Rice’s Waning Influence: Networks Reject Secretary Of State As Sunday Show Guest

[babylonsister]

:nopity: :evilgrin:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/24/rice-influence/

Rice’s Waning Influence: Networks Reject Secretary Of State As Sunday Show Guest



Over the past two years, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been on the Sunday talk shows 30 times, making her the most second frequent guest after Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE).

But that may be changing. In his Washington Post column, Howard Kurtz reveals that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is no longer a “prize catch” for the Sunday talk shows. She was recently turned down by both CBS and NBC:

The secretary of state has always been considered a prize catch for the Sunday talk shows. But when the White House offered Condoleezza Rice for appearances eight days ago, after a week focused on Iraq, two programs took the unusual step of turning her down.

Executives at CBS and NBC say Rice no longer seems to be a key player on the war and that her cautious style makes her a frustrating guest.

“I expected we’d just get a repetition of the administration’s talking points, which had already been well circulated,” says Bob Schieffer, host of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” who questioned two senators instead. “We’d had a whole week of that with General Petraeus and President Bush.”

Television media aren’t the only ones uninterested in Rice. A few months ago, every single major newspaper turned it down an op-ed by Rice on Lebanon. Price Floyd, formerly the State Department’s director of media affairs, recounted that the piece was filled glowing references to President Bush’s wise leadership and “read like a campaign document.”

Recent reports indicate that Rice’s influence within the White House is also waning, giving way to the more extreme policies of Cheney and his allies. A Newsweek article in June found that Cheney’s national-security team had “been actively challenging Rice’s Iran strategy in recent months.” In April, Rice advocated that five members of the Iran Revolutionary Guard be freed from captivity, but she was overruled after Cheney “made the firmest case for keeping them.”

These reports contrast when Rice first became Secretary of State. The media gushingly predicted she would succeed because she and Bush “know each other so well they have conversations based on body language” and speculated that she may even run for president in 2008.

This past Sunday, none of the five network talk shows turned down Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), who appeared on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox

[annabanana]

1. As much as I hate this snake,

I would rather it was her and not Cheney whose preferences were ascendant.

[Cha]

13. Oh yeah...the ugliest snake in the

room got the final say..we'll see how long ol' darth's desires' hold weight.

Apologies to animal kingdom snakes.

[jaysunb]

2. Lay down with dogs ......

is dem fleas ???? :rofl:

[Disturbed]

3. She will be welcome on Fox Noise, Cheney's personal PR

Network.

[NV Whino]

19. Lie. It's lie down dagnabit

But otherwise, funny post.

[rodeodance]

4. giving way to the more extreme policies of Cheney and his allies

Recent reports indicate that Rice’s influence within the White House is also waning, giving way to the more extreme policies of Cheney and his allies

[partylessinOhio]

5. Love it, love it, love it! I understand that Condoho watched

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech today with Shepard Smith. Hah! Nobody else would keep her company?

[rodeodance]

6. ....every single major newspaper turned it down an op-ed by Rice on Lebanon.

Television media aren’t the only ones uninterested in Rice. A few months ago, every single major newspaper turned it down an op-ed by Rice on Lebanon. Price Floyd, formerly the State Department’s director of media affairs, recounted that the piece was filled glowing references to President Bush’s wise leadership and “read like a campaign document.”

[BlooInBloo]

7. Talk about an article that's 4 years too late.

[gratuitous]

8. Whaaaaaa?

The networks getting tired of serving as megaphones to catapult the administration's talking points? Glorioski! What's next, actually having facts at hand to refute a lie when it comes tumbling out of some mouthpiece's pie hole?

[babylonsister]

9. Now, now, don't get ahead of yourself!

:spray: The media hasn't progressed that rapidly! But this is a positive development.

[Cha]

14. No, just the conjob..prolly cause

she's too nice.

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. Bitch slapped. That looks like it hurt.

[opihimoimoi]

11. Condi had her run in the sun and fucked up no end...she is now persona non grata

and irreverent....

Mired in Minutiae... she uses mootesque language to explain what turns out to be CRAP

[Cha]

12. Go Bob Schieffer!

"I expected we’d just get a repetition of the administration’s talking points, which had already been well circulated,” says Bob Schieffer, host of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” who questioned two senators instead. “We’d had a whole week of that with General Petraeus and President Bush.”

[Olney Blue]

15. Maybe she needs an agent.

:nopity:

[CatWoman]

16. HA

HA

[rodeodance]

17. gawd. sure took the msm-and Fox long enough to "get it"

[Grandrose]

18. Condi....Kicked to the curb?

I guess it's payback for stabbing Powell in the back. No honor among thieves!
I am sure there is a shoe or boot sale to soothe any hurt feelings!:eyes:

[NV Whino]

20. Bwahhaaahaaahaaa!

No, really, I'm not laughing, those are tears of sympathy. :rofl: