CNN Exec Sam Feist Named Next CEO of C-SPAN Head of CNN’s Washington bureau will succeed retiring current chiefs at public-affairs network this summer Multichannel News · May 14, 2024
Top Media Outlets Plan Voter-Centric, Careful Campaign Coverage: Panel Election-minded officials at ABC, AP, CBS, CNN explain campaign coverage goals at The Business of TV News Multichannel News · May 4, 2024
How to watch the 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner on TV and online President Joe Biden will be joined by SNL funnyman Colin Jost at the 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner—here's how to tune in WhatToWatch · Apr 27, 2024
Johnson pulls a fast one past Trump The House speaker finally got fed up with Republican shenanigans — but he may still end up like Kevin McCarthy Salon · Apr 19, 2024
Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain, C-SPAN Co-CEOs, Set Retirement Execs have both had long runs at network that offers access to government goings-on Multichannel News · Mar 6, 2024
KBJ grills Trump lawyer on insurrection “The events were shameful, criminal, violent,” Trump lawyer Jonathan Mitchell said, arguing it was a “riot” Salon · Feb 8, 2024
C-SPAN Washington Journal Appearance on the Trump Section 3 Case Co-blogger Josh Blackman and I debated the case that will be argued before the Supreme Court this morning. Reason · Feb 8, 2024
Heckler calls out Trump for taking millions from foreign governments while president ‘You’ve taken millions!’ a female protestor was heard shouting as Donald Trump took shots at his primary rivals The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024
FBI: Man wearing Captain America backpack stole items from senators' desks during Capitol riot A Virginia man has been arrested on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing a Captain America backpack and stole items from senators’ desks on the Senate floor during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2023
Misinformation, media circuses, and a ‘false sense of expertise’: The problems with cameras in the courtroom As an Idaho judge ponders whether to allow cameras to record a high-profile trial, Amanda Knox, who was wrongfully convicted of murder, tells Clémence Michallon how outsized publicity can intefere with the legal process The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023
The Battlefields of Cable How cable TV transformed politics—and how politics transformed cable TV Reason · Aug 15, 2023
C-SPAN Video of Cato Institute Event on the Private Sponsorship Revolution in Immigration Policy Participants included Prof. Adam Cox (NYU), David Bier (Cato), Kit Taintor (Welcome.US), and myself. Reason · Jul 1, 2023
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week Social media users shared a range of false claims this week The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023
Multichannel News · May 10, 2023 Fox News Solos on GOP Oversight Press Conference Other news operations pass on live coverage
Roll Call · May 9, 2023 House goes virtual: Yoon address showcases chamber’s new VR capability - Roll Call Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave the American public a never-before-seen perspective of the House by adding virtual reality coverage.
Cinemablend · Apr 30, 2023 The Daily Show's Roy Wood Jr. Roasted 'A-Holes' Tucker Carlson And Don Lemon At The White House Correspondent Dinner The Daily Show's Roy Wood Jr. took aim at Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon at this year's White House Correspondents Dinner.
The Conversation · Feb 20, 2023 Presidential greatness is rarely fixed in stone – changing attitudes on racial injustice and leadership qualities lead to dramatic shifts Every American president has landed in the history books. And historians’ assessments of their performance have been generally consistent over time. But some presidents’ rankings have changed as the nation – and historians themselves – reassessed the country’s values and priorities.
The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2023 Drama of McCarthy's election may open House to more cameras Since the drama of Kevin McCarthy's election as House speaker, there's been some movement toward opening the chamber to more public view
Salon · Feb 17, 2023 Tenn. GOPer "a fraud like George Santos" Tenn. Rep. Andy Ogles dubiously claimed he was an economist, a police officer and a sex trafficking expert
Tribune News Service · Jan 17, 2023 Jonathan Bernstein: C-SPAN won’t solve your democracy problem, America The one part of Speaker Vote Week that received rave reviews was C-SPAN’s wall-to-wall coverage, with cameras showing live scenes of lawmakers interacting on the House floor. Normally, when the House is in session it controls the cameras that feed into C-SPAN and other news outlets. But without a speaker…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jan 11, 2023 Editorial: Unfettered cameras showed democracy working. Congress should leave them on The absence of regular House rules during last week’s drawn out floor fight for House speaker produced an unexpected benefit: C-SPAN and other news organizations were able to show the country the whole dayslong battle in real time — including a near-fistfight between two congressmen — because of a pause…
Tribune News Service · Jan 11, 2023 House lawmakers call for a freer C-SPAN. But is that what they actually want? WASHINGTON — There were no rules in the House chamber last week, and C-SPAN made the most of it.
Roll Call · Jan 10, 2023 House lawmakers call for a freer C-SPAN. But is that what they actually want? - Roll Call Nose-pickers and gossipers do their business in Congress unobserved. Do they want everyone at home to see their unscripted moments?
Tribune News Service · Jan 9, 2023 Gaetz earns most-hated status in GOP even as he gains house sway Representative Matt Gaetz is emerging from last week’s bitter speaker fight as the member of Congress everyone in Washington loves to hate.