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There are plenty of other places on this website and elsewhere where you can read about the implications of health care reform’s passage, politically and medically. But what about the implications for the media?
On this, I’m going to have to agree 100% with former Bush speechwriter David Frum: this “is a huge win for the conservative …
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Going outside its current stable of reporters and anchors, ABC is hiring longtime CNN international reporter Christiane Amanpour to host the Sunday-morning This Week interview show vacated by George Stephanopoulos. TV Newser has the details; among them, that she’ll start in August, until which White House correspondent Jake Tapper (who’s …
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Here’s what your favorite political obsessive is going to be doing today, now that Rep. Dennis Kucinich has already had his minute in the spotlight announcing his support of the health-care bill: poring through the …
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For a woman who has so many issues with TV series and hosts, Sarah Palin is becoming awfully active in the industry. The former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate turned Fox News contributor is now, according to Entertainment Weekly, teaming up with Survivor producer Mark Burnett to pitch a reality show about Alaska.
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Here’s a crazy idea. The President of the United States and Congressional leaders are holding a forum on whether and how to reform the health-care system, a matter that affects pretty much everyone’s lives and is worth trillions to the economy. Wouldn’t it be wild if the TV networks airing the summit covered it mainly with analysts who …
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Tom Campbell claims that he is a sheep. But I, Carly Fiorina, maintain that he is in fact a wolf! And a pig! And a man wearing a sheep costume! Tom Campbell—I declare thee ManWolfSheepPig! (Thus doing Al Gore’s South Park nemesis one animal better.)
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The bonus of this California …
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So what did you think of the speech? No, not the State of the Union; other people are all over that. No, not the iPad launch; we’ve already covered that. I’m talking about the Republican response to the State of the Union, which new Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell delivered, in a twist, …
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Word comes via Twitter, from both ABC News’ Jake Tapper and Lost producer Damon Lindelof, that the Lost premiere date of Feb. 2 is no longer under consideration as the date of the State of the Union address. President Obama, it appears, knows better than to risk the wrath of Smokey.
Adds Lindelof: “Okay. So Obama didn’t technically …
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The Wrap reports that The White House is considering as possible dates for the State of the Union address a Tuesday: either Jan. 26… or Feb. 2. You might know Feb. 2 as Groundhog Day—or as the date of the two-hour premiere of the final season of Lost.
By tradition—though not by requirement—SOTU speeches are held on Tuesday. Most …
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Lou Dobbs has floated a run for Senate (or President), Glenn Beck is touting a “100 year plan” for America, and Sarah Palin gave up running Alaska to go on a book tour. In the latest print TIME, my Tuned In column asks whether, in this midterm election year, a media platform may be a better route to political power than, like, actually …
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Joel Surnow, the conservative half of the team that created and ran 24 for years, has found a home for the miniseries on the Kennedy family that he’s been shopping this year: the History channel. The eight-hour (apparently down from ten) project will be History’s first scripted miniseries.
Will Surnow’s politics slant his portrayal of …
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ABC made official what has long been floated: that George Stephanopoulos will leave This Week and take over Good Morning America, starting next week.
Hosting a morning show obviously takes a different skill set than a weekly political interview show. Whether Stephanopoulos is suited for it remains to be seen, and whether it is suited …
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A public-service reminder: A Charlie Brown Christmas, originally scheduled to air tonight, has been rescheduled for Dec. 15, because President Obama is addressing the nation on his Afghanistan policy. Did his secret-madrassa-brainwashing program him to systematically take out Christian holiday icons on assuming the Presidency? I …
