News Roundup - Hour 1
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The Federal Government opens a criminal inquiry into the B.P. oil disaster. The Supreme Court on the right to remain silent. And the White House says it did not offer a job to a Colorado senate candidate. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories.
Guests
John King
anchor of CNN's John King, USA, and chief national correspondent.
Karen Tumulty
national political reporter, "The Washington Post."
John Dickerson
chief political correspondent for Slate.com and CBS political analyst and contributor. Author of "On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star."
Friday News Roundup Video
The panelists discuss the criminal and civil investigations Attorney General Eric Holder opened this week into BP's handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. CNN's John King said there are essentially two main questions in the investigation: Whether BP had the necessary tools on hand and procedures in place to shut off the flow of oil after the Deep Water Horizon rig exploded, and whether the company ignored warning signs immediately before the explosion:
New jobs numbers released by the Labor Department today showed an increase of more than 400,000 jobs during May (representing the biggest monthly increase in a decade), but the majority were government positions. The panelists explore what the slow growth in jobs may mean for the Democrats in the November elections:
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I like this panel! It seems remarkably quiet, well-informed, and polite. Although the DR show weekly round-up is often quiet, well-informed and polite, we sometimes hear Foxy combativeness and ego spoiling the discussion. Not this morning. Is this a sign that the media are turning over a new leaf? Oh, I wish...
Thanks to Susan Page and Dickerson, Tumulty and King!
re: the Gulf Oil disaster: Lots of fingers being pointed at the government, at BP, but I've yet to hear public commentary and meaningful dialog as to the REAL reason for the oil nightmare - and that is our (300 million US citizens) enslavement to oil, the insatiable appetite for filling our cars and our demand for plastics that creates incentive to drill for oil in the first place. For decades, environmentalists have lobbied for building an economy and society independent of fossil fuels. Why hasn't there been a cry for a Manhattan-style project to develop renewable sources? WE are as responsible for the spill as the drilling companies.
I enjoyed the panel, with the exception of John King who seems to like the sound of his voice and views. Good show, but next time if we are going to use a CNN associate, let's try Gloria Borger, David Gergen, Jack Cafferty (that would be entertaining), or the soon to depart Campbell Brown. Thanks for a quality show and giving us radio that isn't divisive.
As long as we're recommending panelists, my vote would be for Rachel Maddow. She's done a lot of good reporting on the BP oil disaster.