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White House Pooler Discovers Obama’s Oopsie

Betsy Rothstein — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:05:08 +0000

TIPS FROM THE POOL…INTO THE DEEP END

NYT White House Correspondent Jackie Calmes, who has been covering President Obama’s fundraiser at actor George Clooney‘s home for the past 24 hours, issued an early morning Pool Report after calling a photo-travel lid at 2:32 a.m. Calmes wrote the new report (#11) to correct what was supposed to be an amusing anecdote the President told at last night’s soirée regarding his Hope poster and Clooney being photoshopped out of a picture. In her report she quote’s the AP’s Jim Kuhnhenn, who clears up the error.

“According to the AP and its White House reporter, fellow pooler Jim Kuhnhenn, Potus erred on Thursday night in telling donors at George Clooney’s house his anecdote about the iconic ‘Hope’ poster of the 2008 presidential campaign. Potus said artist Shepard Fairey had based his design on a photo in which then-Sen. Obama appeared alongside Clooney at an event on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur (leading Potus to quip that it was the first and last time that Clooney had ever been ‘photo-shopped’ from a photo).

Here’s how Jim describes the reality:
‘In fact, the artist who created the poster, Shepard Fairey, used another photograph of Obama but said he relied on the Obama-Clooney picture to avoid a copyright infringement case with The Associated Press. He pleaded guilty in February to criminal contempt for fabricating and destroying evidence.’”

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NJ and Politico to Host Twin Debriefings

Betsy Rothstein — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:00:50 +0000

It’s ugly time once again for NJ and Politico.

On Jan. 25 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. NJ, in conjunction with The Atlantic, will host a State of the Union debriefing at the National Press Club. The description: “Our interlocutors —James Bennet of The Atlantic, Ron Brownstein of National Journal, Jackie Calmes of the New York Times, and Major Garrett of National Journal in addition to our audience — will put Republican and Democratic Hill leadership in the hot seat to dissect the President’s address, assessing how President Obama’s case statement for the year will impact November’s outcomes.”

Meanwhile, on that very morning, Politico is also hosting a State of the Union debriefing. Theirs is being held at the W from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Politico‘s invitation doesn’t list their guests, but we have a feeling Mike Allen will be all over it. UPDATE: We checked in with Politico’s event staff. They’re not releasing their names just yet. Stay tuned…

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Sunday Morning Panels: Only Males Need Apply

Betsy Rothstein — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:36:22 +0000

We’re cutting to the chase. No flowery intro needed to delve into a topic we know you’ve awaiting all week long: the number of mushroom heads that will appear on this weekend’s political talk shows. As usual, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews wins the consistency award for having two females on his panel.

CBS’s “Face the Nation”: 0

The interview will be with GOP presidential front runner Herman Cain.

(Fittingly for this roundup, Slate and CBS’s John Dickerson will provide analysis.)

ABC’s “This Week”: 1

Former Maj. Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas), George Will, WaPo and ABC News, Cokie Roberts, ABC News, Austan Goolsbee, former Chairman, Obama Council of Economic Advisers.

NBC’s “The Chris Matthews Show”: 2

Bob Woodward, WaPo
Andrea Mitchell, NBC News
John Heilemann, New York Magazine
Katty Kay, BBC

FNC’s “Fox News Sunday”: 2 Proudly blacklisted by Fox News PR since June 2010. We’ll bring this to you as soon as hell freezes over or sooner as the case may be. In any case, they usually permit one female on their panel, typically NPR’s Mara Liasson. UPDATE: Indeed, Liasson is on the panel, as is former White House Press Sec. Dana Perino, Brit Hume and Juan Williams. (h/t Mike Allen’s Politico Playbook)

CNN’s “Reliable Sources”: 2

Jennifer Rubin, columnist, WaPo, Roger Simon, chief political columnist, Politico, John Aravosis, liberal political blogger, AMERICAblog.com, Glynnis MacNichol, editor of Business Insider’s media page “The Wire”, Paul Farhi, media reporter for WaPo, Jeff Jarvis, author, “Public Parts”; founder, BuzzMachine.com

WETA’s “Washington Week” with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: 3

Jackie Calmes, NYT
Janet Hook, WSJ
John Dickerson, Slate, CBS News and John Harwood, CNBC and NYT

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President Obama Holds Oil Spill Press Conference

Matt Dornic — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:53:52 +0000

President Obama just wrapped up his first official press conference on the Gulf Coast oil spill. It lasted about an hour.

After about ten minutes of remarks, the President took questions. Up first was the AP’s Jennifer Loven who asked if the President has been personally involved enough. “This has been our highest priority,” Obama responded.

Brian Williams, Harry Smith and George Stephanopoulos anchored special coverage on NBC, CBS and ABC. Chuck Todd, Jake Tapper and Chip Reid all also reported from the WH East Room.

After Loven, Tapper, Todd, McClatchy’s Steve Thomma, Reid, Bloomberg’s Julianna Goldman, Helen Thomas, NYT‘s Jackie Calmes, EFE’s Macarena Vidal and Fox News’ Major Garrett got called on by the President for questions, in that order.

Thomas asked the first non-oil spill question, on Afghanistan. She asked Obama not to give her any “Bush-ist” too (not bullsh*t, calm down everyone). Calmes brought it back to oil spill. Garrett asked about the possible Sestak job offer from the administration- Obama promised an official response shortly, adding that nothing improper took place.

CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC also carried. WaPo‘s Chris Cillizza, who’s live-tweeting the press conference, tweeted “tough image for Obama…MSNBC goes with split screen: Obama on one side, oil pipe spewing into gulf on the other.”

White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton took on criticism that the President hasn’t had a press conference in a long time on Twitter today:

@billburton44: politico: photo w/ a caption saying potus hasn’t had a press conf in 10 mos – odd since it’s from his press conf 4 mos ago

@billburton44: Other recent press conf’s: 2/9 (in the WH briefing room – documented in the photo) & 4/13 (in DC at the Nuclear Summit)

And despite press corps complaints that Presidential press conferences have been lacking, Real Clear Politics’ Mike Memoli tweeted this pic, “Low turnout from press for this event. Dozens of empty seats.”

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Sunday Show Preview 02.21.10

Matt Dornic — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:31:21 +0000

• NBC’s Meet the Press: General David Petraeus, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), WaPo’s E.J. Dionne, WSJ’s Peggy Noonan, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).

• CBS’ Face the Nation: Exclusive interview with former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

• ABC’s This Week (with Terry Moran): Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA), Gov. Edward Rendell (D-PA)and roundtable with George Will, Donna Brazile, Matthew Dowd and Arianna Huffington.

• CNN’s State of the Union (with Candy Crowley now): Gov. Jim Douglas (R) Vermont; Gov. Deval Patrick (D) Massachusetts; Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.; Susan Molinari (R) former U.S. Representative, and former Democratic NJ Gov. Jon Corzine.

• Fox News’ Fox News Sunday: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Governor Haley Barbour (MS-R), Gov. Jennifer Granholm, (D- Michigan) and Steve Grove, Head of News and Politics at YouTube.

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: Christine Brennan, USA Today, ABC News contributor; Jason Whitlock, Kansas City Star; ESPN contributor; Lisa Bloom, CNN legal analyst

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Alexis Simendinger of National Journal, CNN’s Gloria Borger, Jackie Calmes of The New York Times and Politico’s Eamon Javers.

• CNN’s GPS with Fareed Zakaria: James Baker, former U.S. Secretary of State; Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, Yemeni Foreign Minister

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie, WaPo’s David Ignatius, NYT’s Helene Cooper, Politico’s John Harris.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Deficit committee co-chairmen Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, Bloomberg’s Rich Miller, Hans Nichols, Indira Lakshmanan, Margaret Carlson and Kate O’Beirne.

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and John Boyd, Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association.

• CNN’s Amanpour: Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S.; Michael Shifter, VP for policy and director of the Andean Program at the Inter-American Dialogue; Leopoldo Lopez Mendoza, former District Mayor of Caracas

• C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.)

We’ll update as we get ‘em.

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Sunday Show Preview 02.07.10

Matt Dornic — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:12:57 +0000

• NBC’s Meet the Press:

• CBS’ Face the Nation: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, NFL Today Analyst Shannon Sharpe, NFL on CBS Announcer Jim Nantz, NFL on CBS analyst Phil Simms

• ABC’s This Week: Sec. Treasury Timothy Geithner, ABC’s George Will, Bloomberg’s Al Hunt, WaPo’s Ruth Marcus, WSJ’s Peggy Noonan, Center for American Progress CEO John Podesta

• CNN’s State of the Union: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

• Fox News’ Fox News Sunday: Sarah Palin, National Tea Party Spokesman Mark Skoda, Weekly Stabdard’s Bill Kristol, NPR’s Mara Liasson, FNC’s Laura Ingraham, NPR’s Juan Williams

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: HuffPo’s Arianna Huffington, syndicated talk radio host Hugh Hewitt, CNN’s James Carville

• CNN’s GPS with Fareed Zakaria: King Abdullah II of Jordan and John Yoo, author of “Crisis and Command”

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: NYT’s Andrew Ross Sorkin, MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell, TIME’s Michael Duffy, WaPo’s Kathleen Parker

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: NYT’s Jackie Calmes, TIME’s Michael Duffy, ABC’s Martha Raddatz, NBC’s Pete Williams

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), NFL Films President Steve Sabol, Margaret Carlson and Kate O’Beirne

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial, Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, National Urban League’s Patrick Gusman, Prime Movers Media founder Dorothy Gilliam, Frank Gilliam, dean of the UCLA School of Public Affairs and professor of public policy and political science. Roundtable with former WaPo reporter Dorothy Gilliam, CBS’ Michelle Miller, and Danny Bakewell, Sr., publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel and chairman of the National Newspapers Publishers Association.

• CNN’s Amanpour: former U.S. National Security Advisory Zbigniew Brzezinski, FP’s David Rothkopf, former Chinese foreign ministry official Victor Gao, former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council Victor Cha, former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castaneda, Consul General of Mexico in New York Ruben Beltran

• C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers”: David Axelrod, Senior White House Advisor to President Obama, WaPo’s Anne Kornblut and WSJ’s Gerald Seib.

We’ll update as we get ‘em.

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Sunday Show Preview

Christine — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:37:40 +0000

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: Education Secretary Arne Duncan

ABC’s This Week: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, former Republican Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and a roundtable with former Bush strategist Matthew Dowd, The Nation‘s Katrina vanden Heuvel, NYT‘s David Sanger and ABC News’ and columnist George Will

Fox News Sunday: Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), former Democratic National Committee Chairman Gov. Howard Dean, Center for American Progress President and CEO John Podesta, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and a panel with Fox News consultants Weekly Standard‘s Bill Kristol, NPR’s Mara Liasson, Weekly Standard‘s Stephen Hayes and NPR’s Juan Williams

CNN’s State of the Union: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Republican strategist and CNN political contributor Ed Rollins and Democratic strategist Joe Trippi

CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: The Baltimore Sun‘s TV critic David Zurawik, BBC’s Rome Hartman, The Daily Beast’s Tina Brown and CBS’ chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan

CNN’s GPS with Fareed Zakaria: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer and Dalai Lama

NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: Time‘s Michael Duffy, BBC’s Katty Kay, WaPo‘s Eugene Robinson and CNN’s Gloria Borger

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: WaPo‘s Dan Balz, Slate and CBS News’ John Dickerson, ABC’s Martha Raddatz and NYT‘s Jackie Calmes

Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters James Hoffa and Bloomberg’s Lizzie O’Leary, Heidi Przybyla, Margaret Carlson and Kate O’Beirne

Will update as we learn them.

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NYT on TWT: “Decidedly” Sorry, Offers Retraction

Matt Dornic — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:17:52 +0000

We told you earlier that TWT‘s John Solomon was upset by an article on the front-page of the New York Times. The article by Jim Rutenberg and Jackie Calmes said that TWT was “decidedly opposed to Mr. Obama.”

FishbowlDC has now obtained another internal TWT memo that says that the NYT has apologized and will issue a correction in tomorrow’s paper. Solomon’s memo below:

Folks:

I’m glad to report that the New York Times has formally called to apologize and will be running a correction in tomorrow’s paper. The Times’ Washington bureau chief, Dean Baquet, wanted me to personally pass along his apology. He also shared these words with David Jones: “I would never say your paper has been anything but absolutely fair and objective to Obama.” We agree and accept the Times’ apology.

Regards,

John

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NYT v. TWT: Solomon Fires Back

Matt Dornic — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:10:01 +0000

In a front-page story on health care “scares” in the New York Times this morning, Jim Rutenberg and Jackie Calmes claim that the Washington Times is “decidedly opposed to Mr. Obama.”

From the article:

The specter of government-sponsored, forced euthanasia was raised as early as Nov. 23, just weeks after the election and long before any legislation had been drafted, by an outlet decidedly opposed to Mr. Obama, The Washington Times.

The article has caused quite a stir at TWT and from a memo obtained by FishbowlDC, it appears that John Solomon is fuming mad about the accusation:

By now many of you know that The New York Times wrongly and unfairlybesmirched your good reputation in a front-page story this morning about health care. I want you to know that we’ve told the Times and and the rest of the media world that we found it wrong, inaccurate,irresponsible and insulting for the New York Times to brand an entire newspaper as “decidedly opposed” to President Obama because of the voice of its editorial pages. Nothing can be further from the truth when it comes to the hard work of performance of our newsroom. Our news pages have no agenda except to accurately and fairly cover the news, including that made by the administration.

See Solomon’s full memo after the jump.

continued…

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Sunday Show Preview

Christine — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:52:31 +0000

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 NYT’s Jackie Calmes

ABC’s This Week: Vice President Biden’s Chief Economic Advisor Jared Bernstein, Sen. Ken Conrad (D-ND), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Rep. Michael Pence (R-IN) and a roundtable with ABC’s Donna Brazile, George Will, Betsy Stark and former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich

Fox News Sunday: White House Council of Economic Affairs chair Christina Romer, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) and chief White House photographer Pete Souza

CNN’s State of the Union: White House Council of Economic Affairs chair Christina Romer and Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)

CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: CBS’ 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft and Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL)

NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: Time’s Joe Klein, WaPo’s Kathleen Parker, BBC’s Katty Kay and NBC’s Mark Whitaker

Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Autos Task Force Chief Steve Rattner, Bloomberg’s Rich Miller, Margaret Carlson and profile.html”>Kate O’Beirne and former CBS broadcaster Billy Packer

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: NYT’s Jackie Calmes, LA Times’ Doyle McManus, National Journal’s Alexis Simendinger and ABC’s Pierre Thomas

Roll Call TV with Robert Traynham: Roll Call’s Emily Pierce, Steven Dennis, Lauren Whittington, and Emily Heil

CNN’s GPS with Fareed Zakaria: former NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Bill and Melinda Gates, NYU Stern Business School’s Roy Smith, Cherry Hill Research President Henry Blodget and The Atlantic’s Megan McArdle

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Sunday Show Preview

Christine — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:30:42 +0000

NBC’s Meet the Press: Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), and WashPost’s Tom Ricks, author of “The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008″

ABC’s This Week: National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers, Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele and a roundtable of Former GOP Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich and ABC’s Claire Shipman and George Will

CBS’ Face the Nation: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Council of Economic Advisors Christina Romer

CNN’s State of the Union: Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC)

Fox News Sunday: National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)

Chris Matthews’ Show: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, NYTimes’ David Brooks, NPR’s Michelle Norris and Time’s Michael Duffy

Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Time’s Michael Duffy, AP’s Charles Babington, NYTimes’ Jackie Calmes and WashPost’s Ceci Connolly

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Get Better Jackie!

Patrick — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:18:47 +0000

WSJ political reporter Jackie Calmes was in a car accident this morning in South Carolina, when someone ran a red light and hit her. She’s okay, but her rental car was totaled and she’s in the hospital overnight and expected to be released tomorrow.

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