Scully to Host Show on SiriusXM's P.O.T.U.S. Channel

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SiriusXM taps veteran journalist Steve Scully to host a new program on its bipartisan political channel. "The Briefing with Steve Scully" will air weekdays from 12-2pm ET on SiriusXM's P.O.T.U.S. channel 124. On his new SiriusXM show, Scully -- Senior Vice President at Washington, DC's Bipartisan Policy Center -- will take listeners inside the stories and conversations that are shaping the day in the nation's capital.

From breaking Supreme Court rulings to debates in Congress and briefings from The White House, the program will consider all sides and every perspective, helping listeners stay on top of what's happening within the Beltway and beyond. Scully, who has interviewed every president since Gerald Ford, also will speak with key politicians and newsmakers, as well as connect with listeners about important topics on their minds.

 

[Gregg.]

Scully had been with C-Span television for many years. He's a decent broadcaster and interviewer. But fairly low-key. He's not the personality that Chris Cuomo had been. Or even that current hosts Michael Smerconish, Julie Mason and Dan Abrams are.

If he went to an ice cream shop, I think he'd order a vanilla cone with vanilla sprinkles.

 

[CTListener]

Scully had been with C-Span television for many years. He's a decent broadcaster and interviewer. But fairly low-key. He's not the personality that Chris Cuomo had been. Or even that current hosts Michael Smerconish, Julie Mason and Dan Abrams are.

If he went to an ice cream shop, I think he'd order a vanilla cone with vanilla sprinkles.

C-SPAN doesn't want its hosts to become celebrities, or even personalities. Maybe Scully will surprise as a host now that he's been freed from his C-SPAN-imposed restraints. The article puts his C-SPAN career in the past tense ("In his three-decade career at C-SPAN, Steve Scully served," not "Steve Scully has served"), which would indicate he is no longer employed there.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

Correct. Scully was fired from C-SPAN after a kerfuffle with former Trump adviser Anthony Scaramucci, and after which Mr. Scully failed to exhibit candor with his employer when they inquired about the remarks. C-SPAN political editor Steve Scully suspended after admitting he lied about his Twitter feed being hacked

 

[Kelly A]

C-SPAN doesn't want its hosts to become celebrities, or even personalities. Maybe Scully will surprise as a host now that he's been freed from his C-SPAN-imposed restraints. The article puts his C-SPAN career in the past tense ("In his three-decade career at C-SPAN, Steve Scully served," not "Steve Scully has served"), which would indicate he is no longer employed there.

You have to admit though; being a host on C-Span doesn't provide a roadmap toward media celebrity status. Putting people to sleep? Absolutely.

 

[CTListener]

You have to admit though; being a host on C-Span doesn't provide a roadmap toward media celebrity status. Putting people to sleep? Absolutely.

If you're seriously interested in what the interviewees are discussing, you're not going to fall asleep, and you'll appreciate the host's neither badgering not fawning over them. Scully got into trouble for actions that definitely indicated political partiality and lying about them to his bosses, even though they didn't happen on-air. He was baited by Donald Trump, who is very, very good at that, but if you're working for C-SPAN, you need to be above the fray at all times. That's why I'm thinking that Scully could be a decent fit for P.O.T.U.S., which tries to be lively while allowing both sides of the political and societal schism to be heard.