Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 3/15/2009 (not the live thread)

Network and Cable News Shows | 3/15/09 | Network and Cable News

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NBC Meet The Press (David Gregory)

• Topics:
  • The president's plan for the economy
    • Will it work?
    • We'll hear from both sides: the Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and the House Republican Whip
• Guests
  • Dr. Christina Romer
    • Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers
    • Wikipedia web page
    • How Does Economy Compare To Past Downturns? (NPR Morning Edition - ‎Mar 13, 2009) Note: page includes link to streaming audio
    • Obama Team Touts Economic Plans (Washington Post - ‎Mar 13, 2009)
    • Christina Romer Defends Fiscal Stimulus (Dollars & Sense - ‎Mar 11, 2009‎)
  • Representative Eric Cantor (Republican - Virginia)
    • House Republican Whip Rep
    • House web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Democrats' New Villain: Eric Cantor (CBS News - Mar 10, 2009)
    • Obama criticizes Bush while wooing GOP (United Press International - ‎Mar 14, 2009)
    • Obama Turns To Hope As Economic Anxiety Skyrockets (Evening Bulletin - ‎Mar 11, 2009‎)
  • Economic and political roundtable
    • David Frum
      • The Week
      • www.davidfrum.com
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Frum's Right on Limbaugh and GOP: Conservatives, Republicans Must Evolve (U.S. News & World Report - ‎Mar 13, 2009‎)
      • David Frum: Bristol Palin and the conservative mirage (National Post - ‎Mar 13, 2009‎)
      • Frum Right to Wrong (American Spectator - ‎Mar 13, 2009)
    • Katty Kay
      • BBC Washington Political reporter
      • Wikipedia web page
      • The Sporting White House (Spectator.co.uk - ‎Feb 17, 2009‎)
    • Steve Liesman
      • CNBC senior economics commentator
      • Wikipedia web page
      • CNBC's Shoutfests: Not Show Business but Serious Business (Huffington Post - ‎Mar 14, 2009)
      • Economic Debate: Laffer vs. Liesman (CNBC - ‎Feb 26, 2009‎)
    • Tavis Smiley
      • PBS | Tavis Smiley . Home | PBS
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Tavis Smiley: Keep a checklist on Obama's deeds (Houston Chronicle - ‎Mar 12, 2009)
      • Tavis Smiley's Big Day (Huffington Post - ‎Mar 9, 2009‎)
      • Michael Steele, Tavis Smiley and press (The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau - ‎Feb 27, 2009‎)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Topics:
  •  
• Guests
  • Lawrence Summers
    • Director, National Economic Council
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Summers Stresses Country Must Summon Confidence to Stop Recession (ABC News - ‎Mar 13, 2009)
    • Q. & A. With Summers on the Crisis (New York Times - ‎Mar 13, 2009‎)
    • I Love The Smell of Fear in the Morning (International Business Times - ‎Mar 13, 2009‎)
  • Thomas Friedman
    • The New York Times
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Friedman: Government must stimulate green revolution (Salt Lake Tribune - ‎Mar 10, 2009)
    • Thomas Friedman's stock wiped out (Beliefnet.com - ‎Mar 13, 2009‎)
  • Michael Fletcher
    • Washington Post White House reporter | Profile
    • No Wikipedia web page
    • Rush Limbaugh: Republican Party Leader? (CBS News - ‎Mar 10, 2009‎)

• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Topics:
  • Will the president be able to convince the international community to follow his lead?
    • This week, President Obama signed the $410 billion omnibus bill, but called for an “an end of the old way of doing business”
    • Meanwhile, President Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner presented a united front when they called for European leaders to follow the U.S.’s lead and invest more money into their struggling economies. That plan was met with skepticism and fear of record high deficits.
  • Roundtable discussion: the question of a second stimulus package
    • The idea has Washington buzzing, as many debate whether the first stimulus can work
  • One of the world’s most powerful women shows us what she’s doing to insure that your money is safe, the FDIC Chairman
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • With Bernard Madoff behind bars, did the poster boy for fraud teach us a lesson about how we invest our money?
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • Austan Goolsbee
    • White House Council of Economic Advisers
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Yale’s Tobin Guides Obama From Grave as Friedman Is Eclipsed (Bloomberg - ‎Feb 27, 2009‎)
    • Staffing Treasury (Atlantic Online - ‎Mar 6, 2009‎)
    • Just 2 months into term, president abandons numerous commitments (WorldNetDaily - ‎Mar 12, 2009‎)
  • Senator Bob Corker (Republican - Tennessee)
    • Senate Banking Committee
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Corker says auto industry on track (The Tennessean - ‎Mar 14, 2009‎)
    • Omnibus spending plan passes; Alexander, Corker cancel each other's vote (Memphis Commercial Appeal - ‎Mar 11, 2009‎)
    • Sen. Bob Corker goes to the head of his class (The Tennessean - ‎Mar 7, 2009‎)
  • Representative Barney Frank (Democrat- Massachusetts)
    • Chairman of Financial Services Committee
    • House web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Cuomo, Frank Focus on Wall Street Pay (TheStreet.com - ‎Mar 12, 2009)
    • Report: Rep. Frank Says Uptick Rule Should Be Restored 'Within a Month' (Washington Post - ‎Mar 10, 2009‎)
    • Let The Inquisition Start With Frank (INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY - Mar 06, 2009)
  • Mark Zandi
    • Chief economist, Moody’s Economy.com
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Bad News, and More Bad News (New York Times - ‎Mar 14, 2009)
    • US trade gap narrows, consumer sentiment edges higher in Jan (Arab Times - ‎Mar 14, 2009)
    • Pelosi Backs Away From Second Stimulus Comments (CQPolitics.com - ‎Mar 12, 2009‎)
  • Sheila Bair
    • FDIC chairman
    • Wikipedia web page
    • FDIC's Bair: Bad assets plan can jump-start US economy (Reuters - ‎Mar 9, 2009‎)
    • Here Is What's Really Wrong With Sheila Bair's Bad Bank (The Business Insider - ‎Mar 10, 2009‎)
    • Stress Testing The Banks (Forbes - ‎Mar 12, 2009‎)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Brit Hume
      • FOX News senior political analyst
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Save Our Planet (National Ledger - ‎Mar 11, 2009‎)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio | Bio
      • Wikipedia web page
      • White House Chief Of Staff No Shrinking Violet (NPR Morning Edition, Mar 11, 2009) Note: page includes link to streaming audio
    • Bill Kristol
      • The Weekly Standard
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Never Allow a Democratic Administration To Go To Waste (The Weekly Standard - Mar 14, 2009)
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio | Bio
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Politics: Steele's Stumbles, Obama's Staff Issues (NPR Day to Day, Mar 13, 2009)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN State Of The Union (John King)

• Topics:
  • Vice President Dick Cheney gives his first television interview since leaving office
  • Following Cheney on CNN, Rep. Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania offers a Democratic view
• Guests
  • Vice President Dick Cheney (Republican - Wyoming)
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Who's a Bigger threat: Shoe-thrower, or Dick Cheney? (NECN - ‎Mar 12, 2009‎)
    • Late Night with Cheney Derangement Syndrome [Guy Benson] (National Review Online Blogs - ‎Mar 11, 2009‎)
    • Judge Reinstates Subpoena Seeking Testimony From Cheney (FOXNews - ‎Mar 3, 2009)
  • Representative Joe Sestak (Democrat - Pennsylvania)
    • House web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Congressman Sestak Appointed to Panel on Defense Acquisition Reform (NewsBlaze - ‎Mar 8, 2009‎)
    • Earmark Debate: Hannity vs. Rep. Sestak (FOXNews - ‎Feb 25, 2009‎)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Topics:
  • Are there reasons to be optimistic about a recovery or was this week simply a brief respite?
  • Can Obama's plans pull the country out of recession?
  • Roundtable
    • Did financial journalists fall down on their job covering Wall Street?
• Guests
  • Lawrence Summers
    • Director, National Economic Council
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Summers Stresses Country Must Summon Confidence to Stop Recession (ABC News - ‎Mar 13, 2009)
    • Q. & A. With Summers on the Crisis (New York Times - ‎Mar 13, 2009‎)
    • I Love The Smell of Fear in the Morning (International Business Times - ‎Mar 13, 2009‎)
  • Senator Mitch McConnell (Republican - Kentucky)
    • Senate Minority Leader
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • McConnell: Coleman fight should go to federal court (The Hill - ‎Mar 13, 2009)
    • Republicans’ McConnell Seeks to Say Yes to Obama on Something (Bloomberg - ‎Mar 10, 2009)
    • Republican Earmarks Taint Spending Criticism (RealClearPolitics - ‎Mar 14, 2009)
  • Roundtable
    • George Will
      • ABC News
      • Syndicated columnist
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Paved With Magnificent Intentions (RealClearPolitics - Mar 12, 2009)
    • Frank Rich
      • The New York Times
      • Wikipedia web page
      • The Culture Warriors Get Laid Off (New York Times - ‎Mar 14, 2009)
    • Jim Ellis
      • Assistant Managing Editor, Business Week
      • No Wikipedia web page
    • Robert Kuttner
      • The American Prospect
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Team Obama Runs the Offense (BusinessWeek - ‎Mar 13, 2009)
• ABC This Week comment web

[Phsstpok]

No pontificating this week. I'm too burned out and it's so disgustingly repetitive. They're good. We're bad. Anything that ever has or ever will go wrong is either George Bush or Rush Limbaugh's fault. Does that about cover it?

The only thing I'm remotely interested in is Dick Cheney, but my interest is tempered by the obvious tone of the attacks they are preparing. I have no doubt that our VP will be able to hold his own, but I just don't want to see yet another mindless set of hate filled attacks on a great American.

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[maica]

Thanks for your efforts to get this list up every week. It is documentation of the left slant of these ‘news’ programs. NBC looks like it is going the way of MSNBC - what an interesting panel - NOT!

Over the years the CNN program has consistently had one guest each Sunday that the other shows don’t get or don’t want to have. This week it is VP Cheney.

[rodguy911]

At least Gregory is up front about who he is and what his agenda is——farrrrr left.