Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • Friday’s numbers: Tucker Carlson-Sean Hannity-Eric O’Bolling 1-2-3.
  • Video: Judge Napolitano tells Shep about his
  • Out# video: Are the boycotting Dems actually
  • Super Bowl on Fox means O’Reilly to interview Trump.  Instant O’Whine.
  • Video: Tucker grills DNC contender  Bret Baier in Naples.
  • The Cable Game: CNN rallies to Jim Acosta’s defense, but there’s a catch.
  • CNN signs contributors David Fahrenthold et al.   Will AT&T sell off CNN?
  • Rothstein: Stelter bullied on twitter, seeks pity.  CNN wins award for beer.
  • CNN previews comedy series at Sundance fest.  Cablers converge in Davos.
  • Maddow to reinvent her show for the Trump era.  Today’s Wemple O’Whine.

Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Thursday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
  • Outnumbered video: in debate over who pays for border wall.
  • Cable Game: David Frum, Jonathan Chait spread fake news about Fox.
  • Chris Wallace named to distinguished list.  Campbell Brown resurfaces.
  • CNN’s 2017: More apps, more K-File, more Brian Stelter…plus Van Jones.
  • Factor video:  Bernard Goldberg examines
  • Greta makes her MSNBC debut.   WWHL video: Maddow with Andy Cohen.
  • Will Megyn replace Savannah?  Bret Baier makes book. Melissa Francis too.
  • DeRiso: Chicago co-founder slams ‘revisionist informercial’ shown on CNN.

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Sean Hannity is en route to London for interview with Julian Assange.
  • Scarborough: Funny nobody objected when Obama talked to Zakaria.
  • Joe Scarborough in a twitter spat over partying with Trumps.  Day two.
  • What Were You Watching New Year’s Eve? CNN, FNC trounce MSNBC.
  • Bitter Lemon: CNN cuts mic as drunken anchor rants about ‘awful’ 2016.
  • Reliable Sources videos: Covering Trump; the Murrow Moment; populism.
  • F&F Weekend video:  Stelter Trump tweets trigger retorts.
  • MediaBuzz videos: presidents; Obama’s social

Friday Links and Open Thread

  • The Cable Game: CNN media critics tend not to apologize.
  • Video: Meghan McCain treatment of Ivanka and family.
  • Tucker: Hollywood is going out of business.   Megyn is mad at Shutterfly.
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: 2016 ruined political tv drama.  Craig Melvin’s crib.
  • Mary Tyler Moore video: Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid.  Ella:
  • Videos: on Brian Stelter; on Trump’s rallies.
  • Stossel a trailblazer for libertarianism.  Flap over Fox News fees continues.
  • Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • The Five video: Brian Stelter in hoax tweet discussion.
  • Wednesday’s numbers: Jesse Watters-Tucker Carlson-Bolling 1-2-3.
  • How Ainsley Earhardt hit her stride in 2016.  Michaela loses an hour.
  • Concha: Fox News has no conflict of interest with Kimberly Guilfoyle.
  • Q&A: Anthony Bourdain on the ‘hatred’ and ‘racism’ engulfing America.
  • Videos: Rachel Maddow with Seth Meyers
  • That Girl video: Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid.   Stan Freberg:
  • Happening Now videos: Jon Scott and the story of Bubby
  • Chris Matthews can’t get enough of Love, Actually.   Gutfeld: Tucker’s secret.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Eric Bolling-Shannon Bream 1-2-3.
  • Lawsuit against Megyn/FNC thrown out.  Push for Kimberly strengthens.
  • Salutin: How did Jake Tapper become a hero?  Q&A: CNN’s Barbara Starr.
  • Farhi: How Ed Schultz went from MSNBC lefty to mouthpiece for Moscow.
  • Did Stelter help promote potentially fake news by uncritically retweeting it?
  • The Cable Game: Noted opponent of ‘fake news’ serves up some of his own?
  • Holmes: The ongoing meltdown over ‘fake news’ is starting to get ridiculous.
  • Dancing with Elephants: On vacation with Coop.  Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
  • Megyn Kelly-produced series announces cast, premiere date.   Today’s oops.
  • Warren:  Brian Williams’s (low-rated) show is quietly ‘conquering‘ late night.
  • Concha: Media should err on the side of caution when airing videos of death.
  • Tucker Carlson video: Radio host says Trump nominees literally
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Concha: News media doing America a disservice ignoring Aleppo crisis.
  • Lewis: CNN stars share lessons learned from covering the 2016 election.
  • Ariens: Fox News gets new Human Resources exec. Oh no…they’re back.
  • Why Tucker Carlson is FNC’s latest star…is it the hair?    Three questions.
  • Journalists freak-out over Trump: Stelter promotes Olbermann harangue.
  • Tucker Carlson video: History prof says Russia for Trump.
  • Pendergast: After a glut of Jon-Benet Ramsey specials, CNN to air another.
  • Profile: Brian Stelter, ‘precocious workaholic‘.  GQ exploiting mental illness?

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Friday’s numbers: O’Bolling Factor-Sean Hannity-The Five 1-2-3.
  • Fox News names John Roberts chief White House Correspondent.
  • Concha: Ailes saga to become movie, miniseries; this apology Ruhles.
  • Somerby: Van Jones special ‘blatantly phony in all the standard ways’.
  • Backlash hits CNN for Ghana report.  Malkin: Van Jones’s ‘messy truth‘.
  • Stelter: Are we in ‘a national emergency‘?  Kozak: Media echo chamber?
  • Video: John Bolton on if the hack attack could be a
  • Tapper-type interviews should be the norm.  More.   The Rev in Camden.

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Friday’s numbers: The Five-Chris Wallace-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Darcy: Tucker Carlson is at war with elitism, pomposity, and groupthink.
  • Ariens: James Murdoch gives Dad A+, says FNC prospects ‘very strong‘.
  • Gibson: Tamera Mowry-Housley is keeping the faith.   Dana’s dog ditties.
  • Greta resurfaces (via TVNewser).  Joe & Mika’s pipeline to Trump Tower.
  • Video: comments on her recent absence from Fox News.
  • The Cable Game: Reliable Sources pre-empts breaking news to slam Trump.
  • Wemple excoriates Corey.  Lyons: Settle for More needs greater detail, focus.
  • Video: Sharyl Attkisson on over Trump’s phone call.
  • Video: on Trump’s Taiwan chat.   F&F: Cabinet makers?

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • CNN’s Inside the Middle East will be sponsored by a Saudi foundation.
  • ‘Kelly may jump?’ Drudge hypes unsourced rumor CNN wooing Megyn.
  • Q&A: Alisyn Camerota on a ‘fact-free’ election that was a ‘wake-up call’.
  • Treacher: Olby still sitting at his Ikea table, yelling.   Dial it down, Rachel.
  • Factor video: talks Trump and coverage of hate crimes.
  • Stelter: The two candidates were not equal; it’s a reporters duty to say so.
  • November 2016 cable news program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tucker Carlson video: CEO with Trump supporters.
  • Tuesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-O’Bolling Factor-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Rothstein: Brian Stelter smears Daily Caller, then lifts one of our stories!
  • Concha: CNN’s Amanpour epitomizes anti-Trump tripling down by MSM.
  • Zucker play: CNN honcho gives stamp of approval to ‘tenacious’ Amanpour.
  • Amazon nixes anti-Megyn review spam.   Fox News Sunday gets Pence bump.
  • Hannity video: Sean with BuzzFeed reporter Rosie Gray.
  • Nolan: Time Warner, AT&T, Trump, and what’s about to happen to CNN.
  • Viser: What happened when CNN portrayed me as an ‘alt-right founder’.
  • Van Jones in Canada. Q&A: Lawrence O’Donnell. Megyn doesn’t fit the mold.

Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Thursday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Eric Bolling-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Ainsley and Mr Bill topple Bernie.  Piers Morgan would like to resurface.
  • Big news for Kirsten Powers.   Michael Wolff takes on Stelter and Lemon.
  • Video: talks to Jenna Lee about the furor over ‘fake news’.
  • FTV Live: Why is Brian Stelter suddenly concerned over ‘fake news’ now?
  • ‘Cuckblock’ extension tags Trump opponents…and blocks CNN completely.
  • Video: Megyn Kelly talks with Gayle King about Trump, Ailes, Settle for More.
  • How, after 38 years, Coop was reunited with his brother.   Q&A: Megyn Kelly.
  • Somerby: More and more, Maddow is like a low-rent liberal version of Trump.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Q&A: Megyn Kelly gets candid about Ailes, Trump, feminism, and more.
  • Video: Megyn about childhood bullying, attacks by Trump.
  • Concha: Media erupt when not invited to Trump family dinner.  Flashback.
  • Stelter slams ‘fake news’, while relying on sources notorious for fake news.
  • Videos: Megyn Kelly on CBS This Morning, with Savannah Guthrie on Today.
  • Q&A: Megyn Kelly on Trump’s ‘relentless campaign‘ targeting her and FNC.
  • Concha: Breitbart preps media lawsuit;  O’Brien: Could the target be CNN?
  • Kelly File video: Trump’s digital guru says they would win.
  • TMZ’s Harvey Levin to host special OBJECTified: Donald Trump on Fox News.
  • Q&A: Howard Kurtz on how he foresaw Trump win.  Alex Wagner resurfaces.
  • Somerby: Lawrence O’Donnell tops cable for ‘crazily bogus prognostications‘.
  • What Wemple has in common with Media Matters, Vox, etc; today’s O’Whine.
  • Factor video: O’Reilly uses to defend loyalty to Fox; Imus update.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
  • Q&A: Ainsley Earhardt makes book; F&F video:
  • CBS video: Bill O’Reilly promotes his new book, comments on Megyn’s.
  • Hamdi Alkhshali on saving Arwa Damon: ‘Toughest 24 hours of my life.’
  • Kelly File video: Media with Trump win.  A big week for FNC.
  • Stelter: ‘Hundreds’ of swastikas, attacks; video.  Brianna gets noon slot.
  • Cable newsers react to Gwen Ifill death.   Wemple still ragging on Corey.
  • Brazile reiterates ‘CNN never gave me a question’…doesn’t say who did.
  • Dr Phil videos: Megyn on the the
  • GMA videos: Megyn Kelly with George Stephanopoulos
  • Megyn: After a year-long one-sided feud, ‘Trump and I are in a better place‘.
  • Video: Tucker Carlson on campus political correctness.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Wednesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Concha: As leaders confer, self-promoting pundits divide and conquer.
  • Zurawik rips CNN: All I wanted to do was turn off the channel in disgust.
  • Guthrie: Inside Fox’s $30M studio on an ‘unreal, surreal‘ election night.
  • Battaglio: What a Trump administration means for FNC and cable news.
  • Griswold: CNN airs agitator’s call for murder.  Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
  • CNN just figured out websites are reposting their clips.  Tweet of the day.
  • Here’s why the election’s end means very bad news for CNN and MSNBC.
  • Videos: Election coverage reviews by