NBC and CBS Champion Pelosi for 'Making American History' as First Fem
November 8th, 2006 10:58 PM
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sat for interviews Wednesday with reporters for all the networks. NBC's Brian Williams and CBS's Katie Couric put the most emphasis on her presumed “history-making” ascension to House Speaker and allowed her to offer the most-benign descriptions of the policies she will pursue. “Our conversation with Nancy Pelosi, a woman on the verge of making American history…
Tom Brokaw's Election Template: 'Republicans Running from the Far Righ
November 7th, 2006 3:19 AM
Even before any results were known, former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw already had his template for the mid-term elections: The people are tired of “far right” Republicans and pleased by the emergence of Democrats who are “moving toward the center.” Brokaw, who will be part of the NBC News election team, was asked by Brian Williams, on Monday's NBC Nightly News, what “trends” he sees emerging. Though…
Williams Uses NBC News Time to Dismiss Flimsy Charge of Liberal Bias
November 3rd, 2006 1:14 AM
On Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams gave air time to dismissing a flimsy charge of liberal media bias based not on any content, but simply on the planned location of the newscast. From Memphis, Williams noted that “emotions are running so high,” in the Tennessee Senate contest between Republican Bob Corker and Democrat Harold Ford, “that we must tell you, even our choice of…
NBC Tries to Discredit GOP Ad as Racist, Condemns Limbaugh's Slap at M
October 24th, 2006 9:38 PM
Another campaign, another opportunity for the mainstream media to discredit a Republican campaign ad as racist. On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams declared: “Tonight some are saying that one commercial in particular in one very close Senate race has now crossed a racial line.” Andrea Mitchell proceeded to critique the RNC ad attacking Democratic Senate candidate Harold Ford and…
TV News Slammed 'Ruthless' Newt in '94, But Liberal Nancy Pelosi Gets
October 19th, 2006 3:35 PM
Back in 1994, the last time Democrats had majorities in the House and Senate, the broadcast networks tried to suffocate the Republican challenge with negative spin. NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw scoffed at the GOP's Contract with America: "It is long on promises, but short on sound premises." No Republican got worse press that year than the man who would be Speaker, Newt Gingrich. ABC's Jim…
Studds Had to Die to Get NBC to Remind Viewers of His Sex with a Teen
October 15th, 2006 4:05 AM
Gerry Studds had to die for NBC Nightly News to inform viewers of how the former Democratic Congressman had a sexual relationship with 17-year-old male congressional page, misconduct for which the House in 1983 censured him, but did not prompt Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill and other leaders to force his resignation -- nor raise calls for O'Neill's resignation. Despite the Democratic…
CBS and NBC Report Nuke Test Confirmation; ABC Suggests Doubt, Could B
October 13th, 2006 8:01 PM
Friday's broadcast network evening newscasts (6:30pm EDT feeds for ABC and CBS, 7pm for NBC) delivered contradictory reports on whether U.S. officials believe North Korea conducted a nuclear test last weekend. On the CBS Evening News, Jim Axelrod reported from the White House lawn: “The first tests on air samples from near North Korea have been completed and U.S. intelligence agencies now…
