MSNBC's Democratic Debate Coverage- Thursday April 26, 2007

[MadBadger]

Here is all the information provided in a press release I found on http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/04/23/msnbc-announces-final-schedule-details-for-debates/


April 23, 2007
MSNBC announces final schedule details for debates…


As previously announced, MSNBC will carry exclusive live national coverage of the first national presidential primary debates including the Democratic Candidates’ Debate on April 26, and the Republican Candidates’ Debate on May 3. NBC Nightly News Anchor and Managing Editor Brian Williams will moderate the South Carolina debate, which will originate from South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm (ET). Chris Matthews will moderate the Republican Candidates’ Debate, sponsored by MSNBC, The Reagan Library and Politico.com, originating from the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California from 8:00 to 9:30 pm (ET). Both debates will stream live on MSNBC.com.

As the Democratic candidates gather in South Carolina to debate the key issues facing their party and the nation, MSNBC anchors will be on hand to telecast live from the venue including Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough and Tucker Carlson. MSNBC will preview the debate throughout the day on April 26th with all-day political coverage beginning at 9:00 am (ET). Anchors throughout the day will include NBC’s David Gregory, Chip Reid and Peter Alexander, and MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, Chris Jansing, Amy Robach and Norah O’Donnell. “Tucker” will telecast live at 4:00 pm (ET) from South Carolina State University. “Hardball with Chris Matthews” 5:00 pm (ET) will present a “Hardball College Tour” with special guests Elizabeth Edwards and the third highest-ranking democrat in the House of Representatives, Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC) before a student audience on the campus of South Carolina State University.

MSNBC’s pre-debate coverage will continue at 6:00 pm (ET) with co-anchors Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann and featuring NBC’s Tom Brokaw. The debate will telecast commercial free from 7:00 to 8:30 pm (ET) with NBC’s Brian Williams moderating. The debate will also stream live on MSNBC.com. In addition, the South Carolina NBC affiliates, WIS-TV in Columbia, WYFF-TV in Greenville and WCBD-TV in Charleston will broadcast the debate. The South Carolina Democratic Party has already announced that Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson are all confirmed to participate.

MSNBC’s coverage will continue immediately following the debate, with Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews interviewing candidates, campaign surrogates and political analysts, beginning at 8:30 pm (ET). MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough will be live in the “spin room,” with interviews with campaign officials and additional analysis. Matthews and Olbermann will anchor until midnight. Joe Scarborough will anchor the network’s continuing post-debate coverage from midnight to 1:00 am (ET).

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MSNBC.com, THE site for political coverage, will provide users with comprehensive insight and analysis of the upcoming debates with original reporting, news, commentary, live blog updates, on-the-scene observations and Web-exclusive analysis that can only be found at www.politics.msnbc.com.

MSNBC.com will stream the debates live on the site in addition to posting live blog updates from NBC’s political analysts. Video from the debates also will be available on www.politics.msnbc.com.

Millions of users can get involved by logging onto www.politics.msnbc.com to “Rate the Debate.” MSNBC.com is providing a unique interactive opportunity for users to rate the candidates both before and after the debates, and to weigh in on a series of votes about the candidates’ performance. After voting, users will be see how their vote rated along the political spectrum in comparison to the rest of the nation. Users are also encouraged to post their thoughts on the message boards.

Leading up to the debates, MSNBC.com will feature columns about the candidates from NBC’s Chuck Todd and Mark Murray, and Newsweek’s Howard Fineman. Msnbc.com will post video montages of the candidates from the campaign trail. These clips will be posted on each of the individual candidate pages. Users will have the opportunity to learn where the candidates stand on a variety of issues, and also review primers on South Carolina and why it matters as well as get insight on the relevance of “Super” delegates.

MSNBC.com is also encouraging users to send in questions for the debate. NBC News moderators will pull questions from the “Mailbag” and ask the candidates some of the questions.

MSNBC Schedule For April 26 (All Times Eastern)
9:00 am – 4 pm MSNBC Daytime Coverage - Politics Day

4:00 pm “Tucker”

5:00 pm “Hardball College Tour with Elizabeth Edwards”

6:00 pm MSNBC coverage of the South Carolina Democratic Party Debate hosted by Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Debate

8:30 pm MSNBC post debate coverage hosted by Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews

Midnight – 1:00 am MSNBC post debate coverage hosted by Joe Scarborough

[butterfly77]

1. Maybe then ,,,

the people will get to see what the candidates have to say, without the media trying to pick our candidates for us...I am not crazy about any of them.

[live love laugh]

2. I don't think so. It is way too early for this and these attempts by Fox and now MSNBC

to hold debates only serve to minimize the message of the candidates IMHO. After all, where are the republican candidates and why aren't they having any debates?

We get to hear dems' positions now and then repukes will (a) copy them and (b) refer to them as "old news" when it really counts.

There is no advantage for dems debates this early IMHO.

[MadBadger]

3. They are. The Republican Debate on MSNBC is on May 3rd.

[ThomWV]

4. Brian Williams, huh .....

Nasty little asshole, I think I'll watch a rerun of Jaws or something instead.

[Rock_Garden]

5. Thanks so much for posting this!

It's really helpful, and you saved me some work to find this.

:hi:

[MadBadger]

6. Your welcome