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Biden May Not Do Super Bowl Interview

February 9, 2023 at 9:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“When Super Bowl LVII arrives on Sunday, Fox is prepared to broadcast hours and hours of the event, with all of the usual trappings — except, perhaps, one,” Variety reports.

“With just three days to go before the Kansas City Chiefs square off against the Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, the White House has yet to commit to the traditional interview between the President of the United States and the news division of the media company broadcasting the gridiron classic, potentially shunning a conversation that would be seen by one of TV’s biggest audiences.”

“Fox News attached no conditions to the exchange according to a person familiar with the matter, which has been a staple of the event (more or less) since President Barack Obama started doing it in 2009.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz, White House

Bannon Seen as Top Spreader of Misinformation

February 9, 2023 at 10:18 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new report finds that Stephen Bannon’s “War Room” podcast has been the top spreader of misinformation in the conservative media ecosystem, The Hill reports.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

NBC Employees Plan Walkout in Protest of Layoffs

February 8, 2023 at 12:35 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“More than 200 employees of NBC represented by the NewsGuild of New York plan to walk off the job for 24 hours on Thursday to signal frustration with the company’s decision to lay off seven union-covered journalists last month,” the Washington Post reports.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

National Enquirer Is Sold

February 6, 2023 at 8:44 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The National Enquirer, the scandal-plagued tabloid that engaged in “catch-and-kill” practices to bury stories about Donald Trump during his presidential campaign, has been sold, the AP reports.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Republicans Suddenly Embrace Mainstream Media

February 4, 2023 at 1:04 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “On any given day now, the new GOP majority posts a half-dozen or more members on CNN and MSNBC — two networks that increasingly became no-go zones for conservative lawmakers in the Trumpian era of ‘fake news’ attacks. Republicans have appeared on streaming network news shows online and done interviews on those nightly news shows for cable.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz, Republicans

Bonus Quote of the Day

February 2, 2023 at 12:13 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I’ve been amazed and horrified by how many people are frightened of a guy called Tucker Carlson. Has anybody heard of somebody called — Has anybody heard of Tucker Carlson? What is it with this guy? All these wonderful Republicans seem somehow intimidated by his — by his perspective.”

— Former British prime minister Boris Johnson, quoted by the Washington Post.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

When Americans Lost Faith in the News

February 1, 2023 at 1:51 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New Yorker: “Half a century ago, most of the public said they trusted the news media. Today, most say they don’t. What happened to the power of the press?”

Filed Under: Media Buzz

House Oversight Chair Promises Newsmax He’ll Investigate

January 27, 2023 at 2:12 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“After relentlessly crying for Congress to intervene because DirecTV dumped it, pro-Trump channel Newsmax has received a promise from a top Republican to hold congressional hearings on the matter,” the Daily Beast reports.

“Newsmax, which had been with DirecTV since the channel’s launch in 2014, was dropped by the pay-TV carrier this week after demanding license fees in a new deal. DirecTV balked at the request, noting that the network provided it on-air content for free on several different platforms and its own app.”

Filed Under: House of Representatives, Media Buzz

Newsmax Dumped by DirecTV

January 25, 2023 at 10:55 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Negotiations hit a standstill on Tuesday between DirecTV and conservative cable channel Newsmax, prompting the pay-TV provider to cut loose the pro-Trump network from its lineup,” the Daily Beast reports.

“On the surface, this should have been a typical cable package negotiation in an era of cord-cutting, shrinking subscription numbers, and reduced television revenues. Instead, it looks like it will become yet another salvo in the ongoing culture wars and partisan gripes fueling American politics and cable news.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Bonus Quote of the Day

January 24, 2023 at 5:53 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Pence, seriously, we have this great thing going with Joe. C’mon man! And then he confessed to it. He couldn’t just destroyed it, we never would’ve known.”

— Jesse Waters, on Fox News, suggesting that Mike Pence commit crimes to keep the heat on President Biden.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

U.S. Accuses Google of Abusing Monopoly in Digital Ads

January 24, 2023 at 12:55 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Justice Department and a group of states sued Google on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally abusing a monopoly over the technology that powers online advertising,” the New York Times reports.

It’s the agency’s “first antitrust lawsuit against a tech giant under President Biden and an escalation in legal pressure on one of the world’s biggest internet companies.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz, Technology

Newsmax Could Be the Next Channel in Danger

January 24, 2023 at 8:37 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“According to a letter sent by House Republicans last week, cable television carrier DirecTV is on the verge of dropping conservative network Newsmax this week—essentially repeating the platform’s decision last year to boot pro-Trump channel One America News from its lineup,” the Daily Beast reports.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

FiveThirtyEight on the Chopping Block

January 24, 2023 at 6:44 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Daily Beast: “A decision on the future of the famed politics, economics, and sports analysis website is set to be made by the summer when Nate Silver’s contract is up, multiple people with knowledge of the situation told us.”

You can only lose huge amounts of money for so long.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Fox News in Spanish

January 23, 2023 at 7:24 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “Americano Media, which launched in March, is embarking on an aggressive expansion plan to shape center-right Hispanic opinion during the upcoming election cycle.”

“The network has hired more than 80 Latino journalists and producers, are expanding their radio presence to television, and by the end of the year will have studios in Miami, Las Vegas and D.C. with reporters covering the White House, Congress and embedding in 2024 presidential campaigns.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz

BBC Chairman Arranged Loan for Boris Johnson

January 22, 2023 at 8:25 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

BBC chairman Richard Sharp “helped to arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800,000 for Boris Johnson weeks before the then prime minister recommended him for the role,” the Times of London reports.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Brett Kavanaugh Documentary Coming

January 19, 2023 at 6:05 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A late addition to the 2023 Sundance Film Festival lineup will be Doug Liman’s documentary debut, Justice, which dives into the 2018 hearings and government investigation into now Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh,” the Hollywood Reporter reports.

Filed Under: Judiciary, Media Buzz

Dominion to Depose Rupert Murdoch

January 19, 2023 at 2:05 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Dominion Voting Systems is scheduled to depose Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch on Thursday ahead of an expected April trial over allegations that Fox News amplified false claims that the voting-machine company manipulated the 2020 presidential election results against Donald Trump,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

GOP in Talks With Networks About Debates

January 18, 2023 at 10:41 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “In an intriguing show of détente, the Republican National Committee has asked several major TV networks — including CNN, a regular Republican boogeyman — to consider sponsoring debates, an early sign that the party is making plans for a contested presidential primary.”

“The debates would probably begin this summer, and Republicans are casting a wide net: Party officials are also in talks with executives from ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News, along with more-niche networks like Newsmax and NewsNation… Political debates are highly prized in the TV news industry and the networks are expected to present proposals next month.”

Filed Under: 2024 Campaign, Media Buzz

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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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