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Not That Jeff Zucker... - Posted October 1, 2008
Following up on some emailers asking why NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker was involved in the making of a somewhat-creepy video featuring children singing about Sen. Barack Obama and "change," here's your answer — he's not. The video is by the independent group Sing for Change, and the about us page lists a... [TVNewser]

Fox News Debuts New YouTube Channel - Posted October 1, 2008
Fox News Channel launched a new YouTube channel today focused on the election. FoxNewsElectionHQ already has 40 videos, including Bill O'Reilly's recent interview with Sen. Barack Obama and Sean Hannity's sit-down with Gov. Sarah Palin. In addition to clips from FNC programming, portions of Foxnews.com's "Strategy Room" webcast will be added to... [TVNewser]

Cable Networks Debate VP Debate Moderator Gwen Ifill - Posted October 1, 2008
This morning the cable networks are discussing a potential conflict of interest related to VP debate moderator Gwen Ifill. Last night, WorldNetDaily published a story about Ifill's new book "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama." WND reports that in the book Ifill argues the "'black political structure'... [TVNewser]

Obama Campaign Ignoring NBC Cease-and-Desist - Posted September 30, 2008
Despite a cease-and-desist from NBC News, the VoteForChange.com ad on Sen. Barack Obama's YouTube channel featuring NBC and MSNBC remains available. NBC News spokeswoman Allison Gollust tells TVNewser YouTube has agreed to pull down the video (it is still up at this time) and will continue to police it. But the Obama... [TVNewser]

Who's Playing "Gotcha" Now? - Posted September 30, 2008
In the first joint interview with Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin, CBS's Katie Couric asked the duo about Palin's answer to a question by a voter in Philadelphia on Saturday, which seemed to echo a stance of Sen. Barack Obama. McCain, then Palin, used the term "gotcha journalism" to describe... [TVNewser]

FNC & CNN Share Ratings Victories for First Presidential Debate - Posted September 29, 2008
8.211 million Total Viewers watched Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama debate on Fox News Channel, enough for first place on cable. [ABC drew more than 11 million viewers. More on that tomorrow.] But more younger viewers watched the debate on CNN. (Maybe it was that Obama text message). CNN... [TVNewser]

Charlotte Observer Not Very Observant - Posted September 29, 2008
Small town mayor (none of them have been in the news recently, huh?) sends out a chain email. From the Charlotte Observer: Fort Mill Mayor Danny Funderburk says he was "just curious" when he forwarded a chain e-mail suggesting Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama is the biblical antichrist. "I was just curious... [FishBowlLA]

Debate Numbers Are In, 'Must See TV' Ratings Down - Posted September 29, 2008
According to Nielsen 57 million people watched the presidential debate on Friday night between Barack Obama and John McCain, meaning about 1/3 of the television sets in major U.S. markets tuned in -- also based on our unofficial research (i.e. Twitter) a whole lot of television sets in bars. That... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 09.29.08 - Posted September 29, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Brokaw, Olbermann Featured in Obama Ad - Posted September 28, 2008
Tom Brokaw anchors a mock election night broadcast and Keith Olbermann's voice can be heard announcing Sen. John McCain as the next President of the United States in a new ad from the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama. The YouTube video, titled, "Bad News," is a promotion for the site VoteForChange.com.... [TVNewser]

FBLA Hearts Fail Blog - Posted September 27, 2008
This was on FailBlog. It's Terry Moran explaining why Barack Obama being the Democratic presidential nominee is 'one of the history books'.... [FishBowlLA]

What You Should Know About Bill O'Reilly's New Book - Posted September 27, 2008
Portfolio's Jeff Bercovici has skimmed Bill O'Reilly's new book, A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity. The highlights of what Bercovici learned: O'Reilly is "into lite-FM classic rock." He is "still steamed" over the time an aide to Barack Obama blocked his camera shot. (You remember that). Bercovici determines O'Reilly "really... [TVNewser]

CNN HD Brings New Technology - Posted September 26, 2008
CNN HD is premiering some new technology tonight, which includes an "analyst scorecard" in the side panels and an "audience reaction" bar in the lower third. While the "audience reaction" lines, which show real time reaction from a focus group regarding the debate, is displayed on the non-HD channel as well... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 26, 2008
Meet the Press: Bill Clinton. Tom Brokaw will moderate a debate between Colorado Senate candidates Mark Udall (D) and Bob Schaffer (R). Face the Nation: Barack Obama. This Week: John McCain, and a roundtable with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, The Washington Post's Steve Pearlstein, The American Prospect's Robert Reich, and... [FishBowlDC]

The Ticker (Programming Edition): FNC, CNN, ABC... - Posted September 26, 2008
> Tomorrow morning from 10am-NoonET, FNC's Neil Cavuto hosts the live business special "The Rescue Rumble." Cavuto will look at the bailout and discuss whether or not it's necessary for the country. > Tomorrow night on CNN, Roland Martin, along with a team of panelists, looks at what Sens. John McCain... [TVNewser]

Chris Rock on Larry King: 'John McCain Could Lose Half His Houses and Sleep Well' - Posted September 26, 2008
Apparently now that John McCain has solved the bailout crisis, meaning that it is in complete disarray, he's decided that this whole debate thing actually might be a good idea. Or at least, not letting Barack Obama have the national stage might be a good idea. Really, at this... [FishBowlNY]

The Sunday Outlook - Posted September 26, 2008
Now that McCain has unsuspended his campaign, looks like "This Week" will have John McCain from a townhall in Ohio on Sunday, as we reported earlier. CBS' "Face the Nation" has Barack Obama, "Fox News Sunday" has Lindsey Graham and John Kerry, and "Meet" has Bill Clinton. We'll have a full Sunday... [FishBowlDC]

Couric, Palin, and Bush: Everybody's Talking About the Economy - Posted September 26, 2008
So there may or may not be a debate tonight. Or Barack Obama may debate himself (calling Fred Armisen!). Or do a townhall. Or do a Q&A with Jim Leher. At this point we've given up predicting what the world might look like by noon today let... [FishBowlNY]

Breaking: Wherein John McCain Takes Avoidance of the Press to an Entirely New Level - Posted September 24, 2008
Per the AP this hour:Republican John McCain says he's directing his staff to work with Barack Obama's campaign and the debate commission to delay Friday's debate because of the economic crisis. In a statement, McCain says he will stop campaigning after addressing former President Bill Clinton's Global Initiative session on Thursday and... [FishBowlNY]

McCain Calls For Debate Delay - Posted September 24, 2008
Will the broadcast networks and cable news channels need to find alternative programming Friday night at 9pmET? At 2:48pmET Fox News began reporting the news that Sen. John McCain was going to suspend his campaign to return to Washington where the debate on the bailout bill continues. A few minutes later Fox... [TVNewser]

Breaking: McCain Cancels Debate on Friday Night Says He's Busy - Posted September 24, 2008
John McCain has been saying that he wants Barack Obama to join him in town hall meetings. He's been talking about it all summer. So the first debate is hours away and McCain in theatrically calls to cancel the debate to deal with the economic crisis. Dude, how come these people... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 09.24.08 - Posted September 24, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Steve Schmidt Rips The Grey Lady - Posted September 23, 2008
Steve Schmidt, chief McCain strategist denounced the New York Times as a 'pro-Obama advocacy organization'. Ever since the announcement of John McCain's VP, Sarah Palin, the strategy from the McCain camp has been simple: shoot the messenger. E&P writes: It all began with a New York Times article today -- not on... [FishBowlLA]

"Friendliest Interview I've Seen Since Keith Olbermann Sat Down With Obama" - Posted September 22, 2008
During Howard Kurtz' weekly online Q&A on Washingtonpost.com this morning, Kurtz was asked about last week's highly rated Sean Hannity interview with Gov. Sarah Palin (an issue also discussed during yesterday's Reliable Sources). "It was incredibly soft. The friendliest interview I've seen since Keith Olbermann sat down with Obama," wrote Kurtz. He was... [TVNewser]

CNBC Spends Sunday on the Network - Posted September 21, 2008
After a very turbulent week on Wall Street, CNBC anchors and correspondents were seen throughout the broadcasts on NBC this morning. Erin Burnett, Steve Liesman and John Harwood guested on Meet the Press today. Earlier Harwood interviewed Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama about the financial crisis, which will air tonight on... [TVNewser]

The Weekly Standard Is Taking The McCain/Palin Ticket All The Way To The Bank - Posted September 19, 2008
...as witnessed by the posters now being sold on the Weekly Standard's website (and is that Sen. Barack Obama that Sarah Palin's charging after with her gun?!?): ... [FishBowlDC]

FNC Sends Cease and Desist Over McCain Ad - Posted September 19, 2008
Politico's Michael Calderone reports Fox News has sent a cease and desist letter to the Sen. John McCain campaign, demanding they remove the voice of anchor Major Garrett. The audio clip used is from a report by Garrett, the correspondent covering the Sen. Barack Obama campaign, on Wednesday. Part of the letter reads:... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 09.19.08 - Posted September 19, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Writers Rock The (Too Young To) Vote - Posted September 19, 2008
Young adult authors -- like Judy Blume Meg Cabot, Holly Black, Libba Bray, Scott Westerfeld, Megan McCafferty, Melissa Walker and more -- are launching YA for Obama, a social networking project for writers and their young readers who support Barack Obama. About 50 writers have signed on so far, and the... [FishBowlLA]

60 Minutes Goes HD With Nominees - Posted September 17, 2008
On the 40th anniversary broadcast of 60 Minutes this Sunday, the program is moving to HD, for all field and studio cameras, becoming the first newsmagazine to broadcast entirely in the format. And to mark the occasion, the program will be entirely devoted to interviews with the presidential candidates. Steve Kroft interviews... [TVNewser]

Tonight's "Presidential Questions" Announced - Posted September 17, 2008
The CBS Evening News' "Presidential Candidates" series begins tonight, in which Katie Couric asks the same questions to Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, and the answers air back-to-back. Tonight's questions could get some interesting responses: • "Why do you think there has not been another terrorist attack on U.S. soil since... [TVNewser]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted September 17, 2008
They're With Stupid: We applaud the LAT effort to sex up its Web coverage with video, but why does that video have to come from KTLA? The incomparably stupid report by a star-struck, ill-prepared Jaime Chambers detracts from Dan Morain and Michael Finnegan measured story about Barack Obama's Beverly Hills fundraising... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 09.17.08 - Posted September 17, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Twitter: Bringing You the World 140 Characters at at Time - Posted September 16, 2008
Remember how for a while there everyone was complaining about how magazines were shortening their articles in order to keep the reader interested and we were all in the process of developing the attention spans of four-year-old because of MTV or the like? Well the future has officially come to... [FishBowlNY]

America Meet Your New Punchline: The BlackBerry - Posted September 16, 2008
John McCain claims he is responsible for the BlackBerry. From AP: At least that's the contention of a top McCain policy adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin. Waving his BlackBerry personal digital assistant and citing McCain's work as a senator, he told reporters Tuesday, "You're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create." We don't... [FishBowlLA]

Bounds and Burton: Through The America's Newsroom Wringer - Posted September 16, 2008
America's Newsroom anchors Megyn Kelly and Bill Hemmer took a fact-check of some recent campaign ads from Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama directly to spokesmen for each campaign. Kelly went first, and took it to Tucker Bounds of the McCain campaign (reminiscent of the RNC Campbell Brown interview that ended... [TVNewser]

The Ticker (Wall St. Edition): Obama, Gibson, Bartiromo... - Posted September 15, 2008
> Sen. Barack Obama will be a guest on Bloomberg TV, his only interview tonight. He will be interviewed by Peter Cook at 9:45pmET. > ABC News was the only network to go live with a special report as the markets closed at 4pmET. Charlie Gibson anchored. Update: NBC News broadcast... [TVNewser]

Couric's Questions Back For Presidential Candidates - Posted September 15, 2008
Following on the heels of the well-received and sometimes-uncomfortable "Primary Questions," series on the CBS Evening News, Katie Couric is back with a similar series — "Presidential Questions." The series debuts on Wednesday night. As in "Primary Questions," the same set of questions is asked of each candidate, with one question airing... [TVNewser]

Luke Russert on the Big "Get" and the New Job - Posted September 15, 2008
Just one correspondent interviewed both Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama last week — and he's a few months out of college. NBC News' Luke Russert is profiled by the Associated Press' David Bauder, and discusses his interviews last week with the presidential candidates about service and the transition to his new... [TVNewser]

This Week To Broadcast McCain Town Hall - Posted September 15, 2008
Sen. John McCain has wanted to hold town halls with Sen. Barack Obama. It doesn't look like that's happening, but he will be joined by George Stephanopoulos for one. ABC's This Week will hold a live town hall meeting with McCain on September 28, taking place in Columbus, OH. Invitations for the presidential... [TVNewser]

Vice Presidential Poke From NBC News - Posted September 14, 2008
Fresh off a completed contest on MySpace, NBC News is shifting to Facebook. NBC Learn (the education arm of NBC News) has released "What's Your Vice Presidential iCue?" on the iLike.com Facebook application. It is the third in a series of 10 video trivia quizzes by NBC Learn on the Facebook application. The... [TVNewser]

O'Reilly: "When I Come In, I Come In Armed and Dangerous" - Posted September 12, 2008
Time Magazine's 10 Questions section welcomes FNC anchor Bill O'Reilly this week, for a timely set of pithy responses to reader questions. O'Reilly describes his interview style. "It's not Larry King, with all due respect to Mr. King," he says. "When I come in, I come in armed and dangerous. But if... [TVNewser]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted September 12, 2008
Gibson on Palin, Finnegan on Gibson: Charlie Gibson was tough on Sarah Palin in the first of their two ABC interviews, but we think Michael Finnegan was even tougher on Gibson: "Gibson, however, mischaracterized her as simply asserting that the nation's leaders were sending troops to Iraq on a task from... [FishBowlLA]

O'Reilly-Obama Outdraws Olbermann - Posted September 11, 2008
This one wasn't even close. The Sen. Barack Obama interviews from FNC's Bill O'Reilly, airing Thursday and Monday-Wednesday, and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, airing Monday and Tuesday, have been compared for their vastly different tone. When comparing the ratings, O'Reilly's far surpassed Olbermann's. O'Reilly's four-day average of 1,254,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo was... [TVNewser]

Meet Tops After Each Convention - Posted September 11, 2008
The Sundays following the DNC and the RNC were won once again by NBC's Meet the Press, which was the top-rated Sunday morning public affairs show of the week in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. Last week marked the 100th consecutive MTP placed first in Total Viewers. After the DNC,... [TVNewser]

LAT In 90 Seconds -- The 9/11 Edition - Posted September 11, 2008
Mourning In America: Johanna Neuman has the unenviable task of rounding up the nation's tributes, including speeches by Donald Rumsfeld, Barack Obama and pretty much everyone else. Huh? We had considered the lack of convictions in the London bombing plot case to be a failure. But we, apparently, are alone in... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 09.11.08 - Posted September 11, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Obama on Letterman: What Do New Yorkers Put Lipstick On? - Posted September 11, 2008
In case you missed it last night, Barack Obama was Letterman's guest. Over the course of the segment Obama discussed shrunken heads, pigs and lipstick, and how he thought Letterman's post 9/11 show was one of the finest moments on television. A friend of FBNY happened to... [FishBowlNY]

O'Reilly's "Mano-A-Mano" is 2nd Highest Program Ever - Posted September 6, 2008
In addition to Fox News' big win at 10pmET on Thursday, two hours earlier saw big numbers as well. The first part of Bill O'Reilly's interview with Sen. Barack Obama was the second highest-rated O'Reilly Factor ever, with 6,644,000 total viewers. The higest rated program, 3/19/03, was the lead-in to President Bush's address... [TVNewser]

FNC Ties Palin's Speech Ratings As Top in Cable History - Posted September 5, 2008
It's official — more people watched Sen. John McCain accept the Republican nomination than watched Sen. Barack Obama accept the Democratic nomination. And just as the first two nights, more people watched the McCain speech last night on Fox News than any other network, broadcast or cable. FNC had 9.2 million viewers... [TVNewser]

Presidential Bookings - Posted September 5, 2008
The presidential candidates have been busy this week, and their media appearances hit full stride this weekend. • Sen. Barack Obama, fresh off an interview with FNC's Bill O'Reilly, sits down with George Stephanopoulos for ABC's This Week. Then, on Monday, he is interviewed on MSNBC by Keith Olbermann. Meanwhile his VP pick,... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 5, 2008
Meet The Press: Sen. Joe Biden and New York Times' Tom Friedman. Face The Nation: Sen. John McCain. This Week: Sen. Barack Obama and a roundtable with The New York Times' David Brooks, The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart, and ABC News' Martha Raddatz and George Will. Fox News Sunday: Obama strategist David Axelrod and... [FishBowlDC]

The Ticker (p.m. edition): FNC, MSNBC, CNN... - Posted September 4, 2008
> Greta Van Susteren talked to Jezebel about sexism in the media, Katie Couric and other issues. "Whether you like Katie Couric or not, she's got 30 years of experience and she earned it and she just got hammered by the media," she said. "And the women were just as involved... [TVNewser]

Long Time Coming: O'Reilly to Interview Obama Thursday - Posted September 2, 2008
One day short of the nine-month anniversary of "Don't Block the Shot," Bill O'Reilly will interview Sen. Barack Obama for the first time. What began with a promise in January, and was hinted at in May, will take place on Thursday. Thursday — the final night of the RNC. "I will be... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: CBS, ABC, CNN... - Posted September 2, 2008
> Longtime CBS News correspondent Ike Pappas died on Sunday in Virginia. Pappas served as CBS News correspondent from 1964-1987, reporting on the Pentagon, Labor Department, Congress and other areas. He was 75. > Since he won't be interviewed by Larry King while in St. Paul, tomorrow's interview with ABC's Charlie... [TVNewser]

Palin News Brings Big Win For FNC - Posted September 2, 2008
CNN's historic victory on Thursday night was eclipsed as quickly as Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech left the news cycle. By Friday morning, rumors of Sen. John McCain's surprise pick of Gov. Sarah Palin for VP dominated the cablers coverage, and Fox News benefited. FNC had the highest Total Viewer average in... [TVNewser]

RNC & Gustav: Prime Time Coverage Notes - Posted September 1, 2008
We've gotten word from network insiders here in St. Paul, what the plan is for cable coverage tonight: • Fox News Channel will remain live until 2amET tomorrow morning (later if news warrants) with coverage from the Gulf coast and reports from the RNC as well. Greta Van Susteren interviewed Laura Bush... [TVNewser]

O'Reilly Pens NBC Script - Posted September 1, 2008
Bill O'Reilly's current syndicated column takes on a familiar topic for him — NBC News and bias. But this time, O'Reilly wonders how a Nightly newscast, "might look sometime soon," by assuming the voice of Brian Williams and writing a mock script. A portion: Our first story tonight is from Andrea Mitchell,... [TVNewser]

CNN's Historic Victory on Final DNC Night - Posted September 1, 2008
CNN accomplished something on Thursday that had never happened in its more than 28 year history. The 10pmET broadcast of Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC was the top rated program on all of television, beating all broadcast networks as well as cable channels. "We're thrilled with the historic... [TVNewser]

Obama on Palin's Baby's Momma Drama 'Back Off' - Posted September 1, 2008
From Ben Smith at Politico: Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown reports: At a press avail in Monroe, Mich., Barack Obama on Sarah Palin: "Back off these kinds of stories." "I have said before and I will repeat again: People's families are off limits," Obama said. "And people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be... [FishBowlLA]

On The Way to a Subdued RNC - Posted August 31, 2008
We are now in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, or if you're Bob Schieffer, St. Paul/Minneapolis (he joked about it this morning on Face the Nation). Anyway, we kept up to date on Hurricane Gustav and on the RNC during and in between flights. On the Delta flight to Atlanta, CNN... [TVNewser]

Radar Ed. Glad People Pick Choke-ing Over Obama - Posted August 29, 2008
Actor Sam Rockwell takes a question at the talk following Radar's screening of Choke last night. The adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel, Choke, premiered last night in New York's West Village at a screening hosted by Radar and followed by a Q & A with Clark Gregg, writer and director of Choke,... [FishBowlNY]

Olbermann Chastises AP's Assessment of Obama Speech - Posted August 29, 2008
Huffpo had this. Keith Olbermann got his dander up over what the Associated Press ran about the Barack Obama speech. On the other side, there are reports of reporters cheering during Obama's speech at the DNC.... [FishBowlLA]

Olbermann Tells AP Reporter He Should "Find New Work" - Posted August 29, 2008
Chris Wallace said it was "an exceedingly smart speech." Howard Wolfson "thought it was great." Even Pat Buchanan called it "a genuinely outstanding speech". But the AP's Charles Babington, often a guest on MSNBC programs, wasn't as enthusiastic in his analysis of Barack Obama's acceptance speech, and Keith Olbermann called him out... [TVNewser]

The Networks End 2008 Convention #1 - Posted August 28, 2008
About an hour before Sen. Barack Obama took the stage:Click continued to see the reaction to Obama's first appearance at Invesco, from the field, and some more pics (and a potential Veep spoiler)...... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: (DNC Day 4 Edition): Ratings, Evening, Watching... - Posted August 28, 2008
> TVWeek has the early ratings from last night. It appears viewers watching the broadcast nets showed less interest in Sen. Joe Biden's VP acceptance speech than they did Hillary Clinton's speech from the night before. All the broadcast networks' numbers fell last night from Tuesday night. > The CBS Evening... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 08.28.08 - Posted August 28, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Making the Move — Invesco - Posted August 27, 2008
Sometime around 3amET, the cable and broadcast networks will be making the move to Invesco Field, to set up for Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech. The move was described to us as a "disaster," by an insider today, but it has to be done. ABC News political director David Chalian said it... [TVNewser]

Craig R. Smith Hates Hip Hop and Obama But Not Black People...Well, Maybe Some Black People - But Definitely Obama - Posted August 27, 2008
We think it's flippant, reactionary and trivializing to call someone a racist. It's like calling someone you disagree with a Nazi. Really? They actually share Adolph Hitler's views? Or you just think they're bossy? Anyway, we think WorldDailyNet's Craig R. Smith's 'slip' is showing: If Barack Obama is to become our 44th president,... [FishBowlLA]

The Press Meets Betsy Fischer - Posted August 25, 2008
Let this be a lesson to you kids: being organized can get you all the way to the TV top. Meet the Press EP Betsy Fisher is featured in her hometown newspaper, The Times-Picayune. One of her High School teachers remembers her as, "the most organized human being I have ever... [TVNewser]

Luke Russert's First NBC News Report Asks Young Dems About the VP Choice - Posted August 25, 2008
Luke Russert is out on the streets of Denver today checking in with young democrats attending the DNC. His first report, now online, delves into Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden as his running mate and it comes complete with an "old bald white guy" reference. That would be Biden.... [TVNewser]

Where Former Hillary Clinton Advisers End Up - Posted August 25, 2008
The AP's David Bauder writes about Lanny Davis and Howard Wolfson, close advisers to the Hillary Clinton for President campaign, now political analysts for Fox News. And how they got to Fox is as interesting as why they're there. Davis and Wolfson came to Fox this summer following bad experiences with rival... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 08.25.08 - Posted August 25, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Deep Glamour Launches... So That's Where Kate Coe Went! - Posted August 25, 2008
Kate Coe sends us this (totally impersonal) form e-mail: As of today , Virgina Postrel (The Atlantic, author of The Substance of Style) and I can be found blogging at Deep Glamour.net. We'll be writing about glamour, allure and all the seductive images that bombard us in the media and... [FishBowlLA]

CNN's Skycam Has Other Nets Up In Arms - Posted August 24, 2008
TVDecoder's Brian Stelter writes about CNN and its plans for a Skycam to be used at Invesco Field during Barack Obama's acceptance speech Thursday night. Stelter reports CNN spent "close to $100,000 to have it" The camera had originally been for use exclusively by CNN. "It's been something I've always wanted to... [TVNewser]

CNN Reporter's Airport Chat With Joe Biden - Posted August 24, 2008
CNN foreign correspondent Cal Perry blogs about his run-in with now-VP candidate Joe Biden at the business lounge of the Tiblisi, Georgia airport last week. It may help explain how CNN was first to report the news of the Biden pick, (though it was most probably John King's reporting). Just before his... [TVNewser]

Covering Barack: Denver Mile-High Style - Posted August 23, 2008
5280 (get it? 5280 feet = one mile), the monthly Denver magazine ("celebrating 15 years"), is not surprisingly covering Barack Obama and the DNC that is about to takeover the city with a "comprehensive guide to players, the protests, the traffic, the nightlife, and much more." Not sure if... [FishBowlNY]

Meet the Veep - Posted August 23, 2008
About 24 hours after John Roberts first got up anticipating the news, Sen. Barack Obama named Sen. Joe Biden his running mate late last night. And about 12 hours after the "3 a.m. text message," Obama and Biden took the stage in Illinois together for the first time. The cablers were... [TVNewser]

Obama Picks Biden. CNN is First With The News - Posted August 23, 2008
By the time the network evening newscasts went on the air Friday night, the democratic veepstakes had been narrowed to one name. But it would take another six hours to confirm Barack Obama had chosen Joe Biden to be his running mate; and CNN would be first with the news. John... [TVNewser]

A Noun, A Verb, And Joe Biden for VP: The MSM Scoops New Media - Posted August 23, 2008
So Biden it is. The news arrived late this evening about twelve hours ahead of the much ballyhooed text and/or email we were all supposed to personally receive from Barack Obama informing us of his choice. In the end the campaign was scooped by CNN's John King, CBS's Steve... [FishBowlNY]

Bohrman Predicts Long Night - Posted August 22, 2008
Uh-oh. This is a good sign for those poll voters who predicted tomorrow morning for the Veep announcement. TVNewser received this email in our tip box from CNN SVP David Bohrman to his staff, getting them ready for what could be a long night of waiting for Sen. Barack Obama's name to... [TVNewser]

MSNBC Going Live Tomorrow - Posted August 22, 2008
Not too surprisingly, there won't be much doc block on MSNBC tomorrow, or Olympics. Instead, the network will be live from 6amET-10pmET, "in preparation for the announcement of Senator Barack Obama's running mate." We tend to think that will already have happened. Alex Witt anchors an hour to start the morning, followed by... [TVNewser]

CNN, FNC Reject Ayers Ad - Posted August 22, 2008
The Associated Press' Jim Kuhnhenn writes about a new ad from the American Issues Project aimed at Sen. Barack Obama. The ad focuses on Obama's relationship with William Ayers, a founder of the Weather Underground. But don't expect to see the ad on your cabler anytime soon — Kuhnhenn writes the ad was... [TVNewser]

CNN's Ratings "Revealed" - Posted August 22, 2008
CNN Presents: McCain Revealed and CNN Presents: Obama Revealed aired back-to-back on Wednesday, and performed well for the network. The Sen. Barack Obama documentary, however performed significantly better. The program average 566,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo and 1,753,000 in Total Viewers. In the demo, it was the most-watched cable news program... [TVNewser]

Harry Smith's Birthday Wish Doesn't Come True - Posted August 22, 2008
CBS' Harry Smith had the big get this morning, as he interviewed Sen. Barack Obama yesterday and discussed the presumptive nominee's Vice Presidential choice (although, not by name). But someone tipped Obama to the fact that it was Smith's birthday, and he had a special present for the anchor (Smith described... [TVNewser]

The Waiting Game - Posted August 22, 2008
As the media this morning is collectively asking, "Why won't Barack Obama text me?" the waiting game has begun for the Vice President announcement. On FNC and CNN, the topic (as well as various shots outside the hopefuls residences) has seen major airtime. Well, MSNBC has volleyball to pass the time.... [TVNewser]

Political Polling by the Numbers: Is McCain Really Leading? - Posted August 20, 2008
So today Drudge linked to a Zogby poll that shows John McCain leading Barack Obama by five points. Regular Fishbowl readers will know that we are not so good with numbers — all things being equal we are more than happy when someone else does the math for us, so... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 08.20.08 - Posted August 20, 2008
Good morning Washington. A little college tear drops in memory of Leroi Moore. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media... [FishBowlDC]

Conservative AOL Has McCain Leading -- By A Lot...Hollywood Can't Be Too Happy About This - Posted August 20, 2008
While the nation and Hollywood seem tilted toward Barack Obama and the left, America Online has surfaced as not only a Republican stronghold, but as a repository of major league attitude, presidential or otherwise. In a straw poll that AOL conducted on Aug. 18, John McCain appears to hold a commanding lead... [FishBowlLA]

FNC's Obama Special Scores Big - Posted August 19, 2008
Last night's "Character & Conduct" documentary special about Sen. Barack Obama was the top-rated documentary of the year for Fox News in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. Airing in the 8pmET hour, the Bill Hemmer-hosted special averaged 2,343,000 viewers and 493,000 in the demo. The Sen. John McCain "Character &... [TVNewser]

Portia and Ellen's Wedding Graces the Cover of People - Posted August 19, 2008
Barack Obama may still be struggling to articulate his stance on gay marriage, but People has no issues whatsoever! Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres, who were married in California over the week-end, are the cover subjects of this week's issue. Also, the only two people to beat Michael... [FishBowlNY]

Chuck Todd Apologizes For "Hatred" Comment - Posted August 19, 2008
Newsbusters noted yesterday MSNBC political director Chuck Todd's comments prior to the Saddleback Forum on Saturday night. Todd suggested Evangelicals may have a, "personal hatred," of Sen. Barack Obama, in the context of the types of judges a President Obama would nominate. A few hours after the post, Todd apologized, through Newsbusters.... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 08.19.08 - Posted August 19, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Obama Household Favors HGTV - Posted August 15, 2008
In mere months, the U.S. will elect a new president (our prediction: Michael Phelps, by nine-tenths of a second), and so it's time to focus on the important things, like what TV shows, music, and movies the candidates like. Never afraid to ask the tough questions (e.g., "If you could be... [UnBeige]

Keep Your Friends Close and the National Enquirer Closer - Posted August 15, 2008
If Howard Wolfson is to be believed Hillary Clinton lost the nomination to Barack Obama because the press didn't uncover the John Edwards love child story in time for all those Edwards votes to go to her. Regrets, we've had a few, etc. It's a rather shaky theory... [FishBowlNY]

Three Cable News Nets To Air Saturday's Presidential Forum - Posted August 14, 2008
MSNBC has announced it too, will air Saturday's Saddleback Forum with Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. The event, which brings both candidates together for the first time since securing their parties' nominations, will be moderated by Pastor Rick Warren. CNN has already been running promos for their coverage of... [TVNewser]

Docs From Fox -- Egad!!!!! - Posted August 14, 2008
Two hard-hitting???? documentaries about Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain will be unveiled next week on which arch network? Of course, it's Fox. And of course, the docs will be tilted where? Well, to the right. As always with Fox, whether it's Bill O'Reilly or everyman former CNN news host Bill Hemmer, the... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 08.14.08 - Posted August 14, 2008
Good morning Washington. Who won yesterday's Hottest of the Hotties contest? Join us after the jump... Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning... [FishBowlDC]

Kristol Reports: Colin Powell To Endorse Obama - Posted August 13, 2008
Breaking: Fox News and New York Times contributor Bill Kristol reports George W. Bush's former Secretary of State Colin Powell is expected to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president. From FoxNews.com: "He may well give a speech at the Democratic convention explaining his endorsement of Obama," Kristol said, citing inside sources. "For whatever... [TVNewser]

Ripped from the Headlines of the Onion - Posted August 13, 2008
No matter how desperately the Obama campaign appears to not want to let it happen it looks like this country is determined to talk about race, even if it often seems to happen as a result of people making a big deal over the smallest things. Seems a reporter at the Minneapolis-St.... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 08.13.08 - Posted August 13, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

On The Air With One Former and Two Current Candidates - Posted August 12, 2008
This Saturday CNN and Fox News Channel will air the Saddleback Presidential Forum hosted by Pastor Rick Warren. The two hour forum (8-10pmET) will be attended by Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama. The candidates will speak separately with the best-selling author and pastor on issues including compassion, faith, values and... [TVNewser]

Back on the Bus - Posted August 11, 2008
CNN correspondent Tom Foreman reported from the CNN Election Express this afternoon, as the mobile news bureau makes its way to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The bus left Washington around 10amET this morning, and headed to Pennsylvania (look for a live hit during The Situation Room). It will be traveling... [TVNewser]

Reporters Briefed on DNC Details - Posted August 11, 2008
The Democratic National Convention Committee held a conference call this morning for reporters covering the convention. TVNewser was on the line as we'll be there in Denver, covering the "news about the news." Chris will be in Minneapolis to cover the RNC a week later. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a convention co-chair, and... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 08.11.08 - Posted August 11, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

What Will Nightline's Scoops & Growth Mean For the Newscast? - Posted August 11, 2008
The LATimes' Meg James writes about the latest Nightline scoop and what it might mean as ABC considers wooing Jay Leno. "The company will make the decision based on what's best for the company," said ABC News president David Westin. "I am hopeful that 'Nightline' will continue to prosper. It's important for... [TVNewser]

Txt 4 Veep: Obama To Announce VP Pick Via Text Message, Email - Posted August 10, 2008
Another sign of The Technological Times: Sen. Barack Obama announced today -- via Twitter -- that he would announce "the VP candidate sometime between now & the Convention by txt msg & email." This isn't merely a way to practice Hip Politics. As has been reported already, the Obama campaign has made... [FishBowlDC]

Shock Poll: Which Cable Viewing Audience Favors Which Candidate? - Posted August 7, 2008
Rasmussen has released the results of their newest poll focused on the likely voting habits of cable TV viewers. Strangely, Fox News viewers support Sen. Barack Obama and MSNBC viewers are behind Sen. John McCain. Just kidding. Supporting the conventional wisdom, the poll found 87% of FNC viewers as "likely to vote,"... [TVNewser]

Obama Picks His Hannity Representative - Posted August 7, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama hasn't appeared on Hannity & Colmes yet, but apparently he's found someone he'd like to send on in his place. Fox News embed producer Bonney Kapp writes on the Foxnews.com embed blog about a campaign event in Youngstown, Ohio earlier this week, when Obama took a question from the... [TVNewser]

NBC: Nestle Baked Cookies - Posted August 6, 2008
So why did Sen. Barack Obama come to the back of the plane and join reporters on Monday? Well, it was, in part, to thank NBC embed Mike Memoli for the cookies his mother had sent to Obama. While home on Sunday, Memoli told his mother -- famous at The Hotline (Memoli's previous... [FishBowlDC]

The Daily Show's Deck of "Cards" - Posted August 5, 2008
The Daily Show took on the recent media uproar over Sen. John McCain's ad featuring Paris Hilton and Britney Spears last night, as well as Sen. Barack Obama's comments after. "I believe by commenting on the perceived potential subtle racial messaging in the ad, you have taken what political scientists refer to... [TVNewser]

Olbermann and Milbank Respond - Posted August 5, 2008
Keith Olbermann responds to Dana Milbank's statement to TVNewser that his departure from MSNBC, "predated" a column he'd written about Barack Obama and that "nothing occurred along the lines Keith described." Olbermann tells TVNewser: Dana appeared with us the night before his column appeared with the truncated Obama quote — and did so... [TVNewser]

Milbank Leaves Countdown, Joins CNN - Posted August 5, 2008
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank has ended his four-year relationship with MSNBC's Countdown, and it's not on the best of terms. Milbank, who, because of a partnership between his paper and the NBC cable news channel, has been a part of MSNBC's programming since at least the 2000 election. The end seemed... [TVNewser]

Of Beanpoles, Chuckybutts, and Onlinebeerbellygirls: The WSJ Issues a Correction - Posted August 5, 2008
With just over 90 days until the election it's getting close to silly time — one imagines last week's McCain/Paris Hilton/Britney Spears debacle may have been the season's unofficial starting gun. Along those same lines, you may have read the WSJ story, also from last week, that basically said there... [FishBowlNY]

How the Cablers Have Covered (or Not Covered) the Edwards Story - Posted August 4, 2008
Since the John Edwards National Enquirer story broke more than a week ago, the cablers have largely ignored it. There are various theories as to why that's the case. But as time goes on, producers are finding creative ways to work the story in. Fox News Channel has covered the story the most,... [TVNewser]

Kathy Hilton to McCain: Quit Wasting My Money on My Daughter! - Posted August 4, 2008
Maybe John McCain should have checked his donor list before deciding to cast Paris Hilton in his latest attack ad on Barack Obama. It seems that Paris's mother Kathy Hilton has donated thousands to McCain and she was none to pleased to see her daughter used as McCain's worst-case scenario... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 08.04.08 - Posted August 4, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

McCain Camp's Gratuitous Use of B-Word - Posted August 4, 2008
We saw this on The New York Observer blog. John McCain spokesperson Michael Goldfarb ripped into the NYT. "If the shareholders of the New York Times ever wonder why the paper's ad revenue is plummeting and its share price tanking, they need look no further than the... [FishBowlLA]

With Obama, Brokaw's Best Ratings - Posted August 3, 2008
Last week's Meet the Press, which featured an interview with Sen. Barack Obama, saw its best ratings since Tom Brokaw took over as interim moderator. Meet the Press was the top rated program in Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo, and NBC was the only network with week-to-week gains. In the demo, NBC... [TVNewser]

Why Is John King Getting Airtime Beyond CNN? - Posted August 1, 2008
CNN's John King is turning up on other networks, and we're sure it's not just because his contract is up in five months. King got the political interview of the day yesterday when he asked Sen. John McCain whether Sen. Barack Obama was playing the race card because Obama had been telling... [TVNewser]

Is John McCain's New Attack Ad Racist? - Posted July 31, 2008
Apparently John McCain missed the Barack Obama teflon memo. The latest, and now controversial, ad out of the McCain camp includes images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, that maybe are supposed to suggest...we're not sure, that Barack doesn't wear underwear? That he's a bad parent, who dates his... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 07.31.08 - Posted July 31, 2008
Good Morning Washington. Above, FishbowlDC's "Word Cloud," courtesy of World.net. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the... [FishBowlDC]

Commenters: An Early Favorite For Person of the Year - Posted July 30, 2008
At this point we're almost as tired of writing about the demise of journalism due to commenters as we are about Barack Obama. And yet, we soldier on. At the moment the one thing both subjects have in common is that we're betting they're early favorites for Time's 'Person... [FishBowlNY]

Barack Obama is Rubber, Everyone Else is Glue, Etc. - Posted July 30, 2008
Barack Obama is turning us all into arm-chair analysts. What is it about him anyway? How is it possible for a man to run for president (and run and run) and never have anything anyone ever throws at him stick. Surely there is a explanation for Obama's teflon-like... [FishBowlNY]

Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Something - Posted July 30, 2008
Probably before the Internet, and its pesky quota-filling bloggers, it was a lot easier to borrow magazine images without drawing a lot of attention. No longer! In the past few months it's been similar images of Barack Obama that have garnered the most attention. However, today we bring... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 07.30.08 - Posted July 30, 2008
Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

The GOP 2.0: Just as Ridiculous as the GOP 1.0 but Less Effective - Posted July 29, 2008
Maybe the GOP strategy is if you can't beat'em at least make yourself look as foolish as possible while trying. Actually, we have no idea what the GOP intentions are when it comes to their online attempts at humor(?). Nor are we entirely convinced John McCain is going to... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 07.29.08 - Posted July 29, 2008
Good Morning Washington. Above, one of the magazines in Frank Luntz's collection. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after... [FishBowlDC]

'Blogger' Makes its Ich Bin Ein Debut - Posted July 28, 2008
Over the week-end the Times pointed out that Barack Obama's rock-star-ish Berlin speech had shades in it of, well, just about every rhetorical genius of the last 500 years. They drew comparisons to Kennedy, Reagan, Lincoln, and even (rather tenuously) Shakespeare. However! A twitterer has pointed out to... [FishBowlNY]

The Ticker (Obama Edition): Unity, CNN, FNC... - Posted July 28, 2008
> The Los Angeles Times' writes, despite an email warning to "maintain professional decorum," some in the Unity Conference of journalists yesterday gave a standing ovation to Sen. Barack Obama. The remarks were broadcast live on CNN. > CNN correspondent Candy Crowley reflected on the Obama overseas trip, yesterday on Reliable... [TVNewser]

"If You Tell the Story Right and Know Your Audience, You're Going To Be Successful" - Posted July 28, 2008
Gail Shister TVNewser Columnist If, as CNN's Mark Nelson says, good planning makes for good luck, then "Black in America" is one damn lucky documentary. When CNN began planning "BIA" about 18 months ago, the comet that is Barack Obama had yet to soar, says Nelson, vice president and senior executive producer of CNN... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 07.28.08 - Posted July 28, 2008
Good morning Washington. At what D.C. restaurant/lounge was the above photo taken? Let us know. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of... [FishBowlDC]

Epreuve De Force En France - Posted July 26, 2008
Admittedly, we don't speak French. But even through a translator, it was clear French president Nicolas Sarkozy was more than a little annoyed by CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour's question during a joint presser with Sen. Barack Obama yesterday. Amanpour asked: In France the presence of Barack Obama and what he's done in terms... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 25, 2008
Meet the Press: Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) Face the Nation: Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Jack Reed (D-RI). This Week: John McCain and a roundtable with former Bush strategist Matt Dowd, ABC's Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts and George Will. Fox News Sunday: Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Karl Rove. The... [FishBowlDC]

Williams to Interview Ahmadinejad - Posted July 25, 2008
After a quick trip home, Brian Williams will be back on the road this weekend to interview Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Williams and his team will travel to Iran this weekend, with the interview taking place in Tehran on Monday. Excerpts will air on the Today show, MSNBC and msnbc.com. Williams... [TVNewser]

Are You There God? Newspaper Publishes Obama's Western Wall Letter - Posted July 25, 2008
We already know there's nothing funny about him, but is nothing sacred? The AP is reporting that a Israeli paper has published the written prayer that Barack Obama left in the Western Wall this week, even though it is apparently forbidden to read the notes left there (and... [FishBowlNY]

Andrea Mitchell, On the Air and On The Road - Posted July 25, 2008
As chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell is charged with reporting on the diplomatic beat for all NBC News platforms. This week, that has meant covering Sen. Barack Obama's overseas trip and his meetings with heads of state. She has appeared on the Today show and Nightly News every day this... [TVNewser]

Critiquing the Press and Their Obama Coverage - Posted July 25, 2008
WaPo's Howard Kurtz sums up the media coverage of Barack Obama's week abroad; what the trip meant for the candidate and the press following him. ...even as the likes of NBC's Andrea Mitchell and ABC's Jake Tapper rose to press the Democratic candidate on Tuesday, television viewers back home heard nothing but... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 07.25.08 - Posted July 25, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Super Bowler and the Curse of the Glorified Hall Monitor - Posted July 25, 2008
Barack Obama described his first year in the Senate using the phrase 'like drinking from a fire hose'. That's Comic Con after sitting on the 5 freeway for six hours. We got to the convention center and wasted no time trying to find the Kevin Smith panel we were supposed... [FishBowlLA]

Brian Williams' Pre & Post Speech Q&A With Obama - Posted July 24, 2008
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams interviewed Sen. Barack Obama in Berlin this morning (airing tonight), but it appears NBC's access continued throughout the day. MSNBC had a camera positioned high above the stage which showed Williams interviewing the Senator moments after he finished his speech:... [TVNewser]

In Case You're Wondering Where All the News Went - Posted July 24, 2008
We were going to title this post "Wonder What John McCain is Doing Right Now" except, probably no one is wondering that. As we write this Barack Obama is in Berlin doing his JFK/Reagan thing, however! maybe Obama supporters (the ones who can vote anyway, and full disclosure, that does... [FishBowlNY]

CNN Promotes McCain/Obama Weekend Appearance - Posted July 24, 2008
CNN sent out a press release about 45 minutes ago headlined: "Presidential Nominees McCain, Obama to Appear on CNN on Sunday, July 27." Here's how it breaks down: An interview Wolf Blitzer is doing with Sen. John McCain will air in the 11amET hour of Late Edition. At NoonET, CNN will... [TVNewser]

Obama Makes "Victory" Speech - Posted July 24, 2008
The cablers were live from Berlin this hour, as Sen. Barack Obama made his much talked about speech at the Victory Column in Tiergarten Park. With the sun setting and a crowd of more than 100,000, Obama had the cablers locked in for almost an hour:... [TVNewser]

FNC to Obama: Troops Can Change the Channel - Posted July 24, 2008
This morning on Fox & Friends, the Doocy, Carlson, Kilmeade troika pulled a quote from an exchange between Sen. Barack Obama and correspondent Major Garrett in which Obama questioned whether Pres. Bush had something to do with the fact that FNC seemed to be on most Armed Forces televisions. Click continued to... [TVNewser]

Dozens Protest Outside Fox News Headquarters - Posted July 23, 2008
What brings out MTV News, AllHipHop.com, Access Hollywood, The Colbert Report and, well, us? A Nas-led protest outside News Corp. today, home of Fox News Channel. The hip-hop star (left) joined about 50 protesters, (less than another anti-FNC protest in 2004) from two organizations: ColorofChange.org and MoveOn.org who called on the... [TVNewser]

How do You Say 'Crush on Obama' in German? - Posted July 23, 2008
Maybe you've heard. Presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama is on a trip overseas, along with the entire American Press Corps (not including Ryan Lizza and the one guy who met John McCain at the NH airport the other day). And apparently Americans are not the only ones "slouching... [FishBowlNY]

Protest Outside FNC Headquarters - Posted July 23, 2008
Steve's outside Fox News headquarters right now covering a protest sponsored by ColorOfChange.org and MoveOn.org. They, along with hip hop star Nas, will deliver a petition signed by 620,127 people demanding that, as a press release states, "FOX end its pattern of racist attacks against Black Americans including presidential candidate Barack... [TVNewser]

Whom Do Journalists Love More? - Posted July 23, 2008
We posted a video earlier from the John McCain campaign accusing the media of being in love with Barack Obama. And here's a video from Media Matters for America accusing the media of the same thing for McCain. We say after seven and a half years of Bush - the media could... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 07.23.08 - Posted July 23, 2008
Good Morning Washington. Who is the congressman stripping down in the above photo? Let us know. (Photo Credit: New York Social Diary) Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips... [FishBowlDC]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted July 23, 2008
John McCain Feels Jilted: Taking a page from the Daily Show (literally in some cases), John McCain's campaign camp has put together some videos spoofing the media's supposed infatuation with Barack Obama. For whatever reason Maeve Reston's story doesn't link to said videos -- but we did. Enjoy. Invasion of the Popular... [FishBowlLA]

Couric's Interviews, As Subject and Reporter - Posted July 22, 2008
It appears some members of the press in the Middle East could learn a thing or two from the 50 or so U.S. journalists in the region. A reporter from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz interviewed Katie Couric Monday in Tel Aviv. Couric's personal publicist Matthew Hiltzik tells TVNewser the interview was... [TVNewser]

Hemmer, the Cincy Gentleman, Has Obama Covered - Posted July 22, 2008
FNC anchor Bill Hemmer leaves Thursday night to make the trip overseas to interview Sen. Barack Obama Saturday in London. The America's Newsroom anchor recently returned from Chicago where he has been reporting for a future Fox News documentary on the presumptive nominee. We hear it will run sometime later this summer,... [TVNewser]

NYT/MSNBC Campaign Edition Discusses McCain Op-Ed (or Lack Thereof) - Posted July 22, 2008
Today's New York Times Campaign Edition on MSNBC (Tuesday's at 2pmET) tackled the simmering controversy of The New York Times deciding not to run an op-ed from John McCain. About five minutes into the show, anchor Tamron Hall said to her co-anchor John Harwood (who also works for the Times), "We've... [TVNewser]

Valentines Day at the McCain House Must be Something Special - Posted July 22, 2008
See what happens when you discover "The Google." While Barack Obama is on his headline grabbing super-star tour of the planet, John McCain is back here with the rest of us, seeing those headlines and struggling to make some of his own. What's a frustrated scribe to do? ... [FishBowlNY]

Obama Isn't Couric's Only Candidate Interview Tonight - Posted July 22, 2008
In addition to an interview with Barack Obama conducted in Jordan, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric has also interviewed John McCain as he campaigns in New Hampshire. "The two presumptive nominees will go head-to-head on the issues of the day," says the press release, "discussing the surge, their political experiences and... [TVNewser]

McCain Spreads The Love - Posted July 22, 2008
As the mainstream media globetrots with Sen. Barack Obama (except for that one guy), the Sen. John McCain campaign put out a new ad starring...the mainstream media! Well actually two ads. On McCain's web site, he's asking people to vote which version is their favorite. The ads are essentially the same —... [TVNewser]

One Reporter Greets McCain Plane in NH - Posted July 22, 2008
The Manchester Union Leader's Scott Brooks writes about the "stark contrast" between the coverage of John McCain, campaigning in New Hampshire today, and Barack Obama, campaigning, meeting with foreign leaders, and speaking to network anchors, in the Middle East and Europe. In Manchester last night, there was just one reporter and one... [TVNewser]

Mitchell: "You're Seeing...What Some Would Call Fake Interviews" - Posted July 22, 2008
At this hour, Sen. Barack Obama is holding a news conference in Jordan, which the cable news networks are carrying. But last night Newsbusters reported on NBC's chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell who let loose some of her frustrations with the lack of access being given to reporters on the... [TVNewser]

Katie Couric Meets the Israeli Press: I "Do Believe We Can Make a Change With Time, Bit by Bit" - Posted July 22, 2008
A polished, multi-millionaire, American woman in a gray pants suit, subtle makeup that highlights her blue eyes, and a winning smile is not an unusual sight in the executive lounge on the 17th floor of Tel Aviv's Hilton Hotel. But this particular woman is none other than Katie Couric... Before she interviewed... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 07.22.08 - Posted July 22, 2008
Good Morning Washington. Where can you find the above slippers? Let us know. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media... [FishBowlDC]

"It Would Make it More Interesting if Bill Was on And Did It Live" - Posted July 21, 2008
It was MSNBC's turn at the TCA today, which has become a hot spot for media stories the past couple of weeks. Matea Gold of the Los Angeles Times writes about NBC News president Steve Capus' response to questions about the dual role of MSNBC's primary team of Chris Matthews and Keith... [TVNewser]

Brokaw Gets Obama For Meet the Press - Posted July 21, 2008
NBC just announced that Tom Brokaw will interview Barack Obama for the full hour on Meet the Press this Sunday: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will sit down with Tom Brokaw as he concludes his overseas tour in London for a "Meet the Press" exclusive interview to air on Sunday,... [TVNewser]

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