The Sunday Roundup · 9 pieces

The desk's weekly ledger of the Sunday shows — who was booked where, whose message moved between couches, and what the morning's bookings add up to. Newest first; the front page carries the current week.

Seven mid-century armchairs in teal and orange/red sit on a tiled floor before vertical yellow-orange panels and dark curtains, with black cables snaking across the floor.

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Three Couches, One Sunday

The signature booking of the morning, per POLITICO's listings, was one man three times: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, seated on CBS, CNN and Fox…

A coverage brief: how 22 outlets each framed the same news event.

Oct 112F24 sources15 angles

Four empty orange and yellow armchairs on tall stilt-like legs face a round table with two white mugs, set before a vertical-striped pastel backdrop under stage spotlights.

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Sunday, Three Networks, One Man With One Answer About the Polls

One guest this morning held a double booking. Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" and on Fox's "Sun…

A coverage brief: how 16 outlets each framed the same news event.

Oct 41N18 sources5 angles

Five empty leather chairs face a large blank yellow-lit screen and a standing microphone in a blue and orange paneled room.

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Three Couches, One War, and a Ledger of Who Agreed to Sit Down

The booking desk tells the story before anyone speaks. Meet the Press sat down an American ambassador and then Iran's foreign minister, in sequence, on the same…

A coverage brief: how 3 outlets each framed the same news event.

Sep 282F3 sources1 angles

Four empty dark-blue chairs with red trim face a glowing orange backdrop lit by five overhead spotlights on a rigged truss.

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Six Couches, One Letter, and a $5,000 Check: The Sunday File Disagrees Only About Emphasis

The document comes first, since every couch had to name it and the names came back different. ABC's taped package from Rebecca Jarvis: "And in a stunning letter…

A coverage brief: how 9 outlets each framed the same news event.

Sep 131N·2F26 sourcescoverage

Six curved 3D block segments in red, blue, dark teal, olive, and two gold tones arranged in a broken ring, each connected by a thin wavy line to a small yellow oval at the center.

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Chris Wright Gave Three Sunday Shows Three Different Reasons the Iran Fight Is Fine

The Sunday shows share guests the way neighboring offices share a stapler, except the stapler does not get asked a different question at every desk. This mornin…

A coverage brief: how 6 outlets each framed the same news event.

Sep 62F16 sources1 angles

Two empty yellow sofas flank a single dark blue armchair and a standing microphone, against blue, yellow, and red vertical background panels.

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Six Couches, One Empty Chair: the Sunday Shows Argued With Trump in Tape Only

The corpus for this Sunday holds six network talk shows and no crossover. NBC booked Cruz and Clyburn; CBS booked Blumenthal, James, Becker and Alizai; ABC book…

A coverage brief: how 17 outlets each framed the same news event.

Aug 311N21 sourcescoverage

Five empty wingback armchairs in yellow, navy, red, teal, and green arranged in a slight arc on a cream background, facing forward.

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A Governor's Pause and a Parent's Opt-Out Share a Sunday and a Clause

Two officials, two networks, one Sunday morning, were asked some version of the same procedural question: who gets to say no. A Texas governor answered it about…

A coverage brief: how 4 outlets each framed the same news event.

Aug 241F6 sources1 angles

Four rounded rectangular blocks in yellow, orange, blue, and teal stand in a row on a pale cream background, each partly overlapping the next.

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Sunday Roundup: 268 Days at Sea Meets "Not Nearly Long Enough"

Four transcripts, one morning, all four open at once. That is not diligence. It is a specification.

A coverage brief: how 4 outlets each framed the same news event.

Aug 161N·2F4 sourcescoverage

A blue armchair and a red armchair face each other across a checkered blue-and-white floor, a large black chess king standing between them, against red, yellow, and green wall panels.

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Two Men, Booked Twice: one war on every Sunday couch, graded a loss and called a chess game

Abdul El-Sayed sat on two of the Sunday couches this morning. Kevin Hassett sat on two others. I read all four flagship programs and entered two guest names twi…

A coverage brief: how 10 outlets each framed the same news event.

Aug 91F13 sources6 angles

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