'Nightly News': Don't Let the Mild Weather Fool You, There's Still Glo
June 16th, 2009 3:20 PM
With a cooler-than-usual winter and a mild temperatures leading up to the beginning of summer, global warming alarmists are finding they are losing steam in the debate. But "NBC Nightly News" won't give up the fight. On the June 15 broadcast, anchor Brian Williams noted the peculiar weather patterns along the East Coast. "The weather along the eastern seaboard has been more like Scotland in…
NBC's Myers Highlights Obama Hypocrisy in Appointing Fund-raisers
June 14th, 2009 1:17 PM
Saturday’s NBC Nightly News aired a report filed by NBC News correspondent Lisa Myers in which she looked into President Obama’s tendency to award lavish jobs as ambassadors to some of his top campaign fund-raisers – whose qualifications in foreign policy are questionable – and in which she noted that Obama had criticized President Bush for appointing donors to positions in government. Myers: "It…
ABC: 'Potential Wave of Domestic Terror' vs NBC: 'No Spike' in Hate Gr
June 11th, 2009 8:53 PM
Which way is it? Highlighting three murders this year, ABC's Pierre Thomas on Thursday night delivered an ominous and speculative story on how “radicals of the ultra-fringe, filled with rage about illegal immigration, fear of losing their guns, abortion and race making law enforcement increasingly nervous about a potential wave of domestic terror.” In contrast, on the NBC Nightly News, Pete…
Broadcast Nets Panic over Second-Guessing of Obama Administration's Ch
June 10th, 2009 1:50 PM
If you stand in the way of President Barack Obama's agenda, beware because there may be a litany of consequences that could result from your act - regardless if the obstacle is legitimate or not. On June 8, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a stay to review an appeal by a trio of Indiana pension and construction funds that own a part of Chrysler's secured debt. They claimed the…
Jon Stewart: Brian Williams 'Clearly Has the Hots' for Obama
June 6th, 2009 10:56 AM
NBC's Brian Williams "clearly has the hots" for President Barack Obama.So said Comedy Central's Jon Stewart Thursday in a total skewering of NBC's "Inside the Obama White House" special report. Not only did "The Daily Show" host totally lambaste Williams for using "this kind of unprecedented access" to the president to "cross-promote" other NBC programs, but also marvelously depicted the entire…
Outrageous: Brokaw Wonders What Israel Can 'Learn' From Buchenwald And
June 5th, 2009 4:06 PM
**Video Below The Fold** The folks at Powerline realized the implications of an outrageous news clip featuring NBC's Tom Brokaw conducting an interview with the Obammessiah. Apparently, this hard news journalist thought he'd get deep and ask a pertinent question about Israel, the Palestinians, and just what it might be that the Jews can learn from Obama's visit to Buchenwald and how they should…
'Nightly News' Laments Budget Cuts in Wake of California Ballot Initia
June 4th, 2009 11:29 AM
Every time voters face a ballot initiative of some sort that would raise their taxes, proponents of such measures will trot out any of the following components to champion the cause - school children, policemen, firemen or the release of criminals from jails. But this time, the June 3 "NBC Nightly News" waited until after California voters denied passage of initiatives that would raise their…
NBC's Brian Williams Bows To President Obama
June 3rd, 2009 5:43 PM
How much is "Nightly News" host Brian Williams in the tank for President Obama?Well, as part I of NBC's special report "Inside the Obama White House" came to a close Tuesday, Williams, while saying good night to the president, actually bowed his head.I kid you not (embedded video and partial transcript below the fold):
Flashback: Wacky Network Quotes from 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre
June 3rd, 2009 5:22 PM
Tomorrow, June 4, is the 20th anniversary of the Chinese army massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. Back in 1989, the big networks provided in-depth coverage of the massive protests that swelled in mid-May, and harsh coverage of the brutal reaction from the communist authorities.But, as the Media Research Center noted at the time, the networks also used the occasion for…
ABC and CBS Spike Muslim Convert's Politically-Motivated Murder of U.S
June 2nd, 2009 10:55 PM
The networks, which saw the apparently politically-motivated murder of a Kansas doctor who performed late term abortions as a major story, haven't been so interested in a Muslim convert who specifically targeted and shot two Army privates outside a Little Rock recruiting office, killing one, William Long. None mentioned it on Monday night and on Tuesday evening, as all aired follow-up pieces on…
Media: Tiller a Martyr, Abortion Not Killing and Pro-Lifers are Crazy
June 2nd, 2009 9:55 AM
George Tiller, the Kansas doctor notorious for his commitment to performing late-term abortions, was killed May 31 while attending a Sunday morning church service. By his count, Tiller performed 60,000 abortions. His clinic, Women's Health Care Services in Wichita, was one of only three clinics in the United States that offered abortions after the 21st week of pregnancy. Loss of human…
NBC Suggests Bill O'Reilly Fueled Murder of Dr. George Tiller
June 1st, 2009 8:43 PM
NBC, frequently the object of Bill O'Reilly's scorn for its biased presentation of the news from the left, provided him with fresh evidence Monday evening as the NBC Nightly News, unlike the ABC and CBS newscasts, found it newsworthy in a story on the murder of Kansas doctor George Tiller, who performed abortions of viable fetuses, to highlight “on the Internet, questions from critics of…
Deutsch: For The Media, 'Positivity' Is The New In Thing
June 1st, 2009 10:27 AM
Hmm, I wonder what's changed?Former ad man turned pundit Donny Deutsch has proclaimed that "positivity" is the new in thing for the media—"the new black" as he puts it.Deutsch appeared with Tom Brokaw on today's Morning Joe. The former NBC anchor was touting his new USA Network series, "American Character Along Highway 50," featuring encounters with "real Americans" he meets on the road.That set…
Williams Cues Up Obama to Agree: 'That's One of Those She'd Rather Hav
May 29th, 2009 9:14 PM
NBC provided a platform Friday for President Obama to fire back at conservative critics of his Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, as Brian Williams cued him up to agree her comment that a Latina judge would make better decisions than a white male one, is “one of those she'd rather have back.” Obama naturally agreed as NBC Nightly News aired his response for an uninterrupted two-plus minutes…