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NBC's 'Big Idea'/'What Matters'
NBC’s Most Well-Spoken Democratic Party Policy Pusher Departs Network
March 29th, 2024 12:42 PM
The cast of NBC’s Today were in tears Friday as they bid human interest reporter (and former longtime CBS anchor) Harry Smith a fond farewell as he would be leaving the network to teach a college course and write books; essentially retiring from journalism. But we at NewsBusters know Smith as more than just the buttery…
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Ahead of Debate, NBC Promotes Dem Solutions to Opioids, Tax Woes
November 19th, 2019 11:07 PM
Leading up to their second chance to host a 2020 Democratic debate, NBC News had been running a biased series where they only sought out “What Matters” to Democratic voters. For last Thursday’s installment, the network promoted former HUD Secretary Julian Castro’s plan to lower taxes for the middle class. Then, on the eve of the debate, they seemed to suggest only Democrats cared about the opioid…
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‘What Matters’? Facts Don’t, When NBC Demands Gun Control Now!
November 17th, 2019 10:19 AM
In a blatant attempt to exploit the Santa Clarita school shooting the very next day, Friday’s NBC Nightly News conveniently queued up their ‘What Matters’ segment to push the Democratic Party’s desire to do away with gun rights in America. While the segment dealt with what mattered to Democratic voters it didn’t deal with the facts that mattered.
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‘What Matters’: NBC Holds Up Biden’s Plan for ObamaCare, Same Promise
November 12th, 2019 10:32 PM
Though he wasn’t included in NBC’s “My Big Idea” series the first time around, Tuesday’s edition of the “What Matters” (only to Democratic voters) series featured former Vice President Joe Biden and his plan for the future of ObamaCare. Spoiler alert, Biden was oblivious to the Obama-like promise he made during the interview while blasting Medicare for all.
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NBC Explores ‘What Matters’ to Democratic Voters, Skips GOP Solutions
November 12th, 2019 12:42 AM
For Friday’s edition of their biased “What Matters” series, where they talk solely to Democratic voters, NBC Nightly News was in the kitchen of 2020 hopeful, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker to talk about how to pay for childcare. Of course, as the network did when hawking the “Big Idea” from Democrats on paid family leave, they’ve been ignoring Republicans solutions to the problem.
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NBC Ignored GOP Role in Justice Reform, Now Boosting Warren’s Plan
November 11th, 2019 8:52 PM
A week ago to the day, NBC Nightly News along with their broadcast competitors (ABC and CBS) ignored the lead role GOP lawmakers played in reforming the criminal justice system in Oklahoma. Now, on this Monday, the network’s flagship evening news program was helping to promote Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) criminal justice reform plan as part of their pre-debate series where they only address…
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Only ‘What Matters’ to Dems: NBC Pushes for Strengthening Unions
November 6th, 2019 8:46 PM
As part of their new “What Matters” series, the segment they admitted was only meant to gauge the interests of Democratic voters, Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News sat down with Senator and 2020 hopeful Amy Klobuchar (MN) and asked her how she would help to strengthen unions in America.
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New NBC Series Only Looks at ‘What Matters’ to Democratic Voters
November 5th, 2019 10:49 PM
As an apparent sequel to their biased “My Big Idea” series, where they aided 2020 Democrats in pushing their liberal policy proposals to the public, NBC Nightly News kicked off a brand new series Tuesday dubbed “What Matters” where they only talk to Democratic voters and pitch their comments to Democratic candidates.
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Debate Prep? NBC’s ‘Big Idea’ Series Was Friendly Softball Sessions
June 25th, 2019 11:54 PM
Over a two-week period ahead of the first set of 2020 Democratic debates (June 10 – 23), NBC Nightly News ran a daily series they dubbed “My Big Idea,” in which they provided a platform to aid the candidates in reaching the public with their policy proposals. Almost nightly, anchor Lester Holt would openly admit that the 14-part series was essentially a Democratic propaganda mill with NBC…
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NBC Treats Trump’s Ideas as ‘Big Ideas’ Coming From 2020 Democrats
June 24th, 2019 11:34 PM
Throughout NBC Nightly News’s two-week-long propaganda project for the 2020 Democratic field ahead of the first debate, a couple of the candidates actually suggested some half decent and probably generally supported ideas: fighting drug addiction and ending the practice of regime change overseas. These ideas tend to transcend party. So much so that these were actually ideas that President…
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NBC Supports ‘Dark Money’ Out of Politics, Free Speech Restrictions
June 24th, 2019 5:46 PM
Sunday’s edition of the NBC Nightly News Democratic-propaganda campaign featured the so-called “Big Idea” from Montana Governor Steve Bullock, despite the fact he failed to meet the requirements to make it onto the first primary debate stage. Bullock’s “Big Idea” was “ending dark money spending in our elections” and to crack down on the First Amendment right to free speech via political donations…
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‘FREE’ CASH! NBC Cheers Dem Candidate’s So-Called ‘Freedom Dividend’
June 23rd, 2019 10:03 AM
While his 2020 competitors were busy trying to entice Democratic voters with their ideas of “free” government benefits, businessman Andrew yang cut right to the chase by offering to give out “free” money to everyone. Friday’s NBC Nightly News seemed to be all for the idea during their admitted Democratic propaganda series “My Big Idea”.
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NBC Props Up Warren’s ‘Big Idea’ of ‘Free’ College, Loan Cancellation
June 20th, 2019 8:51 PM
Tuesday’s installment of NBC Nightly News’s pre-debate, Democratic propaganda campaign featured Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and her “Big Idea” to “cancel about 95 percent of student loan debt and to make college, technical school, two-year, four-year all fee-free and tuition-free.” As with the previous 10 of these so-called “Big Ideas” from the 2020 Democratic field, correspondent…
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NBC Backs Beto’s ‘Big Idea’ to Give ‘Power Back to the People’
June 18th, 2019 8:50 PM
If one only listened to the radical liberal media, then that person would think America was a despotic regime that only let rich and white people vote. All of it a deceitful narrative. But that was the “Big Idea” NBC Nightly News threw their weight behind Tuesday night when they sat down with failed Senate candidate and former Congressman Beto O’Rourke to discuss his plans for America. “And…
