As evidenced by the controversy now ranging between Bill O’Reilly of FOX News and Keith Olbermann of MSNBC, Roger Ailes is the rare example of a newsman who makes headlines even while he and his minions cover the politics, entertainment and personalities of our time. Ailes has been instrumental in every notable advance in TV and broadcast news and many of the political and media milestones of the past generation. Kerwin Swint has a new book about Ailes called Dark Genius: The Influential Career of Legendary Political Operative and FOX News Founder Roger Ailes. Swint is an associate professor of political science at Kennesaw State University.
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CBS News Correspondent Kimberly Dozier on Breathing the Fire
Covering the Middle East as a foreign correspondent for CBS News, U.Va graduate Kimberly Dozier earned a reputation for being on top of the story. But on Memorial Day 2006, Kimberly Dozier became the story as a car bomb took the lives of her crew, a U.S. Army captain an Iraqi interpreter, and left her in a pool of blood on the street fighting for her life. Her new book is Breathing the Fire, and it reconstructs her path from the bombing to recovery. She joined Coy Barefoot on the June 27th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot.
Senator Webb seeks new GI Bill
Senator Jim Webb joined Coy Barefoot on the April 28 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about his new GI Bill, which he has spent the last two years collecting votes for the initiative. If passed, the Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007 (SB22) would provide financial assistance to service members who have served since 9/11/2001.
Liz Chadderdon on the uncertainty in the Democratic campaign for president
Liz Chadderon of the Chadderdon Group, a political consultant firm, joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the Democratic primaries. Chadderdon was surprised with Senator Hillary Clinton’s win in Texas.
“I did predict that [Tuesday] would not decide anything for us, but I have to say I didn’t think it would be that indecisive,” Chadderdon said. “It’s a brand new day in this campaign.” Chadderdon and Coy talk about the effectiveness of negative campaigning, the impact of the Michigan and Florida primaries not counting towards delegate counts, and what it means that Republican Senator John McCain has his party’s nomination outright.
Bob Gibson on Virginia’s transportation funding woes
Bob Gibson, political reporter for the Charlottesville Daily Progress, joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now” to talk about politics in the state and the nation. Bob and Coy chat about:
- What the presidential primaries in Texas and Ohio mean for the race, and what to expect in the next few weeks if Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton split the races
- General Assembly not as close to wrapping things up as they had hoped to be, in the wake of the Virginia Supreme Court’s ruling that the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority’s taxing power is unconstitutional (CT)
- Bob remarks on increasing partisanship in the General Assembly, and now resembles Washington
Quentin Kidd on the Virginia primaries
Quentin Kidd is an associate professor of political science in the Department of Government at Christopher Newport University. He joins Coy Barefoot on the February 14 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the results of the Virginia primary.
“We would have to go back decades and wouldn’t see the kind of enthusiasm we saw in the Democratic primary and the sort of lack of enthusiasm on the Republican side,” Kidd said. Democrats outvoted Republicans 2-1 on Tuesday. He also breaks down the east-west divide that presented itself in the results, and assesses the General Assembly session post-crossover.
Bob Gibson previews today’s Virginia primary
Bob Gibson of the Charlottesville Daily Progress joins Coy Barefoot on the February 11 edition to describe what the candidates were up to on the eve of the Virginia presidential primary. Gibson also talks about the passing of former Mayor and Delegate Mitch Van Yahres, Clinton’s question and answer period with Larry Sabato’s class, the Jefferson-Jackson dinner from Saturday, and more.
Coy Barefoot says that Senator John McCain and former President Bill Clinton will both be guests on Newsradio 1070 WINA’s Charlottesville Live program tomorrow morning.
Dave Wasserman reviews Super Tuesday results
Super Tuesday might more appropriately be called Super Wednesday. That’s what political analyst Dave Wasserman calls this past week’s election returns, which he says were only beginning to make sense until the day after the primaries and caucuses. Wasserman is the House editor for the Cook Political Report, and he phoned in to the February 6 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the ascendancy of Senator John McCain, and about the “race for the ages” that is currently going on between Senators Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Democratic consultant Liz Chadderdon on the presidential race
Liz Chadderdon is the president of the Chadderdon Group, a Democratic direct-mail consulting firm. She called Coy Barefoot on the WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about what it’s like to go on Bill O’Reilly’s show, why she believes in Democratic values, the role of research in the presidential campaign, her shock at John McCain’s success in the presidential race, and more.