This Week
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Event Involvements
Events with structured involvement data
This Week is another Sunday program that seeks to reschedule the Attorney General; its involvement compounds the media pressure by promising high-profile legal/political framing of the tax plan.
Acts through scheduling requests to the White House and the Attorney General's office.
Similar to Meet The Press — agenda-setting power that can escalate or diffuse political controversies.
Compounds the pressure on the administration by providing additional platforms for opposition scrutiny, demonstrating the plurality of media levers in political contests.
Balancing editorial angles with competitive booking; potential coordination with producers of rival shows.
This Week's expressed desire to reschedule the Attorney General signals a potential coordinated Sunday lineup; the program's scheduling actions are perceived by the White House as amplifying an opposition message and complicating the tax rollout.
Via its producers' outreach to guests and reshuffling of high-profile interviews.
Holds editorial power to amplify certain voices; White House treats it as a rival narrative stage for political contestation.
Contributes to a broader media ecosystem that can coalesce around narratives that help or hurt an administration's policy rollout.
Producers mediate between access, editorial balance, and scheduling conflicts when arranging weekend lineups.