This is the line-up of guests on the Sunday shows. It's an eclectic lot this week:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (WTTG), 9 a.m.: Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.); and NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin .Meet the Press also has a roundtable with two reporters and two conservative commentators. Atrios opines:
THIS WEEK (ABC, WJLA), 9 a.m.: Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.); and actress Mia Farrow .
FACE THE NATION (CBS, WUSA), 10:30 a.m.: Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.); and Bill Keller , executive editor of the New York Times.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC, WRC), 10:30 a.m.: Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.).
LATE EDITION (CNN), 11 a.m.: Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Peter T. King (R-N.Y.); Iraqi Industry Minister Fawzi Hariri ; Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres ; Saeb Erakat , chief Palestinian negotiator; musician Tony Orlando ; journalist Seymour Hersh and Griffin .
The funny thing is I'm sure the Meet the Press producers/bookers saw absolutely nothing odd about a roundtable featuring Dana Priest, John Harwood, William Safire, and Bill Bennett. Nothing odd about that at all.Take it away.
Still, the real mystery isn't why Meet the Press does this, the real mystery is why people like Priest and Harwood agree to participate in such a thing.
