So last month, days before heading on an intense reporting trip to Afghanistan, Williams appeared on the NPR news quiz show "Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me," cracking up the audience with a Bill Clinton impersonation. Host Peter Sagal dubbed him "the funniest man to jockey an anchor desk." Williams' growing comfort with that title comes as he approaches his fifth anniversary as...
So Oprah 's not going, but Gayle King is. Tonight's State Dinner guest list has been released by the White House! We told you earlier about Katie Couric , Brian Williams , Robin Roberts and Dr. Sanjay Gupta . Other notable media-types that we didn't catch wind of earlier... CNN's Fareed Zakaria , WaPo 's Rajiv Chandrasekaran , NYT 's Thomas Friedman , and author Deepak Chopra , who FBDC actually met...
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was #1 evening newscast last week and it's the only network evening newscast to show year-to-year growth. All three broadcasts were down week-to-week in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. • Total Viewers: NBC: 9,022,000 / ABC: 8,230,000 / CBS: 6,076,000 • A25-54: NBC: 2,787,000 / ABC: 2,332,000 / CBS: 1,770,000 New Career Opportunities Daily: The...
Some of news media's biggest names will attend tonight's State Dinner at the White House. We told you earlier that CBS' Katie Couric was on the guest list and TVNewser added ABC's Robin Roberts and NBC's Brian Williams to the mix. So, what is the White House feeding our favorite journos? An inside source just sent us tonight's menu. Guests will nosh on: Potato and eggplant salad, white house arugula...
CBS' Katie Couric , ABC's Robin Roberts , and NBC's Brian Williams are among the invited guests at tonight's state dinner at the White House -- Pres. Obama's first. Meanwhile, FishbowlDC has the details on how Politico plans to cover tonight's dinner... New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media .
The broadcast networks still haven’t uttered a single word about the revelations late last week of e-mails showing scientists on the left-wing side of the global warming debate plotting to hide data and silence those on the other side in an effort prop up the notion of a “consensus” on the issue. But when the liberal side of the debate charged that their opponents were involved in...
As I don't watch much MSM "news", I don't know if they are covering this or not. To its partial credit, the NYT has done some stories, but they won't reprint the emails. Something is better than nothing. There is more to read at Climate Audit blog, including this entry . As costly laws, regulations, and treaties stand to be based upon this manipulated data, you need to listen to Glenn Beck's...
I know these photos of Katie Couric getting down with her bad self are going to get a lot of negative press. I know that people will scoff and tsk-tsk and use them as yet another way to trivialize her accomplishments. But all I want to say about them is, hot damn, Katie Couric is awesome. This woman can interview world leaders. She can dismantle a vice presidential candidate. And she can also do a...
Nov. 23: Sarah Palin was allowed to meet and greet at the North Carolina Army Base because, as an Army spokesman put it, "she's not a political figure.” NBC’s Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
Nov. 23: “New Moon,” the new “Twilight” sequel, pulled in more than $140 million over the weekend, the third-biggest opening ever. NBC’s Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
Nov. 23: New photos of one of Saturn’s moons taken by the Cassini spacecraft were released for the first time Monday. NBC’s Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
Nov. 23: A dozen workers were exposed to what was later called an insignificant amount of radiation at the same nuclear power plant that famously suffered a partial meltdown 30 years ago. NBC’s Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
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