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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

January 20, 2021January 19, 2021 by johnny dollar

Rumor mill: Fox mulls Gutfeld late-night show again.
F&F video: Joe Concha on the
media fanfare for Biden.
Steinberg: Fox layoffs sweep Chris Stirewalt out. More.
Fourth Watch: CNN misinformation; supressing speech.
Wallenstein: TV’s Trump bump will give way to a slump.
CNN analyst’s fawning over Prez-elect is ’embarrassing’.
Newsmax host takes a shot at Fox News…but it was a lie.
Monday’s numbers: Maddow-Tucker. Weekend numbers.
Biden/Harris Inauguration: Guide to cablenews coverage.
Shep torpedoes Fox: I don’t know how they sleep at night.

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Monday Links and Open Thread

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 by johnny dollar

Freaky Friday numbers: Perino-Hemmer-Coop 1-2-3.
Fourth Watch: Blame Europe; Acosta helps Trump; etc.
Kurtz on Trump vs the press. Touré does the time warp.
Trump blasts Chris Wallace and FNC; revenge of the Jedi.
Q&A: Greg Gutfeld talks Red Eye, Scott Adams, and more.
Cruz to Stelter: Is your job ‘Chief of rapid response, DNC’?
How tv newsers decompress during the age of coronavirus.
Altschuler: How reporters should handle the virus briefings.
Dierdre Bolton quits Fox Biz for ABC. F&F video:
Lara Logan.
Next Rev videos: How to re-open America
part one,

part two.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 by johnny dollar

The Five video: The panel
reviews Trump speech
at CPAC.
Thursday’s numbers: Maddow-Sean Hannity-Tucker 1-2-3.
Camerota: I would never do that. Rutz: Let’s go to the tape.
Rush to judgment: Everyone working at CNN is ‘mentally ill‘.
Politico scorches Blitzer: flat, bleak, robotic, irksome, gutless.
Video: Dana Loesch
required security escort
to exit town hall.
Video: Eric Bolling speaks at CPAC. Jo Nosuchinsky finds work.
Q&A: How Stuart Varney keeps his cool. Fareed Zakaria at UCLA.

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

August 11, 2017July 26, 2017 by johnny dollar

The Wrap media reporter: It’s so obvious Shep Smith hates Trump.
FNC millennial women face increased attacks. CNN bias suit tossed.
Tuesday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow-O’Donnell-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
Joy Reid in an ugly twitter spat. Megyn’s Sunday show may not return.
Kristen, Kate, et al named to distinguished list. FBN tops biznets again.
Bugs, Mr Rico, millions of ’em: CNN restaurant flunks health inspection.
Erik Wemple concerned that impartial CNN journalists get critical press.
Andy Levy joins SE Cupp. Fake news sabotages Boothe millennial status.
Fox exec: I was harassment ‘scapegoat’; Tamara Holder’s twitter response.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

July 24, 2017July 20, 2017 by johnny dollar

Gregg Jarrett tells Tom Shillue: the OJ parole board got it wrong!
Wednesday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow-O’Donnell-Hannity 1-2-3.
Another bad day for Cillizza: ‘Is he not watching his own network?’
MSNBC, CNN ignore major scandal. Inside CNN’s online talk show.
Greta: CNN’s McCain bragging is ‘so tasteless’. New CNN protest set.
Q&A: Ainsley Earhardt; Trish Regan; Andrea Mitchell (via TV Newser).
Video: Comments on Sen McCain from
Dr Marc Siegel
and
Sarah Palin.
Q&A: John Roberts. Throwback Thursday: The first and forgotten anchor.

Monday Links and Open Thread

July 14, 2017July 10, 2017 by johnny dollar

Friday’s numbers: Tucker Carlson-America’s Newsroom-The Five 1-2-3.
Video: Gregg Jarrett says
it's not a crime
to collude or meet with Russians.
Jim Acosta: Blowhard or crusader? Krakauer: Acosta’s quest for virality.
Hasson: CNN’s very bad—no, awful—week. Charen: Vindictive and petty.
Concha: Kellyanne Conway and Chris Cuomo’s contentious confrontation.
Fox News signs Ari Fleischer as a contributor. CNN makes deal with Hulu.
Latest ratings are good news for FNC. Bolling makes book, book makes #3.
F&F videos: Tom Shillue on
changing tastes in humor
and his
new radio show.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

July 14, 2017June 29, 2017 by johnny dollar

After less than six months, Greta is out at MSNBC.
Wednesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Maddow-The Five 1-2-3.
Somerby: Remember Olbermann/Musto’s unvarnished misogyny?
Out# video: Panel reacts to
Trump tweets
about Joe and Mika.
Concha: Joe, Mika, and Trump seem incapable of acting like adults.
Kim Guilfoyle says it’s not her last week at Fox: signs new contract.
Audio: Andy Levy announces that this is his last week at Fox News.
Video: Julie Roginsky announces this is
her last week
at Fox News.
Barr: MSNBC giving Hugh Hewitt minimal promotion for new show.
CNN is making Cillizza a ‘brand’. Conservative activists target CNN.
F&F video:
Anthony Scaramucci
on how he dealt with CNN’s hit piece.
Q&A: Scarborough expounds on his musical genius, Trump, and more.
The Five video: Does new undercover video deepen the
crisis at CNN?
Impartial CNN anchor: Trump is putting journalists in physical danger.
Impartial CNN journo mad that WH takes questions from conservatives.
Budowsky: CNN Russian Connection like journalism of Edward R Murrow.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

June 28, 2017June 27, 2017 by johnny dollar

Monday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-The Five-Rachel Maddow 1-2-3.
Q2 cable news program ranker: Fox News holds 14 of top 20 slots.
Q2 biznet shake-up: CNBC dips to 20-year low as FBN surges 47%.
Q2 numbers: FNC dominates cable news for 62nd month in a row.
Q2: Fox News tops all cable nets; MSNBC, CNN show improvement.
MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle snags a $7.5 million Upper East Side crib.
Kansas man arrested for stalking Joanne Nosuchinsky at her NYC pad.
CNN producer caught on tape: the Russia coverage is ‘mostly bullish!t‘.
Turley: Travel ban ruling should force the media to examine themselves.
The Late Show video:
Tom Shillue
talks Mean Dads with Stephen Colbert.
Jim Acosta: I’m ‘blackballed‘. Soldier’s mom rips CNN’s ‘twisted’ reality.
Videos: Sharyl Attkisson on
rules of journalism,
the origins of
'fake news'.
Sunday showdown: MediaBuzz beats Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

June 23, 2017June 21, 2017 by johnny dollar

Tuesday’s numbers: Maddow-Sean Hannity-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
Fox radio drops Sullivan, Gibson, adds Starnes and Tom Shillue.
Somerby: 14 minutes that broke the cablenews dishonesty record.
Salvadori: CNN fake Paris attack photo is a reminder to be wary.
Barr: Is Bill O’Reilly plotting his future online, or on tv? Or…both?
One America News pulls back O’Reilly offer, will pursue ‘other talent’.
CNN plans to turn Great Big Story into a Great Big streaming channel.
Video:
Lt Col Ralph Peters
says Iran, not Russia, is the problem in Syria.
With EP release, Scarborough’s grassroots fanbase ‘poised to explode‘!
Report: ‘Betrayed’ Matt Lauer ready to quit Today over Megyn Kelly hire.

Friday Links and Open Thread

June 23, 2017June 16, 2017 by johnny dollar

Thursday’s numbers: Maddow-Ed Henry (for Tuck)-Hannity 1-2-3
Out# video: Tom Shillue
gets emotional
about the baseball game.
Somerby: Maddow’s tale was false…but it felt so good going down!
Drudge: Competitive stress is causing cable hosts’ spate of illnesses.
Tucker Carlson hospitalized for appendicitis; Perino will sub tonight.
Hall: O’Reilly is assembling a production team to launch new project.
Video: Bill O’Reilly resurfaces, on One America News. More to come?
In new audio Megyn tells ‘fascinating’ Jones he has ‘a very good point’.
Megyn ‘completely overhauls‘ Alex Jones segment; Jones leaks audio.
Turley: CNN’s lawsuit could vindicate Comey…or trigger his downfall.
Ainsley Earthardt’s pants. Katy Tur’s father. Rachel Maddow’s A-block.

Monday Links and Open Thread

June 13, 2017June 12, 2017 by johnny dollar

Freaky Friday numbers: Maddow-O’Donnell-Tucker/Hayes 1-2-3.
Tani: Specialists hints at a new FNC formula for the post-Ailes era.
Concha: NYT cowed into rewriting headline of glowing Tur profile.
Ariens: Fox News promotes six execs to new roles in programming.
Impartial CNN host raves: Trump assassination play ‘a masterpiece‘.
Coop on Kathy Griffin: ‘I wish her well and I hope she bounces back’.
Goldberg: Donald Trump is good for business…Trump bashing business.
Q&A: Tom Shillue on meaner Dads. GQ: Shillue’s Trumpian book is ‘awful’.
Fox & Friends video:
Ivanka surprised
by ‘viciousness’ of her father’s critics.

Monday Links and Open Thread

March 20, 2020May 22, 2017 by johnny dollar

Friday’s numbers: Maddow-Coop-Burnett 1-2-3. MSNBC hits #1.
Impartial MSNBC anchor zings Trump in commencement speech.
Zucker play: CNN uses faked statistics to make Fox News look bad.
Video: Marisa Guthrie and Joe Concha on the
legacy of Roger Ailes.
Rivals see opportunity in FNC slump, eye hiring O’Reilly. A bad week.
It’s a girl! It’s Tom’s party. Anchors away. Sandstorms clog live shots.
Gutfeld video: Trump
is a salesman.
Megyn has a Sunday premiere date.
Harris Faulkner honored. Melissa Harris-Perry resurfaces, rips MSNBC.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 by johnny dollar

Video:
Cavuto and Concha
on why 30 sources don’t guarantee truth.
Wednesday’s numbers: Maddow-Tucker Carlson-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
Media critic Trump: ‘dumb’ Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo a ‘chained lunatic’.
Tucker Carlson video:
Joe Concha
on manic media going to DefCon One.
Ariens: Soledad and Grace set to resurface. Somerby: Coop goes 7 on 1.
Rothstein: Sara Murray has uneasy reaction to Spicer wedding comment.
Legal woes complicate FNC CEO search. 21C earnings top expectations.
Parties mum on dismissal of lawsuit against CNN. Cooper: Save MSNBC!
Bahamas flap involves Shillue, Levy, Evan Siegfried. Q&A: Shepard Smith.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

May 4, 2017April 22, 2017 by johnny dollar

MediaBuzz videos:
100 Days;
Fox
after O'Reilly;
why Tucker
is skeptical.
Reliable Sources videos: Culture of harassment; Alisyn; Fox post-O’Reilly.
Monday: The return of Bill O’Reilly…where to find The No Spin News.
WUSA’s Ellison Barber jumps to Fox News; video: her
FNC debut.
Sandra Smith targeted by fake news sites. Sunday talkers: preview.
Levine: Expect Rachel Maddow to clobber FNC’s The Five at 9:00 pm.
The Murdochs’ extreme makeover. Hannity a Trump advisor…or is he?
O’Reilly exit lifts auto parts stock. Video:
Greg signs off
the final Factor.
Kilmeade video:
Andy Levy
on the end of Red Eye. Selective cable outrage.
Spin Stops Here Tour is not stopping…but there is a petition. It’s his world.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

April 19, 2017April 8, 2017 by johnny dollar

MediaBuzz videos:
Airstrikes;
generals
cheer;

Kellyanne;
covering
Rice.
Reliable Sources: O’Reilly; more O’Reilly; Zurawik; media too pro-Trump.
Red Eye series finale videos:
Tom Shillue
looks back; the
first years;

Greg and Andy
together again; the
final fade-out.
Videos: Tucker takes on
'fake news,'
debates
safe spaces advocate.
25 things you don’t know about Judge Pirro. Sunday talkers: preview.
Maslin snarks about Old School. Morning Joe lovebirds at Johns Hopkins.
What O’Reilly means to his viewers. What O’Reilly means to Fox News.
Canto: It’s amazing how much time CNN spends talking about Bill O’Reilly.
CNN covertly shoots off-camera briefing. CNN’s apps seeking new users.
Chris Wallace on journalism, Trump, and more. Cramer’s Street struggling.