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This Sunday night (Jan. 16th 9 pm ET) MSNBC airs a pre-Inauguration special
with Chris Matthews and Tom Brokaw, in his first post-Nightly appearance...In
"Picking our presidents: Leaders and legacies" Chris and Tom look at Inaugurals
past: their historical significance, the memorable speeches, events and
anecdotes...Tonight we'll show you a preview clip
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6782797/
We lead though with the CBS News Rathergate story...We'll talk to Pat and Marc
Gunther, a senior writer at Fortune magazine who covers the media industry and
writes about the impact of business on society. His new book is titled "Faith
and Fortune" and his website is http://www.marcgunther.com/index.html We'll
also talk to former ABC News reporter Bob Zelnick...That's half the show...
CBS ousts four for roles in Bush Guard story...Report: Network ignored
journalistic principles in rush to be first http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6807825/
In the back half we talk to NY Times reporter Judy Miller and Newsweek's
Michael Hirsh on the Oil for Food Scandal and the explosive Newsweek piece on
the possibility that the U.S. may bring about special forces units in Iraq for
targeted kidnaps and/or assassinations...Some are calling it the "Salvador
Option"...We'll get the scoop from Hirsh
'The Salvador Option'...The Pentagon may put Special-Forces-led assassination
or kidnapping teams in Iraq http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6802629/site/newsweek/
In the F block we finish up with Governors Jennifer Granholm (D-MI) and Bill
Owens (R-CO) to do a little political prognosticating on Bush's next four years
and the Democrat's response....
Don't worry, tomorrow we're gonna do the big Civilian/Military split on Iraq
and the Neocon push for war...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing
"These problems were caused primarily by a myopic zeal to be the first news
organization to broadcast what was believed to be a new story ... and the rigid
and blind defense of the segment after it aired despite numerous indications of
its shortcomings," said the report by the panel headed by former U.S. Attorney
General Dick Thornburgh and Louis Boccardi, retired head of the Associated
Press. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=ZICT1Q04IE5R0CRBAELCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=7282932
Baghdad's deputy police chief assassinated...Four other Iraqi police, two U.S.
soldiers killed in separate attacks (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6727646/
President Bush said Monday he would welcome newly elected Palestinian leader
Mahmoud Abbas to the White House, extending an invitation he refused to offer
to the late Yasser Arafat. (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A62809-2005Jan10?language=printer
Like the man behind the curtain working the levers in the "Wizard of Oz," Dick
Cheney has been called the real power in President Bush's administration,
perhaps the strongest vice president in U.S. history. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6808101/
Witness: Abu Ghraib suspect punched prisoner...Spc. Graner, alleged ringleader
of prison abuse, is first to be tried (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6795956/
Lawyer: Iraqi Abuse Was Like Act of 'Cheerleaders' (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7282978
Bush: Tsunami aid will be 'demand driven'...More funds possible but not
certain, he says after Powell briefing (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6754820/
Democrats prepare united front...Fresh off election loss, party looks to block
Bush initiatives (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6806267/
Must be book deal time: Gingrich says he's open to presidential run...Former
House speaker also criticizes Bush in book http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6804628/
Departing members of President Bush's Cabinet will not have to scour the
classifieds to find plum jobs. Secretary of State Colin Powell can revive a
lucrative book-writing and public speaking career. Homeland Defense Secretary
Tom Ridge and Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson will be highly
sought in the corporate world because of their background and connections. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&u=/ap/20050110/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cabinet_earning_power&printer=1
James Traficant, a flamboyant former congressman, lost an appeal on Monday
seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of his conviction on corruption charges and
of his eight-year prison sentence. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=7281765
Opinion/Editorial
Pat: Torture and the Terror War
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42310
Fund on the Trail: Don't Count Rossi Out...A stolen election in Washington
state? Not if bloggers can help it.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110006139
Corn: Armstrong Williams: I Am Not Alone...Scandal-struck rightwing pundit
tells me others do it, too. But he won't reveal names.
http://www.thenation.com/capitalgames/index.mhtml?bid=3&pid=2114
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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