Friday, October 31, 2008

Weekend Specials Offer Election Preview in Final Days before Nov. 4

CNN Press Release - In the days before the last votes are cast and counted in the 2008 presidential election, CNN will air special election programming throughout the weekend that features lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer and other members of the Best Political Team on Television.

On Saturday, Nov. 1, at 5 p.m. (ET), CNN political contributor and Christian Broadcasting Network senior correspondent David Brody will host the one-hour special Election Countdown: View from the Right. This roundtable discussion will examine the strength of the McCain-Palin ticket, the priorities for conservatives after the election and top issues on voters’ minds, including national security and the economy. Brody will be joined by Amanda Carpenter, national political reporter for Townhall.com; Brian DeBose, editorial writer for The Washington Times; Stephen Hayes, senior writer for The Weekly Standard; and Kevin Madden, Republican strategist and former press secretary for Gov. Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.

On Sunday, Nov. 2, Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer expands to a three-hour election special, airing from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (ET). Blitzer will be joined by McCain and Obama campaign surrogates and members of the Best Political Team about expectations on Election Day. Chief national correspondent John King will be on hand with the “Magic Wall” to zero in on the hotly contested battleground states and calculate electoral math based on the latest polling. Reliable Sources host Howard Kurtz will join Blitzer to lead panel discussions with fellow journalists about the coverage of the election.

To cap off the weekend, Blitzer will anchor a one-hour election preview special on Sunday at 8 p.m. (ET) He will be joined by members of the Best Political Team live from the campaign trail. Senior political analyst Bill Schneider will zero in on the latest polling data, and King will again break down the electoral map county-by-county in his analysis of battleground states.

Encore presentations of the 90-minute CNN Presents documentaries McCain Revealed and Obama Revealed will air back-to-back on Saturday at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. (ET), respectively.

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12 comments:

  1. Where's the View from the Left, with Kos, Stoller, Hamsher and others?

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  2. Anonymous1:32 PM

    yeah, I can't wait to hear the line-up on View from the Left. sounds like it will be a great show.

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  4. Anonymous3:56 PM

    Given that there will be no "View from the Left," will the "View from the Right" special be airing on a new network, CNNFOX? All bias, all bull.

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  5. Anonymous4:07 PM

    More like "View from the Losers".

    Ha! No wonder you dumb bastards are in third place and sinking fact.

    Larry King gets his @ss kicked a few more weeks and you folks will probably be begging for 'Bamamercials. But by then, you'll be scratching your heads wondering why you were kicked off the plane.

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  6. Anonymous5:53 PM

    Where is the "View from the Left?" Talk about biased media! 30 minute program for the right-wing to spew their propaganda with no counter-balance from the progressive left.

    Nice job CNN. And you wonder why you are getting trounced in the ratings.

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  7. Anonymous5:53 PM

    Okay, so we'll have a View from the Right reflecting on the "strength of the McCain/Palin ticket" and what's next for the conservative movement. But no corresponding View from the Left reflecting on the "strength of the Obama/Biden ticket" and what's next for the progressive movement. You do know there's another side to the political coin in this country, right? Next thing you know, CNN will be calling itself "fair and balanced."

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  8. Anonymous8:20 PM

    Oohhh, a roundtable attended by noam chomsky, robert jensen, john pilger, howard zinn and naomi wolf... i can't wait! go cnn....

    wait...

    there's no voices from the left?

    don't tell me... you think wolf blitzer is a leftwing voice. LOL

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  9. Anonymous8:25 PM

    Is there a link to the actual CNN press release? I can't find it, nor can I find this information on the CNN website.

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  10. Has CNN been bought by Murdoch?

    There seems to be one side to all stories, the right wing wing-nut side. This programming decision is too blatantly biased to denied, so it will be interesting to see how they go about denying it.. silence or contorting words and their meanings.

    really disgraceful and getting worse..

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  11. Anonymous5:38 PM

    This is so sad. How can this network's officers look the public in the eye. You want to know why some are pushing the Fairness Doctrine to be returned? It's because of biased crap like this.

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  12. Anonymous4:50 PM

    CNN could be in trouble on election night. If you
    are a Democrat why watch CNN. I am so tired of
    Lou Dobbs and the liberal media comments and
    rants against congressional democrats. If you
    want to see if the Democrats win why would you
    tune into CNN. When this election is over I hope
    CNN gets away from the right wing spin machine.

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