Sunday News Shows - February 27, 2011

Here is the lineup of guests for this week's Sunday morning news shows.

Meet The Press
US Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Governors Scott Walker (R-WI) and Haley Barbour (R-MISS), US Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), and Richard Trumka-AFL-CIO President.

CBS Face The Nation

Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ).

CNN State Of The Union
US Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and Kent Conrad (D-ND); Governors Dan Malloy (D-CT) and Rick Scott (R-FL).

Fox News Sunday

Governor Mitch Daniels (R-IN) and former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-ARK) .

ABC This Week

To be announced (TBA).

If you miss the live airing of these shows, they are re-aired on CSPAN Radio starting at 12:00 PM EST. CSPAN radio can be listened to on WCSP-FM 90.1 Washington, DC, XM Radio 132, and CSPAN.org.

CSPAN Radio for iPhone App can be found at CSPAN.org. 

To watch these shows at a later date, check the television network's websites that airs these programs.

Will The Corporate Media Give A Black Out On American Labor Protests Again This Sunday?

Think Progress is asking a great question today on their blog. Will the Sunday News Shows ignore labor for the second week in a row? With widespread worker protests in several states across our nation, you would think that would be of interest for any news show?

On last Sunday's news shows, there was not one labor representative on to speak to the issues that have prompted massive protests in states such as Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, and others. Fox News Sunday had Wisconsin Governor Walker on for his perspective on the worker protests in his state. However, there was no labor representative on to provide their perspective. Odd isn't for a network whose motto is 'fair and balanced'?

What do you think?

Sunday News Shows - February 20, 2011

Here is the lineup of guests for this week's Sunday morning news shows.

Meet The Press
US Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-ILL); Susan Rice-US Ambassador to the United Nations.

CBS Face The Nation

US Representatives Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).

CNN State Of The Union
US Senators Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY); Donald Rumsfied-former Defense Secretary.

Fox News Sunday

US Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MI) and Tom Coburn (R-OK); Scott Walker-Wisconsin Republican Governor.

ABC This Week

Hillary Clinton-Secretary of State.

If you miss the live airing of these shows, they are re-aired on CSPAN Radio starting at 12:00 PM EST. CSPAN radio can be listened to on WCSP-FM 90.1 Washington, DC, XM Radio 132, and CSPAN.org.

CSPAN Radio for iPhone App can be found at CSPAN.org. 

To watch these shows at a later date, check the television network's websites that airs these programs.

Really Boehner? 'So Be It'?

At a GOP Press Conference this morning, Speaker Boehner was asked by a reporter about the GOP's spending cuts and how that could effect jobs. Boehner's response was ‘So be it.’ Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, when asked about the remarks by a reporter, seized on them.

Watch Pelosi's response to Boehner's remarks.

The President Took On Corporate Media In Presser

President Obama held a press conference this morning to discuss his federal budget that he sent to Congress on yesterday. During the press event Chuck Todd, NBC news, when called on by the President for a question repeated the recent meme that the administration was ignoring recent bipartisan goodwill to effectively cut deficit spending.

Watch the President's response.

Sunday News Shows - February 13, 2011

Here is the lineup of guests for this week's Sunday morning news shows.

Meet The Press
US Representatives John Boehner (R-OH) and Bobby Schilling (R-ILL), Kasim Reed-Atlanta Mayor, and Martin Indyk-former US Ambassador to Israel.

CBS Face The Nation

US Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Ahmed Zewail-Egyptian-American scholar and Nobel Laureate, Sameh Shoukry-Egypt's Ambassador to the US, and Mohamed ElBaradei-Nobel Peace Laureate.

CNN State Of The Union
US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Jacob Lew-White House Budget Director, Edward Walker-former US Ambassador to Egypt, and John Negroponte-former US Ambassador to the UN.

Fox News Sunday

Haley Barbour-Mississippi Republican Governor and US Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI).

ABC This Week

Ehud Barak-Israeli Defense Minister, Newt Gingrich-former US House Speaker, and Tim Pawlenty-former Minnesota Governor.

If you miss the live airing of these shows, they are re-aired on CSPAN Radio starting at 12:00 PM EST. CSPAN radio can be listened to on WCSP-FM 90.1 Washington, DC, XM Radio 132, and CSPAN.org.

CSPAN Radio for iPhone App can be found at CSPAN.org. 

To watch these shows at a later date, check the television network's websites that airs these programs.

Live Egypt Coverage Stream From Democracy Now!

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now is hosting live coverage of the events in Egypt after Mubarak stepping down from leadership.

Watch.

The Corporate Media Reality: 'Out Of Touch'

Our US television news programs have become a fiefdom of elite millionaire pundits.   They come on television and advocate for things like tax cuts for top earners while at the same time advocating for cuts in 'safety net' programs for the working classes to help balance our nations' budget. As a viewer you can sometimes forget that these media 'talking heads' are among the top earners in our nation and that shapes what they say. Knowing that, is it a surprise they were all speaking from the same narrative from one network to the next for support of lowering taxes for top earners (essentially themselves) during the recent Tax Cut debate?

They have become 'out of touch' with ordinary Americans and this is evident virtually everday when you listen to their roundtable discussions about America's ills.

Here is a clip of one of the most recent examples of this disconnect from Mainstreet USA where these elites stress the importants of 'sacrfices' that must be made in America. By 'sacrifice' they really mean cuts to programs that primarily benefit working class America.  Chris Hayes, from the Nation, was a guest on MSNBC's Morning Joe program yesterday who tried to challenge this 'beltway' thinking.

Watch.

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Robert Greenwald On Fox New's Disinformation Practice

The Director of the film Outfoxed, Robert Greenwald, talks to Ed Schultz of MSNBC's The Ed Show last night. He talks about how Fox New's practice of providing disinformation to its viewers is damaging our discourse here in American and altering perceptions of reality.

Watch.

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Obama Vs O'Reilly: You Watch You Decide Who Scored

Yesterday during Fox Network's day long Superbowl coverage, Bill O'Reilly of The O'Reilly Factor got an opportunity to interview President Obama. Who got the better of this interview? 

You watch. You decide.


Sunday News Shows - February 6, 2011

Here is the lineup of guests for this week's Sunday morning news shows.

Meet The Press

Senator John Kerry (D-MA), James Baker-former Secretary of State, Peggy Noonan-former Reagan speech writer, Willie Brown-former San Francisco mayor, and NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell.

CBS Face The Nation

Thomas Pickering-the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, Martin Indyk-former Ambassador to Israel, and Dr. Abderrahim Foukara-Washington's bureau chief to Al Jazeera.

CNN State Of The Union

Madeline Albright-former Secretary of State, Alan Simpson-White House Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform co-chair.

Fox News Sunday

The show has a football edition this Sunday with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, former Pittsburgh Steeler wide receiver Lynn Swann, and former Green Bay Packer offensive lineman Jerry Kramer.

ABC This Week

The show will focus on the protest in Egypt with host Christiane Amanpour live in Cairo.

If you miss the live airing of these shows, they are re-aired on CSPAN Radio starting at 12:00 PM EST. CSPAN radio can be listened to on WCSP-FM 90.1 Washington, DC, XM Radio 132, and CSPAN.org.

CSPAN Radio for iPhone App can be found at CSPAN.org. 

To watch these shows at a later date, check the television network's websites that airs these programs.

Senate Democrats Unanimously Vote To Block Health Care Law Repeal

Yesterday Senate Democrats defeated an attempt by Republicans to repeal the new health care law . The vote was 47-51. 60 votes was required to  repeal the bill. Republican Senator John Thune made an appearance on FOX News's The Record to talk about the GOP continued efforts to repeal the health care law.

Watch a clip of the interview.