McLaughlin Group
The McLaughlin Group is a political discussion show on US television under the direction of host Tom Rogan . Until his death in 2016, John McLaughlin led the discussion, who is also the eponym of the show.
The discussion round originally consisted of permanent interlocutors John McLaughlin († 2016, moderator and moderator), Eleanor Clift ( Newsweek ), Pat Buchanan ( MSNBC ), Tony Blankley († 2012) ( The Washington Times ) and a guest.
Tony Blankley worked for various prominent Republicans in prominent positions, including a. as speechwriter and "political analyst" for Ronald Reagan and as spokesman for former Speaker of the House of Representatives , Newt Gingrich .
Pat Buchanan had worked in the administration of Republican President Richard Nixon as an advisor and speechwriter to the President, initially unsuccessfully applied for the nomination of a Republican presidential nomination several times. In 2000 he ran for the reform party , who after the resignation of Ross Perot was facing split and nominated two candidates (Buchanan and John Hagelin) , who called himself “paleoconservative” in contrast to neoconservatism . Buchanan was recognized as a candidate by the electoral authority and received around 450,000 votes, or 0.4%.
Eleanor Clift represents left-wing liberal positions. This is very much in line with your employer's line (Newsweek).
The changing guest also represents left, liberal or centrist positions, some with a similarly strong bond with the Democrats (especially Lawrence O'Donnell) as Blankley has with the Republicans. The list of guests is very short, many guests come back often or are even permanently present for weeks and months (such as Lawrence O'Donnell). Arab colleagues were invited to programs that mainly deal with the situation in the Near and Middle East.
Most recently it was broadcast on most of the PBS affiliates and some of NBC, as well as on CNBC Europe , US Armed Forces Television and VoA News (formerly WorldNet ).
The program was initially ended with the death of John McLaughlin in 2016 and continued in January 2018 under the direction of the political journalist Tom Rogan , who had previously appeared as a regular guest .