Not So Silly Season

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 6, 2010

The silly season hasn't seemed all that silly this year. What with the Governor McGreevey scandal and the recent intelligence hearings in Congress. But we producers are finding the majority of potential show guests have finally packed up and gone on vacation. Given that, we thought it would be a good opportunity to look at this summer's news as a whole. Seems like a lot when you think about the 9/11 Commission recommendations, the political conventions, Martha Stewart and many other things. If you've been following all the minutae of the summer's current affairs, tomorrow's news quiz might be the perfect way for a news junkie to spend this slack time of year. And this year we have a prize.

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