This is how liberal your Sunday talk shows are: Single-source interviews are the showcase segments on the Sunday shows, which tend to compete for access to guests they consider the top newsmakers—which, in the world of Beltway media, usually means politicians. In the eight-month study period, partisan-affiliated one-on-one interviews were 70 percent Republican—166 guests to […]
A lot of talk yesterday about the foreclosure scandal sweeping the nation. With calls mounting for Congress to intervene, we are starting to see bigger names in Washington coming out to protect the poor bankers. Here’s Eric Cantor coming to their defense yesterday: What we’re talking about, Debbie, you have 10 percent, if that, of […]
Steve Benen explains: I especially loved the “Exclusive!” with the exclamation point, as if this were a rare, special occurrence. For those keeping score at home, as of this weekend, there will have been 47 Sundays since President Obama’s inauguration in January. With this 16th appearance on a Sunday morning talk show this week, John […]
You would never guess that if you went on the Sunday talk shows lineup: ABC’s “This Week” — Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Jones, the president’s national security adviser; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Former Vice President Dick Cheney. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai; Pakistani […]
In my ongoing effort to help the right wing blogs go after those who trash Sarah Palin, I have decided to submit another name; Newt Gingrich: “I think that she is going to be a significant player,” said Gingrich during an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation”. “But she’s going to be one of 20 […]
And it isn’t siting well with some in the GOP: “I think John is treading on some very thin ground here when he impugns motives and when we start to get into ‘You’re less patriotic than me. I’m more patriotic,’ ” Hagel said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “I admire and respect John McCain very […]
As much as he pisses me off at times, I still like Chuck Schumer. This morning on Face the Nation, Orin Hatch kept invoking the old “Clinton did it” excuse when talking about the Libby commutation. Schumer responded; “two wrongs don’t make a right”. For as “bad” as Clinton was for this country (according to […]
This Week with George Stephanopoulos Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice on the latest developments in the Middle East Lieberman vs. Lamont — George goes on the road for interviews with both candidates in the white hot Democratic primary SUNDAY’S ROUNDTABLE: Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts, and George Will Meet the Press Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice […]
This Week with George Stephanopoulos Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, on the status of diplomatic efforts to end the violence in the Middle East Daniel Ayalon, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., on the growing battle against Hezbollah. ROUNDTABLE: Fareed Zakaria, Jay Carney, Claire Shipman, and George Will. Meet the Press Israel’s […]
Now the talking points on this should be very interesting: Senate Democrats reacted angrily yesterday to a report that the U.S. commander in Iraq had privately presented a plan for significant troop reductions in the same week they came under attack by Republicans for trying to set a timetable for withdrawal. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) […]