johnny dollar's archive: sept-oct 2009

Hot and Not.  The Beck chart. Ombudsman: Kurtz's conflict. Cavuto in Morristown. Birther whines over FNC snubs. From Hillary flack to MSNBC anchor?  Dobbs returns fire. CSI: New York.  Dubious... Read more

Thursday's numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3. Profile: Shep.  Courtney resurfaces.  Paging Tolstoy. Video: O'Reilly's cantankerous View.  Latino letdown? Dobbs blames Geraldo? Rivera: he's a pansy!  No mas? George disavows Olbermann post. ... Read more

Wednesday's numbers: Bill-Beck-Bret 1-2-3. Greta's in Pakistan.  FNC: fire Gingrich?  Q&A: Shep. Truce or consequences.  Olbermann overkill? Dobbs under fire...literally, as MSNBC airs ad. Trends: FNC rivals plummet.  Velez-Mitchell's... Read more

Video: Bob Wright on the NBC/Comcast deal. Tuesday's numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3. Truce or no truce?  Jarrett's wrong, no she's right? MSNBC 10:00 pm plan: reruns.  Countdown drops 63%. Whore... Read more

Monday's numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3.  October numbers: program ranker.  Maddow: new lows.  CNN crumbles: NY Times, LA Times, Coop plummets, Twitter fail, Klein memo, analysis.  More:... Read more

Friday's numbers: Bill-Beck-Sean 1-2-3.  October numbers: FNC's best year ever, CNN/MSNBC sinking! Fox in your phone.  Poolgate update. Dispatches from the war.  Cranky Cramer. Jarrett defends interview.  Shep... Read more

Shuster's reading list. Jane Hall exits FNC. Poolgate: Gibbs admits mistake. Q&A: Jenna Lee.  Charts: Bill, Beck. Fox hunt: the flaw.  Video: Laura on ABC. Sunday talkers: HuffPo recap.  Sanchez... Read more

Matthews again spouts G--D-- on live tv! False CNBC report spooks markets. Thursday's numbers: Bill-Beck-Bret 1-2-3. Behind the war. Orchestrated by Media Matters? Pool flap: non-denial denial? Tucker's... Read more

Shuster: Is Cheney emotionally unstable? Wednesday's numbers: Bill-Sean-Beck 1-2-3. Beck's week. Maddow's apology: analysis.  Is news news? Guess who's a 'terrorist'?  Profile: Jenna Lee. War boosts FNC.  Murdoch eyeing... Read more

Tuesday's numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3. Buchanan audio: "I'm a hostage!" Latino: shallow and Lou-less. Hill: MSNBC more biased than Fox! Gasparino banned from D-Rat.  Today's oops. War on Fox: phony distraction? ... Read more

Monday's numbers: O'Reilly-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3. Weekend numbers. Will Olby accept the challenge?  KO's absurd promo. Who is watching FNC?  Just a mistake? Wallace incognito?  Hotline after dark.  HLN grows. War on... Read more

Friday's numbers: Beck-Juan-Bret 1-2-3. Rivals ban talent from Imus.  CNBC app. Biz cablers hoaxed.  Joe talks media bias. Stossel debuts.  FBN turns two.  HD progress. Q&A: David Asman, Soledad... Read more

Is Lou Dobbs ruining Soledad's special? Rahm Emanuel: media critic?  Beck and Bill: charted. Soledad shines.  Axelrod escalates. Will Rachel apologize? Sunday talkers: HuffPo recap. Q&A: Shep Smith, Rick Sanchez. Olby's... Read more

Who are MSNBC's "sick puppies"? Thursday's numbers: Beck #1 in demo! BalooonBoy. Hosts' favorite guests.  Shuster's slippery non-apology. Major Garrett on the White House/FNC feud. Leave cable news alone! ... Read more

Wednesday's numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3. Balloon coverage sparks controversy. The war on Fox: Chris Wallace w/Imus. Joe vs Imus: Barnhart analysis. Dump Dobbs persists: CNN to air ad? Limbaugh flap mushrooms. ... Read more

Why Beck should host SNL?  Olbermann: misogynist? Tuesday's numbers: O'Reilly-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3. Just what cable news needs: ombudsmen? Analysis. The war on Fox: who is winning? Who's right? Did Olbermann... Read more

John Gibson on the White House/MSNBC war on Fox. Monday's numbers: FNC wins huge, by nearly 4-1 margin!  Weekend numbers. DC dumps Morning Joe radio.  Major catches... Read more

Shuster: Flush Rush! Friday's numbers: O'Reilly-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3. The voice of America?  Sanjay's safaris. Q&A: Howard Kurtz.  MSNBC defends Fox! FNC to White House: Bring it on!  Echoes of Nixon? Obama's... Read more

New CNN promo targets Dems; analysis. Whining White House boosts FNC? Greta heading north. Sunday talkers: HuffPo recap. Soledad skips Lou.  Charts: feud, Beck. Lowdown leaks?  Q&A: Nicole Lapin.  Birthday... Read more

Thursday's numbers: Bill-Beck-Greta 1-2-3. The three-million-dollar man.  Special correction. Nobel: pundits' perspective.  Hotline after dark. Salon praises Beck...sort of.  When Sean met George. Audio: Chris Wallace on the moon... Read more

Wednesday's numbers: FNC sweeps, CNN crumbles. WH attacks FNC: a loser's strategy? What about Major? Is Mickey Mouse a Fox hater?  NBCU suitors. The Imus effect.  No bias... Read more

Olbermann uses his dad's illness in Special Comment. Tuesday's numbers: FNC sweeps! Profile: Gretchen Carlson. Imus 2.0.  Mika's on-stage dump. FNC's 13th.  Greta fights back.  Hotline after dark. Fact-check flap. ... Read more

Video: Michael Moore vs Hannity part one two three. Monday's numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3, Imus debut huge, beats CNBC.  Weekend numbers. Ailes and Axelrod: secret meeting revealed. Profiles: Liz... Read more

Friday's numbers: Juan Williams Factor tops. Red Eye resurgence.  Q&A: Howard Kurtz. Video: Beck w/Imus.  Ratigan echoes Big Ed. Imus: Krakauer, Kurtz, Hinckley. First reviews. Tivo tallies.  Focus: Afghanistan. ... Read more

Q&A: Stossel.  Hot & Not. Sunday talkers: HuffPo recap. Charting Beck.  Shuster's reading list. GE's Liberty option.  MSNBC: welchers? Updated through the weekend.  Use our valuable bandwidth to post... Read more

Thursday's numbers: FNC sweeps again! Joe thanks Obama.  Paula Zahn resurfaces. Cavuto grills Imus.  The Williams Factor. Video: CNN stunned.  Kernan vs Brooks. Imus preview.  Q&A: Stossel, Catherine Herridge. Empire... Read more

Wednesday's numbers: FNC tops, HLN/MS/CNN 2-3-4. GE deal not Comcastic for Bill O'Reilly? Audio: Alan Colmes w/Imus.  MS/CNBC boycott? Ratings? Shmatings! Reese hypes web hits! Uncertainty, disquiet at 30... Read more

GE in talks to dump NBC-Uni on Comcast! Zurawik responds to O'Reilly. Tuesday's numbers: FNC sweeps!  Program rankers: Q3, Sept.  Charts: Coop, Countdown, CNN.  Monday's numbers. NY Times/CNBC... Read more

Q3 ratings: FNC dominates, owns top ten; CNN #2, MSNBC sinks, HLN improves.  Weekend numbers. MSNBC: Cults R Us.  Hill hubbub heightens. Scarborough's sinus.  Q&A: Behar, Schneider. CNN... Read more

Friday's numbers: FNC #1, CNN/HLN/MSNBC 2-3-4. It's come to this: Draft O'Donnell?!?  Biz specials. Video: Glenn Beck Day. NY Times discovers FNC. Profile: Liz Claman.  Q&A: Behar. FNC goes wide. ... Read more

Behar on Beck and Bill. Profile: Alisyn Camerota (via TVN). More Fox News bias!  Fareed's reward? Beck in Mt Vernon. Dozens protest. Sunday talkers: HuffPo recap. Q&A: Roland Martin, Contessa... Read more

Thursday's numbers: FNC huge! Candy's computer copped.  Q&A: Roland Martin. Petition vs petition.  Malveaux honored. Close, but not quite.  Obama vs cable news. Amanpour lost?  Roger and Wolf.  Hotline... Read more

Wednesday's numbers: FNC dominates. Stossel/Fox: part deux.  Big Ed loses it? Who is most trusted?  Fair and funny. Video: Kelly's Court on the ACORN lawsuit. Matthews at Holy Cross. ... Read more

Greta: who's the idiot?  CNN's turn to be snubbed. Tuesday's numbers: FNC sweep; Bill, Beck 1-2. Graduation day.  CNN hosts Mugabe. Keith color coded?  Key controversy. Party with Robin. ... Read more

Katie Couric: 45 minutes w/Glenn Beck. Monday's numbers: FNC sweeps! Weekend numbers. Joe vs Glenn.  Profile: Malkin. Olbermann oversight?  Obama's bad idea? Chryon craziness.  Hotline after dark. Marketing: Beck-style.  CNN... Read more

Friday's numbers: O'Reilly #1 and #2! Q&A: Major Garrett, Frank Luntz. Kurtz: Obama vs Fox.  Olby by the numbers. Olbermann ad flap: update.  Joe jabs...who? Leaked email.  Profiles: Joy... Read more

CNN's King praised.  Profile: Big Ed. O'Reilly's sequestered speech. Sunday talkers: HuffPo recap. Shock: Media Matters lies about Fox! More CNN HD?  Soledad to Cuba. Dobbs blasts MSNBC.  Cry baby... Read more

Thursday's numbers: FNC sweeps again. CNBC plummets.  Profile: Mika (via ICN).  Family flak. Beck cover photog discredited. Who's behind the birthers? Fox!! FNC: No plans to move Beck... Read more

The power of Roger Ailes? Analysis. Wednesday's numbers: O'Reilly tops 4M viewers! Huddy re-ups with FNC.  G-20 preview. CNN, Carter recycle false MSNBC report? Cable awards.  Money honey caught. Beck:... Read more

Tuesday's numbers: O'Reilly tops 4M. CNN's lost its way? Olby to attack Joe?  Beck at MSU. Q&A: Darren Rovell, Christiane Amanpour. Stossel: Why I Quit ABC.  Today's lawsuit. Carter cable... Read more

Stiffing Fox an Obama blunder? Monday's numbers: FNC tops rivals combined!  Beck smash.  Weekend numbers.  Weekly ranker. Ad shuffle update.  Blackwater blackout? Q&A: Shep, Geraldo. Rivera erupts. Wishful... Read more

Beck promises "another tape" on Tuesday. Friday's numbers: FNC tops rivals by more than 3-1, 9/11 special #1 in demo, F&F tops 1 million viewers. Three is... Read more

Joe on the road. More wedding pix. Freedom Watch daily.  Booking battles. Sunday talkers: HuffPo recap.  Sklar skewers Beck. CNN avoiding the issue? Or not?  9/11 coverage recap. Updated through... Read more

Thursday's numbers: FNC dominates; O'Reilly, Beck tops. Gawker: Glenn Beck, America's Al-Qaeda terrorist! Anatomy of a scare. Blame CNN! Spot the goof! Blowback. Olbermann unloads on Beck. 9/11 coverage.  Another... Read more

Hannity tonight: 1st interview with Rep Joe Wilson. Advice to Obama: enter the No-Spin Zone. Wednesday's numbers: O'Reilly tops 5M! Obama viewers choose FNC.  Tuesday's numbers. Beck files... Read more

Monday's numbers: another FNC sweep. Weekend numbers. CNN trims webcast. Matthews recovering. Liz Claman: triathlete. Profiles: Dave Ramsey, Jenna Lee. Beck: O'Reilly's on my side.  Andrea's worried. Olby timeline.  The... Read more

Friday's numbers: Beck #1 show. Olby calls for Beck dirt, now backpedaling? Q&A: Kurtz.  Bret Baier baseball. MSNBC airing Cosby conclave. Crossfire redux?  CNN.com names editor. Olby's target.  Beck threatens... Read more

Beck gets results. NewsCore is coming.  Q&A: Robin Meade. Olbermann: Send me Beck dirt! Who won? Beck ? The smear machine? Makeup by Mario.  Greta gets Jimbo. Sunday talkers: HuffPo... Read more

Thursday's numbers: FNC sweeps. Q&A: Margaret Brennan. CNN journalism.  Hotline after dark. Will Joe go?  Campbell, Alexis to GMA?  Tucker special tonite. Updated through the day.  Use our valuable... Read more

Wednesday's numbers: FNC crushes rivals. FNC plans 9/11 special. Controversial key. MSNBC dayside changes flop. Operation Pat rekindled. MSNBC scrubs column. Imus: it's official.  Olby named in lawsuit.  Hotline after... Read more

Tuesday's numbers: FNC sweeps.  August program ranker: FNC is phenomenal! Reese analysis. Coop droops. Campbell's slump. Five weird minutes. CNN iReport: Glenn Beck a rapist murderer?! Schultz splits... Read more

Monday's numbers: FNC sweeps! August numbers: FNC up, CNN & MSNBC down, HLN mixed. Weekend numbers. HuffPo: Joe for Prez?!? Mary Alice Williams resurfaces. Coop to Kabul.  Hotline... Read more