I just came across an interesting bit (interactive and with links) at ‘The Upshot’ on the NYTimes website.
Since the beginning of 2009, more than 1,500 people have Appeared on five Sunday news and political talk shows: “Meet the Press,” “Face the Nation,” “This Week,” “Fox News Sunday” and “State of the Union.” Many are familiar faces in Washington, where lawmakers, consultants and pundits routinely sound off on the week’s news, while others come from the worlds of entertainment and sports. Researchers at American University have collected more than 9,000 appearances. Below is a listing of those guests, excluding network employees or contracted regular guests.
A total of the Top Ten with the most appearances (McCain tops them all) shows:
- Republican guests: 405
- Democratic guests: 262
Any questions?
(The site, by the way, lists all 1500. I guess there’s always someone to count everything.)
UPDATE: Hank Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury who was at the center of the financial meltdown, appeared only once in five years. Books have been written about him, movies have been made about him (one quite excellent – can’t remember the name) but he wasn’t someone the gasbags wanted to have a word with?
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