Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 15 April 2007

Various big media television networks ^ | 15 April 2007 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; the Rev. Al Sharpton; Thomas Blanton, director of the National Security Archive.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Retired Gen. Anthony Zinni.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Vice President Dick Cheney.

THIS WEEK (ABC): New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson; Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.; comedian Rich Little.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Walter Mondale, former vice president; Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Jim Webb, D-Va.; Marc Morial, president and CEO, National Urban League; Amy Holmes, one-time speechwriter for former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist; Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president, Children's Defense Fund; Richard Perle, American Enterprise Institute; Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh.

[HonestConservative]

Yet another place where the Snowman is missed, FNS.

sigh

[Phsstpok]

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is 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.

• Meme:
  • Conservatives are guilty of every crime you can think of and CNN will trot out every left wing grievance peddler to make that case
  • Are you now or have you ever been a conservative?
  • Imus is the perfect example of what's wrong with conservatives
  • Al Qaeda stages violent attacks for CNN and the rest of the DBM, therefore the surge must not be working and we must surrender, it's an established fact
• Topics:
  • A major bombing hits the Iraqi Parliament. Is security in Baghdad getting better, or worse?
• Guests
  • Senator James Webb Democrat - Virginia
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Armed Services Committee Member
    • Webb Says McCain Is Impugning Patriotism of Iraq Debate Foes (Bloomberg - Apr 13, 2007)
    • James Webb Loaded Gun: Staffer Busted in Senate With Pistol, Report (National Ledger, AZ - Mar 26, 2007)
    • Webb Defends Gun-Toting Posse (New York Times, NY - Mar 27, 2007)
    • US Senator Calls For Diplomatic Solution to Iraq (Voice of America - Mar 22, 2007)
  • Senator Jon Kyl, Republican - Arizona
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Judiciary Committee Member
    • Signs Point to Expanded Role for Kyl on Immigration Legislation in Senate (Congressional Quarterly, DC - Apr 10, 2007)
    • "Indian demands can torpedo nuclear deal" (Hindu, India - Apr 14, 2007)
    • Could Be His Last Chance (Wall Street Journal - Apr 14, 2007)
    • Bush again embattled on immigration reform plan (Tucson Citizen, AZ - Apr 10, 2007)
    • Bush pushes tougher immigration plans (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, CA - Apr 10, 2007)
  • Marc Morial
    • President & CEO, National Urban League
    • Former Mayor of New Orleans
    • Accountant with Morial ties charged (Times Picayune, LA - Apr 14, 2007)
    • MARC MORIAL ON RACIST REMARKS BY MSNBC-TV DON IMUS SHOW ON RUTGERS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SQUAD (MaximsNews.com, NJ - Apr 9, 2007)
    • Morial name linked to city contract (Times Picayune, LA - Apr 7, 2007)
    • KATRINA: POLITICS AS USUAL? by MARC MORIAL (MaximsNews.com, NJ - Apr 3, 2007)
    • RE-OPENING US CIVIL-RIGHTS ERA CASES by MARC MORIAL (MaximsNews.com, NJ - Mar 16, 2007)
    • Imus flap about black, white and green (USA Today - Apr 12, 2007)
  • Amy Holmes
    • Former speechwriter for former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
    • Black Women: First Dissed, Now Disappeared (Huffington Post, NY - Apr 12, 2007)
    • Paula Zahn Worries That US Interrogators at Gitmo Can’t Be Trusted (NewsBusters - Mar 21, 2007(
  • Marian Wright Edelman
    • President, Children’s Defense Fund
    • Our children are dying for health care: Help Them (FinalCall.com, IL - Apr 12, 2007)
    • America’s children need preventive health care (Buffalo News, NY - Apr 8, 2007)
    • Rev. Jesse Jackson joins grad speakers (Daily Press, VA - Apr 12, 2007)
    • Activist to focus on Israel’s challenges ‘beyond the conflict’ at Temple Ner Tamid (New Jersey Jewish News, NJ - Mar 16, 2007)
  • Richard Perle
    • American Enterprise Institute
    • former member, Defense Policy Board
    • PBS series 'Crossroads' puts Iraq in the cross hairs (Chicago Tribune, IL - Apr 14, 2007)
    • "America at a Crossroads": $20 million for this? (Kansas City Star, MO - Apr 13, 2007)
    • Who is Richard Perle, and why is he saying these things (Watching the Watchers.org - Mar 20, 2007)
    • Yeah, Like Tom DeLay And Richard Perle Are Credible (OpEdNews, PA - Mar 22, 2007)
    • Bush lies will air on PBS (Arab American News, MI - Apr 14, 2007)
  • Ali Dabbagh
    • Iraqi Government Spokesman
    • Iraqi government spokesman warns against US pullout (Turkish Press, MI - Apr 13, 2007)
    • US 'will not relinquish' captive Iranians (InTheNews.co.uk, UK - Apr 14, 2007)
    • Al Qaeda-backed group claims Iraq parliament bombing (ABC Online, Australia - Apr 13, 2007)
    • Iraqi leaders call for unity (Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - Apr 14, 2007)
  • John Roberts
    • Anchor, CNN’s American Morning
    • Quick Guide (CNN - Apr 8, 2007)
  • Andrea Koppel
    • CNN Congressional Correspondent
    • Koppel called "[c]ongressional Republicans" "critics" of Pelosi's trip; did not note uncritical Republicans who also went to Syria (Media Matters for America, DC - Apr 5, 2007)
  • Jeffrey Toobin
    • CNN Sr. Legal Analyst
    • Soledad’s Surprise: Rahm Emanuel Asked About Clinton Scandals (NewsBusters - Mar 21, 2007)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

[Bahbah]

Morning, friend. While we love the preview, we care more about your well-being.

Based on Timmy’s remarks, what is coming down the pike is the return of Imus with a program devoted to racial healing. That should be a big blockbuster.

[Vinnie]

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; the Rev. Al Sharpton; Thomas Blanton, director of the National Security Archive.

Blah blah blah.. BLAH

[Phsstpok]

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is 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.

• Meme:
  • Bush is guilty, Bush is guilty, Bush is guilty, Bush is guilty, Bush is guilty, wise old Carl told us so!
  • Conservatives are guilty of every crime you can think of and CBS will highlight every left wing grievance to make that case
  • Are you now or have you ever been a conservative?
  • Imus is the perfect example of what's wrong with conservatives
  • Al Qaeda stages violent attacks for the DBM, therefore the surge must not be working and we must surrender, it's an established fact
• Topics:
  • Democrats and the White House ratchet up the rhetoric over Iraq, as the Pentagon extends tours of duty for thousands of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. With Democratic leaders set to agree on a final Iraq funding bill — which is likely to include a timeline to bring the troops home — and President Bush vowing a veto, can both sides come to a compromise?
  • With Attorney General Alberto Gonzales set to appear before Congress next week in testimony that could decide his fate, what is next for the U.S. Attorneys controversy?
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Sen. John McCain's Iraq offensive this week as he seeks to revive his presidential campaign
    • All the latest political news.
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • Senator Carl Levin, Democrat - Michigan
    • Senate web site | Bio propoganda
    • Sen. Carl Levin Says Senate Will Pay For Iraq War (Fox 28, IN - Apr 8, 2007)
    • War-funds compromise possible (Indianapolis Star, IN - Apr 9, 2007)
    • Tell us another one, Mr. Vice President (LA Times - Apr 12, 2007)
    • Levin out the facts (American Thinker, AZ - Apr 14, 2007)
    • If our Vice President lies, does anybody care? (BlogHer, CA - Apr 13, 2007)
    • Levin, Graham observe 9/11 mastermind's closed hearing (WZZM, MI - Mar 16, 2007)
  • Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican - South Carolina
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • McCain, Graham discuss Iraq trip with Bush (WLUC-TV, MI - Apr 12, 2007)
    • Graham coordinates hopeful Iraq message with McCain (WIS, SC - Apr 11, 2007)
    • For Iraq War, McCain Sees No ‘Plan B’ (New York Times, NY - Apr 14, 2007)
    • UK, US Condemns Attack on Iraqi Parliament (Pakistan Times, Pakistan - Apr 12, 2007)
    • Senator Graham, Double Standard, Noble Standard, Or NO Standards (Atlantic Free Press, Netherlands - Mar 17, 2007)
    • Levin, Graham observe 9/11 mastermind's closed hearing (WZZM, MI - Mar 16, 2007)
  • Rev. Al Sharpton
    • Al Sharpton and the Lynch Mob (Bleacher Report, CA - Apr 14, 2007)
    • Black Sportswriter Calls Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton Terrorists (NewsBusters - Apr 14, 2007)
    • What Do You Think Of Rev. Al Sharpton? (WCBS-TV New York, NY - Apr 14, 2007)
    • The Shameful Lynching of America by Al Sharpton (Blogcritics.org, OH - Apr 14, 2007)
    • CBS's Harry Smith Pitches Softballs to Al Sharpton (NewsBusters - Apr 13, 2007)
    • Al Sharpton for FCC Chairman (Canada Free Press, Canada - Apr 13, 2007)
    • Al Sharpton, arbiter elegentiae (Power Line, MN - Apr 13, 2007)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Brit Hume
      • FOX News
    • Bill Kristol
      • The Weekly Standard
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

[samantha]

Great Nuggets as usual, and the first one really told the tale. At least we in the Pajama clad New Media wear clothing while blogging. They have a disdain for Pajama Clads, I guess that means they sit there Naked talking to one another. This does not present a pretty picture. Brian Williams, and DBM “sans Pajamas” equals Yukky human sharpei lookalikes. They are so jealous, that they are stuck out in front of the Cameras with HDTV showing every flaw, and the New Media is comfy cozy in our Jammies kicking their ugly butts.

[tiredoflaundry]

I know, :o(

[anita]

That exactly the difference between Gwen & Michelle. Playing the victim card whenever possible.

[Phsstpok]

NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is 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.

• Meme:
  • Bush is guilty, Bush is guilty, Bush is guilty, Bush is guilty, Bush is guilty, wise old Tony told us so!
  • Conservatives are guilty of every crime you can think of and CBS will highlight every left wing grievance to make that case
  • Are you now or have you ever been a conservative?
  • Imus is the perfect example of what's wrong with conservatives
  • Al Qaeda stages violent attacks for the DBM, therefore the surge must not be working and we must surrender, it's an established fact

• Topics:
  • The war in Iraq
  • Roundtable
    • the 2008 presidential campaign
    • the Imus controversy
• Guests
  • Retired General Anthony Zinni
    • U.S. Marine Corps
    • Former Commander, U.S. Central Command
    • Author, The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose
    • Gen'l: Withdraw from Iraqi Civil War (Chicago Tribune, IL - Apr 12, 2007)
    • Today in history - April 5 (Olberlin, KS - Apr 4, 2007)
    • Report: ADL, BBI reps were at Rosen event (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY - Mar 30, 2007)
    • Forward Observer: Vietnam Veto Redux (GovExec.com, DC - Mar 26, 2007)
  • Roundtable
    • David Brooks
      • Columnist, New York Times
      • Lack of common narrative hinders understanding (Post-Bulletin, MN - Apr 12, 2007)
      • The Neocon On Israel (TPMCafe, NY - Apr 13, 2007)
    • Gwen Ifill
      • Moderator, PBS's "Washington Week"
      • Imus Called Me 'Cleaning Lady' (NewsMax.com, FL - Apr 10, 2007)
      • PBS’s Gwen Ifill speaks out on Imus (Think Progress, DC - Apr 10, 2007)
    • John Harwood
      • Wall Street Journal
      • Chief Washington Correspondent, CNBC
      • Media think they know best (Reclaim the Media, WA - Mar 30, 2007)
      • Obama's Funding Rivals Clinton's (Wall Street Journal - Apr 4, 2007)
    • Eugene Robinson
      • Columnist, Washington Post
      • Who can say what (Sacramento Bee, CA - Apr 14, 2007)
      • White People Can't Talk (The National Center for Public Policy Research, DC - Apr 13, 2007)
• What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

[ClarenceThomasfan]

Anyone else sick of Gwen Ifill dominating Meet the Press? She won’t let the others get a word in edgewise.

[capydick]

I didnt even like Imus, but it’s the larger message that scares me. When have we ever heard saturated news coverage such as this? The last time was when Xlinton got caught with his pants down, except the coverage was focused on protection, not accusation. It’s no secret to us where the MSM stands on issues but - they have just demonstrated how effective they can be when they want to take somebody out.

[HonestConservative]

Perhaps when Tony goes back to the WH, he can send Dana Perino over to FNS.

I can dream can’t I?

[Carolinamom]

She has wide...very wide...knees as well as chunky ankles. Black pantsuits (w/long jackets to disquise her tank size butt) are her friends.

[saveliberty]

Sofaman calls them cankles

[anita]

Thanks samantha. I always wonder about their thinking about pajamas & bathrobes.

[samantha]

I believe he has said a few unkind things about Her Heiness Hillary, and they did not want someone that all sides listen to slamming her during the campaign. It is the way they do business.

[BluH2o]

He (Imus) is gone because Hillary ordered it so. Imus hated Her Thighness and he bad mouthed her regularly.

Yeah, right ... recall reading this premise yesterday on another string verbatim (probably yours) and I think a tin foil hat warning should be issued. Imus bad mouthed anyone who wouldn't appear on his show and because Hildabeast feared tough questions, not the softballs lobbed at her by Russert for example ... she wouldn't bite. I carry no water for the beast but she had nothing to do with Imus's demise.

[Carolinamom]

NewsREADERS vs Pajama-Clad Bloggers who write their own material. Couric KNEW she wasn’t reading about getting her very own library card, didn’t she?

[Miss Didi]

So why did only Fox "aks" the Reverend Al to be on the Sunday show? Are the other networks afraid to show his buffoonery?

Speaking of the Forehead and Serpenthead...they are both on the "yes" list of those who would continue to appear on the Imus show. Hmmmm...

[saveliberty]

She’s on this list with helmet hair

http://www.thewideawakecafe.com/?p=1804