- Friday’s numbers: Bret Baier-The Five-O’Bolling Factor 1-2-3.
- MSNBC using lefty pundits to anchor ‘hard news’ hours. Today’s oops.
- Media Buzz video: Katie Couric, Muhammad Ali.
- The Cable Game: As CNN plays catch-up on one story, it spikes another.
- Happening Now video: Coverage of Trump debated.
- Somerby: Is anyone surprised that CNN has 100 pundits on its payroll?
- Erica Hill returns to CNN. Trump camp claims MSNBC reporter banned.
- CNN Newsroom LA gains an extra hour. Legends & Lies tops bestseller list.
- Suits at ABC, CNN throw cold water on Coop Live co-host gig (via CNNC).
- Only one journalist on ‘Most Powerful Women’ list. Q&A: Anthony Bourdain.
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Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered video: State Dept investigation
- Wemple: James Rosen issues a nine-point rebuttal to Jen Psaki.
- Rense: CNN’s celebrity chef wants to make Trump eat raw steak.
- Tamron Hall pulled from Nightly News spot. Ainsley thanks Larry.
- FTV Live: MSNBC finds way to make the NBA Finals about politics.
- Yahr: Coop’s guest-hosting on Live makes the case for choosing him.
- Former MSNBCer settles her tax bill, current MSNBCers still in arrears.
- Flood: Hamilton is not just big on Broadway…he’s coming to Fox News.
- Actor Harry Kollatz describes the filming of Bill O’Reilly’s Legends & Lies.
- Tapper auction for wounded vets closes. A tour of CNN Airport Network.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- The Five video: to State Dept editing admission.
- Wemple: Belated admission by the State Dept doesn’t go far enough.
- State Dept admits Rosen footage intentionally deleted; video:
- May numbers: FNC breaks its 13-year record; CNN, MSNBC, HLN grow.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Shannon Bream-Anthony Bourdain 1-2-3.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Shannon Bream-The O’Reilly Factor 1-2-3.
- Sunday showdown: Media Buzz tops Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
- Outnumbered video: dissects Cheryl Mills testimony.
- Maria Bartiromo leads Fox Business ratings rally. FBN up, CNBC down.
- Gold: MSNBC hypes ‘codebreakers’, ‘firebrands’ in new rebranding. More.
- Hogue: It’s time to return Andrea Tantaros to Outnumbered. CNN turns 36.
- FTV: As CNN blackout on Couric flap continues, Stelter pleads ‘limited time’.
- Battaglio: After her big year, Megyn Kelly could command $20 million salary.
- Gahr: Those MSNBCers allegedly ‘working to pay off’ their tax debt? Haven’t.
- CNN: The ‘worst ever mobile ad’ experience? Hillary stiffs her peeps at MSNBC.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Mike Huckabee 1-2-3.
- Joyella: It’s off! Donald Trump backs out of debate with Bernie Sanders.
- Outnumbered video: Robust debate to Hiroshima.
- Q&A Don Lemon: It ain’t easy being me (via CNNC). Tom Sater’s X-rays.
- Zucker play: CNN exec likes his mix of news coverage and reality shows.
- Geraldo Rivera wants Folkenflik and Marimow to retract their false attack.
- TCG: Why the sudden demand that candidates’ families be cross-examined?
- Factor video: debates transgender bathrooms with Mr Bill.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Concha: A Trump/Sanders bout would benefit all candidates but one.
- Flood: How Megyn can become the most powerful woman in tv news.
- CNN primary night ratings crater as Presidential races lose suspense.
- Rogers: Disagreement over Michelle Fields’s Cashin In‘ role continues.
- Errol Barnett jumps to CBS (via CNNC). What if Apple took over CNN?
- MSNBC ‘reporter’ shamed Asian Trump fan as Kornacki cheered him on.
- F&F vids: Obstacle course runs by
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Video: on a ‘devastating’ Hillary emails report.
- CNN anchor denounces ‘shameful’ Trump comments. Today’s oops.
- Flood: Hines Ward joins CNN as contributor. Q&A: LZ Granderson.
- HLN spins addition of a reality show as a return to their ‘news roots‘.
- Today’s bright idea: Fox News should stage a Trump/Sanders debate.
- Greta totally unsurprised that Salon hack misrepresented her program.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Fareed Zakaria 1-2-3.
- Steinberg: Veteran MSNBC producer Izzy Povich leaving the channel.
- Concha: Obsessed much? Post runs ten post-mortems of Megyn special.
- Former Congressman hosts CNN reality series about American spies.
- Sunday upset: Reliable Sources tops Media Buzz. Weekend numbers.
- FTV Live: Are CNN viewers getting fed up with wall-to-wall Trump?
- CNN International’s Ketura King harassed by police in Senegal airport.
- Concha: Hillary is running scared…scared of Bernie and scared of Fox.
- The Place for Archery: MSNBC to air 78 hours of lesser Olympic events.
- Hillary backs out of debate she agreed to after Fox agreed to host it. More.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: O’Bolling Factor–The Five-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
- Fareed will front Why They Hate Us tonight. Hinckley cast in O’Reilly flick.
- Scarborough: CNN has been ‘kissing up’ to Trump for ‘months and months’.
- Cable Game: Missing persons update. Steve Kornacki: making politics ‘cool’.
- Anthony Bourdain in the Philippines; in VietNam with a special dinner guest.
- Jake Tapper: back to the drawing board. Smerconish: From Philly radio to CNN.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Sandra Smith 1-2-3.
- Hillary agreed to debate before Fox offered to host it; O’Reilly chimes in.
- Flood: Why Carl Cameron is ‘off the Red Bull’. Hannity’s $20,000 pooch.
- Bolduan, Capehart lose to comedian on Jeopardy! Bourdain’s biggest fears.
- Factor video: on the latest New York Times Trump exposé.
- Joyella: Colleagues, competitors pay tribute to ‘outstanding journalist‘ Greta.
- FBI probes stalker inundating Katie Pavlich with ‘creepy and menacing‘ emails.
- Szalai: Comcast CEO Roberts grilled by shareholders over liberal bias of MSNBC.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Choice/cnn-Sean Hannity-Bret Baier/9pm 1-2-3.
- Concha: Megyn passes the network test as critics predictably pounce.
- Gerri Willis: ‘My recovery chances are high. My cancer is Stage Two…’
- The Cable Game: Gabriel Sherman throws Megyn Kelly under the bus.
- Flood: After Trump slams CNN, Zucker responds…’we’re doing it right’.
- Cablenewsers win Jeopardy! cash for charity. Megyn Kelly makes book.
- Perino previews the Facebook powwow. Today’s Wemple O’Reilly gripe.
- Zucker play: New CNN shows feature comedy, music, and more nostalgia.
- Lowry: Megyn broadened her profile. Koblin: A ‘more personal approach‘.
- D’Addario: Kelly proved her strength, could make newsmagazines great again.
- Wemple: Kelly’s ‘bankrupt’ interview. Zurawik: Show biz Trumped journalism.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Somerby: O’Donnell takes a dive. Weekend numbers. FNC tops week.
- Audio Q&A: Autonomous podcasts with Van Jones and Guy P Benson.
- Wemple: Fox News makes new appeal to host the last Democratic debate.
- Joe & Mika inducted into Cable Hall of Fame, edging out Maury & Connie.
- The Late Show videos: Megyn Kelly with Stephen Colbert
- WWHL videos: Megyn on taking her and
- No plans for more Megyn specials…unless there are. Q&A: Megyn Kelly.
- Shafer: Will Megyn/Trump measure up? Is Megyn the new Barbara Walters?
- CNN media team gets spanking from Politico over claim of Trump media win.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Out# videos: Megyn on Doug Brunt on
- Videos: Megyn Kelly and
- Concha: Megyn’s Fox special is her most important job interview ever.
- Borchers: What we know about tomorrow’s Megyn/Trump tête-à-tête.
- Joyella: Trump calls CNN control room over Fox News segment. More.
- Matt Finn: From Junior Reporter to Correspondent. Andrea goes private.
- CNN steamed over Wilmore dinner jokes, cancelled spot on Lemon’s show.
- CNN, stop whipping up fear. Gina London resurfaces. Q&A: Ed Lavandera.
- Cable Game: Lou Grant would hate Adam Housley…and that’s a good thing.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Video: Arthel Neville on The Doctors Q&A: Stossel.
- Videos: Megyn Kelly with Jimmy Fallon
- Jo Ling Kent leaving FBN. SE Cupp: Surviving those late nights on CNN.
- Factor video: on Bob Woodward investigating Trump.
- Lange: Megyn Kelly sticks up for Fox News. Greta video: A
- Gang member presented by CNN as Chicago success story shot and killed.
- CNN town hall participant: event was scripted, potentially hazardous. More.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Will Donald Trump repeat past candidates’ mistakes in Kelly confab?
- Elliott: Megyn Kelly talks fears, courage, Trump in exclusive interview.
- Concha: Criticism of Megyn/Eric Trump interview is ‘FDS’ exemplified.
- Kilmeade video: Congrats and Andrew Sansone.
- TCG: Andrea Tantaros hangs up on radio host when asked about Fox.
- Joyella: Bret Baier given Tomlinson Award for outstanding journalism.
- Kelly File video: Trump’s getting mixed reviews.
- Bobbin: If Megyn Kelly wants to broaden her horizons, now is the time.
- Collins: Kelly Ripa lobbying hard for Cooper, but ABC suits have other ideas.
- Grinapol: JJ Ramberg testifies before the US House. Q&A: Dr Sanjay Gupta.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Special Report video: speak out for first time.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Concha: Blaze host unloads on CNN contributor. Rothstein: Boob talk.
- CNN given access to Workers Party Congress. Q&A: Megyn Kelly; more.
- Kelly File video: on Facebook chicanery. Weekend numbers.
- Greta: To be fair, this time it’s Fox News. Greta’s crib sells at bargain price.
- Coop town hall on prescription drug abuse. Ramberg to testify before House.