Doyle McManus

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 24, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: Former President Bill Clinton, NY Governor David Paterson (D), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) • CBS' Face the Nation: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) • ABC's This Week: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 11, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), former DNC Chairman Howard Dean, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and a roundtable with CNBC's Erin Burnett, author Joshua Cooper Ramo and NBC's Chuck Todd CBS' Face the Nation: Senior White House advisor David Axelrod, Sen. Olympia Snowe... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 10, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and a roundtable with former adviser to Pres. George W. Bush, Karen Hughes, NBC's Andrea Mitchell, Democratic Strategist Bob Shrum and Politico's Roger Simon CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and a... [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]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 10, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: NPR's "Planet Money" Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson and a roundtable with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, NPR's Michele Norris, Washington Examiner's Byron York and "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East" author Robin Wright CBS' Face the Nation: Mexican Ambassador to the US Arturo Sarukhan... [FishBowlDC]

Atlantic/NJ Poll of Prominent Journos Says Journalism Hurt By Internet; Obama Coverage "Right" - Posted April 10, 2009
The Atlantic and National Journal turned to the big dogs to get a read on the state of traditional journalism. They polled 43 prominent journalists on whether journalism has been helped or hurt by the Internet- 65 percent said it has been hurt more, while 34 percent said it has been... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted March 20, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA), Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) and a roundtable with NBC's Tom Brokaw and CNBC's Erin Burnett CBS' Face the Nation: White House Council of Economic Advisors' Austan Goolsbee, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), Slate's John Dickerson and... [FishBowlDC]

"Getting There is Half the Fun; Being There is All of It!" - Posted February 11, 2009
Did you know Bob Schieffer's favorite film is Being There? Quite fittingly, it's the story of a man who simply regurgitates everything he's heard on TV, and in doing so, becomes the star of the Washington political elite. As part of the Capitol Classics series, The Week's Margaret Carlson hosted a dinner... [FishBowlDC]

"Getting There is Half the Fun; Being There is All of It!" - Posted February 11, 2009
Did you know Bob Schieffer's favorite film is Being There? Quite fittingly, it's the story of a man who simply regurgitates everything he's heard on TV, and in doing so, becomes the star of the Washington political elite. As part of the Capitol Classics series, The Week's Margaret Carlson hosted a dinner... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 12.10.08 - Posted December 10, 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]

Weymouth Opens Up - Posted November 24, 2008
Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth participated in an Aspen Institute roundtable discussion today along with Ben Bradlee, Sally Quinn, Harry Jaffe, Doyle McManus, John Walcott, Bernard Shaw, Jonathan Rauch, Rem Rieder, Janet Terry, Beverly Kirk and Brooke Townsend. Weymouth shared her thoughts on... ...The Huffington Post: "They are a good kick in... [FishBowlDC]

Zell Doesn't Want LAT "People" In Charge - Posted November 11, 2008
Word last week that Cissy Baker was named to the new position of vice president of the Washington News Bureau of the Tribune Co. got us wondering, who the hell is Cissy Baker? We know that Cissy is the top Tribune TV person in Washington, and that she's the daughter of Sen.... [FishBowlLA]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted November 7, 2008
Meet the Press: Obama-Biden transition team co-chair Valerie Jarrett, House Majority Whip James Clyburn, Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) and a roundtable with White House historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Newsweek's Jon Meacham and Chicago Sun-Times' Mary Mitchell. Face the Nation: Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, New York Times' David Brooks and Politico's... [FishBowlDC]

Tribune Changes - Posted November 7, 2008
Earlier on FishbowlDC: "BREAKING: Cissy Baker Named Tribune Bureau Chief" "Source: McManus Out As Bureau Chief Soon..." LA Times's Doyle McManus will move from D.C. bureau chief to columnist, FishbowlDC has learned. AND: It's buyout package time for many in the bureau. ... [FishBowlDC]

Changes In the LAT Washington Buro - Posted November 7, 2008
Russ Stanton sent the following memo to staffers today, explaining some changes. Not mentioned in the following note is the fact that former Washington bureau chief Doyle McManus is officially an op-ed columnist in DC. We're still not clear what Tom McCarthy, his #2, does. Stay tuned... Colleagues: As you have seen,... [FishBowlLA]

BREAKING: Cissy Baker Named Tribune Bureau Chief - Posted November 7, 2008
A source informs FishbowlDC... Cissy Baker, Tribune Broadcasting's Washington bureau chief and vice president for news operations, will preside over a combined Tribune bureau, which houses such papers as Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Baltimore Sun, and Los Angeles Times. It's long been expected that big changes were planned for the Tribune's DC bureau... [FishBowlDC]

The LA Times: Basically Without A DC Bureau - Posted November 3, 2008
Earlier on FishbowlDC: "Source: McManus Out As Bureau Chief Soon..." Romenesko has an email from an anonymous Los Angeles Times staffer, declaring... Well, let's just say it's bad in every way it can be bad. Basically, the LAT no longer has a Washington bureau and we will be under the control of the... [FishBowlDC]

McManus Says Goodbye To Pasternak - Posted July 24, 2008
An internal email from LA Times' D.C. Bureau Chief Doyle McManus: From: McManus, Doyle Sent: Tue 7/22/2008 3:45 PM Subject: Judy Pasternak Colleagues, I am very sorry to report that Judy Pasternak, whose reporting has graced the pages of the LA Times for 24 years (almost 10 of them in Washington), has decided to leave the... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted March 22, 2008
Meet the Press: CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, CNBC's Erin Burnett, Newsweek's Jon Meacham, Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, NBC's Political Director Chuck Todd Face the Nation: Senators Lindsey Graham (R-NC) and Jack Reed (D-RI) and Ana Marie Cox, Time.com, Roger Simon, Politico.com and Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Time Washington,... [FishBowlDC]

Zell Makes A GREAT First Impression - Posted February 26, 2008
So Sam Zell is visiting the Tribune's D.C. bureau today and, guess what? He would not change meeting times with LA Times people so that they could make an 11 a.m. memorial service at the Newseum for the late Rudy Abramson, a much beloved and longtime LA Times Washington correspondent. Some... [FishBowlDC]

Thompson Leaves LATimes For NYT - Posted August 20, 2007
Romenesko has the memo from LATimes DC Bureau Chief Doyle McManus, in which he says, "I am sorry to announce that Marilyn Thompson will be leaving us next month to become a reporter in the Washington Bureau of the New York Times." McManus also makes a plea for any good leads... [FishBowlDC]