Scandal Watch: Michael Steele on GMA Monday

By GottaLaff

Get out the popcorn and your point-and-laughing finger...

George Stephanopoulos reports that Michael Steele will be doing his first interview since the Big Voyeur Scandal on ABC's Good Morning America tomorrow.

Who knew GMA was a comedy show?

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VIDEO: Entire unedited Bill O'Reilly/Jon Stewart Interview

By GottaLaff

Here 'tis in full:




H/t: Broadway Carl

VIDEO: Bill O'Reilly Interviews Jon Stewart - Conclusion 2/04/2010

By GottaLaff

Bill-Ew the Clown concludes his interview with Jon Stewart:



You can watch the first part of the interview from the previous day is here.

Jon Stewart will be on Bill O'Reilly's show Wednesday, Thursday

By GottaLaff

I never, but never, watch ClusterFox. However, I will watch a YouTube of this:

Stewart, host of The Daily Show, will be interviewed by Bill O'Reilly at his Fox News studio tomorrow. The chat will air in two parts: tomorrow night and Thursday night.

He hasn't been on Bill-O the Clown's show in 6 years. For good reason.

I hope this will be one of those times that Jon Stewart doesn't go all polite and deferential on us. As I recall from Bill-O's visit to The Daily Show, the two get along pretty well.

Here's the 2004 episode, which was benign enough, probably because that was then (The Daily Show was 6 years younger), and besides, Stewart was selling a book at the time and may have wanted to play it safe:

NBC News Files Complaint with White House Over ABC's Access

Wow, this has a really odd feel about it.

TVNewser has learned that NBC News has filed a formal complaint with the White House press office over the distribution of presidential interviews, specifically that several of the most recent broadcast TV interviews have gone to ABC News -- including George Stephanopoulos's interview yesterday and Charlie Gibson's December 15.

NBC is reportedly claiming Stephanopoulos' friendship with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has helped land the interviews. But insiders tell us those decisions are generally left to Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

Most recent Quote-O'The-Day: Palin's Colossal Ignorance edition

By GottaLaff

Relevant segment at about 4:35...



Just now on Hardball, Chris Matthews said this while discussing Sarah Palin's Glenn Beck interview:

"America is the book she didn't read".

VIDEO: "Butt sniffer" SteeleFail interview with Tea Bagger radio host

By GottaLaff

Via Think Progress:



When Tea Baggers get angry, they get even more vile than usual, and that's sayin' something. Oh, but you already knew that.

As I posted yesterday, Michael Steele stood up ABC News. But there's more! He also blew off conservative Tea Baggy radio personality Dana Loesch, who tweeted her wrath. And in another tweet...

She also gave props to Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO) for keeping her interview, writing, “So out of @clairecmc and @chairmanmsteele , McCaskill is the one who keeps her interview. #steelefail”

And how did she get even? Because, as we all know, acceptance isn't the Tea Baggers' strong suit. There were bound to be consequences. And consequences there were!

She interviewed herself... as Steele. And what an interview it was. Loud, strident, mocking... and ruthless. Why, she even shut herself up-- as Steele.

Let's just say Dana's not a big fan.

On the other hand, Michael Steele has become her new imaginary playmate, so maybe there's a reconciliation in their future. After all, she can't fight with her alter ego forever. That can wear a girl/guy out.

More here.

Michael Steele Abruptly Cancels Interview

By GottaLaff

Gee, can't imagine why. This is from Roll Call, which is subscription only, so we get the headline only:

Under fire from top donors and Congressional Republicans, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Friday abruptly canceled a scheduled noon interview with ABC News — the network that has played host to some of Steele’s more controversial statements.

He's an embarrassment to the party, himself, and anyone who is withing sneezing distance. But hey, he be da man!

President Obama still gets great TV ratings

By GottaLaff

He can't help himself. Whether you agree with him or not, he's smart and he's likable. That makes him watchable:

CBS' "60 Minutes," which was assisted by an NFL lead-in, drew a season high 16.24 million total viewers Sunday night [...]

Later that evening, Oprah hosted "Christmas at the White House" with President Obama and the First Lady at 10pmET. That show drew 11.8 million total viewers, the best number for ABC in that time-slot since the Adam Lambert AMA incident.

And Prez O didn't even have to go... there.

VIDEO- 60 Minutes: President Obama talks Afghanistan, economy, more

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From tonight's interview:

In his first extensive interview since his speech announcing his troop build-up in Afghanistan, President Obama talks about his plans for Afghanistan, the economy and more. Steve Kroft reports.

This hasn't even aired yet out here in California, and yet, magically, here it is on TPC.

Oprah's Harpo Productions e-mails The Political Carnival: Promo Time!

By GottaLaff

Of course, we're one of many, but how nice that we're on Oprah's mailing list now. Just for that, it's promo time:

I am writing to you on behalf of Harpo Productions to let you know about Oprah's Primetime special airing this Sunday, December 13 on ABC
at 10:00 - 11:00PM CT.

Her special, Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special, is an entertaining hour-long special that will include a one-on-one conversation with the President, marking the first time Oprah has interviewed him since he took office, as well as an exclusive sit-down interview with the First Couple. The special will showcase behind-the-scenes preparations as the White House gets ready for the holiday season.

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We at TPC are happy to accommodate Harpo Productions to advertise this event. However, if Oprah ever sits down with Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck, not so much.

I rest my case

By GottaLaff

How many times have I posted rants about how tabloidy the not-news media has become, and how sad and frustrating it is to watch the Tee Vee Machine these days as they concentrate on Tiger Woods instead of Afghanistan? An uninformed public will inevitably lead to a deterioration in democracy.

I was speaking about that very thing on the Angie Coiro Radio Show last Friday night, in reference to my Teen Idles post.

I rest my case:

"I mentioned that I was in Asia on this trip thinking about the economy, when I sat down for a round of interviews. Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy. I was asked several times about had I read Sarah Palin's book. (Laughter.) True. But it's an indication of how our political debate doesn't match up with what we need to do and where we need to go."

-- President Obama, quoted by Time, about the American television network correspondents who interviewed him while in Asia.

Confirmed: Oprah and Obama, together again

By GottaLaff

I betcha Prez O doesn't laugh like this during his interview:

The reigning queen of daytime talk, Oprah Winfrey, will tape an interview with President Obama in the White House next week, White House sources confirmed.

I may actually watch Oprah for the first time to see this one.

Fox's Major Garrett will interview President Obama

By GottaLaff

Via the L.A. Times:

President Obama will give an interview to Fox News Channel's Major Garrett, perhaps signaling a thaw in relations between the networkds and administration.

The White House confirmed Tuesday that Garrett would be included among a round of network interviews that the president is giving today in Beijing. [...]

Garrett, Fox's senior White House correspondent and a CNN reporter before moving to Fox, will have 10 minutes with the president.

Obama is fair and balanced.

Cheney Could Not Recall Key Events About His Role in CIA Leak

By GottaLaff

My friend Jason Leopold wrote up a piece on Dickless McHeartstent's 2004 interview with the special prosecutor in the Valerie Plame case. As usual, Jason's reporting is well worth a read:

A month before Valerie Plame Wilson's covert status as a CIA operative was revealed, Vice President Dick Cheney told his then-chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and his press secretary, Cathie Martin, that Plame Wilson worked at the spy agency.

But according to a 28-page summary of Cheney’s May 8, 2004 interview with the special prosecutor probing the leak, Cheney did not recall having that conversation.

"Cheney has no recollection of Cathie Martin entering his office at some point while Scooter Libby was present and advising both of them that [Plame Wilson] was employed by the CIA," states the interview summary, released late Friday by the FBI after a lengthy court battle between the Bush and Obama administrations and the government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). [...]

Cheney described the CIA's decision to dispatch Ambassador Wilson to Niger as "amateur-hour" and he disparaged the CIA's handling of Iraq intelligence, which Cheney, Libby and others in the Office of the Vice President pressured agency analysts to manipulate in an attempt to portray Iraq as posing an immediate threat.

Cheney said he could not recall playing any role in the campaign to attack Wilson. But former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan wrote in his memoir, What Happened: Inside The Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception, that the White House’s behind-the-scenes campaign to discredit Wilson heated up in June 2003. “The vice president and Libby were quietly stepping up their efforts to counter the allegations of the anonymous envoy to Niger...," McClellan wrote. [...]

In fact, Cheney stated that he did not recall more than two-dozen key events he was involved in [...]

That's just a nibble. Go devour the whole piece here.

And after you do, you won't have an appetite for days.

VIDEO: Jason Leopold's Interview with Ralph Nader: "Only the Rich Can Save Us"

By GottaLaff



My friend Jason Leopold interviewed Ralph Nader a few days ago. You can read the rest of Jason's post over at Truthout:

Ralph Nader will always be remembered by his critics as the man whose bid for the White House in 2000 gave us eight years of George W. Bush. The disdain many liberals have for Nader still runs deep nearly a decade later.

But there's no denying the positive impact his activism has had on this country over the past half-century. Without Ralph Nader there wouldn't be an Environmental Protection Agency, an Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a Consumer Product Safety Commission, a Safe Drinking Water Act and so on.

I'll give Nader this: He's always up to something (the Energizer Bunny comes to mind), continues to get attention, and manages to stir up emotions, both positive and negative.

VIDEO- State of the Union: The full Obama interview

By GottaLaff

The entire Meet the Press interview is here.

Now we have the CNN interview in full, too:

VIDEO-- Jimmy Carter: There Is "Racist" Tone Against Obama

By GottaLaff

Sigh.

Jimmy Carter: There Is "Racist" Tone Against Obama

In an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, former President Jimmy Carter said he has been extremely bothered by the heightened climate of racial and other hate speech since the election of President Barack Obama.