son hospitalized, stable after ‘horrible accident’.
  • Maria Molina at CMU.  Jon Ostrower to CNN. CNN digital adds Mabry, Cline.
  • Watch What Happens videos: Tamron Hall.   Hall to host a ‘people’s revolution‘.
  • Welzenbach: Chris Hayes, corporate sock-puppet.  Thomas Roberts awarded.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • 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
    part one,
    part two,
    part three.
  • 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:
    Steve Harrigan compares
    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.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Tuesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Bret Baier (6pm)-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • James Murdoch: Fox News ratings stronger than ever after Roger Ailes exit.
  • On the Record video:
    Howard Kurtz
    on media abandonment of objectivity.
  • Wemple: Hannity does his first, and last, appearance in a video for Trump.
  • Bacher: The Andrea Tantaros saga, unfortunately as told by Andrea Tantaros.
  • Concha: Amid reports of Corey Lewandowski suspension, CNN issues denials.
  • Zucker play: CNN exec again sticks up for Lewandowski.  New CNN podcasts.
  • Yahr: How a celebrity chef went from CNN’s biggest risk to an unexpected star.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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Monday Links and Open Thread

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  • Friday’s numbers: Maddow-Hannity-O’Reilly/O’Donnell (tie) 1-2-3.
  • Bloomberg reporter asks: Did Russians order NY attacks to help Trump?!
  • Concha: Pack media resort to bullying the refs ahead of first Prez debate.
  • To smooth Brian Williams’s acceptance MSNBC paired him with Maddow.
  • Meyer: Chris Hayes ridiculed for dumb tweet.  CNN hires Brekke Fletcher.
  • Zengerle: Joe Scarborough has big dreams…including Trump: The Musical?!
  • Lean Forward: Impartial MSNBC reporter agrees, Gore won Florida in 2000.
  • Perino & Stirewalt videos: Candidates
    react to attacks;
    what
    makes a good poll.
  • F&F video:
    It's a girl!
    Hogue: Mornings get a jarring jolt.  RIP CNN’s Tom Mintier.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: The panel erupts over issues of
    candidates' health.
  • Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Out# videos: Bill O’Reilly on
    Hillary's polling,
    and
    Colin Kaepernick.
  • 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:
    Perino and Stirewalt
    on the impact of Colin Powell’s emails.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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  • Tuesday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • New Fox News leaders Shine, Abernathy signed to multi-year deals.
  • Lachlan Murdoch: ‘It would be foolish‘ to change Fox News’s ‘voice’.
  • Concha: Evidence, facts rebut ‘laughable’ Amanpour sexism sermon.
  • Out# video: Powell emails reveal ‘smack talk’ re Hillary
    part one,
    pt two.
  • Grinapol: Gloria Borger previews her CNN special Almost President.
  • Concha: Despite MS, cancer, heart surgery, Neil Cavuto perseveres.
  • Kelly File video:
    Alan Dershowitz
    on Clinton’s emails, and his new book.
  • Fox News lawyers vs Fox News lawyers.  Two Ailes houses go on the market.
  • Darcy: Anti-Trumpers have Hannity ‘backed into a corner‘.  Q&A: Chuck Todd.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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  • 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
    in Amazon sales.
  • Videos: Bill O’Reilly talks politics, Ailes, and more on Today; 
    Mr Bill
    on F&F.
  • Echoing Brian Stelter, another CNN host paints Hillary as a victim of sexism.
  • Kelly File video: What impact will
    Hillary's health scare
    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

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  • 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
    resurfaces
    … 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‘.