Tim Russert has died
>Details to follow, just saw it on CNN.
June 13, 2008
McCain’s Night on the Town (Hall)
Via WSJ
McCain’s Night on the Town (Hall)
By Elizabeth Holmes
John McCain held a televised town hall meeting at Federal Hall here Thursday evening, the first opportunity the Republican presidential candidate has had in the general election to showcase his stump speech to a national audience.
The event was originally intended to be a joint appearance with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Although his opponent declined the invitation, McCain forged ahead making only a nod to Obama’s absence.
The event was billed as bipartisan. But afterward, a Fox News anchor Shepard Smith clarified the makeup of the audience. “I reported at the top of this hour that the campaign had told us at Fox News that the audience would be made up of Republicans, Democrats, and independents. We have now received a clarification from the campaign and I feel I should pass it along to you,” he said. “The McCain campaign distributed tickets to supporters, [New York] Mayor [Michael] Bloomberg … and other independent groups.”
>Read the rest at WSJ.
As her television debut looms, Ingraham blogs about radio show issues
Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As her television debut looms, Ingraham blogs about radio show issues
By Tim Cuprisin
Just as Laura Ingraham is about to start something new on Fox News Channel, the conservative talker is having some troubles in her current radio gig.
Ingraham’s syndicated radio show usually airs in the 2 to 4 a.m. weekday slot on WTMJ-AM (620), although Milwaukee radio listeners can hear her from noon to 2 p.m. on Chicago’s WIND-AM (560).
But the show has featured replacement hosts of late, and she posted this on her Web site:
“Due to contractual obligations, for the present I am unable to reveal why I am not currently hosting (the show). Rest assured, this absence is not of my choosing, nor is it health or family related.”
Ingraham battled cancer a few years back.
Her post, since removed from www.laura ingraham.com, closed with a call for listeners to contact Talk Radio Network, which syndicates the show.
The word floating around is that she’s expected back on the air by the end of the month, if not sooner. But the break may give her time to ease into her new 4 p.m. weekday slot on Fox News.
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