MSNBC Goes Live All Day Saturday For Obama VP Decision
16 Hours of Live Coverage In The Works
By Larry Barrett -- Multichannel News, 8/22/2008 10:34:00 AM
MSNBC Friday announced it will present live coverage from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET Saturday in preparation for the announcement of Sen. Barack Obama’s vice presidential running mate for the November election.
The coverage will kick off with MSNBC Live at 6 a.m. ET with Alex Witt anchoring.
From 7 a.m. to noon ET, Morning Joe will guests include: Mike Barnicle, MSNBC political analyst; Chuck Todd, NBC News political director; Mark Halperin, TIME; Mark Leibovich, The New York Times; John Harwood, CNBC chief Washington correspondent; Andrea Mitchell, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent; John Heilemann, NY Magazine; Chrystia Freeland, U.S. managing editor of The Financial Times and Andrea Mitchell, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent.
At 1 p.m. ET, Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann anchor MSNBC Live. The duo return for Hardball with Chris Matthews and Countdown with Keith Olbermann at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET, respectively.
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Is MSNBC also planning the same amount of coverage for when Sen. McCain does his pick? If not this talk of bring back the Fairness Doctrine is starting to sound like a good idea.
JeffinSac - 8/22/2008 6:26:00 PM EDT -
Wow... MSNBC has become a bit of a joke at this point.
Dave Smith - 8/22/2008 6:04:00 PM EDT
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