Howard Fineman

Media Types Come Out for GQ's "Most Powerful" Party - Posted October 14, 2009
They may not have made the list, but they made the guest list. GQ editor Jim Nelson welcomed some of DC's official "Most Powerful" and some of DC's most powerful media types to 701 last night for good food, flowing wine and Orszag sightings. In attendance: the White House's Bill... [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]

FishbookDC's Summer Superlative Candidates: The "Mosts" - Posted August 31, 2009
The long-awaited moment is finally here. We reviewed your nominations and narrowed them down to those that were well-supported or well-deserved. Below are your 2009 candidates for the "most" categories. Voting will begin (for real this time) tomorrow. Until then, start planning your votes. Most Likely... [FishBowlDC]

"First Draft of History" Event Announced - Posted August 31, 2009
Invitations for the "First Draft of History," a Newseum event sponsored by The Atlantic and the Aspen Institute are being extended today. The invite-only, all on-the-record event will include interviews and panel discussions with folks like Larry Summers, Janet Napolitano, Michael Bloomberg, David Petraeus, Lindsey Graham and Eric Schmitt. The... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 29, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Bob Shrum, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Maria Shriver CBS' Face the Nation: Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Georgetown University sociologist Michael Eric Dyson ABC's... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 28, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Bob Shrum, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin CBS' Face the Nation: Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Georgetown University sociologist Michael Eric Dyson ABC's This Week:... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 24, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton CBS' Face the Nation: White House senior advisor David Axelrod, Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) and historian Douglas Brinkley ABC's This Week: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and a roundtable with NYT's David Brooks, Arianna Huffington, 2008 Nobel... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 24, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton CBS' Face the Nation: White House senior advisor David Axelrod, Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) and historian Douglas Brinkley ABC's This Week: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and a roundtable with NYT's David Brooks, Arianna Huffington, 2008 Nobel... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 23, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton CBS' Face the Nation: ABC's This Week: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and a roundtable with NYT's David Brooks, Republican strategust and former Bush advisor Ed Gillespie, Arianna Huffington, 2008 Nobel Prize Winning Economist Paul Krugman and George Will Fox News... [FishBowlDC]

Book Bash: "The Emperor's New Clothes" - Posted June 5, 2009
At Ellen and Gerry Sigal's book party for 9/11 Commissioner and Mayer Brown Partner Richard Ben-Veniste, talk veered from Obama's mission to the Middle East to Watergate (Ben-Veniste was chief prosecutor). His new book, The Emperor's New Clothes, covers five riveting cases with which Ben-Veniste was associated and the Sigals'... [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]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted May 1, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Center for Disease Control Acting Director Dr. Richard Besser and a roundtable with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and former counselor to President Bush Ed Gillespie CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Arlen Specter... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted May 1, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Center for Disease Control Acting Director Dr. Richard Besser and a roundtable with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and former counselor to President Bush Ed Gillespie CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Arlen Specter... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted May 1, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Center for Disease Control Acting Director Dr. Richard Besser and a roundtable with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and former counselor to President Bush Ed Gillespie CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Arlen Specter... [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 13, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: President's Council on Economic Advisors Chair Christina Romer and Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and a roundtable with The Week's David Frum, BBC's Katty Kay, CNBC's Steve Liesman and PBS' Tavis Smiley CBS' Face the Nation: National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers and NYT's Thomas Friedman ABC's This Week:... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted March 13, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: President's Council on Economic Advisors Chair Christina Romer and Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and a roundtable with The Week's David Frum, BBC's Katty Kay, CNBC's Steve Liesman and PBS' Tavis Smiley CBS' Face the Nation: National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers and NYT's Thomas Friedman ABC's This Week:... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 03.05.09 - Posted March 5, 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 45 covering the Obama administration and one month down for us. What we know and... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted February 13, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Obama senior advisor David Axelrod and a political roundtable of National Journal's Ron Brownstein, WaPo's Eugene Robinson, Politico's Roger Simon and WSJ's Kimberley Strassel ABC's This Week: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and a roundtable... [FishBowlDC]

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]

Shots From Today's Daily Beast Inaugural Brunch - Posted January 18, 2009
The Daily Beast and Morning Joe crews jointly hosted a well-attended (though tricky to-get-to courtesy of a myriad of road blocks) brunch this morning at the Council on Foreign Relations building. While plenty of bold-faces mingled the room imbibing "Obamimosas" and quiche, the star of the hour had to be... [FishBowlNY]

In "Foot-in-Mouth" Category, Matthews Doesn't Nominate Himself - Posted December 28, 2008
On his syndicated weekend show, Chris Matthews and his panel spent the half hour looking back at 2008, giving awards in several categories. One category was "Foot-in-Mouth" award. The nominees included Joe Biden and his "Obama will be tested" comment; Barack Obama's "bitter" comment; Bill Clinton's "Jesse Jackson won South Carolina... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted December 26, 2008
Meet the Press: David Axelrod. Richard Wolffe of Newsweek, Todd Purdum of Vanity Fair and Michelle Singletary of the Washington Post. This Week: Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), Member, Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs; Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Member, Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs; Robert Gibbs and a roundtable with Studio 360's Kurt... [FishBowlDC]

Fineman: I'd Support Matthews For Senator - Posted December 17, 2008
MSNBC/Newsweek's Howard Fineman appeared at the "Q&A Cafe" today (the last taping of the show until things get resolved with the show's location -- Nathans restaurant) and, when asked by host Carol Joynt if he thinks Chris Matthews will run in Pennsylvania, Fineman replied: "If he decides to run, he has... [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 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]

This Week In Pool Reports - Posted July 25, 2008
Hey tourists! Were you on a Tourmobile staring at the Jefferson last week? Look to your left next time -- that was the President. More after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Big Cuts At Newsweek - Posted March 31, 2008
Radar magazine has the news. But fear not, Howard Fineman, Evan Thomas and Jonathan Alter aren't going anywhere (natch). Tipsters: Tell us how this affect's the DC bureau and who's leaving.... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted December 28, 2007
Meet the Press: Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama. Face the Nation: John Edwards, CBS's Lara Logan and Politico's John Harris. Fox News Sunday: Fred Thompson and David Yepsen with a panel of Fred Barnes, Mara Liasson, Bill Kristol and Juan Williams. This Week: Sens. John McCain and Hillary Clinton with a roundtable... [FishBowlDC]

Shuster, Ifill, Taylor Weigh In On "Imus" ... Sort Of - Posted November 30, 2007
We've been keeping a tally of which 2007 Imus guests will go back on Don Imus' program when it returns. Out of the previous D.C.-based guests on Imus' program in 2007, we've heard back from Howard Fineman, Craig Crawford, Chris Wallace, Chris Matthews, Ana Marie Cox and David Gregory. Three more... [FishBowlDC]

The Verdict On Imus? Matthews, Wallace, Crawford Say "I'll Be Back" - Posted November 28, 2007
We told you yesterday that we're going to ask some previous D.C.-based Imus guests whether they would re-appear on his show when it resurfaces. So we reached out to any D.C. types listed on this MediaMatters roundup of 2007 guests on Don Imus' show. Howard Fineman: "The company policy is to stick with... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 20, 2007
Meet the Press: Michael Leavitt, Margaret Spellings, Col. Gerald Massengill, Tom Ridge, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Gregory, Jon Meacham, Pete Williams. Face the Nation: Sen. Patrick Leahy , Jim and Sarah Brady, and criminal profiler Gregg McCrary. This Week: Newt Gingrich, Sen. Chris Dodd and Jackie Dodd. Fox News Sunday: Virginia Lieutenant... [FishBowlDC]

Imus Fallout: Journos Explain Why They Did The Show - Posted April 16, 2007
David Brooks on "Meet the Press": Well, you know, I did the show about a half a dozen times, and Gwen and I have talked about this. But I, I, I have the lamest excuse for why I did it, which is I didn't know what he said. And when... [FishBowlDC]

Jews, Mexicans, Blind Black Musicians: Imus' History Of Hate Talk - Posted April 9, 2007
The Imus-'Nappy 'Hos' incident on April 4 may have shocked people like Al Sharpton, but it shouldn't have shocked WFAN, MSNBC or the show's listeners whatsoever. A recent history [via Media Matters] of hate-talk: March 27 Former Imus sports announcer Sid Rosenberg appeared on the program and referenced a story in the New... [FishBowlNY]

Fineman: Even Cooler Than You Thought - Posted January 30, 2007
After we reported how incredibly hip Howard Fineman is, we learned this: He's even cooler! Turns out Fineman was at the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert on Thursday night. What did he think of the California rock band? "Ant or whatever his name is doesn't do it for me as a lead... [FishBowlDC]

Arianna In Our In Box - Posted January 22, 2007
It's a rare thing for the HuffPo to pimp one of their columns to us. Rarer, still, for it to be one of Arianna's own. But this one takes the media to task. And what better place to do that than on mediabistro.com? Her column, with its post-modern headline, The Mainstream Media's... [FishBowlLA]