TV Biz “Polar Opposities” and “Different Realities” By SteveK on Oct. 27, 2008 - 2:14 PM Two of the most high-profile media writers were thinking the same thing over the weekend. The AP’s David Bauder and Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz each write today about the vast difference between MSNBC’s Countd ...
Politics Debate Reaction: Debating Schieffer By SteveK on Oct. 16, 2008 - 2:02 PM The final debate of 2008 (49 in total) is over, and there are just 19 days until the election. In the general election, we’ve debated Lehrer, Ifill and Brokaw. One more left — CBS’ Bob Schieffer: • The Assoc ...
Politics Debate Reaction: Debating Brokaw By SteveK on Oct. 8, 2008 - 12:19 PM In the first debate with a different format, allowing for questions from the audience and from the web, the role of moderator was slightly modified. How did Tom Brokaw do? Some reaction: • The Associated Press’ David Ba ...
Politics Debating the Debate: The Pundits By SteveK on Oct. 3, 2008 - 11:39 AM So who won the debate last night — Sen. Joe Biden or Gov. Sarah Palin? That depends on who you ask (or who you poll). But one thing appeared clear: the prediction on the cablers of a fireworks-filled gaffe-fest was greatly o ...
NBC Luke Russert on the Big “Get” and the New Job By SteveK on Sep. 15, 2008 - 10:17 AM Just one correspondent interviewed both Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama last week — and he’s a few months out of college. NBC News’ Luke Russert is profiled by the Associated Press’ David Bauder, and dis ...
Events The News of the Games By Chris Ariens on Aug. 16, 2008 - 10:35 PM The AP’s David Bauder writes about what might be in store for the networks of NBC Universal next week with the Michael Phelps show near an end. Bauder also writes about the off-the-field news and how NBC has reported it: Dur ...
Politics Terry Moran Gets Obama In Baghdad By SteveK on Jul. 21, 2008 - 1:27 PM A day after CBS’s Lara Logan got an interview with Barack Obama in Afghanistan, ABC’s Terry Moran gets the sit-down interview with Obama in Baghdad. It will be Obama’s only television interview from Iraq. Portion ...
CNN Paula Zahn, The Day After By Guest on Jul. 25, 2007 - 9:50 AM The write-ups are in on the Paula Zahn resignation, reported first on TVNewser. Zahn tells TVWeek’s Michelle Greppi, “I wanted to move on and he (CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein) wanted to move on.” To Jacques Stein ...
NBC “Nightly” Sheds More Viewers Than Couric By Guest on Jun. 25, 2007 - 10:27 AM Brian Williams calls the evening news race “a back-and-forth dogfight.” But NBC may have more to worry about than the first place “World News with Charles Gibson.” The Nielsen numbers tell the story: in Kat ...