Category Archives: NBC

It's All Greek to Them

Posted on 11/02/2011 by Peter Hart

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's call for a referendum on the EU bailout package seems to have prompted media outlets to rummage through their store of Greek cliches. The Washington Post's editorial against "Mr. Papandreou's ill-advised announcement of a referendum" … Continue reading →

Posted in CBS, CNBC, Economy, Europe, NBC, Washington Post | Tagged Greece, Mandy Drury, Mark Phillips, Starbucks | 11 Comments

Generation's Greatest Reporter Drops Bombshell Exclusive

Posted on 11/01/2011 by Peter Hart

NBC's Chris Matthews Show (10/30/11): CHRIS MATTHEWS: Welcome back. Bob, tell me something I don't know. BOB WOODWARD: That the White House has a secret plan to win the election and it's complex and it's secret, but it–look, Barack Obama … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Election, NBC | Tagged Bob Woodward, Chris Matthews | 28 Comments

What Would Steve Jobs Do?

Posted on 11/01/2011 by Peter Hart

On the Meet the Press roundtable on Sunday (10/30/11), talk turned to Steve Jobs. And, as one might expect from the avalanche of hero worship that accompanied news of his death, the chatter concerned how we might all one day … Continue reading →

Posted in Labor, NBC, Taxes | Tagged David Gregory, Jeff Greenfield, Mike Daisey, Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson | 25 Comments

Meet the Press Panel: From GE to Morgan Stanley

Posted on 10/25/2011 by Peter Hart

There's an old joke about how the pundit spectrum in corporate media debates goes from GE all the way to GM. On Sunday's Meet the Press, viewers got a chance to see that joke come to life. On the panel … Continue reading →

Posted in NBC, Politics | Tagged Harold Ford, Jack Welch, Meet the Press, Occupy Wall Street | 12 Comments

When Meet the Press Met Martin Luther King

Posted on 10/18/2011 by Peter Hart

On his MSNBC show (10/15/11), Chris Hayes went through the NBC archives to look at Martin Luther King's appearances on Meet the Press. He was struck by the tone of the questions King was asked–and the show put together this … Continue reading →

Posted in MSNBC, NBC | Tagged Chris Hayes, Martin Luther King, Meet the Press | 17 Comments

Hundreds of Worldwide Occupy Protests Occupy One Inch of Front Page

Posted on 10/17/2011 by Peter Hart

Squint or you'll miss it–the Sunday front page of the Washington Post: In case you're having trouble finding it, it's in the lower right-hand corner: a blurb approximately one column inch long, directing people to page A20 to find news … Continue reading →

Posted in NBC, New York Times, protest, Washington Post | Tagged Meet the Press, Nicholas Kristof, Occupy Wall Street | 30 Comments

Afghan War: NBC Lets the Generals Do the Talking

Posted on 10/11/2011 by Peter Hart

NBC Nightly News (10/7/11) marked the 10th anniversary of the Afghan War on October 7 with a segment that linked the war to the Occupy Wall Street protests. As anchor Brian Williams put it in the introduction: Tonight protesters remain … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, NBC, War/Military | Tagged Barry McCaffrey, Brian Williams, Jim Miklaszewski, Leon Panetta | 5 Comments

David Gregory: Demonizing Banks Is Dangerous

Posted on 10/11/2011 by Peter Hart

NBC Meet the Press host David Gregory, interviewing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Sunday (10/10/11): GREGORY: What's going on in the streets of Occupy Wall Street? EMANUEL: Yeah. GREGORY: Complaining about the unfairness, railing against Wall Street. The president has … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, NBC, protest | Tagged David Gregory, Meet the Press, Occupy Wall Street | 16 Comments

Chris Christie Doesn't Say He's NOT Running for President!

Posted on 10/03/2011 by Peter Hart

The New York Times had a headline on Saturday that read, "Imagining a Christie Campaign for President." That seems appropriate–if we're talking about how it's the corporate media doing the imagining. On ABC's This Week (10/2/11), Jonathan Karl announced that … Continue reading →

Posted in ABC, Election, NBC, New York Times | Tagged Brian Williams, Chris Christie, Chuck Todd, Jonathan Karl | 10 Comments

Critics–and Questionable Sponsors–at NBC's Education Nation

Posted on 09/27/2011 by Peter Hart

There's an interesting piece at the Huffington Post (9/27/11) by Joy Resmovits about what some critics of the corporate-backed NBC Education Nation conference are saying. Even though some are crediting NBC for a more balanced program than last year, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Media Criticism, NBC | Tagged Ann Curry, Education Nation, Jonathan Alter, Joy Resmovits, Steve Capus, University of Phoenix | 8 Comments

Obama Plan=Class Warfare? NBC Asks a Billionaire

Posted on 09/26/2011 by Peter Hart

At the top of Meet the Press yesterday (9/25/11), NBC anchor David Gregory announced one of the topics to come: Is the president's plan basic fairness or class warfare? As with too many other media debates, an absurd proposition–that returning … Continue reading →

Posted in NBC, Taxes | Tagged class warfare, David Gregory, Meet the Press, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett, wealth | 21 Comments

Dick Cheney's Ho-Hum About Liberal Media Bias

Posted on 09/06/2011 by Peter Hart

When Dick Cheney appeared on the Today show, at the conclusion of the interview a camera that shows the crowd outside the studio picked up this image: That sign probably represented the harshest take on Cheney's record that TV viewers … Continue reading →

Posted in Fox News, NBC | Tagged Chris Wallace, Dick Cheney, Today | 15 Comments

Rick Perry's Jobs 'Swagger'

Posted on 08/19/2011 by Peter Hart

On NBC Nightly News (8/16/11): ANDREA MITCHELL: Perry's Texas swagger is his calling card, bred of a hardscrabble boyhood on the family farm and Aggie roots at Texas A&M. Perry's chief claim to challenging President Obama is the Texas jobs … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Election, NBC | Tagged Andrea Mitchell, Rick Perry, Texas | 43 Comments