Roll Call
Description
Event Involvements
Events with structured involvement data
Roll Call functions as the antagonist in the privacy thread: it has obtained sensitive medical information and its impending story forces the communications team to consider preemption and damage control for Andy and Toby.
Through its reporting — the leak itself is the organization's representation in the scene.
Roll Call wields external media power that can embarrass staff and create political liabilities, operating outside the White House's control.
The leak highlights vulnerabilities between congressional medical confidentiality and media actors, forcing the White House to engage in reactive narrative management.
Not depicted in scene, though implied editorial willingness to publish sensitive personnel details.
Roll Call functions as the journalistic actor that obtained and is positioned to publish Andy's pregnancy news, catalyzing the crisis. Its scoop creates the immediate reputational risk and forces the White House into reactive damage control on election night.
Through its reporting/scoop — the organization manifests as the media outlet ready to publish sensitive information.
Exerts agenda-setting power over the campaign's narrative; the White House must respond to, rather than control, the immediate flow of information.
Roll Call's involvement highlights how specialized press can intrude into private medical matters, pressuring institutions to defend privacy in real time.
Editorial weighing of newsworthiness versus privacy concerns; reliance on sources like the Attending Physician introduces ethical tension.
Roll Call functions as the external press actor whose prior knowledge of Andy's pregnancy creates the crisis. Its scoop forces inside players to debate preemption versus discretion, converting private medical news into political leverage.
Through the reporting itself being cited by Toby and as the imminent public threat to be countered.
Roll Call exerts informational power from outside the couple and the campaign; it can define public perception unless neutralized by an official announcement.
The involvement underscores how specialized political media can shape campaigns and private lives, pressuring officials to respond on the organization's timeline.
Not shown directly in the scene; implied professional incentive to publish scoops rapidly, possibly prioritizing speed over subjects' privacy.
Roll Call is the news organization that published or prepared to publish the pregnancy story, creating the crisis that prompts Toby's push for a proactive release. Its scoop drives the scene’s political urgency by converting a private medical fact into a public news event.
Through reporting/scoop (the mention that 'Roll Call has the pregnancy') and the implied article that forces the White House to react.
Exercises agenda-setting power over political actors; as a media actor it can force reactive behavior from the White House and campaign staff.
By exposing personal information, the outlet compresses private and public spheres, forcing political operations to respond and revealing media-influenced vulnerabilities in political life.
Relies on sources within political organizations (such as the Office of the Congressional Campaign Committee) to secure exclusives; editorial incentive to publish high-impact scoops quickly.
Related Events
Events mentioning this organization
After a tense, private reckoning among staff, President Bartlet storms back into the Oval and snatches the room's moral center. He tells a wry, pointed …
The White House staff decompresses after the dangerous night: competitive, jokey banter about who could have handled the bar confrontation, Donna’s practical domestic moment with …
After the night's dangerous detour, the Roosevelt Room decompresses with banter, sandwiches and small triumphs. The team thanks Toby and Mandy for buying time in …
In the Democratic National Convention suite (flashback), amid TV cheers and milling aides, President Bartlet conducts a swift roll call of his senior staff—Toby, Josh, …
In the Oval, a routine roll call on the tax plan pivots into a charged debate-prep argument that crystallizes the campaign's core tension: Toby pushes …
In the Roosevelt Room the senior staff argue over optics—Sam insisting on restraint (American flags, no banners, no confetti) while C.J. pushes for more celebratory …
During the Roosevelt Room's Election Night scramble—where staff argue optics, speeches and celebration tone—C.J. pulls Toby aside with a private, explosive problem: Roll Call has …
On a tense, intimate sonogram appointment Toby drops the news that Roll Call already knows Andy is pregnant. He immediately argues this leak is a …
Outside the municipal building, Sam pulls Will aside after a public staffing roll call and discovers Will has quietly removed himself from the campaign’s day-to-day. …