Bill Kristol

Early Sunday Show Preview - Posted 4 days, 14 hours ago
NBC's Meet the Press: Programming Note: Meet the Press will not air Sunday, July 5 due to NBC's coverage of the Wimbledon tennis finals. We will return at our regular time on July 12. CBS' Face the Nation: ABC's This Week: Fox News Sunday: CNN's State of the Union: Former Secretary... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted June 5, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Programming note: Due to NBC's coverage of the French Open, Meet the Press will not air Sunday, June 7. We will return at our regular time on June 14. CBS' Face the Nation: White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich ABC's This Week: Secretary... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted June 4, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Programming note: Due to NBC's coverage of the French Open, Meet the Press will not air Sunday, June 7. We will return at our regular time on June 14. CBS' Face the Nation: ABC's This Week: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a roundtable with ABC's George Will... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted May 15, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: DNC's Tim Kaine and RNC's Michael Steele and a roundtable with CFR president Richard Haas, Newsweek's Jon Meacham, WSJ's Peggy Noonan and NJ's Ron Brownstein CBS' Face the Nation: Rep. Peter King (R-NY), ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero, Slate and CBS' John Dickerson and USA Today's Joan Biskupic ABC's... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash - Posted May 12, 2009
What we almost missed today... • ABC's George Will will be the master of ceremonies at the 2009 Bradley Prizes, which will be held June 3rd at the Kennedy Center. The four Bradley Prize recipients include Bill Kristol. • We told you earlier today about the White House press briefing in which Press... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash - Posted May 12, 2009
What we almost missed today... • ABC's George Will will be the master of ceremonies at the 2009 Bradley Prizes, which will be held June 3rd at the Kennedy Center. The four Bradley Prize recipients include Bill Kristol. • We told you earlier today about the White House press briefing in which Press... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted May 8, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari CBS' Face the Nation: Former Vice President Dick Cheney ABC's This Week: National Security advisor General James Jones and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and a roundtable with ABC's Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts and George Will and former Clinton... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 04.28.09 - Posted April 28, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. It is day 99 covering the Obama administration and week 13 for us. What we know and what we're reading this Tuesday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV... [FishBowlDC]

Kristol Up $250,000 After Nabbing Bradley Prize - Posted April 22, 2009
Weekly Standard editor and Fox News contributor Bill Kristol is the third of four 2009 Bradley Prize winners, as announced today by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. The award will be presented in a ceremony at the Kennedy Center in June and includes a $250,000 stipend. In a release, Foundation... [FishBowlDC]

Kristol Up $250,000 After Nabbing Bradley Prize - Posted April 22, 2009
Weekly Standard editor and Fox News contributor Bill Kristol is the third of four 2009 Bradley Prize winners, as announced today by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. The award will be presented in a ceremony at the Kennedy Center in June and includes a $250,000 stipend. In a release, Foundation... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 03.24.09 - Posted March 24, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Its day 64 covering the Obama administration and week eight for us. Happy Birthday to Mary Ann "The Sleuth" Akers (Playbook). What we know and what... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 03.13.09 - Posted March 13, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! 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. Its day 53 covering the Obama administration and week six for us. It's also Friday the 13th-... [FishBowlDC]

Compared to Bush, Obama Takes To The Op-Ed Pages Early - Posted February 5, 2009
In light of Pres. Obama's op-ed in today's WashPost, CBS News checks in with White House correspondent and "presidential guru" Mark Knoller for a comparison to Pres. Bush's publishing history. According to Knoller, Pres. Bush penned op-ed pieces at least four times. His first piece was not until August 12, 2001,... [FishBowlDC]

Gazing Into the Kristol Ball: Thinking Outside the NYT Op-Ed Replacement Box - Posted February 5, 2009
Over at Slate Jack Shafer thinks the perfect person to replace Bill Kristol's space on the New York Times op-ed page is no one! (Shafer says he'd be astonished if Kristol ever spent more than 45 minutes on a column.) Instead Shafer would prefer to see it as some... [FishBowlNY]

Gazing Into the Kristol Ball: NYT Op-ed Page Guessing Game Continues - Posted February 2, 2009
The guessing game continues as to who will replace Bill Kristol on the Times op-d page. NYMag.com thinks Stephen Colbert would be a great idea: "If the paper is smart, it'll capitulate to its destiny and hire the ultimate nonconservative conservative, Stephen Colbert." We're not holding our breaths on... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 01.28.09 - Posted January 28, 2009
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]

Alterman Moves to TheNation.com, Still Awaiting Times' Kristol Apology - Posted January 27, 2009
Eric Alterman has moved his blog Altercations over to TheNation.com from Media Matters. This is the third stop in over six years for the blog, having begun at MSNBC before moving over to Media Matters in 2006. In today's post Alterman takes a swipe at newly departed Times columnist... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 01.27.09 - Posted January 27, 2009
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'This is William Kristol's Last Column' - Posted January 26, 2009
All good things must come to an end. Also Bill Kristol's (ambivalent) time at The New York Times — an appointment that has continued to puzzle and frustrate Times readers since it was announced over a year ago. In his last column Kristol declares that "Jan. 20, 2009, marked... [FishBowlNY]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 23, 2009
Meet the Press: National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers, House Minority Leader John Boehner and a roundtable with New York Times' Thomas Friedman, NPR's Michele Norris and Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes. This Week: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and a roundtable with former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina, the New... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 16, 2009
Meet The Press: Rahm Emanuel, Incoming White House Chief of Staff, Tom Brokaw, NBC News, David Brooks, New York Times, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Presidential Historian, Tavis Smiley, Host, PBS's Tavis Smiley, Chuck Todd, Political Director, NBC News. Face the Nation: Incoming National Economic Council director Lawrence Summers, Georgetown University Michael Eric Dyson... [FishBowlDC]

Should Obama's Next Dinner Chat Be Online? - Posted January 15, 2009
Who will Barack Obama wine and dine next? (Or coffee and chat if Bill Kristol is to be believed.) An interesting addition to yesterday's liberal gabfest was Andrew Sullivan and not just because he now finds himself in the Liberal camp! Sullivan, while certainly established in the print... [FishBowlNY]

Obama Meets With Conservatives (And Liberals) Ahead Of Inauguration - Posted January 14, 2009
Larry Kudlow revealed a few details this morning on "The Call" about the off-the-record meeting last night between President-elect Barack Obama and many prominent conservatives held at ABC News contributor George Will's house. "This was a good conservative group, and we just had a great back and forth," he said. "And he... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 9, 2009
Meet the Press: Bill Cosby, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, Rep. Maxine Waters and a roundtable with former Rep. David Bonior, Wall Street Journal's Paul Gigot, CNBC's John Harwood, Vanity Fair's Bethany McLean and McCain economic adviser Mark Zandi. This Week: President-elect Barack Obama and a roundtable with former... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 2, 2009
Meet The Press: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and a roundtable with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, BBC World News America's Katty Kay, Al-Arabiya's Hisham Melhem, NBC's Andrea Mitchell and The New York Times' David Sanger. This Week: Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY), U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris (D-IL)... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 12.30.08 - Posted December 30, 2008
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Gazing Into the Kristol Ball - Posted December 29, 2008
Over at Portfolio.com Jeff Bercovici points out the today marks the one year anniversary of the Times announcing they'd hired Bill Kristol for their op-ed page. No word yet on whether the Times intends to keep him on (or whether Kristol even wants to stay for that matter — he's... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 12.16.08 - Posted December 16, 2008
Good morning Washington. The above picture is from what DC restaurant? Think you know? Then email us with your guess and we'll publish the correct guessers in tomorrow's Morning Reading List. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted December 12, 2008
Meet The Press: IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan, MI Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D), former MA Gov. Mitt Romney (R), former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, Wal-Mart Pres./CEO Lee Scott, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and a roundtable with Chicago Sun-Times' Mary Mitchell and NBC political director Chuck Todd. Face The Nation: Sen. Sherrod Brown... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted December 5, 2008
Meet the Press: President-elect Obama. This Week: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Ron Gettelfinger, President, United Auto Workers, The Wall Street Journals' Peggy Noonan, the Brookings Institution's E.J. Dionne, and ABC News' Cokie Roberts and George Will. Face The Nation: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Chairman, Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions,... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted November 28, 2008
Meet The Press: First Lady Laura Bush, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States Said Jawad and Ted Turner, Author, "Call Me Ted" This Week: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) of the Armed Services Committee and Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) of the Foreign Relations Committee. A roundtable with ABC News' Matthew Dowd, Donna Brazile,... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted November 21, 2008
Meet The Press: Former Secretary of State James Baker, former Commerce Secretary William Daley, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and a roundtable with CNBC's Erin Burnett, former Wall Street Journal Detroit bureau chief Paul Ingrassia and NBC political director Chuck Todd. Face the Nation: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee. This... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted November 14, 2008
Meet the Press: Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), BP Capital Management founder/chair T. Boone Pickens and a roundtable with New York Times' Tom Friedman, BBC's Katty Kay, NBC's Andrea Mitchell and PBS' Tavis Smiley. Face the Nation: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), Newt Gingrich and Gov.... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 31, 2008
Meet the Press: Fred Thompson and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), and a roundtable with Washington Post's David Broder, NBC's David Gregory, NPR's Michele Norris and NBC political director Chuck Todd. Face the Nation: Obama strategist David Axelrod, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). This Week: Axelrod... [FishBowlDC]

Stewart Jabs Kristol - Posted October 31, 2008
We all know that New York Times columnist and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol gets a lot of flak because, well, many of his predictions usually fall flat. Accordingly, "The Daily Show"'s Jon Stewart took a job at Kristol last night, saying "You can't look at past performance as a predictor, otherwise... [FishBowlDC]

Kristol: Palin "Should Do 'FOX News Sunday' And Every Show" - Posted October 26, 2008
On the heels of Ben Smith's report on Politico about rising tension in the McCain camp regarding the handling of Gov. Sarah Palin, one of the Veep nominee's most vocal supporters, Bill Kristol, expressed hope she breaks free from the constraints put on her. Politico's Michael Calderone writes about an exchange on... [TVNewser]

FBLA's Wardrobe-Gate Wrap Up - Posted October 22, 2008
Here's a shocker: Sarah Palin doesn't pay for her own clothes or haircuts. The RNC shelled out $150K for Palin and kin to not look like rednecks...so they would appeal to rednecks. So because one of her Teddy Ruxpin-esque lines is about 'putting government back on the side of the people'... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 10.22.08 - Posted October 22, 2008
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Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 17, 2008
Meet The Press: Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), NBC's political director Chuck Todd, David Brooks of the New York Times, Jon Meacham of Newsweek magazine, Andrea Mitchell of NBC News, and Joe Scarborough of MSNBC's "Morning Joe." Face the Nation: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D), Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.14.08 - Posted October 14, 2008
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Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 3, 2008
Meet the Press: Democratic strategist Paul Begala and Republican strategist Mike Murphy, and a roundtable with NBC's David Gregory, PBS' Gwen Ifill, Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, NBC political director Chuck Todd and Des Moines Register's David Yepsen. Face The Nation: Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-MI), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Rep. Roy Blunt... [FishBowlDC]

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]

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]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 19, 2008
Meet the Press: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a roundtable with CNBC's Erin Burnett, CNBC's John Harwood, CNBC's Steve Liesman and Washington Post's Steven Pearlstein. Face The Nation: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Rep. Barney Frank, Chairman, House Financial Services Committee, Sen. Richard Shelby. Fox News Sunday: Sens. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 29, 2008
Meet the Press: Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) and a roundtable with presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, NBC's David Gregory, NBC's Andrea Mitchell, GOP strategist Mike Murphy and NBC's Kelly O'Donnell. Face The Nation: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Carly Fiorina and New... [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]

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]

Morning Reading List, 07.30.08 - Posted July 30, 2008
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The New York Times: What's Not to Love? - Posted July 17, 2008
Maybe it's because The New York Times declares itself to be the "paper of record" (and then hires Bill Kristol) that we are all so quick to point out its shortcomings. Or maybe it was the fact they tried to get us to pay for their opinion. Or... [FishBowlNY]

The New York Times: What's Not to Love? - Posted July 17, 2008
Maybe it's because The New York Times declares itself to be the "paper of record" (and then hires Bill Kristol) that we are all so quick to point out its shortcomings. Or maybe it was the fact they tried to get us to pay for their opinion. Or... [FishBowlNY]

Tony Snow's Death: FNC Programming - Posted July 12, 2008
Fox News has announced changes to its programming tonight and tomorrow. At 8pmET, Bill O'Reilly anchors a live special edition of The O'Reilly Factor. This is followed by live special editions of On The Record with Greta Van Susteren at 9pmET and Geraldo At Large at 10pmET. The three programs repeat in... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2008
Meet the Press: Obama supporter Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Clinton supporter Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA) and Tom Brokaw, Michael Eric Dyson and Amb. Andrew Young. Face the Nation: Howard Dean, The Washington Post National Editor Rajiv Chandrasekaran, McClatchy Newspapers Chief Pentagon Correspondent Nancy Youssef and CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan. ... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 02.15.08 - Posted February 15, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | JOBS You think MSNBC has some serious issues with sexism and obnoxious statements. And, it is close, but more than half of you are in loooove. NEWSPAPERS The Pew Weekly News Interest Index shows, "Barack... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 02.08.08 - Posted February 8, 2008
Good morning Washington. Is the writer's strike really over? Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | WEST WING REPORTAGE | JOBS It's close, but you think David Brooks would win in a street fight against Bill Kristol. REVOLVING DOOR Top of post NEWSPAPERS His Extreme-ness on... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.25.08 - Posted January 25, 2008
Good morning Washington (unless you're Jewish, in which case you're bummed that the WHCA dinner falls on Passover). And, on this day in 1961, JFK held the first televised conference. (Hat tip: MicCheckRadio) Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | JOBS You think Maureen Dowd... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.18.08 - Posted January 18, 2008
Good morning Washington. Today in D.C. history, Marion Barry said "bitch set me up." Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | BOOKS | JOBS You think Ben Bradlee could take Robert Novak in a street fight. REVOLVING DOOR The Washington Business Journal reports, "The Washington Post... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.03.08 - Posted January 3, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's Caucus Day! Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | JOBS You are torn as to whether The New York Time's hiring of Bill Kristol was a wise choice. REVOLVING DOOR Roll Call's Moira Bagley -- a FishbowlDC hottie -- is... [FishBowlDC]

Kristol To Pen NYT Column - Posted December 31, 2007
The Huffington Post broke the news of the New York Times' hiring of Bill Kristol as a columnist, calling it "a move bound to create controversy." (See the Times' confirmation here.) Editorial page editor Andy Rosenthal tells the Politico's Michael Calderone: "The idea that The New York Times is giving voice to a... [FishBowlDC]

'Look Book' Book | Norman Mailer's Spunk | Ex-NBCU Treasurer Arrested | CNN Execs Take To The Tropics - Posted January 26, 2007
New York Mag: To publish "Look Book" book. [WWD] Norman Mailer: "Still has all the spunk of an angry punk." [Rush and Molloy] CNN Execs: Take tropical trip while network lags. [Page Six] Was Time Inc. Deal: Done a week ago? [Folio:] Bill Kristol: Media darling — why? [Nation] Ex-NBC... [FishBowlNY]