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Tuesday, February 24, 2004 The "super duper extra special election campaign desk!"
Chris Matthews is staying up late tonight, coming back at 11pm for a second live edition of Hardball as Idaho, Utah, and Hawaii cast votes. "We'll have our wing ding political panel: Howard, Norah, Trippi & Peggy," the newsletter says today. "We've even ordered the super duper extra special election campaign desk from world headquarters in Secaucus just for tonight." 9:17:25 PM The Challenges of Being a Booker
Aaron Brown explains that Bush's stance on gay marriage leaves more questions than answers. "This first sentence is easy. The President said today he wants a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. The rest of this story is far more complicated." Andrew Sullivan will be the gay rep tonight. "Booking this segment got a little tricky," Brown explains. "Dr. Dobson [Chairman of Focus on the Family] would not appear with a proponent so we will do the two interviews separately." 9:15:55 PM Who Should Host A Multicultural MSNBC Show?
Oliver Willis references Andrew Grossman's suggestion that MSNBC should reach out to America's minority population: "I'm getting a little tired of this game. MSNBC has once again had a management change at the top. Their best show is Keith Olbermann on Countdown, and Hardball is fun for political junkies - but the channel needs an appointment program, something to stand out from O'Reilly and King. I should be the host of that show." Any other self-nominations? 9:09:34 PM Quote of the day
Jay Rosen at PressThink: "Overholser is saying: we don't have one model of political journalism any more, there's two. Our long history with a partisan press is being revived by Fox, and there will be others. (She resigned from the National Press Foundation board when it gave an award to Fox News anchor Brit Hume.) Let the case be made for the revival of partisan rules in journalism. Let the gods of objectivity restate their case against. Any way you look at it, this is a political argument the press needs to have-- about itself." 9:01:22 PM Media Notes: Birthdays, Mistakes, and Jesus Christ
It's Paula Zahn's 48th birthday today // Did anyone notice that this AP story, picked up by MSNBC.com, spelled a name wrong in the headline? // DCRTV Dave notes: "At 4:25 today, Neil Cavuto had a guy on who claimed that if Jesus Christ returned today he'd be a Republican and vote for Bush." Scary... 4:42:01 PM Poor, Poor Tina
Hmmm...'Tim Russert' will pre-empt Tina Brown's show this Sunday evening. You think that has any relation to her embarassing ratings? (NBC press release) 2:32:30 PM CNN Ax Followup: Let's See That PR Handbook
Newsblues notes that the CNN spokesperson quote referenced below isn't new: "...this quote is IDENTICAL to the words issued a year ago, when CNN cleared out several well-known correspondents. We suspect it is part of a media response handbook at PR headquarters." Eternal gratitude to anyone who wants to photocopy that handbook and send it my way... 10:04:09 AM CNN Axes Employees to "distribute resources around the company"
Lloyd Grove lists the names of the newly departed at CNN (Feldman, Boettcher, Osbourne, Cabell), and asks a spokesperson for comment: "It's true that some people have recently left the company but it's also true that some have just joined. What you're seeing is the normal ebb and flow of any business and an attempt to better distribute resources around the company." Firing veteran correspondents with bulging rolodexes helps to distribute resources more effectively? 8:05:19 AM Liberals Don't Like FOX Ads In 'Nation'
Quoting a great clip in the NY Daily News: "Dozens of irate readers canceled their subscriptions to The Nation when the liberal weekly twice carried ads for the right-leaning Fox News Channel..."We're fair and balanced, so why wouldn't we advertise in The Nation?" Fox spokesman Paul Schur asked. Nation publisher Victor Navasky said slyly, "It must pay them to do it, unless they're trying to cut back our subscription base." Very very clever... (Hat tip: MediaNews) 8:04:52 AM "Real danger" for Journalists in Haiti
Kerry Sanders, reporting from Haiti, in a Q&A; on msnbc.com: "There is real danger on the ground. Some journalists have been attacked. But, we [NBC] are wearing our helmets and our flak jackets. We have not been threatened at all. We hope to keep it that way." 7:58:31 AM "MSNBC Needs An Identity;" Minority News Viewers Ignored?
This Hollywood Reporter piece about the challenges Rick Kaplan faces at MSNBC is picked up by reuters. "MSNBC Needs An Identity," the title says. Highlights: > "Politically, Kaplan made all the right noises and soothed an anxious staff. > "Stability aside, bold moves are Zucker's forte, and if Kaplan's much-touted savvy fails to spark a revival, new on-air talent will probably arrive faster than you can say Joe Scarborough. > "Skeptics say MSNBC has nowhere to maneuver, but there is a huge, ignored niche: the 90 million minority population that is practically voiceless on the all-news channels." 7:25:21 AM |
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