The Beltway Boys
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The Beltway Boys was an internationally syndicated American weekly television show. The title referred to the Capital Beltway
— the circumferential freeway surrounding Washington, D.C. (see Inside the Beltway
) — and to the two journalists who hosted the show: Mort Kondracke
and Fred Barnes
. Airing initially in the United States on Saturday evenings at 6:00 pm ET on the Fox News Channel
, the program was a weekly digest and discussion of political issues. The show was taped in Fox News' Washington studios on Fridays.
Typically, the program began with three primary topics ("Hot Stories") that Kondracke and Barnes discussed at length. It then looked at newsworthy events in the political lives of national leaders in its "Ups and Downs" segment, characterizing the events as positive for the individual (up) or negative (down).
Fox News Channel cancelled the show in April 2009.http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/4/30/fox-cancels-beltway-boys.html
Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)
Interstate 495 is a Interstate Highway that surrounds the United States' capital of Washington, D.C., and its inner suburbs in adjacent Maryland and Virginia. I-495 is widely known as the Capital Beltway or simply the Beltway, especially when the context of Washington, D.C., is clear...
— the circumferential freeway surrounding Washington, D.C. (see Inside the Beltway
Inside the Beltway
"Inside the Beltway" is a phrase used to characterize parts of the real or imagined American political system. The name refers to the Capital Beltway , a circumferential highway , completed in 1964, that encircles Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.The phrase is commonly used to...
) — and to the two journalists who hosted the show: Mort Kondracke
Mort Kondracke
Morton M. Kondracke is an American political commentator and journalist. He gained great visibility via a long stint as a panelist on The McLaughlin Group. Kondracke worked for several leading publications, serving for twenty years as executive editor and columnist for the non-partisan Capitol...
and Fred Barnes
Fred Barnes (journalist)
Frederic W. Barnes is an American political commentator. He is the executive editor of the news publication The Weekly Standard and regularly appears on the Fox News Channel program Special Report with Bret Baier...
. Airing initially in the United States on Saturday evenings at 6:00 pm ET on the Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
, the program was a weekly digest and discussion of political issues. The show was taped in Fox News' Washington studios on Fridays.
Typically, the program began with three primary topics ("Hot Stories") that Kondracke and Barnes discussed at length. It then looked at newsworthy events in the political lives of national leaders in its "Ups and Downs" segment, characterizing the events as positive for the individual (up) or negative (down).
Fox News Channel cancelled the show in April 2009.http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/4/30/fox-cancels-beltway-boys.html