NBC's Lee Cowan: Covering Barack Obama Makes My Knees Quake

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By Scott Whitlock | March 27, 2008 - 11:25 ET

It seems as though NBC is now expanding its bias to include paid supplements. In a print promotional distributed by NBC News, reporter Lee Cowan enthused, "When NBC News first assigned me to the Barack Obama campaign, I must confess my knees quaked a bit." This is the same journalist who in January famously confessed to "Nightly News" host Brian Williams that it's "almost hard to remain objective" when covering the "infectious" energy surrounding the Illinois senator. [Updated below fold with embed video from January]

Cowan's latest quote appeared in a NBC advertising section entitled "The Peacock." The first person article, which recounts Cowan's excitement over covering the Obama campaign, also featured the correspondent bubbling, "The task seemed daunting. Not only would the Illinois senator land me square in the center of rough and tumble presidential politics, but his campaign was truly historic. I wondered if I was up to the job. I wondered if I could do the campaign justice. I wondered if the experience would swallow me whole."

(The eight page spread, which featured several articles on or from NBC News personnel, appeared as a supplement to the March 23-29 edition of American Profile, a magazine distributed with newspapers across the country.) Cowan described Obama as "a whirlwind of activity, and being caught in that tornado is a challenge every day."

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Cowan closed his fawning piece by addressing viewers. He instructed, "If we come to your town, you’ll see us—just look behind the Senator. We’re all there, for the experience of a lifetime." Cowan's rhapsodizing over Obama hasn't changed much since his January 7 remarks (NBC video embed below) to colleague Brian Williams. He told the "NBC Nightly News" host:

"From a reporter's point of view it's almost hard to remain objective because it's infectious, the energy, I think. It sort of goes against your core to say that as a reporter, but the crowds have gotten so much bigger, his energy has gotten stronger. He feeds off that..."

However, it's one thing to commit bias on the air, paying for it in an advertising supplement shows that NBC is truly taking liberal spin to the next level. It's a good thing the network has "Saturday Night Live" to provide balance.

 

—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.

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Is Obaman turning the MSM Males into Gays ?

Obama is putting the MSM Male talking heads at Risk . . . They're all starting to come out of the Liberal Closet and turning into Gay Broadcasters. . . and falling/swooning for Obama.  

Strange Phenom . . .But it CANNOT be IGNORED anymore, it's a Plague among the MSM.

The feminizing of the

The feminizing of the American male is starting to pay dividends. First
Matthews has to wipe his leg clean after 'experiencing' Obama and now
Cowan has soiled his pants as well.

This is a bad post I know but not as bad as what is appearing on the "news".

"Forget change, I want improvement!"

My thoughts exactly...

I was wondering how often he has to change his shorts...?

I'm sure women everywhere

I'm sure women everywhere appreciate your connecting incontinence to femininity. Well played.

um, no

As a woman I didn't mind because I got the point he was trying to make. Men are not supposed to be feminine in the first place - not in the true sense of what feminine means - so when they do they often end up acting like this guy.

PS If libs are really so concerned about not offending women, they'd stop using douchebag as an insult...not saying you use that term, but a lot of men do.

Yeah, but he's saying being

Yeah, but he's saying being feminine is to be so overcome with emotion that you pee yourself. You don't mind that?

huh?

That wasn't what I took from that conversation at all. They were saying he was feminine because he had such a man crush on Obama. Being overcome with emotion to the point you start leaking fluids - that's a common thing among everyone. It was the cause of the emotion that made him seem gay.

Women ARE more likely to be

Women ARE more likely to be urinary incontinent:

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported in 1996 that approximately 13 million people in the United States suffer from urinary incontinence. The condition is far more prevalent in women than men. In the general population aged 15 to 64 years old, 10-30% of women versus 1.5-5% of men are affected. At least 50% of nursing home residents are affected. Of that number, 70% are women.

Woman are ALSO more likely to have fecal incontinence:

Among people over the age of 65, women more frequently experience bowel incontinence, with 13 out of every 1,000 women reporting loss of bowel control.

The most common cause of bowel incontinence, ironically, is constipation.

More on fecal incontinece:

Minor fecal incontinence affects men and women equally, but women are almost twice as likely as men to report major incontinence.

So, incontinence is more prevalent in woman overall.  The previous poster was not misstating a fact, if that was the fact stated.

 

RRAM Tough! 

Gee, thanks. I really,

Gee, thanks. I really, really, really appreciate it.

»→ Ditto Bal

Wow, I can't wait.

♣ a seal

Nota bene

Always remember one thing:  Be nice to your nurse!  They're the ones that will either change/clean you pronto or let you stew in your own "juices".  (eww)

Balboa - don't worry, there will be a rectal and urinary foley catheter waiting for you if/when the time comes.  ;-)

RRAM Tough! 

strat... OMG...I just

strat...

OMG...I just read all of this... I'm ROFL!

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

bigtimer:I come to NB to

bigtimer:

I come to NB to be educated and entertained (and to vent too).  You have done both for me on many occasions.

Happy to have returned the favor!

RRAM Tough! 

It's good to know the 4th

It's good to know the 4th estate is in the hands of such stalwart individuals.  Sheesh!

If anyone ever wants to know

If anyone ever wants to know the definition of a "man-crush", I'm going to show them this article. If anyone ever wants proof that the MSM is left-wing biased, I'm going to show them this article. If anyone ever wants proof that most of the MSM likes Obama more than Hillary, I'm going to show them this article.

Thanks for posting this article...

It definitely shows that these MSM idiots have no freakin' shame...

Frankly, it is hard for me

Frankly, it is hard for me to remain objective as well, after hearing about bambi's 20 year association with a racist, America is wrong, hate monger that bambi refuses to denounce, disassociate from, and keep his family away from a "church" and its members that have these views.

But, then there is his stance on the issues.  Taken as a whole, he is just another stupid liberal peddling tried, but failed policies, that we the tax payers have wasted trillions of dollars on over the last several decades. 

A vote for McCain is a vote to ensure that this idiot doesn't become president.  Of course, given this run for the presidency, he probably has a lifetime senate seat if he wants it.  So, we will be hearing from bambi for a long time to come as well as billary, for that matter.  <barf>

 

 

Not gonna go there

Is that you Chrisy p........ on my leg?

Journalism isn't what it used to be.

Our first Gay

Our first Gay President?...

With all these men in the media going ga-ga over Barak could it be we are looking at our first gay president. It makes sense if you think about it in terms of Bill being our first Black president, right? 

"Abstain from McCain"

While his fawning makes us queasy

the real issue is that this kind of love is typical of the association between liberal reporters and the campaigns they cover. The reporters are part of the campaign, helping to be advocates of the campaign. They justify it to themselves by saying that they are in competition with reporters from the other campaigns, so the Truth will be found.

And this takes place at all levels of government. Pretend to be a liberal around a reporter sometime, and you'll see an entirely different animal than if they think you are some right-wing wacko out to starve schoolchildren.

That is, except for the 9.9x% who are objective and the 0.0x% who are conservative wackos themselves.

NBC's bias

I am astounded by NBC news bias especially when it comes to Obama. I really can't even stand to watch the Today show and the nightly news. I always thought that the news media should never take sides in politics, I guess I am wrong especially when it comes to NBC news.

I heard NBC put out a memo

I heard NBC put out a memo stating the requirement to mention their "Barakgazims" when reporting on his speeches.

"Forget change, I want improvement!"

MSM releases own Campaign Song

Who knew? The MSM has released its own Campaign Song!

WE FEEL THE EARTH MOVE
Carole King/Main Stream Media ‘In The Tank’ Re-Mix

We feel the earth move under our feet
We feel the sky tumbling down
We feel our hearts start to trembling
Whenever Obama's 'round

Obama when we see your face
A thrill runs up our leg
Obama we can't stand it
Do we really have to beg?

We feel the earth move under our feet
We feel the sky tumbling down
We feel our heart start to trembling
Whenever Obama's 'round

Obama when you're near us
And you tenderly call our name
We know that, our emotions
Are something we just can't tame
We’ve just got to have your baby

We feel the earth move under our feet
We feel the sky tumbling down
We feel the earth move under our feet
We feel the sky tumbling down

We just lose control
Down to our very soul
We get hot and cold all over

We feel the earth move under our feet
We feel the sky tumbling down
tumbling down, tumbling down...

Vote 4 change. Vote 4 anything. See Jack & Mr Shy's first campaign ad for the ONLY viable 3rd party candidate.

I have news for you, Mr.

I have news for you, Mr. Cowan:

If you're wondering whether you're up to the job.....you're NOT.

If Obama wins...

If Obama wins, will he have a MANDATE? At any rate, I can already see that he could have two man-dates, if he wanted them.

Couldn't resist.

I guess there will be a

I guess there will be a "dogfight" in the NBC Newsroom to see who gets that first "mandate".  Chrissy will want in on it as well.

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."  - Sir Winston Churchill

Meteorology 101

"Cowan labeled the Democratic presidential candidate a "a whirlwind of activity, and being caught in that tornado is a challenge every day." 

That tornado is caused by the vast quantities of Hot Air the Obama campaign generates meeting the cold reality of what it will actual take to make good on all the promises.

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."  - Sir Winston Churchill

This is the first and only instance I have ever seen...

...where the eminently offensive slur "Gaywad" is completely appropriate.

Time for a Switch

NBC, in order to show how objective and unbiased they are, needs to take Cowan off the campaign beat. My suggestion for his assignment is (after 2 weeks paid vacation) sending him to the Post Office on April 15th to interview and chronicle last minute tax payers mailing their returns. Or if taxes are too political, trying sending him on one of those MSNBC child predator stings. Or if he's already had too much sexual stimulation for a while, maybe they could send him on one of those "dirty restaurant kitchen" stories during sweeps month.

Lower extremities quaking?

Huh, Lee.....was it really your legs quaking?  Or is 'legs' now the liberal code word for Mr Happy?

Oh Please My Obama, SWALLOW ME!

"I wondered if the experience would SWALLOW ME WHOLE"??

Well, that about says it all, folks. 

...

*BOL*

Oh for gosh sakes...that is

Oh for gosh sakes...that is just creepy! The next thing you know these "guys" are going to wet themselves.

Another NBC poofter.

Another NBC poofter.

QUAKING AND NON-OBJECTIFYING AT MSNBC...

Quaking knees? Loss of objectivity? What's next? A t-shirt saying "I am in love with Obama and I don't care who knows it"?
Sounds like the onset of dementia to me. This guy belongs on a psychiatrist couch , not in a newsroom.

Good Grief! Is There Something in the Water at MsNBC?

Adult men, schooled, trained, and experienced in objective journalism (so we're told by their employer), there to report on and provide analysis of current political events; simpering and fawning over another adult male on national television; then having the tasteless lack of decorum, and the liberal audacity, to actually describe their pleasurable physical responses to Barack Obama to the viewing audience - as though we were all interested.

Chris Matthews and Lee Cowan (does Chris dot his "i" with a lil heart? Does Lee extend his last "e" and draw a little star at the end?) need to confine their discussions and detailed explanations of their more-than-obvious homoerotic responses to Barack Obama to the locker room - not the television.

Dear Chris♥ and Lee☼

Enjoy those physical reactions all you want, boys, just please, don't tell me how aroused you get when you even think about Obama. Tell me all you want in a personal note, written during your off-hours, but not on the air. An individual's sexuality is, usually, a private matter. That you both are willing to be so open about these new feelings and sensations is healthy, but please remember you're at work when you're discussing this and some may find it unacceptable behavior. The open and uninhibited manner in which you express your arousal is causing a great many others discomfort when in your presence or seeing you on-air.

Really. I do want to hear all the sordid little details of these titillating sensations you're both experiencing and enjoying, just in private. Please.

Thanks.

The cost of that eight-page spread must have been astronomical. Would a glossy color ad insert in your morning paper pushing the reporters of a certain television station even make it open to page two before being tossed into the recycling bin? I'm thinking "no". Desperate times - desperate measures. And so costly, too. What a shame this expensive ad won't add any viewership.