- Video: has choice words for the ‘smarmy’ news media.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Tucker Carlson-O’Reilly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Maria Bartiromo on walking away from CNBC, and life at Fox.
- FTV Live: Sorry anchors, but you just aren’t as big as you think you are.
- FTV Zucker punch: Trump + Fake News = ‘Brian Stelter peeing himself.’
- Rothman: How quickly media have forgotten Obama’s War on Fox News.
- Concha: Joe and Mika give props to Tucker. Video: Payne’s
- O’Reilly talked about Chicago, Trump tweeted. Steve Cortes jumps to Fox.
- Wemple: (MS)NBC cranks up the hype machine; Tucker’s false equivalency.
- Q&A: Jake Tapper has a rule for Trump reporting. Video Q&A: Greg Gutfeld.
- Videos: Should the press Moving our embassy
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Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Bret Baier-Tucker Carlson-Bill O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- MSNBC inauguration anchors: Trump’s speech ‘dark‘ and ‘Hitlerian‘.
- Nancy Sinatra: Why do you lie, CNN? Jake Tapper in a twitter spat.
- Guess who wasn’t invited to the DeploraBall? FNC signs Nigel Farage.
- Updated Inauguration coverage schedules. Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
- Zucker fires ‘warning shot‘ at Trump. CNN reminds staff not to march.
- Davich: Local YMCA stopped showing the ‘fake news’ channel on its tvs.
- Zurawik: Cable news dominance explains much about the 2016 election.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg says even icons must
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Tucker Carlson-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Martha MacCallum 7pm bow a knockout, tops MSNBCNN combined.
- New Pew: Fox top source for voters…FNC 19% CNN 13% MSNBC 5%.
- Katz: Guide to tv Inauguration coverage. Anna Kooiman resurfaces.
- Concha: The rise of Tucker Carlson, and the fall of Greta van Susteren.
- Greta responds to fans: Same show, same me, just a different channel.
- Factor video: on reactions to Trump. Q&A: Van Jones.
- Fox News re-ups, expands leases; plans new state-of-the-art newsroom.
- Sunday Showdown: MediaBuzz tops Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
- Ellison: Latest Megyn Kelly specularama sees her as the next Matt Lauer.
- Sincerest form of flattery: Katy Tur anchors show on Trump first 100 days.
- Don Lemon’s condo goes for nearly $1 million. Bret’s inauguration playlist.
- Videos: Jake Tapper with Seth Meyers Q&A: Jeff Zucker.
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
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.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Tucker Carlson-Martha MacCallum 1-2-3.
- Video: Kurtz and Jenna Lee on of a military coup.
- Concha: Should reporters be banned from tweeting? In some cases…yes!
- Gibbons: Juan Williams, Kim Guilfoyle at Multichannel Diversity Discussion.
- Hollywood Reporter video: at Women in Entertainment event.
- With feds’ decision on merger deal pending, CNN promises ‘independence’.
- Tucker Carlson video: Hate speech opponent who compared
- Bret Baier at Franklin Templeton Pro-Am. Q&A: Fareed Zakaria, Jake Tapper.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: O’Bolling-Sean Hannity-Tucker Carlson 1-2-3.
- Tucker’s bang-up start: beating MSNBCNN combined in all demos.
- CNBC skeds reality show with cutting-edge concept: flipping houses!
- Tucker Carlson’s one-time rape accuser now admits: ‘I was delusional.’
- Wemple: TV newsers have learned nothing about how to coverTrump.
- Jake Tapper rips CNN for a chyron on his own show. Q&A: Richard Lui.
- Kelly File video: You haven’t seen the last of Studio F.
- Sunday Showdown: Media Buzz tops Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Oct numbers: Fox tops, Megyn is #1; CNN, MSNBC grow; FBN tops CNBC.
- Sunday showdown: Media Buzz tops Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
- ‘Handle your scandal’: CNN on-air blackout of latest Donna Brazile news?
- Wemple: Eight questions for CNN on Donna Brazile and the leak scandal.
- Outnumbered video: on how Wikileaks got her phone number.
- Loufbourow: Megyn Kelly symbolizes ascendance of ‘conservative women’.
- O’Reilly honored by Marine Corps University Foundation. TWC visits HLN.
- Lapointe: State of the Union is Sunday’s state of the art. Q&A: Bakari Sellers.
- Zurawik: CNN leak scandal shows perils of mixing politicos with journalists.
- Videos: Ed Henry , and on CNN leak scandal.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow-Coop-Bill O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Concha: The numbers show Trump’s media criticisms make a valid point.
- Wikileaks: Another CNBC debate mod secretly cozy with Hillary’s camp.
- Extreme makeover: Schwab branch office now a high-tech Fox News studio.
- Ariens: Rupert Murdoch helps Fox Business celebrate its ninth anniversary.
- Videos: on Trump’s troubles; eyes the timing.
- Zurawik: Megyn Kelly’s debate question foreshadowed the Presidential race.
- Impartial CNN reporter: Trump’s response to charges ‘paranoid…dangerous‘.
- Wemple: Jake Tapper blasts leak of town hall question. ICN: Why, CNN, why?
- Craig Melvin defends John Harwood. Chuck Todd moonlighting. Lou is sorry.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Rothstein: Clinton team tries to repair damage after Greta insulted.
- Fox News 20-year videos: Mr a
- Treacher: Andrew Kaczynski’s first big scoop for CNN is a real doozy.
- Lean Forward: MSNBC producer really eager to get Hillary aide on air.
- Wemple: That’s not a ‘feud’…it was an unprovoked attack by Hannity.
- Concha: In spite of media hype, Fox News ‘war’ is over before it began.
- Latest Fox News ‘civil war’ turns out to be the shortest one yet. Video.
- Factor video: previews Sunday’s Clinton/Trump rematch.
- Audio Q&A: Jake Tapper on media bias etc; Chris Stirewalt on the debates.
- CNN re-shoots focus group poll, changes third-party backers to ‘undecided’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Concha: Will MSNBC rebuke Dean for cocaine smear? ‘Of course not.’
- Zucker play: CNN renders Lester Holt invisible. The purloined graphic.
- Factor videos: Debate analysis with and
- Tied up in knots: FNC, Tantaros disagree about alleged settlement offer.
- FNC veep cautions staff about online surveys. Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
- Andy Lack calls BriWi’s credibility issues ‘ancient history‘. ICN disagrees.
- Sunday showdown: Media Buzz beats Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
- Impartial CNN anchor: Maybe Trump broke the law. Q&A: Richard Quest.
- Fox Business hits new highs. Steinberg: CNN greenlights Shades season two.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: DNC/CNN – DNC/MSNBC – Coop 1-2-3.
- Q&A: Gretchen Carlson reacts to the ouster of Roger Ailes and more.
- Wemple: One thing you can be sure of…on CNN speeches are ‘powerful’.
- Out# video: Is Hillary best qualified ever? square off.
- Concha: Suspension lifted…Newt Gingrich returns to Fox News August 1.
- Factor video: Bill O’Reilly and guests address slavery and
- Q&A: Jake Tapper; Chris Matthews; Joe and Mika on politics, romance, etc.
- Greta: Let’s get this straight…what I said was true then, and is still true now.
- Report: A ‘stony silence‘ at FNC as staffers take sides. Peaceful co-existence.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: it’s
- Reliable Sources: Ailes bails part one, part two, part three, part four.
- Fox & Friends video: in leaked DNC emails.
- Jake Tapper responds to criticism re DNC emails referencing him.
- Q&A: Meghan McCain says ‘I no longer recognize my party’.
- Harris Faulkner lawsuit clears first hurdle. Sunday talkers: preview.
- The ‘Political Insiders’ one-hour special Saturday. Governor Gretch?
- Wasserman-Schultz complained about Mika, Chuck Todd intervened.
- Abrams: Running MSNBC I didn’t compete with Ailes, I emulated him.
- NYT exposé on Fox News ‘culture’ cites
- Concha: If timing is everything, Fox scored a bullseye with Ailes exit.
- Guthrie: Behind the scenes on day one at Fox News sans Roger Ailes.
- Bauder: Rupert Murdoch vows Fox News without Ailes is still Fox News.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Sean Hannity 1-2-3.
- Bruce: Carlson implies all female Fox hosts prostituted themselves.
- ICN: Every day CNN looks less and less reputable compared to FNC.
- FTV Live: CNN’s Lewandowski also being paid by Trump campaign.
- Late Show videos: Bret Baier with Stephen Colbert
- Goodrich: Bill Hemmer shares his take on Trump and all things RNC.
- Luke Russert leaving (MS)NBC to ‘pursue other interests’ (via Stelter).
- CNN convention anchors to include Coop, Cuomo, Tapper, Lemon et al.
- Concha: Tapper’s crazy route to CNN stardom. CNN fights privacy suit.
- Concha: Even if Gingrich isn’t a VP candidate, Fox unlikely to rehire him.
- Road trip: Pittsburgh or bust. Bill and Matt’s breakfast in the Hamptons.
- Real Story, sans Gretchen, scores its biggest ratings ever. Q&A: Maddow.
- Q&A: Bret Baier on Ailes, Fox, and more. Wemple: Leave Megyn out of it.
- McFarland: There was never a whisper of Roger being one of ‘those men’.
- Gretchen Carlson: I’m standing up for what happened to me and the truth.
- Kennedy video: Judge Nap spots about AG Lynch’s testimony.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Video: NY Times still reporting a Benghazi!
- Audio Q&A: Harris Faulkner examines ISIS recruitment in Minnesota.
- What will become of HLN without its biggest star? Leno’s crash a flop.
- Nolte: Is Jake Tapper fair and balanced? CNN into ‘human augmentation‘.
- Borchers: Lewandowski’s first week was just as bad as everyone expected.
- Wemple: How Fox News structures a debate is none of the feds’ business.
- Videos: on smears, on Loretta Lynch.