It's apparently not enough for Jeff Bezos to use his Amazon fortunes to power the leftist bias of The Washington Post. Now Amazon is aiming to resuscitate the career of "Lyin' Brian" Williams, the disgraced NBC anchor. The Los Angeles Times reported Williams is finalizing a deal to anchor live coverage of the 2024 presidential election results for the Amazon Prime streaming service. Williams has been off air since leaving NBC in 2021.
The Daily Beast offered several unintentional laugh lines in its coverage, starting with an anonymous source explaining “It’s a reimagining of a traditional election night." Williams is good at imagining things, especially about his own life. Maybe he and Tim Walz have a connection in making up stories about themselves.
This source also said The Amazon election special aims to deliver “a non-partisan discussion of that evening’s events.” Hilarious. When you want "non-partisan," you go to the guy who repeatedly tongue-bathed Barack Obama in interviews. You can be sure he won't adore Kamala as much as Obama!
Amazon Prime Video broke into live-coverage of sporting events, most notably Thursday Night Football broadcasts with former NBC Sports star Al Michaels. But Brian Williams is no Al Michaels. He's more like Dan Rather.
According to Los Angeles Times, the potential election night program would be a one-time-only event and not a move by Amazon to expand permanently into the TV news business.
Prime Video’s election coverage will originate from Amazon’s studio in Culver City and start streaming live starting an hour before the polls close Nov. 5. The plan is to keep Williams on the stream until a winner is called, although there is a possibility of a close race that could take several days to sort out.
Prime Video does not have its own news operation. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post, but the newspaper would not be formally involved in the project. Jonathan Wald, a veteran TV news producer and executive who worked closely with Williams at NBC, would oversee the production
