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NBC's Brian Williams: Obama ‘Appeared to Be Clear and Unambiguous’ on ISIS

By Curtis Houck | September 4, 2014, 11:43 AM EDT

On Wednesday night’s NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams completely missed the mark on President Obama’s mixed signals regarding how his administration intends to deal with the threat of the Islamic terrorist group ISIS and omitted remarks from Obama ...

NBC's Brian Williams: Obama ‘Appeared to Be Clear and Unambiguous’ on ISIS

By Curtis Houck | April 29, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT

On Wednesday night’s NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams completely missed the mark on President Obama’s mixed signals regarding how his administration intends to deal with the threat of the Islamic terrorist group ISIS and omitted remarks from Obama ...

NBC's Williams Speaks Twice of World 'Falling Apart' on Tuesday Nightly News, Shields Obama's Name

By Tom Blumer | September 4, 2014, 11:43 AM EDT

Unfortunately and completely predictably, the Big Three news networks have ignored Catherine Herridge's Tuesday morning scoop at Fox News that President Obama was briefed on the growing threat of ISIS for over a year, going back to at least several m ...

NBC's Williams Speaks Twice of World 'Falling Apart' on Tuesday Nightly News, Shields Obama's Name

By Tom Blumer | September 3, 2014, 2:14 PM EDT

Unfortunately and completely predictably, the Big Three news networks have ignored Catherine Herridge's Tuesday morning scoop at Fox News that President Obama was briefed on the growing threat of ISIS for over a year, going back to at least several m ...

Liberal Senator Who Left the GOP Hailed By NBC As 'A Giant of Vermont'

By Tim Graham | August 23, 2014, 10:31 PM EDT

When conservative Sen. Jesse Helms died in 2008, Brent Bozell wrote about how NBC substitute anchor Lester Holt could only talk about what he opposed: "He staked out firm positions against everything from communism and foreign aid to civil rights and ...

NBC Pushes Redskins Name Change: ‘More Difficult...To Hang On To Their Name’

By Jeffrey Meyer | August 19, 2014, 11:30 PM EDT

On Tuesday, August 19, NBC continued the liberal media’s obsession with bullying the NFL’s Washington Redskins into changing its name. Nightly News anchor Brian Williams insisted that the team is having difficulty defending its name because “some consider ...

NBC, CBS Promote Governor Perry’s Courthouse Booking: ‘A Humiliating Experience’

By Jeffrey Meyer | August 20, 2014, 6:59 AM EDT

On Tuesday night, both the CBS and NBC evening newscasts did their best to play up Texas Governor Rick Perry’s appearance at an Austin courthouse following his indictment on corruption charges. The Texas Republican was indicted after vetoing funding for t ...

A 'Name That Party' Round-Up: The News Media’s Double Standard on Political Scandals

By Rich Noyes | August 18, 2014, 2:24 PM EDT

What’s the difference between a political scandal involving a Republican and one involving a Democrat? When it comes to news coverage, reporters almost always identify the political party of a Republican caught in a scandal, but when the culprit is a Demo ...

‘Big Three’ Networks Ignore White House Reversing Lobbyist Ban

By Jeffrey Meyer | April 29, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT

On Tuesday, August 12, Politico’s Byron Tau reported how the Obama White House is planning to “reverse a key part of its ban on registered lobbyists serving in government.”  Despite yet another major flip-flop from the Obama Administration regarding its r ...

NBC’s Williams Pushes White House Narrative on Obama Vacation: ‘It’s A Working Vacation’

By Jeffrey Meyer | August 12, 2014, 10:43 PM EDT

In the wake of the recent surge of violence in northern Iraq as well as the potential coup within the government, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams did his best to push the White House line that President Obama’s summer vacation was full of work.  On ...

Big Three Networks Avoid Calling ISIS 'Terrorists;' Label Them 'Rebels' and 'Militants'

By Matthew Balan | August 9, 2014, 3:33 PM EDT

The Big Three networks steered clear of labeling the Islamist group ISIS "terrorists" on their evening newscasts on Friday. Instead, ABC's World News and CBS Evening News labeled the genocidal radicals " militants." NBC Nightly Ne ...

'Nightly News' Teases 'Tonight Show' Appearance; Still Ignores NBC Poll Showing Obama Approval in the Tank

By Curtis Houck | June 18, 2015, 5:38 PM EDT

For the second consecutive night, Wednesday night’s NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams continued its refusal to cover the findings in the latest NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll in which President Obama’s job approval rating hit a record low. 54 perce ...

NBC Ignores Own Poll Showing 54 Percent of Americans Disapprove of Obama Job Performance

By Jeffrey Meyer | August 5, 2014, 10:17 PM EDT

On Tuesday, August 5, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that President Obama’s popularity reached its lowest point since he first took office in 2009. Overall, 54 percent of Americans disapprove of the job the president is doing compared ...

Plenty of Praise for July Jobs Report from Networks

By Curtis Houck | August 2, 2014, 12:53 AM EDT

Released on Friday morning, the latest jobs report from the Labor Department touted a net growth of 209,000 jobs in July. On Friday evening, the report was promoted on all three of the major broadcast networks, ranging from news briefs by ABC and NBC to a ...

Nets Declare Israeli Response to Captured Solider ‘Furious,’ ‘Pounding’; Tout Palestinians Praising the Kidnapping

By Curtis Houck | August 1, 2014, 11:22 PM EDT

On Friday night, the major broadcast networks all covered the latest developments in the conflict between the Israelis and Hamas as a three-day cease-fire collapsed after an Israeli solider was captured during an ambush while the two sides fought in an un ...