full Ginsburg
{{Short description|Term in American politics}}
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The "Full Ginsburg" is a term used in American politics to refer to a person who appears on all five American major Sunday morning talk shows on the same day: This Week on ABC, Fox News Sunday on Fox, Face the Nation on CBS, Meet the Press on NBC, and State of the Union on CNN.{{cite news |first= Jay|last= Newton-Small|title=Lexicon |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1666276,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013133727/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1666276,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |quote=the full Ginsburg DEFINITION The ful gins-burg n. The appearance on all five political TV talk shows on the same Sunday morning. |publisher=Time |date= September 27, 2007|access-date=September 25, 2007 }} State of the Union replaced Late Edition on CNN in January 2009.
The term is named for William H. Ginsburg, the lawyer for Monica Lewinsky during the sexual conduct scandal involving President Bill Clinton. Ginsburg was the first person to accomplish this feat, on February 1, 1998.{{cite news |title=Clinton makes the Sunday talk-show rounds. |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-clinton24sep24,1,4882187.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&track=crosspromo |last=Puzzanghera|first=Jim |work=Los Angeles Times |date= September 24, 2007|access-date=September 25, 2007 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
Completed full Ginsburgs
People who have completed multiple full Ginsburgs
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| Name | Number of full Ginsburgs|| Dates |
|---|---|
| Marco Rubio
|3 |April 14, 2013 | |
| Jack Lew
|rowspan="4"|2 |February 12, 2012 | |
| John Kerry
|September 1, 2013 | |
| Denis McDonough
|September 8, 2013 | |
| Mike Pompeo
|September 8, 2019 |
Variations
On September 20, 2009, President Barack Obama, to promote his health care reform proposals, did what Politico called a "modified Full Ginsburg" when he appeared on five programs, opting for Univision's Spanish-language Al Punto to be his fifth program appearance instead of Fox News Sunday.{{cite web|publisher=Politico|last=Javers|first=Eamon|access-date=September 18, 2009|title=Obama's Risky Full Ginsburg|date=September 18, 2009 |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27300.html}}
Obama also appeared on Monday, September 9, 2013, with reporters from each of the five networks, plus an extra sixth, to discuss possible military intervention in Syria.{{cite web|publisher=Politico|last=Byers|first=Dylan|access-date=June 8, 2014|title=The Syria Six|date=September 9, 2013 |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/09/the-syria-six-172165.html}} He appeared with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room,{{cite web|publisher=CNN|date=September 7, 2013|access-date=June 8, 2014|title=CNN's Wolf Blitzer to sit down with Pres. Obama on Monday, Sept. 9|url=http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/07/cnns-wolf-blitzer-to-sit-down-with-pres-obama-on-monday-sept-9/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013083708/http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/07/cnns-wolf-blitzer-to-sit-down-with-pres-obama-on-monday-sept-9/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2014}} with ABC's Diane Sawyer on ABC World News,{{cite web|publisher=Internet Archive|access-date=June 8, 2014|title=ABC World News With Diane Sawyer|date=September 9, 2013|url=https://archive.org/details/KGO_20130910_003000_ABC_World_News_With_Diane_Sawyer}} with NBC's Savannah Guthrie on NBC Nightly News,{{cite web|work=NBC News|date=September 9, 2013|access-date=June 8, 2014|title=Savannah Guthrie's full interview with President Obama|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/52965298}} with CBS's Scott Pelley on CBS Evening News{{cite web|publisher=Associated Press|last1=Espo|first1=David|last2=Pace|first2=Julie|access-date=June 8, 2014|title=Obama: I might lose congressional vote on Syria|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/white-house-tries-sway-war-weary-public}} and with Fox's Chris Wallace on Fox News's Special Report with Bret Baier,{{cite web|publisher=Fox News|last=Wallace|first=Chris|date=September 8, 2013|access-date=June 8, 2014|title=Chris Wallace Previews Interview With President Obama|url=http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/09/08/fox-news-sunday%E2%80%99s-chris-wallace-previews-monday-interview-president-barack-obama}} in addition to PBS's Gwen Ifill on PBS NewsHour.{{cite web|publisher=PBS NewsHour|last=Bellantoni|first=Christina|access-date=June 8, 2014|title=Gwen Ifill to Interview President Barack Obama Monday|date=September 7, 2013 |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/president-giving-interviews-on-syria-monday-to-speak-with-gwen-ifill/}}
The first person to appear on all six shows in the same week was former governor of Florida Jeb Bush, who achieved the feat on March 10, 2013.[http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=8C187FBB-8F3A-4F85-9D95-72D1D95C299C Sunday talk show tip sheet: March 10, 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313160548/http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=8C187FBB-8F3A-4F85-9D95-72D1D95C299C |date=March 13, 2013 }}. Politico. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio became the first person to appear on seven Sunday talk shows the same day, on April 14, 2013: all English-language shows listed above, plus Univision's Al Punto and Telemundo's Enfoque, both American Spanish-language shows.[http://www.politico.com/multimedia/video/2013/04/full-marco---rubio-hits-the-sunday-shows-mike-allen-reports.html 'Full Marco' - Rubio hits the Sunday shows, Mike Allen reports] Politico. Retrieved April 12, 2013.{{cite news|title=Rubio pitches immigration deal on seven television shows|url=http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_23025794/rubio-pitches-immigration-deal-seven-television-shows|access-date=April 15, 2013|newspaper=Denver Post|date=April 15, 2013|author=Denver Post staff}}
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Category:American political neologisms