Journal Editorial Report
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The Journal Editorial Report is a weekly American interview and panel discussion TV program on Fox News Channel
, hosted by Paul Gigot
, editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal
. Prior to moving to Fox News, the show aired on PBS
for 15 months, ending on December 2, 2005.http://www.pbs.org/wnet/journaleditorialreport/.
Opening with a newsmaker of the week, Gigot usually interviews a guest for the first half of the program, asking questions related to the writings of the guest or a current event of interest to the guest.
Following the guest segment, the program becomes a panel discussion of Wall Street Journal editorial writers giving their opinions on the political, economic, and cultural issues of the current week. The final segment labeled Hits and Misses lets the panelists comment on the best and worst stories or events of the week.
The program is broadcast Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. and Sundays at 6:00 a.m. (all times Eastern
)
The transcript of each show appears on OpinionJournal.com
on the following Monday.
The political point of view of the panel is primarily libertarian
, reflecting the "free markets and free people" philosophy of the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal.http://www.opinionjournal.com/about/philosophy.html
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
, hosted by Paul Gigot
Paul Gigot
Paul A. Gigot is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative political commentator and the editor of the editorial pages for The Wall Street Journal...
, editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
. Prior to moving to Fox News, the show aired on PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
for 15 months, ending on December 2, 2005.http://www.pbs.org/wnet/journaleditorialreport/.
Opening with a newsmaker of the week, Gigot usually interviews a guest for the first half of the program, asking questions related to the writings of the guest or a current event of interest to the guest.
Following the guest segment, the program becomes a panel discussion of Wall Street Journal editorial writers giving their opinions on the political, economic, and cultural issues of the current week. The final segment labeled Hits and Misses lets the panelists comment on the best and worst stories or events of the week.
The program is broadcast Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. and Sundays at 6:00 a.m. (all times Eastern
North American Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
)
The transcript of each show appears on OpinionJournal.com
OpinionJournal.com
OpinionJournal.com was a website featuring content from the editorial pages of The Wall Street Journal. It existed separately from the news content at wsj.com until January 2008, when it was merged into the main website....
on the following Monday.
The political point of view of the panel is primarily libertarian
Libertarianism
Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...
, reflecting the "free markets and free people" philosophy of the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal.http://www.opinionjournal.com/about/philosophy.html
Panel members
As of September 2007, these WSJ editorial staff appear on the show:- Daniel HenningerDaniel HenningerDaniel Henninger is Deputy Editorial Page Director of the Wall Street Journal and a Fox News contributor. He also writes a column named "Wonder Land" which appears every Thursday...
- Deputy Editor of the WSJ Editorial page, and writer on the editorial page since 1977 - Dorothy RabinowitzDorothy RabinowitzDorothy Rabinowitz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American conservative journalist and commentator. She was born in New York City, and was educated at Queens College and New York University...
- 2001 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner for her articles on American Culture and Society. She is an author and was a freelance writer, syndicated columnist and TV commentator prior to joining the WSJ. - Bret StephensBret StephensBret Louis Stephens is the foreign-affairs columnist of the Wall Street Journal and deputy editorial page editor, responsible for the editorial pages of the Journals European and Asian editions...
- writes a weekly column on global affairs. Prior to joining the Wall Street Journal in 2004, he was Editor In Chief of the Jerusalem Post for 2 years. - Robert PollockRobert PollockRobert L. Pollock is an editorial writer and Wall Street Journal Editorial Board member.- Biography :Robert Pollock was born in Buffalo, New York. He studied at Yale and was a member of the Party of the Right...
- features editor - worked 5 years in Brussels, and moved to the US editorial staff in 2000 - Jason Riley - in 1996, Jason became the first Interactive Editor for the Leisure & Arts section of WSJ.COM web portal
- Kimberley StrasselKimberley StrasselKimberley A. Strassel is an author and member of the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. She writes a weekly column, "Potomac Watch", which appears on Fridays.- Biography :...
- Washington based author of Potomac Watch column - prior to joining the editorial staff, she worked in the news section covering real estate and technology. - John FundJohn FundJohn H. Fund is an American political journalist and conservative columnist. Currently a senior editor of The American Spectator,...
, political columnist for the Opinion Journal website, also makes occasional appearances. - James TarantoJames TarantoJames Taranto is an American columnist for The Wall Street Journal, editor of its online editorial page OpinionJournal.com and a member of the newspaper's editorial board. He is best known for his daily online column Best of the Web Today...
, who writes the popular "Best of the Web Today" feature for Opinion Journal, also appears occasionally in the role of "funny man".
Guests
The following is a representative list the people who appeared as guests in 2007:- Stephen F. HayesStephen F. HayesStephen F. Hayes is a columnist for The Weekly Standard, a prominent American conservative magazine. Hayes has been selected as the official biographer for Vice President Richard Cheney....
- author of Cheney, the untold story of America's most powerful and controversial vice president. - Max BootMax BootMax Boot is an American author, consultant, editorialist, lecturer, and military historian. He has been a prominent advocate for American power. He once described his ideas as "American might to promote American ideals." He self-identifies as a conservative, once joking that "I grew up in the...
- senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations and author of the book War Made New, discussing events in Pakistan - Melanie PhillipsMelanie PhillipsMelanie Phillips is a British journalist and author. She began her career on the left of the political spectrum, writing for such publications as The Guardian and New Statesman. In the 1990s she moved to the right, and she now writes for the Daily Mail newspaper, covering political and social...
- columnist for the Daily Mail and author of the book LondonistanLondonistan (book)Londonistan: How Britain is creating a terror state within is the best-seller by British journalist Melanie Phillips about the spread of Islamism in the United Kingdom over the past twenty years...
. on the failed terror attacks in London and Glasgow - David SatterDavid SatterDavid Satter is a former Moscow correspondent and expert on Russia and the Soviet Union who wrote books about the decline and fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of post-Soviet Russia.-Life and career:...
- former Moscow correspondent for the Financial TimesFinancial TimesThe Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
of London and the author of the book "Darkness at Dawn: The Rise of the Russian Criminal State" on events in Russia - Peter RodmanPeter RodmanPeter Warren Rodman was a lawyer, government official and foreign policy expert.Born in Boston, he was educated at The Roxbury Latin School, and later at Harvard College , Oxford University , and Harvard Law School...
- former Assistant Secretary of Defense for international security affairs and Pentagon's top Asia policy official on the military threat posed by China's military - Dr. Scott Gottlieb - former deputy commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discussing issues related to the drug approval process
- Joel Mowbray - investigative reporter and author of "Diplomacy: How the State Department Threatens America’s Security" discussing the U.S. taxpayer-funded al-Hurra satellite network, which had a sudden shift in its news coverage following the arrival of Larry Register from CNN