Posts Tagged ‘ Sunday Show Round-up ’

I’ve had several people ask me why I slacked off last week. First thing is, I’m flattered that people like reading what I write. That’s awesome. Thank you. Second, since I’ve started this job, I’m working 40+ hours a week and I simply haven’t been finding a good writing rhythm and this past Wednesday I...
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The one thing that really stuck with me today from the hours of talking heads was something that George Will said. Well, really it was two things, what Will said and the fact that Nicolle Wallace is an idiot, but I digress. Now, for some reason I always find something meaningful  from him every...
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As was the likely outcome, Afghanistan dominated the conversation today. The consensus is still that the war effort seems to be fighting a long struggle with little upside. The big quote is from the head of the CIA Leon Panetta who said that the progress is slower than what we originally hoped for. But...
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Guess what…The oil spill sucks and the government or BP haven’t taken all the proper steps to clean it up or cap the leak itself. I’ve never watched 4+ hours of television news shows and learned absolutely nothing. NOTHING. Today’s shows were pretty much a waste of time. The talking heads on the news...
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The slow end to the news week provided an even slower news weekend. Today’s best comments came via Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Roger Simon of Politico. They both talked about the power of imagery. Doris pointed out soundly that if this were say, Ronald Reagan, he would have been using images of...
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To be honest, there wasn’t much action on the news shows this morning. There were only a couple things of interest: 1. The Oil Spill – The only thing that people seem to be in agreement on is that this thing sucks. The Admiral Allen, who is heading up the Government ground game, was giving the most...
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This is a review of the Sunday News Shows and what folks are talking about.
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