CNN King’s New Show: “State Of The Union” By SteveK on Jan. 8, 2009 - 11:20 AM In this morning’s release about Sam Feist’s new position with CNN was the news he would be overseeing “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” and “State of the Union with John King.” The “S ...
Politics Busy Morning In D.C. By SteveK on Jan. 7, 2009 - 2:17 PM It was a D.C.-focused morning on the cablers, as Roland Burris and President-elect Barack Obama made their way around the nation’s capital. After an Associated Press report said Senate Democrats planned to accept Burris for ...
TV Biz A Blunderful Media Year By SteveK on Dec. 22, 2008 - 12:32 PM Politico has compiled a list of the top 10 media blunders of 2008 (although, media — you still have 10 more days to add to the list). “There was great reporting, with journalists breaking news and penning terrific prof ...
Politics Whitaker: “We Can’t Let Up” By SteveK on Dec. 16, 2008 - 5:24 PM Following a news conference today in which President-elect Barack Obama dodged questions related to Gov. Rod Blagojevich, NBC Washington bureau chief Mark Whitaker told Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC that journalists must continue to &# ...
CNN CNN “Redeploying” DC Bureau Correspondents, McIntyre Leaves Network By SteveK on Dec. 12, 2008 - 2:40 PM CNN announced today it is “redeploying some of its Washington-based correspondents” today, making Ed Henry the senior White House correspondent, Dana Bash the senior congressional correspondent and Jessica Yellin the n ...
CNN Henry Becomes CNN Senior WH Correspondent By SteveK on Dec. 12, 2008 - 1:41 PM First on TVNewser: Ed Henry will become CNN’s new senior White House correspondent. John King previously served in that role. Also Jill Dougherty has been named foreign affairs correspondent. We hear more DC staff changes ar ...
CNN Is CNN Still Relying on “Sources”? By SteveK on Dec. 8, 2008 - 5:48 PM Politico’s Michael Calderone writes about the four-hour news block to be hosted by John King starting next month, including how Howard Kurtz’s program, “Reliable Sources” will fit in. During Kurtz’ on ...
MSNBC Matthews is Staying With (Or Leaving) MSNBC By SteveK on Dec. 8, 2008 - 1:11 PM In the continuing saga over whether MSNBC’s Chris Matthews will leave the network to pursue a Pennsylvania Senate seat, two dueling reports suggest Matthews is closer to signing a new contract and closer to leaving. Politico ...
Politics Who Gets to Ask a Question at News Conference, Day 3? By SteveK on Nov. 26, 2008 - 8:23 AM For the past couple days, as President-elect Barack Obama has held daily news conferences, we’ve been keeping track of which journalists get to ask the questions. Politico’s Michael Calderone takes a closer look at why ...
Politics Who Got the Questions Today? By SteveK on Nov. 25, 2008 - 1:02 PM Politico’s Michael Calderone gives the rundown of which reporters got to ask the questions at today’s President-elect Barack Obama press conference: – NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie – Chicago Tribune̵ ...