Tapper’s demo victory (which I predicted long ago) is the culmination of a series of much-needed innovations to the stale Sunday morning format. Aside from his existing new media following (by virtue of his must-read Twitter feed and superb Political Punch blog), Tapper has leveraged his new media savvy by adding live-tweeting and a buzzed-about fact-checking partnership with Politifact. While it’s unclear whether Amanpour’s show will retain these features, a new show would allow for even more fresh ideas. It would also give Tapper plenty of time to fulfill Mediaite’s wish list…
A brand new show would be a blank slate, allowing it to diverge wildly from the established Sunday talk format. I’m sure Tapper has better ideas than I do, but one suggestion I would make would be to eliminate the talking-point-laden newsmaker segments, and have those same guests engage the panel, instead. Can you imagine Rahm Emanuel, for example, mixing it up with Markos Moulitsas and Tucker Carlson?
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