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Late Races, With Early-Ending Coverage
With several surprises and late returns, yesterday's races delivered more drama than one would generally expect from an off-year election. Still, after the build up on the three cable news nets, some were disappointed with the extent of the coverage, especially if you were on the west coast. During the 10pmET hour, WaPo's Howard Kurtz tweeted something that others had been wondering about MSNBC's broadcast, "The usual Countdown rerun, on Election Night?" Rather than running a full, live "Countdown," Lawrence O'Donnell broke in with a 20-minute update on the latest election results. Afterward, MSNBC finished the replay of Keith Olbermann's 8pmET broadcast. With the exception of one segment, all of Rachel Maddow's subsequent 11pmET program was live, as was 12amET's "Hardball." An MSNBC spokesperson tells TVNewser, "MSNBC was live with what needed to be live and provided coverage of all the results as they came in." In September, Keith Olbermann commented on his recurring absences, due to his father's health. As for the other networks, Fox News went to tape at MidnightET. CNN did so at 1amET, following a Midnight edition "Larry King Live." It Wouldn't Be an Election Night Without...CNN's John King returns to "The Situation Room" with his magical wall, the international symbol for obscure election data. Check out TVNewser's summary of the election night coverage plans here.
November '09 Elections: Cable Coverage PlansTomorrow, polls will open following an off-year election season that's included closely followed races in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York. Here is a rundown of special coverage on the cable networks:
We will update with additional information as we receive it. "Truce" Between White House and Fox News?
Breaking: FishbowlDC scoops that Fox News SVP Michael Clemente met with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs this morning and the two reached what some are calling a "truce" in the ongoing and very public war of words between the Obama administration and the news network. Clemente, who oversees FNC's news coverage, then met with staffers at the Washington bureau and encouraged them to remain "fair and balanced," reports FBDC's Matt Dornic. An Obama administration official confirms with TVNewser that Clemente and Gibbs met this morning at the White House. White House Refutes Claims It Tried to Block Fox from Feinberg Interview
On Friday, WH spokesperson Josh Earnest told Politico, "This White House has demonstrated our willingness to do a round of interviews with a range of networks but not Fox," and, "Clearly, that didn't happen [Thursday]." TPMDC reports that the Treasury department made "pay czar" Ken Feinberg available for TV interviews to the networks that requested them, which did not include Fox initially: But logistically, all of the cameras could not get set up in time or with ease for the Feinberg interview, so they opted for a round robin where the networks use one pool camera. Treasury called the White House pool crew and gave them the list of the networks who'd asked for the interview. A Treasury spokesperson told Mediaite, "There was no plot to exclude Fox News, and they had the same interview that their competitors did. Much ado about absolutely nothing." This would refute claims yesterday that Fox was initially barred from interviewing Feinberg and that the White House only relented after pressure from the other networks. Though, CBS's Chip Reid said in a report last night, "All the networks said, that's it you crossed the line." Clip after the jump. Fox New's Garrett reported on FNC yesterday that "The White House says it was more a misunderstanding" and that "In this current context, it looked like, for a time, and the pool considered it to be a premeditated attempt to exclude Fox. It was rapidly resolved. Fox did get an interview, that's the part the White House would like to focus on." As for the involvement of the other networks, Garrett said, "The networks have a responsibilty, a contract, an understanding with the five, that if you're going to use one camera or a set of cameras from one network to do the work of the other four...then all five must be included." That clip is also after the jump. Obama 'Not Losing Sleep Over' Fox NewsIn an interview with NBC White House correspondent Savannah Guthrie, President Obama discussed the administration's recent position on Fox News for the first time publicly: White House v. Fox News: Week 2 UpdatesHere's another roundup of reactions and updates a week after White House communications director Anita Dunn first revealed the anti-Fox press strategy. David Bauder of the AP reports: Fox said network executives have been told that no one from the administration would appear on a Fox show as a guest through the end of the year. Dunn denied there was a White House ban on Fox appearances. "We haven't said that to them," she said. NYTimes' David Carr has his breakdown of the feud: Ah, but pretending has traditionally been a valuable part of the presidential playbook. Smiling and wearing beige even under the most withering news media assault is not only good manners, but also has generally been good politics. While there is undoubtedly a visceral thrill in finally setting out after your antagonists, the history of administrations that have successfully taken on the media and won is shorter than this sentence. John D. McKinnon at the WSJ has the latest Fox statement: Michael Clemente, Fox News's senior vice president of news, said in a statement that "Surprisingly, the White House continues to declare war on a news organization instead of focusing on the critical issues that Americans are concerned about like jobs, health care and two wars. The door remains open and we welcome a discussion about the facts behind the issues." Atlantic Wire's Benjamin Carlson has summaries of other reactions from the weekend. White House Officials Discuss Dunn's FNC CommentsToday on the Sunday shows, Senior Adviser David Axelrod and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel discussed the remarks made by communications director Anita Dunn last week regarding White House positions on Fox News. On "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," Axelrod said of Fox News, "It's not really news. It's pushing a point of view. The bigger thing is that, other news organizations, like yours, ought not treat them that way...We're going to appear on their shows, we're going to participate. But understanding that they represent a point of view." Emanuel appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" and said, "While it's clear what the white house and what Anita said, the concentration of the white house isn't about what FOX is doing." Clips: > More: On FOX News Sunday former adviser to Pres. Bush Karl Rove added, "This is a White House engaging in its own version of the media enemies list. And it's unhelpful for the country and undignified for the president of the United States to so do." ABC, AP, CBS, CNN, Fox, NBC Fight NJ Exit Poll Ban
On September 30th, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that exit polls and "expressive activity" be barred from within 100 feet of a polling place. Prior to that, exit polling had not been considered one of the activities subject to the 100 foot ban in NJ. Since the ruling, NJ is the only state that prohibits exit polling within 100 feet. Opponents argue that exit polls are constitutionally protected and feel that enforcement of the ban would make gathering reliable exit polling with low error rates more difficult. PreviouslySenate Finance Committee Passes Health Care Reform Dunn on FNC: 'Let's Not Pretend They're a News Network' Afghanistan Coverage Increases with Anniversary Broadcasters Interrupt Morning Shows for Obama/Brown/Sarkozy Iran News "You Look Like You Were Suffering Over There" White House Pulls Guest from CNN over New Obama Book U.S. Newsers Interview World Leaders How Do You Spell that Libyan Leader's Name? Obama's Blitz: Monday Morning Analysis Reporters Shouted Down During Values Voter Summit Preventing Another 'Jackass' Moment President Carter Comment Quickly Spreads No Exclusives Here. Sunday Shows Prep For Obama ABC Apologizes to White House, CNBC Over Off-the-Record Tweets As CNN and MSNBC Air Obama Health Care Speech, FNC Broadcasts a Live Glenn Beck Special Obama Address & Wrap-Up: FNC Doubles Other Nets; MSNBC Tops CNN in Prime 21 Million Watch President's Address to Congress on Big Three Cable Plans for Obama's Address to Congress President Obama Speaks to Schools Glenn Beck Statement on Resignation of Van Jones After Pressure, Much of it from Glenn Beck, White House Green Jobs Adviser Resigns ABC, CBS, NBC to Carry Obama & GOP Response; FOX Unlikely ABC Passes on Ad Critical of Healthcare Reform White House Changes Email Rules After Fox News Questioned Tactics Obama on His Town Hall: "They Didn't Shout at one Another, They Were There to Listen" Obama in Montana Selling Healthcare Reform Obama Holds White House Sotomayor Reception Cable Coverage Differs on Healthcare Meetings Cablers Carry Arlen Specter Town Hall Live Republican Congressman About Glenn Beck: "Here's What I Suggest: Turn That Television Off" U.S. Journalists Pardoned in N Korea Christiane Amanpour Goes to the Presidential Way-Back Machine Clinton (Bill, Not Hillary) Heads to North Korea to Negotiate Release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee Another Former tvnewser Joins Obama Administration White House Goes to the Top to Secure Network Prime Time How Lynn Sweet's Race Question Trumped Healthcare Too Many Steves at the White House Commentary on the Press Corps: "These Guys, and Women, are Not Journalists. They're Enablers" Pres. Obama's Healthcare News Conference Cable News Giving Rebirth to an Old Obama Theory FOX Sticks With 'Dance' Over Obama Newser CBS to Carry Obama News Conf.; No Decision from NBC, ABC or FOX Pres. Obama Calls Prime Time News Conference for Wednesday....via Twitter Remainder of Sanford Emails Released What's Jake Tapper Got Against NBC News? WWBD or What Would Brian (or Charlie or Katie) Do? Anderson Cooper, Obama in Africa Nancy Pelosi Newser Carried by Cable Networks Sarah Palin Takes Correspondents Fishing Pres. Obama Makes the Net Rounds Four Hours of Pres. Obama or "More of 'The Biggest Loser'?" Networks to Carry Obama News Conference Obama at Press Dinner: "I Know Where My Bread is Buttered" Cablers to Carry Pres. Obama Remarks at RTCA Dinner Tonight VP's Sunday Appearances Drawing Fewer Viewers Gov. Sarah Palin on Today, Then CNN Greta, George Interview Sec. of State Clinton Pres. Obama Cairo Speech Replayed on MSNBC Pres. Obama: "I Don't Find Most of the Cable Chatter Persuasive" GM Everywhere: Networks Cover Obama Speech Cablers Cover Prop 8 Court Ruling Sotomayor Announcement Covered on Every News Network Decision, Decisions: Pres. Speech at Naval Academy or Nancy Pelosi Briefing White House Producing Its Own News Reports, Shutting Out the Press Pool Cablers Cover Cheney Portion of Morning Cablers Cover Pres. Obama Speech, Anticipate Cheney's Address Rush Limbaugh "Resigns" As Head of Republican Party Greta's Husband Tried to Bring Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton Together Wanda Sykes Lands On FOX, And Talks About Her Rush Comments Cell Phones Interrupt Already Contentious White House Briefing Will FOX Decision Lead Other Networks To Follow Suit? Rising Reporters: The Etiquette of Standing Up NBC and CBS Reveal WH Correspondents Dinner Guest Lists Is ABC News Hogging White House Dinner Guests? "Lie to Me" Tops Obama News Conference Covering the Coverage: From CNN's "Mess" to "Ravishing Rachel Maddow" Live Blog: Covering the 100 Day Coverage Specter's Switch: First Stop, Meet the Press Obama Describes Seeing "Folks Waving Tea Bags Around" on Channels Where "I'm Not Very Popular" Study: Too Much Personal Coverage of Obama Sen. Arlen Specter's Party Switch. Bloomberg First With the News Vote: First 100 Days - Grading the White House Press Corps ABC, NBC, CBS Will Carry Obama News Conference — FOX Won't 29% Say Fox News "Too Critical" of Obama; 16% Say CNN/MSNBC "Too Easy" on Obama Did DHS Secretary Set Pre-Conditions For Morning Show Interviews? Jindal in 2012? Maybe Not, Reveals Chris Matthews Show White House Press Office Accidentally Sends Draft Version of Obama Schedule to Press Corps |
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