- who will be in the primetime debate. More.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Sunday showdown: Media Buzz beats Reliable Sources.
- Q&A: Bret Baier on Trump, complaints, and the big debate.
- Ariens: MSBNC will try to hitch a ride on the debate cavalcade.
- Chris Wallace promises some ‘doozies’ in his debate questioning.
- Megyn Kelly, fired up for the big debate, loves her job at Fox News.
- Bill Hemmer celebrates ten years at Fox News. Nick Valencia re-ups.
- Wemple: MSNBC, your programming potpourri. Weekend numbers.
- ICN: MSNBC just can’t quit PoV, uses opinion guy as a ‘news anchor’.
- MSNBC’s temp 3-6 pm news anchors: Russert, Mohyeldin, Capehart.
- ICN: Rose-colored glasses cloud recollections of MSNBC’s heyday.
- Surprise: All of a sudden people say FNC debate criteria are just fine!
- Another complaint about debate criteria? Nope, this one is a defense.
- Biznets scramble to cover Puerto Rico crisis. John Walsh gets results.
- Kelly File video: on Hillary ‘under penalty of perjury’.
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Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Special Report 1-2-3.
- MSNBC’s impartial 3pm anchor: Luke Russert. Flashback.
- Bauder: Don’t expect to see BriWi on MSNBC for a while yet.
- Flood: Fox News’s expanded live schedule for debate night.
- Concha: Thursday promises to be a great night for political tv.
- Video: Was the NY Times accurate in their
- The Cuomo demo: New Day host claims nonexistent victory.
- Somerby: Latest Salon attack on FNC is ignorant, delusional.
- Another week of cable news ruled by Ms Megyn and Mr Bill.
- Q&A: Greg Gutfeld talks politics, Red Eye, and his Sunday show.
- CNN stars made up on borrowed time. Kiran Chetry resurfaces.
- Taylor: Megyn is a provocative interrogator who’s also good at hype.
- Chariton: MSNBC’s problem is that it doesn’t ‘lean forward’ enough!
- Jon Klein hypes Brian Williams’s MSNBC role as ‘tailor-made‘ for him.
- Adams: Carol Costello needs a new catchphrase. Is CNN eyeing Abbs?
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- This week Megyn Kelly twice topped Bill O’Reilly in 25-54 demo.
- Somerby: Maddow’s attacks on Fox are ‘turning liberal brains to dust‘.
- Surprise! Maddow misled viewers about Fox News debate positioning.
- Rothstein: Controversy erupts over crediting Concha’s MSNBC scoop.
- CNN’s ‘breaking news’ is a year old?!? Richard Quest makes book.
- Video Q&A: Megyn Kelly’s favorite interviews. Q&A: Bret Baier.
- Philen: Two stories that cure a news junkie’s summertime doldrums.
- Logan: Is MSNBC clearing the decks for the return of Brian Williams?
- Factor video: on media’s disparate coverage priorities.
- Video: Comcast to shut him up! Exposed: FNC mind-control!
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Throwback Thursday Red Eye video: Is a genius?
- Griffin memo: Schultz, Ball, Huntsman, Touré have been fired.
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Somerby: What Maddow doesn’t report in her nightly Fox attacks.
- Chris Cuomo complains, CNN issues denial, Cuomo chimes in again.
- Off the Record video: for Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
- Television critic David Zurawik wins National Press Club award.
- MSNBC fails the trust test. Newsers named to distinguished list.
- Throwback Thursday video: and the fun begins.
- CNN host stung by fake autograph. CNN makeovers include a 3-D floor.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- July 2015 program ranker: Fox News holds the top 14 slots.
- Chariton: Lack fights turmoil at MSNBC as morale tumbles (via ICN).
- Wemple: Sean Hannity takes issue with study of conservative media.
- Videos: Kelly’s and segments critiqued by Wemple.
- Somerby: Maddow’s Fox obsession one of the dumbest cable jihads ever.
- Upcoming O’Reilly tome adopts controversial take on Reagan Presidency.
- CNN’s Rachel Nichols named to top-ten list. HLN tweaks its line-up again.
- Kirell: Brian Williams news deck mirrors Eichmann war crimes trial booth.
- Atkins: What MSNBC needs is hosts like Bill Maher and Whoopi Goldberg.
- Premature burial. FNC hears Ben Carson echoes. A question of questions.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Fox News opens ‘runners-up’ debate to even more candidates.
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Red Eye video: on quotes, some of them his own.
- July numbers: Fox News ‘far out in front‘; MSNBC, CNN edge up.
- Profile: Harris Faulkner. Impartial MSNBC anchor gets award.
- CNN’s new ‘severe weather‘ deck. Tapper’s twitter gets results.
- Sunday showdown: Media Buzz tops Reliable. Weekend numbers.
- Somerby: ‘The Mickey Maddow Show‘…silly, dumb, and insulting.
- CNN debate could feature as many as 17 candidates in two segments.
- Kelly File video: may deny benefits to TN victims.
- The Rev’s media criticism site preps piece praising The Rev’s daughter!
- Impartial CNN journalists rip Huckabee: ‘Ugly’, ‘dangerous’, ‘despicable’.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- The Five video: controversial Iran comments.
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-Bill O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Tom Shillue on Red Eye and more. HLN: the invisible network.
- Somerby: Rachel Maddow’s hour has become a low-IQ clown show.
- Impartial MSNBC anchorman co-hosts opinion show with Janet Mock.
- State Dept honors CNN project. Politics Nightcap, new CNN newsletter.
- Happening Now video: Media coverage of debated.
- Impartial MSNBC reporter called out by Trump witnessed illegal crossings.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Cable news ratings and Presidential elections: a 2016 ‘love story’.
- Zurawik: Will Megyn succeed where Coop and O’Reilly have failed?
- Concha: Politico falsely claims ‘exclusive’ to a story they didn’t break.
- Bret Baier previews the first GOP debate: ‘We will enforce the rules.’
- MSNBC ‘not talking to‘ Olbermann; BriWi ‘doesn’t want’ his own show.
- Mashayekhi: Greg Gutfeld unloads his Tribeca crib for a cool $2 million.
- St John: CNN’s The Seventies redeems (almost) the cable news channel.
- Video: Have media to Hillary email controversy?
- Joyella: A strong Trump-driven week offers ratings hope for Morning Joe.
- Miniter: A CNN founder explains why the channel is one-sided about guns.
- Factor video: on networks’ Planned Parenthood coverage.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Roger Ailes shoots down Murdoch/Trump rumors (via ICN).
- The Rev to launch ‘The Shift Daily’ media blog. Coincidence?
- Nolte: GOP bigwigs conspiring to sabotage Fox News debate?
- Wemple: MSNBC pivots, and preps for BriWi…but to what end?
- Mike Allen claims ‘exclusive’ eight hours after Concha’s scoop!
- Concha: Shake-up as MSNBC cancels Wagner, Schultz, The Cycle.
- Q&A: Bret Baier previews the debate. S.E. Cupp gets online show.
- Throwback Thursday: Future stars remember Take Five (via CNNC).
- Q&A: Alisyn Camerota. Throwback Thursday video:
- Late Night videos: Rachel Maddow
- Did impartial MSNBC reporter declare GOP guilty of a ‘war on women’?
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Flood: MSNBCNN snag Emmy nominations. Zucker defends n-word?!
- Claim: Murdoch told Ailes to cut back on alleged ‘pro-Trump’ coverage.
- F&F videos: on McCain; replies. More.
- Wemple: CNN bleeps a Donald Trump comment. Jim Sciutto’s new girl.
- Fox News, now with Quicklink Skype TX. Greta takes one for the team.
- Dem candidate trumpets his 100+ appearances on MSNBC. Flashback.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- TCG: Are ‘impartial journalists’ getting a green light to attack Trump?
- WaPo‘s Wemple finds immigration official who doesn’t like Kate’s Law.
- Atlanta honors CNN founder. Tonya Reiman resurfaces. Fox tops cable.
- New CNN/CVS sponsored Facebook posts ‘not exactly straightforward‘.
- Weekend numbers. Sunday showdown: MediaBuzz beats Reliable Sources.
- Gutfeld: I chose Shillue to host Red Eye. Tour: Hannity’s Manhattan office.
- More filings in the momentous Fox News/Lindsay Lohan legal donnybrook.
- Kelly File video: MS survivor Media Matters hate speech.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Fox moves runner-up forum to 5:00 pm, ahead of main event.
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Shannon Bream-The Five 1-2-3.
- Kirell: Today’s Keith Olbermann returns to MSNBC specularama.
- HLN spot with Olby’s ex-girlfriend’s father spurs assault accusation.
- Video: Trump Q&A: Erin Burnett: family vs career.
- Video Q&A: weary of ‘ratings-driven’ CNN; more.
- Impartial MSNBC journalist scores a network ‘first’. Neck and neck.
- Raby: Cable news pundits think their viewers are technological idiots.
- Fox & Friends video: with stunt aviator Lt Col John Klatt.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Kimberly Guilfoyle. Concern over graphic images on CNN.
- Video: Harris Faulkner at WH reporter’s question.
- Today’s debate criteria critique. CNN quietly admits Gupta error.
- Crisis in Greece Q&A: Trish Regan (via TV Newser); David Asman.
- WaPo‘s Wemple getting to the bottom of new Kate’s Law question.
- CNN reality shows snag Emmy noms. More reality shows on CNBC.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Throwback Thursday video: does the weather.
- Meghan McCain newest FNC contributor. CNBC skeds debate.
- Police shut down CNN White House correspondent’s wild party.
- Wemple to Dana Bash: Stop nitpicking Major Garrett’s question.
- Concha: Major Garrett’s challenging question becomes the story.
- Pravda reviews news coverage on American cable news channels.
- Q&A: Gretchen Carlson gets Real. Video Q&A:
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Varney & Co video: on Kate’s Law, sanctuary cities, etc.
- Steinberg: Bret Baier signs new multi-year contract with Fox News.
- Impartial CNN journalist rips ‘disrespectful’ Major Garrett question.
- Red Eye video: Did Jesse Joyce past mute button guy?
- Sex workers’ advocates want MSNBC to cancel Sex Slaves in America.
- Actress Jada Pinkett Smith to anchor CNN report on human trafficking.
- CNN signs Bakari Sellers (D-SC) to contributor role. Gray’s astronomy.
- C-SPAN plans to upstage Fox News debate. Did O’Reilly zing Megyn?
- Q&A: Tucker Carlson talks Grateful Dead; Andrea Mitchell from Vienna.
- WaPo‘s Wemple startled at O’Reilly activism, doesn’t recall Jessica’s Law?