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Your guide to the Sunday, Aug. 17 news shows

By Katie Sanders
August 15, 2014

Every Friday PunditFact gives you the first look at the guests on the Sunday news shows. On Sunday, we see if what they said is true. You can read how they fared here or weekly in the Daily Beast.

This story is updated as shows publish and revise their lineups.

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CNN State of the Union (9 a.m.)

Big guest: U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., Gov. Jay Nixon, D-Mo.

Topics sure to be discussed: Islamic State, The shooting of Michael Brown.

Number of print journalists: 0.

The pundit panel: Paul Cruickshank, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., Kevin Sutcliffe.

The Ferguson panel: LZ Granderson, Tara Wall, Jesse Williams.

 

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Fox News Sunday (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guests: Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas.

A topic sure to be discussed: Border crisis.

Number of newspaper journalists: 0.

The pundit panel: Liz Cheney, Kirsten Powers, Amy Walter, George Will. 

 

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CBS Face the Nation (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guests: Gov. Jay Nixon, D-Mo.

A topic sure to be discussed: Islamic State, Michael Brown shooting.

Number of newspaper journalists: 4.

The pundit panel: Peter Baker, Michael Gerson, Ruth Marcus, Gerald Seib. 

 

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ABC This Week (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big interview: U.S. Reps. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii.

A topic sure to be discussed: Military in Iraq.

Number of newspaper journalists: 0.

The pundit panel: Kristen Soltis Anderson, Donna Brazile, Jeff Zeleny.

 

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NBC Meet the Press (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guests: Gov. Jay Nixon, D-Mo., U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.

 Topic sure to be discussed: The shooting of Michael Brown.

Number of newspaper journalists: 4. 

The pundit panel: Anne Gearan, Jane Harman, Jason Riley, Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio.

The Ferguson panel: Gilbert Bailon, Wesley Lowery, Charles Ogletree, Bernard Parks, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. 

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