Mar 2013
Marisa Guthrie, Joe Concha and Gail Shister discuss NBC's decision to drop the late night comedian, and the discuss the most opinionated network. Zev Chafets discuss his new authorized biography on Fox News President Roger Ailes. Bill Press, Tim Carney and Howard Kurtz talk about the GOP 'autopsy' report. Annmarie Timmins discuss her recent column on her battle with mental illness.
Jun 2013
Today's guest include: Dana Milbank of the Washington Post, Debra Saunders of the San Francisco Chronicle, and Lois Romano of Politico, John Stackhouse, Editor-In-Chief of Toronto's largest newspaper, The Globe and Mail.Howard will sit down with former Chicago Sun-Times photojournalist John H. White to talk about the newspaper's decision to lay off all of its full time photographers.
Sep 2013
Brian Stelter returns to host our show this week . Frederik Pleitgen with an update on Syria, andThe Wall Street Journal's Sam Dagher, Huffington Post's Michael Calderone, Matt Lewis and Al Monitor's Foreign Policy Reporter Laura Rozen join Stelter in the studio to discuss media's coverage of the Iraq War. BuzzFeed's Whitney Jefferson on the media circus surrounding Miley Cyrus.
Sep 2013
Ana Marie Cox, Manu Raju and Ryan Lizza join guest host Brian Stelter to discuss the media's coverage of the potential government shutdown. Allen Salkin to talks about his new book that takes inside look at the Food Network. As Cecily Strong joins Seth Meyers on Weekend Update, James Poniewozik and Maureen Ryan discuss Strong's performance. President of AMC Charlie Collier discuss Breaking Bad.
Oct 2013
The government shutdown comes to an end but did the media distracted from the underlying economic cost. Also, the press reports the death of a Senator only to find out he's still alive but not quickly enough to stop re-Tweets. Plus, former NSA executive travels to Moscow to meet with Edward Snowden.
Nov 2013
New information come out about Rupert Murdoch and how is tabloids really operated. 60 Minutes story which aired last week has teh validity of its source comes into question. Plus, journalists heavyweights, Bill Keller and Glenn Greenwald, take sides on the question of holding the powerful accountable.
Nov 2013
Errol Louis, Lynn Sweet, Dylan Byers and Terence Smith join guest host Frank Sesno on the 60 Minutes botched Benghazi story. Writer Chris Jones on events on Air Force one the day of JFK's assassination. Film critic Ann Hornaday on a study about gun violence in PG-13 movies. Philippe Cousteau and Andrew Revkin on lack of interest about climate chage.
Nov 2013
This week's guest host is Eric Deggans, TV critic from NPR. Eric looks at MSNBC's Eric Bashir's inflamatory comments about Sara Palin. Erik Wemple and Amy Holmes also weigh in. Also, how was it possible for a City Councilman in Flynt Michigan get elected without his past conviction from murder being made public?