Programming notes

*** Friday’s “Daily Rundown” line-up: Moody’s Mark Zandi and Obama Admin. CEA Chair Alan Krueger on the job numbers… Latest on the bizarre behavior in the Illinois delegation… Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) on President Obama’s stop in Pittsburgh today… More 2012 headlines with National Review’s Robert Costa, The Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut and The Grio’s Perry Bacon.

*** Friday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: Richard Lui anchors. Publisher & businessman Mort Zuckerman; fmr OMB Director Doug  Holtz-Eakin; The Chicago Tribune’s Lynn Sweet; the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein; Salon.com’s Dave Weigel; GOP Strategist Rich Galen; Georgetown Univ. Professor Michael Eric Dyson; and entrepreneur Philip Greene.

*** Friday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: Thomas Roberts breaks down the June jobs report with CNBC Contributor Ron Insana, Former Biden Economic Advisor Jared Bernstein, Democratic Strategist Karen Finney, and the National Review’s Chris Frates.   He’ll also have the VP Power Rankings with the hosts of MSNBC’s The Cycle – S.E. Cupp, Krystal Ball, Toure and Steve Kornacki.

*** Friday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: TIME Deputy DC Bureau Chief Michael Crowley, Real Clear Politics’ Erin McPike, The Daily Beast’s Patricia Murphy, BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith, and CNBC’s Tyler Mathisen

*** Friday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, The Economist’s Greg Ip, Republican strategist Kevin Madden, Democratic strategist Bob Shrum, LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza, NBC’s Amna Nawez, National Journal’s Major Garrett and USA Today’s Susan Page.

*** Friday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: Craig Melvin anchors. Newsweek’s Zachary Karabell, John Harwood, Chicago Sun Time’s Lynn Sweet, NBC Latino Republican strat Danny Vargas, and Democratic strat Jimmy Williams.

*** Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry”: Michael Eric Dyson, author and MSNBC contributor;  Dan Dicker, CNBC Contributor, author of “Oil’s Endless Bid: Taming the Unreliable Price of Oil to Secure Our Economy”; Zephyr Teachout, Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University; Steven Mufson, Energy Reporter for The Washington Post; William “Pete” Welch, Baltimore Councilman, District 9; Tristan Taormino, feminist author, sex educator and film director.

*** This weekend’s Office Politics with Alex Witt: NBCLatino.com’s Chris Pena. discussing this week’s launch of the English language Latino website.

*** Sunday’s Melissa Harris-Perry: Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.); Former Gov. Ed Rendell (D-Penn.); Anthea Butler, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Graduate Chair of Religion at the University of Pennsylvania; Ari Melber, MSNBC contributor, correspondent for The Nation; Kyrsten Sinema, running for Congress, former Democratic member of the Arizona State Legislature; Jeff Wiltse, Associate Professor of History at Univ. of Montana and author of “Contested Waters”

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I don't have cable, so I'm stuck with the msm, which seems totally biased to the right-wing. Today, my local CBS affiliate had a story about the chief caligrapher at the White House being paid $100,000 a year. and the daily man-on-street question was whether people thought that was too much money to be spent on placecards and signs.

Meanwhile, there are thousands and thousands of people who are breathing a sigh of relief that they can keep covering their young adult children with healthcare (some of these folks have heartbreaking situations with serious illnesses), and folks like my relative, who is going broke paying for insurance because his employer doesn't provide it. Why doesn't the media cover THOSE stories?

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Reply#1 - Fri Jul 6, 2012 9:43 AM EDT

Oh my God, Are you kidding me Amy. MSN is totally biased to the right wing. And the Left calls me ignorant. Feisty needs to re-program you again.

Please MSN cover those stories for Amy.

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#1.1 - Fri Jul 6, 2012 11:42 AM EDT

Not only the left concern citizen.

    #1.2 - Fri Jul 6, 2012 2:00 PM EDT

    Concern, msm is the abbreviation for mainstream media, or, as Sarah Paline used to call it, lamestream media. I wasn't talking about MSN, the MicroSoft Network, or msnbc, the cable news channel affiliated with NBC, the National Broadcasting Company.

    Get it?

      #1.3 - Fri Jul 6, 2012 4:25 PM EDT
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      It doesn't matter what media outlet you watch Amy. they're all in it for the almighty dollar nothing else. If they can find some little worthless piece of information that will get people upset on one side or the other they'll keep running it over and over again. The media has become lazy and worthless. And this has happened ever since the Supreme Court ruled the media could lie on air without any consequences, or qualify it with they don't have a clue what they were taking about they just heard it somewhere.

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      Reply#2 - Fri Jul 6, 2012 10:30 AM EDT

      The Rep. in the House will only pass bills to cut taxes for the rich. The Rep. in the Senate filibusters anything that don't cut taxes on the rich. When the majority of the people realize trickle down economics don't work simply because greed. I for one will not vote for anyone that has a prior commitment to Grover Norquest and holds that pledge higher than his pledge of office. This in itself is a conflict of interest. They need to be free to do what is best for the country . As far as small government ,the government needs to be big enough to protect the citizens from threats foreign and domestic ( like banks insurance companies that are out to screw the AMERICAN PEOPLE) not help them........

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      Reply#3 - Fri Jul 6, 2012 2:54 PM EDT

      Military Members, Veterans, Military retirees;

      please note that Swiss Bank account Romney PROMOTED THE DRAFT during the Viet Nam War,

      then skipped out to France for extraordinary length of time when church missionary tours were limited.

      When Romney came home, he sided with his dad that the whole Viet Nam War was a scam and that he was against the war.

      Promoting the draft, while Americans were dying, he skipped out, then says he wishes he could have participated. His whole life has been a lie.

      Romney is a COWARD, Lying, Draft Dodger, who promoted someone else to die for him, that is his way of management.

      Some may want anyone but Obama, but this guy ranks with Jane Fonda and should not be given anything or elected for anything.

      For those who are not old enough to remember the military draft, it was a mandatory commitment for two years that was implemented during the Viet Nam War. If your number was called, you went and served like it or not. Young people may say, I wouldn't go and they can't make me, think again.

      This is what Romney promoted as if he were a "responsible citizen", then he left his fellow citizens to serve and some died for us and him. I am ashamed of him as I am retired military member, and forget about representing our country Mr. Romney.

      I am one of the Military members who are against Romney, and against his bid for the presidency.

        Reply#4 - Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:29 PM EDT
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