Candy Crowley on CNN's Hillary Documentary: 'Makes It Very Difficult F

August 9th, 2013 6:21 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, three Clinton-loving MSNBCers on Thursday spoke out against NBC's upcoming miniseries about Hillary. On Friday, CNN's Candy Crowley told Politico that her network's planned documentary on Clinton "makes it very difficult for me":

Rat Smell: Why Would Three Liberal MSNBCers Come Out Against Clinton M

August 8th, 2013 4:58 PM
As NewsBusters reported, MSNBCer's Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd, and Robert Gibbs within hours of each other Thursday came down strongly against NBC's planned miniseries about Hillary Clinton. Why do you think that would be? The Hollywood Reporter gave us a clue Wednesday (emphasis added):

Gibbs & Mitchell Agree: NBC Hillary Series 'A Bad Idea

August 8th, 2013 3:37 PM
First Chuck Todd, now Andrea Mitchell and even former Obama spox-turned-NBC-analyst Robert Gibbs agree: NBC's decision to produce a miniseries about Hillary Clinton is a "bad idea." Gibbs and Mitchell lamented the series on Andrea's early-afternoon MSNBC show today.  View the video after the jump.

ABC, NBC Continue to Play Obama's KGB Gaffe Without Noticing It's a Ga

August 8th, 2013 12:41 PM
ABC and NBC on Wednesday continued to pretend that one of Barack Obama's gaffes on the Tonight Show wasn't a mistake. World News's Jon Karl and Nightly News's Chuck Todd uncritically repeated the President's claim that Vladimir Putin "headed up the KGB." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] In fact, he did not. The highest rank the now-Russian President obtained was Lieutenant Colonel in 1991.…

NBC's Todd: Clinton Miniseries 'A Total Nightmare' For Us

August 8th, 2013 11:37 AM
It's not just conservatives who think it's a horrible idea for NBC to run a Hillary Clinton miniseries before the 2016 election. Network anchor Chuck Todd worries about the perception of bias, even as he insists that there's a tall wall of separation between his network's news  and entertainment divisions. Reported the Washington Post's Aaron Blake in an August 8 Post Politics entry:

NBC's Chuck Todd Plays Obama on Leno Falsely Claiming Putin Ran the KG

August 7th, 2013 10:45 PM
NBC White House reporter Chuck Todd hotly dismissed on Twitter the planned NBC docudrama on Hillary Clinton: “NBC News has nothing to do w/Clinton mini series on NBC entertainment. So save your complaints.” Todd also tweeted: “Can already imagine how either Clinton lovers or haters will assume some sort of NBC News involvement. Trust me, we have day jobs.” But there was Todd on the day-job on…

Chuck Todd: 'NBC News Has Nothing To Do With Clinton Miniseries

July 27th, 2013 6:00 PM
As NewsBusters reported, NBC announced Saturday that it will be airing a four-hour miniseries about Hillary Clinton. Shortly after the announcement, NBC's chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd tweeted, "NBC News has nothing to do w/Clinton mini series":

Dems Leave Detroit in Ruins; Networks Won't Say Which Party Is to Blam

July 26th, 2013 10:09 AM
 It's now been a week since Detroit filed for bankruptcy and yet ABC, CBS and NBC have resisted considering what caused the financial failure, details such as the city's massively high tax rate, failed educational system and the total Democratic dominance for over 50 years. On Sunday's Meet the Press, anchor David Gregory bluntly asked Chuck Todd, a former Democratic operative, who was…

CBS, NBC Acknowledge ObamaCare Approval At All-Time Low; ABC Skips

July 25th, 2013 6:16 PM
On Wednesday's CBS This Morning, Norah O'Donnell zeroed in on her network's latest poll that found that "more Americans than ever want the health care law repealed". However, she tried to explain it away by asserting that the public just needed to be educated: "This is the same problem the White House has faced from the very beginning about a lack of understanding about what is involved in…

'Déjà Pivot': MSNBC Host Calls Out Obama On His Repetitive Pivots On

July 25th, 2013 9:05 AM
Yesterday, President Obama gave another warmed-over version of the same economic policy speech that’s been given for the past five years at Knox College in Illinois.  He saved the automobile industry.  He’s overseeing an economic recovery.  Republicans are intransigent. And he’s the best person to ever breathe oxygen on this planet. Yada, yada, yada.  Now with polls showing a record number of…

Chuck Todd: President ‘Made Gigantic PR Mistake Embracing ObamaCare

July 24th, 2013 1:23 PM
NBC’s Chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd made a stunning statement Wednesday. Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Todd said, “I think they made a gigantic PR mistake by embracing the ObamaCare label because I think when he’s out there saying ObamaCare, it automatically politicizes something that when you want Walgreens out there telling people about healthcare, you don't want to put…

Frustrated Chuck Todd Blames GOP 'Sabotage' for ObamaCare Failure

July 8th, 2013 12:16 PM
Appearing on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd blamed Republicans for ObamaCare beginning to collapse under its own weight: "...you could argue that there are some Republicans that are trying to sabotage the law, that they're hoping to not get it off the ground and then they can suddenly make the case, 'See, we've got to get rid of it.' And they've got some…

MSNBC Hosts in Awe of Obama's Africa Trip Making Ailing Mandela Smile

June 25th, 2013 5:26 PM
On Tuesday, successive MSNBC hosts used the failing health of former South African president Nelson Mandela to promote President Obama's upcoming trip to Africa. Daily Rundown host Chuck Todd lead the way when he announced: "We have some developing news that we just have to share. Nelson Mandela's daughter, Zindzi Mandela, tells NBC that she was with Nelson Mandela, that she told him of…

NBC's Todd Frets Congress Not 'Mature Enough' to Revamp Voting Rights

June 25th, 2013 3:44 PM
Appearing on MSNBC moments after the Supreme Court handed down its decision on the Voting Rights Act, NBC News chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd wrung his hands over the prospect of Congress having to make adjustments to the 1965 law: "I don't think Congress is mature enough to do this right now, to be perfectly blunt. That the political, ideological, sort of the way some of these…