Brian Lamb

Happy 10th Anniversary C-SPANers! - Posted April 15, 2009
C-SPAN's Brian Lamb with his gang of 10-year CSPANers, celebrating with a dinner last night.... [FishBowlDC]

Friendship Holds Across The Aisle and In a Tough Business - Posted April 10, 2009
WaPo editorial board member and syndicated columnist Ruth Marcus and National Review syndicated columnist Mona Charen come from different sides of the aisle, but certainly don't let their political opinions get in the way of their friendship. And haven't for many years. The pair grew up in Livingston, NJ at the... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash - Posted March 30, 2009
What we almost missed today... "Mr. Definitely, can I call you that?" -Christopher Hitchens to Mos Def on Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher. Watch here. CBS' Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson was a guest on yesterday's C-SPAN's Q&A with Brian Lamb. Did you know she's a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash - Posted March 30, 2009
What we almost missed today... "Mr. Definitely, can I call you that?" -Christopher Hitchens to Mos Def on Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher. Watch here. CBS' Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson was a guest on yesterday's C-SPAN's Q&A with Brian Lamb. Did you know she's a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 03.25.09 - Posted March 25, 2009
h/t Shenanigans 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 65 covering the Obama administration and week eight for us. Happy Birthday to TVNewser's Steve Krakauer! What we know and what we're reading... [FishBowlDC]

Press Club To Honor Amanpour - Posted October 30, 2008
CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour will receive the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award, its highest honor for excellence in journalism. The Fourth Estate Award is given annually to an individual who has achieved distinction for a lifetime of contributions to American journalism. The award will be presented... [FishBowlDC]

Brit Hume: Unlike Others, "My Program Isn't About Me." - Posted July 22, 2008
From C-SPAN's Q&A interivew of Fox News' Brit Hume by Brian Lamb, which aired Sunday: BRIAN LAMB: What's the difference between working for Jack Anderson and anchoring the Fox show at 6:00 everyday? BRIT HUME: Well, it -- a lot of the work I did for Jack Anderson, I would... [FishBowlDC]

Brit Hume: Unlike Others, "My Program Isn't About Me." - Posted July 22, 2008
From C-SPAN's Q&A interivew of Fox News' Brit Hume by Brian Lamb, which aired Sunday: BRIAN LAMB: What's the difference between working for Jack Anderson and anchoring the Fox show at 6:00 everyday? BRIT HUME: Well, it -- a lot of the work I did for Jack Anderson, I would... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 07.11.08 - Posted July 11, 2008
Good Morning Washington. I really doubt you're going to guess what local trail the above picture was taken on, but knock yourselves out. 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... [FishBowlDC]

Scalia Slams Idea of Cameras in Supreme Court - Posted April 9, 2008
In response to a question from a 12th grade student from Thomas Jefferson High School (VA) today, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke out against opening up the Supreme Court to cameras. If I thought that a large number of the American people would indeed watch our proceedings, it would probably... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 11.01.07 - Posted November 1, 2007
Good morning Washington. This is the longest Morning Reading List in FishbowlDC history. You think Tim Russert should be The Joker. ABC announced, "During a week dominated by news of the fires in Southern California, 'World News with Charles Gibson' was the #1 evening newscast among Total Viewers, Households and Adults 25-54. For... [FishBowlDC]

How About A 5 a.m. Newscast? - Posted July 20, 2007
Jon Friedman profiles C-SPAN host Brian Lamb and depicts his "scary level of news consumption:""I found it amusing when Lamb griped that he couldn't find a decent TV-news or talk show on the air at five in the morning (I mean, network executives have a tough enough time programming primetime.) But... [TVNewser]

Cannon on Lamb - Posted July 2, 2007
Carl Cannon writes in the latest National Journal: It's not every day that Brian Lamb uses the expression "dickhead" on the air, or tells himself, "You suck." But earlier this month, the unflappable C-SPAN anchorman and CEO found himself reading e-mails from ill-tempered citizens. The epithets, which were directed at him, were... [FishBowlDC]

Lamb v. Savage, Continued... - Posted June 21, 2007
(earlier) The Extreme-ness provides an update to the ridiculous Brian Lamb (normal) v. Michael Savage (paranormal) back-and-forth that's been taking place over the past few weeks. Lamb said Wednesday that he continues to receive hate mail from Savage supporters and is considering doing another show about the fight this Friday. "On almost every... [FishBowlDC]

Lamb: "A Nazi and a Stalinist and probably a homosexual." - Posted June 15, 2007
Big kudos to C-SPAN's Brian Lamb by showing how ridiculous some of Michael Savage's fans can be by reading their nasty comments (including the one in this post's headline) about Lamb on air during this morning's "Washington Journal." The Extreme-ness has more here.... [FishBowlDC]

The Extreme - Posted February 23, 2007
Howard Mortman (aka, the Extreme-ness) has two interesting posts today... "Victoria Toensing's Washington Post piece on the Libby trial in last Sunday's Outlook section may have set quite an impressive record: 49 pages of comments and 163 links from blogs." And Brian Lamb roars like a lion.... [FishBowlDC]

C-SPAN Interviews Strassel - Posted February 16, 2007
This weekend, Brian Lamb interviews the WSJ's "Potomac Watch" columnist Kim Strassel (Sunday, 8pm/11pm ET). She talks about moving to Washington from NY, how journalism and reporting is do different inside the beltway, the best advice the previous "PW" columnist, Paul Gigot, gave her, and Strassel's favorite editorial writers and columnists... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash, 02.02.07 - Posted February 2, 2007
This is the one time of year commercials get some love. C-SPAN reports that New York Times Baghdad correspondent John Burns confirms that he'll remain in Iraq until mid-summer before moving to London to become bureau chief. Burns confirmed it during a taping of Q & A on Friday. In his online... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash, 02.01.07 - Posted February 1, 2007
Seems PR professionals are the best lovers, and one reader tells us why: "It goes without saying that PR people are better lovers. We are adaptable, we have mastered the art of addressing multiple needs at once, we are adventurious, curious, and generally enthusiastic and high-energy individuals. Really...everyone should want to... [FishBowlDC]