John Kerry Clears State Dept. Officials Over Benghazi; ABC, NBC Yawn
August 20th, 2013 1:28 PM
Tuesday's CBS This Morning stood out as the only Big Three network morning newscast to cover the latest development in the controversy surrounding the September 11, 2012 Islamist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya. Gayle King gave a 26-second news brief to Secretary of State John Kerry clearing four mid-level diplomats to return to duty, after they were placed on leave by his…
Forget All the Problems With ObamaCare, There's a New White House Dog
August 20th, 2013 1:11 PM
Rather than focus on the myriad of problems plaguing the implementation of ObamaCare, on Tuesday, all three network morning shows instead provided coverage of the First Family getting a second dog. On NBC's Today, White House correspondent Peter Alexander happily announced: "Move over Bo, there's a new dog in town, Sunny. And for her inaugural play date, the White House released it's own music…
NBC Barely Mentions RNC's Debate Boycott; CNN Drops the Story Over the
August 19th, 2013 4:18 PM
After the Republican National Committee voted to refuse CNN and NBC from hosting 2016 GOP primary debates, NBC took two days to even mention the news before again ignoring it. In fact, CBS spent more time covering the boycott of NBC than NBC itself did.
The RNC threatened a boycott after CNN Films and NBC Entertainment both planned productions on Democrat Hillary Clinton as she is predicted…
NBC's Gregory Hopes Obama Uses Anniversary of MLK Speech as 'Leadershi
August 19th, 2013 3:14 PM
At the end of Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory excitedly announced to his panel of guests: "We're coming up on an anniversary that is going to give the President an opportunity to highlight some – a presidential leadership moment." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Gregory was referring to the upcoming 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have…
Obamas Attend Cocktail Party Hosted By Comcast CEO Brian Roberts
August 18th, 2013 7:22 PM
The incestuous relationship between this White House and the media knows no bounds.
According to the New York Post, the Obamas on Thursday attended a cocktail party in Martha's Vineyard hosted by Comcast CEO Brian Roberts (file photo).
David Gregory: Do Americans Want Third Obama Term or Restoration of Cl
August 18th, 2013 2:22 PM
"Do Americans, specifically Democratic voters, do they want to see a third Obama term or would they like to see the restoration of the Bill Clinton era?"
So asked David Gregory on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday (video follows with commentary):
Chuck Todd: Hillary Clinton Hurting Obama By Campaigning Too Soon
August 18th, 2013 1:53 PM
The liberal media sure love Hillary Clinton, but possibly not as much as they adore Barack Obama.
Such was witnessed on Meet the Press Sunday when NBC's chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd expressed regret that the former Secretary of State has apparently started her 2016 campaign already saying, "This hurts the current president of the United States as trying to be leader of the…
NBC: Hillary Miniseries Might Never Go To Production
August 17th, 2013 12:16 PM
Within hours of the Republican National Committee voting not to participate in presidential debates on CNN and NBC if those networks proceeded with plans to air programs about Hillary Clinton, one outlet appears to be caving.
NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt issued the following statement to Deadline Friday:
Great Grandmother Accuses Democrat of Sexual Harassment; NBC Yawns
August 16th, 2013 5:16 PM
NBC hasn't covered the ongoing Bob Filner sexual harassment scandal an almost a week, despite a fifteenth woman – a 67-year-old great grandmother – coming forward on Thursday, accusing the former congressman of making lurid comments to her. The last time that NBC's morning and evening newscasts covered the Filner story was on August 10, 2013.
On Friday, ABC and CBS's morning newscasts aired…
Dem Judge in W.Va. Attempted to Frame Rival with Drug, Theft Charges
August 16th, 2013 3:33 PM
Here's another name to add to the "name that party" file: Michael Thornsbury. The Mingo County, West Virginia circuit court judge was the subject of a federal indictment on Wednesday "after federal authorities allege he targeted his ex-lover's husband and used his position on the bench to manipulate criminal charges against the man," Kate White of the Charleston [W.V.] Gazette reported…
NBC Does Entire Segment on U.S. Egypt Policy Without Mentioning Obama
August 16th, 2013 1:06 PM
In an impressive display of journalistic gymnastics on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie and Meet the Press moderator David Gregory managed to have an entire discussion about U.S. policy in Egypt without mentioning President Obama by name. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Plenty of vague substitutions were used, including "the President" "the White House" "…
After Gauzy Promotion of Bin Laden Raid, NBC Scolds Obama Aide for Rev
August 15th, 2013 5:04 PM
While NBC marked the one-year anniversary of the Bin Laden killing with a fawning Inside the Situation Room profile of President Obama, on Thursday, the cast of Today chided former White House aide Reggie Love for revealing that he and the President "must have played 15 games of spades" during the 2011 operation. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
After playing the sound…
RNC Comm Director Blasts NBC, CNN: 'Not the Be-All and End-All' of New
August 15th, 2013 2:58 PM
MSNBC host Thomas Roberts took a hostile tone with RNC Communications Director Sean Spicer in a Thursday interview on MSNBC Live, suggesting the GOP just wants “to scream into an echo chamber” during the 2016 presidential cycle. Roberts appeared to take issue with the RNC’s campaign against planned Hillary Clinton projects from CNN and NBC, asking if the RNC was “making a huge mistake with this…
NBC Suddenly Gets Tough on Clintons In Wake of Hillary Biopic Controve
August 15th, 2013 12:59 PM
Perhaps in response to the backlash against a planned miniseries on Hillary Clinton, Thursday's NBC Today aired an unusually critical story about the "chaos" at the Clinton Foundation and the possible negative political fallout for the would-be 2016 presidential contender. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
White House correspondent Peter Alexander informed viewers: "As…