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Saturday Shows for 9/23/06

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are trying to push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

Meme:
- Better speculate about Speaker Pelosi this week, by next week that will be a joke.
- Lamont goes negative and the race gets ugly, only now? Where have these guys been? Oh, that's right. They live inside the beltway. They haven't been paying attention to the real world.
Topics:
- Target: Pelosi! Can the GOP stop the California Democrat from becoming the next House majority leader?
- Connecticut Senate race gets ugly as Lamont goes negative
Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6 and 11:30 p.m. ET

CNBC's Tim Russert Show (Tim Russert)

Meme:
- Bush lied and people died
- All evil in the world started on January 20th, 2001 with the theft of the election by evil McChimpy Bushitler
- Karl Rove is de debil!
- The high priest of Bush Derangement Syndrome for the New York Times, Frank Rich, and lil' Timmah Russert try out their road show version of j'accuse!
Topics:
- Tim talks with Frank Rich, columnist for the New York Times, about his new book, "The Greatest Story Ever Sold".
Guests
- Frank Rich, columnist for the New York Times
  - Author, "The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina"
  - Frank Rich Recaps How White House Sold the WMDs, Told the Lies (Bloomberg - Sep 19, 2006)
  - Frank Rich on the Bush presidency since 9/11 (MSNBC - Sep 18, 2006)
  - Frank Rich and George Bush (National Ledger, AZ - Sep 18, 2006)
  - New Frank Rich Book, Critical of Media, Draws Rave in 'NYT' (Editor & Publisher - Sep 16, 2006)
  - NYT: Frank Rich on 'Donald Rumsfeld's dance with the Nazis' (Raw Story, MA - Sep 2, 2006)
CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

Meme:
- Don't blame us. We only put on Chavez and Ahmadinejad because you stopped watching the stuff from Aruba
- The Pope needs a better PR team
- We liked McGreevey better when he didn't say anything
Topics:
- UN Week: Did the press turn Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad into media stars?
- Pope vs. Muslims vs. the media. Who's winning?
- Ex-Gov. McGreevey's media blitz
The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. ET and Sundays at 2:30 a.m. ET
Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

Meme:
- There's this country on the eastern side of the Persian Gulf you might just need to learn a teensy bit about
- Bush is still dumb as a rock... he didn't hire Peggy
Topics:
- Opinion Journal web site: Man from Tehran
  - Iran's President Ahmadinejad visits New York: Has he already cowed the U.N.?
  - An interview with Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former Shah, about the Iranian opposition
  - Peggy Noonan joins Journal editors to talk about President Bush's recent rally in the polls.
- Fox web site:
  - World leaders gather at the U.N.: Why no progress towards sanctions against Iran?
  - High drama from Venezuela's Hugo Chavez
  - Can GOP ride Bush bounce to November?
Guests
- Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former Shah,
- Peggy Noonan
Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET