- Friday’s numbers: Bret Baier-The Five-Eric O’Bolling 1-2-3.
- Wemple: GOP debate demands reflect ignorance about journalism.
- Before scoring their Q&A Joe & Mika went on Koch Brothers junket.
- F&F video: Tucker Carlson Meet Mr Elizabeth Prann.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC ‘hard news’ anchors double as opinion hosts?
- Captain America comic writer gets in a spat with FNC’s Clayton Morris.
- Rachel Maddow claims she’ll get Dem candidates ‘off their talking points‘.
- Ainsley Earhardt on maternity leave. Ex-CNNer Shannon Travis resurfaces.
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Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Fallout continues: GOP ‘suspends’ upcoming NBC debate. Video:
- After Joe trashed CNBC did execs issue a gag order to (MS)NBC talent?
- Fang: Lobbyists for MSNBCNN are top fundraisers for Hillary Clinton.
- Katherine Timpf at Hillsdale Homecoming. Megyn Kelly moonlighting.
- Video: The View’s plus CNBC’s utter incompetence.
- Lean Forward: Rachel Maddow to moderate MSNBC Democratic forum.
- The Herd video: Is FNC anti-Trump? talks to Colin Cowherd.
- As Joe rips CNBC, Ed Henry taunts: Fox will ‘make debates great again!’
- Kelly File video: GOP voters panel speaks out on
- Hod: Inside CNBC’s debate debacle…how the network dropped the ball.
- Warren: CNN wants an explanation for why Jeb didn’t come when called.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday‘s numbers: Bill O’Reilly 11pm-Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
- Battaglio: Sean Hannity unplugged, on Trump, ties, and his ‘top five’.
- The Grio rips Don Lemon, says he’s doing Bill O’Reilly’s work for him.
- Blitzer’s blimp blunder. Ex-CNNer slams the ‘Clinton News Network‘.
- Poniewozik: After fumbled debate CNBC may not be offered another.
- FTV: CNBC, no longer a Nielsen subscriber, still spins debate numbers.
- Concha: CNBC’s John Harwood is now ‘the poster boy‘ for media bias.
- Maloney: Under fire, John Harwood plays victim. Wemple: But…Fox!
- Kelly File video: ‘snide, condescending’ questions.
- Factor video: on CNBC’s ‘snarky, smug’ moderators.
- Zurawik: CNBC’s debate moderators among the worst I have ever seen.
- Piers Morgan knocks CNN post-debate coverage, switches to Fox News.
- Gold: CNBC moderators lost control. Think Progress: A total trainwreck.
- Martosko: Debate runs off the rails. Maloney: Why did John Harwood lie?
- Griswold: Harwood attacked Rubio with a talking point he knew was false.
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Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- October cable news program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Video: Sean Hannity Politifact’s ‘pants on fire’ rating.
- ‘Fox primary’ meme takes another hit. Year one with Meredith Artley.
- Don Lemon comment stirs controversy, triggers today’s firing demand.
- Strange Inheritance to launch second season with four-episode marathon.
- CNBC preps for GOP face-off. Trump preemptively calls debate ‘unfair’.
- Bret Baier: bowling to benefit sick children. FNC sets live debate analysis.
- FBN taps Cavuto, Bartiromo for debate. Concha: CNBC’s debate ratings.
- Wemple: A look at Melissa Harris-Perry’s ‘hard work’ history at MSNBC.
- Wemple: Melissa Harris-Perry leans way forward, redefines ‘hard worker’.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2/3 (tie).
- October numbers: FNC tops; CNN, MSNBC, HLN, FBN make gains.
- Trump’s boycott impacts Megyn Kelly ratings…they keep going up!
- Video: Mary Katharine Ham honors her husband
- Clarissa Ward’s CNN debut. Lean Forward: Don’t say ‘hard worker‘!
- Patten: Hasbro responds to Faulkner’s filing. Weekend numbers.
- Morning Joe goes on the road again. Sean Hannity rated: Pants on fire!
- Beckel makes book. CNN tops Yahoo. Lynne Russell lawsuit proceeds.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: in the Washington Wizards (v/TVN).
- Intrepid reporter finds Newshounds’ official Halloween costume.
- TCG: Revisiting the Newshounds…still classy after all these years.
- Bigger than the Kardashians: Fox News top Facebook social brand.
- Video: why the FBI is listening to Hillary.
- Sen Rubio ends CNN boycott. Michaela Pereira raises a cool million.
- Who needs John Walsh? CNBC’s American Greed helps nab fugitive.
- There was one problem with that MSNBC live interview with Hillary.
- Yurcaba: Too bad Megyn Kelly won’t be hosting the next GOP debate.
- But who wrote it? CNN’s Fareed Zakaria special on Iraq to air tonight.
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.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- TCG: Benghazi coverage shows MSNBC news still ‘Leans Forward’.
- De Moraes: Fox News Sunday snags largest audience in last six years.
- GOP candidate rips MSNBC’s ‘Morning Trump’. Video Q&A: Joy Reid.
- Biznet upsets: Varney sweeps CNBC as Neil Cavuto tops Power Lunch.
- Seven reasons CNN Planned Parenthood piece was ‘unbelievably awful’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Murdoch brothers stand behind Ailes, praise Megyn Kelly (v/TVN).
- 48 hours ago, MSNBC said Biden will announce in 48 hours. More.
- Wemple: Will CNN let ‘Islamophobe Beckel’ comment on terrorism?
- Back to the Future: CNN signs Bob Beckel as commentator…again.
- Yashar: Now two petitions calling for Ayman Mohyeldin to be fired.
- Greta: Thank you, Roger Ailes. James Rosen, a distinguished fellow.
- Wemple: Killing Reagan co-author trying to track down 1987 memo.
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
- The ‘power’ of boycotts: Megyn Kelly ratings keep rising.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-O’Bolling-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Bill O’Reilly discusses ‘hot topics’ on The View.
- Today’s firing demand: petition targets NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin.
- MSNBC admits on air to using a ‘factually wrong‘ Middle East map.
- Somerby: Rachel Maddow should be consigned to cablenews Hell.
- Scarborough: Wayne Simmons claims he can prove his CIA service.
- Concha: Cavuto’s apology for Simmons admirable but unnecessary.
- Christopher: Cavuto’s Wayne Simmons apology puts onus on others.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: the Wayne Simmons controversy.
- Grenell: The astonishing bias of (MS)NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin.
- Griswold: Botched hit-job by Dylan Byers should embarrass CNN.
- Report: CNBC agrees to Trump demands. Isenstadt: CNBC caves.
- Concha: Trump’s credibility on the line in showdown with CNBC.
- Wemple: Coop ‘knew’ Sanders’s reply would ‘shut down’ email talk.
- After big debut, Leno’s Garage stalls out. Worth a thousand words.
- Josh Levs at Stony Brooke U. Joy-Ann Reid in Winston-Salem, NC.
- Golgowski: Lynne Russell lawsuit claims motel ignored known dangers.
- Wemple: Donald Trump officially assumes full ownership of cable news.
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
- MSNBC ‘hard news’: What kind of sandwich is Bernie Sanders?
- Tuesday’s numbers: Debate-predebate-postdebate 1-2-3.
- Out# video: Bill O’Reilly reviews the debate
- Somerby: Maddow’s reporting ‘grossly misleading…flatly false’.
- Megyn Kelly: We overestimated Trump’s ‘anger management.
- Isenstadt: GOP squabbling with CNBC over upcoming debate.
- CNN gets 15 million; Concha’s victory lap; Hugh Hewitt to return.
- Zurawik: Don’t blame Cooper; Hillary steamrollered over him.
- ICN: CNN letting its own employees review its own employees?!
- Concha: A solid ‘A’ for Coop. Were Lemon and Lopez ‘tokenized‘?
- Coop’s notes gave him the edge. The truth about Coop and Clinton.
- Abbruzzese: Coop ruled with ‘an iron fist‘. How to silence Don Lemon.
- Chariton: CNN ‘insiders’ worried debate would ‘bomb’ without Trump.
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Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Shep goes on a and Donald Trump.
- Q&A: Ed Henry on Fox vs CNN, etc; Sean Hannity on McCarthy etc.
- Concha: Unfriendly fire complaints ding Fox News and MSNBC.
- Donny Deutsch resurfaces, brings Joe and Mika into his world.
- Chuck Todd hour hit by ‘big fall off‘ in ratings. Weekend numbers.
- York: CNN’s double standard for debates. CNN fact-check failure?
- Lyons: CNN should give more airtime to Dana Bash in the debate.
- Ads during CNN’s Dem debate going for half the price of GOP debate.
- Parker: CNN hopes smaller field, greater focus will lure debate viewers.
- McCall: Why the CNN Democratic debate will be as useless as the GOP’s.