Monday, December 19, 2005
What's The Lead Story On The Morning Talk Shows?
Normally I watch Imus in the Morning on MSNBC but Imus is on vacation for the next couple of weeks, so I turned to The Today Show just to see what was on.
Guess what story they led with over at The Today Show?
The domestic spying story.
First, Katie interviewed Attorney General Abu Gonzalez from the White House on the story. Gonzalez said the war authorization voted upon by Congress gave the preznit authorization to spy without court warrants.
Then David Gregory interviewed Russ Feingold. Feingold said the preznit could have gotten these warrants very easily from the FISA court or even have begun wiretapping before he got a warrant and then gone to the FISA court within 72 hours to get legal authorization. He didn't understand why the preznit broke the law when he could have easily gotten these wiretaps within the law.
Even Pumpkinhead Russert seemed to think the preznit is trying to expand his powers by trying to spy outside the law rather than go through the ordinary legal procedures in order to eavesdrop on suspects.
They did sort of mention his speech from last night on The Today Show, but most of the morning was given over to the domestic spying story.
So much for Bush grabbing back the news cycle, eh?
Guess what story they led with over at The Today Show?
The domestic spying story.
First, Katie interviewed Attorney General Abu Gonzalez from the White House on the story. Gonzalez said the war authorization voted upon by Congress gave the preznit authorization to spy without court warrants.
Then David Gregory interviewed Russ Feingold. Feingold said the preznit could have gotten these warrants very easily from the FISA court or even have begun wiretapping before he got a warrant and then gone to the FISA court within 72 hours to get legal authorization. He didn't understand why the preznit broke the law when he could have easily gotten these wiretaps within the law.
Even Pumpkinhead Russert seemed to think the preznit is trying to expand his powers by trying to spy outside the law rather than go through the ordinary legal procedures in order to eavesdrop on suspects.
They did sort of mention his speech from last night on The Today Show, but most of the morning was given over to the domestic spying story.
So much for Bush grabbing back the news cycle, eh?
