Instead of Assessing Clinton's Claims, Nets Portray Strategy to Motiva

Brent Baker
September 26th, 2006 9:33 AM
Instead of exploring the accuracy or inaccuracy of former President Clinton's claims during his temper tantrum directed at Chris Wallace in an interview aired on Fox News Sunday, the ABC and NBC evening newscasts on Monday suggested a larger strategy to motivate Democrats. ABC anchor Charles Gibson framed the event: “When asked about efforts he made to get Osama bin Laden, the former President…
 

NBC Whitewashes Clinton Tantrum

Al Brown
September 25th, 2006 6:57 PM
On tonight's Nightly News, NBC anchor Brian Williams played excerpts from former President Bill Clinton's meltdown on Fox News, then turned to an "expert" for "perspective" - former Clinton staffer David Gergen. Gergen and Williams downplayed Clinton's display of anger, calling it a "four or five on a scale of ten" compared to previous private Clinton hissy fits.
 

NBC Nightly News Reads Viewer Mail, Williams Pleads for Dictator Inter

Tim Graham
September 22nd, 2006 7:37 AM
 

NBC Nightly News Hypes Allen's 'Macaca' and Heritage Stories, Puffs Op

Tim Graham
September 21st, 2006 7:23 AM
 

Williams Leads 'Nightly News' with Plunging Gas Prices, But Raises Ele

Brent Baker
September 21st, 2006 1:30 AM
 

Gasoline Now at $2.50 a Gallon, Nets Couldn’t Care Less

Noel Sheppard
September 19th, 2006 1:35 AM
Remember last year at this time when you couldn’t turn on your television set without coming across a story on rising gasoline prices? Well, a year later, gas is now $2.50 a gallon, down 50 cents in just one month, twenty-nine cents lower than last year, and the broadcast network news programs couldn’t care less. As reported by Reuters Monday:The freefall in U.S. gasoline prices continued as the…
 

Networks Yawn as Natural Gas Plummets

Noel Sheppard
September 18th, 2006 11:56 PM
 

Burden Put on Pope, Not Muslim Leaders, for Violence; NBC Calls Pope

Brent Baker
September 18th, 2006 9:05 PM
 

NBC to Broadcast from Cuba's Meeting of U.S. Enemies Because It's 'Int

Brent Baker
September 14th, 2006 11:27 PM
 

ABC, CBS and NBC Evening Shows All Highlight 'Silver Foot' Insult from

Brent Baker
September 14th, 2006 8:52 PM
 

Flashback: NBC Reported Missed Bin Laden Opportunity by Clinton in Mar

Noel Sheppard
September 9th, 2006 7:55 PM
 

ABC & NBC Trumpet: In 'Stinging Rebuke,' a 'Central Argument' for Iraq

Brent Baker
September 8th, 2006 8:50 PM
Friday's broadcast network evening newscasts delivered three different levels of priority to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report which concluded there were no connections between Iraq and al-Qaeda, hardly fresh news. The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric didn't air a syllable about it , ABC's World News with Charles Gibson teased it and made it the newscast's second story (…
 

Lauer Scolds Bush: 'Amnesty International Says Secret Sites Against In

Brent Baker
September 8th, 2006 8:06 PM
 

Bush Earns Unusual Respect from Star Journalists: 'Clever Jujitsu' and

Brent Baker
September 6th, 2006 9:31 PM
President Bush's announcement Wednesday, that he wants military tribunals for al-Qaeda operatives he's moved from secret sites to Guantanamo Bay, drew some unusual respect from top broadcast network stars, particularly ABC's George Stephanopoulos and CBS's Bob Schieffer, for its political cleverness. Stephanopoulos declared on World News with Charles Gibson: “Here the administration took an…