Martha Raddatz

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 9, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), NBC military analyst and former US Southern Command Commander-in-chief Ret. Gen. Barry McCaffrey and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ret. Gen. Richard Myers and a roundtable with Atlantic Media political director Ron Brownstein, WSJ's Paul... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 9, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), NBC military analyst and former US Southern Command Commander-in-chief Ret. Gen. Barry McCaffrey and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ret. Gen. Richard Myers and a roundtable with Atlantic Media political director Ron Brownstein, WSJ's Paul... [FishBowlDC]

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 18, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: President Barack Obama, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), WaPo's Eugene Robinson and Politico's Roger Simon CBS' Face the Nation: President Barack Obama, RNC Chairman Michael Steele ABC's This Week: President Barack Obama and a roundtable with Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile, Republican strategist and former Bush... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 17, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: President Barack Obama, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) CBS' Face the Nation: President Barack Obama ABC's This Week: President Barack Obama and a roundtable with Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile, WSJ's Peggy Noonan, former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich and ABC contibutor columnist George Will Fox... [FishBowlDC]

Sept 11th Anniversary Broadcast Network Plans - Posted September 11, 2009
Here are the broadcast network news plans to commemorate the anniversary of September 11th: This morning, "Good Morning America" will have reports from Martha Raddatz and Brian Ross focusing on terrorism and security. At 8:30amET, "GMA" will broadcast coverage of the Ground Zero ceremonies and, at 9:30amET, Diane Sawyer and Robin... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 3, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: White House senior advisor David Axelrod, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN), NBC's Tom Brokaw and NYT's Tom Friedman CBS' Face the Nation: ABC's This Week: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, former Republican... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 7, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: National Security Advisor James Jones, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker and a roundtable with NYT's David Brooks, CNBC's Erin Burnett and Newsweek's Jon Meacham CBS' Face the Nation: National Security Advisor James Jones, Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) ABC's This... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 6, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: National Security Advisor James Jones, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker and a roundtable with NYT's David Brooks, CNBC's Erin Burnett and Newsweek's Jon Meacham CBS' Face the Nation: ABC's This Week: Fox News Sunday: CNN's State of the Union: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL),... [FishBowlDC]

U.S. Journalists Pardoned in N Korea - Posted August 4, 2009
In less than 24 hours, former President Bill Clinton's visit to Pyongyang delivered what everyone had hoped: pardons for the two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, from the Dear Leader himself. Here's how the story looks across the cable stations: It was ABC News' Martha Raddatz who initially broke the story... [TVNewser]

Bill Clinton Meets With Journos Detained in North Korea, ABC Reports - Posted August 4, 2009
ABC's Martha Raddatz is reporting that former President Bill Clinton, who is in North Korea, has met with detailed journos Laura Ling and Euna Lee. He hopes that the pair will return to the U.S. tomorrow.... [FishBowlDC]

Early Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 2, 2009
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: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, Sen. Chuck Grassley... [FishBowlDC]

Early Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 2, 2009
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: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, Sen. Chuck Grassley... [FishBowlDC]

Early Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 1, 2009
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]

Morning Reading List 05.14.09 - Posted May 14, 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 115 covering the Obama administration and week 15 for us. Happy Birthday to David Gelles and Rebecca Adelman! What we know and... [FishBowlDC]

Raddatz Gives ABC News Insider Knowledge of Camp Liberty Murder - Posted May 13, 2009
One of the big stories this week has been the murder of five American troops by a fellow sergeant at Camp Liberty in Baghdad. ABC and CBS' led their evening newscast with the story on Monday night (it was in NBC's first block as well), but just ABC World News had video... [TVNewser]

Raddatz Gives ABC News Insider Knowledge of Camp Liberty Murder - Posted May 13, 2009
One of the big stories this week has been the murder of five American troops by a fellow sergeant at Camp Liberty in Baghdad. ABC and CBS' led their evening newscast with the story on Monday night (it was in NBC's first block as well), but just ABC World News had video... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 17, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: White House National Ecomonic Council Director Larry Summers and a roundtable with Fmr. Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN), Fmr. House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX), Time's Rick Stengel, WaPo's Steven Pearlstein, and Fortune Magazine's Nina Easton CBS' Face the Nation: Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod, Gov. Ed... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: General Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, WaPo's Perry Bacon and CBS' Lara Logan ABC's This Week: US Ambassador to the UN Dr. Susan Rice and a roundtable with former President Bush speechwriter David Frum, Council on Foreign Relations President Richard... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: General Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson and a roundtable with former President Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, CNBC's John Harwood, BBC's Katty Kay, author Joshua Cooper Ramo and former Chief Economist at the US Department of Labor Dr. Bill Rodgers CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: General Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson and a roundtable with former President Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, CNBC's John Harwood, BBC's Katty Kay, author Joshua Cooper Ramo and former Chief Economist at the US Department of Labor Dr. Bill Rodgers CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 3, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, WaPo's Perry Bacon and CBS' Lara Logan ABC's This Week: Fox News Sunday: President's Senior Advisor David Axelrod, Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC), former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) CNN's State... [FishBowlDC]

ABC News Takes Another Look at "Where Things Stand" in Iraq - Posted March 12, 2009
ABC News launches the eighth installment of the "Iraq: Where Things Stand" series on Sunday. The series looks at what life is like for the Iraqi people through interviews, reporting and a public opinion poll. According to the release, the poll shows "dramatic advances in public attitudes, with declining violence and improved... [TVNewser]

Goler's Self-Indulgent Ringer ID'ed - Posted March 11, 2009
We told you yesterday in our new FishPoolDC report that Fox's Wendell Goler's cell phone went off, disrupting Robert Gibbs' daily press briefing. We couldn't immediately identify the ring, but a friend in the briefing room tells us Goler's ringtone was Arrested Development's "Mr. Wendell." And that it was hilarious. Sorry... [FishBowlDC]

Goler's Self-Indulgent Ringer ID'ed - Posted March 11, 2009
We told you yesterday in our new FishPoolDC report that Fox's Wendell Goler's cell phone went off, disrupting Robert Gibbs' daily press briefing. We couldn't immediately identify the ring, but a friend in the briefing room tells us Goler's ringtone was Arrested Development's "Mr. Wendell." And that it was hilarious. Sorry... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted March 10, 2009
CNN must have jinxed the briefing start today when they announced at 2:05 that it would start "shortly." The 2:30 start was pushed back a half hour at 2:15, leaving several reporters outside the briefing room to sigh, "too late to go back" to their offices before the actual event... School's (Not?)... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted March 10, 2009
CNN must have jinxed the briefing start today when they announced at 2:05 that it would start "shortly." The 2:30 start was pushed back a half hour at 2:15, leaving several reporters outside the briefing room to sigh, "too late to go back" to their offices before the actual event... School's (Not?)... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 03.04.09 - Posted March 4, 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 44 covering the Obama administration and one month down for us. What we know and... [FishBowlDC]

The Ticker: ABC, FBN, NBC... - Posted March 3, 2009
> With American journalist Roxana Saberi still detained in Iran, ABC News' Martha Raddatz writes about her experience in the country last year. She also quotes Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's spokesman, who says, "We're looking into it." > Look for former CNN correspondent Miles O'Brien on cable in the next... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: ABC, FBN, NBC... - Posted March 3, 2009
> With American journalist Roxana Saberi still detained in Iran, ABC News' Martha Raddatz writes about her experience in the country last year. She also quotes Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's spokesman, who says, "We're looking into it." > Look for former CNN correspondent Miles O'Brien on cable in the next... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted February 27, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and a roundtable with former Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN), GOP strategist Mike Murphy, Vanity Fair's Dee Dee Myers and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ABC's This Week: OMB Director Peter Orszag, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and a roundtable with Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg, Karl... [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]

The Ticker (p.m. edition): Matthews, Raddatz, Jonas Bros.... - Posted February 12, 2009
> MSNBC's Chris Matthews will emcee the First Amendment Awards Dinner one month from tonight. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will receive the RTNDF honor which is presented to individuals and organizations who uphold the principles of the First Amendment. > ABC's Martha Raddatz will be Gwen... [TVNewser]

The Ticker (p.m. edition): Matthews, Raddatz, Jonas Bros.... - Posted February 12, 2009
> MSNBC's Chris Matthews will emcee the First Amendment Awards Dinner one month from tonight. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will receive the RTNDF honor which is presented to individuals and organizations who uphold the principles of the First Amendment. > ABC's Martha Raddatz will be Gwen... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 02.10.09 - Posted February 10, 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. We're dropping the "Muesli"... just join us after the jump! ... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 02.10.09 - Posted February 10, 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. We're dropping the "Muesli"... just join us after the jump! ... [FishBowlDC]

The Ticker: Raddatz, Rather, Corrigan... - Posted February 9, 2009
> ABC's Martha Raddatz talks with B&C's Marisa Guthrie about her series on where things stand in Afghanistan, including how the networks cover foreign news: "If your budget for foreign travel is different than it was before," says Raddatz, "you make decisions about what's important. That's what we're trying to... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: ABC, CBS, MSNBC... - Posted February 3, 2009
> ABC News will begin a series, "Afghanistan: Where Things Stand," across all platforms on Sunday. Included will be reports from senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, who was embedded recently with troops in Kabul. > Before the Super Bowl, there was CBS News' 48 Hours Mystery. On Saturday, it was... [TVNewser]

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]

Morning Reading List, 01.08.09 - Posted January 8, 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]

ABC Names Three to New Assignments - Posted November 5, 2008
As expected, ABC News announced Jake Tapper as the new Senior White House correspondent. Also named in the announcement today was Martha Raddatz as Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent and Jonathan Karl as Senior Congressional correspondent. Tapper moves to the White House from covering the candidates on the campaign trail. Raddatz moves to the... [TVNewser]

About Tonight... - Posted November 4, 2008
(Photo Credit) Where will you be watching tonight's election results? We've asked all sorts of journos for their evening plans and they include an Atlanta hotel room, the Phoenix Biltmore, and Champs Sports Bar in Cincinnati. Join us after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

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]

Kurtz: Media "Covering Obama As If He Were Already President" - Posted July 21, 2008
Howard Kurtz and a Reliable Sources panel took on whether the media's coverage of Sen. Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East was fair. "The media in general, not just the networks, are, seem to me to be, covering Obama as if we already president," said Kurtz. National Review columnist David Frum gave... [TVNewser]

Tony Snow's Death: The Fox News Sunday Tribute - Posted July 13, 2008
The Vice President of the United States, the king of talk radio, White House correspondents and Fox News regulars all gathered this morning on Fox News Sunday to honor the life of and work of the show's founding host, Tony Snow. Chris Wallace (who took over hosting FN Sunday in 2003 when... [TVNewser]

Tony Snow's Death: The Fox News Sunday Tribute - Posted July 13, 2008
The Vice President of the United States, the king of talk radio, White House correspondents and Fox News regulars all gathered this morning on Fox News Sunday to honor the life of and work of the show's founding host, Tony Snow. Chris Wallace (who took over hosting FN Sunday in 2003 when... [TVNewser]

Tony Snow's Death: ABC Correspondent Statements - Posted July 12, 2008
Statement from Robin Roberts: I was so privileged to do what was considered his exit interview from the White House, and Tony was one of the first people to reach out when I was diagnosed with breast cancer almost a year ago. For those of us battling cancer, he was beyond inspirational.... [TVNewser]

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]

This Week In Pool Reports - Posted March 28, 2008
Want to know how to taunt the pool? We hear the smell of lump crab works well. "As you've no doubt heard by now, the VP made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan. We gathered at about 6:30 a.m. for the sweep, then flew the three hours from Muscat to Kabul via the... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.16.08 - Posted January 16, 2008
Good morning Washington. Kate Moss turns 34 today, which means she's only 18 years away from looking just like Janice Dickinson. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | JOBS You are planning on supporting a Democrat in this year's election. REVOLVING DOOR The AP... [FishBowlDC]

Raddatz Heads Back To Iraq - Posted December 11, 2007
FishbowlDC has learned that Martha Raddatz is returning to Iraq for her 15th trip. Unfortunately, she'll miss Thursday's White House holiday party for journos. Her guest was 2nd Lt. Mark Little. Raddatz was at the combat support hospital in Baghdad in September when he was medivaced in with both legs blown... [FishBowlDC]

Raddatz Gets Kurtz'd - Posted November 12, 2007
It sorta makes sense that Howard Kurtz used his Veterans Day column to profile someone who's spent so much time covering war in recent years: ABC's Martha Raddatz. Raddatz has a knack for showing up at the right moment. Although she is a White House correspondent, she has also made 14 trips... [FishBowlDC]

Raddatz's "Long Road" Goes Hollywood - Posted June 26, 2007
Michael Medavoy's Phoenix Pictures has purchased the film rights to "The Long Road Home," a book by ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Martha Raddatz that chronicles the 2004 ambush in Sadr City and its effect on families back home in Fort Hood, Texas. Read more here. ... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 04.17.07 - Posted April 17, 2007
Good morning Washington. Overwhelmingly, you think the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner/Weekend is sorta sad and pathetic. Tom Shales on the national coverage of the Virginia Tech tragedy. Pew Research Center wants to test your news knowledge with this quiz. To do tonight: "To celebrate Doublethink's spring issue, join us for a launch party at... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 03.30.07 - Posted March 30, 2007
Good morning Washington. You laughed at Karl Rove. Not with him. An NBC release announced that "Meet The Press with Tim Russert" won the week ending March 25 in all categories, both nationally and in Washington, D.C. "Meet" attracted 44% more viewers than CBS "Face the Nation," 66% over ABC "This Week" and... [FishBowlDC]

Andrew Sullivan: The FishbowlDC Interview - Posted March 6, 2007
Say hello to The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan. How many suits do you own? one What word do you routinely misspell? mysogeny Did you see Brokeback Mountain? on DVD Did you see The Da Vinci Code? no What's the name of your cell phone ring? when it's on (rarely), it vibrates. What time did you get... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted March 2, 2007
Meet The Press: Rep. John Murtha and Sen. Lindsey Graham. Roundtable includes Washington Post's Gene Robinson and Wall Street Journal's John Harwood. Face the Nation: Sens. Joe Lieberman and Carl Levin and Washington Post's Anne Hull. This Week: Sens. Trent Lott and Charles Schumer and Treas. Secretry Henry Paulson. The roundtable consists of... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash, 01.23.07 - Posted January 23, 2007
Bolo tie wins. Just goes to show there is a difference between should wear and will wear. Jack Shafer on words journalists should not use. "Cheney, media to take stand in Libby perjury case" An ABC release announced that Charles Gibson will anchor ABC's coverage of the State of the Union from Capitol Hill.... [FishBowlDC]