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• Tillman Story Reveals Shortfalls in NBC's Journalism

  Published: July 29, 2007, 8:57 pm

  Tags: Nbc, Journalism, Msnbc, Nbc Nightly News Brian Williams, Countdown Keith Olbermann, War Coverage

  on Friday’s NBC Nightly News:  Download (1)   Play (3) QT later… Now to be fair, that’s an fair and accurate reporting of facts. However, what Miklaszewski fails to do is to connect the dots or provide any context. Compare it to this report (using the same footage and in fact, citing

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• Dow Down 281 Points Big News Friday, Dow Up 287 Points Not So Newsworthy Monday

  Published: August 6, 2007, 8:52 pm

  Tags: Stock Market, Ann Curry, Brian Williams, Charles Gibson, Katie Couric, Abc World News, Cbs Evening News, Nbc Nightly News

  example of how bad news is news and good news is much less newsworthy: On Friday night, ABC and NBC teased full stories on the 281 point plunge that day in the Dow Jones average, but on Monday, after the Dow rebounded by five points greater than Friday's loss in the biggest one-day gain in five years, the networks limited coverage to a

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• Another Hot Summer, Another Chance for Nets to Blame 'Man-Made Global Warming'

  Published: August 7, 2007, 10:15 pm

  Tags: Global Warming, Weather, Ann Curry, Anne Thompson, Nbc Nightly News

  just two years after NBC Nightly News pointed out how three of the five warmest summers on record were in the 1930s, Tuesday's newscast showcased a UN report to contend extreme weather and an August heat wave demonstrates man-made global warming. Back on the July 25, 2005 NBC Nightly News, after a man on the street declared that

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• The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: August 4 to 10

  Published: August 11, 2007, 11:06 am

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Environment, Global Warming, Iraq, Ann Curry, Elizabeth Edwards, Harry Smith, John Edwards, Keith Olbermann, Martin Bashir, Countdown, Good Morning America, Nbc Nightly News, Nightline, The Early Show

  is it? The various network news shows have come to this shocking conclusion: It's summer and it's hot. Could global warming be to blame? Ann Curry, guest anchoring NBC's "Nightly News" on Tuesday, speculated, "Record heat and drought in the United States and Europe. New fears tonight that it's all the result of global

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• Media reports on Freedom's Watch advertisements don't note misinformation

  Published: August 23, 2007, 10:26 pm

  Tags: Jessica Yellin, Kelly O Donnell, Cnn, Los Angeles Times, Nbc, Nbc Nightly News, The New York Times, The Situation Room, Today Show, Media, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  22 edition of NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams: KELLY O'DONNELL (NBC News White House correspondent): The president claimed America's modern enemy, Al Qaeda, saw weakness -- that if a war became unpopular enough, the U.S. would leave. A parallel campaign launched today involves new TV ads, fighting the PR

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• NY Times, networks ignored Sen. Craig's record on gay and lesbian issues

  Published: August 28, 2007, 6:35 pm

  Tags: Abc, Abc World News Tonight, Cbs, Cbs Evening News, Nbc, Nbc Nightly News, The New York Times, Civil Human Rights, Ethics, Government Elections, Lgbt Issues

  of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson, NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams, and the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. By contrast, an August 28 CNN.com article noted his votes on gay and lesbian issues and reported that "Craig's voting record has earned him top ratings from social conservative groups."

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• Despite hyping lower July death toll, network evening news programs silent on number of troop deaths this summer

  Published: August 29, 2007, 12:20 pm

  Tags: Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric, Abc, Abc World News Tonight, Cbs, Cbs Evening News, Nbc, Nbc Nightly News, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  networks' evening news programs -- ABC's World News with Charles Gibson, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, and NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams -- reported that the death toll for U.S. service members in Iraq was down in July. In particular, on World News, anchor Charles Gibson pointed to the lower July death toll

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• TV news outlets focused on Clinton fundraiser Hsu but ignored Romney finance co-chair Fabian's indictment for fraud

  Published: August 31, 2007, 9:24 pm

  Tags: American Morning, Cnn, Cnn Newsroom, Fox News Channel, Hannity Amp Colmes, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Nbc, Nbc Nightly News, Special Report Brit Hume, The Big Story John Gibson, The Situation Room, Today Show, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney

  Fabian: CNN Newsroom, August 31 CNN's American Morning, August 31 CNN's The Situation Room, August 30 NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams, August 30 CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, August 30 Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume, August 30 NBC's Today, August 30 American Morning,

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• NBC's Mitchell Touts Slick Willie As Wife's 'Biggest Asset,' Skips Conservative Critics

  Published: September 5, 2007, 3:12 pm

  Tags: Andrea Mitchell, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Nbc, Nightly News, Today

  here tonight...'Don't make news, don't make news, don't make news, don't make news.'" Letterman: "I see." At this juncture, the supposed tough part of the story kicked in, about how the country might have mental problems with her: Mitchell: "But could he overshadow her, even as she is trying to break through the political

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• NBC, ABC Champion Oprah's 'Magic' to Boost Obama

  Published: September 6, 2007, 9:44 pm

  Tags: Campaign 2008, Andrea Mitchell, Barack Obama, David Wright, Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America, Nbc Nightly News

  2008. On Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams justified his show's story by asserting that Winfrey's support for him [Obama] is getting new attention -- attention NBC decided to give the topic. Mitchell admired how Winfrey can turn a first-time author into an instant best-seller, single-handedly reviving an industry,

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• A Few Seconds on CBS and NBC, But Not ABC, on Capture of Democratic Donor Hsu

  Published: September 7, 2007, 8:54 pm

  Tags: Campaign 2008, Norman Hsu, Abc World News, Cbs Evening News, Nbc Nightly News

  Both the CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News, which aired full stories late last week on Hsu but not since, allocated about 20 seconds to the developments with Hsu. CBS anchor Harry Smith announced: Back in custody tonight: Norman Hsu, the political fundraiser who donated hundreds of thousands to Democratic candidates while still a

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• Couric Spends More Time on 'Alex the Parrot' Than Hsu's Money

  Published: September 11, 2007, 10:23 pm

  Tags: Campaign 2008, Andrea Mitchell, Brian Williams, Charles Gibson, Hillary Clinton, John Yang, Katie Couric, Norman Hsu, Abc World News, Cbs Evening News, Good Morning America, Nbc Nightly News, The Early Show, Today Show

  broadcast network evening newscasts have each run one full story on Hsu while CBS and NBC, but not ABC, have aired two additional 20-second or so anchor-briefs. NBC Nightly News ran a full story on Thursday, August 30 (NB item) and ABC and CBS caught up the next night, Friday, August 31 (NB item). A week later, on Friday, September 7, CBS and

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• NBC, Wall Street Journal reported Petraeus claim of reduced violence without noting contrary evidence

  Published: September 11, 2007, 9:45 pm

  Tags: Nbc, Nbc Nightly News, Wall Street Journal, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  reports or other previous news reports on the same subject differ with or contradict Petraeus' claims: In the September 10 broadcast of NBC's Nightly News, NBC News chief Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski reported only that "[u]sing a series of charts, Petraeus testified that the current troop escalation has

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• Two Nets Note Bush's Anger at MoveOn's Petraeus Ad

  Published: September 13, 2007, 8:03 pm

  Tags: Iraq, Brian Williams, General David Petraeus, George W Bush, Katie Couric, Tim Russert, Cbs Evening News, Nbc Nightly News

  the September 13 CBS Evening News, Couric relayed: The President was as defiant and unwavering as ever. And visibly angry about those who question the integrity of General Petraeus, calling it 'disgraceful' and suggesting it was an effort to undermine the General's testimony. Over on the NBC Nightly News, with the ad on screen, Williams

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• Brian Williams Derides Petraeus as No Eisenhower

  Published: September 13, 2007, 10:15 am

  Tags: Iraq, Brian Williams, General David Petraeus, Nbc Nightly News

  Petraeus for Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams insisted he admit al Qaeda in Iraq wasn't around on 9/11, demanded to know how are we so sure all of these insurgents can be labeled al-Qaeda? and derided Petraeus's admission that he's not sure if the war has made Americans safer: I heard a commentator on television say,

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