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Hardball airs tonight at 7p, 11p & 4a ET & 4p, 8p & 1a PT
Tonight we lead with the controversy over Ted Koppel's decision to read the names of
American KIA in Iraq on his show and Sinclair Broadcasting Group's decision to have
some of its ABC stations preempt it
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040430/D8296E5G3.html
We'll talk to Vanity Fair media guy Michael Wolff and loyal Briefing subscriber John
Fund about the hoopla
We'll also run a block or two of legendary TV journalist Lesley Stahl on Iraq and the
rising poll numbers for President Bush...
Did you miss any of our exclusive Rummy interview last night? Have no fear...We'll
"chunk it"* for you and get reax from Fund and Wash Post columnist Richard Cohen
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/opinion/columns/cohenrichard/
Oh and dont' forget! We're gonna re-air the Rummy interview tomorrow at 4 pm ET &
Sunday at 1 pm ET
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4871859/
Tomorrow is the 1 year anniversary of the President's "mission accomplished" speech on
the carrier..
And you thought our 7th Anniversary week festivities were done? Think again...Ron
Reagan's in the house tonight with another little trick up his sleeve...
Have a great weekend...We'll chat on Monday
* Highly scientific television talk meaning to run clips or "chunks" of the
interview...I usually think of a "sot" or "sound on tape" as a term typically used for
bites :45 or less..."Chunk" implies a lengthier "sot"..
Briefing subscriber/Friend of Chris Gerry Rafshoon may be honcho-ing a new Howard Dean
TV endeavor according to Daily Variety
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20040429/va_mi/dean_preps_for_talkshow_04_292004_1
PS Briefing friend John Edgell tells us that you guys really stepped up for a good
cause with the Chris Matthews charity bobblehead...Thanks!
http://www.bosleybobbers.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=BB0055
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
President Bush told the September 11 commission yesterday in a closed-door meeting
that a memo saying Osama bin Laden wanted to conduct terrorist attacks in the United
States did not provide enough intelligence for his administration to stop the attacks
on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040429-113358-9307r.htm
In a stunning snub, two Democrats on the 9/11 commission yesterday abruptly walked out
in the middle of the Oval Office interview with President Bush and Vice President Dick
Cheney. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/19924.htm
Major developments Friday in Iraq (AP) http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGATX58COTD.html
U.S. casualties for April (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-04-05-april-toll_x.htm
Marines begin Fallujah pullback....One of three battalions of U.S. Marines had mostly
departed its positions in an industrial zone in the southern portion of Fallujah,
witnesses reported Friday, as U.S. commanders met with local representatives to work
out details of a deal aimed at lifting the month-long siege of the city.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4824213/
Arab TV shows GIs humiliating Iraqi detainees...Images of prisoner abuse inflammatory
in Mideast (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4855930/
GI reportedly complained about Iraq abuses...Relative says commander ignored plea for
rules (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4871554/
President Bush has condemned the apparent mistreatment of some Iraqi prisoners,
saying, "Their treatment does not reflect the nature of the American people. That's
not the way we do things in America. I didn't like it one bit." (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040430/D82986DO0.html
US general suspended over abuse...Abu Ghraib prison was much feared in Saddam
Hussein's day...A US general has been suspended in Iraq over the alleged abuse of
prisoners by US troops in jails she ran (BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3669331.stm
Asked how many American troops have died in Iraq, the Pentagon's No. 2 civilian
estimated Thursday the total was about 500 - more than 200 soldiers short. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&u=/ap/20040430/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_deaths_wolfowitz_2&printer=1
'Al-Qaida' denies chemical plot...A purported tape from al-Qaida operative Abu-Musab
al-Zarqawi said Friday his group did not plan a chemical weapons attack as the
Jordanian authorities have alleged, but said the group is targeting Jordan.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4868468/
Kerry says Iraq is far from stable...Candidate marks 1-year anniversary of Bush's
carrier speech (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4871021/
Most Iraq rebuilding funds still unspent...U.S. shifts money to security,
administrative expenses (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4866459/
Cheney Praises Fox News Channel...Vice President Calls Network 'More Accurate' Than
Others (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53974-2004Apr29.html
The Sinclair Broadcast Group will yank Nightline from its seven ABC stations tonight
because of a plan to devote the show to reading the names of the hundreds of American
service members killed in Iraq, which Sinclair says is intended to damage support for
U.S. actions there. (The Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bal-to.sinclair30apr30,0,2707993.story?coll=bal-features-headlines
The CableNewswer guy is ticked off about it
http://www.cablenewser.com/archive/2004_04_01_archive.htm#108333378783926112
Fineman: Kerry plans early veep pick...Campaign sources say look for running-mate
decision by end of May http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4863243/
War of Perceptions...The U.S. military is devising plan to end the siege of Fallujah.
But will it win on the battleground of Iraqi public opinion? (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4865405/
Kerry organization lacking in key states...Sen. John Kerry has yet to establish
campaign organizations in battleground states that likely will decide who wins the
presidential race in November, Democratic strategists said yesterday. (The Washington
Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040429-113454-8128r.htm
One Wisconsin poll says Bush leads, another says Kerry (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/apr04/226062.asp
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, like Sen. John Kerry a Catholic
who supports abortion rights, said Thursday she will continue to ask for Holy
Communion in spite of Vatican opposition to pro-choice Catholics doing so. (AP)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/8557192.htm
Forget Republicans. The sharpest rebuke of Rep. Jim McDermott's omission of the words
"under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance has come from the leader of his own party.
(Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001916516_mcdermott30.html
The Federal Election Commission yesterday said it will not give Rev. Al Sharpton any
more matching funds for his campaign - and might try to recover the $100,000 he's
already gotten. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/19925.htm
President Bill Clinton's autobiography, "My Life," isn't due out for two months, but
preorders already have him rivaling Harry Potter, according to one online retailer.
(NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/business/19862.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Laswell: Swept Away...The Fox network joins Hillary Clinton to play the race card.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110005021
Landfield: Air America Tries to Cut Through the Conservative Static
http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/4_7_04.html
Ilana: The ostensible choice before the American people Nov. 2 is between Tweedledumb
and Tweedledumber - between Kerry and Bush or Bush and Kerry, according to taste.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38279
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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