Where to turn for TV coverage of Sotomayor hearings
Wouldn't it be nice if American television cared as much about the composition of the Supreme Court as it did Michael Jackson?
Sadly, that's not the country or the media universe we live in, but the two most reliable sources of news and information in American TV will be on the case Monday morning when the Senate confirmation hearings on Judge Sonia Sotomayor begin.
Cable channel CNN and the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer will offer live coverage, and that means everyone with a TV set will have access. For Maryland viewers, the good news is that Maryland Public Television says it will carry the NewsHour coverage -- local carriage is not an automatic, as local PBS outlets can opt out.
Judy Woodruff will anchor PBS coverage with analysis from Marcia Coyle, who covers the Supreme Court for the National Law Journal and NewsHour.
The hearings are expected to run through most of the week, and NewsHour says it will cover all of proceedings, as well as offering wrapups each evening on its nightly newscast. For its part, MPT says it will carry whatever NewsHour offers. Good for both NewsHour and MPT. This is the kind of broadcasting that defines public service television.
CNN will have Wolf Blitzer anchoring its coverage along with an outstanding lineup of analysts. They will include: Gloria Borger, Candy Crowley, John King, Jeffrey Toobin and Jessica Yellin.
Senior congressional correspondent Dana Bash and congressional correspondent Brianna Keilar will cover the hearings from Capitol Hill.
You can also watch live streaming video of the hearings at newshour.pbs.org or cnn.com. The PBS website is a joint effort by the PBS and NPR. Live streaming is also avaailble at MSNBC.com. The online streaming is not interrupted by commercials the way it is at the cable channels.
Categories: CNN, Cable and Network News, MPT, PBS
Comments
My comment is as follows:
Gloria Borger made a mistake, when she commented about Sotomayor. She said Sotomayor was a minority of color. This statement is wrong because she is more white than Ms. Borger, where did get of color. Puertorican have some dark people but more white than dark or black. 85% of Puertorican people are white. She should go back to the books. Thank you.
Posted by: Rosalina Colon | July 19, 2009 7:58 PM