Posted by
Beowulf on Friday, September 08, 2006 11:09:19 PM
Below are the topics and guests announced for
these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are trying to
push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search
that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will
be when they are interviewed.
The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)
- Meme:
- Republicans are supposed to be doomed, Mort thinks they
still are, Fred's hedging his bets
- The Republicans are being mean when they call opponents appeasers
- even if they are telling the truth (Mort)...
- no they aren't (Fred)...
- they're not telling the truth? (Mort)
- Topics:
- You Decide 2006: We'll handicap the hot races and give you OUR
predictions on the balance of power
- President Bush the GOP sharpen their message on the War on Terror
- Beltway Boys contact information
beltway@foxnews.com
- The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6 and 11:30 p.m. ET
CNBC's Tim Russert Show (Tim Russert)
- Meme:
- Republicans are supposed to be doomed, so the DBM is going
to pull out all the stops to see that is what happens
- Topics:
- Guests
- Democrat Rahm Emanuel
- House web site |
Bio
- Chairman Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee
-
Announcement reaffirms Bush's flair for the dramatic (San Jose Mercury
News, USA - Sep 6, 2006)
-
Rahm's big plan (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Sep 2, 2006)
-
A Political Blueprint With Room to Build On (Washington Post, United
States - Sep 4, 2006)
-
Oops! - Dems missing big donors (Wizbang, DC - Sep 7, 2006)
-
US less safe, Dems say (Pioneer Press Online, IL - Sep 7, 2006)
-
Democrats declare war ... on themselves (WorldNetDaily, OR - Aug 27,
2006)
- Republican Ed Gillespie
- CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET
Fox News Watch
(Eric Burns)
- Meme:
- I don't care what you think, the press has done a perfect job in the
post 9/11 era!
- Anyone who disses Katie is a sexist pig! (Neil and Jane)
- You're wrong, but I've got a funny line that makes it sound like your
right... and I can't resist (Jim and Cal)
- Topics:
- Five years later: The press and 9/11
- The reviews are in! What did the media make of Katie Couric's "CBS
Evening News" debut?
- The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. ET and
Sundays at 2:30 a.m. ET
- Fox News Watch contact information
Newswatch@foxnews.com
Journal
Editorial Report
(Paul Gigot) - FNC show page
- Meme:
- So, five years, huh? Hmmmmm. Can you think of anything
positive to say? (probably, but this isn't encouraging)
- Topics:
- Opinion Journal web site - Five Years On:
a discussion of the war on terror.
- Five years after 9/11, was that day really a "Terrorist Pearl Harbor"?
- Journal editors debate
- how well we've fought the war on terror
- how the threat has changed
- the domestic political battles over how and whether to fight it
- Plus, some memories of what we saw that day.
- Fox News Channel web site
- Five years after Sept. 11: What have we learned?
- Has President Bush undersold efforts to spread democracy around the
world?
- Guests
- Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information -
jer@foxnews.com
- The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday
at 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET