Leno Asks Obama ‘What Is the Cure for Romnesia
October 25th, 2012 12:02 PM
NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno actually asked guest Barack Obama Wednesday evening, "What is the cure for Romnesia?"
This came as one of the questions posed via Facebook and from members of the studio audience (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
NBC's Williams Can't Understand Why Obama Isn't Winning by a Landslide
October 25th, 2012 10:41 AM
In an interview with President Obama on Wednesday, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams lobbed this softball: "How is it that with – what, 13 days to go, you're fighting for your life in a 47/47 race?... So after the excitement of '08, given the power of incumbency, you got Bin Laden, you did not expect to be sitting on a more substantial race than we are as we sit here today?" [Listen to the…
Snooki, Vacuum Inventor Interviews Get More Air Time Than Benghazi
October 24th, 2012 5:27 PM
NBC's Today on Wednesday glossed over the State Department e-mails showing that the Obama administration knew that the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya was carried out by terrorists. Their colleagues at ABC and CBS also minimized their coverage of this latest development, as they boosted the latest slam on Republicans from David Axelrod and the President's reelection campaign…
NBC Claims Romney 'Taking Positions He Has Not Taken Before' on Foreig
October 24th, 2012 3:50 PM
In a continued effort to tag Mitt Romney with a flip-flopper label, on Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams proclaimed that Romney's performance in the final presidential debate "seemed to be a move to the center" on foreign policy issues and asserted that the Governor was "taking positions he has not taken before."
In the report that followed, correspondent Andrea Mitchell…
NBC News Ignores Emails Showing White House Knew Libya Attack Was Terr
October 24th, 2012 2:23 PM
**UPDATE** At 2:30 p.m. EDT, MSNBC mentioned the damaging emails for the first time, coupling it with breaking news of an arrest in the attack on our Libyan consulate.
Following in the footsteps of its sister broadcast network, MSNBC has continued to ignore the shocking revelation that the White House knew on September 11 that the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was under a well-coordinated…
Libya E-mails Break; Morning Shows Minimize Pressure on Team Obama
October 24th, 2012 12:37 PM
On Tuesday evening, CBS broke wide open a story on State Department e-mails showing the White House knew on September 11 that the consulate in Benghazi was subjected to a terrorist attack, and that terrorists took credit on Facebook and Twitter. But by Wednesday, the three network morning shows weren't leaping to follow up. ABC and CBS combined devoted just over a minute to the story, while NBC…
All Three Networks Hype 'Controversial' GOP Senate Candidate and His
October 24th, 2012 12:14 PM
All three morning shows on Wednesday touted White House talking points linking Mitt Romney to a Republican Senate candidate in Indiana who, while speaking about "the horrible situation of rape," called life a "gift from God." Only one program, CBS This Morning, seemed to notice how closely this story mirrored Democratic spin.
As though he was referencing a connection to a criminal, former…
NBC Brings on Two Obama Supporters to Discuss Election, Bills it as 'L
October 24th, 2012 12:10 PM
On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie brought on liberal MSNBC host Krystal Ball and radio host Michael Smerconish to discuss campaign strategy in the final two weeks before the presidential election, with the headline on-screen claiming: "Left vs. Right on Final Race for the White House."
There's one problem with that assertion, Smerconish prominently supported President Obama…
Leno on Iranian Sanctions: 'If Anyone Knows How To Cripple an Economy
October 24th, 2012 10:57 AM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, there has been a shift in recent months concerning late night hosts' willingness to make jokes about the current White House resident.
NBC's Jay Leno said a doozy on Tuesday's Tonight Show (video follows with transcript and commentary):
NBC's Williams Wonders if Debate Was Romney's 'Etch-A-Sketch Moment
October 23rd, 2012 4:24 PM
Shortly following the conclusion of the final presidential debate Monday night, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams posed this question to Richard Haas of the Council on Foreign Relations: "I noticed a columnist for the New York Times tonight tweeted out that this was an etch-a-sketch moment for Governor Romney....Did you see that kind of movement on his part?" [Listen to the audio or watch…
Halle Berry on Being Related to Sarah Palin: 'Isn’t That the Worst T
October 23rd, 2012 1:02 PM
It was revealed last week that movie star Halle Berry is related to former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
Appearing on NBC's Tonight Show Monday, Berry said, "Isn’t that the worst thing you can imagine?” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
NBC Grills Ryan on Romney's Qualifications; Invites Biden to Slam Romn
October 23rd, 2012 12:56 PM
At the end of an interview with vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie parroted Democratic attacks on Mitt Romney's foreign policy credentials: "John Kerry said, 'this is the most inexperienced foreign policy ticket to run in decades,' talking about you and Governor Romney. What specific national security experience qualifies Governor Romney to be…
Leno: Obama Halloween Masks Out-Selling Romney's – ‘What's Scarier
October 23rd, 2012 12:33 PM
Jay Leno took a shot at the President's handling of the economy Monday.
During his Tonight Show monologue, after saying Obama Halloween masks are out-selling Romney masks by 30 percent, Leno quipped, "Well, that makes sense. I mean, what's scarier than four more years of this economy?"