- Thursday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Bill O’Reilly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Griswold: Why Chris Wallace is right about fact-checking debaters.
- Lean Lean: MSNBC cuts over a dozen producers in ‘restructuring’.
- Outnumbered video: in email flap. Q&A: Bret Baier.
- Gray: Sean Hannity hasn’t changed, ridicules rumors of ‘Trump TV’.
- Today’s firing demand: Drop Chris Wallace from third Prez debate.
- Today’s CNN Lauer piece. Video: with Charlie Rose.
- Today’s NY Times Matt Lauer piece. Today’s bonus NYT Lauer piece.
- Flood: CNN’s 9/11 remembers the day, the dust, and the ‘legacy kids’.
- Turner wants to sell its channels directly to consumers via streaming.
- Pamela Brown, Eugene Scott on distinguished list. Q&A: Robin Meade.
- Videos: on nitpicking; did Brian Stelter?
- Geraldo book deal axed because he defended Ailes. Greta blames execs.
ratings
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: MSNBC forum-Megyn Kelly-Maddow 1-2-3.
- Brit boom: On the Record ratings jump, topping MSNBCNN combined.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered video: Kids on bikes elderly Chicago man.
- Concha: Matt Lauer bullied and shamed for not ‘taking down’ Trump.
- Grynbaum: Lauer performance panned by ‘critics of all political stripes’.
- Hannity tells Wemple: ‘The difference between me and you is, I’m honest.’
- Greta to FNC: Can I have my pictures back? Maryanne Rafferty resurfaces.
- Grove: The only person who needs Brian Williams’s show is Brian Williams.
- Flood: Without Ailes, FNC scores five weekly primetime cable wins in a row.
- Kelly File videos: Analysis of ‘Commander-in-Chief Forum’
- Guthrie: Gretchen Carlson settlement could launch ‘repositioning’ of Fox News.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- James Rosen finds ‘a ghost in our midst’. Anthony Bourdain in Houston.
- FTV Live: Ex-FNCer Juliet Huddy insists Roger Ailes is not her godfather.
- Joyella: Jim VandeHei launches news site that will partner with (MS)NBC.
- Sunday showdown: MediaBuzz edged out CNN Reliable. Weekend numbers.
- Kelly File video: on destroying evidence under subpoena.
- Wemple can’t fathom suing Gabriel Sherman, is hoping for more ‘good news‘.
- Flood: Execs saw ‘writing on the wall‘. Fleming: Megyn hires outside publicist.
- Concha: Greta didn’t realize how good she had it before she called Fox’s bluff.
- Stelter: Greta told Fox on 9/1 she was quitting, expected time for ‘graceful exit’.
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.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Bolling-The Five-Anderson Cooper 1-2-3.
- Univision exec to debate commission: Sorry, that’s not good enough.
- Video: to being chosen Prez debate moderator.
- Wemple: How long can Brian Williams continue to shelter himself?
- F&F zings Tim Kaine for doing every morning show but theirs; video.
- The Kelly File video: Is DHS formulating a
- Q&A: Don Lemon talks about The Donald. Post-speech Hannity: Yuge!
- Debate moderators include Cooper, Chris Wallace. Concha: Slam-dunk.
- Sherman’s Ailes rehash suggests some of Megyn Kelly’s reporting is ‘racist’.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Hannity-Bream (for Megyn)-O’Bolling 1-2-3.
- Katz: Cable newsers scramble to cover hurricane landfall in Florida.
- CNN airs F-bombs, but they draw the line at allowing this on the air.
- Q&A: Lisa Ling, ‘fearless adventurer’. Debate moderator speculations.
- Steinberg: CNN preps back-to-back documentaries on Trump, Clinton.
- MSNBC sets debut of The 11th Hour with Brian Williams for Sept 6; more.
- Erik Wemple thinks Megyn Kelly and Fox News are caught ‘in a book bind‘.
- French: Fox is a cocoon! Domenech: Most FNC viewers are not conservative.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Hannity-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier (8pm) 1-2-3.
- August 2016 program ranker: Fox News holds 12 of the top 14 slots.
- Concha: On CNN doctor questions Hillary’s health. Flashback: ‘reckless‘.
- Kelly File video: Does Megyn over Facebook’s fake news?
- Grove: Ailes’s lawyers leading a ‘vicious vendetta‘ against Gabriel Sherman.
- Allen: Where did Dr Drew go wrong? Q&A: Greg Agvent, Ayman Mohyeldin.
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.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Maddow-O’Bolling Factor-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News files response to Tantaros: ‘not a victim…an opportunist’.
- Out# video: over Clintons’ ‘outrageous bribery’.
- Flood: Neil Cavuto set to make post-surgery return on September 6.
- After ‘fixing’ algorithms, Facebook hypes totally fake Megyn Kelly ‘news’.
- Dylan Byers declares Megyn Kelly out of the running to moderate debate.
- Concha: Fusion kicks white male debate moderators over 55 to the curb.
- Survey says: Megyn Kelly, Anderson Cooper top debate moderator picks.
- Bias? CNN host grills AP exec for publishing exposé on Clinton Foundation.
- CNN’s Dylan Byers misrepresents Washington Post fact-check. This is CNN.
- Maria Molina returning to FNC…sort of. Bo Dietl resurfaces. Extra-crispy oops.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Hannity-Megyn Kelly-Coop/8pm 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered video: Emails, tax returns, and
- Concha: John Stossel previews the first FBN Libertarian town hall.
- Stelter: CNN given Fox News oppo-research file on Gabriel Sherman.
- Today’s Wemple vs Fox: Ed Henry and the ‘crisis of morality‘ at FNC.
- Trump demands ‘crazy’ Mika apologize. Ed Schultz case back in court.
- Pete Hegseth goes to Israel finding facts. Video: Jim Angle
- Ellefson: Get to know Brianna Keilar. Sally sticks up for Sharia law.
- The Kelly File videos: Megyn questions and
- Concha: Nightly’s Larry Wilmore would be a perfect fit for MSNBCNN.
- Today’s conspiracy: Dr Drew cancelled after he questioned Hillary’s health.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Hannity-Coop/9pm 1-2-3.
- Concha: Ed Henry returning to Fox News…in a different role.
- Ariens: Dr Drew is leaving HLN; last show will air September 22.
- Election ‘guru’ Nate Silver attacks FNC while he gives CNN a pass.
- Can FNC keep Megyn Kelly, the ‘most prized anchor in cable news’?
- Fox & Friends video: her move to Michigan.
- Concha: Unethical Ramos doesn’t disclose his own conflict of interest.
- Coop gets another try-out with Kelly. Why Sean does those town halls.
- Late Show videos: Coop w/Colbert Q&A: Brianna Keilar.
- Fox: Joe Scarborough has a ‘secret’…(that he has discussed repeatedly).
- Wemple: Tantaros’s crack legal team boasts that they’ve only just begun.
- Shafer: Has FNC hit its ceiling? Sakoui: FNC has to expand its demographics.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- FTV: Maria Molina leaving FNC, moving to Michigan to pursue PhD.
- Concha: Sanjay Gupta hints at Trump heart disease. So is he ‘reckless‘?
- Inside Fox News post-Ailes: changes may be coming after the election.
- Geraldo: Tantaros suit not a sincere legal filing. Brown: It’s totally false.
- POTUS losers star in CNN documentary. Flood: I never met Roger Ailes.
- Sunday showdown: Media Buzz tops Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
- Keith Olbermann resurfaces…on The Beeb! Wemple: Trump stiffs Megyn.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered video: over allegations of ‘pay for play’.
- Concha: Kirsten Powers calls questions about Hillary’s health ‘sexist’.
- Rothstein: Joe & Mika discuss not discussing Trump ‘girlfriend’ crack.
- Video: Kirsten Powers debuts on CNN…as one of a six-person panel!
- Concha: Some in media crusading against covering candidates’ health.
- Goldberg: Mainstream journalists can behave as badly as Trump shills.
- Rothstein: Brian Stelter is not what he used to be. Where’s the capital?
- Ariens: No Andrea, TVNewser was not ‘created and controlled‘ by Ailes.
- Say wut?!? A J$ tweet implicated by Tantaros as
- Tantaros lawsuit serves up melodramatic language, titillating accusations.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Shannon Bream (Baier)-Hannity 1-2-3.
- ‘It’s not over‘, says James Rosen re mysteriously edited video. More.
- F&F video: Janice Dean’s Greta: What’s in a name?
- CNN reporter on LA floods: ‘It’s got to be connected to climate change.’
- Kirsten jumps ship. Hannity takes FNC show to Baton Rouge tonight.
- NYT Scoop: Pro-Trump opinion host is helping Trump. Wemple piles on.
- Trump tease baits Joe & Mika into a twitter spat. CNN buys 9/11 movie.
- CNN thinks blacks are felons? Joe Concha shakes his head. Survey says…
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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