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On the May 18 edition of NBC's Meet the Press , host Tim Russert failed to correct GOP strategist Mike Murphy's false claim that former Assistant Secretary of State James Rubin "mischaracterized" Sen. John McCain in a May 16 Washington Post op-ed . During a panel discussion, Russert said, "And there is an interview with James Rubin, as you know, from Senator McCain where he said that...
In my role of television Pundit-Wannabe, I joined the likes of Tim Russert and many others within the last weeks in reporting that we thought the Democratic nomination contest was over (my particularly clever words were "It's over. It's over"). We were stating the obvious: Barack Obama appeared to have beaten Hillary Clinton. There's an important [...]
Not too long ago, I outlined the pluses and minuses of a Webb VP nod. Today, Tim Russert asked the senator on Meet The Press… It's not a no, and it's a common response when asked about such things. What do you think?
On NBC's “Meet the Press” today, host Tim Russert played a clip from Friday of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee joking about Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) ducking after seeing a gunman. Huckabee apologized for saying what he called “a dumb, off the cuff remark,” and pointed to similar “dumb” comments from other politicians: It won't be [...]
Mike Huckabee was on NBC's Meet the Press earlier this morning with Tim Russert where he flat out stated he would like to be John McCain's vice president. I haven't [...]
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NBC's Meet the Press was the number one morning news show last week, in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. ABC's This Week came in second, CBS finished third and FOX News Sunday came in 4th. In the A25-54 demo, NBC finished first, followed by ABC, CBS and FOX. The Tim Russert -moderated Meet the Press totaled with 4,138,000 Total Viewers, compared to This Week with 2,514,000, Face the...
In a May 15 post to the mediabistro.com blog fishbowl DC, editor Patrick W. Gavin reported that in response to his inquiry following up on a Media Matters for America item asking whether NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert would give Libertarian presidential candidate and former Republican congressman Bob Barr (GA) the same platform on Meet the Press that Russert gave Ralph Nader,...
Clinton supporter Terry McAuliffe appeared last Sunday on Meet the Press, and as he spun the tale of Sen. Hillary Clinton 's future in the Democratic race, he let a major error slip — describing anchor Tim Russert 's father as, "in heaven right now, Tim, probably having a scotch." It turns out "Big Russ," is very much alive — Russert followed up McAuliffe's answer, saying, "Big Russ...
"Partner" in KY "Right Track" -- also in KY "What's Right" in OR, features footage of Tim Russert and George Stephanopoulos as a narrator says: "In Washington, they talk about who's up and who's down. In Oregon, we care about what's right and what's wrong." Notes that she voted against the Bush energy bill, adds: "She's the one insisting on health coverage for every American."
Dana Milbank wrote on washingtonpost.com This Is an Ex-Candidate - It's Day 7 of the Clinton Campaign Death Watch -- a full week since the official arbiter of the Democratic primary, Tim Russert, declared the campaign over and Barack Obama the nominee. Since when is Tim Russert in charge of the nominating process for the Democratic Party? Hillary Clinton's advisers continue to insist...
While I was thrilled by all of my Mother’s Day presents - not one but TWO! pairs of Amy Bengtson earrings, presented by CJ after I awoke at 9am to a cappucino, a slice of bacon, and my boyfriend Tim Russert on the tube - the greatest of them all was Tacy's safe arrival home [...]
and was disturbed by a comment made by Tim Russert. I wonder if anyone else heard it and interpreted it similarly. I can't find video of it, and I can't quote it exactly, but he was talking about the superdelegates, the Democratic Convention in Denver, and what would happen if Obama won the popular vote, and indeed, the majority of the pledged mere mortal delegates, and the super-delegates...
The polls in West Virginia have just closed and NBC quickly projected that Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton will win today's West Virginia Democratic primary by a big margin. On MSNBC, Tim Russert said Clinton will win the state by a two-to-one margin and hope that her big victory there will give wavering pledged delegates and superdelegates pause so that she can compete in the remaining...
