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Sunday Talk

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Morning lineup:

Meet the Press: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA); Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Former Ambassador Thomas Pickering; Roundtable: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), David Brooks (New York Times), Katty Kay (BBC) and Author Wes Moore.

Face the Nation: Former Defense Secretary William Gates; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH); Poet Maya Angelou; Roundtable: David Sanger (New York Times), Bobby Ghosh (TIME), David Rohde (Reuters) and Sharyl Attkisson (CBS News).

This Week: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ); Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI); Foreign Policy Roundtable: George Will (Washington Post), Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chair Gen. James Cartwright, Ruth Marcus (Washington Post) and Jonathan Karl (ABC News); Political Roundtable: George Will, Democratic Strategist Donna Brazile, GOP Strategist Matthew Dowd, Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-NH) and Jonathan Karl.

Fox News: Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI); Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA); Rep.-Elect Mark Sanford (R-SC); Roundtable: Bill Kristol (Weekly Standard), Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Kimberley Strassel (Wall Street Journal) and Juan Williams (Fox News).

State of the Union: Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI); GOP Strategist Alex Castellanos; Democratic Strategist Mo Elleithee; Karen Tumulty (Washington Post); Reliable Sources: Pop Culture Commentator Lola Ogunnaike; Paul Farhi (Washington Post); Jim Warren (New York Daily News); Connie Schultz (Cleveland Plain Dealer); Margaret Carlson (Bloomberg News); Bob Cusack (The Hill); Jim Geraghty (National Review).

The Chris Matthews Show: Howard Fineman (Huffington Post); S. E. Cupp (MSNBC); Joe Klein (TIME); Kelly O’Donnell (NBC News).

Evening lineup:

60 Minutes will feature: an interview with Jessica Buchanan, the American aid worker who was rescued by Navy SEALs in the Somali desert (preview); an interview with Air Force veteran Mike Haynie, a business professor at Syracuse University, has created a course to teach vets how to start their own businesses (preview); and, an interview with Microsoft founder Bill Gates (preview).

On Comedy Central…

The Daily Show

Monday: Director J.J. Abrams (ABC News)

Tuesday: Actor Nathan Lane

Wednesday: Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-NH)

Thursday: Author George Packer

The Colbert Report

Monday: Authors Jessica Buchanan & Erik Landemalm

Tuesday: Author Dan Brown

Wednesday: Singer Cindy Lauper

Thursday: Harvard University Prof. Daniel Lieberman

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This week’s Media Bias Sunday Talk scoreboard! GOP 8, Democrats 7

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Tomorrow is Media Bias Sunday! Or as I like to call it, Librul Media My Ass Sunday aka John McCain/Lindsey Graham Sunday.

Let’s take a sneak preview of what’s coming up on the Big Sunday Talker Line-Up, per the Los Angeles Times and the Seattle Times, okay? Okay.

This is not a complete list; Paddy provides that to you tomorrow. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if the lists include panel members, so bear with me if sometimes those commentators are included… or not. I try not to because panels usually include mostly Republicans, and if there are “Democrats,” they’re about as “liberal” as, well, Harold Ford.

And as you may have noticed, Fox is not included, because, well come on, what’s the point?

ABC’s “This Week”– John McCain (R); Jack Reed (D).

NBC’s “Meet the Press”– Darrell Issa (R); Adam Kinzinger (R); Dianne Feinstein (D); former diplomat Thomas Pickering; Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Jaime Herrera Beutler (R); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R); Linda T. Sanchez (D).

CBS’ “Face the Nation”– Thomas Pickering; former Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R); Dick Durbin (D); Kelly Ayotte (R).

CNN’s “State of the Union”– Sen. Susan Collins (R); Thomas Pickering; Tammy Duckworth (D); Tulsi Gabbard (D).

It’s time to do the math:

Red Rs + Red Rs, carry the pi, divided by D, times Bias, minus even-handedness… calculating…

Total: 8 Rs, 7 Ds. Please feel free to check the addition and political affiliations.

There it is: Your librul media at work.

Why I didn’t watch the Sunday talk shows today

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I made the mistake of turning on “Meet the Press” today. I lasted about seven minutes before screaming at the Tee Vee Machine and turning it off. The entire seven minutes was similar to what happened here: “Does this open the president up for criticism? Will critics have new ammo? Well, will they, huh? Huh?” #LibrulMediaMyAss

All I heard was Benghazi Benghazi Benghazi, criticism of the president over the Boston bombings, and then more hyperventilating about anything else that ever existed within the vast political scope of all things Obama. BAD Obama. FAILURE Obama. INEPT Obama. LEAD FROM BEHIND Obama. BLAME Obama.

I’m fine with healthy, constructive criticism, but this is out of control. There is no more news. News died when it was swept into the greedy, self-serving world of commercialization. What we have now is any excuse to create controversy, to even create a non-existent news story, in order to ramp up the ratings.

What better way for corporate-owned media to achieve higher Nielsens for their beloved corporate sponsors than to bash Obama, ignite passions, beat the drums for war, and scare viewers so that they’ll glue themselves to the screen to catch the next BIG, SCARY CHYRON!

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But back to the Benghazi Noise Machine. Today, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) claimed that President Obama’s administration is threatening and intimidating witnesses, but he couldn’t even back up his claim:

But hey, that’s okay, people watched, some pointed and laughed, and some even mistook his warped opinion for fact. Key word: Watched. What more could a news program hope for? Oh wait, that was Fox, not news.

I previously posted a video of a segment in which Chris Hayes said this on his “All In” show:

“Question mark.” You know, there is this thing we do in cable news. Sometimes magazines do it too. You want to grab someone’s attention but the thing you want to say is just too irresponsible to get away with or stand behind. So, for example, maybe I want to say, in discussing Lindsey Graham’s demagoguery in constitutional due process, “Lindsey Graham, comma, Constitution hater.” So no, instead what we would say is, “Lindsay Graham, Constitution hater?” Since you are asking a question, you don’t have to stand behind what you are asserting.

And then, as if on cue, MSNBC displayed a chyron only a few minutes ago that read, “Lame duck already?” Since they asked, allow me to respond: “Idiotic question chyron?” Question mark?

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Sunday Talkers

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Morning lineup:

Meet the Press: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT); Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (9/11); Former Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA); Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR); Roundtable: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrch (R-GA), Former Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN), Rich Lowry (National Review) and Joy-Ann Reid (Miami Herald).

Face the Nation: Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI); Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA); Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD); Roundtable: Former Pro Tennis Players Billie Jean King & Martina Navratilova, NFL Player Brendon Ayanbadejo, Former NFL Player Esera Tuaolo, Owner of the Washington Wizards, Capitals and Mystics Ted Leonsis, President of the NFL Players Association Domonique Foxworth, William Rhoden (New York Times) and Chris Stone (Sports Illustrated).

This Week: Investor Warren Buffet; Roundtable: Democratic Strategist James Carville, Republican Strategist Mary Matalin, Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint, Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) and Cokie Roberts.

Fox News Sunday: Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT); Sen. John McCain (R-AZ); Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA); Roundtable: Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post), Julie Pace (Associated Press), Nina Easton (Fortune) and Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN).

State of the Union: Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN); Rep. Peter King (R-NY); Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (Foundation for Defense of Democracies); Dr. Zuhdi Jasser (American Islamic Forum for Democracy); Former Member of the National Security Council Jessica Stern; Suhail Khan (Institute for Global Engagement); A.B. Stoddard (The Hill); Jeanne Cummings (Bloomberg News); Reliable Sources: Ryan Lizza (The New Yorker); Lynn Sweet (Chicago Sun-Times); Legal Analyst Lisa Bloom; Cartoonist Garry Trudeau; Elsa Walsh (Formerly of the Washington Post).

The Chris Matthews Show: Katty Kay (BBC); Dan Rather (HDNet); David Ignatius (Washington Post) and Kathleen Parker (Washington Post).

Fareed Zakaria GPS: Richard Haas (Council on Foreign Relations); Joe Klein (TIME); Former Obama Adviser Anne Marie Slaughter; Rana Foroohar (TIME); Gillian Tett (Financial Times).

Evening lineup:

60 Minutes will feature: a report on the use of couterinsurgency tactics by law enforcement in Springfield, MA (preview); a report on the Robin Hood Foundation, which has given more than $1.25 billion dollars to New York’s neediest over the years (preview); and, a report on the traumatic brain injuries suffered by thousands of veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan (preview).

On Comedy Central…

The Daily Show

Monday: Christiane Amanpour (ABC News)

Tuesday: Actor/Comedian Mindy Kaling

Wednesday: Actor Carey Mulligan

Thursday: Author David Sedaris

The Colbert Report

Monday: Author Robert Caro

Tuesday: Author Douglas Rushkoff

Wednesday: Richard Besser (ABC News)

Thursday: Director Baz Luhrmann


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This week’s Media Bias Sunday Talk scoreboard! GOP 9, Democrats 4

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Tomorrow is Media Bias Sunday! Or as I like to call it, Librul Media My Ass Sunday.

Let’s take a sneak preview of what’s coming up on the Big Sunday Talker Line-Up, per the Seattle Times and the L.A. Times (no link today, from my hard copy), okay? Okay.

This is not a complete list; Paddy provides that to you tomorrow. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if the lists include panel members, so bear with me if sometimes those commentators are included… or not. I try not to because panels usually include mostly Republicans, and if there are “Democrats,” they’re about as “liberal” as, well, Harold Ford.

And as you may have noticed, Fox is not included, because, well come on, what’s the point?

ABC’s “This Week”– Unavailable.

NBC’s “Meet the Press”– Dick Durbin (D); Mike Rogers (R).

CBS’ “Face the Nation”– Michael McCaul (R); Tom Coburn (R); Rudy Giuliani (R); Tom Ridge (R).

CNN’s “State of the Union”– Michael McCaul (R); Rudy Giuliani (R); Chuck Schumer (D); Lindsey Graham (R); William “Mo” Cowan (D); Alberto Gonzales (R); Tim Roemer, (D).

It’s time to do the math:

Red Rs + Red Rs, carry the pi, divided by D, times Bias, minus even-handedness… calculating…

Total: 9 Rs, 4 Ds. Please feel free to check the addition and political affiliations.

There it is: Your librul media at work.

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This week’s Media Bias Sunday Talk scoreboard! GOP 9, Democrats 5

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Tomorrow is Media Bias Sunday! Or as I like to call it, Librul Media My Ass Sunday.

Let’s take a sneak preview of what’s coming up on the Big Sunday Talker Line-Up, per the Seattle Times and the L.A. Times, okay? Okay.

This is not a complete list; Paddy provides that to you tomorrow. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if the lists include panel members, so bear with me if sometimes those commentators are included… or not. I try not to because panels usually include mostly Republicans, and if there are “Democrats,” they’re about as “liberal” as, well, Harold Ford.

And as you may have noticed, ClusterFox is not included, because, well come on, what’s the point?

ABC’s “This Week”– Marco Rubio (R); Chuck Schumer (D); Jeff Sessions (R).

NBC’s “Meet the Press”– Marco Rubio (R); Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Mike Lee (R).

CBS’ “Face the Nation”– Marco Rubio (R); Joe Manchin (D); Patrick Toomey (R); Mark Kelly (D).

CNN’s “State of the Union”– Marco Rubio (R); Joe Manchin (D); Patrick Toomey (R); John McCain (R)

It’s time to do the math:

Red Rs + Red Rs, carry the pi, divided by D, times Bias, minus even-handedness… calculating…

Total: 9 Rs, 5 Ds. Please feel free to check the addition and political affiliations.

There it is: Your librul media at work.