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RNC 'Suspending Partnership' With NBC for February Debate

By Kyle Drennen | October 30, 2015, 3:05 PM EDT

In a letter to NBC News president Andrew Lack on Friday, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus informed the network “that pending further discussion between the Republican National Committee (RNC) and our presidential campaigns, we are sus ...

Study: Nets Tilt 2-to-1 Against New Indiana Religious Freedom Law

By Jeffrey Meyer | March 31, 2015, 11:20 AM EDT

On Thursday, March 26 Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Act into law, aimed at protecting private businesses from government infringement on their religious beliefs. Ever since, the “Big Three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC) networks have done ...

Chuck Todd: ‘Transparency Issues’ Won’t Hurt Hillary’s Popularity With Democrats

By Jeffrey Meyer | June 18, 2015, 5:38 PM EDT

On Sunday, Chuck Todd, moderator of Meet the Press, appeared on NBC’s Today to provide some political cover for Hillary Clinton following revelations that she used only a private email account while serving as Secretary of State. Speaking to co-host Erica ...

Chuck Todd Finds No Fault In Obama Refusing To Meet With Netanyahu

By Jeffrey Meyer | June 18, 2015, 5:38 PM EDT

Chuck Todd, NBC News Political Director and moderator of Meet the Press, appeared on Sunday’s Today to preview his upcoming show and to discuss the fallout following the White House’s announcement that President Obama will not meet with Israeli Prime Mini ...

Chuck Todd: Republicans Are Toxic And Confused After Obama’s Exec. Action

By Jeffrey Meyer | June 18, 2015, 5:38 PM EDT

Chuck Todd, NBC News Political Director and moderator of Meet the Press, appeared on Sunday’s Today to preview his show and had some harsh words for Republicans in the wake of President Obama’s executive action on immigration.  Speaking to co-host Erica H ...

NBC Promotes Anonymous Palestinian Official Declaring Israeli Military Strike ‘A War Crime In The Making’

By Jeffrey Meyer | July 20, 2014, 10:28 AM EDT

In the wake of the Israeli military launching a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip to prevent Hamas militants from continuing to fire rockets into their country, NBC has repeatedly taken jabs at Israel and its military.  In a report filed on Today on Su ...

NBC Promotes Illegal Immigrant: ‘The Dream Of A New Life In America’

By Jeffrey Meyer | July 6, 2014, 9:18 AM EDT

For the past week, NBC’s Miguel Almaguer has been stationed in Murrieta, California covering the flood of illegal immigrants being bused into the town and the protests from residents who argue their town cannot support them. While his previous reports hav ...

NBC’s Today Peddles Obama Talking Points, Avoids Using Term ‘Illegal’ When Discussing Crisis at Border

By Jeffrey Meyer | June 22, 2014, 9:05 AM EDT

On Sunday, June 22, NBC’s Kristen Welker did her best to cover up the fact that the more than 170,000 illegal immigrants who have been captured crossing the Mexican border since October 2013 are actually illegally entering the United States. In a 90 secon ...

NBC’s Saturday Today Show Gives DNC Chairwoman Platform to Analyze Christie Scandal

By Paul Bremmer | January 20, 2014, 3:33 PM EST

NBC has latched onto the Chris Christie bridge scandal like a leech, so it was no surprise to see a report on the controversy within the first ten minutes of Saturday’s Today show. What was surprising, and dismaying, was that NBC followed up its report wi ...

Three Major Networks Hype New Grand Theft Auto Game, Offer Limited Criticisms of Violence

By Paul Bremmer | September 23, 2013, 4:42 PM EDT

The new, ultra-violent Grand Theft Auto V video game debuted last week and raked in over $1 billion in just the first three days of sales. It was so impressive that the three major broadcast networks all took note and reported on the game on their weekend ...

UPDATED | CNBC’s Harwood: Republicans Might ‘Impede’ Efforts to Change Party If They Are Too Hard on Obama

By Paul Bremmer | May 21, 2013, 6:45 PM EDT

UPDATED: [May 21; 5:15 p.m. EDT | see portion in brackets below the page break] || The liberal media continue their effort to spin the Obama administration right out of trouble. On Saturday’s Today, NBC brought on John Harwood, CNBC’s chief Washington cor ...

NBC Uses Sandy Hook Principal’s Daughter as Prop, Complains Critics Charge She's Used As Prop

By Paul Bremmer | May 7, 2013, 4:32 PM EDT

The air was thick with disingenuousness on Saturday’s Today show as NBC conducted a long-distance interview with the daughter of the slain Sandy Hook Elementary School principal. Co-anchor Erica Hill brought up the charge that Erica Lafferty has been used ...

NBC Applauds 'Comedian-in-Chief' Obama, Raves Over His 'Terrific' Performance at Correspondents' Dinner

By Kyle Drennen | April 29, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT

At the top of Sunday's NBC Today, co-host Erica Hill cheered President Obama's performance at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner as she announced: "Comedian-in-chief....President Obama gets lots of laughs at the White H ...

CBS Punts on Felony Strangulation Charge Against Former Anchor; Reported Fox News Reporter's Arrest

By Matthew Balan | February 23, 2013, 12:32 PM EST

On Wednesday, the New York Daily News reported that Rob Morrison, an anchor for CBS's New York City affiliate WCBS, had quit his job after being arrested the previous weekend for an alleged assault on his wife, CBS MoneyWatch anchor Ashley Morrison. ...

NBC Gushes Over Kennedy Aide's Memorabilia, Ignores He and JFK Shared Intern for Sex

By Kyle Drennen | January 25, 2013, 6:06 PM EST

During fawning reports on Thursday's NBC Nightly News and Friday's Today, the network's news personalities expressed thrill over the discovery of a collection of JFK memorabilia once owned by Kennedy aide Dave Powers, with anchor Brian Will ...