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The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz is reporting Sanjay Gupta has been offered the job of Surgeon General in the Obama administration, and he "has told administration officials that he wants the job." Gupta declined comment when contacted by Kurtz. At the beginning of CNN's Situation Room today, John King and Wolf Blitzer discussed the matter. According to King's sources, "He is inclined to accept...
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The salute to Brit Hume event at Cafe Milano Thursday night is shaping up to be one of the hottest pre-inaugural parties of the season. The invitation only event is attracting numerous Beltway and TV news bold face names. In addition to a host of Fox Newsies, TVNewser has learned Charlie Gibson , Brian Williams , Bob Schieffer , the late Tim Russert 's wife Maureen Orth , Gwen Ifill , Ted Koppel ,...
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FishbowlDC reports CBS News' Lara Logan gave birth to a baby boy, Joseph Washington Burkett V , on December 29. Logan met the father, Joseph Burkett , in 2007 in Iraq. At the time he and Logan were separated from their spouses, and they married late last year . She told Howard Kurtz in July she was "looking forward to being a mom." Logan was named chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News in...
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M - Th 11p / 10c Strip Maul Barack Obama Interview John McCain Interview Sarah Palin Video Funny Election Video Is it pro-Israel or anti-Israel when Jon Stewart argues that poltiicians and media coverage are largely pro-Israel?
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The two make Politico's " 25 people you should know on the Hill " list: Betsy Fischer No one can get your sound bite -- or your face -- out there better than Betsy Fischer can. As executive producer of the Sundaymorning ratings juggernaut "Meet the Press," Fischer chooses the guests for the NBC show, which in turn sets the news agenda for the Monday papers and provides video clips that are recycled...
The Media Mob (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Just weeks after The Daily Show with Jon Stewart enlisted Hall & Oates to send off Alan Colmes —lyrics included, "Anytime you need a token liberal/ Nothing but a body to fill the chair/ The barest shadow of a person/ Alan Colmes is always there"—Stephen Colbert has enlisted the former Fox Newser as co-host of his Comedy Central show . (For a day anyway.) The new show—renamed Colbert and Colmes —features...
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You know our news media is corrupt when you have to go to the Daily Show to find even a little bit of support for the Palestinians currently under attack in Gaza. Jon Stewart last night talked about the “third rail” of American politics - our inability to be frank and honest and critical about [...]
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So, will Dr. Sanjay Gupta be Surgeon General? Who will be Commerce Secretary? And will the economic stimulus package surpass $1 trillion (damn, that's a lot of money). Find out tomorrow when President-elect Obama is interviewed by CNBC's Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood . The interview will be taped with excerpts airing on CNBC's "Closing Bell" at 3pmET, "Fast Money" at 5pmET, "CNBC Reports"...
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FishbowlDC's Patrick Gavin appeared today on "Morning Joe" to talk inauguration and the impending masses coming to D.C. He'll be avoiding the crowd and watching the event from his couch. Check out the clip below (oh and by the way, Willie, Patrick doesn't only work for the Examiner — he's also the editor of FBDC): • Also "Morning Joe" launched a new Website today. WebNewser has more information ....
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C-SPAN has announced three new appointments to the senior management team. Richard Weinstein , an 18-year C-SPAN veteran, has been named managing editor of the network. It is a newly created position. Ira Lazernik joins the network as director of production operations. He previously was production manager at WTTG-TV in D.C. Adam Sharp moves from the political side to the media, entering the newly-created...
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TVNewser confirms HLN's Ray D'Alessio is leaving the network . He's heading to Louisville, Kentucky to anchor mornings at WAVE-TV, an NBC affiliate. The parting of the ways is "on good terms," an HLN spokesperson tells us. D'Alessio's last day on-air will be Super Bowl Sunday, February 1. He joined HLN in 2001, after working at CNN/SI as a sports anchor. Is D'Alessio's departure a sign that, as mentioned...
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WowOWow.com reports , and NBC confirms to TVNewser, that Ann Coulter will appear for two segments on the Today show tomorrow. So after NBC canceled yesterday and Drudge Report said Coulter was "banned for life," then she went on "Hannity & Colmes" and knocked NBC's offer , then went on CBS today, she'll be interviewed on NBC after all. On Coulter's Web site she writes : "DRUDGE GETS RESULTS: TODAY...
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CBS will receive higher fees from Time Warner Cable for access to the network's programming, including "60 Minutes" and its popular "CSI" franchise.
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CBS News has announced their coverage plans for Inauguration Day on January 20. Katie Couric anchors the broadcast from 10am-5pmET. Some notes: • Couric anchors a live, one-hour primetime special, "Change and Challenge" at 9pmET and a live Webcast on CBSNews.com and CNET.com at 10pmET. • The Early Show will originate from D.C. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during the week. • The CBS Evening News originates...
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25-54 demographic: (L +SD) Total day: FNC: 247 | CNN: 215 | MSNBC: 133 | HLN: 145 Prime: FNC: 253 | CNN: 276 | MSNBC: 187 | HLN: 207 5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p: FNC NewsHQ: FNSunday: Report: Huckabee Escape: Geraldo: Huckabee: 234 224 228 246 247 267 212 CNN Newsroom: Newsroom: Newsroom: Obamas: King: Newsroom: Hughley: 164 179 259 282 311 233 113 MSNBC MTP: SpecialCov.: SpecialCov.: Special: Special:...
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60 Minutes Report on Hoodia (CBS) Each year, people spend more than $40 billion on products designed to help them slim down. None of them seem to be working very well. Now along comes hoodia. Never heard of it? Soon it’ll be tripping off your...
shugaray | 09/25/2008
Pat O'Brien Fired From Insider Again And Back In Rehab
Keith Olbermann Interviews Prop 8: The Musical Filmmaker and Stars
George Will: “John McCain showed his personality this week, and it made some of us fearful.”
Jindal stumped when asked to name new ‘big ideas’ that McCain is proposing.
