Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread
Let's look at who is framing the debate this Sunday
To their credit and my eternal appreciation, Media Matters did single out "Melissa Harris-Perry" and "UP with Steve Kornacki" as doing a far better job with offering a balance of viewpoints and inviting on more women and people of color in general. Would that the other mainstream shows try to be as inclusive.
ABC's "This Week" — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Detroit Mayor Dave Bing. Roundtable: former Obama White House Green Jobs Adviser and co-host of CNN’s “Crossfire” Van Jones; former Bush White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, a Fox News contributor and co-host of Fox News Channel’s “The Five”; ABC News’ Cokie Roberts; ABC News Political Analyst and Special Correspondent Matthew Dowd; ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl; and ABC News Senior Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas. Piper Kerman, author of “Orange is the New Black”.
NBC's "Meet the Press" — Race relations roundtable: Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League and former Mayor of New Orleans; Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus; Tavis Smiley, Host of the "Tavis Smiley Show" on PBS; Charles Ogletree, Professor at Harvard Law School; and Michael Steele, MSNBC Political Analyst and former Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Political roundtable: former Democratic Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm, NBC News' Chuck Todd and NY Times Columnist David Brooks.
___CBS' "Face the Nation" — House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio; Gov. Rick Snyder, R-Mich. Roundtable: The Washington Post's David Ignatius, USA Today's Susan Page, TIME's Michael Scherer and The Wall Street Journal's Gerald Seib
MSNBC's "UP with Steve Kornacki" - Amanda Terkel, Huffington Post; Celinda Lake, Democratic pollster; Kim Gandy, President & CEO, National Network to End Domestic Violence; Nick Acocella, Politifax New Jersey; Ken Gross, Election Law Expert; Stephen Spaulding, Staff Counsel, Common Cause.
MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry" - Tim Wise, Author, Dear White America; Amy Hagstrom Miller, President and CEO, Whole Woman's Health; Zillah Eisenstein, Emerita Professor, Department of Politics at Ithaca College; Jason Williams, Adjunct Professor, New Jersey City University; Dr. Willie Parker, Assoc. Medical Director, Family Planning Associates of Chicago; Chloe Angyal, Editor, Feministing.com; Billy Porter, Tony award winner for best actor in a musical.
MSNBC's "Disrupt with Karen Finney" - Sabina Siddiqui, Huffington Post; Raul Reyes, NBCLatino Contributor; Joshua DuBois, Former Spiritual advisor to President Obama; Fmr. Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT); Fmr. Sen. Byron Dorgan, Senior Policy Advisor, Arent Fox, LLP; Pamela McBride, Blue Star Families; Vivian Greentree, Blue Star Families; Rev. Dr. William Barber, President of the 125 chapter NC State Conference of the NAACP.
MSNBC's "The Ed Show" - Mahlon Mitchell, Madison, WI firefighter; St. Rep. Peter Barca (D-WI); Perry Bacon, TheGrio.com; Larry Cohen, President, Communications Workers of America; Joy Reid, TheGrio.com; Mike Papantonio, Host of Ring of Fire Radio.
CNN's "State of the Union" — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Reps. Cedric Richmond, D-La., and Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.; New York Times columnist Charles Blow, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund president Sherrilyn Ifill and conservative commentator Crystal Wright.
CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" - Malcolm Gladwell.
"Fox News Sunday" — Kevyn Orr, Detroit's emergency manager; Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md.; Ben Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon and Washington Times columnist. Panel: Bill Kristol, The Weekly Standard; Kirsten Powers, Daily Beast Columnist; Scott Brown, Former Republican Senator from Massachusetts; Evan Bayh, Former Democratic Senator from Indiana.
So what's catching your eye this morning?