Brian Williams Compares Chelsea Clinton to Tim Russert
She hasn't accomplished a darned thing on television yet, but Chelsea Clinton is already being compared to the late Meet the Press host Tim Russert.
Such almost unthinkable praise emerged from NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight Monday (video follows with transcript and commentary):
PIERS MORGAN, HOST: You're talking about news earlier, NBC Nightly News has taken on a new star reporter, Chelsea Clinton. Are you pleased with this new addition to the armory?
BRIAN WILLIAMS, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS: Absolutely. Somebody pointed out we have Jenna Bush on The Today Show and now we have Chelsea Clinton on Nightly News. I mentioned Richard Engel earlier. Here is a kid who went to Stanford and the day he graduated left for Cairo. He wanted to learn Arabic and live out in the world.
And I've always said when people come to journalism from a basis of being super smart and worldly and curious, come one, come all. And she just wants to work for us. And Chelsea just wants to do our Making a Difference Franchise stories. These are stories about people. We're surrounded by them. We meet them every day, who are choosing to do good things for, in some cases, people they'll never meet.
My wife actually gave this series its start just because she thought we could afford two, three minutes a day on our broadcast to highlight good works. Well, Chelsea Clinton noticed these stories and wants to work with us. I think with her intellect and her -- the life she has lived and the world she has seen, I think it will give her a very, very unique viewpoint.
And really at the end of the day -- this was pointed out in this morning's paper -- most Americans haven't heard her voice. And they don't know that Chelsea -- I don't know her well, but what an impressive, impressive woman who has, at every turn, lived her life so well thus far.
MORGAN: I think she'll be terrific and for all the reasons that you just said. It's an inspired appointment. But there will be journalistic critics who say this is just further evidence of news networks dumbing down. It's the celebrification, if you like, of news, of conventional news journalism. What would you say to that?
WILLIAMS: If a candidate walked into our offices with her academic training, with her travel, with her access and time around conversations at the highest levels with policy makers, with her business experience, with just her travel experience, we would sit down if their name was Nancy, and have a thorough conversation about coming to work for us at NBC News.
That her name is Chelsea Clinton is all the better. I can't wait to hear her voice and her viewpoint. And I would remind everybody that there was much kerfuffle about Tim Russert's resume. Oh, my goodness, he worked for a couple elected Democrats. And what that nicely left out was Tim Russert's talent and intellect and ability to call them down the middle.
What is he remembered for and what do people miss about him? His decency, his humanity and his incredible ability to call them down the middle. So I would urge everyone to let's sit back and watch some of Chelsea Clinton's work on the air.
MORGAN: Yeah, I'm with you on that.
For the record, prior to moving into journalism, Russert was special counsel to the late Sen. Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) and later became his Chief of Staff. This was followed by being counsel to New York Governor Mario Cuomo.
In 1984, Russert started working in NBC's Washington bureau, became its chief in 1989, and was named Meet the Press host in 1991.
As he graduated from law school in 1976, that's fifteen years of real experience before moving to Meet the Press.
By contrast, Clinton's entire professional career consists of working for two consulting firms, fundraising for the Clinton Foundation, and serving on the board of the School of American Ballet.
With that wealth of political experience, we shouldn't be surprised if she's the next Tim Russert.
This level of idolatry and sycophancy from the anchor of America's leading news broadcast though not surprising really is sick-making.
(H/T Breitbart TV)
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This is the same mentality
Submitted by David-Ford on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:32am.
This is the same mentality that got Obama the Nobel Peace Prize... facts don't have a thing to do with it.... feelings and intent do
Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize?
Submitted by MightyMouth on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:42am.
for WHAT?
Nobel
Submitted by Agnostic on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:53am.
For saying that he was going to change the image of the US around the world.
You have to admit that he has accomplished that much.
For SAYING?
Submitted by greggy on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:37pm.
And to you, Agnostic, giving out prestigious awards based on what someone SAYS they're going to do, is logical? Giving out prestigious awards, for things that haven't been accomplished - but only hoped for? As opposed to, on merit? To you, in the world of logic that you inhabit - this makes sense?
Let's assume for the sake of discussion, that you're right - that Obama did later change the image of the US around the world. To you, it makes sense to give him that award, merely based on SAYING he was going to do so, at some point in the future?
This is the perfect illustration of the liberal mind - that one of the most prestigious honors should be awarded based merely on sentiment, on mere words, as opposed to deeds or actions.
In point of fact, since Obama became President, we are told that he has markedly increased the number of drone strikes killing terrorists and alleged terrorists (and in many cases, their families and friends and casual acquaintances who happen to be nearby).
In point of fact, Obama has presided over a surge in Afghanistan, that has seen a marked increase in the number of US and Afghan casualties from war.
In point of fact, tensions with Pakistan are at perhaps an all-time high, with Pakistan publicly threatening that the US will "lose a friend", threatening to show (and accused of showing) our classified, advanced helicopter stealth technology to the Chinese, and the Afghan President publicly stating that if the US and Pakistan come to blows, that Afghanistan will fight against us.
Recently, under Obama's direction, the US bombed and attacked a country (Libya) in which we have little to no strategic interest, a nation which did not attack us nor threaten to attack us or our vital interests. At the end of our bombing and drone strikes, the leader of that nation was apprehended alive by rebels that we supported, he was brutally beaten, he was sodomized with a knife or a stick, and then shot to death - as were members of his family. In other words, horrendous war crimes (declared as such by the U.N.), were committed by those we assisted and supported, and it was broadcast all over the world.
Right now, a litany of covert actions, possibly including some that would qualify as acts of war, are being conducted against Iran, in order to suppress its nuclear weapons program.
Saudi Arabia is furious with us and trying to forge a closer relationship with the Chinese, over our abandonment and condemnation of Hosni Mubarek. The Musilm Brotherhood is emerging as the foremost political force (after the military) in Egypt, and they are clamoring for war with Israel.
Information is becoming public that Iran is getting very close to having nuclear weapons, with new accusations that hundreds of N Korean scientists and engineers are actively working in Iran on their nuclear program.
The President was just caught on open mic making personal attacks on the leader of Israel..our relationship with Britain has cooled under Obama, Chavez and Ahmadinejad are still railing against the US, the Canadians are looking at moving a major pipeline project with the US to China because Obama is procrastinating on a decision.
Meanwhile, over the weekend raging liberal Democrats Thomas Friedman and Chris Matthews have both openly admitted that Obama has done a very good job - of executing Bush's foreign policy. The same foreign policy he excoriated while running for President.
But to liberal non-thinkers like yourself, it's not facts, or actions, or accomplishments that actually matter. It's words. It's sentiments. It's image. It's not what you actually have done - it's what you SAY you are going to do.
Absolutely incredible.
Greggy, I guess you do not
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:50pm.
Greggy, I guess you do not know Agnostic all to well. He should have put a /sarc after his first sentence. His 2nd sentence is quite true, Odumbo has changed our image.
The ones who hate us know we will not retaliate and ignore anything Odumbo says.
And our allies cannot expect us to help them.
Agnostic is no liberal.
You're right..I don't know agnostic well.
Submitted by greggy on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 5:46pm.
But his post was all-too-authentic sounding - it sounded EXACTLY like real liberal logic on Obama's peace prize. Which I suppose was exactly was his point, based on what you're saying. And that makes the sarcasm all the more insightful..
for a moment there I thought he was Balboa's brother.
the question was answered
Submitted by Agnostic on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 9:29am.
There was no sarcasm nor support for their decision to grant President Obama a Nobel Peace prize - just a simple statement of fact. The reason that Obama was giving the prize was because of the things he said he was going to do. I could add that he is a Socialist/Marxist that the Nobel Committee saw as a leader to end what they see as the evils of American aggression. Political expediency will trump merit in the Marxist/Socialist world every time - one of the many reasons they fail.
As for some of your other points:
Drone Strikes - Have you noticed how drones no longer kill innocent civilians? Our technology must have really improved since Obama became President. (now that was sarcasm)
Casualties - While it is nice that the media hasn't been beating the daily drum beat of the number of deaths every day you would at least think they would cover the increase and highest levels of casualties since the start of the war. Obama may be learning, if he is capable of learning through is indoctrination and arrogance, why Iraq and not Afghanistan was the proper field of combat if you are going to pursue a war on terror with boots on the ground. There is a reason they still teach the Art of War.
Iran - This has been an on-going event that was, imho, rightly ramped up under Bush when the population started protesting the Theocracy in Iran. Unfortunately, Obama turned his back on that attempted revolution in the public eye and now the revolution has changed (for many reasons but mostly the results of the Arab Spring). My understanding is that the original attempt by the Bush Administration to support rebellion against the Mullahs has been changed to a support to topple the central power structure - once again playing into the hands of MB and other groups that need the power vacuums to create their caliphate.
Nuclear Iran - Don't forget the French, Russians and Chinese. Why do you think they may want an Iran with Nuclear capabilities? If Obama came out and made a speech in a blue turban I would not be surprised - Nostradamus prediction.
SA - We are as much a necessary evil to them as they are to us. They need our consumerism and we need their oil. Before you say that we have other resources - it isn't that simple and would create a post much longer than this already too long post.
While Obama has continued many of the Bush administration's policies it is my opinion that he has a different goal in mind. Bush wanted the spread of democracy by committing the US to a long term presence in the ME. Obama only wants the destabilization of the current power structure to allow some form of Caliphate to be formed in conjunction with the MB and selected ME and Asian leadership.
As a non-thinker, liberal/conservative or otherwise I welcome your debate on these issues.
if putting the US on a death spin
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:15pm.
into the crapper is to commended. Then give him two, along with other greats like Arafat.
US death spin
Submitted by Agnostic on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 11:38am.
When you get right down to it that is why he won the award. President Obama was seen as the leader that would send the US down the socialistic road of equality that would end the reign of US military agression.
Good morning MM
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:54am.
Yeah Obabble got the peace prize, Clinton got the piece prize And Bush got rooked.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Hey Brian, let's just make her President
Submitted by averageschmoe on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:33am.
Brian, pull your head out of the Clinton's @sses for a minute. Why don't we just make her VP for Obama this year and annoint her President of NBC and President of the United States already. Wipe the drool off of your face you worthless pig. Journalism is dead in America. RIP Journalism. (I am embarrassed by my Journalism degree)
"I can't wait to hear her
Submitted by Immortal Fish on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 1:28pm.
"I can't wait to hear her voice and her viewpoint." (This not your quote, but one from the article)
Don't you guys take an oath of 'disinterest'?
How does one who has taken such an oath also have 'a viewpoint'?
Rhetorical questions, I know.
OH BARF!! (this one needs capitals!)
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:38am.
I just finished watching that video at Breitbart!!
If that isn't a barf-inducing performance, I don't know what is!!
When I first glanced at the Breitbart headline, I mistakenly thought it said he compared her to LUKE Russert, and I thought, yeah, another "legacy" hire. When I saw he was actually comparing her to TIM, I almost fell off my chair!
I hope you guys are saving that for this year's "Media Dishonor Awards."
RIP
Submitted by MOONSTRUCK on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:37am.
Journalism.
Long live the internets!!! : )
OMG!!
Submitted by MightyMouth on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:39am.
...
Am I the only one ...
Submitted by Fredy on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:43am.
That never saw Tim Russert as someone that was 'just cutting it down the middle'? I saw Tim as one of the best of a bad bunch of left wing journalists. I never saw Tim defend any conservative position from liberal attacks in the same manner as he defended liberal positions.
Fredy,
Submitted by Agnostic on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:49am.
That sounds about right but prior to Internet and the boom of AM radio Tim Russert was one of the few that weren't hostile.
Well
Submitted by KornKing on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 12:06pm.
Everyone knows that the liberal position is the only one that makes sense, the only time the conservative position wins out is when a few n'er do wells wearing tin hats hypnotize the great masses into a fit of anger
I like Ed Morrissey's comparison better....
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:51am.
isn’t this a little like Greta Garbo doing a daytime talk show?
H/T The Anchoress, who also marvelously points out that
... it is one of those wonderfully ironic stories: Chelsea Clinton has famously said, “I do not talk to the press”.
And now, she is going to be part of the press, talking to us.
The "elite" want their privacy, until they don't. Sort of like Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg not wanting anything to do with politics....until she wanted to be a senator.
The hypocrisy is staggering.
This is the LSM trying to
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:47am.
This is the LSM trying to create more political "royalty". The libturds are looking to replace the Kennedy's so now they are pumping up the Clintoons.
Looks like Chelsea is using her name to get in the door and not her experience or talents. Gee, could Shuster have been right?
It's a good thing I've had breakfast.
Submitted by kata on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:54am.
This self worshiping and Clinton fawning is vomit inducing.
I cannot see where reporters get this mindset that their job somehow gives them some kind of hero status. Piers Morgan tries, and fails to dig a fire line with the peremptory "some say" - but it's too late! We already think you're all a bunch of hacks.
Chelsea Clinton may be a slightly brighter bulb than Meghan McCain but that doesn't automatically assign her to the ranks of brilliant reporters anymore than anyone else. Call me cynical, I don't care. Give her ten years in the field and then someone can decide if she's worth all this slobberishness.
I dunno
Submitted by KornKing on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 12:08pm.
Look how long some of the lapdog idiots have been around......
Now there's a shock, the
Submitted by rbosque on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:55am.
Now there's a shock, the spawn of the Borg queen and Bill Clinton working for NBC and getting a good review BEFORE she starts her work. I sure wish that happened to me before I started working at my old job just because of who my parents are...honest hard-working people.
Yeah, maybe....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:59am.
...when viewed from the rear! bodda-BOOM! Especially if she inherited her momma's ....er.....um......looks? HA-Ha! You thought I was gonna say "cankles", din't ya? :-)
Brian Williams
Submitted by NewLife56 on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 12:13pm.
OK class let’s begin our word association period
Brian Williams-Idiot
NBC-Not Credible, idiot’s
MSDNC-State Run Propaganda, Idiots, Joke
Chelsea Clinton-Smart, attractive, hopefully a breath of fresh air, hope NBC doesn’t pay her off or brain wash her
Comcast-Idiot’s for buying NBC
Liberal’s-people to whom we should pray for and pity and feel very sorry for, they have no thoughts or brain of their own..Proof? They actually hope Obama wins again after darn near destroying every aspect of the United, opps sorry, Divided States of America
Well then - NBC should give Chelsea a solid test . .
Submitted by Gary Hall on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 12:11pm.
Chelsea Clinton's 1st reporting gig - Occupy Wall Street
This should be really interesting -- Chelsea Clinton (who has worked as as an analyst for the hedge fund firm, Avenue Capital), is married to investment banker Marc Mezvinsky.
Mexvinsky is of infamous bad blood stock for the OWS crowd. His father served some 5 years in jail after pleading guilty to bank and wire fraud. Mexvinsky was formerly working for Goldman Sachs. At the time of their wedding, he was a partner in 3G Capital - a hedge fund firm.
Maxyinsky is still out bouncing from one position after another in the Wall Street that OWS is all about, and recently was thought to be starting up his own Hedge fund.
So -- I propose that NBC sends her down to Zuccotti Park wearing a tee that says, "My husband is a Wall Street hedge fund manager - and comes from a family of 'em," and interview away.
(;~> gary
Yes
Submitted by Diesel on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:41pm.
Then she can do a story about all of the rapes there & maybe get her rapist dads point of view on rape!
If Monica Lewinsky was not available
Submitted by kelloggmd on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 12:16pm.
Bill Clinton knew that Brian Williams was always on call to perform the dirty deed in the oval office if Monica was not available
Just a bit of hypomanic hyperbole from BriWi.
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 12:30pm.
She has yet to say a word on air and already she has the stature and reputation of Tim Russert?
That makes Perez Hilton the next Edward R. Murrow.
Get a grip, Brian! No one is
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 12:36pm.
Get a grip, Brian! No one is dissing Chelsea because she's a Democrat (like Russert). No one is wondering if she'll be able to "call them down the middle" like you say Russert is remembered for.
We are saying Chelsea is being hired because of her name, and being praised already before she has even opened her mouth on your network.
And as for your claim that she's "been around" so much.. her access and time around conversations at the highest levels with policy makers,
I though she was always kept apart from the politics?
Your assertion that you would be just as enthusiastic about a candidate named Nancy who showed up on NBC's doorstep with her "qualifications" is laughable on its face.
In the first place, "Nancy" wouldn't get an interview by sending along word that she'd like to work for NBC. She would be told to go and apply for a job through the proper channels.
You're trying WAY too hard, Brian. Give it up.
MB, the bosses at NBC are desperate.
Submitted by UpNorth on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 8:00pm.
This is a network that can't even come up with any kind of show for the Monday, 10pm hour, except a regurgitation their 6:30pm news-a-thon.
Williams said this in regards to Chelsea's "qualifications": If a candidate walked into our offices with her academic training, with her travel, with her access and time around conversations at the highest levels with policy makers, with her business experience, with just her travel experience".
Hey Brian, I've lived in Germany, travelled to Austria, where the Austrian language is spoken, as a matter of fact, I'm fluent in Austrian, Holland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Italy and Iceland. I have a B.S. in criminal justice, I was a licensed EMT, and law enforcement officer, I've spoken with Gerry Ford, Ronald Reagan and, hate to admit it, the rabbit hunter, Jimmy Carter, George HW Bush, Jose Portillo, Henry Kissinger, and Tip O'Neill, and I balance my check book. Thanks for the offer Brian, I'll start with a yearly salary of $100K, ok?
There's only 4 photos on Chelsea's Wiki page,
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 12:37pm.
and one of them is of the Oxford building. (WTF?, she was only there two years!)
Did I mention she went to Oxford?
Daddy has some serious pull.
Submitted by JLin on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 4:44pm.
Don't you try the same with your kid. He's also a Bilderberger, so everyone is down with Chelsea.
BRIAN IS THIS GENERATION'S TED BAXTER
Submitted by Sgthulka on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 12:41pm.
Only dumber.
Pompous, smug and with an IQ that could barely register on the meter, Williams is the perfect representative for a network and company that epitomizes corporate cronyism, bias and general antipathy towards conservatives and their causes.
Brian Williams Compares Chelsea Clinton to Tim Russert
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 12:46pm.
Huh?? (in my best Austin Powers voice) She's a MAN, Baby!!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 1:15pm.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Brian Williams is no...
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 1:20pm.
David Brinkley.
Let Chelsea do a report from Sarajevo if she can dodge all the sniper rounds again like she did when she and her Mother visited there last time. I'd love for Chelsea to tell us all exactly and truthfully this time what she and her Mom experienced upon landing. This tap-dance could be very humorous.
The comparison was just a way
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 1:38pm.
The comparison was just a way of saying that you shouldn't assume Chelsea won't be a good addition, similarly to how people said the same about Russert.
That's all. No need to lose it.
What we assume is that there is only ONE
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:25pm.
reason she got the job and that without a doubt there are many more qualified people that did not even get a shot. Williams is somehow trying to justify giving slick willie's spawn a job she doesn't have the qualifications for.
You probably think Obama is a genius as well.
Oh relax. Being intelligent
Submitted by balboa on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 12:09am.
Oh relax. Being intelligent and a well-known person can be reason enough to get a media job.
You probably think (generic, trite jab).
Brian Williams. . .
Submitted by rickbren on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 1:46pm.
. . .gets his brown from a bottle. He's a natural blonde. . .
Worse That Couric
Submitted by rammingspeed on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 1:51pm.
Brian Williams is a brain dead little sh*tpie. Get him the hell out of here!
Can anybody recall Williams
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 2:03pm.
Can anybody recall Williams sloobering like this when Jenna Bush was hired? I didn't know she worked there until yesterday when they mentioned Chelsea.
Chelsea Clinton got this job for only one reason
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 2:09pm.
Her membership in the Lucky Sperm Club - that that didn't wind up on a blue dress, I mean.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Chelsea Clinton's "accomplishments" bring to mind what
Submitted by no tingly legs on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 2:30pm.
several people (the late Ann Richards just copied it) have said about being born on third base and thinking you hit a triple. At least she makes one assume that her Dad, BJ Clinton, had sex with Shrillary at least once.
Somebody flush Williams. Please!!!
Submitted by greydawg on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 2:51pm.
By comparing this arrogant twit ("I do not talk to the press") to Tim Russert before she even gets a microphone in her mouth causes Brian Williams to lose all credibility as a "newsman." He has again revealed himself as the lowest form of Clinton media whore in existence. Mentioning the Clinton spawn with Russert in the same sentence is beyond laughable. Williams, were you drunk or coked up when you made that comment? Or did Hillary threaten you with exposure?
Celsea vs. Russert
Submitted by markprice1983 on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:30pm.
And Russert was better looking, too.
Yea...and they're saying they don't know where she stands...
Submitted by Paul G on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:31pm.
Really?...Hmmmm...I'm sure she's pro tea party lol
More Liberal Racism
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:37pm.
Chelsea just took the job an African-American Journalism graduate worked years to fill. Daddy Bill made a call, and NBC commenced with the major sucking up.
This isn't any different from the Kennedys and their White Privilege practices.
Kennedys and Clintons might say they believe in equality, but they'll prove over and over that their White family is far more important than the law of the land.
If you accidentally swallow poison..............
Submitted by Herbster on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:46pm.
If you accidentally swallow poison.....just watch this clip and you will instantly regurgitate whatever you swallowed. Syrup of Ipecac no longer needed.
Briam Williams is a tool......remember him bowing to the current occupant of the White House?
This lovefest was amazing. I was waiting for Williams to suggest that Chelsea run for President in '16. This gig at the NBC propaganda farm is obviously a training/grooming period for Chelsea. Can a run for the senate from NY be far in her future?
Was it Williams who asked an interviewee if, "He was questioning Williams' journalistic ethics?" "Journalistic ethics>" The oxymoron of the century.
I can't stop laughing at Williams..
Submitted by greggy on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:47pm.
singing the praises (twice) of "calling it down the middle".
When has Brian Williams ever called it down the middle? Brian Williams' bias is so blatant that Jon Stewart calls him out on it, and Obama himself publicly jokes that he rolls over in bed and asks Brian what he thinks about a given issue.
Quite some time ago, Brian Williams forfeited even the smallest pretense of objectivity - he is an open partisan, who steadfastly claims that he isn't.
Irony
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:49pm.
WILLIAMS: ". . . That her name is Chelsea Clinton is all the better. I can't wait to hear her voice and her viewpoint."
It's no coincidence that fewer and fewer viewers want to hear his voice and his viewpoint.
"...I can't wait to hear her
Submitted by celator on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 7:59pm.
"...I can't wait to hear her voice and her viewpoint."
Like the rest of us, Williams apparently hasn't yet heard her speak. Or that her audition (if any) was so secret that even the great Williams wasn't allowed to hear it.
Or that BJ Clinton didn't make a single phone call to the network regarding hiring his daughter. Or that is no quid pro quo to the DNC for hiring her even though she hasn't done a single journalistic segment on any station on the planet earth.
Or that her journalistic abilities are so awesome that she was brought in to the very top of the network food chain. Or that she won't relay network gossip to her mummy and daddy which they will in turn pass on to the DNC.
Amazing stuff.
CNN is right down the middle......................
Submitted by Tomorama on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 4:16pm.
I had the indignity of channel surfing last night and caught this barf fest.
I respected Russert a lot, I do think he called it down the middle for the most part and he IS what a journalist in that realm shoulbe be - IMPARTIAL.
I agree that compared to the liberal whores like Williams and company anything less than slurping and leg tingling may be percieved as impartial, but I honestly thought Russert had a long record of doing so.
Chelsea will BE just like the rest of the cabal, left of left and her REAL Dad will be so proud that she grew up to look just like him......\
Jaw dropping!
Submitted by JLin on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 4:37pm.
"MORGAN: I think she'll be terrific and for all the reasons that you just said. It's an inspired appointment. "
These guys give whores a bad name.
This has to be a record of some kind.
Submitted by JLin on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 4:41pm.
Miss Clinton has never held a job in her life and now has a cherry network "news" gig as her first paycheck. Has any prima donna journalist ever jumped to Queen of the Hill like this?
Two words: Peter Doocey
Submitted by Henry Clay on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 4:44pm.
Two words: Peter Doocey
Yeah
Submitted by JLin on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 4:55pm.
Luke Russert, son of newsman
Peter Doocey, son of newsman...
Analysts are right in their assessment
Submitted by JLin on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 4:48pm.
They're getting this kid's political career off to a fast start - the right way. They already have the highest echelons of the Vichy Press genuflecting and kissing her ring. Will she even be present at 30 Rock or will she work from a home studio?
it's fvcking sad is what it
Submitted by helomech on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 5:04pm.
it's fvcking sad is what it is............. :-(
ChickaBOOMer| NBC's Brian Williams: Chelsea Handler
Submitted by StewartIII on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 5:11pm.
NBC's Brian Williams: Chelsea Handler
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2011/11/nbcs-brian-williams-chelsea-han...
Paris Hilton has also traveled extensively.
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 5:50pm.
Maybe she's the next news anchor.
Rad, do you really think
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 7:43pm.
Rad, do you really think Williams was saying Chelsea is a comparable journalist to Russert?
Bal
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 7:50pm.
After re-reading what Williams said, yes.
He is right to a degree....
Submitted by jdripper on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 6:27pm.
Jenna Bush has no business being on the Today program. Luke Russert had no business being hired to a national news network. There are too many "gee my daddy was famous now I are famous too" monstrosities out there.
Jack
Chelsea has the worst of her
Submitted by buddyc on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 8:10pm.
Chelsea has the worst of her father and the best of her mother. She looks like a donkey. She has all the warmth of her mother. She inherited her mothers lack of intelligence.
So what does that give us as a reporter? An incompetent Helen Thomas.
I don't understand why Chelsea's looks are relevant
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 10:11am.
nor why you find it necessary to pronounce them donkey-like, but if you find delivering cheap shots satisfying, then, by all means, continue to pleasure yourself. However, for future reference, both Hillary and her daughter are quite intelligent and compiled outstanding academic records.
Jer
Chelsea's looks
Submitted by Agnostic on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 10:23am.
They are only relevant in one way and the constant insults are juvenile and pointless. The one way they are relevant is the fact that the physical appearance of on air personalities has been an issue in the news for a long time, more so when FOX became popular and even more so when Couric landed her promotions. Talent and public appeal will over shadow what ever issues the networks have with her personal appearance. Basically, I'm not sure she gets hired without the Clinton name but every network has thrown unattractive or under informed people in front of the camera due to the potential draw of an audience. She is a good hire.
Comparing her to legends in the business is akin to giving a Nobel Prize to someone who has done nothing to earn the prize (since it was already brought up).
I feel sorry for Chelsea Clinton
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 10:54am.
It must be a terrible thing to grow up in the media fishbowl, as she did. And the unreasonable expectations, laid upon her by people who don't even know her, lay her open to criticism whether she does/doesn't do thing x, y, or z. Just as JFK, Jr. was relentlessly driven to succeed his father (something he really didn't care for, politics, which perhaps is why he was so reckless and ultimately killed himself accidently), Ms. Clinton (or whatever her married name is) didn't ask for her notoriety. The media scrutiny is insane...a few weeks after her wedding, the tabloids were screaming "trouble in paradise!!!" because she was seen in her sweats w/o her wedding ring. OMO! *rolls eyes*
Of couse, she HAS traded on the Clinton name, and perhaps this job offer is just another unfair opportunity for her. But I'm not going to criticize her until I actually see her work (no doubt she'll shill for the democrats, but you never know...maybe she has always longed to be a cub reporter).
The liberal media will idolize her, and has already put her on a pedestal...she might want to be careful, from there, it's a longer way when one falls.
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Jer, so if Newsbusters had
Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 10:49am.
Jer, so if Newsbusters had been around 10 and 20 years ago, you would have denounced the attacks on the looks of Katherine Harris and Linda Tripp ?
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Bryan Williams
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 9:06pm.
Williams is the biggest a** kisser in the media. Therefore, it is no surprise he is going to go gaga over Chelsea Clinton.
WILLIAMS: If a candidate
Submitted by WarEagle66 on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:45pm.
WILLIAMS: If a candidate walked into our offices with her academic training, with her travel, with her access and time around conversations at the highest levels with policy makers, with her business experience, with just her travel experience, we would sit down if their name was Nancy, and have a thorough conversation about coming to work for us at NBC News.
THAT IS JUST AMAZING.....and sad. I am glad I don't watch any of those networks....
Pathological lack of perspective, intellect, or basic grasp
Submitted by Biff Ulysses on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 12:21am.
Brian Williams is one of the many poster-boys for the sellout failure that is the mainstream media, their warped and insidiously propagandist concept of "journalism," and the all-corrosive acquired disorder that is liberalism.
An abject embarrassment -- and neither he nor the ass-picking clowns at NBC know it.
He's exponentially more ridiculous than The Fonz on waterskis with leather jacket.
It became patently clear back in 2009 with the "expose" featuring Obama and Secret Service entourage going on a "Saturday night hamburger run" with urban backbeat soundtrack.
Another assignment suggestion for Chelsea...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 5:49am.
..."Politically Powerful Men and the Women Who Fellate Them"...