Chuck Todd: Obama 'Hates' 'Internet Media and Social Media

April 28th, 2013 1:10 PM
NBC's Chuck Todd told an inconvenient truth about Barack Obama on Sunday's Meet the Press. "The rise of the internet media and social media and all that stuff - he hates it" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Chelsea Clinton Interviews...The GEICO Gecko

April 27th, 2013 1:39 PM
As NewsBusters readers know, TV critics have not been impressed with Chelsea Clinton’s reporting skills at NBC. This certainly won’t change after Friday’s Rock Center wherein the former presidential daughter actually interviewed – wait for it! – the GEICO gecko (video follows with transcript and commentary):

CBS Spotlights Video Footage of Attempted Terror Attack on Conservativ

April 26th, 2013 1:35 PM
CBS This Morning stood out on Friday for devoting a 18-second news brief to the newly-released security camera footage of Floyd Corkins II's attempted mass shooting at the Family Research Council in August 2012. Charlie Rose identified Corkins as a "domestic terrorist" who targeted the social conservative organization for "being anti-gay" [audio available here; video below the jump]. The…

NBC Hosts Fret Over Children and Seniors Being 'Silent Victims' of Seq

April 26th, 2013 12:18 PM
As news of a deal in Congress to end FAA furloughs of air traffic controllers broke Friday morning, a panel of NBC hosts on Today immediately fretted over other government programs affected by the sequester, with Willie Geist touting Obama administration fearmongering: "...some of the other things that are hurt by the sequester, namely Head Start, preschool for low-income families....By the…

Brokaw on White House Correspondents Dinner: 'There Was More Dignity a

April 26th, 2013 10:44 AM
Former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw made some serious waves last year when he spoke critically about the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. Brokaw's at it again this year telling Politico, "[T]here was more dignity at my daughter’s junior prom."

Eleven More Seconds of Gosnell Trial Coverage on CBS; More Crickets Fr

April 25th, 2013 6:21 PM
CBS is putting its Big Three competitors to shame in actually covering the capital murder trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, but that's not saying much, as Thursday's CBS This Morning devoted a paltry 11 seconds to the latest development in the case. Norah O'Donnell highlighted that the abortionist's defense attorney rested his case without calling his client or any other witness to testify. [audio…

Fisker Fail: Another Obama Green Jobs Company Tanks, ABC & NBC Ignore

April 25th, 2013 3:16 PM
The Obama administration has flushed almost $200 million of the American taxpayer's money down the drain on another green company failure but ABC and NBC have yet to report on it. On Monday, the electric car company Fisker Automotive failed to make a $10 million payment on a $192 million federal government loan, bringing it closer to bankruptcy. Only CBS, on Thursday's This Morning, mentioned…

NBC's Lauer Presses Bush on Legacy: Are You Trying to 'Force Critics t

April 25th, 2013 1:06 PM
At the beginning of a live interview with former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer wondered about the motivation behind Bush's presidential library: "So many difficult moments, so many controversial decisions you made. Some of them cost you dearly in terms of popularity. Is one of the ideas here...to force your critics to take a second look?"

NBC Host Recalls Pilot Urging Passengers to Sign Petition Against FAA

April 24th, 2013 5:34 PM
On Wednesday's NBC Today, news anchor Natalie Morales complained about having a flight delayed due to the FAA furloughing air traffic controllers in the wake of the sequester: "I was traveling to Boston yesterday, which is a 50-minute flight, shuttle. And it took me about two and a half hours to get there....the pilots got on and they said, 'It's not the airline's fault....you can go online and…

CBS Devotes A Mere 13 Seconds to Gosnell Trial Development; ABC, NBC P

April 24th, 2013 2:01 PM
For the first time in over a week, CBS covered the murder trial of abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell on Wednesday's CBS This Morning. But instead of a full report, as on April 15, Norah O'Donnell read a news brief that lasted just 13 seconds on the trial judge dismissing three of the murder charges against the Philadelphia physician [audio available here; video below the jump]. ABC's Good…

In Friendly 'Chat' With Obama, NBC's Guthrie Asks About His Dance Skil

April 24th, 2013 12:47 PM
After initially airing more substantive portions of her April 15 interview with President Obama, on Wednesday, NBC Today co-host Savannah Guthrie made time to show a third part of the exchange: "...because of breaking news, we weren't able to show you yet our brief chat after that interview..." The "chat" that followed covered such hard-hitting topics as the First Lady's "mom dancing" on  Jimmy…

NBC, ABC Ignore a Blistering House Report Placing Blame for Benghazi o

April 24th, 2013 12:21 PM
NBC and ABC completely skipped a scathing new report that singles out Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for blame after the September 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. CBS, in contrast, offered full reports on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Evening News anchor Scott Pelley announced, "House Republicans fired off a blistering report today criticizing former Secretary of State Hillary…

NBC's Williams Hypes Airport 'Traffic Jams,' Hopes Americans 'Take Fur

April 23rd, 2013 1:07 PM
At the top of Monday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams eagerly parroted Obama administration talking points when it came to blaming the sequester for sporadic flight delays: "The traffic jam starting to build up at our airports. Flight delays just beginning to emerge today as those budget cuts in Washington begin to hit home." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]…

'Meet the Press' Panel Bemoans Failure of Gun Control Bill, Calls on S

April 22nd, 2013 4:17 PM
Sunday's NBC Meet the Press panel decried gun background check legislation being voted down in the Senate, with liberal historian Doris Kearns Goodwin lamenting: "Maybe the problem is also the structure of the Senate....given the 60 votes that are needed, given who they listen to, given the power of special interests, public sentiment cannot penetrate." [Listen to the audio or watch the video…