On the November 19 edition of NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams found 30 seconds to tell viewers that a cast member from his network's Saturday Night Live would be performing a comedy routine at the 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner:
BRIAN WILLIAMS: SNL cast member Cecily Strong has been selected as the evening's entertainment at the annual White House Correspondents' Association…
From MRC's NewsBusters blog: On Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News — a broadcast that has yet to mention the infamous comments of ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber — anchor Brian Williams conceded his profession “might be guilty” of bias in its coverage, but his admission had nothing to do with liberals and conservatives. Instead, Nightly News devoted nearly two minutes (1 minute, 56 seconds) to a…
The November 17 edition of NBC Nightly News found time for a short item extolling the supposed feminist meaning of an Australian news anchor who wore the same non-descript blue suit every day for a year:
BRIAN WILLIAMS: A morning news anchorman in Australia has made an admission that underscores the huge fashion double standard between men and women. He says he's worn the same blue suit on the…
The November 17 edition of NBC Nightly News found time for a short item extolling the supposed feminist meaning of an Australian news anchor who wore the same non-descript blue suit every day for a year:
BRIAN WILLIAMS: A morning news anchorman in Australia has made an admission that underscores the huge fashion double standard between men and women. He says he's worn the same blue suit on the…
The November 13 edition of NBC Nightly News featured correspondent Cynthia McFadden visiting a Minnesota company where employees received cold beer and unlimited vacation days:
Correspondent CYNTHIA MCFADDEN: Imagine a job where no one worried about when you walk in, or you can bring your kids to work whenever you want. Potluck chili is what's for lunch and ice cold beers always on tap. But…
The November 13 edition of NBC Nightly News featured a full report on 'Guinness World Records Day,' much of which showed NBC morning show weatherman Al Roker attempting to set the record for longest weather report.
Fill-in anchor LESTER HOLT: As the Guinness Book celebrates its sixtieth year, a member of our NBC family and people all over the world are trying to add their names to the newest…
During MSNBC's election night coverage on November 4, longtime NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell fretted how GOP candidates zeroed in on the administration's handling of the threats of terrorism and Ebola: “It’s not a substantive argument. It was a scare tactic by the Republican opponents of Democratic incumbents, who tried to focus on ISIS and Ebola in the scariest, most non-factual ways, to…
The Media Research Center received considerable news coverage with an October 22 study and October 28 follow-up documenting how the Big Three broadcast evening newscasts were virtually ignoring this year's midterm elections, even as they aggressively covered the midterms in 2006, when Democrats were predicted to make major gains. Over the next two weeks, Fox News Channel, the Fox Business Network…
On the October 27 edition of Hardball, host Chris Matthews drew laughter from his political with a vicious joke at the expense of the Republican Senate candidate in North Carolina: "What's worse, Thom Tillis or Ebola?"
On the October 28 edition of CBS This Morning, co-host Norah O'Donnell invited guffaws for her "softball of a question" when she asked arch-liberal Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren to describe "what's going to happen if Republicans take control" of Congress:
Co-host Norah O’Donnell: “You serve in the U.S. Senate. Democrats are in control. The Republicans need six seats. On average, since…