— Trump treating the media like a punching bag is “dangerous” and “bad for the country…”

 — Regarding Trump claiming, again, that the paper apologized for its election coverage: “He’s making that up. He does that sometimes…”

 — NYT’s new ad campaign is “reminding people of the historic role of the press…”
 
 — About the controversy over Bret Stephens‘ new column: “Didn’t we learn from this past election that our goal should be to understand different views?”

Dylan Byers has confirmed with a source that Blackstone would contribute cash while 21CF would contribute its local stations… Basically creating a local TV powerhouse… That is, if Fox/Blackstone can beat out Sinclair, which has already made a bid for Tribune…

 >> Brian Lowry‏ tweets: “Rupert sucks up to pol, then seeks to cash in on advantageous regulatory climate. Old dog still up to old tricks.”

 — The very latest: Variety’s Sunday night update: “WGA, AMPTP to Resume Bargaining Monday Morning as CEOs Keep Tabs on Talks”

“Twitter has found its first partner for its push into round-the-clock streaming television: Bloomberg,” the WSJ’s Lukas Alpert reports. Bloomberg will produce a 24/7 stream just for Twitter, “broader in focus than our existing network,” Justin Smith says.

Alpert says the channel will be “made up of live news reporting from the news outlet’s bureaus around the world, as well as a curated and verified mix of video posted on Twitter by the social-media platform’s users…”

 — Reince Priebus kept the door open to an attempted loosening of libel laws on Sunday… When Jon Karl asked about it, Priebus said the White House is “looking” at making changes, but didn’t commit to anything…
 
 — Sebastian Gorka, one of the president’s strongest defenders on TV, is leaving his White House job…

 — Programming note: Bill Carter and I will be on “New Day” Monday ’round 6:30am ET… 

— Olivia Nuzzi‘s vivid look at Trump’s “Alternative-Reality Rally…”

— Ben Smith‘s in-depth interview with Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman about covering Trump… available as a podcast and as a transcript here…

 — This week’s issue of NYMag has an in-depth guide to the “new-fangled far right…”

 — The Times-Picayune and The New York Times have formed a “coastal reporting partnership…” (NOLA.com)

 — Rick Edmonds reports from the MediaXchange convention: “Google and Facebook take center stage at summit for newspaper leaders…” (Poynter)

 — What’s Sean Hannity up to? On Sunday he tweeted, “A lot of time with an army of attorneys. Topics include; libel, slander, defamation, tortious interference. Stay tuned…”

On Sunday’s show, Dean Baquet reminded everyone that the newsroom is separate from the opinion pages, but he came to Stephens’ defense, saying “I think we should hear what Bret has to say.” And about those newsroom staffers? “I wish they were a little more gracious to a new colleague, even though he doesn’t work in the newsroom…”

Until today I honestly thought she’d keep the show for herself, but now my official guess is Jerry O’Connell, who not only filled in the most this year, but also co-hosted their Halloween special and Oscars coverage (the show’s biggest and second biggest productions of the year). But will he move his family here from L.A.? My next best guess is Scott Wolf, another west coaster, who has also been filling in regularly. But my most reliable sources and I agree: we think he’s kind of a snooze. I had high hopes for Fred Savage and Richard Curtis (teacher from PA who won the co-host contest) early on… and of course for Anderson Cooper or for her to choose a woman (Carrie Ann Inaba? Busy Philipps?)… but my money now is on “Live with Kelly and Jerry.” See you at 9am ET…

 — Caveat: After Jamie wrote this, she told me she thinks it’s going to be a surprise pick! 

 — Video from Sunday’s show: Dylan Byers and Erik Wemple discussing Fox’s challenges on several fronts…

NYT’s Michael Grynbaum wrote about the “palpable sense of defiance” during the Trump-less dinner. WWD’s Alexandra Steigrad summed up the mood at the parties. She found the same thing as HuffPost’s Michael Calderone — that lots of journos said they preferred the toned-down, celeb-free weekend…

It sounded like two armies girding for war — but the reality is that the argument has never felt more tired and shopworn. Trump’s love for — and obsession with — the media is obvious to everyone willing to look…

But we all largely agreed that there IS a divide. “We have almost a state of civic civil war in this country,” Bernstein said, lambasting Trump for doing “nothing to bring the country together.” I highly recommend watching the segment here…

“He tells his story better probably than anyone else — but he tells a very simple story — and there are a lot of holes in it, and it’s our job to find the holes.” She suggested journalists need to “be better at telling our stories” and “showing the holes in a way that is simple…”

CNN prez Jeff Zucker told Minhaj afterward that he “killed it.” And about those jokes aimed at CNN, Fox and MSNBC? “Pretty much spot on,” Zucker told the NYT’s Michael Grynbaum…

“Every day on ‘The Daily Show,’ we do these jokes all the time: ‘the administration lies, Trump flip flops.’ It doesn’t matter. His supporters still trust him… Maybe it’s because we’re living in this strange time where trust is more important than truth. And supporters of President Trump trust him. And I know journalists, you guys are definitely trying to do good work. I just think that a lot of people don’t trust you right now. And can you blame them? I mean, unlike Anderson Cooper‘s bone structure, you guys have been far from perfect…”

 — More: The night’s biggest surprise guest was Will Ferrell, who resurrected his W impression on stage… The event raised over $200,000 for the Committee to Protect Journalists…

We’re 100 days in, and questions about credibility continue to hover over the White House like a dark cloud. From my perspective as a media reporter, that is the biggest story of this young presidency — the dishonesty. FactCheck.org says Trump continues to be the king of whoppers. The NYT’s fact-checker found “at least one false or misleading claim a day,” except on days when he went golfing. And BuzzFeed found pretty much the same thing, saying, “Trump’s falsehoods come with an unprecedented frequency, scale and lack of shame.”

NBC’s Chuck Todd honed in on this on Friday and said, “Let’s face it, we have been conditioned to discount the president’s words already.” To me, that’s the biggest story of the next 100 days — whether we will see a more honest and trustworthy White House…

— Anne Helen Petersen‘s latest: “The Company Behind ‘The National Enquirer’ Just Bought ‘Us Weekly’ — Here’s Why That Matters” 

 — Where did Trump succeed in his first 100 days? “In the shifting of culture and the breaking of political norms,” Rosie Gray says…