Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 6 August 2006

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[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): National security adviser Stephen Hadley; Israeli Ambassador Daniel Ayalon; Mohamad Chatah, adviser to Lebanese Prime Minister Faud Saniora; Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Lanny Davis, adviser to Lieberman, and Lamont supporter Jim Dean, chairman of the Democracy for America political action committee.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., and Chris Dodd, D-Conn.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Rice; Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., and Ned Lamont, Connecticut Democratic primary challenger; screenwriter and director Nora Ephron.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : National security adviser Stephen Hadley; Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad and Lebanese political analyst Roula Talj; Shlomo and Karnit Goldwasser, parents of kidnapped Israeli soldier.

[anita]

Right and the majority of people watching are liberals because Conservatives & independents got to Church or do other things.

[Carolinamom]

Let's hope that no fires break out in CT on primary day because firefighters are taking the day off to ferry voters to the polls, and union members are manning the phones to get out the vote for Lieberman.

[Alas Babylon!]

First of all, thank you!

Kabar was a perfect winner. While we were all worrying that Israel was giving up, he stood calmly and stated the reasons it was not so. Later in the week, I listed to Rush Limbaugh state that on last weekend, even he was feeling worried about it, only to see the higher strateegery Isreal was building on. Kabar, you out geniused Rush!!!!!

Phsstpok is just, as I said before, a Jedi Master on the Council. What more needs to be said? The man should be on Fox News pontificating. He'd be far better than most of them.

For myself, I was reading my Sunday paper's editorials (the Montgomery Advertiser, a Gannet rag that cannot be quoted here) and found a letter there so vicious, so full of BDS, it was incredible! (Read it yourself: LINK) This person was blaming all the terrorism in the world on Bush, and even the current Hezbollah war. He ticked off all the moonbat talking points, complaining that Bush/Cheney started this horrible war 5 years ago...yada, yada, yada. But the writer left out, completely, 9/11. Yes, I thought, people have truly forgotten.

[snugs]

Absolutely after all he is a darling of the chat shows

[anita]

If things go berserk, there 's always Plan-B. Transportation Secretary post is not filled by the President yet.

[snugs]

I disagree OK he with the administration over the WOT but the rest of his voting is very much with the democrates and the fact that there is this spilt over the WOT makes good television and an ideal guest for Sunday morning or evening TV.

[TomGuy]

"convetional" wisdom?

tsk tsk tsk

[kabar]

I am waiting to see both shows, but I bet that the questioning, especially from Russert, will show a bias for Lieberman. I have listened to Lanny Davis defend old Joe on several local radio shows. He is very effective and will probably smack down the Lamont supporter. I watched the Lieberman-Lamont debate and thought that Lieberman won it.

Giving Lieberman and his suppporters this platform can only help Lieberman.

[Alas Babylon!]

Whoops! Hey, I don't write 'em, I only post 'em! Just like Reuters....

[anita]

Point taken, snugs. BUt that post has nothing to do with politics. Besides, Mineta is not a conservative either. Just a goodwill gesture to give A post to a dem. And, Governor gets to appoint a potential republican too for the senate.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Hey, Rice is on live ...fox

[mainepatsfan]

I wonder what kind of labor support Liebermann still has in CT. They can really get the voters out in force that day.

[anita]

You 're right on Lanny Davis, Kabar. But Russert is a sympathiser of KOS & promoted him atleast 3 times on his networks. And anti-war too.

[kabar]

I don't believe that labor is that big of a player in CT.

[anita]

Did you say Couric? She got into this sunday's

Media Nuggets

###### WH Pressroom Gets a Makeover with a wide video wall and the MSM fears that the evil genius Karl Rove & Tony Snow are conspiring to bury the reporters alive. [ Worth Reading in full. ]

###### Show Time! - NYTimes loses to Patrick Fitzgerald -> in leak case, leaking to islamic terrorists in this case. And, that 's Just the beginning.

###### Capitalising on THE Tragedy - Katie Couric will make her prime-time CBS News debut on September with 9/11 Special anchoring the "CBS Evening News" on Sept. 11 from ground zero.

###### CNN is now asking for help from its audience -> Pull out your camera and Report it for CNN. Hezbollah, Hamas & al Quieda coming direct without reporters!

###### Liberal media in jitters - Seeing the success of Examiner chain of newspapers, News Corp. to Launch Free Newspaper in London with a 400,000 copies. The 48-page, full-color paper will be given away afternoons throughout central London.

###### MTV's primetime audience shrunk 7%, and blamed mainly to the competition from the likes of "YouTube".

Buzz

###### Alina Fernandez, exiled daughter of Fidel Castro, has joined CNN as a contributor.

###### CNN Chicago bureau chief Jeff Flock jumps out to Weather Channel.

Daryn Kagan is leaving CNN. Will launch an Online venture reflecting spirituality for meaning in life and good in the world- rare in news coverage now. Friend of Rush Limbaugh, she says - "I'm creating a space where people can be inspired."

###### FNC Sheperd Smith was recalled from the Middle East earlier than planned replacing Trace Gallagher on Jeniffer Griffin's suggestion.

###### ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos is looking for interns.

###### Mika Brzezinski, (her father was National security advisor to Jimmy Carter) is out of CBS News.

###### Liberal democrat BARBARA BOXER accuses Wash.Post's Dana Milbank of trash journalism.

"This is not a joke" section

###### MSNBC producer Mike Yarvitz Gets Drunk on Scarborough Country To Simulate Mel Gibson drinking saga. [MSNBC interns relieved that Bill Clinton is not the current WH resident.]

###### Journalism group condemns White House attitude toward news media.

[shadeaud]

Condi is wonderful so far with educating russert on what the U.S. has been doing over the past 3 weeks....NO GREEN LIGHT issued contrary to timmy's assumption

[snugs]

Doing the dose twice a week it is amazing how many times you get caption corrections to photos posted by the AP or Reuters on Yahoo News.

I give them pass or a sort of pass if it is some obscure person or title but when they get Rumsfeld and Rice's title muddled as they have on more than one occasion one wonders who does the proof read - what proof reading. As the VP has said we live in the area of 24/7 news cycle and it is more important to get the news or the photo out than actually checking to see facts or accuracy behind it.

[snugs]

Point taken back to you :0)

[mainepatsfan]

What about the teacher's unions?

[kabar]

My impression was that Russert was trying to discredit the Daily Kos editor.