One of the most exciting things about PBS’s time at the Television Critics Association press tour is that, over the course of two days, critics get exposed to programming that covers an incredibly diverse range of subjects, from deep space exploration to nature to great poets to world-changing wars. But this summer, many of the panels took at least a moment to acknowledge the currently precarious state of public television programming in the United States, due to a proposed federal budget that would eliminate funding for PBS.
As reported on Sunday, PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger explained to critics that should the proposed budget go through, PBS had “no Plan B” for what would happen next. Many of the other speakers who appeared over the following two days had plenty to say about what effect this would have on the kind of programming they create, should this budget pass.
As reported on Sunday, PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger explained to critics that should the proposed budget go through, PBS had “no Plan B” for what would happen next. Many of the other speakers who appeared over the following two days had plenty to say about what effect this would have on the kind of programming they create, should this budget pass.
- 8/1/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
“In the last 15 minutes we have heard from multiple sources Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House Communications Director – Welcome to the high velocity world of political news!" PBS Vice President, News & Public Affairs Marie Nelson said in the best TCA panel intro — ever – as reporters in the hall broke into applause. A beat before taking the TCA stage, moderator Robert Costa, a WaPo political reporter, had retweeted WaPo White House bureau chief Philip Rucker’s…...
- 7/31/2017
- Deadline TV
Washington Post political reporter Robert Costa has been named the new Moderator of PBS’s “Washington Week,” a seat formerly filled by iconic journalist Gwen Ifill. Ifill passed away on November 2016 at 61 after a battle with cancer. Several guest moderators, including Costa, have filled in on a temporary basis. Costa will keep his gig at the Washington Post, reporting daily on Congress and the White House. Costa’s first episode as the full-time “Washington Week” moderator airs tonight on PBS. Also Read: Don Lemon Chokes Up on CNN During Emotional Tribute to Gwen Ifill (Video) “It is truly an honor...
- 4/21/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Washington Post political reporter Robert Costa is the new moderator of PBS’ Washington Week, the weekly news analysis series. Costa takes the seat left vacant when Gwen Ifill passed away last November. Costa called the new job "an honor and privilege,” then paid tribute to Ifill. "It's also deeply humbling to follow Gwen, who was a friend and mentor to me and so many journalists. Her spirit and love for Washington Week will guide us now and long into the future." The…...
- 4/21/2017
- Deadline TV
It’s no secret that President Donald Trump doesn’t like to lose. So it was surprising on Friday when the Washington Post’s Robert Costa reported that the president had sounded businesslike, not angry, when he called to say he’d pulled the vote on his Gop health care bill.
The last-minute move came after the legislation — which some (though not the president) have dubbed “Trumpcare” — failed to gather enough votes from House Republicans on Friday. It was a crushing blow for the president, and it seems to have finally humbled him — if only for the moment.
On the phone with Costa,...
The last-minute move came after the legislation — which some (though not the president) have dubbed “Trumpcare” — failed to gather enough votes from House Republicans on Friday. It was a crushing blow for the president, and it seems to have finally humbled him — if only for the moment.
On the phone with Costa,...
- 3/24/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
President Donald Trump had the vote on his health care legislation pulled at the last minute on Friday after House Republicans failed to gather enough votes.
“We just pulled it,” Trump told The Washington Post in an interview minutes before scheduled vote.
The move comes hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan visited the White House to tell Trump the legislation didn’t have enough votes to pass.
“I don’t blame Paul,” Trump said Friday.
Washington Post reporter Robert Costa tweeted that President Trump called him to tell him the vote was pulled. Costa told MSNBC Trump said the final decision was his own,...
“We just pulled it,” Trump told The Washington Post in an interview minutes before scheduled vote.
The move comes hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan visited the White House to tell Trump the legislation didn’t have enough votes to pass.
“I don’t blame Paul,” Trump said Friday.
Washington Post reporter Robert Costa tweeted that President Trump called him to tell him the vote was pulled. Costa told MSNBC Trump said the final decision was his own,...
- 3/24/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump isn’t exactly jonesing for the first Republican debate on Fox News next month. When The Washington Post asked about the upcoming debate, Trump responded ambivalently. “No, not one way or the other,” he said. “Whatever. I don’t look forward or not look forward. It is what it is.” Also read: Trump Dumped! Univision Drops Miss USA Pageant Over Mexican Immigrant Remarks Aboard his Boeing 757, Trump had Fox News on while speaking with reporter Robert Costa, who reported the real estate mogul seemed more interested in media coverage of his presidential run than the nitty gritty of politics.
- 7/13/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
As younger audiences’ list of TV, desktop, tablet, mobile, and social content options grow by the day, legacy and new media executives are bending backward and forward to earn their eyeballs.
On TV news, the youngest audience is around 58, higher than the 18-49 and 25-54 age demo sweet spot advertisers desire. On the high end, a variety of news networks’ audiences skew even older, hovering close to 70.
With the knowledge that getting younger is now a matter of survival from extinction, some of the biggest news channels, print outlets, and digital news sites have developed their own networks and features...
On TV news, the youngest audience is around 58, higher than the 18-49 and 25-54 age demo sweet spot advertisers desire. On the high end, a variety of news networks’ audiences skew even older, hovering close to 70.
With the knowledge that getting younger is now a matter of survival from extinction, some of the biggest news channels, print outlets, and digital news sites have developed their own networks and features...
- 1/29/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
According to a report by National Review’s Robert Costa, Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-tx) is talking to friends and political backers about mounting a bid for the presidency in 2016. Cruz only took office in the U.S. Senate in January, but his outspoken conservatism has dominated the headlines and the report indicates that Cruz is eager to take advantage of his growing support in the Gop’s grassroots.
- 5/1/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
As Joe Scarborough teams up with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd to rewrite the still-fresh history of Republican obstruction of über-popular gun reform, Salon editor and MSNBC contributor Joan Walsh forged a bipartisan consensus that Dowd's "deeply stupid" Obama-blaming column is "preposterous." National Review Online's Robert Costa agreed it was Republican politics, and not a lack of effort from the President, that doomed the Toomey/Manchin compromise.
- 4/22/2013
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
Washington -- Newt Gingrich walks into a room, still short of breath from the three-flight walk-up that leads to the National Review Washington bureau, and sits down next to bureau chief Robert Costa.
Former House Speaker Gingrich, 69, briefly shakes hands with the small group of reporters invited to the early morning session Thursday. Then almost immediately, he launches into a soliloquy on how his grogginess is caused by his favorite TV show -- which just so happens to be an apt metaphor for why the Republican party is in trouble.
"I have to tell you, I'm slightly not awake yet because once again last night we watched an additional episode of 'Downton Abbey,'" Gingrich says. "One night last week we were up until two in the morning because it was one of those, 'We have to see the next one.'"
"We're trying to finish it this week,...
Former House Speaker Gingrich, 69, briefly shakes hands with the small group of reporters invited to the early morning session Thursday. Then almost immediately, he launches into a soliloquy on how his grogginess is caused by his favorite TV show -- which just so happens to be an apt metaphor for why the Republican party is in trouble.
"I have to tell you, I'm slightly not awake yet because once again last night we watched an additional episode of 'Downton Abbey,'" Gingrich says. "One night last week we were up until two in the morning because it was one of those, 'We have to see the next one.'"
"We're trying to finish it this week,...
- 4/4/2013
- by Jon Ward
- Huffington Post
On Friday, Chris Matthews and National Review reporter Robert Costa engaged in a tense back and forth over the appropriateness of Senate Republicans grilling President Barack Obama’s nominee to become the next Secretary of Defense, former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-ne). Their tension quickly evolved into a battle over the appropriateness of Senate Republicans conduct in a string of recent congressional hearings.
- 2/1/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Spokesman for American Majority Action, Ron Meyer Jr., has made waves recently with claims that House Speaker John Boehner (R-Oh) would either resign his position or be forced out by fellow conservatives. On Wednesday night, Meyer joined National Review’s Robert Costa with CNBC’s Larry Kudlow where he attempted to justify his claims. Costa, a seasoned Congressional reporter, said that he has heard nothing remotely like the coup Meyer was describing from his sources in the House Republican conference.
- 1/3/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Coming up on MSNBC: guests/topics Thursday, August 23, 2012 .Morning Joe. (Live, 6-9 A.M. Et) Guests: Mike Barnicle, MSNBC Contributor; Harold Ford Jr., NBC News Political Analyst; Jim VandeHei, Politico; Mark McKinnon, Republican Strategist; Jill Abramson, The New York Times; Mallory Factor, Author, .Shadowbosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind;. Rick Stengel, Time; Boone Pickens, Oil Tycoon & Bp Capital; Richard Belzer, Actor and Comedian; Brian Sullivan, CNBC; James Fallows, The Atlantic For videos and additional information: www.joe.msnbc.com .The Daily Rundown. (Live, 9-10 A.M. Et) Guests: Paul Kane, Washington Post; Susan David, USA Today; Jackie Kucinich, USA Today; Patti Solis Doyle, Fmr. Chief of Staff, Obama for America; Robert Costa, National Review For videos and additional information: www.rundown.msnbc.com...
- 8/23/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Tune in alert for the week on MSNBC primetime. Monday, July 9, 2012 .Hardball with Chris Matthews. (Live 5-6 P.M. Et, Re-airs 7-8 P.M. Et) **Michael Smerconish Guest Host**Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Tonight.s Highlights: David Corn, Mother Jones and Robert Costa, National Review on Obama extending the Bush Tax Cuts; Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International on the rift in the Gay .Cure. movement; Susan Page, USA Today and Chris Cillizza, author, .The Gospel According to the Fix. on Advertising in Swing States; Mark Levin, Filmmaker, HBO.s .Hard Times: Lost on Long Island. Blog: http://hardballblog.msnbc.com/ Twitter: @hardball, @hardball_chris Facebook: http://facebook.com/hardball .PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton. (Live 6-7 P.M. Et)Visit msnbc.com for...
- 7/10/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
A dead woman is found in a laundry which washes sheets for hotels. Stella (Melina Kanakaredes) bets on a "71,000 -1 chance of finding out where she came from. Mac (Gary Sinise ) "I'll take those odds." Given up before she's even started. Hawkes (Hill Harper) finds it difficult to determine the weapon and thinks the killing was personal and pathological. Mac doesn't see any signs of bruising. Mac notices the unique arterial spray. She was lying on the sheet and there's a void present, as if blood dripped off the side. In story 2, Danny (Carmine Giovinazzo) looks into the death of a human statue, found by a Swedish tourist. There's money in the jar. Officer Lilly (Larry Gilliard Jr) didn't know him. Hawkes finds he wasn't shot or stabbed and he smells. Cod turns out to be natural causes. He was dead about 48 hours before being found. His beard was trimmed...
- 1/3/2012
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
Cinephiles step aside, The Official Major League Baseball World Series Film Collection, along with being a mouthful, is decidedly not for you. While it wouldn’t be hard to put together a 64-film anthology about America’s favorite pastime using the efforts of Hollywood, it’s not what you’ll find here. Instead you get to sink your teeth into 64 years of sports history presented in a way that makes it an excellent choice for either a solid shelf-piece or a coffee table mainstay; it’s pretty clear from the set’s sleek black box appearance and beautiful photography that it was intended for either destination. The films may snag the interest of baseball fanatics but its expert design makes the set an item to behold.
The thick book doubles as the cases for the 20 discs as they slip comfortably into the tops. It’s certainly a convenient way to...
The thick book doubles as the cases for the 20 discs as they slip comfortably into the tops. It’s certainly a convenient way to...
- 11/20/2009
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
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