- Breaking: NBC keeps Brian Williams, may shunt him off to MSNBC.
- The Five video: Debate over Trump candidacy
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Inept coverage exposes the two faces of Rachel Maddow.
- THR: CNN creates mocking Donald Trump ‘remix video‘ (via CNNC).
- Coloring the news. ‘Indefensible bias‘ in CNN’s Middle East coverage?
- Zurawik: Jake Tapper should have said no to the Bill Clinton interview.
- Why doesn’t Cramer post his stock-picking record? Chain of command.
- Williams: (MS)NBC played softball with Dolezal. Q&A: Gretchen Carlson.
- Here comes the judge? Today’s ‘Scarborough may return to politics‘ story.
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Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- The Five video: Robust debate over
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Tapper’s State of the Union debuts in 4th place at 9:00 am (25-54).
- Trump likely to make the cut for first debate. Weekend numbers.
- Today’s firing demand. Concha: Find yourself another scapegoat.
- Ashleigh Banfield disqualifies herself. When reruns trump news.
- Videos: Gretchen Carlson and returns to
- Ed Henry frozen out. Jake parties. Farah: It’s the end of everything!
- Kelly File video: on the dearth of due process at US colleges.
- Q&A: Thomas Roberts; Mika Brzezinski; Dana Perino; Josh Levs and All In.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Bret Baier-The Five-Bill O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Joyella: Controversy swirls around CNN harassment reporting.
- Whale trainer accuses FNC of lying…but emails prove otherwise.
- TCG: Who’s Sorry Now?…Do we really need another apology?
- Video: on Fredricka Whitfield’s feeble non-apology.
- Q&A: Gretchen Carlson, ‘bimbo trifecta’. Amanpour gets makeover.
- FTVLive: MSNBC ‘newscast’ fabricates fake coverage of House vote.
- ICN: The Daily Wrap…a roundtable show that’s ‘a breath of fresh air‘.
- Five ways Rupert Murdoch revolutionized media. Fireworks on FNC.
- Video Q&A: Kirsten Powers and Sharyl Attkisson discuss The Silencing.
- Audio Q&A: Tom Shillue talks comedy, the Red Eye relaunch, and more.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Roger Ailes to Variety: I report to Rupert, and that will continue.
- Prins: The ‘Game of Murdoch‘. Video: The story.
- Sherman: 2015 is looking like a ‘pretty good year for Roger Ailes’.
- Scarry: NewsmaxTV broadens its focus with Concha’s Daily Wrap.
- Q&A: Jake Tapper (Breitbart); Jake Tapper (TV Newser).
- Perlberg: CNN’s Courageous is an idea that’s been bad for decades.
- The Alisyn Factor: New Day only cablenews morning show to grow.
- Factor video: on Brian Williams and Jerry Seinfeld.
- When nostalgia trumps news. Weigand: 70s ‘pleasant, unremarkable‘.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Lawsuit alleges anti-Semitism at Al-Jazeera America; Wemple.
- Faber: Rupert Murdoch to step down. Yarow: What about Roger?
- Throwback Thursday video: Do you remember
- Lowry: The 70s is ‘once-over-lightly‘ history; Gay: a good primer.
- Concha: Fox could triple its ratings by doubling down on debates.
- MSNBC truther wants to help the children. HLN re-revamps sked.
- FNC to air a runners-up forum for non-qualifying GOP candidates.
- TCG: MSNBC’s ‘lean forward’ news programs…are they news at all?
- Q&A: Jake Tapper; more. Wemple: A timeline to his Clinton exclusive.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- The Five video: McKinney, the police, video, and
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Shocker! Justice Dept denies Fox News request for Ferguson data.
- Fox Biz ratings up 30%, occasionally top MSNBC. Alisyn’s lucky day.
- Concha: Greg Gutfeld Sunday night show faces major hurdles. More.
- Zucker punch: CNN exec needles rivals (via CNNC). Joe S responds.
- Pacenti: Florida health care agency joins in hospital’s spat with CNN.
- McDonough: CNN’s Seventies pays too little attention to class struggle.
- ICN: MSNBC hasn’t really moved that far from opinion programming.
- Katinas: Arthur Aidala new President of the Brooklyn Bar Association.
- Kelly File video: swirl around Baltimore Prosecutor.
- Chris Hayes learns patience. Don Lemon interviews his new best friend.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Ronan Farrow out, Thomas Roberts in, ratings still a disaster.
- Cable newsers scramble as bomb threat clears WH press room.
- POTUS candidates flock to bottom-rated cable news program.
- Jenna Lee scales the GW Bridge to uncover the secrets of the flag.
- Somerby: ‘Increasingly ridiculous’ Maddow is ‘a clownish disgrace‘.
- Effron: Eight attributes of exceptional news anchors. Today’s oops.
- Lowman: CNN’s The Seventies premiere episode. Weekend numbers.
- FNC gains allies in battle with TV Eyes. Apple news app includes CNN.
- Enten: The admission criteria for Fox News GOP debate remain unclear.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- TCG: Critics say…Brian Stelter cheap-shotted Megyn Kelly? More.
- CNN to launch Courageous content; more. Boris Sanchez joins CNN.
- Second Greg Gutfeld Show ‘so much better‘ than premiere episode.
- Kimberly Guilfoyle and Making the Case: Mediaite; video: MyFoxNY.
- Calderone: Jake Tapper preps for a long-overdue Sunday morning role.
- Megyn Kelly approaches O’Reilly numbers while Coop spirals downward.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Weprin: Meet Greg Gutfeld and his ‘pockets of weirdness’.
- Red Eye fans react to choice of Tom Shillue. CNN alum zings Quiz.
- Proposition for cable news: mount inter-party primary debates?
- Otterson: Megyn Kelly previews interview with the Duggar sisters.
- Kelly File video: on media coverage of the Duggars.
- The Schultz Tapes: Law prof opines Big Ed may have committed perjury.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-O’Reilly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Congratulations to the new host of Red Eye: Mr Tom Shillue.
- May program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots. Demo: 25-54.
- Patten: (MS)NBC interns score $4.6 million in lawsuit settlement.
- Q&A: Abby Huntsman loves cheese. The Rev rating: Mostly false.
- Throwback Thursday video: over Duke Lacrosse hoax.
- Rothstein: Faces of Ed. The Rev to march against Hartford violence.
- CNN reality shows awarded. Buzzers in place for more CNN games.
- Joyella: How should cable news treat victims who want to speak out?
- Fallon: ‘Tough, responsible‘; Tucker: ‘half-hearted‘; Streisand: ‘hard-hitting‘.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Megyn Kelly previews her interview w/the Duggars. More.
- Q&A: O’Reilly talks Falklands, ideology, and more (via Wemple).
- Mrs Matthews makes it official. MSNBC tops rivals…on Facebook.
- St George’s University honors Ellen Ratner and James Pinkerton.
- Yahr: How cable news covered the year’s most monumental story.
- CNBC hits new low. FTV: May gains by FNCNN actually big losses?
- Kelly File video: in release of sealed Duggar records.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Fox News planning a move to a deluxe apartment in the sky?
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Video: Shepard Smith on NSA data mining.
- May numbers: Fox News up double digits, +42% in key demo.
- May: CNN up; HLN mixed; MSNBC tanks. Weekend numbers.
- Q&A: Neil Cavuto from Orlando. Sunday’s Reliable edges Buzz.
- Conan videos: Jake Tapper part one, part two. FNC plugs CNN!
- The Schultz Tapes: It depends on what the meaning of ‘often’ is.
- Nightly Show videos: Christiane Amanpour
- TCG: What about Jim? Cable news and the biological imperative.
- Kelly File video: on media coverage of Duggar family.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Rothstein: Zucker memo mentions ’embarrassments’ (v/CNNC).
- Q&A: Trish Regan‘s Intelligence Report; Cavuto‘s Coast to Coast.
- CNN Media gets extreme makeover. Audio Q&A:
- Video: Mornings with Maria Bartiromo.
- CNN signs former Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer to a contributor role.
- Video: Greg Gutfeld Show Red Eye fans’ first reactions.
- F&F video: Anna Kooiman runs the Warrior Dash
- O’Reilly riding high, preps new book. Celebrity chef is back in Jersey.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Fox News signs Katherine Timpf to contributor role.
- Video: Greg Gutfeld promotes his new show on Today. More.
- Steinberg: FNC turns Gutfeld loose in Sunday night experiment.
- Wemple: CNN switches Harlow for Tapper at CGI panel discussion.
- Your World video: Neil Cavuto to Don Imus.
- Legends & Lies renewed: Patriots to focus on founding fathers.
- CNN’s funniest home videos. Perez: Kathleen Koch resurfaces.
- Lord: Facts don’t support the Bruce Bartlett brainwashing meme.
- Bravo: Full disclosure for all. More murmurs from Mrs Matthews.
- Gahr: Deposition video shows Ed Schultz eager to work at Fox News.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Scher: GOP candidates will not get a free ride in a Fox News debate.
- Q&A: Greg Gutfeld, Fox News ‘frat boy‘, previews his new program.
- Voodoo: Mike Rowe in New Orleans. Fusion looking to lean forward?
- Imus video: talks ISIS, 2016, and more. Upset: HLN tops F&F.
- Moxley: Legal and ethical controversies swirl around OC Lock-Up series.
- Today’s ‘doom of cable news‘ harangue. Kimberly Guilfoyle makes book.
- Gunman’s notebook vindicates FNC reporter ensnared in shield standoff.